The crowd at Friday's league contest between the Jones County Coyotes (Murdo, SD) and the host New Underwood Tigers (New Underwood, SD), witnessed Jones County's football squad edge New Underwood by a count of 20-16.

The Coyotes (2-5) will now prepare for their contest against Kadoka (Kadoka, SD). The Kougars go into the Western Great Plains (9 Man) battle with a 3-4 record. In their last battle, Kadoka was tipped by Hill City (Hill City, SD), 51-16, in a non-league battle.

The Tigers now own a 1-6 record. They play next when they host Philip for a Western Great Plains (9 Man) battle on Friday, October 17. New Underwood will encounter a Scotties team coming off a 48-44 league win over Lyman (Presho, SD). The Scotties record now stands at 5-1.