Polson rolls over C-Falls
The Daily Inter Lake
POLSON - Three second-half touchdowns broke open a tight ballgame as No. 3 Polson downed Columbia Falls 34-14 Friday night.
The win lifts Polson to 3-0 in Northwest Conference play and 6-0 overall.
Columbia Falls drops to 1-2 and 3-4.
Leading 14-6 at the half, Andy Nelson scored on a 14-yard run and Mac Gordon hauled in a 37-yard pass from Joe Locke to give Polson a 28-6 lead heading into the final period.
Kevin Owen scored on TD runs of 2 and 35 yards in the second and fourth period, respectively.
Owen finished the night with 151 yards on 21 carries.
Colton Woods had an interception for Polson.
Polson hosts Whitefish on Thursday.
Columbia Falls is back in action Friday entertaining Bigfork.
PIRATES 34, WILDCATS 14
Columbia Falls 0 6 0 8 - 14
Polson 0 14 14 6 - 34
Second Quarter
Columbia Falls - Craig Olson 29 run (kick block), 11:11
Polson - Andy Nelson 16 run (Joe Locke kick), 7:53
Polson - Kevin Owen 2 run (Locke kick), :44
Third Quarter
Polson - Nelson 14 run (Locke kick), 6:58
Polson - Mac Gordon 37 pass from Locke (Locke kick), :40
Fourth Quarter
Polson - Owen 35 run (Locke kick), 9:50
Columbia Falls - Kyle Rosenbaum (Rosenbaum pass from Olson), 1:56
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CF P
First downs 5 17
Rushes-yards 34-74 45-296
Passing yards 72 119
Passing 6-12-1 7-10-1
Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties 3-20 6-40
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Individual
Rushing - Columbia Falls, Rosebaum 23-67; Polson, Owen 21-151, Terry Lundeen 12-75, Nelson 7-58.
Passing - Columbia Falls, Olson 6-11-1-72, Rosenbaum 0-1-0-0; Polson, Locke 7-10-1-119.
Receiving - Columbia Falls, Kevin Boyer 2-33; Polson, Colton Woods 3-46, Gordon 2-44.
Linnell nabs 3 INTs in Eureka win
EUREKA - Isiah Linnell intercepted three Plains passes, returning one for a touchdown, as the Eureka Lions defeated the visiting Horsemen 14-0 in a District 8-B matchup.
It was the third straight shutout for the Eureka (3-0, 3-3) defense, which picked off five passes in all.
Zach Nieuwsma had the other two interceptions.
"Just a great, great game," Eureka coach Ed Newell said. "Our defense did a great job.
"(The Horsemen) are a big, physical team. They average 230 across the front line.
"I think our conditioning paid off," the coach said.
Linnell's second quarter interception was the only scoring until late in the game.
Eureka put together a 75-yard, time-consuming drive to eat up 4:20 of the fourth quarter.
"We just kind of picked them apart on the way down the field," the coach said.
"Our offensive line did a great job. (The Horsemen) didn't really hurt us with the blitz like they have other teams."
Lineman Thane Adams also received praise from the coach for his efforts, as did fullback/linebacker Michael Mee.
The Lions travel next weekend to St. Ignatius.
LIONS 14, HORSEMEN 0
Plains 0 0 0 0 - 0
Eureka 0 6 0 8 - 14
Second Quarter
Eureka -Isiah Linnell 34 interception return (Kick failed), 4:43.
Fourth Quarter
Eureka - J.D. Belstad 11 run (Andrew Shay to Isiah Linnell) 3:36.
Ronan drops Bigfork, 24-13
BIGFORK - Ronan upended Bigfork 24-13 in Class A Northwest Conference football play Friday.
Ronan improves to 1-2 in league, 2-4 overall. Bigfork is 0-3 and 1-6.
Bigfork plays at Columbia Falls Friday.
CHIEFS 24, VIKINGS 13
Ronan 7 0 7 10 - 24
Bigfork 6 7 0 0 - 13
Bigfork - Mitchell Hill 1 run (kick failed)
Bigfork - Cody King 31 punt return (Eric Torgerson kick)
No scoring stats available for Ronan