Stevensville downs Bigfork; Libby rolls on
The Daily Inter Lake
BIGFORK - Stevensville downed Bigfork 37-6 Friday in Class A nonconference football play.
Bigfork's touchdown came in the third quarter on a 36-yard run by Andrew Whittaker.
No other information was available.
Libby 48, Browning 6
LIBBY - Quarterback Joel Fuller had another big game passing, throwing for 264 yards and four touchdowns in a nonconference football victory over Browning.
Fuller hit Zack Rowan on TD strikes of 21 52, 33 and 68 yards.
Fuller connected on 13 on 20 passes.
"Our offensive line did a great job blocking," said Libby coach Neil Fuller.
"Browning brought a lot of pressure, but they (line) gave Joel a lot of time to throw. It was a big night for our passing game."
Jeremy Chumley scored touchdowns on runs of 2 and 72 yards and Josh Chumley bolted into the end zone from 8 yards out. Libby, 3-0, hosts Corvallis on Friday in nonconference play.
Browning 0 8 0 0 - 8
Libby 26 20 0 0 - 46
First Quarter
Libby - Zack Rowan 21 pass from Joel Fuller (Rowan kick), 7:57
Libby - Jeremy Chumley 2 run (kick failed), 7:20
Libby - Josh Chumley 8 run (Rowan kick), 3:16
Libby - Rowan 52 pass from Fuller (run failed), :45
Second Quarter
Libby - Rowan 52 pass from Fuller (run failed), :45
Second Quarter
Libby - Rowan 33 pass from Fuller (Rowan kick), 2:26
Libby - Jeremy Chumley 72 run (Rowan kick), 1:00
Libby - Rowan 68 pass from Fuller (kick failed). :27
Browning - Keller 13 pass from Thomas (Kipp run), 17
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L B
FIRST DOWNS 9 8
Rushing yards 187 54
Passing yards 264 116
Cmp-Att-Int-TD 13-20-1-4 15-27-4-1
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 2-20 5-40
Individual Statistics
RUSHING - Browning, Scott Kipp 3-21; Daniel Keller 11-16; Murt Thomas 3-14. Libby, J. Chumley 10-149; Josh Chumley 4-25; Fuller 6-9; Jeff Miller 1-2; Colton Cannon 1-2; Justin Graham 1-0
PASSING - Browning, Spotted Wolfe 10-21-85; Murt Thomas 3-3-20; Marcus Cobell 2-3-11. Libby, Joel Fuller 11-17-252; Cannon 2-3-12;
RECEIVING - Browning, Kipp 6-71; Keller 4-33 Libby, Zack Rowan 5-185; Conner Benson 2-11; C. White 2-12; J. Chumley 2-39; Seth Wright 2-17.
Frenchtown 14,
Whitefish 7
WHITEFISH - Frenchtown scored two quick touchdowns and that held up as the Broncs downed Whitefish in nonconference play.
A roughing the passer penalty kept Frenchtown's first scoring drive alive and then the Broncs capitalized on a Whitefish turnover to score again for a 14-0 lead in the opening quarter.
Whitefish's TD came in the second quarter on a 1-yard run by quarterback Alex Elespuru.
"Always disappointing to lose a football game," WHS coach Patrick Dryden said.
"But there were a lot of positives out there.
"I think we really came of age tonight," he continued.
"We proved we can battle with a good football team."
Whitefish is now 0-3 on the season.
Frenchtown 14 0 0 0 - 14
Whitefish 0 7 0 0 - 7
Frenchtown - Shae Berklund 1 run (kick failed)
Frenchtown - David Velasquez 1 run (Adam Sherry pass from Velasquez)
Whitefish - Alex Elespuru 1 run (Brad Neilsen kick)
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F W
First downs NA NA
Rushing-yards NA 125-20
Passing yards NA 85
Cmp-Att-Int-TD NA 11-19-2-0
Fumbles-lost 3-0 1-1
Penalties-yards NA NA
Individual Statistics
RUSHING - Frenchtown, NA; Whitefish, Aaron Tkachyk 8-50, Matt Starr 6-49, Alex Elespuru 4-12, Jake Smith 2-9, Seth Wiley 1-5.
PASSING - Frenchtown, NA; Whitefish, Elespuru 11-19-2-0-85.
RECEIVING - Frenchtown, NA; Whitefish, Byron Whitcomb 4-42, Wiley 3-24, Tyler Mason 1-6, Brandon Prescott 1-6, Tkachyk 1-5, Brian Flickinger 1-2.
Polson 37, Corvallis 14
CORVALLIS - Cody Doyle scored four touchdowns and Tim Rausch caught a 70-yard pass from Craig Bagnell as the Northwestern A Polson Pirates rolled to a nonconference victory over host Corvallis.
The Pirates led 22-0 at half and 37-0 after three quarters.
Polson 16 6 15 0 - 37
Corvallis 0 0 0 14 - 14
Polson - Cody Doyle 1 run (Chris Alfiero 2 pass from Craig Bagnell).
Polson - Doyle 1 run (Bagnell 2 pass).
Polson - Doyle 1 run (conversion failed).
Polson - Doyle 6 run (Jeremy Basley kicks)
Polson - Tim Rausch 70 pass from Craig Bagnell (Bagnell 2 run)
Corvallis - Matt Smith 2 run (conversion failed)
Corvallis - Rodee Anderson 1 run (Nathan Dubose 2 run)