Dillon dumps 'Dogs

The Daily Inter Lake

DILLON - Quarterback Bryce Carver ran for three touchdowns, passed for three more, and kicked two field goals in Dillon's 48-28 Class A football playoff victory Saturday over Whitefish.

Carver's TD runs were 2, 2 and 3 yards.

His TD passes covered 55, 4 and 20 yards.

Carver's field goals were from 24 and 28 yards.

He rushed for 167 yards on 24 carries, and completed 23 of 32 passes for 297 yards and no interceptions.

Whitefish jumped out to a 14-7 lead with quarterback Mac Roche hitting Alex Elespuru on a 6-yard strike, and Daniel Simmons finding pay dirt from 2 yards out.

But Dillon exploded for 24 points in the second quarter for a 31-14 halftime lead.

"We just ran into a football team that was very explosive," WHS coach Patrick Dryden said.

"With a blink of an eye, they rolled up 24 points. That happens quick with that offense."

Whitefish's other two touchdowns were on a 47-yard pass from Roche to Aaron Tkachyk, and a Tanner Benedict 3-yard run.

Whitefish had 347 yards in total offense to 562 for the Beavers.

"They're gonna go far in the playoffs," Dryden said.

"I'm pleased with the way we played," he added.

"I was pleased with our effort, our kids conducted themselves with a lot of class. We had a good offensive output. That was a season best, so that's a nice way to go out."

Whitefish (4-6) was competing in the playoffs for a fourth-straight year.

Dillon (7-2) advances to play at fifth-ranked Havre (7-2), which had a first-round bye. Dillon finished second last year.

Whitefish 14 0 7 7 - 28

Dillon 7 24 8 9 - 48

First Quarter

Whi - Alex Elespuru 6 pass from Mac Roche (Elespuru kick), 7:21.

DIL - Bryce Carver 2 run (Carver kick), 4:04.

WHI - Daniel Simmons 2 run (Elespuru kick), :16.

Second Quarter

DIL - Carver 2 run (Carver kick), 11:27.

DIL - FG Carver 24, 5:06.

DIL - Travis Rehm 55 pass from Carver (Carver kick), 3:01.

DIL - Garrett Banning 4 pass from Carver (Carver kick), :03.

Third Quarter

WHI - Aaron Tkachyk 47 pass from Roche (Elespuru kick), 10:18.

DIL - Toby Shepherd 20 pass from Carver (Carver run), 6:56.

Fourth Quarter

DIL - Carver 3 run (run failed), 10:55.

DIL - FG Carver 28, 4:20.

WHI - Tanner Benedict 3 run (Elespuru kick), :43.

Whi Dil

First downs 18 30

Rushes-yards 37-201 39-265

Passes 10-21-1 23-35-0

Passing yards 146 297

Return yards 0 23

Punts-avg. 3-48.0 1-30.0

Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0

Penalties-yards 0-0 3-11

Individual Statistics

RUSHING - Whitefish, Daniel Simmons 18-117, Derek Crittendon 10-39, Tanner Benedict 7-37, Mac Roche 2-8. Dillon, Bryce Carver 24-167, Evan Helle 5-54, Sam Parke 11-45, Team 1-(-1).

PASSING - Whitefish, Roche 10-20-1-146, Team 0-1-0-0. Dillon, Carver 23-32-0-297, Team 0-3-0-0.

RECEIVING - Whitefish, Aaron Tkachyk 2-76, David FauntLeRoy 2-21, Alex Elespuru 2-17, Matt Whitehead 2-16, Sam Wiley 1-13, Dalton Rice 1-3. Dillon, Toby Shepherd 9-127, Travis Rehm 3-96, Tanner Strozzi 4-35, Garrett Banning 4-26, Kyle deGolia 1-10, Parke 2-3.