Eureka blows out Deer Lodge, 48-0
The Daily Inter Lake
EUREKA - Sweet, sweet revenge.
The Eureka Lions gained 400 yards on the ground and avenged a 2007 first-round playoff loss with a 48-0 thumping of visiting Deer Lodge on Friday.
It was the Class B opener for both teams.
Dalton Williams gained 183 yards and scored two touchdowns on 15 carries. Backfield mate Chad Price had 16 carries for 144 yards and scored three times.
"It was a great win, a total team effort. We ran well and we played great defense," said Eureka coach Ed Newell.
"Our line paved the way and they did an outstanding job." Eureka took the opening kickoff and drove 68 yards on nine plays. The Lions defense got a stop on the Wardens first drive, and the Lions drove in for a second score.
Ben Dechart recorded 19 tackles, a sack and forced a fumble for Eureka.
Deer Lodge 0 0 0 0 - 0
Eureka 14 6 20 8 - 48
First Quarter
E - Chad Price 4 run (kick failed), 8:06.
E - Andrew Sanders 15 pass from Colin Gilliard (Dalton Williams pass from Gilliard), 2:08
Second Quarter
E - Williams 7 run (kick failed), 1:26
Third Quarter
E - Price 24 run (run failed) 8:42.
E - Price 7 run ( Williams run), 6:55.
E - Williams 25 run (pass failed), 4:48.
Fourth quarter
E - Taylor Vaughn 7 run (Vaughn run), 8:32.
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DL E
First downs 4 15
Total Net Yards 138 461
Rushes-yards 29-123 40-400
Passing 15 61
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-25
Comp-Att-Int 5-15-1 6-11-0
Punts 3-34.0 2-34.5
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0
Penalties-Yards 4-31 6-60
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Eureka, Chad Price 16-144, Dalton Williams 15-183, Andrew Sanders 2-32, Colin Gilliard 3-6, Taylor Vaugn 3-25, Curtis McDuffie 1-10.
PASSING-Eureka, Colin Gilliard 6-10-61, Ryan Holder 0-1-0.
RECEIVING- Eureka, Luke Truman 2-23, Dalton Williams 3-21, Andrew Sanders 1-15.
Dillon 42, Polson 12
DILLON - Bryce Carver scored touchdowns on runs of 85 and 34 yards and passed for three touchdowns (19, 10 and 3 yards) as the Beavers rolled over Polson.
Tim Rausch, 21 yards, and Joe Andrews, 29 yards, had touchdown runs for Polson, 1-1.
Polson 0 6 0 6 - 12
Dillon 14 28 0 0 - 42
First Quarter
Dillon - Bryce Carver 85 run (kick failed), 6:59
Dillon - Carver 34 run (Travis Rehm from Carver), 4:00
Second Quarter
Dillon - Toby Shepherd 19 pass from Carver (Carver kick), 8:59
Polson - Tim Rausch 21 run (kick failed), 7:08
Dillon - Trevor Rehm 70 interception return (kick failed), 5:52
Dillon - Tanner Strozzi 10 pass from Carver (Travis Rehm from Carver), 3:26
Dillon - Garrett Banning 3 pass from Carver (Carver kick), :32
Fourth Quarter
Polson - Joe Andrews 29 run (kick failed), 3:56
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Polson, Rausch 16-134, Craig Bagnell 8-(-8), Trae Fouty 4-21, Andrews 4-13. Dillon, Carver 10-144, Sam Parke 10-16, Evan Helle 3-10, Pete Walde 3-21, Brandon Robinson 1-55, Matt Merenz 1-1.
PASSING - Polson, Bagnell 9-25-1-83. Dillon, Carver 13-21-1-235, Walde 1-3-0-2.
RECEIVING - Polson, Ryan Kelley 3-24, Ty Fouty 2-11, Rausch 1-21, Kyle Bagnell 1-12, Andrews 1-6, Trae Fouty 1-9. Dillon, Shepherd 6-179, Travis Rehm 2-7, Kyle deGolia 1-14, Strozzi 1-10, Hunter Johnson 1-16, Banning 1-3, Parke 1-2.
Corvallis 30, Ronan 20
RONAN - Ronan jumped out to a 20-8 first period lead, but Corvallis battled back to get the win.
Ronan's Mike Fisher completed 7 of 24 passes for 225 yards and three TDs, all to Matt Detwiler (43, 7 and 20 yards). Fisher was intercepted twice.
Ronan's Corey Hardy had 13 rushes for 79 yards and Tyson Noyes 12 for 45 yards.
Corvallis 8 8 14 0 - 30
Ronan 20 0 0 0 - 20
Ronan - Matt Detwiler 43 pass from Mike Fisher (Tyson Noyes pass from Fischer)
Corvallis - Drew Zeiler 88 kickoff return (Matt Smith run)
Ronan - Detwiler 7 pass from Fisher (run failed)
Ronan - Detwiler 20 pass from Fisher (pass failed)
Corvallis - Brode Anderson 24 pass from Jordan Waldo (Austin Byron run)
Corvallis - Shae Ginerich 43 interception return (kick failed)
Corvallis - Waldo 3 run (Smith run)
Whitefish 16,
Butte Central 6
WHITEFISH - Aaron Tkachyk had touchdown receptions of 34 and 29 yards and Kyle Knox kicked a 21-yard field goal as Whitefish bounced back from last week's loss to Havre to throttle Butte Central.
"It's just a quality win against a quality opponent," Whitefish coach Patrick Dryden said.
"It's really good for our program."
Defensively, Matt Whitehead had two interceptions for Whitefish and Tkachyk one.
Dryden said the Whitefish defensive line - David FauntLeroy, Tyson Ferda, Dylan Dryden and Josh Backer - "improved so much over last week. They really took a step forward."
Butte Central slips to 1-1.
Butte Central 0 0 0 6 - 6
Whitefish 0 7 0 9 - 16
Whitefish - Aaron Tkachyk 34 pass from Mac Roche (Kyle Knox kick)
Whitefish - Knox 21 field goal
Butte Central - Casey Norbeck 7 pass from Andy Ritter (pass failed)
Whitefish - Aaron Tkachyk 29 pass from Alex Elespuru (kick failed)
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BC Wf
First downs NA NA
Rushes-yards NA 39-189
Passing yards NA 192
Passing(com/att/int/td) NA 14-19-1-2
Individual Statistics
Rushing - Butte Central NA, Whitefish Jesse Strunk 21-94, Tanner Benedict 13-61, Alex Elespuru 3-29, Daniel Simmons 2-5.
Passing - Butte Central NA, Whitefish, Elespuru 11-16-119-1-1, Roche 3-3-73-0-1.
Receiving - Butte Central NA, Whitefish, Tkachyk 6-134, Derek Crittenden 2-17, Kyle Knox 2-14, Matt Whitefish 1-10, David Fauntleroy 1-9, Seth Wiley 1-5, Simmons 1-3.
Frenchtown 34, Libby 32
LIBBY - Joel Fuller passed for five touchdowns, but it wasn't quite enough as Frenchtown pulled off the upset.
Fuller completed 27 of 45 passes for 411 yards. He was intercepted four times.
Libby, 1-1 on the season, led 26-21 at the half.
Frenchtown 7 14 7 6 - 34
Libby 7 19 0 6 - 32
F - Undem 22 yd run (kick good)
L - Kelly May 3 pass from Joel Fuller (Connor Benson kick)
L - Colton Cannon 40 pass from Fuller (Benson kick)
F - Kirk 45 yd run (kick good)
L - Benson 17 pass from Fuller (kick failed)
F - Undem 65 pass from Aichlmayr (kick good)
L - Charlie White 13 pass from Fuller (run failed)
F - Aichlmayr 1 run (kick good)
F - Name not listed 5 run (kick failed)
L - White 35 pass from Fuller (pass failed)
Hamilton 59, Bigfork 15
HAMILTON - After a wild opening quarter, Hamilton pulled away for the victory.
Bigfork's touchdowns came on big plays - a 65-yard run by Travis Knoll and Carson Sneed returned a kickoff 83 yards.
It was Bigfork's season opener.
Bigfork 15 0 0 0 - 15
Hamilton 28 19 12 0 - 59
H - Eric Brangoccio 54 run (Tyrel Exner kick)
BF - Travis Knoll 65 run (pass good)
H - Brangoccio 61 run (kick failed)
H - Brangoccio 6 run (Brangoccio run)
BF - Carson Sneed 83 kickoff return (Lyle Eike kick)
H - Allen McCarty 78 kickoff return (Exner kick)
H - Brangoccio 5 run (kick failed)
H - Brangoccio 12 run (Exner kick)
H - Paul Donaldson 11 run (kick failed)
H - Brangoccio 32 run (kick failed)
H - Dillon Wood 8 run (kick failed)