Rausch, Polson rip Corvallis
The Daily Inter Lake
POLSON - Tim Rausch ran for four touchdowns and Vince DiGiallonardo returned a blocked punt 25 yards for another score as Polson buried Corvallis 36-6 in Class A nonconference football action Friday night.
Rausch's scoring runs covered 2, 6, 6 and 4 yards.
Ryan Kelley had two interceptions for Polson and Brock Picard had the other.
Polson QB Craig Bagnell completed 14-of-19 passes for 193 yards.
Polson (2-1) hosts Frenchtown on Friday.
Corvallis 0 0 6 0 - 6
Polson 6 24 0 6 - 36
Polson - Vince DiGiallonardo 25 return of a blocked punt (kick failed)
Polson - Tim Rausch 2 run (Rausch run)
Polson - Rausch 6 (Craig Bagnell kick)
Polson - Rausch 6 run (Bagnell kick)
Polson - Brock Picard tackled punter in the end zone
Corvallis - Drew Zeiler 5 pass from Kennan Strong (run failed)
Polson - Rausch 4 run (kick failed)
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C P
First downs NA NA
Rushing-yards 25-76 42-195
Passing yards 93 193
Passing (com/att/ints) 9-28-3 14-19-1
Fumbles 1-1 4-4
Penalties 9-74 3-23
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Individual
Rushing - Corvallis, Matt Smith 10-83; Polson, Tim Rausch 13-55, Sheldon Fisher 11-68.
Passing - Corvallis, Kennan Strong 7-16-78-1-2; Polson, Craig Bagnell 14-19-193-0-1.
Receiving - Corvallis, Smith 4-21; Polson, Ryan Kelley 8-135, Rausch 4-24.
Libby 40, Browning 7
BROWNING - Joel Fuller ran for two touchdowns (65 and 20 yards) and passed for four more as Libby bounced back with an easy win over Browning (0-3).
Benson had two TD receptions (45 and 15 yards), as did Colton Cannon (15 and 50 yards).
Fuller finished with 226 yards passing.
Libby (2-1) travels to Corvallis on Friday.
Libby 7 27 6 0 - 40
Browning 0 0 0 7 - 7
Libby - Conner Benson 45 pass Joel Fuller (Benson kick)
Libby - Colton Cannon 15 pass from Fuller (Benson kick)
Libby - Cannon 50 pass from Fuller (run failed)
Libby - Fuller 65 run (pass failed)
Libby - Fuller 20 run (Wright pass from Fuller)
Libby - Benson 15 pass from Fuller (kick failed)
Browning - Dontae Northcutt 75 run (Northcutt kick)
Frenchtown 14,
Whitefish 0
FRENCHTOWN - For the second-straight week, Frenchtown knocked off a Northwestern A foe in nonconference action.
Cody Kirk scored on a 3-yard run, and J.D. Undem hauled in a 16-yard pass from Daniel Aichlmayer as the Broncs pulled away in the final half.
Whitefish (1-2) failed to score for the first time this season.
Frenchtown (2-0) came into the contest ranked No. 4. Whitefish was tied at No. 5.
Kirk finished with 138 yards on the ground on 16 attempts. Jonny Dilworth rushed for 106 on 14 carries.
Frenchtown last week beat Libby 34-32.
Whitefish travels to Hamilton next Friday while Frenchtown visits Polson.
Whitefish 0 0 0 0 - 0
Frenchtown 0 0 7 7 - 14
Frenchtown - Cody Kirk 3 run (Richard Weber kick)
Frenchtown - J.D. Undem 16 pass from Daniel Aichlmayr (Ben Metz kick)
Stevensville 45, Bigfork 6
STEVENSVILLE - Stevensville picked up its first victory of the season, rolling past Bigfork in a Class A nonconference contest.
Ethan Pateman ran for two touchdowns and caught a pair of TD passes.
Bigfork (0-2) could muster just 89 yards rushing and 35 yards passing.
Christian Ker scored on a 2-yard run for Bigfork in the fourth quarter.
Bigfork 0 0 0 6 - 6
Stevensville 12 14 19 0 - 45
Stevensville - Ethan Pateman 30 pass from Logan Connors (run failed)
Stevensville - Pateman 30 run (pass failed)
Stevensville - Pateman 47 run (pass failed)
Stevensville - Jalen Pfau 21 pass from Connors (run failed)
Stevensville - Pateman pass from Connors (run failed)
Stevensville - Pfau 22 pass from Connors (run failed)
Stevensville - Pfau 19 run (Pateman kick)
Stevensville - Kaleb Vance 22 run (kick failed)
Bigfork - Christian Ker 2 run (run failed)