Libby falls to Corvallis
The Daily Inter Lake
CORVALLIS - Libby had the early advance, but Corvallis prevailed in the end.
Down 14-6 after the opening period, Corvallis stormed back to post a 41-29 Class A nonconference football victory on Friday.
"We gave them a short field a couple of times," Libby coach Neil Fuller said.
"We just ran out of gas (in the second half)."
Fuller was without three starters because of sickness. And several starters did not play the entire game for the same reason.
Joel Fuller ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more for the Loggers, 2-2.
Corvallis improves to 3-1.
Libby 14 7 0 8 - 29
Corvallis 6 15 6 14 - 41
C - Nathan DuBose 3 run (kick failed)
L - Joel Fuller 5 run (kick failed)
L - Conner Benson 8 pass from Fuller (Benson pass from Fuller)
C - Matt Smith 7 run (Austin Byron pass from Kennan Strong)
L - Fuller 1 run (Benson kick)
C - Drew Zeiler 6 run (Mahlone Jessop kick)
C - Zeiler 74 kickoff return (kick failed)
C - Simth 14 run (Byron pass from Strong)
C - Zeiler 70 run (kick failed)
L - Seth Wright 4 pass from Fuller (Fuller run)
Hamilton 38,
Whitefish 0
HAMILTON - After a scoreless opening quarter, Hamilton poured in on the rest of the way.
The Broncs, 2-1, scored 31 points in the final half.
Whitefish, 1-3, was shutout for the second straight week.
"We ran into a good football team that was really angry," Whitefish coach Patrick Dryden said.
Whitefish 0 0 0 0 - 0
Hamilton 0 7 12 19 - 38
H - Brady Anderson 13 pass from Eddie Anzo (Tyrel Exner kick)
H - Allen McCarty 83 kick return (conversion failed)
H - Paul Donaldson 4 run (conversion failed)
H - McCarty 6 pass from Anzo (conversion failed)
H - Anderson 7 run (Exner kick)
H - Paul Donaldson 64 fumble return (conversion failed)
Loyola 31, Eureka 12
MISSOULA - Five different players scored touchdowns as Loyola improved to 3-0 in Class B play.
Billy Chilton completed 9 of 16 passes for 140 yards and scored on a 2-yard run for fifth-ranked Loyola.
Chad Price had 84 yards rushing for Eureka, 1-1, on 16 carries. He scored on a 52-yard scamper.
Eureka 0 6 6 0 - 12
Loyola 0 14 3 14 - 31
L - Kevin Berland 8 run (Tyler Englert kick)
E - Chad Price 52 run (kick failed)
L - Joe Mitzel 15 run (Englert kick)
L - Englert 22-yard field goal
E - Dalton Williams 2 run (pass failed)
L - Billy Chilton 2 run (Englert kick)
L - Mike Brown 35-yard interception return (Englert kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING - Eureka 34-131 (Chad Price 16-84, Dalton Williams 12-53, Bryan Price 2-12, Andrew Sanders 1-(-8), Colin Gillard 3-(-10). Loyola 46-161 (Joe Mitzel 17-65, Billy Chilton 15-49, Kevin Berland 13-30, Mike Brown 1-17).
PASSING - Eureka: Gillard 6-12-1-65. Loyola: Chilton 9-16-0-140, Brandon Haggarty 0-1-1-0.
RECEIVING - Eureka: B. Price 2-25, Williams 2-24, Luke Truman 1-13, Team 1-3. Loyola: Peter Shaughnessey 4-80, Mitzel 2-8, Michael Breza 1-17, Brown 1-36, Caleb DeGroot 1-9.
Frenchtown 21,
Polson 19
FRENCHTOWN -Frenchtown Broncs running back Cody Kirk ran the ball 25 times for 188 yards Friday night, but in the end it was a matter of feet that earned the Broncs the win against Polson.
The Broncs were down four points with :44 seconds left in the game when Kirk barreled into the end zone from the 2-yard line, finishing off the Pirates, who matched up well against the number-four ranked Frenchtown (3-0).
Polson (2-2) went into the half leading 13-9, but could barely get its offense on the field in the second half as Frenchtown's offense amassed 16 first downs.
Polson junior Tim Rausch was kept to 55 yards rushing but got in the end zone three times. Craig Bagnell threw for 91 yards but couldn't find a receiver in the end zone.
Frenchtown 3 6 6 6 - 21
Polson 7 6 0 6 - 19
Frenchtown - 23 yard field goal (Metz)
Polson - Tim Rausch 2-yard run (Bagnell kick)
Polson - Rausch 1-yard run (kick failed)
Frenchtown - Cody Kirk 7-yard run (kick failed)
Frenchtown - Kirk 1-yard run (pass failed)
Polson - Rausch 3-yard run (run failed)
Frenchtown - Kirk 2-yard run (kick failed)
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F P
First downs 16 9
Rushing-yards 265 91
Passing-yards 72 91
Passing (com/att/ints) 5-9-2 7-12-1
Fumbles NA NA
Penalties 5-35 4-35
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Individual
Rushing - Frenchtown, Kirk 25-188; Polson Rausch 13-55
Passing - Frenchtown, Daniel Aichlmayr 5-9-72-0-2; Polson, Craig Bagnell 7-12-91-0-1
Receiving - Frenchtown, J.D. Undem 2-50; Polson, Ty Fouty 1-50, Ryan Kelley 2-19
Stevensville 36,
Columbia falls 22
COLUMBIA FALLS - The running game came through as usual for the Columbia Falls Wildcats, but in the end turnovers were the deciding stat.
The Wildcats fumbled the ball six times, four of those recovered by Stevensville, en route to a loss.
Mackey Nolan piled up 143 yards of rushing and a touchdown while John Woody added another 70 yards rushing for Columbia Falls (1-2).
But Stevensville's Jalen Pfau ended up being the game's playmaker, finishing with three touchdowns, including a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
Stevensville 0 16 6 14 - 36
Columbia Falls 7 7 8 0 - 22
Columbia Falls - Stephen Baumgartner 41-yard run (Mackey Nolan kick)
Columbia Falls - Nolan 34-yard run (Nolan kick)
Stevensville - Jalen Pfau 97-yard kickoff return (Ethan Pateman kick)
Stevensville - Pateman 2-yard run (Pateman kick)
Stevensville - (Safety) Stevensville recovers blocked punt in C. Falls' endzone
Columbia Falls - Mitchell Wassam 10-yard run (Wassum run good)
Stevensville - Pfau 5-yard run (run failed)
Stevensville - Pfau 35-yard run (Pateman kick)
Stevensville - Pateman 34-yard fumble recovery (Pateman kick)
S CF
First downs 8 9
Rushing-yards 97 285
Passing-yards 59 39
Passing (com/att/ints) 5-17-2 5-11-0
Fumbles/Fumbles lost 1/1 6/4
Penalties 3-25 7-40
Individual
Rushing - Stevensville, Pfau 9-43, Pateman 8-44; Columbia Falls, John Woody 4-70, Nolan 22-143
Passing - Stevensville, Logan Connors 5-17-59-0-2; Columbia Falls, Mitchell Wossum 5-11-0-0
Receiving - Stevensville, Pfau 2-40; Columbia Falls, Kaleb Johnson 1-20