Prep Football: Price, Eureka roll over Thompson Falls
EUREKA - Eureka took a step closer to winning the District 7B football title on Friday night by thumping Thompson Falls, 32-8.
Eureka (5-2 overall and 4-1 in league) is finished with league play.
Chad Price had another monster game for the Lions, scoring four touchdowns while rushing for 288 yards on 37 carries.
Price had TD runs of 65, 5 and 10 yards. He also returned in interception 66 yards for a score.
"We're running the ball pretty effectively," Eureka coach Ed Newell said.
"Chad Price is a pretty special player."
Eureka finished with 316 yards rushing.
"Defensively, we played pretty well after giving up the opening score," Newell said.
Eureka outside linebacker Andrew Derby had eight tackles and middle linebacker Taylor Vaughn seven. Alex Lesowski had the other intercetion for Eureka.
The Lions finish regular-season play on Friday with a nonconference game at Darby.
Thompson Falls 8 0 0 0 - 8
Eureka 7 12 6 7 - 32
Thompson Falls - Cody Phillips 8 pass from Will Dalby (Mike Wood pass form Dalby)
Eureka - Chad Price 65 run (Price kick)
Eureka - Price 5 run (kick failed)
Eureka - Taylor Vaughn 5 run (kick failed)
Eureka - Price 66 punt return (kick failed)
Eureka - Price 10 run (Price kick)
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TF E
First downs 16 17
Rushes-yards 25-89 53-316
Passing yards 220 8
Passing 19-35-2 1-5-0
Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-1
Penalites-yards 5-34 11-105
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Individual Stats
RUSHING - Thompson Falls, Richard Lyons 15-62; Eureka, Price 37-288, Vaughn 9-34.
PASSING - Thompson Falls, Dalby 15-29-2-182; Eureka, Colin Gillard 1-5-0-8.
RECEIVING - Thompson Falls, Wood 7-118; Eureka, Alex Lesowski 1-8.
Polson 43,
Whitefish 21
WHITEFISH - Polson outscored Whitefish 36-7 after the opening quarter en route to a Northwestern A victory.
The fifth-ranked Pirates (6-1 and 3-0) was led by quarterback Vince DiGiallonardo, who ran for a touchdown and passed for another.
Running back Tim Rausch had two touchdown runs, 1 and 10 yards.
Mac Roche had a pair of TD passes for Whitefish, 21 yards to Willie Roche and 68 yards to Kalin Hale.
"I thought we played with a lot of heart," Whitefish coach Patrick Dryden said. "I couldn't fault our effort. We just got overpowered by a very good football team. We couldn't stop their running backs."
Whitefish (4-3 and 1-2) finished with 303 yards in total offense. Mac Roche accounted for the majority of that, completing 10 of 23 passes for 198 yards.
Dryden said offensive guard Nathan Wiedenmeyer, running back Tanner Benedict and Hale, a receiver, "all played well."
Whitefish ends regular-season play on Friday at Columbia Falls.
Polson 7 15 14 7 - 43
Whitefish 14 0 0 7 - 21
Whitefish - Willie Roche 21 pass from Mac Roche (Tanner Benedict kick)
Polson - Vince DiGiallonardo 4 run (Kyle Bagnell kick)
Whitefish - Kalin Hale 68 pass from M. Roche (Benedict kick)
Polson - Tim Rausch 10 run (Bagnell kick)
Polson - Joe Andrews 8 run (DiGiallonardo run)
Polson - (player unknown) 82 interception return (Bagnell kick)
Polson - (No. 3) 22 pass from DiGiallonardo (Bagnell kick)
Whitefish - Daniel Simmons 1 run (Benedict kick)
Polson - Rausch 1 run (Bagnell kick)
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Individual Stats
WHITEFISH - Simmons 17-98, Derek Crittenden 1-21.
PASSING - M. Roche 10-23-2-198.
RECEIVING - Hale 5-96, Chris Forest 2-48, Benedict 1-26.
Bigfork 37, Troy 36
TROY - The Bigfork Vikings were down 22-7 at halftime but came to life in the second half to edge Troy on the road.
"The kids just came out pretty inspired in the second half and did what they had to do to get the win," Bigfork coach Todd Emslie said. "You know it's not easy getting a win up here in Troy, it never has been."
Travis Knoll had four touchdown runs in the second half and Derek Minnemayer kicked a 37-yard field goal for the Vikings, who kept their playoff hopes alive with the comeback victory.
Bigfork stands at 3-1 in 7B and 3-4 overall. Troy falls to 1-3 and 2-5.
Bigfork 7 0 10 20 - 37
Troy 8 14 0 14 - 36
T - Jake Alexander 89 kickoff return (Cody Hoffman pass from Mike Ormiston)
B - Ian Lorang 8 pass from Christian Ker (Derek Minnemyer kick)
T - Brian Hammrick 70 pass from ormiston (Ormiston run)
T - Alexander 60 pass from Ormiston (run failed)
B - Travis Knoll 3 run (Minnemyer kick)
B - Minnemyer 37 FG
B - Knoll 4 run (run failed)
B - Knoll 67 run (Minnemyer kick)
B - Knoll 9 run (Minnemyer kick)
T - Hoffman 10 pass from Ormiston (pass failed)
T - Hoffman 10 pass from Ormiston (Derek Winslow pass from Ormiston)