C-Falls rolls by Ronan
The Daily Inter Lake
RONAN - Mitchell Wassam threw four touchdown passes and kicked a field goal to lead Columbia Falls (3-2, 1-0) to a 31-6 Northwestern A football victory over Ronan (1-3, 0-1) on Friday.
Columbia Falls, up 14-6 at the half, broke the game open in the second half.
"We started off real slow," Columbia Falls coach Bill Coleman said.
"We were hit by the injury bug in the first quarter. We were scrambling putting people in there."
The Wildcats lost starting tight end/nose guard Cale Vukonich to injury in the opening quarter. Coleman said Matt Hollo took over at TE and played well.
"We took a step forward this week," Coleman said.
"We're getting better week to week."
Coleman said Wassam set a new school record with his four TD strikes. He was 12 of 20 passing for 195 yards.
Columbia Falls 0 14 7 10 - 31
Ronan 6 0 0 0 - 6
Ronan - Xavier Morigeau 2 run (pass failed, 2:50
Columbia Falls - Kaleb Johnson 10 pass from Mitchell Wassam (Wassam kick), 6:07
Columbia Falls - Kyle Howell 11 pass from Wassam (Wassam kick), 3:21
Columbia Falls - Howell 26 pass from Wassam (Wassam kick), 8:50
Columbia Falls - Johnson 52 pass from Wassam (Wassam kick), 11:54
Columbia Falls - Wassam 27 field goal, 6:35
CF R
First downs 15 16
Rushes-yards 42-211 44-135
Passing yards 195 62
Passing 12-21-1 7-12-1
Fumbles-lost 1-0 4-2
Penalties 7-44 3-30
Time of possession 28:15 19:45
Individual Stats
RUSHING - Columbia Falls, John Woody 16-67, Nathan Thompson 13-75, Mitchell Wassam 7-33, Chris King 5-16.
PASSING - Columbia Falls, Wassam 12-20-1-195.
RECEIVING - Columbia Falls, Thompson 5-47, Kaleb Johnson 3-71, Kyle Howell 3-66, Woody 1-12.
Eureka 62, Bigfork 26
EUREKA - Chad Price ran for four touchdowns and 203 yards on 20 carries, and quarterback Colin Gillard also ran for two and threw for two more as Eureka bombed Bigfork in District 7B play.
Gillard was 6-for-8 passing for 260 yards and he also rushed for 98 on five carries.
"We played really well," Eureka coach Ed Newell said.
"When you have a kid like Chad, it really helps. Colin had his best game of the year with 358 yards of total offense."
Eureka, ranked No. 10, moves to 3-1 overall, 2-0 league. Bigfork slips to 1-3, 1-1.
Bigfork 6 14 0 6 - 26
Eureka 12 15 22 13 - 62
Eureka - Chad Price 13 run (kick failed)
Eureka - Price 30 run (pass failed)
Bigfork - Travis Knoll 20 run (kick failed)
Bigfork - Christian Ker 2 run (Derek Minemyer kick)
Eureka - Andrew Sanders 54 pass from Colin Gillard (Alex Lesowski pass from Gillard)
Eureka - Price 55 run (Price kick)
Bigfork - Knoll 10 run (Minemyer kick)
Eureka - Gillard 25 run (Price kick)
Eureka - Paul Stevens 10 run (Price kick)
Eureka - Price 3 run (Taylor Vaughn pass from Gillard)
Eureka - Lesowski 78 pass from Gillard (Price kick)
Eureka - Gillard 23 run (kick failed)
Bigfork - Colter Mahlum 10 pass from Jackson Boese (run failed)
B E
First downs 14 11
Rushes-yards 40-126 29-326
Passings yards 187 260
Passing 10-21-1 6-8-1
Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties 5-45 7-68
Individual Stats
RUSHING - Bigfork, Cody Dopps 11-62; Eureka, Chad Price 20-203, Colin Gillard 5-98.
PASSING - Bigfork, Christian Ker 9-20-1-177; Eureka, Gillard 6-8-1-260.
RECEIVING - Travis Knoll 4-96, Derek Minemyer 2-48; Eureka, Alex Lesowski 4-161, Andrew Sanders 2-99.
Polson 48, Libby 27
POLSON - Tim Rausch ran for four touchdowns to carry Polson to a Northwestern A victory over Libby.
Rausch, who had 128 yards on nine carries, scored from 7, 57, 25 and 21 yards. Polson quarterback Vince DiGiallonardo ran 74 yards for a touchdown and threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Joe Andrews.
Polson, 4-1 and 1-0, had 357 yards rushing.
TJ Benson had two touchdown runs for Libby, 1-4, 0-1, and Kaila Forster booted two field goals, 19 and 25 yards.
Libby 7 10 0 10 - 27
Polson 7 28 13 0 - 48
Polson - Tim Rausch 7 run (Kyle Bagnell kick)
Libby - TJ Benson 8 run (Kaila Forster kick)
Polson - Trae Fouty 4 run (kick failed)
Polson - Rausch 57 run (Joe Andrews pass from Vince DiGiallonardo)
Libby - Kody Berget 6 from Kelly May (Forster kick)
Libby - Forster 19 field goal
Polson - DiGiallonardo 74 run (Bagnell kick)
Polson - Andrews 26 pass from DiGiallonardo (Bagnell kick)
Polson - Rausch 25 run (Bagnell kick)
Polson - Rausch 21 run (kick failed)
Libby - Benson 12 run (Forster kick)
Libby - Forster 25 field goal
L P
First downs 13 10
Rushes-yards 31-134 36-357
Passing yards 167 136
Passing 23-47-1 6-12-1
Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties 2-10 8-85
Individual Stats
RUSHING - Libby, TJ Benson 11-63; Polson, Tim Rausch 9-128, Joe Andrews 8-84; Vince DiGiallonardo 4-83.
PASSING - Libby, Kelly May 21-43-1-142; Polson, DiGiallonardo 6-12-1-136.
RECEIVING - Libby, NA; Polson, Andrews 2-41, Kyle Bagnell 1-55.