Pirates stun Broncs
FRENCHTOWN - Vince DiGiallonardo threw a pair of touchdown passes and Jake Skelton added a touchdown on a short run as Polson opened the Class A football season with a 21-16 victory over defending state champ Frenchtown on Friday.
DiGiallonardo hit Kyle Bagnell on TD strikes of 60 and 30 yards in the second quarter to take a 14-7 lead at the half.
Skelton had a 6-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Frenchtown came into the contest with an eight-game winning streak.
Polson 0 14 0 7 - 21
Frenchtown 7 0 7 2 - 16
F - Nordahl 10 run
P- Bagnell 60 pass from Digiallonardo
P- Bagnell 30 pass from Digiallonardo
F - Metz 95 kickoff return
P - Skelton 6 run
F - Digiallonardo ran out of end zone
Ronan 28, Browning 14
BROWNING - Robbie Gauthier passed for a touchdown and ran for one as the Ronan Chiefs defeated Browning in nonconference Class A football on Friday.
Gauthier connected with Gordon North Piegan for a 9-yard touchdown in the first quarter and notched a 3-yard scoring run in the third to make it 20-8.
In the third, Ronan's Marcus Hungerford broke away for a 56-yard TD run. Jack Humphreys had Ronan's other score, a 35-yard run.
Charles Old Chief scored Browning's first TD with a 38-yard run and Curt Red Crowd caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Zach Wagner in the fourth.
Ronan 6 0 14 8 - 28
Browning 0 8 0 6 - 14
RONAN-Gordon North Piegan 9 pass from Robbie Gauthier (pass failed)
BRO-Charles Old Chief 38 run (Ethan Foote run)
RONAN-Marcus Hungerford 56 run (pass failed)
RONAN-Gauthier 3 run (Robert Faoa pass from Gauthier)
RONAN-Jack Humphreys 35 run (Dallas Jore pass from Gauthier)
BRO-Curt Red Crow 14 pass from Zach Wagner (run failed)