Pirates get back on winning track; Eureka's Newell wins 100th game
POLSON - Louis Mohr caught two touchdowns in the first quarter and Polson cruised to 5-1 overall and 1-1 in conference with a 47-12 Northwestern A victory over Whitefish on Friday.
Quarterback Vince DiGiallonardo connected with Mohr twice early and finished with 197 yards passing and a TD run. Kyle Bagnell had two field goals and Justin Evertz picked up a fumble and took it 87 yards for the Pirates' final score.
Jeremy Nielsen totaled 97 yards rushing on 12 carries for Whitefish (1-6, 0-3). Jake Skelton had 91 yards rushing and a TD and Chris Cote scored for Polson.
Whitefish 0 0 6 6 - 12
Polson 21 12 7 7 - 47
P - Louis Mohr 33 pass from Vince DiGiallonardo (Kyle Bagnell kick)
P - Louis Mohr 17 pass from DiGiallonardo (Bagnell kick)
P - Jake Skelton 1 run (Bagnell kick)
P - Chris Cote 15 run (kick failed)
P - Bagnell 25 field goal
P - Bagnell 27 field goal
WF - Jeremy Nielsen 4 run (kick failed)
P - DiGiallonardo 5 run (Bagnell kick)
P - Justin Evertz 87 run (Bagnell kick) (chris cot fumbled, evertz picked it up.
WF - Chris Forrest 12 pass from Connor Donahue (kick blocked)
Eureka 35,
St. Ignatius 0
ST. IGNATIUS - Taylor Vaughn ran 5 and 46 yards for touchdowns and caught a 65-yard TD pass from quarterback Colin Gillard as the Lions earned head coach Ed Newell his 100th coaching victory.
Eureka (4-2 overall and 3-1 District 7B) led 29-0 at the half.
Gillard had a hand in the other two scores, passing 4 yards to Ryan Holder for one and running 1 yard for the other.
Eureka 14 15 6 0 - 35
St. Ignatius 0 0 0 0 - 0
E - Taylor Vaughn 5 run (kick failed)
E - Vaughn 65 pass from Colin Gillard (Chris Ibach run)
E - Gillard 1 run (Bryton Guckenberg pass from Gillard)
E - Ryan Holder 4 pass from Gillard (Holder kick)
E - Vaughn 46 run (pass failed)
Libby 38, Ronan 0
LIBBY - Corey Chapman ran for two touchdowns and Kody Berget returned a punt 54 yards for another as Libby cruised past Ronan in Northwestern A play.
Chapman's TD scampers were from 29 and 53 yards. He finished with 164 yards on nine carries.
Also scoring for Libby was Colby Rybar on a 12-yard run and Justin Thrailkill on a 5-yard blast.
Libby (4-3 and 2-1) outgained Ronan 322-185 yards. The Loggers rolled up 322 yards on the ground.
Libby led Ronan (4-3 and 1-1) 32-0 at the half.
Ronan 0 0 0 0 - 0
Libby 14 18 6 0 - 38
L - Corey Chapman 29 run (Valentine kick)
L - Colby Rybar 12 run (Valentine kick)
L - Kody Berget 52 punt return (Valentine kick)
L - Justin Thrailkill 5 run (May run)
L - Corey Chapman 53 run (Valentine Kick failed)
Fairfield 26, Bigfork 7
FAIRFIELD - Bigfork (4-2) finished with as many turnovers as points and that spoiled any hopes for an upset.
Top-ranked Fairfield (6-0) took full advantage of those miscues for the Class B nonconference win.
"You can't beat anybody with seven turnovers," Bigfork coach Todd Emslie said.
"The kids played hard to the end."
The loss snapped Bigfork's four-game winning streak.
Fairfield used two second-quarter TDs to lead 14-0 at the half. Bigfork scored in the fourth quarter on a 35-yard pass from Christian Ker to Connor Coleman.
Bigfork returns to District 7B action next week at home versus Troy.
Bigfork's other loss this season was to No. 7 Missoula Loyola the opening weekend of the season.
Bigfork 0 0 0 7 - 7
Fairfield 0 14 6 6 - 26
F - Chad Barrett 30 run (Colin Allen kick)
F - Collin Allen 40 pass Matt Patterson (Allen kick)
F - Allen 43 interception return (kick blocked)
F - Allen 9 pass from Patterson (kick blocked)
B - Connor Coleman 35 pass from Christian Ker (kick good)