Polson pounds Anaconda

ANACONDA - Quarterback Vince DiGiallonardo ran for three touchdowns and passed 27 yards to Louis Mohr for another as No. 4-ranked Polson rolled to a 41-0 nonconference victory over Anaconda (1-3) on Friday.

DiGiallonardo's TD runs covered 3, 5 and 6 yards. He finished with 106 yards rushing on seven attempts and was 9 of 12 passing for 201 yards.

The Pirates scored in every quarter and led 28-0 at the half.

Also scoring were Chris Cote on a 15-yard run and Will Davey on a 70-yard scamper.

Kyle Bagnell was 6 of 7 on PAT kicks.

Polson (4-0) is off on Friday, but starts Northwestern A play Oct. 1 at home with Columbia Falls.

Mohr had a big night with six receptions for 139 yards.

Polson 7 21 7 6 - 41

Anaconda 0 0 0 0 - 0

P - Chris Cote 15 run (Kyle Bagnell kick)

P - Louis Mohr 27 pass from Vince DiGiallonardo (Bagnell kick)

P - DiGiallonardo 3 run (Bagnell kick)

P - DiGiallonardo 5 run (Bagnell kick)

P - DiGiallonardo 6 run (Bagnell kick)

P - Will Davey 70 run (kick failed), 6:14

Individual Statistics

RUSHING - Polson, Cote 10-65, DiGiallonardo 7-106, Colton Lenz 5-15, Taylor Pitts 4-4, Will Davey 4-70. Anaconda, Moore 9-36, Austin Flack 10-56, Mitchell Solan 8-19, Eric Boyd 1-2.

PASSING - Polson, DiGiallonardo 9-12-0-201. Anaconda, Moore 8-12-1-83, Cook 1-2-1-12.

RECEIVING - Polson, Mohr 6-139, Bagnell 2-26, Cote 1-35. Anaconda, Boyd 5-62, Solan 3-23, Kevin McGeever 1-10.

Stevensville 59, Whitefish 0

WHITEFISH - Caleb Vance had a pair of touchdown passes in the opening quarter and ran for another, and Tyler Murray threw for two more and also ran for two touchdowns as Stevensville cruised past Whitefish in nonconference play.

Stevensville (3-1) led 47-0 at the half.

"We're just young," Whitefish coach Chad Ross said.

"Of the 22 kids who started against Havre, we've lost eight guys (to injuries)."

Whitefish started five sophomores, five juniors and one senior against Stevensville.

"We have to get better every game technique wise," Ross said.

"The kids have a really good attitude."

Whitefish (1-3) begins Northwestern A play on Friday at Ronan.

Stevensville 21 26 6 6 - 59

Whitefish 0 0 0 0 - 0

S - Josh Lords 5 pass from Caleb Vance (Mitch Blakey kick)

S - Vance 33 run (Blakey kick)

S - Josh Schultz 24 pass from Vance (Blakey kick)

S - Jalen Pfau 27 run (Blakey kick)

S - Schultz 11 pass from Tyler Murray (kick failed)

S - Murray 31 run (Blakey kick)

S - Murray 54 run (kick failed )

S - Dalton Belcourt 35 pass from Murray (kick failed)

Bigfork 42 Plains 7

PLAINS - Bigfork scored early, and often, in rolling to an easy District 7B football victory over Plains.

Bigfork (2-1 and 1-0) led 35-0 at the half.

"It was a great night," Bigfork coach Todd Emslie said. "We put another four quarters together again. We just came out and executed."

Bigfork quarterback Christian Ker completed 4 of 6 passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns. He threw one interception.

Running back Travis Knoll ran for three touchdowns (7, 60 and 4 yards). He finished with 166 yards on 12 carries.

"Travis is doing very well," Emslie said.

"He's having a great season so far."

Bigfork continues with league play on Friday, hosting Eureka.

Bigfork 21 14 7 0 - 42

Plains 0 0 0 7 - 7

B - Cody Dopps 1 run (Dillon Charlebois kick)

B - Travis Knoll 7 run (Charlebois kick)

B - Connor Coleman 30 reception from Christian Ker (Charlebois kick)

B - Ian Loorang 6 reception from Ker (Charlebois)

B - Knoll 60 run (Charlebois kick)

B - Knoll 4 run (Charlebois kick)

P - Trevor Bras 2 reception from Carson Lilja (Lilja kick)

Eureka 45, Troy 26

EUREKA - Troy took an early 14-0 lead, but it was all Eureka after that as quarterback Colin Gillard threw four touchdown passes and ran 1 yard for another score to power Eureka to a District 7B victory.

Gillard was 13 of 25 passing for 275 yards and no interceptions.

"Gillard had a good game, made some nice throws," Eureka coach Ed Newell said. "We needed to spread the ball around and he did a good job of distributing the ball all over the field."

Six different Lions were on the receiving end. Bryton Guckenberg had three receptions for 101 yards and two TDS, 46 and 29 yards.

Chris Ibach hauled in a 33-yard TD pass from Gillard, and Ryan Holder's TD pass covered 33 yards.

Taylor Vaughn ran for 101 yards on 19 attempts and scored a touchdown.

Eureka (2-1 and 1-0) led Troy (2-1 and 1-1) 30-20 at the half.

Eureka linebacker Andrew Derby had 13 tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery, which he returned 25 yards to the Troy 2-yard line. Defensive end Caleb Curtiss had nine tackles, two QB hurries and also recovered a fumble.

Troy 14 6 6 0 - 26

Eureka 8 22 15 0 - 45

T - Tommy Nyland 35 pass from Mike Ormiston (Kody Hoffman pass from Ormiston)

T - Hoffman 1 run (pass failed)

E - Bryton Guckenberg 46 pass from Colin Gillard (Taylor Vaughn run)

E - Gillard 1 run (Ryan Holder kick)

E - Chris Ibach 31 pass from Gillard (Guckenberg from Gillard)

E - Holder 33 pass from Gillard (Holder kick)

T - Hoffman 7 pass from Ormiston (pass failed)

T - Nyland 69 pass from Ormiston (run failed)

E - Vaughn 7 run (Guckenberg pass from Holder)

E - Guckenberg 29 pass from Gillard (Holder kick)

Individual Stats

RUSHING - Troy, Cory Orr 15-132; Eureka, Vaughn 19-101, Ibach 13-59.

PASSING - Troy, Ormiston 17-28-231-3TDs-2INTs; Eureka, Gillard 13-25-275-4TDs, O INTs.

RECEIVING - Troy, Nyland 3-120; Eureka, Guckenberg 3-101, Holder 4-54, Andrew Derby 2-50, Ibach 1-31.

Dillon 28,

Columbia Falls 0

DILLON - Ben Folson, a sophomore backup quarterback, ran for two touchdowns and returned an interception 85 yards for another score, all in the first half, as second-ranked Dillon defeated Columbia Falls 28-0 in nonconference play.

Dillon (3-0) starting quarterback J.T. Linder suffered an ankle injury in the opening quarter.

Nate Thompson had another big night for Columbia Falls (1-3). The senior running back had 182 yards on 37 attempts.

Kaleb Johnson had three receptions for 45 yards for the Wildcats.

Columbia Falls opens Northwestern A play on Friday hosting Libby.

Columbia Falls 0 0 0 0 - 0

Dillon 13 8 0 7 - 28

D - Ben Folsom 8 run (Wes Knox kick), 2:39

D - Folsom 58 interception return (kick failed), :32

D - Folson 1 run (Matt Merenz from Folsom), 8:08

D - Kyle Cox 2 run (Knox kick)

Individual Statistics

RUSHING - CF, Nate Thompson 37-182, Austin Barth 3-(-9), Dan Jones 1-2, Sam Medina 1-1, Team 1-(-26). Dillon, Folson 12-77, Dilan Starkel 10-47, Cox 8-22, Garrett Altenburg 4-18, J.T. Linder 2-3, Team 1-(-2).

PASSING - CF, Barth 4-21-2-65. Dillon, Folsom 5-12-1-119, Linder 2-5-0-22.

RECEIVING - CF, Kaleb Johnson 3-45, Devyn Rocker 1-20. Dillon, Austin Williams 2-39, Knox 1-34, Hunter Johnson 1-25, Starkel 1-21, Folsom 1-12, Merenz 1-7.

Hamilton 47,

Libby 37

HAMILTON - Libby scored the first 22 points of the game, but Hamilton stormed back to claim the nonconference victory.

Kelly May ran 7 yards for a touchdown and passed 51 yards to Josiah Coker for another to put the Loggers (2-2) up 15-0 in the opening quarter.

Josh Brenneman ran for four touchdowns and passed for one to spark the Broncs (2-1).

Libby opens Northwestern A play on Friday at Columbia Falls.

Libby 15 7 7 8 - 37

Hamilton 0 20 14 13 - 47

L - Kelly May 7 run (Justin Thrailkill pass from May)

L - Josiah Coker 51 pass from May (May kick)

L - Thrailkill 2 run (Patrick Valentine kick)

H - Cody Noffsinger 3 run (Seth Mason kick)

H - Josh Brenneman 69 run (kick failed)

H - Semisi Rigby 8 pass from Brenneman (Mason kick)

H - Brenneman 6 run (Tucker Lehr pass from Brenneman)

L - Troy Tyler 87 kick return (Valentine kick)

H - Brenneman 22 run (kick failed)

H - Noffsinger 7 run (Mason kick)

H - Brenneman 1 run (kick failed)

L - Tyler 38 pass from Micah Germany (Alex Cislo pass from Germany)