C-Falls, Polson, Whitefish win Class A football openers
COLUMBIA FALLS - Brendan Windauer scored on a 4-yard run with just over four minutes to play, giving Columbia Falls a 14-6 season-opening Class A football victory Friday night over Corvallis.
Parker Johnson had a big night for Columbia Falls. He finished with eight receptions for 95 yards and one touchdown. He also had an interception.
Columbia Falls quarterback Austin Barth was 12 of 20 passing for 145 yards. He hit Johnson on a 9-yard strike for the score.
Dan Jones rushed 22 times for 90 yards to key the Wildcat ground game.
Colin King also had a interception for Columbia Falls.
"Outstanding defensive game," Columbia Falls coach Bill Coleman said.
"We held them to 77 yards rushing, 217 yards total offense.
"I'm very pleased with the way we played on defense," he added.
"These guys were big and physical. They tried to run it on us and they couldn't. I'm very happy with our defensive front."
Corvallis 0 0 6 0 - 6
Columbia Falls 0 6 0 8 - 14
Columbia Falls - Parker Johnson 9 pass from Austin Barth (kick blocked)
Corvallis - Tyler Berner 2 run (kick blocked)
Columbia Falls - Brendan Windauer 4 run (Josiah Osborne pass from Barth)
Whitefish 20,
Hamilton 17
WHITEFISH - Shane Marcial scored two touchdowns and Chris Forrest ran for another as Whitefish edged Hamilton in the nonconference Class A opener for both teams.
Marcial, 17 rushes for 91 yards, ran 5 yards for one score and hauled in a 29-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Chris Forrest.
Forrest was 7 of 17 passing for 103 yards. He did throw one interception. He also rushed 16 times for 142 yards.
Forrest intercepted a Hamilton pass in the end zone with 2:30 to play to stall a Bronc scoring drive.
Whitefish's Connor Donahue was 4 of 9 passing for 65 yards. He had one interception.
"A great effort by us," Whitefish coach Chad Ross said.
"We're learning how to win. It's fun to win a game."
Whitefish had just one victory last year.
Hamilton 7 7 3 0 - 17
Whitefish 7 7 6 0 - 20
Whitefish - Shane Marcial 29 pass from Chris Forrest (Koler Kanistanaux kick)
Hamilton - Tyler Murray 5 run (Seth Mason kick)
Whitefish - Marcial 5 run (Kanistanaux kick)
Hamilton - Murray 80 kickoff return (Mason kick)
Whitefish - Forrest 5 run (pass failed)
Hamilton - Mason 32 field goal
Polson 40, Belgrade 0
BELGRADE - Senior quarterback Vince DiGiallonardo ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as the Polson Pirates steamrolled Belgrade in Class A nonconference play.
Paul McClurg also scored twice for the Pirates (1-0) on runs of three and one yard.
Polson had 343 yards in total offense to 78 for Belgrade.
Polson rushed for 287 yards on 46 carries and added 56 yards in the air.
Polson 14 20 6 0 - 40
Belgrade 0 0 0 0 - 0
Polson - Vince DiGiallonardo 15 run (Justin Hoel kick)
Polson - Paul McClurg 3 run (Hoel kick)
Polson - McClurg 1 run (kick failed)
Polson - Ian Laimbeer 14 pass from DiGallonardo (DiGallonardo run),
Polson - DiGallonardo 12 run (kick failed)
Polson - Beau Mills 10 run (kick blocked)
Libby 41, Browning 6
LIBBY - Libby evened its record at 1-1 with a decisive victory over Browning.
It was Browning's season opener.
No other details were available.
Eureka 21,
Cut Bank 14
CUT BANK - Ryan Holder threw three touchdown passes, all to Bryton Guckenberg, as Eureka posted a Class B seaon-opening victory over Cut Bank.
Holder's scoring strikes to Guckenberg covered 22, 40 and 35 yards.
Eureka 7 0 6 8 - 21
Cut Bank 0 7 7 0 - 14
Eureka - Bryton Guckenberg 22 pass from Ryan Holder (Holder kick)
Cut Bank - Ollinger 11 run (Dodson kick)
Eureka - Guckenberg 40 pass from Holder (pass failed)
Cut Bank - Dodson 43 run (Dodson kick)
Eureka - Guckenberg 35 pass from Holder (Zack Powell pass from Holder),
Ronan 32, Bigfork 12
RONAN - Marcus Hungerford ran for two touchdowns and caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Robbie Gauthier as Ronan rolled over defending Class B state champion Bigfork.
Scoring for Bigfork were Chris Landon on a 25-yard pass from Colter Mahlum and Cody Dopps on a 1-yard run.
Bigfork 6 0 6 0 - 12
Ronan 14 12 0 6 - 32
Ronan - Marcus Hungerford 6 run (Robbie Gauthier to Chris Clary)
Bigfork - Chris Landon 25 pass from Colter Mahlum (pass failed)
Ronan - Hungerford 15 pass from Gauthier (pass failed)
Ronan - Gauthier 11 run (run failed)
Ronan - Hungerford 15 run (run failed)
Bigfork - Cody Dopps 1 run (kick failed)
Ronan - Jack Humphreys 15 run (run failed)