Football roundup: Polson tops Libby, Loyola blasts Bigfork
LIBBY — Colton Lenz ran for two touchdowns and Andrew Weltz threw a pair of touchdown passes to Will Davey as No. 3 Polson (7-0 overall, 4-0 league) blasted Libby 44-0 in Northwestern A football play Friday night.
Polson’s defense held Libby (3-5, 0-3) to minus-5 yards rushing and 61 yards passing. Polson had 435 yards in total offense.
Lenz rushed for 110 yards on 15 attempts.
Davey had five receptions for 117 yards.
Polson 14 21 2 7 – 44
Libby 0 0 0 0 – 0
Polson — Colton Lenz 10 run (PAT failed)
Polson — Lenz 27 run (Dylan McCrumb.pass from Andrew Weltz)
Polson — Will Davey 13 pass from Weltz (PAT failed)
Polson —Davey 19 pass from Weltz pass complete to (Davey pass from Weltz)
Polson — Drew Kvam 9 run (Brady Hislop kick)
Polson — safety, Libby QB sacked in end zone
Polson — Joe Gallatin 5 run (Hislop kick)
Frenchtown 42, Columbia Falls 6
COLUMBIA FALLS — Kyle Cyr was on the receiving end of two touchdown passes — 27 and 50 yards — from John Chapman and Dan Lebsock ran for two scores as Frenchtown (4-2, 2-1)whipped Columbia Falls in Northwestern A action.
Columbia Falls (3-4, 1-2) scored on a 15-yard pass from Jared Trinastich to Josiah Osborne.
Trinastich was 18 of 36 passing for 158 yards.
Zach Darling led the Wildcats in rushing with 76 yards on nine attempts.
Dyllon Parker had seven receptions for 86 yards for Columbia Falls.
Frenchtown 20 14 0 8 — 42
Columbia Falls 0 6 0 0 — 6
Frenchtown — Kyle Cyr 27 pass from John Chapman (kick blocked)
Frenchtown — Dan Lebsock 10 (kick blocked)
Frenchtown — Matt Price 50 run (Lebsock run)
Columbia Falls — Josiah Osborne 15 pass from Jared Trinastich (kick failed)
Frenchtown — Cyr 50 pass from Chapman (run failed)
Frenchtown — Lebsock 2 run (Cyr pass from Chapman)
Frenchtown — Price 5 run (Jack Nerison run)
Loyola 49, Bigfork 0
MISSOULA — Bo Hughes tossed three touchdown passes to Josh Janssen, Austin Dahlen ran for two scores and Tony Madsen returned an interception 42 yards for another touchdown as No. 4 Missoula Loyola blasted No. 5 Bigfork in nonconference Class B action.
Loyola, which had dropped two straight to Bigfork, rolled up a 35-0 advantage at the half.
“They were better than us tonight,” Bigfork coach Todd Emslie said.
“We were down there knocking at the door. We just didn’t get it done.”
Both teams came in 6-0 overall.
Bigfork 0 0 0 0 – 0
Loyola 14 21 7 7 – 49
LSH – Austin Dahlen 3 run (Eric Williams kick)
LSH – Josh Janssen 67 pass from Bo Hughes (Williams kick)
LSH – Janssen 83 pass from Hughes (Williams kick)
LSH – Hughes 17 run (Williams kick)
LSH – Janssen 41 pass from Hughes (Williams kick)
LSH – Dahlen 1 run (Williams kick)
LSH – Tony Madsen 42 interception return (Williams kick)
Belgrade 27,
Whitefish 21
WHITEFISH — Luke May ran for a touchdown and passed for two more, but it wasn’t quite enough to help Whitefish (3-5) as the Bulldogs dropped a nonconference Class A contest to Belgrade (5-3).
May hit Sean Foley on a 13 yard TD pass and Walter Holliday on a 24-yard scoring strike. May scampered 15 yards for his other score.
May was 18 of 31 passing for 199 yards. He also rushed for 84 yards on 11 carries.
Logan Harwood had seven receptions for 69 yards, Foley had seven for 70 yards and Holliday two for 43.
Belgrade 0 10 14 3 — 27
Whitefish 0 0 6 15 — 21
Belgrade — Zac Brady 30 run (Tino Torres kick)
Belgrade — Torres 30 field goal
Whitefish — Luke May 15 run (kick failed)
Belgrade — Brayden Konkol 4 run (Torres kick)
Belgrade — Brady 1 run (Torres kick)
Whitefish — Sean Foley 13 pass from May (May run)
Belgrade — Torres 22 field goal
Whitefish — Walter Holliday 24 pass from May (Nathan Boone kick)
Eureka 39,
Thompson Falls 13
THOMPSON FALLS — Chris Ibach had touchdown runs of 4 and 18 yards, Michael Peterson threw a pair of touchdown passes and Cameron Griffin returned an interception 35 yards for another score as Eureka (3-4, 3-0) rolled by Thompson Falls (1-6, 1-2) in District 7B play.
Eureka 13 6 6 14 – 39
Thompson Falls 0 7 6 0 – 13
Eureka — Austin Perez 16 run (Galen Sullivan kick)
Eureka – Cameron Griffin 35 interception (kick failed)
Thompson Falls – Dominique Holt 87 punt return (Holt kick)
Eureka – Dalton Smith 18 pass from Michael Peterson (kick failed)
Thompson Falls – Holt 2 run (kick failed)
Eureka – Chris Ibach 4 run (kick failed)
Eureka – Ashton Dierman pass from Peterson (kick failed)
Eureka – Ibach 18 run (Dusty Schulund)