Polson, Whitefish roll; Eureka picks up first win of season
POLSON — Andrew Weltz passed for 175 yards and two touchdowns as fourth-ranked Polson blanked Columbia Falls 35-0 in the Northwestern A Conference football opener for both teams.
Polson (4-0 overall) led 21-0 at the half.
“A great overall effort,” Polson coach Scott Wilson said.
“I was real pleased with how we played.
“Offensively, we were more consistent this week than the last couple,” he added.
Colton Lenz led the Polson ground game with 162 yards on 23 carries and one touchdown.
Polson totaled 277 yards rushing.
Weltz completed 7 of 13 passes. He threw one interception.
His TD strikes were 18 yards to Dylan McCrumb and 31 yards to Jared Gallatin.
Will Davey and Beau Mills both had 5-yard touchdown runs.
Columbia Falls slips to 2-2 overall.
Columbia Falls 0 0 0 0 — 0
Polson 14 7 7 7 — 35
Polson — Will Davey 5 run (Brady Hislop kick)
Polson — Dylan McCrumb 18 pass from Andrew Weltz (Hislop kick)
Polson — Jared Gallatin 31 pass from Weltz (Hislop kick)
Polson — Colton Lenz 3 run (Hislop kick)
Polson — Beau Mills 5 run (Hislop kick)
Whitefish 45, Libby 29
WHITEFISH— Luke May passed for 231 yards and fourth touchdowns and Shane Marcial scored three times in Whitefish’s Northwestern A victory over Libby.
May was 14 of 19 passing.
Shane Marcial had 17 carries for 146 yards. He returned a fumble 45 yards for a score, hauled in a 19-yard TD pass from May and ran 40 yards for another.
Whitefish (3-2) had 440 yards in total offense in the league opener for both teams.
Jared Winslow had three TD passes for Libby (3-2).
Libby 0 0 15 14 — 29
Whitefish 20 7 6 12 — 45
Whitefish — Logan Harwood 8 pass from Luke May (kick failed)
Whitefish — Sean Foley 27 interception return (Shane Marcial kick)
Whitefish — Walter Holliday 81 pass from May (Marcial kick)
Whitefish — Marcial 19 pass from May (Marcial kick)
Whitefish — Foley 24 pass from May (kick failed)
Libby — (no name) 69 pass from Jared Winslow (Winslow run)
Libby — TD (Valentine kick)
Libby — (no name) 84 pass from Winslow (pass failed)
Whitefish — Marcial 40 run (kick failed)
Whitefish — Marcial 45 fumble return (kick failed)
Libby — (no name) 3 pass from Winslow (Winslow pass)
Eureka 36, Troy 14
EUREKA — The victory wait for Eureka is over.
Trent Vaughn ran for two touchdowns and Chris Ibach ran for one and passed for another as Eureka whipped Troy in the District 7B opener for both teams.
Eureka (1-3 overall) had 372 yards in total offense to Troy’s 272.
“We finally flew around and hit like we were expecting our kids would do,” Eureka coach Trevor Utter said.
“We had some good plays.”
The biggest was Nikko Bakkala’s 95-yard interception return for a TD.
One negative was turnovers. The Lions had five.
“We need to take care of the ball a little bit better,” Utter said.
“But we’re 1-0 in league. It’s good to be there.”
Ibach had 19 carries for 207 yards. Vaughn finished with 81 yards on six attempts.
Andrew Haggerty had three receptions for 49 yards and a touchdown for Troy (0-4).
Luke Haggerty rushed for 74 yards on 17 attempts.
Troy 0 6 8 0 — 14
Eureka 7 8 14 7 — 36
Eureka — Trent Vaughn 1 run (Galen Sullivan kick)
Eureka — Dalton Smith 33 pass from Chris Ibach (Ibach run)
Troy — Gabe Hickman 5 run (kick failed)
Eureka — Ibach 14 run (Ibach run)
Troy — Andrew Haggerty 14 pass from Hickman (Hickman run)
Eureka — Vaughn 39 run (Sullivan kick)
Eureka — Nikko Bakkala 95 interception return (Sullivan kick)
Bigfork vs. Plains
PLAINS — Plains, unable to field a full team, forfeited a District 7B game to fourth-ranked Bigfork.
Bigfork is 4-0 overall.