Football roundup: Bigfork stomps T-Falls
THOMPSON FALLS — Boyd Rieke scored five touchdowns on runs of 5, 1, 2, 56 and 6 yards and rushed for 259 yards on 30 carries as undefeated and third-ranked Bigfork crushed Thompson Falls 46-6 in District 7B football action Friday night.
Bigfork closed out regular-season play 8-0 overall, 4-0 district play.
Vinny Quirk had the other score for the Vikings on an 8-yard run.
Bigfork rolled up 408 yards rushing on 54 attempts and had 26 first downs.
Thompson Falls (2-7, 1-3) had 42 yards on the ground and nine first downs.
Thompson Falls lost three fumbles and Bigfork’s Isaac Martel intercepted Thompson Falls quarterback Greg Wadsworth.
The Class B playoffs start Nov. 1.
Bigfork 13 14 13 6 — 46
Thompson Falls 0 0 0 6 — 6
BF – Boyd Rieke 5 run (Jonathan Landon kick)
BF – Vinny Quirk 8 run (kick failed)
BF – Rieke 1 run (kick failed)
BF – Rieke 2 run (Isaac Martel pass from Landon)
BF – Rieke 56 run (pass failed)
BF – Rieke 6 run (Landon kick)
BF – Matt Farrier 18 run (kick blocked)
TF – Garrett Strine 63 pass from Greg Wadsworth (run failed)
Eureka 72, Plains 38
EUREKA — It was lots of offense, not much defense as Eureka (6-3, 3-1) rolled to a District 7B win over Plains (0-9, 0-4).
Trent Vaughn had touchdown runs of 48, 30, 44 and 2 yards and Cole Jankovsky scored on runs of 25 and 37 yards to pace Eureka.
Jankovsky started the scoring by tackling Plains quarterback Nick Barnes in the end zone for a safety.
Vaughn rushed for 143 yards on seven attempts. Jankovsky added 118 yards on 12 carries.
Eureka quarterback Austin Perez was 9 of 12 passing for 132 yards and two touchdowns. His favorite receiver was Myles Griffin, who had five receptions for 87 yards and one score.
Griffin also returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown.
Defensively for Eureka, linebacker Jace Mrgich had eight tackles, Vaughn, a linebacker, had nine, and Jankovsky, a linebacker, totaled 10.
Plains 14 12 0 12 — 38
Eureka 18 34 14 6 — 72
E — Cole Jankovsky tackled Nick Barnes in the end zone
E — Trent Vaughn 48 run (Jankovsky run)
E — Jankovsky 25 run (Austin Perez run)
P — Trent Broulette 85 run (Ben Gorham run)
P — James Rulison 55 pass from Barnes (run failed)
E — Vaughn 30 run (run failed)
P — Rulison 5 pass from Barnes (run failed)
E — Dalton Smith 10 pass from Perez (Jankovsky run)
E — Myles Griffin 10 pass from Perez (run failed)
P — Broulette 43 pass from Barnes (pass failed)
E — Jankovsky 37 run (Vaughn run)
P — Broulette 43 pass from Barnes (pass failed)
E — Griffin 65 punt return (run failed)
E — Vaughn 44 run (run failed)
E — Vaughn 2 run (Vaughn run)
P — Barnes 6 pass from No. 1 (pass failed)
P — Rulison 22 run (pass failed)
E — Garrett White 22 pass from Austyn Sherwood (run failed)
Whitefish 35, Libby 14
LIBBY — Calub Thilmony ran for two touchdowns and caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from Luke May to help Whitefish (7-3, 3-1) defeat Libby (1-8, 0-4) in Northwestern A action.
Whitefish led 35-0 at the half.
May also had a pair of touchdown passes to Sean Foley, 24 and 4 yards.
May was 9 of 17 passing for 149 yards.
Whitefish 14 21 0 0 — 35
Libby 0 0 0 14 — 14
WF – Calub Thilmony 1 run (Sean Foley kick)
WF – Thilmony 16 run (Foley kick)
WF – Foley 24 pass from Luke May (Nathan Boone kick)
WF – Thilmony 19 pass from May (Boone kick)
WF – Foley 4 pass from May (Boone kick)
L – Nic Robertson 4 run (Jared Winslow run)
L – Robertson 5 run (PAT failed)