Glacier triumphs in midnight marathon

GREAT FALLS — The Glacier Wolfpack came back from a three-hour lightning delay to defeat C.M Russell 20-14 early Saturday in Class AA football, according to the Great Falls Tribune.

Play was suspended until 12:37 a.m. Saturday with the teams tied 14-14 late in the third quarter.

Brady McChesney tossed a 39-yard scoring pass to Logan Jones in the fourth quarter to give Glacier its winning margin.

The marathon game ended at 1:13 a.m. Saturday

Earlier, Glacier tailback Noah James scored two touchdowns in the first half to lead the Wolfpack to an early 14-0 lead.

CMR answered with a pair of running touchdowns in the late second and third quarters before the storms swept in.

Glacier 7 7 0 6 — 14

CMR 0 7 7 0 — 14

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

Glacier—Noah James 29 run (Brandon Purdy kick)

Second Quarter

Glacier—James 4 run (Purdy kick)

CMR—Andrew Grinde 10 run (Dylan Sandefur kick)

Third Quarter

CMR—Jayse McLean 1 run (Sandefur kick)

Fourth Quarter

Glacier — Logan Jones 39 pass from Brady McChesney (kick blocked)

Team Statistics

Glacier CMR

First Downs 20 14

Rush attempts-yards 34-135 37-56

Pass yards 172 159 Pass attempts-comps-INTs11-24-0 11-28--1

Total yards 307 215

Penalties-yards 10-83 10-88