Football roundup: Sandry, Bigfork crush Plains
BIGFORK — Josh Sandry ran 45 yards for a touchdown, passed 5 yards to Jonathan Landon for another and returned a punt 34 yards for a score to carry No. 10-ranked Bigfork to a 49-0 District 7B football victory over winless Plains on Friday night.
All three Sandry scores came in the opening quarter as Bigfork (5-1 overall, 2-0 league) led 37-0.
Vinny Quirk also scored twice in the first quarter on a pair of short runs.
Bigfork rolled up 274 yards of total offense and held Plains to 39.
Sandry was 3 of 3 passing for 46 yards. Landon was 2 of 5 passing for 18 yards and a touchdown and 5 of 7 on his PAT kicks.
Quirk had four carries for 55 yards.
Plains (0-6, 0-3) had four turnovers — two fumbles and two interceptions.
Plains 0 0 0 0 — 0
Bigfork 37 6 0 6 — 49
B — Josh Sandry 45 run (Jonathan Landon kick)
B — Landon 5 pass from Sandry (Landon kick)
B — Tyler Pizzola tackles Plains runner in end zone
B — Vinny Quirk 4 run (Landon kick)
B — Quirk 3 run (Landon kick)
B — Sandry 34 punt return (Landon kick)
B — Kyler Oster 10 pass from Landon (kick failed)
B — Gabriel Broughton 3 run (kick failed)
Whitefish 52,
Livingston 15
WHITEFISH — Chris Park scored twice on runs of 20 and 9 yards and returned a fumble for another score as Whitefish crushed Livingston in a Class A nonconference matchup.
Quarterback Luke May was 10 of 17 passing for 193 yards and three touchdowns. He connected with Jed Nagler on two scoring strikes — 39 and 26 yards — and hit Jack Streibich for 23 yards and a touchdown.
Nagler had five receptions for 92 yards.
Haley Nicholson was perfect on all seven PAT kicks and closed the scoring with a 23-yard field goal.
Livingston 0 0 7 8 — 15
Whitefish 14 21 14 3 — 52
W — Jed Nagler 39 pass from Luke May (Haley Nicholson kick)
W — Chris Park 20 run (Nicholson kick)
W — Jack Streibich 23 pass from May (Nicholson kick)
W — Park 9 run (Nicholson kick)
W — Nagler 26 pass from May (Nicholson kick)
W — Park fumble return (Nicholson kick)
L — No. 1 1 run (No. 25 kick)
W — Brian FauntLeRoy 19 run (Nicholson kick)
L — No. 3 75 pass from No. 14 (pass successful)
W — Nicholson 23 field goal
Polson 50, Libby 14
LIBBY — Wyatt Duchharme threw three touchdown passes and Danny DiGiallonardo and Jacob Clairmont both had long touchdowns as Polson (3-4, 1-2) cruised to a Northwestern A victory over Libby (3-4, 0-2).
Duchharme completed 7 of 12 passes for 149 yards. He hit Mattew Rensvold, Tim Russel and Jarob Harrod on TD strikes of 18, 18 and 32 yards, respectively.
DiGiallonardo scored on a 69 yard scamper. He led the ground game with 106 yards on five attempts.
Clairmont, four carries for 65 yards, ran 50 yards for a score. Teammate Bridger Rowley had 99 yards on 12 attempts.
Libby scored on a touchdown passes by Braydan Thom and Erik Lauer.
Zach Crace led Libby’s ground attack with 132 yards on 24 attempts.
Polson had 460 yards of total offense to 187 for Libby.
Polson 17 14 13 6 — 50
Libby 0 0 7 7 — 14
P — Mattew Rensvold 18 pass from Wyatt Duchharme (Jacob Harrod kick)
P — Tim Russel 18 pass from Duchharme (kick failed)
P — Safety
P — Harrod 32 pass from Duchharme (Harrod kick)
P — Joe Gallatin 4 run (Harrod kick)
P — Danny DiGiallonardo 69 run (Harrod kick)
P — Jacob Clairmont 1 run (kick failed)
L — Brandon Sadewasser 22 pass from Braydan Thom (Cooper Brown kick)
L — Isaak Jones 24 pass from Erik Lauer (Brown kick)
P — Clairmont 50 run (kick failed)
Columbia Falls 41, Frenchtown 0
COLUMBIA FALLS — Ty Morgan had touchdown receptions of 25 and 17 yards and returned a punt 82 yards for another score as Columbia Falls (5-1, 1-1) rolled past Frenchtown (3-4, 2-1) in Northwestern A play.
Morgan finished the night with 11 receptions for 130 yards.
Morgan also returned a punt for a touchdown earlier this season against Anaconda.
Quarterback Dakota Bridwell was 22 of 31 passing for 256 yards. He threw one interception.
Trevor Houston had six receptions for 59 yards.
The leading ball carrier for the Wildcats was Wyatt Green with eight totes for 68 yards.
Columbia Falls had 398 yards in total offense to 161 for Frenchtown.
Frenchtown 0 0 0 0 — 0
Columbia Falls 6 15 14 6 — 41
CF — Stephen Lindsey 9 run (kick failed)
CF — Ike Schweikert 1 run (Schweikert run)
CF — Ty Morgan 25 pass from Dakota Bridwell (Trevor Hoerner kick)
CF — Morgan 82 punt return (Hoerner kick)
CF — Morgan 17 pass from Bridwell (Hoerner kick)
CF — Connor Bowman 7 run (kick failed)
Troy 27, Eureka 26
TROY — Sean Opland scored touchdowns on runs of 67, 60 and 1 yard as Troy held on for a wild District 7B victory over Eureka.
Eureka scored twice in the fourth quarter to make it close.
Austin Sherwood passed for a touchdown and ran for another for Eureka.
Troy led 21-12 at halftime. Neither team scored in the third quarter.
Eureka 12 0 0 14 — 26
Troy 7 14 0 6 — 27
T — Sean Opland 67 run (Michael Miller kick)
E — Austin Sherwood 1 run (pass failed)
E — Garrett White 1 run (pass failed)
T — Opland 60 run (Miller kick)
T — Pate Scott 11 run (Miller kick)
E — Matthew Anderson 20 run (run failed)
T — Opland 1 run (kick failed)
E — Brandon Conard 55 pass from Sherwood (White run)