Rustlers whip Flathead

by The Daily Inter Lake
| September 27, 2014 12:25 AM

Karl Tucker II scored four first-half touchdowns and added another in the third quarter as third-ranked C.M. Russell whipped Flathead 44-14 in Class AA football action Friday night at Memorial Field.

CMR (4-1) missed a field goal on its opening possession, but scored TDs the next five times it had the ball to blow the game open.

Flathead (2-3) trailed 35-7 at the half.

Scoring touchdowns for Flathead were Easton Johnson on a 6-yard pass from Alex Croymans and Josh McCracken on a 67-yard run.

McCracken had 114 yards rushing on 13 carries. Johnson was 6 of 19 passing for the Braves for 135 yards.

CMR outgained Flathead 419 yards to 283.

Andrew Grinde led CMR’s ground game with 143 yards on 16 attempts. He scored on a 69-yard burst.

Flathead, losers of two straight, host second ranked and undefeated Helena High next Friday.

Helena High beat Billings Skyview 27-14 on Friday.

Flathead 0 7 7 0 — 14

C.M. Russell 14 21 9 0 — 44

CMR: Karl Tucker II 5 run (Dylan Sandefur kick)

CMR: Tucker II 3 run (Sandefur kick)

Flathead: Easton Johnson 6 pass from Alex Croymans (Croymans kick)

CMR: Andrew Grinde 69 run (Sandefur kick)

CMR: Tucker II 16 pass from Dallas Farren (Sandefur kick)

CMR: Tucker II 4 pass from Farren (Sandefur kick)

Flathead: Josh McCracken 67 run (Croymans kick)

CMR: Sandefur 29 kick

CMR: Tucker II 2 run (kick failed)

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Flathead CMR

First Downs: 12 20

Total Yards: 283 419

Rushes-Yards: 28-142 46-263

Passing: 141 156

Comp-Att-Int: 7-20-1 13-20-0

Punts-Ave: 6-28.2 4-41

Fumbles-Lost: 2-1 1-0

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Flathead: Josh McCracken 13-114, Boyce 5-14, Easton Johnson 10-14. CMR: Andrew Grinde 16-143, Karl Tucker II 14-94, Dallas Farren 8-13, Bryce Cuchine 2-7, Patrick McAllister 2-5, Trevor Pepin 4-1.

PASSING: Flathead, Johnson 6-19-135, Croymans 1-1-6. CMR: Dallas Farren 12-20-146, McAllister 1-1-10.

RECEIVING: Flathead: Krantz 3-89, McCracken 1-23, Croymans 1-12, Wilson 1-11, Johnson 1-6. CMR: Tucker II 4-23, Grinde 2-64, Zach Harper 2-32, Kam Mims 2-15, Bryce Cuchine 2-12, Chris Moore 1-10.