Whitefish hammers Havre in grid opener
<p>Whitefish's Chris Park pushes off a Havre defender for a first down during a high school football game Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, in Havre, Mont. (Roger Miller/Havre Daily News via AP)</p>
HAVRE — Brian FauntLeRoy scored touchdowns three different ways to lead Whitefish to a commanding 44-12 Class A nonconference football win over Havre Saturday afternoon.
FauntLeRoy ran for a touchdown, caught another and brought back a kickoff for a score late in the first half to extend the Bulldogs lead to three touchdowns.
“(FauntLeRoy) is one of our senior captains and he’s a great football player,” Whitefish coach Chad Ross said. “They had a little momentum and then he takes that kickoff back to make it 28-6 instead of 21-6 at halftime.”
Whitefish capitalized on a number of Havre turnovers, scoring 14 points off Blue Ponies giveaways. The Bulldogs scored the game’s first 21 points, getting a pair of touchdown runs from Chris Park in the first half.
Havre quarterback Dane Warp threw a pair of touchdown passes but failed to generate enough offense to keep up with the high-powered Whitefish attack.
“The defense was great,” Ross said. “We wanted to keep Warp in the pocket and we did that.”
Luke May hit Jed Nagler for a score early in the fourth quarter and Haley Nicholson added a late field goal.
Whitefish 7 21 6 10 — 44
Havre 0 6 6 0 — 12
First Quarter
WHI – Chris Park 16 run (Nicholson kick), 1:47
Second Quarter
WHI – Chris Park run (Nicholson kick), 6:48
WHI – Brian FauntLeRoy run (Nicholson kick), 3:44
HAV – Nate Rismon pass from Dane Warp (conversion failed), 1:13
WHI – Brian FauntLeRoy kickoff return (Nicholson kick), 1:02
Third Quarter
WHI – Brian FauntLeRoy 17 pass from Luke May (kick failed), 10:08
Fourth Quarter
WHI – Jed Nagler 22 pass from Luke May (Nicholson kick), 11:06
HAV – Nate Rismon pass from Dane Warp (conversion failed), 7:28
WHI – Haley Nicholson 33 FG, 0:30