Class B Football: Bigfork wins playoff thriller at Roundup
ROUNDUP — Late offense and a late interception helped Bigfork secure a first round win on Saturday, edging District 4B second seed Roundup 37-36 in the Class B football playoffs.
The Vikings took their first lead of the game on a Matthew Farrier run with less than 10 minutes to play, and with Roundup deep in the Bigfork end on the next drive, Adam Jordt intercepted his third pass of the day in the end zone to get the Vikings out of trouble.
A short drive later, Bigfork was in the victory formation and headed back to the West side of the state for next week’s quarterfinals. The Vikings will play at Missoula Loyola-Sacred Heart, who beat Cut Bank 29-0 in Missoula.
“I think we held in there and our seniors did a tremendous job today,” Bigfork coach Todd Emslie said. “They made plays when they had to and showed the other kids what it takes to win a playoff game.”
Bigfork found itself in a shootout against Roundup, facing a running attack that was deceiving and potent. Roundup also held the ball nearly twice as long as the Vikings, forcing Bigfork to have to take advantage of the few opportunities it had on offense.
“We had to score when we had it,” Emslie said.
“We scored quick and then they’d chew up the clock.
The teams traded touchdowns at the end of the first quarter, each making a conversion to enter the second tied at 8-8.
On the first play of the second quarter, Roundup’s Tristan Salthe broke loose for a 53-yard toucdown, only for Farrier to return the ensuing kickoff for a 79-yard touchdown.
The Panthers answered later in the quarter when they caught the Vikings off guard by going to the air, one of just eight passes on the day, as Austin Kinn found Salte for a 22-yard touchdown.
Jonathan Landon would punch in a short run and conversion to tie the game at 22-22, only for Dalton Salthe to return the ensuing kickoff for an 84-yard touchdown, giving the Panthers a 30-22 halftime lead.
Jordt returned his second interception of the day for a touchdown in the third quarter to tie the game at 30-30. Tristan Salthe put Roundup back in the lead early in the fourth, but a missed conversion left the door open for the Vikings.
When Farrier scored a 6-yard touchdown with 9:27 to play, the Vikings turned to kicker Hugo Schyberg for the first time, the converted soccer player burying the extra point to give Bigfork its first lead.
The defense held on late, aided by Jordt’s interception in the end zone, and Bigfork was able to run out the final minutes.
““We made just enough (stops) in the end,” Emslie said. “It was a close one.”
Farrier finished with a game-high 165 yards on 20 carries and Landon was 6 for 15 for 82 yards passing and had three rushes for 44 yards. In addition to his stellar day on defense, Jordt had a team-high 2 catches for 42 yards.
Tristan Salthe had 13 carries for 132 yards for Roundup and Dalton Salthe had 24 rusjes for 91 yards as the Panthers outgained Bigfork 364-290 in the game.
Bigfork advances to play Loyola, as Malta advanced to play Huntley Project on the same side of the bracket. On the other side, Colstrip will play at Fairfield and Baker will host Manhattan.
Bigfork 8 14 8 7 — 37
Roundup 8 22 0 6 — 36
First Quarter
R—Dalton Salthe 2 run (Able Armitage run), 1:42
B—Anders Epperly 10 pass from Jonathan Landon (Logan Taylor pass from Landon), 1:08
Second Quarter
R—Tristan Salthe 53 run (run failed), 11:44
B—Matthew Farrier 79 kickoff return (pass failed), 11:30
R—Tristan Salthe 22 pass from Austin Kinn (Armitage run), 5:16
B—Landon 1 run (Landon run), 2:44
R—Dalton Salthe 84 kickoff return (Dalton Salthe run), 2:32
Third Quarter
B—Adam Jordt interception return (Landon run), 2:52
Fourth Quarter
R—Tristan Salthe 13 run (run failed), 11:19
B—Farrier 6 run (Hugo Schyberg kick), 9:27
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Bigfork, Matthew Farrier 20-165, Jonathan Landon 3-44. Roundup, T. Salthe 13-132, D. Salthe 24-91, Armitage 17-66.
PASSING—Bigfork, Jonathan Landon 6-15-1-82. Roundup, Kinn 1-2-0-22, Armitage 2-5-3-21, D. Salthe 1-1-0-20.
RECEIVING—Bigfork, Adam Jordt 2-42, Logan Taylor 2-23, Anders Epperly 1-10, Matthew Farrier 1-7. Roundup, T. Salthe 3-51, D. Salthe 1-12.
Saturday’s Other Games
Fairfield 50, Anaconda 0
Anaconda 0 0 0 0 — 0
Fairfield 29 7 14 0 — 50
First quarter
FRF—Chandler Allen 14 run (2-point failed)
FRF—Allen forces Anaconda safety
FRF—Allen 2 run (Tarren Lee kick)
FRF—Griffen Lee 8 run (Lee kick)
FRF—Cade Heckman 4 run (Lee kick)
Second quarter
FRF—Heckman 5 run (Lee kick)
Third quarter
FRF—Allen 29 pass from Tanner Mayer (Lee kick)
FRF—Cantor Coverdell 24 pass from Mayer (Lee kick)
Baker 47, Glasgow 6
Glasgow 0 6 0 0 — 6
Baker 20 13 14 0 — 47
BAK—Joe Fisher 39 run (Luke Gonsioroski run)
BAK—Gonsioroski 18 run (run failed)
BAK—Gonsioroski 16 run (run failed)
GLA—Kasey Seyfert 26 pass from Trent Herbert (run failed)
BAK—Gonsioroski 30 run (run failed)
BAK—Austin Braun 35 pass from Gonsioroski (Braun kick)
BAK—Fisher 3 run (Braun kick)
BAK—Gonsioroski 99 interception return (Braun kick)
Manhattan 67, Columbus 41
Manhattan 28 6 13 19 — 67
Columbus 13 0 14 14 — 41
COL—Mckay pass from Osborne (Osborne kick)
MAN—Shondel Connerton 50 run (kick blocked)
COL—Jack Gray 60 pass from Osborne (kick failed)
MAN—Caleb Neth 80 kickoff return (kick failed)
MAN—Connerton 55 run (Chase Barta run)
MAN—Cole McCloud 24 pass from Alec Nehring (Barta run)
MAN—McCloud 60 run (run failed)
MAN—Barta 10 run (run failed)
COL—Gray 30 pass from Osborne (run good)
MAN—Connerton 30 run (run failed)
COL—Gray 10 pass from Osborne (run failed)
MAN—Connerton 35 run (run failed)
COL—McKay 8 pass from Osborne (Mike Sherwood run)
MAN—McCloud 45 pass from Nehring (kick failed)
MAN—Barta 30 interception return (Sam Wandishin kick)
COL—Gray 10 pass from Osborne (run failed)
Malta 48, Deer Lodge 12
D. Lodge 0 6 6 0 — 12
Malta 14 14 7 13 — 48
M—Allen Williamson 82 run (kick failed)
M—Tyson Carney 76 pass from Kennan Schipman (Ostin Welch pass from Schipman)
M—Williamson 15 run (Cru Darrah pass from Schipman)
M—Williamson 5 run (pass failed)
DL—John Bannon 3 run (kick failed)
DL—Colter Scully 15 pass from Cade Benjamin (pass failed)
M—Welch 32 pass from Schipman (Devon Raybon kick)
M—Carney 53 pass from Schipman (Raybon kick)
M—Williamson 1 run (kick failed)
Huntley Project 23, Jefferson (Boulder) 14
Huntley Project 14 0 7 2 — 23
Jefferson 0 7 7 0 — 14
HP—Dallas Mack 66 run (Daylon Richard kick)
HP—Wyatt Selman 1 run (Richard kick)
J—Liam Ronayne 37 pass from Jerred Padmos (Padmos kick)
HP—Lane Sumner 35 run (Richard kick)
J—Nick Winfield 1 run (Padmos kick)
HP—Safety
Rushing—HP, Michael Jobman 19-70, Sumner 12-62, Kaleb Reynolds 8-64, Mack 5-72, Selman 4-6, Dixon Walker 2-6. Jefferson, Padmos 11-41, Nate Brunett 8-5, Winfield 7-5.
Passing —HP, Mack 5-11-1, 59 yards. Jefferson, Padmos 4-19-3, 86 yards.
Receiving—HP, Logan Schaff 2-35, Jobman 2-16, Reynolds 1-8. Jefferson, Jacob Rasch 2-32, Ronayne 1-37, Josh Eckmann 1-17.
Missoula Loyola 29, Cut Bank 0
Florence 0 0 0 0 — 0
Loyola 2 20 0 7 — 29
First quarter
L - Safety (Luke Garnass), 7:31
Second quarter
L - David Koppang 2 pass from Scott Twite (Arthur Pettit kick), 7:50
L - Koppang 24 pass from Twite (kick failed), 1:06
L - Strother Cooper 8 pass from Twite (Pettit kick), :51
Fourth quarter
L - Jacob Byrne 60 interception return (Pettit kick), 4:16
Individual stats
Rushing—Cut Bank, Peter Hamilton 14-44, Jace Berkram 15-36, Halsten Beck 8-38, Nate Wynn 7-28, Wylie Novak 1 (-8). Loyola, Twite 12-39, Aidan Collins 8-12, Robert Griffin 1-(-2).
Passing—Cut Bank, Wynn 3-9-0-23, Novak 1-2-0-19, Berkram 0-1-0-0. Loyola, Twite 13-20-3-172.
Receiving—Cut Bank, Kyle Brauhn 1-9, Berkram 1-12, Beck 1-2, Evan Faber 1-19. Loyola, Koppang 3-66-2, Thomas Sellman 2-17, Stother Cooper 4-62-1, Aidan Collins 1-7, Bucky Crippen 1-7, Twite 1-2.
Friday
Colstrip 38, Thompson Falls 14
Colstrip 6 16 8 8 — 38
T. Falls 0 7 7 0 — 14
C—Ronnie Henelly 5 run (run failed)
C—Ben Galloway 1 run (Galloway run)
TF—Mckenzie Holt 58 run (Joe Lundberg kick)
C—Kobee Bigback 9 pass from Lane Torgerson (Galloway run)
TF—Garrett Strine 25 run (Lundberg kick)
C—Galloway 2 run (Galloway run)
C—Brady Hanson 25 run (Hanson run)