Football roundup: Dillon nips Whitefish with late TD, conversion
WHITEFISH — Troy Anderson connected with Nate Simkins on three scoring passes to lift Dillon over Whitefish 22-21 on Friday night in a thrilling Class A nonconference football game at Memorial Field.
Simkins, 14 receptions for 228 yards, scored on a 4-yard pass with 2:23 left. Anderson then passed for the 2-point conversion to give Dillon the victory.
Whitefish moved for one first down after that, but turned it over on downs.
Anderson was 17 of 26 passing for 246 yards. He was intercepted twice.
Simkins also had touchdown receptions of 20 and 26 yards.
Whitefish quarterback Luke May was 17 of 26 passing for 140 yards and three touchdowns. He hit Jed Nagler, 25 yards, Brian FauntLeRoy, 19 yards, and Dylan Cardon, 16 yards, for TD strikes.
Whitefish (1-1) had 105 yards rushing to 30 for Dillon.
“A great game,” Whitefish coach Chad Ross said.
“They made some great plays at the end.”
Dillon 7 0 0 15 — 22
Whitefish 0 7 7 7 — 21
Dillon — Nate Simkins 20 pass from Troy Anderson (Payton Lafrentz kick)
Whitefish — Jed Nagler 25 pass from Luke May (Haley Nicholson kick)
Whitefish — Brian FauntLeRoy 19 pass from May (Nicholson kick)
Dillon — Simkins 26 pass from Anderson (Lafrentz kick)
Whitefish — Dylan Cardon 16 pass from May (Nicholson kick)
Dillon — Simkins 4 pass from Anderson (No. 86 pass from Anderson)
Bigfork 38, Ronan 34
RONAN — Jonathan Landon ran for three touchdowns and passed for another as Bigfork (1-1) slipped by Ronan.
Bigfork outscored Ronan 11-6 in the fourth quarter to pull it out.
Landon’s game-winning TD came from a yard out. He then passed to Logan Taylor for the 2-point conversion.
Hugo Schyberg kicked a 36-yard field goal for the Vikings.
Bigfork 7 13 7 11 — 38
Ronan 8 7 13 6 — 34
Ronan — Kasey Mock 1 run (Josh Morgan run)
Bigfork — Jonathan Landon 4 run (Hugo Schyberg kick)
Bigfork — Matthew Farrier 11 run (Schyberg kick)
Bigfork — Kyler Oster 11 pass from Landon (kick failed)
Ronan — Ezekiel Misa 20 run (Misa kick)
Bigfork — Landon 8 run (Schyberg kick)
Ronan — Trevor Anderson 65 pass from Mock (Misa kick)
Ronan — Mock 9 run (kick failed)
Bigfork — FG Schyberg 36
Ronan — Misa run (pass failed)
Bigfork — Landon 1 run (Logan Taylor pass from Landon)
Cut Bank 18, Eureka 0
CUT BANK — Cut Bank blanked Eureka (1-1) in a Class B nonconference contest that was played in the pouring rain.
“They ran the ball pretty well,” Eureka coach Trevor Utter said.
“We missed some opportunities. We got stuffed on the 1-yard line and fumbled twice. We missed some throws where we had some open guys.
“They’re big and tough up front,” Utter continued. “With the rain it was difficult to throw the ball. They are a run team and in the rain it helped (them). We don’t have an offense that pounds it out on the ground. We need a balanced attack. It made it difficult.”
The Lions were without starting fullback Matthew Anderson (knee).
“We hope he’s back this week,” Utter said. “It did improve throughout the week, but it didn’t improve enough to get him out here today.”
No scoring information, or statistics, were available.
Hamilton 27, Polson 12
HAMILTON — Bret Huxtable had touchdown runs of 23 and 30 yards as Hamilton stormed past Polson in a Class A nonconference contest.
Hamilton never trailed and scored in every quarter.
Tanner Wilson had a pair of touchdown passes for Polson, six yards to Matthew Rensvold and 20 yards to Hudson Smith.
Polson 0 6 6 0 — 12
Hamilton 7 7 7 6 — 27
Hamilton — Bret Huxtable 23 run (Davonte Clark-Gardner kick)
Polson — Matthew Rensvold 6 pass from Tanner Wilson (kick failed)
Hamilton — Jonathan Ringer 25 pass from Huxtable (Clark-Gardner kick)
Hamilton — Huxtable 30 run (Clark-Gardner kick)
Polson — Hudson Smith 20 pass from Wilson (pass failed)
Hamilton — Alex Draper 4 run (kick failed)
Fairfield 43, Libby 0
LIBBY — Fairfield spoiled Libby’s Class B debut with a lopsided nonconference victory.
No scoring summary, or statistics, were available.
Columbia Falls 55,
Stevensville 18
STEVENSVILLE — Columbia Falls rolled to an easy Class A nonconference win over Stevensville.
No scoring summary, or statistics, were available.