Football roundup: Columbia Falls, Whitefish win big on homecoming
COLUMBIA FALLS — Dakota Bridwell threw seven touchdown passes and ran for another score as Columbia Falls (2-1 overall) whipped Browning 54-8 in Class A nonconference homecoming football action Friday night.
Bridwell was 17 of 41 passing for 253 yards. He did not throw an interception.
Tyler Murphy had three TD receptions covering 55, 2 and 7 yards.
Columbia Falls rushed for 112 yards. Stephen Lindsey had 34 yards on eight carries.
Browning 0 0 8 0 — 8
Columbia Falls 14 14 7 19 — 54
CF — Braxton Reiten 1 pass from Dakota Bridwell (Brandon Karberg kick)
CF — Tyler Murphy 55 pass from Bridwell (Nic Ream kick)
CF — Reiten 58 from Bridwell (Karberg kick)
CF — Bridwell 1 run (Karberg kick)
B — J. Monroe 19 pass from R. Lorinz (Lorinz run)
CF — Wyatt Green 2 pass from Bridwell (Ream kick)
CF — Murphy 2 pass from Bridwell (kick failed)
CF — Green 9 pass from Bridwell (Karberg kick)
CF — Murphy 7 pass from Bridwell (kick failed)
Whitefish 47,
Stevensville 0
WHITEFISH — Chris Park rushed for 110 yards on three carries and scored two touchdowns as Whitefish crushed Stevensville in a Class A nonconference contest.
Park blocked a punt and returned it 11 yards for the first score of the night.
He followed that with a 68-yard TD burst to put Whitefish (3-1) up 13-0.
Tyler Cote returned an interception 44 yards for a touchdown and capped the scoring with a 35-yard jaunt to the end zone.
Luke May passed for a touchdown, 24 yards to Brian FauntLeRoy, and ran for another, 2 yards, and Brady Staves had the other score on an 8-yard run.
Whitefish had 300 yards rushing.
“It was a good homecoming win for the seniors,” Whitefish coach Chad Ross said.
Stevensville 0 0 0 0 — 0
Whitefish 27 13 7 0 — 47
W — Chris Park blocked punt, 11 yard return (kick blocked)
W — Park 68 run (Haley Nicholson kick)
W — Brian FauntLeRoy 24 pass from Luke May (Nicholson kick)
W — May 2 run (Nicholson kick)
W — Brady Staves 8 run (kick blocked)
W — Tyler Cote 44 interception return (Nicholson kick)
W — Cote 35 run (Nicholson kick)
Dillon 43, Polson 7
POLSON — Six different players scored touchdowns for Dillon, which Dillon romped past Polson in Class A nonconference play.
Troy Anderson ran 5 yards for a score and passed 14 yards to Gabe Hupp for another.
Anderson was 11 of 19 passing for 215 yards.
Matthew Rensvold scored on a 3-yard run for Polson.
Polson’s Tanner Wilson rushed for 104 yards on 16 attempts.
Dillon 24 7 6 6 — 43
Polson 0 0 0 7 — 7
D — RJ Fitzgerald 3 run (kick failed)
D — Troy Anderson 5 run (Tory Walker run)
D — Gabe Hupp 14 pass from Anderson (Payton LaFrentz kick)
D — FG LaFrentz 28
D — Isaak Koslosky 4 run (LaFrentz kick)
D — Walker 3 run (kick blocked)
D — Koby King 45 run (kick failed)
P — Matthew Rensvold 3 run (Jacob Harrod kick)
Bigfork 47,
St. Ignatius 14
BIGFORK — Jonathan Landon ran for three touchdowns and passed for another as Bigfork cruised by St. Ignatius in Class B nonconference action.
Landon had TD runs of 5, 7 and 1 yard. He passed 22 yards to Logan Taylor for another score.
Matthew Farrier scored on a fumble recovery and runs of 6 and 12 yards.
Landon was 11 of 21 passing for 135 yards.
Farrier rushed for 110 yards on 15 carries.
Taylor caught three passes for 70 yards. Farrier had four receptions for 41 yards.
St. Ignatius 0 6 0 8 — 14
Bigfork 7 21 12 7 — 47
B — Matthew Farrier 32 fumble recovery (Hugo Schyberg kick)
SI — No. 22 49 pass from Nick Durglo (kick failed)
B — Matthew Farrier 6 run (Logan Taylor pass from Jonathan Landon)
B — Taylor 22 pass from Landon (kick blocked)
B — Landon 5 run (Schyberg kick)
B — Landon 7 run (kick failed)
B — Landon 1 run (kick failed)
SI — Gus Bosley 5 run (Durglo run)
B — Farrier 12 run (Schyberg kick)
Florence 14, Eureka 12
FLORENCE — Eureka scored first and last, but Florence pulled out the victory thanks to a two-point conversion.
James Dunn hauled in a 20-yard TD strike from Austin Sherwood in the opening quarter for Eureka.
Brenton Pluid completed the scoring with a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Florence scored on a kickoff return and a long pass.
Eureka 6 0 0 6 — 12
Florence 8 6 0 0 — 14
E — James Dunn 20 pass from Austin Sherwood (pass failed)
F — Bo Zeiler 75 kickoff return (Shae Miller pass from Braxton McCullough)
F — Marcus Zeiler 50 pass from McCullough (pass failed)
E — Brenton Pluid 3 run (run failed)
Loyola 24, Troy 15
MISSOULA — Sean Opland ran for a pair of six-yard touchdowns, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Rams on the road in a Class B nonconference game.
Troy 0 7 8 0 — 15
Loyola 14 3 7 0 — 24
L – Aiden Collins 2 run, (Art Pettit kick good)
L - Collins 4 run, (Pettit kick good)
L - Pettit 41 field goal
T - Sean Opland 6 run (PAT good)
L - Collins 4 run, (Pettit kick good)
T - Opland 6 run, (PAT good)