FOOTBALL: Eureka, Bigfork coast in openers
ST. IGNATIUS — Austyn Sherwood, Cannan Smith and Garrett Gollahan scored two touchdowns each as Eureka leveled St. Ignatius 61-0 on Friday in Class B football action.
It was the season opener for both teams.
Sherwood ran 3 yards for a score and caught a 2-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Graves.
Smith returned a punt 53 yards for a touchdown and ran eight yards for another.
Gollahan recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown and hauled in a 15-yard pass from Hank Dunn for his other score.
Eureka led 40-0 at the half.
“Mission (St. Ignatius) is very young so we knew there was a chance it would not be a close game,” Eureka coach Trevor Utter said.
“Everybody on the team got to play a ton, they sere super excited.”
Sherwood was 3 of 4 passing for 89 yards. Garrett Graves was 3 of 4 passing for 48 yards. Graves also scored on a 25-yard run.
Matt Anderson, who bolted 18 yards for a touchdown, had 3 carries for 47 yards.
Eureka finished with 332 yards of total offense to five for St. Ignatius.
Eureka freshman linebacker Jake Kindel tackled St. Ignatius quarterback Troy Mitchell in the end zone for a safety. He also had an interception.
Eureka 20 20 13 8 — 61
St. Ignatius 0 0 0 0 — 0
E — Austyn Sherwood 3 run (kick failed)
E — Cannan Smith 53 punt return (Sam Johnson kick)
E — Smith 8 run (Johnson kick)
E — Sherwood 2 pass from Garrett Graves (Johnson kick)
E — Garrett Gollahan fumble recovery in end zone (Johnson kick)
E — Matt Anderson 18 run (kick failed)
E — Graves 25 run (Jake Kindel kick)
E — Bryant Little 1 pass from Sherwood (kick failed)
E — Gollahan 15 pass from Hank Dunn (kick failed)
E — Kindel tackles quarterback Troy Mitchell in the end zone (9 yard loss)
Bigfork 62, Troy 0
TROY — Augie Emslie, making his first start at quarterback, completed 3 of 3 passes for 144 yards and three touchdowns and Matt Farrier scored four touchdowns as Bigfork blasted Troy in Class B action.
It was the season opener for both schools.
Emslie hit Anders Epperly on touchdown strikes of 31 and 65 yards. The other touchdown pass was 48 yards to Farrier.
Farrier had two touchdown runs from 3 yards out and returned a kickoff 82 yards for the final score of the game. He finished with 53 yards on five carries.
Bigfork, up 35-0 after the first quarter, had 328 yards in total offense to 76 for Troy.
Austin Varner was 8 of 9 on PAT kicks.
Bigfork 35 20 7 0 — 62
Troy 0 0 0 0 — 0
B—Anders Epperly 31 pass from Augie Emslie (Austin Varner kick)
B — Matt Farrier 3 run (Varner kick)
B — Farrier 48 pass from Emslie (Varner kick)
B — Epperly 65 pass from Emslie (Varner kick)
B — Randy Stultz 65 run (Varner kick)
B — Farrier 3 run (kick failed)
B — Luke Taylor interception returnd (Varner kick)
B — Taylor 29 run (Varner kick)
B — Farrier 82 kickoff return (Varner kick)
Loyola 58, Libby 6
LIBBY — Kellan Round passed for three touchdowns and returned an interception for a score as Missoula Loyola rolled by Libby in a Class B.
Laine Young scored for Libby on a 50-yard run in the third quarter.
Loyola’s Jacob Byrne rushed for two touchdowns while Scotty Twite had three touchdowns, one by rushing, passing and receiving.
It was the season opener for both schools.
Quarter scores were not available, along with yardage on scores.