Football: Capital drops Flathead; Polson thumps C-Falls
early touchdowns in the opening quarter helped Helena Capital (4-4) roll past Flathead 30-20 at Vigilante Stadium on Friday evening.
Capital went on to lead 23-0 at the half.
Ryan Skramovsky and Bridger Johnson had touchdown runs of 2 and 16 yards, respectively in the second half for Flathead, and James Flannigan scored on a 17-yard pass from Johnson.
Flathead (3-5) had just 33 yards rushing, but added 284 through the air as Johnson was 14 of 33 passing. He was intercepted three times.
Flathead had 317 yards of total offense to 310 for Capital. Flathead lost two fumbles.
The Braves have just two games left in the regular season — versus Glacier on Oct. 21 and at Missoula Sentinel Oct. 28.
Flathead 0 0 7 13 — 20
Capital 13 10 7 0 — 30
First Quarter
C — Carter Pappas 1 run (Brian Buschini kick), 5:38
C — Mackenzie Duncan 71 pass from Pappas (Buschini kick failed), 1:50
Second Quarter
C — Buschini 21 field goal, 11:52
C — Colin Sassano fumble recovery in end zone (Buschini kick), :54
Third Quarter
C — Marcus Welnel 13 pass (Buschini kick), 3:23
F — Ryan Skramovsky 2 run (Cody Cusker kick), 2:55
Fourth Quarter
F — James Flannigan 17 pass from Bridger Johnson (Cusker kick), 7:07
F — Johnson 16 run (Skramovsky run failed), 1:04
FLA CAP
First downs 18 11
Rushing 25-33 35-104
Comp-Att-Int 14-33-3 11-23-0
Passing yards 284 206
Total offense 317 310
Fumbles-lost 3-2 0-0
Punts-avg 6-40.3 8-41.25
Penalties 9-52 5-50
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Flathead: Bridger Johnson 17-16, Ryan Skramovsky 6-15, Seth Adolph 1-3, Team 1-minus 1. Capital: Payton Pappas 15-60, Carter Pappas 11-31, Seth Schneider 5-11, Matt McGinley 2-4, Team 1-minus 2.
PASSING — Flathead: Johnson 14-33-3-284. Capital: Carter Pappas 11-23-0-206.
RECEIVING — Flathead: Adolph 4-94, James Flannigan 8-169, Skramovsky 2-21. Capital: Willie Gross 1-5, Mackenzie Duncan 3-74, Conor McCarvel 4-96, Payton Pappas 1-7, McGinley 1-9, Marcus Welnel 1-13.
Polson 42,
Columbia Falls 27
POLSON —Senior quarterback Tanner Wilson passed for three touchdowns, ran 7 yards for another and Cameron Brown returned an interception 34 yards for a score as Polson (6-1 overall, 3-0 league) pulled away for a big Northwestern A victory over Columbia Falls (6-1, 1-1).
Columbia Falls held a 10-6 lead at the half before Polson ripped off 36 points in the second half.
“It was a battle, both teams played really well,” Polson coach Scott Wilson said. “We got some momentum in the third quarter. The interception return was a huge momentum shift for us.”
The victory gave Polson the Northwestern A championship and a first-round bye in the upcoming playoffs.
Wilson was 12 of 23 passing for 310 yards. He was intercepted once.
Matthew Rensvold, who had touchdown receptions of 20 and 60 yards, had 12 catches for 225 yards.
Columbia Falls quarterback Dakota Bridwell was 37 of 61 passing for 439 yards. He was picked off twice.
Polson closes the regular season next Friday with a nonconference game at Havre.
Columbia faces Frenchtown in a league battle.
Columbia Falls 3 7 17 0 — 27
Polson 6 0 28 8 — 42
CF — Brandon Karberg 25 field goal
P — Cadis Chowning 36 pass from Tanner Wilson (pass failed)
CF — Trey Gates 46 pass from Dakota Bridwell (Karberg kick)
P — Colton Cote 9 run (Matthew Rensvold pass from Wilson)
CF — Sean Miller 46 pass from Bridwell (Karberg kick)
P — Rensvold 20 pass from Wilson (run failed)
P — Wilson 7 run (Wilson run)
P — Cameron Brown 34 interception return (pass failed)
CF — Bridwell 3 run (Karberg kick)
CF — Karberg 20 field goal
P — Rensvold 60 pass from Wilson (Rensvold pass from Wilson)
Whitefish 42,
Frenchtown 14
FRENCHTOWN — Tyler Cote had touchdown runs of 65, 5, 13 and 2 yards as Whitefish (3-5, 1-2) whipped Frenchtown (2-6, 0-2) in a Northwestern A game.
Whitefish, up 14-7 at the half, blew the game open in the second half.
Whitefish concludes regular-season play next Friday with a nonconference outing at Hamilton.
Whitefish 7 7 14 14 — 42
Frenchtown 0 7 7 0 — 14
W — Tyler Cote 65 run (Carver Gilman kick)
F — Adam Botkin 28 pass from Jared Cole (Botkin kick)
W — Cote 5 run (Gilman kick)
W — Whitefish 1 run (Gilman kick)
F — Michael Edwards 74 run (Botkin kick)
W — Cote 13 run (Gilman kick)
W — Cote 2 run (Gilman kick)
W — Parker 7 run (Gilman kick)
Thompson Falls 54, Troy 6
THOMPSON FALL — Mackenzie Holt had touchdown runs of 74, 14 and 25 yards and Garrett Strine returned the opening kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown and added a 35-yard touchdown run later as Thompson Falls (2-5, 1-2) thumped Troy (0-8, 0-4) in a District 7B game.
Tucker Winn scored for Troy on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Troy 0 0 0 6 — 6
Thompson Falls 41 7 6 0 — 54
TF — Garrett Strine 82 kickoff return (kick failed)
TF — Mackenzie Holt 74 run (Jase Sorenson run)
TF — Holt 14 run (run failed)
TF — Sorenson 2 run (Parker Clause kick)
TF — Holt 25 run (Holt run)
TF — Strine 35 run (kick failed)
TF — Danny Hoisington 40 pass from Kade Van Elswyk (Clause kick)
TF — Michael Johnson 25 pass from Sorenson (run failed)
T — Tucker Winn 1 run (kick failed)
Deer Lodge 30, Ronan 25
RONAN — Brendon Blood passed for three touchdowns, but it wasn’t quite enough to lift Ronan past Deer Lodge in a District 6B contest.
Blood connected with Happy Cheff for touchdown strikes of 55 and 37 yards. Ezekiel Misa had the other toucshdown reception, 57 yards.
Deer Lodge 7 6 8 9 — 30
Ronan 12 0 13 0 — 25
R — Happy Cheff 55 pass from Brendon Blood (kick failed)
D — John Bannon 52 run (Koby Owens kick)
R — Ezekiel Misa 57 pass from Blood (run failed)
D — Greydon Nicholson 4 run (kick failed)
R — Kasey Mock 11 run (Jesper Elger kick)
D — Owens 23 pass from Nicholson (Bannon run)
R — Cheff 37 pass from Blood (kick failed)
D — Safety
D — Judd Applegate 25 pass Nicholson (Owens kick)