FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Bridwell, Columbia Falls sizzle again; Polson downs Hamilton
COLUMBIA FALLS — Dakota Bridwell threw for seven touchdowns for the second straight game as Columbia Falls racked up more than 500 yards of offense, topping Stevensville 70-21 in a nonconference Class A football game on Friday night.
The Wildcats leapt out to a 28-7 lead after the first quarter and never looked back as they got big performances from Bridwell and senior receiver Braxton Reiten.
Reiten, who had three touchdowns in the opening week, followed that performance with a five-touchdown game that included his second kickoff return for a score of the season, finishing with 109 yards receiving on five catches. Trevor Hoerner had four catches for 90 yards and Bryce Fagerland had a pair of catches for 69 yards, both going for touchdowns.
Bridwell finished 22 for 31 passing for 382 yards and upped his total to 14 passing touchdowns through two games.
Liam LeCoure and Louis Alejandro-Estrada connected for a pair of touchdowns for Stevi,
Stevensville 7 14 0 0 — 21
C. Falls 28 21 7 14 — 70
CF—Wyatt Green 2 run (Brandon Karberg kick)
CF—Braxton Reiten 18 pass from Dakota Bridwell (Karberg kick)
S—Jordan Thomas 14 run (Chris Brownlee kick)
CF—Reiten 89 kickoff return (Karberg kick)
CF—Trevor Hoerner 57 pass from Bridwell (Karberg kick)
CF—Reiten 26 pass from Bridwell (Karberg kick)
CF—Reiten 30 pass from Bridwell (Karberg kick)
S—Louis Alejandro-Estrada 9 pass from Liam LeCoure (Brownlee kick)
CF—Bryce Fagerland 51 pass from Bridwell (Karberg kick)
S—Alejandro-Estrada 15 pass from LeCoure (Brownlee kick)
CF—Reiten 29 pass from Bridwell (Karberg kick)
CF—Fagerland 18 pass from Bridwell (Karberg kick)
CF—Seth Gossett 18 run (Karberg kick)
Polson 24, Hamilton 10
POLSON — Tanner Wilson threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns as Polson held off Hamilton for a nonconference Class A win.
Wilson tossed a pair of first quarter scores and the Pirates (1-0) pulled out to an 18-0 lead early in the third on a 52 yard pass from Wilson to Cadis Chowning.
Hamilton (1-1) got on the board with a safety, thanks to a bad punt snap deep in the Polson end of the field.
The Pirates would answer with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Matthew Rensvold, the second scoring connection of the night for the two Montana Grizzlies commits.
Hamilton tacked on a return touchdown on the ensuing kickoff, but the game belonged to the Pirates.
Rensvold had six catches for 109 yards and two touchdowns and Colton Cote had 24 rushes for 73 yards. Wilson added 19 rushes for 73 yards.
Hamilton 0 0 0 10 — 10
Polson 12 0 6 6 — 24
P—Hayden Smith 13 pass from Tanner Wilson (kick failed)
P—Matthew Rensvold 33 pass from Wilson (run failed)
P—Cadis Chowning 52 pass from Wilson (pass failed)
H—Safety (Bad snap, punter out of EZ)
P—Rensvold 20 pass from Wilson (kick failed)
H—Ty Chouinard 87 kick return (Cameron Rothie pass from Bridger Bauder)
Bigfork 44, Ronan 30
BIGFORK — Matt Farrier had touchdowns running, passing and on a kickoff return to lead Bigfork to a Class B nonconference win over Ronan.
A senior running back for the Vikings, Farrier completed a trick play with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Anders Epperly and answered a Ronan touchdown with an 84-yard kickoff return to spur Bigfork to a 28-12 halftime lead. Farrier finished with 162 yards rushing on 25 carries to lead Bigfork.
Vikings quarterback Augie Emslie was 9 of 14 for 104 yards and two touchdowns, both to Austin Varner.
Kasey Mock led Ronan with 344 yards passing and ran for 47 yards in the loss. The Chiefs rallied in the fourth quarter, completing a 38-yard hook-and-lateral for a touchdown with 3:55 to play, but ran out of time.
Ronan 0 12 6 12 — 30
Bigfork 7 21 9 7 — 44
B—Randy Stultz fumble return (Shane Rieke kick)
R—Brendon Blood interception return (pass failed)
B—Anders Epperly 20 pass from Matt Farrier (Rieke kick)
R—Happy Cheff 15 pass from Kasey Mock (run failed)
B—Farrier 84 kickoff return (Rieke kick)
B—Austin Varner 19 pass from Augie Emslie (Rieke kick)
B—Rieke 19 field goal
R—Mock 44 run (kick failed)
B—Farrier 5 run (kick failed)
R—Cheff 24 pass from Mock (kick failed)
B—Varner 9 pass from Emslie (Rieke kick)
R—Aaron Misa 25 hook and lateral from David Sligen 13 pass from Mock (kick failed)
Conrad 58, Troy 0
TROY — Hunter Mycke had four touchdown runs, all in the first half, as Conrad crushed Troy in a Class B nonconference contest.
Mycke’s scoring runs were from 13, 10, 6 and 2 yards.
Conrad led 38-0 at the half.
Quarterback Bert Paulson passed for two touchdowns and ran for another.
Conrad 23 15 20 0 — 58
Troy 0 0 0 0 — 0
C — Hunter Mycke 13 run (Mycke run)
C — Mycke 10 run (Bert Paulson run)
C — Austin Padilla 50 pass from Paulson (Padilla kick)
C — Mycke 6 run (Padilla kick)
C — Mycke 2 run (Mycke run)
C — Brock Doty 20 pass from Paulson (Padilla kick)
C — Paulson 7 run (kick blocked)
C — Padilla 25 interception return (Padilla kick)
Dillon 47, Whitefish 0
DILLON — RJ Fitzgerald had touchdown runs of 34, 5 and 20 yards as Dillon demolished Whitefish in a Class A nonconference matchup.
Graden Greenslade had touchdown runs of 18 and 53 yards. He had seven carries for 120 yards.
For Whitefish (0-2), Spencer Moore had 3 carries for 28 yards, Derek Kastella was 8 of 18 passing for 29 yards and Sawyer Silliker had four receptions for 33 yards.
Kastella was intercepted twice, one was returned for a touchdown.
Whitefish 0 0 0 0 — 0
Dillon 21 13 6 7 — 47
Dil - Jamey Richardson 31 INT return (Todd Nordahl kick)
Dil - RJ Fitzgerald 34 run (kick failed)
Dil - Gabe Hupp 4 pass from Troy Anderson (Patrick Griffin pass from Anderson)
Dil - Graden Greenslade 18 run (kick failed)
Dil - Fitzgerald 5 run (Nordahl kick)
Dil - Fitzgerald 20 run (kick failed)
DIl - Greenslade 53 run (Nordahl kick)
Eureka 33, Cut Bank 14
EUREKA — Garrett Graves threw for a touchdown and returned an interception 60 yards for score in the fourth quarter to help Eureka upend Cut Bank in a Class B nonconference contest.
Graves was 3 of 10 passing for 35 yards.
Austyn Sherwood ran 3 yards for a touchdown and also passed for another for the Lions. He was 4 of 8 passing for 61 yards. He also threw an interception.
Matt Anderson, 7 carries for 40 yards, had the game’s final score on a 14-yard jaunt.
Eureka linebacker James Dunn had 8½ tackles and a sack. Lineman Owen Davis had 6½ tackles and Cannan Smith, a linebacker, had six tackles.
Cut Bank 14 0 0 0 — 14
Eureka 19 0 0 14 — 33
E — Austyn Sherwood 3 run (kick failed)
E — Bryant Little 27 pass from Garrett Graves (Sam Johnson kick)
CB — JR Seewald 42 run (Peter Hamilton kick)
E — James Dunn 5 pass from Sherwood (kick failed)
CB — Seth Omsberg 59 pass from Wylie Novak (Hamilton kick)
E — Graves 60 interception return (pass failed)
E — Matt Anderson 14 run (Jonathan Schmidt pass from Graves)
Fairfield 56, Libby 6
FAIRFIELD — Griffin Lee had touchdown runs of 10, 10 and 27 yards as Fairfield whipped Libby in a Class B nonconference outing.
Libby 0 0 0 6 — 6
Fairfield 27 29 0 0 — 56
FF—Griffen Lee 10 run (Cantor Coverdell kick)
FF—Lee 10 run (Coverdell kick)
FF—Libien Becker 20 run (Coverdell kick)
FF—Dawson Allen 20 run (run failed)
FF—Coverdell 40 run (Coverdell kick)
FF—Lee 27 run (kick failed)
FF—Ethan Schenk 30 run (Dawson Allen run)
FF—Levi Gibson 44 run (Coverdell run)
LIB—1 yard run (kick blocked)