9 from NW named to Badlands Bowl roster
Nine area football players will be on Montana’s roster for the 24th annual Knights of Columbus Badlands Bowl on Saturday against the all-stars from North Dakota.
Four additional stars from the area were named alternates for the game.
Glacier, which reached the state for the third time in four seasons in 2016, led the way with four selections to the Montana all-star team (Jaxen Hashley, Kellen Bemis, Pat O’Connell and Taden Gillman).
Polson was the only other area team with multiple selections (Matthew Rensvold and Tanner Wilson). Columbia Falls (Braxton Reiten), Eureka (Joe Fehr) and Whitefish (Travis Catina) each placed one player in the game.
Eureka (Owen Davis and Cannan Smith), Columbia Falls (Dakota Bridwell) and Bigfork (Matt Farrier) had alternates selected for the game.
Eureka coach Trevor Utter is an assistant on the Montana team. Billings Senior’s Chris Murdock is the head coach.
Montana’s best will take on North Dakota in the Badlands Bowl at Connor Stadium in Miles City.
Montana has won 17 of the series’ first 23 games, including 10 of 12 in Miles City. Montana has also won five of the past six meetings, with its lone defeat in that time coming in 2014.
Badlands Bowl XXIV
at Connor Stadium, Miles City
Saturday, 6 p.m.
Montana
Roster: Nate Dick, Billings Senior; Callahan O’Reilly, Bozeman; Noah Smelser, Billings Central; RJ Fitzgerald, Dillon; Lance McCutcheon, Bozeman; Mitch Roberts, Missoula Sentinel; Derek Olsen, Helena; Matthew Rensvold, Polson; Braxton Reiten, Columbia Falls; Chandler Allen, Fairfield; Blade Miller, Billings West; Kellen Bemis, Glacier; Bo (David) Hann, Missoula Big Sky; Justin Pfeifer, Cut Bank; Todd Nordahl, Dillon; Luke Poetzl, Billings Senior; Bridger Luhman, Bozeman; Jaxen Hashley, Glacier; Brenley Steinbeisser, Sidney; Ty Morgan, Ennis; Joe Fehr, Eureka; Hayden Hegg, Billings Senior; Jaylen Taggart, Hamilton; Marcus Welnel, Helena Capital; Patrick O’Connell, Glacier; Travis Catina, Whitefish; Bejni Phillips, Glasgow; Keaton Anderson, Billings Senior; Troy Andersen, Dillon; Taden Gilman, Glacier; Tanner Wilson, Polson; Jake Orvis, Billings Senior; Dawson McGlothlin, Sidney; Michael McGinnis, Sidney.
Alternates: Matt Farrier, Big Fork; Tyler Burk, Miles City; Rielly Connley, Miles City; Owen Davis, Eureka; Trace Jones, Sidney; Jake Knack, Ennis; Dakota Bridwell, Columbia Falls; Peyton Hanser, Billings Central; Cullen Roll, Billings Senior; Max Clarke, Billings Senior; Benjie Phillips, Glasgow; Kellen Round, Missoula Loyola; Trevor Paro, Hot Springs; Bryson Demming, Billings West; Chaz Maddock, Billings West; Jase Stokes, Havre; Hayden Van Winkle, Belgrade; Cannan Smith, Eureka; Casey Cole, Laurel; Derek Olsen, Helena High; Cade Wessel, Bozeman; Brian LaFond, Butte High; Kiley Caprara, Butte High; Nick Wakai, Missoula Big Sky; Andrew Simon, Whitehall.
North Dakota
Roster: Brant Bohmert, Northern Cass; Manuel Bradford, Minot High; Seth Braun, Bismarck Century; Alexander Brosseau, Bismarck Legacy; Lucas Butts, Bismarck High; Zach Ferguson, West Fargo High; Shane Forster, NS/Almont; Justin Helseth, Velva; Caleb Hofer, Larimore; Reece Hoherz, Beulah; Treven Hopfauf, Dickinson High; Jake Ihland, Richland; Dillan Jepson, Killdeer; Andrew Jones, Northern Cass; Kade Lindquist, Minot High; Luke Little, Bismarck Century; Zander Luckoski, Fargo South; Cody Mauch, Hankinson; Jack Pifer, Fargo South. Jacob Rader, Bismarck Century; Thomas Berkley, MLS Mohall; Bradee Schroeder, Carrington; Habonimuma Simon, West Fargo High; Cole Spies, Bismarck St. Mary’s; Shawn Steffan, Dickinson High; Chase Teiken, West Fargo High; Chauncey Turner, Bismarck St. Mary’s; Brody Wagner, Larimore; Philip Walter, Bismarck Century; Luke Wertz, Ellendale; Jordan Will, Minot Bishop Ryan; Zach Willis, West Fargo High; Nathan Wolf, New Salem-Almont; Alex York, Fargo Davies.