Prep Football McPhee, Green power C-Falls past Polson
COLUMBIA FALLS — Colten McPhee had touchdown runs of 15, 36 and 4 yards and quarterback Austin Green ran 4 yards for a score and passed for three more as Columbia Falls manhandled Polson 50-6 in the Northwest A conference regular-season final for both football teams.
McPhee rushed for 159 yards on 10 carries to lead a potent Wildcats offense.
Green, who as 6 of 10 passing for 111 yards, hit Ben Windauer on scoring strikes of 15 and 30 yards and Drew Morgan on a 27-yard touchdown toss.
Auguste Emond, who was five of seven on PAT kicks, completed the scoring with a 37-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.
Windauer had four receptions for 75 yards and Morgan three for 62.
Columbia Falls (6-1 overall, 5-0 league) will have a first-round bye in the upcoming Class A playoffs, which begin next weekend.
Polson (2-6, 2-3) scored in the fourth quarter on a 6-yard pass from Bo Kelley to Haden Smith.
Polson 0 0 0 6 — 6
Columbia Falls 27 13 7 3 — 50
CF — Colten McPhee 15 run (kick failed)
CF — Drew Morgan 27 pass from Austin Green (Auguste Emond kick)
CF — McPhee 36 run (Emond kick)
CF — Ben Windauer 15 pass from Green (Emond kick)
CF — McPhee 4 run (Emond kick)
CF — Green 4 run (kick failed)
CF — Windauer 30 pass from Green (Emond kick)
P — Haden Smith 6 pass from Bo Kelley (run failed)
CF — Emond 37 field goal
Browning 42, Ronan 16
BROWNING — James Gilham returned a kick 75 yards for a touchdown and caught a pair of scoring passes to guide Browning past Ronan in a Northwest A conference game.
It was the regular-season finale for both schools.
Browning (5-4, 4-1) will be seeded second from the Northwest for the upcoming playoffs. It’s the first postseason appearance for Browning in 28 years.
Browning led Ronan (2-6, 2-3) 30-8 at the half.
Ronan 8 0 0 8 — 16
Browning 22 8 6 6 — 42
B — James Gilham 75 kick return (2-point failed)
B — Dylan Loring 8 run (Gilham pass from Derek Loring)
R — Ezekiel Misa pass from Eric Dolence (Happy Cheff pass from Dolence)
B — Gilham 14 pass from Derek Loring (Dylan Loring run)
B — Brant Bremner 34 pass from Derek Loring (John Monroe pass from Derek Loring)
B — Dylan Loring 51 run (2-point failed)
B — Gilham 19 pass from Derek Loring (2-point failed)
R — Noah Cheff 2 run (No. 37 run)
Bigfork 41, Deer Lodge 0
BIGFORK — Randy Stultz rushed for 151 yards and five touchdowns as Bigfork blasted Deer Lodge in Western B division play.
Stultz had touchdown runs of 6, 6, 7, 1 and 4 yards.
Quarterback Augie Emslie hit Logan Taylor for a 9-yard touchdown pass to complete the Vikings scoring.
Stultz had 21 carries in the game and averaged 7.2 yards per attempt. He also had two receptions for 26 yards.
Bigfork (6-1, 4-1) had 353 yards in total offense to 94 for Deer Lodge (0-8, 0-6).
Emslie was 11 of 25 passing for 107 yards.
Luke Taylor added 57 yards rushing on five carries.
Bigfork will be the third seed from the division for the playoffs will play Shelby, the second seed from the Northern, next week in the first round of the playoffs. The Vikings beat the Coyotes 23-19 in Week 1 of the regular season.
Deer Lodge 0 0 0 0 — 0
Bigfork 6 21 14 0 — 41
B — Randy Stultz 6 run (kick failed)
B — Stultz 6 run (Austin Varner kick)
B — Stultz 7 run (Varner kick)
B — Stultz 1 run (Varner kick)
B — Logan Taylor 9 pass from Augie Emslie (Varner kick)
B — Stultz 4 run (Chayton Troesh-Worrell kick)
Libby 18, Whitefish 0
WHITEFISH — Libby picked up its first Northwest A conference victory of the season at Memorial Field.
It was the final game of the regular season for Libby (2-7, 1-4) and Whitefish (1-7, 1-4).
Libby 6 6 0 6 — 18
Whitefish 0 0 0 0 — 0
L — Chandler Bower 24 pass from Jay Beagle (kick blocked)
L — Laine Young 4 run (run failed)
L — Brian Peck 54 run (pass failed)