Holter passes for 2 TDs, runs for 3 as Maroons maul Dogs Whitefish
BUTTE — Cade Holter passed for two touchdowns and ran for three more as Butte Central (2-0) clobbered Whitefish 49-7 in Class A football play Friday night.
Holter had TD passes of 21 and 20 yards to Clay Fisher and Thomas McGee, respectively.
McGee also returned an interception 64 yards for a score.
Holter’s scoring runs were from 6, 20 and 35 yards.
Ryan Moodry, who was perfect on seven PAT kicks, scored Central’s final touchdown on a 5-yard run.
Forrest Kolbet, 14 rushes for 64 yards, had a 5-yard touchdown run for Whitefish (0-3).
Butte Central put the game away with a 35-point second quarter for a 49-0 lead at intermission.
Whitefish hosts Corvalls on Friday.
Whitefish 0 0 0 7 — 49
Butte Central 14 35 7 0 — 7
BC — Cade Holter 21 pass to Clay Fisher (Ryan Moodry kick)
BC — Holter 20 pass to Thomas McGee (Moodry kick)
BC — McGee 64 interception (Moodry kick)
BC — Holter 6 rush (Moodry kick)
BC — Holter 20 run (Moodry kick)
BC — Holter 35 pass to Fisher (Moodry kick)
BC — Moodry 5 run (Moodry kick)
W — Forrest Kolbet 5 run (Carver Gilman kick)
Dillon 16, Columbia Falls 14
DILLON — A missed field goal by Columbia Falls with four seconds to play allowed Dillon (2-0) to dodge Columbia Falls (1-1) in a Class A matchup.
Dillon scored the final nine points on a 6-yard pass from Coby King to Brent Tezak and a 21-yard field goal by Gabe Kirkley with 1:02 left in the fourth quarter.
Austin Green had a 2-yard touchdown run and passed 4 yards to Ben Windauer for another Columbia Falls score.
Columbia Falls hosts Stevensville on Friday.
Columbia Falls 0 7 7 0 — 14
Dillon 7 0 6 3 — 16
D — Coby King 1 run (Gabe Kirkley kick)
CF — Austin Green 2 run (Ben Windauer kick)
CF — Windauer 4 pass from Green (Windauer kick)
D — Brent Tezak 6 pass from King (kick failed)
D — Kirkley 21 field goal
Ronan at Stevensville
STEVENSVILLE — Friday night’s Class A contest has been postponed until Monday at 7 p.m. because of wildfire air quality issues.
Thompson Falls (1-1)
at Eureka (2-0)
Friday night’s Western B game has been postponed until today because of wildfire air quality issues.
The game is tentatively set for 1 p.m..
It air quality remains an issue today, the Montana High School Association will allow the game to be played Sunday at 1 p.m. in Eureka.
Bigfork (2-0)
at Florence (1-1)
Today’s Western B game will be played at 7 p.m., instead of 5 p.m.
If air quality issues persist, the contest will be moved to Butte’s Naranche Stadium with a 7 p.m. kickoff.
Frenchtown (2-0)
vs. Libby (1-1)
Friday’s night’s Western B game, originally scheduled for Libby, was tentatively moved to Frenchtown with a 7 p.m. start because of unhealthy air. On Friday, the game was rescheduled for 2 p.m. today and will now be played in Fairfield.
Polson (0-1)
at Corvallis (2-0)
Friday night’s Class A nonconference game has been rescheduled for today at 4 p.m. If air quality issues remain, the game will be moved to Butte with a 4 p.m. kickoff.