Glacier picks up 1st win at Sentinel

MISSOULA — Glacier senior Drew Turner ran for 223 yards and five touchdowns as the Wolfpack finally found its groove, beating Missoula Sentinel 48-23 on Friday night at Missoula County Stadium in Class AA football play.

The Wolfpack (1-4) was hitting on all cylinders from the start, nearly scoring a touchdown on its opening play before blocking a punt midway through the first to set up a short Turner touchdown.

Turner scored again on the Pack’s next drive and plugged in a two-point conversion to give Glacier a 14-0 lead after the first quarter.

Sentinel (3-2) fought back, hitting a 77-yard touchdown pass to Griz commit Nick Germer and cutting the lead to 14-10 with five minutes to play before half.

Glacier’s own Griz commits answered, however, with Jackson Pepe adding a 15-yard touchdown before the break.

Turner broke loose in the third quarter, scoring a pair of 61-yard touchdowns, and Bobcats commit Mark Estes hauled in a 48-yard touchdown pass from Evan Todd to lift the Wolfpack to a 41-10 lead midway through the frame.

Two more long touchdown passes, including another to Germer, kept the game close but Turner shut the door on a comeback, reeling off a 25-yard touchdown run to put the game out of reach.

Glaciers hosts Great Falls High on Friday for a homecoming game.

Glacier 14 7 20 7 — 48

Sentinel 0 10 7 6 — 23

First quarter

G – Drew Turner 2 run (Turner run failed), 3:48

G – Turner 5 run (Turner run), 1:03

Second quarter

S – Nick Germer 77 pass from Rylan Ortt (Spencer Peppenger kick good), 11:35

S – Peppenger 29 field goal, 5:51

G – Jackson Pepe 15 pass from Evan Todd (kick good), 0:33

Third quarter

G – Turner 61 run (kick failed), 10:41

G – Turner 61 run (kick good), 8:00

G – Mark Estes 48 pass from Todd (kick good), 6:47

S – Germer 23 pass from Ortt (Peppenger kick), 1:19

Fourth quarter

S – Brendon Hill 68 pass from Ortt (2-point failed), 8:22

G – Turner 25 run (kick good), 7:05