Columbia Falls rallies past Polson

COLUMBIA FALLS - Mason Peters threw for four touchdowns Friday, three in a blistering second half that rallied the host Wildcats past Polson 48-28 in a Northwestern A football battle.

Columbia Falls trailed 28-14 in the third quarter of its season opener, after Polson quarterback Jarett Wilson threw touchdown passes of 65, 80 and 48 yards, then added a 1-yard scoring run.

After Wilson’s rushing TD, Isaiah Roth returned the ensuing kickoff 84 yards for a score, and that seemed to spark the host Wildcats. They scored the final 34 points of the game, going ahead on a 33-yard pass from Peters to Taylor Bryan - his second TD reception.

Cody Schweikert had two scoring runs for Columbia Falls. His 4-yarder capped the scorikng with 1:30 left.

Polson 6 16 6 0 - 28

Col. Falls 7 7 13 21 - 48

P - Colton Graham 65 pass from Wilson (pass failed)

CF - Cade Morgan pass from Mason Peters (kick good)

P - Graham 80 pass from Wilson (PAT good)

P - Ethan McCauley 48 pass from Wilson (kick failed)

CF - Cody Schweikert 3 run (kick good)

P - Wilson 1 run (PAT failed)

CF - Isaiah Roth 84 kickoff return (kick good)

CF - Taylor Bryan 10 pass from Peters (kick failed)

CF - Bryan 33 pass from Peters (kick good)

CF - Roth 37 pass from Peters (kick good)

CF - Schweikert 4 run (kick good)

Bigfork 56, Townsend 20

TOWNSEND - Cormac Benn and Levi Taylor scored three touchdowns each as Bigfork began its season with an impressive non-conference win over the Townsend Bulldogs.

Benn ran 25 times for 189 yards, including TD runs of 17, 1 and 10 yards. Taylor added another 149 yards on 16 carries, and had scoring runs of 8 and 3 yards. The linebacker also returned an interception 54 yards for a touchdown in the Vikings 29-point third quarter.

George Bucklin had three carries for 40 yards, including a 20-yard scoring run. The Vikings rolled up 468 yards rushing and 507 yards overall, while holding Townsend to 211 yards.

Patrick Wallen threw just four passes but completing three, including a 16-yard scoring strik to Walker Fisher.

Bigfork 8 19 29 - 56

Townsend 0 13 0 7 - 20

B - Cormac Benn 17 run (Benn run)

B - Levi Taylor 8 run (kick failed)

B - Benn 1 run (George Bucklin kick)

T - J. Garcia 8 pass from T. Hoveland (S. Lane kick)

B - Benn 10 run (kick failed)

T - Garcia 4 pass from Hoveland (kick failed)

B - Walker Fisher 16 pass from Patrick Wallen (Benn run)

B - Bucklin 20 run (Benn run)

B - Taylor 54 interception return (Bucklin kick)

B - Taylor 3 run (kick failed)