Hamilton bounces Columbia Falls 35-7

COLUMBIA FALLS – Tyson Rostad threw for three touchdowns and Jaiden Klemundt threw for one TD and caught another to help unbeaten Hamilton past Columbia Falls in a key Western A game Friday.

The Broncs (6-0) outgained the Wildcats 443-302, and most of their 203 passing yards came on three plays: TD passes from Rostad covering 25 and 54 yards and Klemundt’s option pass that went 64 yards to Gabe Key-Hirmann for a touchdown.

Mason Peters was 15 for 25 passing for 135 yards for Columbia Falls (4-2), and had a 1-yard scoring strike to Cade Morgan late in the third quarter.

The Wildcats’ Isaiah Roth had a standout game with 130 yards rushing on 16 carries, and another 56 yards on four receptions.

Hamilton 14 7 14 0 - 35

C. Falls 0 0 7 0 - 7

H – Ben Rooney 11 run (Austin Drake kick)

H – Brendan Nelson 6 pass from Tyson Rostad (Drake kick)

H – Gabe Key-Hirmann 64 pass from Jaiden Klemundt (Drake kick)

H – Eli Taylor 25 pass from Rostad (Drake kick)

H – Klemundt 54 pass from Rostad (Drank kick)

CF – Cade Morgan 1 pass from Mason Peters (Niels Getts kick)

Libby 42, Butte Central 14

BUTTE – Jay Beagle and the Libby Loggers broke loose in a wild second half to score the important Western A victory over the Maroons.

Nobody scored until Ryder Davis’ 4-yard touchdown run with 4:46 left in the third quarter – the first of six touchdowns in the final 16 minutes and change for the Loggers (5-1).

Beagle added scoring runs of 11, 79 and 4 yards and threw an 18-yard TD pass to Tucker Masters with 2:18 left to cap the scoring.

Libby also recovered five fumbles and got a 57-yard interception return from David Patterson.

Butte Central, whose 0-6 record includes three forfeits because of COVID-19 issues, got two TDs in the fourth quarter as well.

Libby 0 0 7 35 - 42

Butte Central 0 0 0 14 - 14

L – Ryder Davis 4 run (Ayden Williamson kick), 4:46-3Q

L – Jay Beagle 11 run (Williamson kick), 11:53-4Q

run (kick good).

BC – Egan Lester 4 run (Joseph Sholey kick), 8:58-4Q

L – Beagle 79 run (Williamson kick), 7:58-4Q

L – Beagle 4 run (Williamson kick), 5:45-4Q

BC – Eyston Lakkala 6 run (Sholey kick), 3:25-4Q

L – Davis Patterson 57 interception return (Williamson kick), 2:26-4Q

L – Tucker Masters 18 pass from Beagle (Williamson kick), 2:18-4Q

Class AA

Helena 40, Flathead 0

Helena’s Kaden Huot threw for 274 yards and five touchdowns Friday, leading the unbeaten Bengals past Flathead 40-0 in Western AA football at Legends Stadium.

Huot threw three first-half scoring passes to Raef Miller, covering 27, 17 (on fourth down) and 9 yards. The last came with just 24 seconds left in the second quarter and made it 20-0.

Flathead’s Charlie Hinchey – who didn’t start at quarterback but came on in relief of Jackson Walker ­— was intercepted on the Braves’ first possession after halftime. That set up a 23-yard scoring run from Marcus Evans that made it 27-0.

The Braves (0-4) took their second straight shutout loss. The defense held up well, including an interception by Tommy Wells, until late in the first half.

The offense managed just 130 yards – though the Braves were in Helena territory a handful of times. One good chance came when Hinchey found Wells for 26 yards down to the Helena 44 late in the first half. But the Braves punted and Helena executed a clock drive.

Henshaw ran the ball eight times for 47 yards for the Braves. Wells had three catches for 39 yards.

Helena 6 14 13 7 - 40

Flathead 0 0 0 0 - 0

H – Raef Miller 27 pass from Kaden Miller (kick failed), 9:26-1Q

H – Miller 17 pass from Huot (Miller kick), 4:32-2Q

H – Miller 9 pass from Huot (Miller kick), :24-2Q

H – Marcus Evans 23 pass from Huot (Miller kick), 10:30-3Q

H – Ben Swanson 8 pass from Huot (pass failed), 5:30-3Q

H – Dexter Tedesco 9 pass from Huot (Miller kick), 11:54-4Q

Individual leaders

RUSHING: Helena (32-141) – Ethan Maxness 17-74, Huot 5-32, Cade Holland 4-15, Evans 4-31, Garrett St. Clair 1-minus 7, Team 1-minus 4. Flathead (30-70) – Kaden Henshaw 8-47, Jackson Walker 10-22, Alec Thomas 8-20, Charlie Hinchey 4-minus 19.

PASSING: Helena – Huot 16-27-1 for 274. Flathead – Walker 4-7-0 for 25 yards; Nic Gustafson 1-1-0 for 6 yards; Hinchey 4-16-1 for 29 yards.

RECEIVING: Helena – Miller 7-72, Tedesco 4-125, Chase McGurran 2-46, Swanson 2-20, Carson Anderson 1-11. Flathead – Tommy Wells 3-39, Gustafson 3-13, Jackson Barrett 1-5, Thomas 1-3, Brody Thornsbery 1-0.