Ridgeway throws 3 TDs as Bulldogs bust Broncs
WHITEFISH — Fynn Ridgeway through for 247 yards and three touchdowns, and the Whitefish Bulldogs held off Frenchtown for another Western A football victory Friday, 20-14.
Ridgeway’s 8-yard scoring pass to Jaxsen Schlach on the Bulldogs’ first drive after halftime proved to be the difference. The Broncs had trouble getting past midfield and their last drive ended with a Schlach interception at the Whitefish 40-yard line with 2:17 left.
Jack Akey also picked off a pass for the Bulldogs. Cody Berry ran 13 times for 61 yards. Ridgeway completed 21 of 32 passes and was intercepted twice.
Bodie Smith had seven receptions for 112 yards for Whitefish, including a 33-yard TD. Clayton Godsey caught Ridgeway’s first scoring pass, of 23 yards.
Eli Quinn and Devin Shelton hooked up on both Frenchtown touchdowns.
Frenchtown 0 14 0 0 - 14
Whitefish 0 14 6 0 - 20
W — Clayton Godsey 23 pass Fynn Ridgeway (Ryder Barinowski kick)
F — Shelton 12 pass from Eli Quinn (Matt Kleinsmith kick)
W — Bodie Smith 33 pass from Ridgeway (Barinowski kick)
F — Shelton 2 pass from Quinn (Kleinsmith kick)
W — Jaxsen Schlach 8 pass from Ridgeway (kick failed)
Libby 37, Ronan 6
LIBBY — Ryder Davis ran for 139 yards and one touchdown and passed for another score as Libby swamped Ronan 37-6 in a Western A matchup.
Davis had 16 carries, and took one 27 yards for the Loggers’ first score. He round Kaleb Folk for 40 yards and the third TD for Libby.
Jace DeShazer added two rushing touchdowns and Cy Stevenson and Ryan Collins tore off scoring runs of 50 yards. The Loggers piled up 372 rushing yards, and Davis threw for 73.
Ronan 0 0 0 6 - 6
Libby 13 6 6 12 - 37
L — Ryder Davis 27 run (Aidan Williamson kick)
L — Jace DeShazer 5 run (kick failed)
L — Kaleb Folk 40 pass from Davis (pass failed)
L — Cy Stevenson 53 run (kick failed)
L — DeShazer 4 run (pass failed)
R — Johnson 20 pass from Caleb Cheff (pass failed)
L — Ryan Collins 51 run (run failed)
Bigfork 27, Cut Bank 0
CUT BANK — Bigfork’s Levi Taylor ran for two touchdowns Friday in a 27-0 rout of the Cut Bank Wolves in Class B football.
Taylor’s scoring runs ranged from 2 to 78 yards, the latter coming in the third quarter. Taylor was also 1-for-3 on extra point kicks and had six carries for 98 yards.
Isak Epperly intercepted Cut Bank quarterback Caleb Demanigold’s pass and ran for a touchdown, which put the Vikings up 8-0 in the first after completing a two point conversion.
Bigfork gained 221 yards of total offense to Cut Bank’s 113.
Bigfork QB Patrick Wallen completed three passes for 74 yards. Cut Bank’s Demanigold was 11-15 for 68 yards.
Bigfork 15 0 12 0 — 27
Cut Bank 0 0 0 0 — 0
B — Isak Epperly (Patrick Wallen to Joseph Farrier 2-pt conversion pass good) 12:00, 1Q
B — Levi Taylor 2 run (Taylor kick good) 7:04, 1Q
B — George Bucklin 3 run (Taylor kick failed) 11:34, 3Q
B — Taylor 78 run (Taylor kick failed) 3:12, 3Q
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Bigfork (22-147) — Levi Taylor 6-98, Joseph Farrier 3-20, George Bucklin 2-20, Elijah Thorness 2-7, Dane Hansen 1-5, Wyatt Herd 4-2. Cut Bank (35-45) — Hayden Hedges 11-33, Austin Vanek 19-20, Richard Schmidt 1-8.
PASSING: Bigfork — Patrick Wallen 3-6-0 for 74 yards. Cut Bank — Caleb Demanigold 11-15-0 for 68 yards, Matt Larson 3-6-0 for 5 yards.
RECEIVING: Bigfork — Dane Hansen 2-69, George Bucklin 1-5. Cut Bank — Matt Larson 2-36, Hayden Hedges 7-29, Austin Vanek 3-14.