Braves start slow, fall to Bulldogs 48-7

by Daily Inter Lake
| September 17, 2021 11:52 PM

Butte’s Dylan Snyder scored four touchdowns, including a kickoff return to open the second half, and the Bulldogs down Flathead 48-7 in a Western AA football matchup at Legends Stadium Friday.

The Braves (0-4) got off to another slow start and had trouble getting out of their own end of the field. A 75-yard drive in the third quarter was capped by Jackson Walker’s 26-yard scoring pass to Dylan Kratofil. The drive was helped along by a 13-yard burst from Kaden Henawhw and a 10-yard run by Walker.

By then the game was out of reach. Snyder caught four passes for 47 yards and three of those catches went for first-half TDs covering 19, 17 and 6 yards. The last made it 34-0 at halftime, and Snyder then took the third-quarter kickoff 88 yards to paydirt.

Butte quarterback Jace Stenson was a very efficient 16-for-17 passing for 171 yards. He threw a fourth TD pass to Kenley Leary in the third quarter.

Walker threw for 90 yards and ran for 57 to lead the Flathead offense.

Butte 14 20 14 0 - 48

Flathead 0 0 7 0 - 7

B — Dylan Snyder 19 pass from Jace Stenson (Casey Kautzman kick), 9:10-1Q

B — Snyder 17 pass from Stenson (Kautzman kick), :55-1Q

B — Gavin Vetter 1 run (pass failed), 10:16-2Q

B — Stenson 1 run (Kautzman kick), 6:31-2Q

B — Snyder 6 pass from Stenson (Kautzman kick), 2:54-2Q

B — Snyder 88 kickoff return (Kautzman kick), 11:47-3Q

F — Dylan Kratofil 26 pass from Jackson Walker (Connor Skalsky klick), 6:45-3Q

B — Kenley Leary 5 pass from Stenson (Kautzman kick), 2:57-3Q.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Butte (36-162) — Stenson 6-41, Vetter 9-38, Hunter Hotalen 8-30, Leary 7-27, Kaleb Paddock 2-9, Snyer 1-7, Keegan Muffich 1-2, Ty Angove 1-2, Kip Pumnewa 1-minus 1. Flathead (37-109) — Walker 16-57, Kaden Henshaw 12-29, Joe Jones 7-23, Trevor Burke 2-0.

PASSING: Butte — Stenson 16-17-0 for 171 yards. Flathead — Walker 7-14-1 for 90 yards.

RECEIVING: Butte — Cameron Gurnsey 7-76, Snyder 4-47, Cole Worley 2-17, Vetter 1-19, Jonas Sherman 1-7, Leary 1-5. Flathead — Brody Thornsbery 2-40, Kratofil 2-35, Gabe Sims 1-9, Henshaw 1-4, Teyler Hendrickson 1-2.