Prep football: Bigfork blanks Ronan; Eureka, C-Falls win
BIGFORK — Asher Knopik ran for two touchdowns and caught a scoring pass to help Bigfork improve to 2-0 with a 35-0 win over Ronan in Western A football Friday.
Tristen Herd threw for three touchdowns for the Vikings, completing 9 of 12 passes for 130 yards. His first two scoring strikes went 7 yards to Elijah Thorness and 20 yards to Wyatt Johnson; he later hit Knopik for 9 yards and the score.
Knopik had nine carries for 79 yards. Johnson ran seven times for 61 yards, caught four passes for 48 and made eight tackles on defense. Thorness had three catches for 58 yards.
Laurance Lozeau ran for 60 yards and completed 14 of 24 passes for 104 yards for the Chiefs, who were out-gained 308-184.
Ronan 0 0 0 0 - 0
Bigfork 14 14 7 0 - 35
B — Elijah Thorness 7 pass from Tristen Herd (Thorness pass from Herd)
B — Asher Knopik 8 run (PAT failed)
B — Wyatt Johnson 20 pass from Herd (Herd kick)
B — Knopik 5 run (Herd kick)
B — Knopik 9 pass from Herd (Herd kick)
Eureka 32, Whitefish 6
WHITEFISH — Tristan Butts scored three touchdowns, one rushing and two receiving, and the Western B Eureka Lions scored an impressive win over Western A Whitefish Friday.
Quarterback AJ Truman hit Butts with scoring passes covering 35 and 30 yards, and also added a 4-yard scoring run for the Lions (2-0).
Butts got Eureka on the board with a 59-yard scoring run; after Whitefish drew even at 6-6 on two Ryder Barinowski field goals, the Lions put up 26 second-quarter points.
Carson Gulick completed 19 of 40 passes for 137 yards for Whitefish. He was intercepted once.
Eureka 6 26 0 0 - 32
Whitefish 6 0 0 0 - 6 E — Tristan Butts 59 run (kick failed)
W — Ryder Barinowski 22 FG
W — Barinowski 39 FG
E — Butts 35 pass from AJ Truman (PAT failed)
E — Truman 4 run (PAT failed)
E — Butts 30 pass from Truman (PAT failed)
E — Caden Pecora 2 run (Butts pass from Truman)
Columbia Falls 49, Browning 0
COLUMBIA FALLS — Cody Schweikert threw three touchdowns passes and ran for another score Friday to lead the Wildcats over Browning in Western A play.
Schweikert was 10 for 13 passes for 235 yards: His touchdowns covered 26 yards to Mark Robison, 28 yards to Chance Miller and 28 to Alihn Anderson.
Reggie Sapa added one scoring run and Brandon Torpen scored twice for the Wildcats (2-0), who outgained the Indians 392-136 in total yardage.
Browning 0 0 0 0 - 0
C-Falls 21 14 0 14 - 49
CF — Mark Robison 26 pass from Cody Schweikert (Kai Golan kick)
CF — Schweikert 15 run (Golan kick)
CF — Reggie Sapa 17 run (Golan kick)
CF — Chance Miller 28 pass from Schweikert (Golan kick)
CF — Alihn Anderson 28 pass from Schweikert (Golan kick)
CF — Brandon Torpen 1 run (Golan kick)
CF — Torpen 7 run (Golan kick)