AA football: Spartans pull away from Flathead
MISSOULA — Missoula Sentinel quarterback Riley Allen threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more Thursday, and the Spartans pulled away after halftime to beat Flathead 46-7 in Western AA football.
Allen had scoring runs of 2 yards in the first quarter and 7 yards in the third. The latter sparked a 32-point second half for the Spartans (3-1, 2-0 in league).
The Sentinel defense held Flathead (1-3, 0-2) to 207 yards and came up with six turnovers. Jaxon Allery had two of the Spartans’ five interceptions and returned one 41 yards for a TD in the second quarter.
Flathead QB Brett Pesola threw for 161 yards, including a 21-yard scoring strike to Stephen Riley at 7:20 of the fourth quarter. That cut Sentinel’s lead to 39-7, and the Spartans tacked on a TD pass from backup QB Rudy Hess as time ran out.
Brody Thornsberry had four catches for 90 yards for the Braves. Jaden Williams had a team-high seven tackles and also rushed for 38 yards; Noah Sonju had an interception that he returned 29 yards.
Flathead hosts Butte next Friday at Legends Stadium.
Flathead 0 0 0 7 - 7
Sentinel 6 8 19 13 - 46
S — Riley Allen 2 run (pass failed), 7:54-1Q
S — Jaxon Allery 41 interception (Grady Walker pass from Allen), 9:53-2Q
S — Allen 7 run (Caden Dirnberger kick), 8:15-3Q
S — Brady Kolendich 12 pass from Allen (kick failed), 4:09-3Q
S — Danny Sirmon 15 pass from Allen (kick failed), :01-3Q
S — Brady Whitman 2 run (Walker kick), 11:31-4Q
F — Stephen Riley 21 pass from Brett Pesola (kick failed), 7;20-4Q
S — Giovanni Shepherd 24 pass from Rudy Hess (no PAT), :00-4Q
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Flathead (26-46) — Jaden Williams 7-38, Pesola 9-16, Nolan Campbell 1-9, Brody Thornsberry 1-7, Noah Sonju 1-5, Ben Bliven 1-1, Jordan Griffin 1-minus 2, Kaleb Sims 3-minus 3, Team 2-minus 25. Sentinel (32-116) — Jace Koshatka 5-38, Brandon Rondeau 8-35, Allen 5-17, Whiteman 6-16, Westyn Lawson 1-6, Hess 2-3, Reed Finneman 1-1, Kellen Gibson 2-1, Ryan Haidle 1-minus 1.
PASSING: Flathead — Pesola 10-27-5 for 161 yards; Sims 0-2-0 for 0 yards. Sentinel — Allen 17-26-1 for 138 yards; Hess 3-3-0 for 49 yards.
RECEIVING: Flathead — Thornsberry 4-90, Riley 2-30, Williams 1-21, Bliven 1-10, Braden Capser 1-5, Sonju 1-5. Sentinel — Walker 7-34, Allery 3-41, Shepherd 227, Sirmon 2-26, Kyler Haslam 1-22, Whitman 1-18, Brady Kolendich 1-12, Rondeau 1-3, Koshatka 1-3, Sam Matosich 1-1.