Prep football: Whitefish thumps Hamilton
HAMILTON — Whitefish quarterback Carson Gulick threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score as the Bulldogs opened their season with a 27-7 Class A football win over Hamilton.
Gulick hit CJ Thew with TD passes covering 12 and 94 yards — the latter making 27-0 in the fourth quarter. Scotty Dalen also hauled in a scoring pass covering 6 yards for the Bulldogs.
Cooper West threw for 161 yards for Hamilton, including a 36-yard scoring pass to Andrik Valenzuela late. The Broncs were outgained just 361-316, but lost three fumbles. Both West and Gulick threw one interception.
Thew had five catches for 114 yards for Whitefish; teammate Cooper Akey had two catches for 69 yards and Calvin Eisenbarth had three for 53.
Whitefish 7 13 0 7 - 27
Hamilton 0 0 0 7 - 7
W — CJ Thew 12 pass from Carson Gulick (H Prather kick)
W — Gulick 7 run (kick failed)
W — Scotty Dalen 6 pass from Gulick (Prather kick)
W — Thew 94 pass from Gulick (Prather kick)
H — Andrik Valenzuela 36 pass from Cooper West (Kaedan Gum kick)
Frenchtown 42, Columbia Falls 12
COLUMBIA FALLS — Frenchtown quarterback Brody Hardy ran for three touchdowns, threw for another and the Broncs scored the final 28 points of the game to win Friday.
Hardy had 18 carries for 82 yards, with scoring runs covering 15, 21 and 3 yards. Cole Johnson added 136 rushing yards and a TD for the Broncs.
Banyan Johnston had a 1-yard touchdown run and a 31-yard scoring strike to Jory Hill for the Wildcats. He finished 6 of 19 for 63 yards passing; Easton Brooks had three catches for 34 yards.
Frenchtown outgained Columbia Falls 218-7 on the ground and 349-70 overall.
Frenchtown 7 14 7 14 - 42
Col. Falls 6 6 0 0 - 12
F — Brody Hardy 15 run (Jaxon Haynes kick)
CF — Banyan Johnston 1 run (kick failed)
F — Hardy 21 run (Haynes kick)
CF — Jory Hill 31 pass from Johnston (pass failed)
F — Hardy 3 run (Haynes kick)
F — Bailey Corette 4 pass from Hardy (Haynes kick)
F — 30 fumble return (Haynes kick)
F — Cole Johnson 5 run (Haynes kick)
Libby 40, Stevensville 0
STEVENSVILLE — Tristan Andersen completed 10 of 11 passes for 176 yards and five touchdowns as the Libby Loggers made short work of Class A foe Stevensville.
All six of the Loggers’ touchdowns came through the air — Ian Thom and Isaac Lamere caught two scoring passes each, and Joel Goodman and Connor Benson hauled in one apiece.
Goodman had three catches for 79 yards; Lamere had four for 67.
Defensively Aidan Rose had two interceptions and Boe Miles picked off one pass.
The Loggers had 299 yards of offense.
A complete game summary was not available.
Montana’s Scores
Thursday
Arlee 54, Lodge Grass 12
Billings Senior 21, Missoula Hellgate 12
Cascade 56, Rocky Boy 0
Fairview 63, Poplar 26
Glacier 28, Great Falls 3
Friday
Absarokee 67, North Star 43
Belt 46, Chinook 8
Big Timber 37, Colstrip 22
Bigfork 38, Polson 3
Billings Central 45, Glendive 13
Billings West 28, Butte 27
Boulder 21, Florence 14
Bozeman 30, Helena 17
Butte Central 32, Ronan 22
Chester-JI 65, Centerville 63
Columbus 7, Anaconda 0
Corvallis 50, Browning 12
Darby 44, Troy 16
Denton-Geyser-Stanford-Geraldine 22, Hot Springs 16
Ennis def. St. Labre, forfeit
Eureka 39, Bonners Ferry, Idaho 6
Fairfield 46, Roundup 12
Flint Creek 50, Park City 22
Fort Benton 64, Simms 0
Frenchtown 42, Columbia Falls 12
Gallatin 35, Helena Capital 28
Glasgow 51, Shepherd 8
Great Falls CMR 28, Flathead 14
Joliet 45, Wolf Point 0
Laurel 41, Sidney 6
Lewistown 51, East Helena 31
Libby 40, Stevensville 0
Lincoln 54, Valier 44
Malta 54, Baker 14
Manhattan 41, Huntley Project 14
Miles City 34, Lockwood 20
Mission 34, Mullan-St. Regis 6
Missoula Big Sky 40, Belgrade 7
Missoula Sentinel 27, Billings Skyview 21
Power-Dutton-Brady 49, Noxon 26
Red Lodge 46, Whitehall 8
Seeley-Swan 66, Charlo 6
Sheridan 40, Deer Lodge 20
Sunburst def. Heart Butte, forfeit
Three Forks 28, Missoula Loyola 13
Whitefish 27, Hamilton 7
White Sulphur Springs 45, Harlowton 0
Saturday
Box Elder 51, Hobson-Moore 28
Bridger 48, Big Sandy 0
Choteau 38, Shelby 6
Great Falls Central 50, Clark Fork 12
Jordan 55, Bainville 49
Lone Peak 70, Lame Deer 0
Manhattan Christian 36, Twin Bridges 8
Milford, Texas 50, Highwood 13
Savage 46, Froid-Lake 6
Strawn, Texas 71, Custer-Hysham-Melstone 21
Terry 53, Westby-Grenora, N.D. 22
Valley Christian 35, Alberton-Superior 20