Gulick, Bulldogs rally past Corvallis
WHITEFISH — Carson Gulick threw for one touchdown and ran for two — including a 66-yard burst in the fourth quarter that pushed Whitefish past Corvallis 21-20 in Western A football Friday.
Gulick was 9 of 18 passing for 159 yards and ran 11 times for 137 yards for the Bulldogs (2-1 overall, 2-0 in league), who trailed Corvallis 12-0 and 20-7.
Sixty of his passing yards came on a TD strike to Curtis Thew; Thew had 70 receiving yards.
Gulick had a 1-yard scoring run in the third quarter. Then, on a second-and-13 with 10 minutes left, he bootlegged right, found open field and cut past two Blue Devils on his 66-yarder.
Tait Orme’s PAT kick provided the winning point.
Calvin Eisenbarth had three catches for 51 yards for Whitefish, and Cole Moses had 10 yards rushing and 40 receiving — on one catch. Riley Zetooney ran eight times for 37 yards.
Quarterback Aydan Mayn had a hand in all three touchdowns for Corvallis (1-2, 1-2), a State A semifinalist in 2023. He sandwiched two scoring passes around a 15-yard run.
Corvallis 12 8 0 0 - 20
Whitefish 7 0 7 7 - 21
C — Gideon Boswell 11 pass from Aydan Mayn (run failed)
C — Mayn 15 run (run failed)
W — Curtis Thew 60 pass from Carson Gulick (Tait Orme kick)
C — Hunter Loesch 10 pass from Mayn (Maruice Craun pass from Mayn)
W — Gulick 1 run (Orme kick)
W — Gulick 66 run (Orme kick)
Polson 21, Butte Central 14
POLSON — Holden Emerson ran for two touchdowns and hit Cody Haggard for a 60-yard catch-and-run as Polson beat Butte Central in Western A action.
Emerson was 9 of 14 passing for 120 yards, and ran 23 times for 55. Shaedon Perry added 90 yards on 19 carries and caught three passes for 36. Haggard had two catches for 65.
The Pirates (2-1 overall, 2-1 in league) built a 21-0 lead in the first half, then saw the Maroons (2-1, 2-1) score two third-quarter touchdowns.
Butte Central made a couple forays into Polson territory in the fourth quarter, but turned the ball over on downs at the 38 with 5:07, then again at the 40 with 43 seconds remaining. Jack Sherry’s fourth-down sack clinched Polson’s win.
Butte C. 0 0 14 0 - 14
Polson 14 7 0 0 - 21
P — Holden Emerson 2 run (Lucian Sawyer kick)
P — Cody Haggard 60 pass from Emerson (Sawyer kick)
P — Emerson 2 run (Sawyer kick)
BC — Ryan Peoples 3 run (J Nagle kick)
BC — Keltan Kean 37 pass from Peoples (Nagle kick)
Dillon 21, Columbia Falls 7
DILLON — In a rematch up last year’s State A championship, the Beavers again prevailed and didn’t need overtime to do it.
Banyan Johnston’s 15-yard scoring pass to Easton Brooks came after Dillon built a 21-0 lead with two fourth-quarter touchdowns.
Johnston was 24 of 38 passing for 206 yards, with two interceptions. Brooks had five catches for 64 yards. Jett Pitts and Jory Hill caught five passes each, and Reggie Sapa had 27 yards rushing (on 10 carries) and 18 receiving.
“We were pleased with the effort and resiliency of our kids,” first-year Columbia Falls coach Kelly Houle said. “We compete the entire game, and definitely took some steps forward against a solid opponent.”
Hank Hagenbarth had two scoring runs for Dillon, which outgained the Wildcats 276-243.
Columbia Falls faces Whitefish this Friday in the Wildcats’ homecoming game.
C-Falls 0 0 0 7 0
Dillon 7 0 0 14 - 21
D — Hank Hoganbarth 5 run (Sawyer Tackett kick)
D — Hagenbarth 2 run (Tackett kick)
D — Jrney Mataafa 20 run (Tackett kick)
CF — Easton Brooks 15 pass from Banyan Johnston (Cooper Ross kick)
Eureka 55, Cut Bank 18
CUT BANK — Rogan Lytle completed 13 of 17 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns, and Eureka outscored Cut Bank in a non-conference Class B matchup.
Rowan Burow, Emmet McKim and Josh Lambertson all caught scoring passes; Burow’s covered 29 yards; McKim’s went 17 yards; and Lambertson caught a 43-yard TD pass in the second quarter, to go with two scoring runs.
Lambertsen finished with six catches for 123 yards and ran three times for 46. Lytle ran five times for 51 yards.
Haiden Johnson and Jesse Day also had scoring runs for the Lions, who outgained the Wolves 415-136.
Eureka 21 21 13 0 - 55
Cut Bank 0 12 0 6 - 18
E —Josh Lambertsen 23 run (kick failed)
E — Lambertsen 14 run (Emmett McKim pass from Tyce Van Orden)
E — McKimm 17 pass from Rogan Lytle (Grant Brown kick)
E — Lambertsen 43 pass from Lytle (Brown kick)
CB — Jaydas Running Wolf 30 pass from 80 (PAT failed)
E — Rowan Burow 29 pass from Lytle (Brown kick)
CB — Chase Clift 82 kickoff return (PAT failed)
E — Haiden Johnson 4 run (Brown kick)
E — Jesse Day 3 run (pass failed)
E — Wes Banks recovers fumble in end zone (Brown kick)
CB — Running Wolf 25 pass from 80 (PAT failed)
Thursday’s Scores
Billings West 38, Great Falls CMR 7
Missoula Big Sky 29, Kalispell Flathead 0
Friday’s Scores
Absarokee 22, Shields Valley 12
Belt 56, Fort Benton 18
Bigfork 32, Hamilton 6
Billings Central 41, East Helena 14
Box Elder 62, Chester-JI 46
Bozeman 42, Billings Skyview 13
Bridger 50, Reed Point-Rapelje 0
Broadview-Lavina 49, Jordan 28
Browning 40, Stevensville 0
Centerville 57, Harlowton 0
Choteau 34, Chinook 18
Custer-Hysham-Melstone 56, West Yellowstone 30
Deer Lodge 56, Lodge Grass 22
Dillon 21, Columbia Falls 7
Ekalaka 56, Forsyth 18
Ennis 63, Lame Deer 6
Eureka 55, Cut Bank 18
Fairfield 38, Wolf Point 14
Fairview 47, Culbertson 18
Flint Creek 62, Charlo 0
Florence 38, Huntley Project 0
Frenchtown 14, Lakeland, Idaho 7
Gallatin 35, Billings Senior 0
Glacier 49, Butte 14
Glasgow 20, Columbus 13
Glendive 38, Lockwood 31
Great Falls 38, Belgrade 7
Helena 45, Missoula Hellgate 6
Helena Capital 41, Missoula Sentinel 6
Highwood 48, Hobson-Moore 22
Hot Springs 45, Big Sandy 0
Joliet 46, Baker 0
Laurel 42, Hardin 14
Lewistown 49, Sidney 8
Malta 31, Boulder 17
Manhattan 38, Thompson Falls 16
Miles City 22, Havre 19
Missoula Loyola 40, Big Timber 0
Mullan-St. Regis 30, Arlee 28
Noxon 55, Lincoln 53
Polson 21, Butte Central 14
Red Lodge 56, Colstrip 0
Ronan 22, Libby 19
Scobey 36, Plentywood 18
Seeley-Swan 34, St. Ignatius 6
Shepherd 44, Roundup 6
Sheridan 38, Park City 14
Whitefish 21, Corvallis 20
Wibaux 2, Poplar 0
Saturday's Scores
Big Sandy 51, Sunburst 7
Box Elder 50, North Star 6
Denton-Geyser-Stanford-Geraldine 54, Bridger 14
Lockwood 41, Sidney 0
Manhattan 39, Missoula Loyola 0
Savage 58, Custer-Hysham-Melstone 33
Twin Bridges 56, St. Labre 0
Valley Christian 28, Arlee 8
Westby 51, Plevna 12