Football: C-Falls tops Whitefish 3-0
COLUMBIA FALLS — Cooper Ross hit a 41-yard field, then intercepted a final Whitefish pass with 25 seconds left to clinch Columbia Falls’ 3-0 win over Whitefish in the annual Cat-Dog game Friday.
Banyan Johnston was 21 of 30 passing for 146 yards and ran 28 times for 42 yards for the Wildcats — a large majority of their offense. Columbia Falls (2-2) outgained the Bulldogs 212-106 in a defensive battle.
Ross’ field goal came at 8:32 of the second quarter. From there the Wildcat defense took over, limiting Carson Gulick to a 6 of 23 passing performance, for 51 yards. Columbia Falls also held the mobile Whitefish QB to 29 rushing yards on 13 carries.
Jory Hill had six catches for 73 yards for Columbia Falls. Jett Pitts had an interception at midfield with 1:57 left in the game as for the Cats.
Curtis Thew had four catches for 42 yards for Whitefish, which is 2-2 overall and 2-1 in league.
Whitefish 0 0 0 0 - 0
C-Falls 0 3 0 0 - 0
CF — Cooper Ross 41 FG
Bigfork 41, Libby 9
LIBBY — Treker Hickey rushed for three touchdowns, teammate Tayden West scored twice and Bigfork pulled away in the second quarter to score a Western A win Friday.
Hickey’s scoring runs covered 41, 10 and 10 yards, and he finished with 190 yards on 20 carries. Libby answered his first TD a 3-yard scoring run by Boe Miles, but then the Vikings (4-0) piled up 20 second-quarter points.
Hickey’s second and third touchdowns made it 21-7, and — after Libby scored via safety — West tore off a 54-yard TD run to make it 27-9 at the half.
Cole Schmit hit West with scoring pass in the second half, and Noah Pandina capped the scoring with long TD run.
Bigfork piled up 335 rushing yards and 374 total; Libby had 157 yards of offense. Tristan Andersen was 10 of 22 for 88 yards passing for the Loggers, but was picked off three times. He also ran 18 times for 41 yards. Isaac Lamere caught four passes for 42 yards for Libby (1-3).
On defense, Libby’s Joel Goodman had eight stops and Anderson had 7.5; Dane Carlson was credited with 6.5 tackles for Bigfork, with Austin Savik, Aelx Ochs and Tamret Savik all with interceptions.
Bigfork 7 20 14 0 - 41
Libby 7 2 0 0 - 9
B — Treker Hickey 41 run (Nick Serres kick)
L — Boe Miles 3 run (Danny Waletzki kick)
B — Hickey 10 run (Quinn Kerr kick)
B — Hickey 10 run (Kerr kick)
L — Safety
B — Tayden West 54 run (kick failed)
B — West 19 pass from Cole Schmit (Kerr kick)
B — Noah Pandina 46 run (Kerr kick)
Polson 37, Ronan 14
RONAN — Quarterback Hunter Emerson ran 31times for 181 yards and four touchdowns, and the Polson Pirates beat their closest Western A rival Friday.
Daniel O’Roake added 92 yards on 16 carries for Polson (3-1), which traveled 17 miles down I-93 and piled up 318 yards rushing and 435 overall.
O’Roake also supplied two sacks on defense, while Jarett Seifert had nine tackles and Jack Sherry, seven. As the closest pursuer, Seifert was awarded a safety when Ronan kicked a jail-break punt snap through its own end zone in the second quarter.
Emerson completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, with one interception. Lucian Sawyer kicked two field goals.
Ronan’s touchdown connection between QB Kolby Finley and Laurance Lozeau continued: They hooked up for a 63-yard score at 6:37 of the second quarter, and then a 19-yarder on the first play of the fourth quarter. The Chiefs fell to 1-3.
Polson 14 20 - 3 - 37
Ronan 0 6 0 8 - 14
P — Hunter Emerson 1 run (Lucian Sawyer kick)
P — Emerson 5 run (Sawyer kick)
P — Sawyer 35 FG
P — Safety, Ronan punt snap kicked out of end zone
P — Emerson 1 run (Cody Haggard pass from Emerson)
R — Laurance Lozeau 63 pass from (Kolby Finley) (kick failed)
P — Enerson 1 run (Sawyer kick)
R — Lozeau 19 pass from Finley (Liam pass from Finley)
P — Sawyer 25 FG
Eureka 35, Fairfield 0
EUREKA — Josh Lambertsen had two long touchdown runs and quarterback Rogan Lytle ran for 112 yards and another score as Western B Eureka improved to 4-0 with another non-league win.
Haiden Johnson (16 carries, 85 yards) and Jesse Day also had rushing TDs for the Lions, who piled up 338 yards rushing to 57 for Fairfield (3-1), and outgained the Eagles 390-170 overall.
Lambertson had 97 yards on six carries, including scoring runs of 60 and 23 yards.
On defense, Emmett McKim had 14 tackles, three of them for losses, and Johnson had eight stops.
Fairfield 0 0 0 0 - 0
Eureka 7 7 14 7 0 - 35
E — Rogan Lytle 6 run (Grant Brown kick)
E — Josh Lambertsen 60 run (Brown kick)
E — Lambertsen 23 (Brown kick)
E — Haiden Johnson 4 (Brown kick)
E — Jesse Day 5 run (Brown kick)
Frenchtown 22, Dillon 20
FRENCHTOWN — Quarterback Brody Hardy threw one scoring pass then added two fourth-quarter rushing touchdowns to lead Frenchtown over defending State A champion Dillon.
Hardy’s TD runs covered 4 and 20 yards, and his PAT run gave the Broncs (4-0, 3-0 in the Western A) a two-score lead, 22-13, at 5:21 of the fourth quarter.
Dillon got a 3-yard TD from Jrney Mataafa and kicked the extra point to trail 22-20 with 1:22 left, and the ensuing onside kick went out of bounce to Frenchtown. The Beavers (2-1, 2-1) saw their 13-game winning streak snapped.
Montana Prep Scores
Thursday
Billings Skyview 28, Belgrade 16
Friday
Belt 54, Ennis 12
Bigfork 41, Libby 9
Billings Central 31, Laurel 7
Billings West 23, Billings Senior 21
Bridger 74, Shields Valley 13
Boulder 41, Thompson Falls 6
Butte 21, Missoula Big Sky 14
Centerville 42, Hobson-Moore 0
Chinook 66, Harlem 0
Columbia Falls 3, Whitefish 0
Columbus 41, Big Timber 13
Corvallis 60, Butte Central 21
Denton-Geyser-Stanford-Geraldine 50, Highwood 8
East Helena 49, Miles City 35
Eureka 35, Fairfield 0
Fairview 61, Broadus 0
Flint Creek 58, Deer Lodge 26
Florence 41, Conrad 7
Frenchtown 22, Dillon 20
Gallatin 42, Great Falls CMR 6
Glacier 40, Helena 27
Great Falls 28, Bozeman 7
Hamilton 43, Stevensville 0
Helena Capital 42, Missoula Hellgate 6
Hot Springs 50, West Yellowstone 0
Huntley Project 24, Baker 20
Jordan 59, Froid-Lake 22
Lewistown 42, Lockwood 7
Malta 20, Missoula Loyola 12
Manhattan 8, Glasgow 6
Manhattan Christian 62, Park City 8
Missoula Sentinel 25, Flathead 23
Mullan-St. Regis 48, Alberton-Superior 28
Noxon 59, White Sulphur Springs 53
Polson 37, Ronan 14
Red Lodge 49, Joliet 8
Seeley-Swan 62, Arlee 8
Sidney 27, Hardin 20
Three Forks 53, Anaconda 12
Townsend 48, Whitehall 13
Twin Bridges 54, Lame Deer 20
Valley Christian 68, Darby 20
Wolf Point 6, Shepherd 0
Saturday
Absarokee 31, Westby-Grenora 21
Big Sandy 74, North Star 50
Box Elder 61, Valier 20
Broadview-Lavina 42, Reed Point-Rapelje 3
Circle 32, Ekalaka 6
Grass Range-Winnett 86, Harlowton 37
Savage 70, Plenva 6
Scobey 48, Wibaux 2
Victor 28, Charlo 18
Roy-Winifred at Great Falls Central, late
Plentywood at Culbertson, late
Richey-Lambert at Brockton, late
Terry at Bainville, late