C-Falls shuts out Polson; Dillon edges Whitefish

by Daily Inter Lake
| September 28, 2024 10:30 PM

POLSON — Columbia Falls quarterback Banyan Johnston threw for 309 yards and four touchdowns Friday, leading the Wildcats to a 42-0 win over Polson in Western A football.

On a day when the Wildcats running game managed 50 yards on 27 carries — though Reggie Sapa had two scoring runs — Johnston came through with a 27-for-30 passing performance.

Cooper Ross caught two scores, and had seven catches for 91 yards; Easton Brooks had six catches for 107 yards and Jett Pitts had five for 67. Each player hauled in a TD pass.

Daniel O’Roake had 15 carries for 110 yards for Polson, which fell to 3-2 overall and in league play. Columbia Falls held the Pirates to 24 passing yards (with two interceptions), outgained them 359-159 and improved to 3-2, 3-2.

C-Falls 7 21 7 7 - 42

Polson 0 0 0 0 - 0

CF — Cooper Ross 20 pass from Banyan Johnston (Ross kick)

CF — Brooks 25 pass from Johnston (Ross kick)

CF — Sapa 2 run (Ross kick)

CF — Ross 8 pass from Johnston (Ross kick)

CF — Sapa 1 run (Ross kick)

CF — Jett Pitts 34 pass from Johnston (Ross kick)

Ronan 36, Stevensville 8

STEVENSVILLE — Ronan quarterback Kolby Finley threw four touchdown passes and Laurance Lozeau scored three times in the Chiefs’ Western A win.

Finley was 12 of 17 passing for 197 yards, including two scoring strikes to Lozeau covering 6 and 42 yards. Lozeau caught three passes for 65 yards and got his third TD via 27-yard interception return.

Michael Ramirez ran six times for 47 yards for Ronan (2-3 overall and in league), which outgained the Yellowjackets (0-5, 0-5) 252-121. Siouxpixm Qualtier had three catches for 71 yards and a score, and Chad Higgins also caught a TD.

Ronan 14 16 6 0 - 36

Stevi 0 0 0 8 - 8

R — Siouxpixm Qualtier 5 pass Kolby Finley (PAT failed)

R — Laurance Lozeau 6 pass from Finley (Liam Wills pass from Finley)

R — Chad Higgins 2 pass from Finley (Finley run)

R — Lozeau 42 pass from Finley (Malakai Curley pass from Finley)

R — Lozeau 27 interception return (PAT failed)

S — Landon Bryan 9 run (Bryan run)

Dillon 19, Whitefish 13

WHITEFISH — Dillon quarterback Canin Christiansen threw two touchdown passes, and the Beavers got a 19-yard scoring run from Hank Hagenbarth to top Whitefish in a Western A game.

Carson Gulick ran for one touchdown and threw for one for the Bulldogs (2-3 overall, 2-2 in conference play). He was 10 of 25 passing for 135 yards, with two interceptions. He ran 14 times for 36 yards.

Thew caught the TD pass, covering 15 yards; he had three catches for 32 yards.

Cole Moses had 10 carries for 68 yards for Whitefish, which managed 273 yards of offense.

Dillon 6 6 7 0 - 19

Whitefish 0 7 6 0 - 13

D — Kyler Engellant 28 pass from Canin Christiansen (kick failed)

WF — Carson Gulick 1 run (Tait Orme kick)

D — Carter Curnow 15 pass from Christiansen (run failed)

D — Hank Hagenbarth 19 run (Sawyer Tackett Kick)

WF — Curtis Thew 15 pass from Gulick (kick blocked)

Corvallis 44, Libby 0

CORVALLIS — Quarterback Aydan Mayn threw five touchdown passes in the Corvallis Blue Devils’ Western A win.

Libby (1-4 overall and in the Western A) was held to 62 yards of offense by the Blue Devils (3-2 and 3-2), who got the night started with a 64-yard scoring run from Soloman Morgan.

Morgan, who ran four times for 76 yards, caught two TD passes in the first quarter as well, covering 12 and 7 yards. Corvallis had 183 yards rushing and 335 overall.

Isaac Lamere had two catches for 27 yards for Libby, and on defense had an interception. Joel Goodman had four tackles for the Loggers. Quarterbacks Ryan Beagle and James Woody combined to complete 5 of 16 passes for 44 yards.

Libby 0 0 0 0 - 0

Corvallis 30 8 0 6 - 44

C — Soloman Morgan 64 run (kick failed)

C — Morgan 12 pass from Ayden Mayne (Mayn run)

C — Morgan 7 run (Owen Marsten pass from Mayn)

C — Hunter Loesch 16 pass from Mayne (Maurice Craun 3 pass from Mayne)

C — Reese Tucker 41 pass from Mayn (Mayn run)

C — Caleb Johansen 19 run (no PAT)

Loyola 17, Eureka 14

MISSOULA — A 22-yard field goal by Ethan Stack with 90 seconds left was the difference as Missoula Loyola knocked Western B rival Eureka from the unbeaten ranks Friday.

Eureka (4-1 overall, 0-1 in league) drove to a potential game-tying field goal, then faked it on the last play of the game at Rollin Field. The pass fell incomplete in the end zone, leaving the Rams (2-2, 1-0 in the Western B) with the victory.

Jack Clevenger hit Vince Lincoln with two touchdown passes to give Loyola leads of 7-0 and 14-7; Eureka answered with Haiden Johnson’s 5-yard TD run in the first quarter and Johnson’s 22-yard interception return in the fourth.

Rogan Lytle was 12 of 27 passing for 135 yards for Eureka, which outgained Loyola 220-126. He also had team highs of 20 carries and 38 rushing yards. He was intercepted once and also picked off a pass on defense.

Johnson had seven rushes for 16 yards, caught three passes for 48, and made 10 taackles on defense. Kyler Kossman had five tackles, two of them for losses, for the Lions.

Eureka 0 7 0 7 - 14

Loyola 0 7 7 3 - 17

L — Vince Lincoln 6 pass from Jack Clevenger (Ethan Stack kick)

E — Haiden Johnson 5 run (Grant Brown kick)

L — Lincoln 34 pass from Clevenger (Stack kick)

E — Johnson 22 interception return (Brown kick)

L — Stack 22 FG

Montana Scores

Friday

Absarokee 74, Fromberg 46

Arlee 16, Troy 14

Big Sandy 51, Power-Dutton-Brady 28

Big Timber 27, Livingston 20

Billings Central 55, Sidney 0

Billings West 47, Billings Skyview 7

Boulder 35, Three Forks 12

Bridger 62, Custer-Hysham-Melstone 40

Butte 41, Flathead 10

Butte Central 37, Browning 34

Chinook 44, Shelby 12

Columbia Falls 42, Polson 0

Conrad 13, Fairfield 12

Corvallis 44, Libby 0

Culbertson 50, Ekalaka 16

Cut Bank 26, Wolf Point 0

Dillon 19, Whitefish 13

East Helena 60, Glendive 42

Ennis 40, Twin Bridges 6

Fairview 52, Plentywood 12

Flint Creek 48, Sheridan 13

Florence 55, Whitehall 6

Fort Benton 36, Choteau 26

Frenchtown 48, Bigfork 13

Gallatin 35, Bozeman 27, 2OT

Glacier 63, Missoula Hellgate 8

Great Falls 42, Billings Senior 20

Great Falls CMR 23, Belgrade 14

Harlowton 61, Terry 60

Havre 34, Lockwood 14

Helena Capital 40, Helena 21

Hobson-Moore 38, Great Falls Central 12

Hot Springs 59, White Sulphur Springs 0

Joliet 69, Roundup 7

Laurel 28, Miles City 7

Lewistown 54, Hardin 8

Malta 48, Glasgow 26

Manhattan 34, Townsend 7

Manhattan Christian 54, Lone Peak 0

Mission 44, Charlo 14

Missoula Big Sky 15, Missoula Sentinel 14

Missoula Loyola 17, Eureka 14

Noxon 41, Clark Fork 0

Red Lodge 39, Huntley Project 19

Ronan 36, Stevensville 8

Scobey 52, Forsyth 6

Shepherd 36, Colstrip 21

Shields Valley 52, Reed Point-Rapelje 32

Simms 45, Harlem 0

Thompson Falls 28, Anaconda 0

Saturday

Seeley-Swan 40, St. Regis-Mullan 18