Prep football: Hickey carries Vikings to win in Dillon

DILLON — Bigfork running back Treker Hickey ran 25 for 179 yards and two touchdowns, and the Vikings beat the Dillon Beavers 14-7 in a non-conference Class A football Friday night.

Bigfork (2-1), coached by former Dillon assistant and player Hunter Johnson, rode Hickey to the win over a perennial State A power — though the Beavers fell to 0-3 with the loss.  

The senior got Bigfork on the board with a 24-yard scoring run at 4:25 of the first quarter, and the Vikings took a 7-0 lead into halftime. 

Dillon drew even with a 20-yard burst from quarterback Canin Christiansen in the third quarter, but Bigfork answered that with a 75-scoring drive capped by a 10-yard touchdown from Hickey.  

Dillon got as close at the Bigfork 27-yard line in the fourth quarter, on a 36-yard catch and run by No. 2. But the Beavers turned the ball over on downs with 6:40 left and Bigfork was able to run out the clock. 

Christiansen was 18 of 26 passing for 237 yards for Dillon and ran five times for 19 yards. Bigfork held the Beavers to 72 rushing yards on 23 carries, while piling up 194 yards rushing, including 36 on eight carries for Tayden West.  

Bigfork QB Cole Schmit was 11 of 21 passing for 108 yards. 

On defense Walker Willis had a sack and Hickey made 8.5 tackles. Alex Ochs and Dane Carlsen combined for 8.5 stops as well. 

Bigfork    7    0    7    0    -    14 

Dillon    0    0    7    0    -    7 

B — Treker Hickey 24 run (Quinn Kerr kick) 

D — Canin Christiansen 20 run (Sawyer Tackett kick) 

B — Hickey 10 run (Kerr kick) 

Whitefish 42, Corvallis 0 

CORVALLIS — Vlad Shestak and Luke Dalen each scored three touchdowns — with Shestak snaring two pick-6s — for Whitefish.

The Northwest A Bulldogs (1-2) jumped ahead 3-0 on a chip shot field goal from Tait Orme in the second quarter, then used two short touchdown runs from Dalen to lead 17-0 at the half. 

In the third quarter Shestak twice turned interceptions into TDs covering 50 and 15 yards. The Bulldogs picked off three passes and held the Blue Devils of the Southwest A to 44 yards of offense. 

Dalen added a 12-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter. He ran 11 times for 86 yards and was 3 of 13 passing for 71 yards. 

Cole Moses had 85 yards on 14 carries for Whitefish, while Bear Barker was 2 of 2 passing for 50 yards — including a long touchdown pass to Shestak to complete the scoring.  

The Bulldogs had 319 yards of offense. 

Whitefish    0    17    14    14    -    45 

Corvallis    0    0    0    0    -    0 

W — Tait Orme 17 FG 

W — Luke Dalen 1 run (Orme kick) 

W — Dalen 2 run (Orme kick) 

W — Vlad Shestak 50 interception return (Orme kick) 

W — Shestak 15 interception return (Orme kick) 

W — Dalen12 run (Orme kick) 

W — Shestak 42 pass from Bear Barker (Orme kick) 

East Helena 40, Columbia Falls 8 

COLUMBIA FALLS — East Helena’s Bearek Shuman threw for 229 yards and three touchdowns to lead East Helena to a lightning-delayed non-conference win over the Wildcats. 

The kickoff was delayed until after 9 p.m. by area storms, before the Vigilantes took command. Leo Longcake was a handful, carrying 26 times for 170 yards and two touchdowns for East Helena; Conor Carpenter ran for another score while the Vigilantes rolled up 437 yards of offense. 

Columbia Falls (0-3) managed 177 yards on the ground and 46 through the air. Trip Ross had 18 rushes for 114 yards and his team’s lone touchdown. 

Scoring plays and quarter scores were not available. 

Eureka 55, Deer Lodge 6 

EUREKA — Rogan Lytle ran for two touchdowns and threw for another and the Eureka Lions scored three touchdowns via return in a rout of Western B foe Deer Lodge. 

Lytle carried the ball just twice and found paydirt both times, from 16 and 50 yards out.  

Tyce Van Orden took the opening kickoff 87 yards for the Lions’ first touchdown; he would later hit Timothy Schmidt with a short scoring pass. Schmidt caught two TDs, with one covering 50 yards. 

Ayden Helgert had a 45-yard pick-6 for Eureka, and Josh Lambertsen took a punt 36 yards for a score for the game’s final TD, in the second quarter. 

The Lions had 205 yards of offense while holding the Wardens to 122 — 80 of that on a touchdown pass from Collin Spears to Shawn Lombardi. 

On defense Helgert had four tackles and Van Orden had an interception. Tristan Libby had two tackles for loss. 

Deer Lodge    6    0    0    0    -    6 

Eureka    41    14    0    0    -    55 

E — Tyce Van Orden 87 kickoff return (kick failed) 

E — Rogan Lytle 16 run (kick failed) 

E — Josh Lambertsen 5 run (2 point PAT good) 

E — Ayden Helgert 45 interception return (Grant Brown kick) 

E — Lytle 50 run (Brown kick) 

DL — Shawn Lombardi 80 pass from Collin Spears (pass failed) 

E — Timothy Schmidt 53 pass from Lytle (Brown kick) 

E — Schmidt 1 pass from Van Orden (Brown kick)  

E — Lambertsen 36 punt return (Brown kick) 

Hamilton 40, Libby 0 

HAMILTON — Cooper Weston ran for one touchdown and threw for three scores for the Southwest A Broncs in their non-league win over the Northwest A Loggers (2-1). 

Weston completed 23 of 34 passes for 289 yards for the Broncs (3-0), and Jude Widmer carried 11 times for 156 yards for Hamilton, including a 30-yard TD. 

Libby was held to 168 yards of offense and seven first downs. Bransen Holzer ran eight times for 26 yards and caught five passes for 89 yards for the Loggers. Boe Miles ran two times for 24 yards. Tristan Andersen was 7 of 19 passing for 89 yards, with one interception.  

Libby    0    0    0    0    -    0 

Hamilton    15    6    6    13    -    40 

H — Cooper Weston 8 run (Kaeden Gum pass from Weston) 

H — Jude Widmer 30 run (Otto Gantz kick) 

H — Easton Hollis 8 pass from Weston (PAT failed) 

H — Jackson Lubke 56 pass from Weston (PAT failed) 

H — Gum 20 pass from Weston (PAT failed) 

H — Brayden Lanser 1 run (Gantz kick)