Warriors fall in battle of the unbeatens

Flint Creek 46, Arlee 16

At Drummond, the visiting Arlee Warriors and the host Trojans engaged in a battle of the unbeaten to wrangle who would wear the Western C 8-man football crown.

After a scoreless first period, Arlee was able to strike first when Patrick BigSam broke loose inside the redzone and a PAT run pulled the Warriors ahead 8-0

The Warriors continued to chip away and eventually succeeded in cutting into the lead when Tyler Tanner hauled in a 6 yard pass from Riley Rogers to make it 26-14 after the 2pt conversion fizzled.

Flint Creek countered with another score of their own, to which Arlee was able to respond by getting a safety in the end zone to close the gap to 30-16.

But Flint Creek tallied twice more to account for the final score.

Arlee (6-1, 7-1) captures the Western 2nd-seed and will face Northern 3rd-seeded Great Falls Central Catholic this Saturday with the winner advancing to the next round. On the season after cobbling together some factoids with a little math, Rogers has tossed for 25 touchdowns this season and his main backfield mate BigSam has rumbled for 19 on the ground.

Arlee 0 8 8 0 - 16

Flint Creek 0 20 12 14 - 46

A -- Patrick BigSam 5 run (PJ Haynes run)

FC -- Chase Comings 52 pass from Danny Mannix (Mannix run)

FC -- Sean Cooney 19 pass from Mannix (run failed)

FC -- Mannix 1 run (rtun failed)

FC -- Comings 48 pass from Mannix (pass failed)

A -- Tyler Tanner 6 pass from Riley Rogers (run failed)

FC -- Comings 6 pass from Tony Bergerson (pass failed)

A -- Safety, Drummond runner tackled in end zone

FC -- Comings 35 pass from Bergerson (Eric Bohrnsen pass from Bergerson)

FC -- Brad Holland 12 run (run failed)

Ronan 41,

Florence 6

At Ronan this past Friday, the visiting 6B Falcons got on the scoreboard first, but it was all Chiefs thereafter. Ronan benefited from a quartet of interceptions as well as unleashed their air attack.

 Logan Hakes rushed for 121 yards.

Ronan (2-2, 5-4) wrapped up its season with a strong finish.

Senior QB Justin Krahn completed just over half of his passes with 132 completions that amassed 1861 yards. Senior RB Logan Hakes toted the pigskin 89 times for 390 yards of real estate. Senior Colton McCrea reeled in over 700 yards on around three dozen catches. Two other senior receivers, Bryce Cullen and Cole Snyder, raked in over 400 yards each with 30-some catches. Sophomore Kasey Mock amassed close to 300 yards on close to 70 carries.

Florence 6 0 0 0 - 6

Ronan 0 7 20 14 - 41

F – Reese Lesoine 6 run (kick faied)

R – Bryce Cullen 18 pass from Justin Krahn (Stefan Haderer kick)

R – Logan Hakes 7 run (Haderer kick)

R – Colton McCrea 26 pass from Krahn (kick failed)

R – Tate Lipscomb 12 pass from Krahn (Haderer kick)

R - Cole Snyder 15 pass from Krahn (Haderer kick)

R – Cullen 11 pass from Krahn (Haderer kick)

RUSH - Logan Hakes 14-121. PASS - Justin Krahn 15-22-191. REC (15-191) - Bryce Cullen 2-39, Colton McCrea 1-26, Cole Snyder 1-15, Tate Lipscomb 1-12 (catches and yardage not comprehensive).

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 St. Ignatius 40, Troy 20

At Troy this past Friday, the visiting Bulldogs rumbled for a pair of touchdowns in the first period and never looked back. Raymond Matt thundered into the end zone four times and almost gained 200 yards in the game. Steven Bravo scored twice, once on the ground and the other from the air.

Mission St. Ignatius (2-2, 5-4) was situated to head to the playoffs as the 6B 2nd-seed, but league leading Deer Lodge had to travel to tangle with two-time defending champion Loyola on the host Rams turf. The Wardens had the lead in the first quarter, to which Loyola responded by tying the game before halftime. After a scoreless third period, Loyola was able to find the end zone and hold on to the end of the game. The Loyola win coupled with the Deer Lodge loss completely scrambled the standings, bumping Mission from a playoff perch as the Wardens slid a slot to replace them.

StIgn 13 14 7 6 - 40

Troy 0 0 8 12 - 20

StIgn – Steven Bravo 10 run (Emilio Bravo kick)

StIgn – Raymond Mat 50 run (kick failed)

StIgn – S.Bravo 16 pass from Nick Durglo (R.Matt run)

StIgn – R.Matt 75 run (E.Bravo kick)

Troy – Sean Opland 120 run (Opland run)

StIgn – R.Matt 24 run (kick failed)

Troy – Pate Scott 3 run (run failed)

Troy – Opland 2 run (pass failed)

RUSH - Raymond Matt 15-193, Steven Bravo 1-10. PASS - Nick Durglo . REC - S.Bravo 1-16.

 C. Falls 43,

Polson 6

At Polson on Senior Night Friday, the host Pirates not only had a tough task before them of trying to contain a volatile Wildcat offense. They also needed to beat their visitors by 21 to qualify for the postseason playoffs.

Two plays later, junior QB Wyatt Ducharme connected with sophomore WR Matt Rensvold about 10 yards off the line of scrimmage and Rensvold outraced the defensive coverage on his way to the end zone for a 6-0 Polson lead.

But the Pirates were shut out the rest of the way.

Along with the competitive first quarter, there were other highlights to call attention to on this Senior Night. Seniors Joe Gallatin and Kaleb Auld had some key drive stuffing stops in their final prep game. Senior WR/DB Andrew Curley and RB/LB Bridger Rowley likewise had a pair of tackles each as well.  

CFalls 7 14 16 6 - 43

Polson 6 0 0 0 - 6

P - Matthew Rensvold 81 pass from Wyatt Ducharme (PAT failed)

CF - Ty Morgan 7 pass from Dakota Bridwell (Trevor Hoerner PAT)

CF - Ike Schweikert 1 run (T. Hoerner PAT)

CF - Sean Hoerner 11 pass from Bridwell (T. Hoerner PAT)

CF - Polson safety

CF - Connor Bowman 14 run (PAT blocked)

CF - Schweikert 3 run (Morgan run)

CF - Steven Decamp 4 run (PAT failed)

RUSH (26-29) - Bridger Rowley 10-12, Danny DiGiallonardo 3-8, Gallatin 5-6, Jacob Clairmont 1-3, Ducharme 6-1, Rensvold 1-(-1). PASS - Ducharme 3-11-94-4. REC (3-94) - Rensvold 2-89, Jacob Harrod 1-5. PNT - Harrod 4-158. KORET - DiGiallonardo 5-49. TIP - Walter Wood 3, Harrod 1. DEFTKL/ASST - Mike Corrigan 12t3a, Wood 8t3a, Gallatin 5t7a, DiGiallonardo 7t, Nick Marquardt 5t3a, Rensvold 5t2a, Kaleb Auld 4t3a, Harrod 4t1a, Jonah Burke 3t3a, Rowley 2t5a, Tim Russell 2t1a, Andrew Curley 2t, Clairmont 1t2a, Russell Matt 1t1a, Cameron Brown 1t, Cadis Chowning 1t, Justin Young 1t, Jacob Wall-Wilbert 1a.

Charlo playoff preview

(3W) Charlo at (2N) Simms on Sat. Nov. 1.

Although they may be seeded higher than Charlo (4-3), the Vikings should match up well enough against their foe.

Charlo offense has amassed 1306 yds on the ground this season in contrast to 852 yds through the air. The offense has been fairly balanced, scoring 17 TDs on the ground and 16 TDs through the air. A lone TD was scored on a kickoff return.

On the other side lies the defensive spectrum, where the Vikings have made over 400 tackles this season, 129 solo and 276 assisted. They’ve plucked 11 interceptions out of the air from opposing quarterbacks and had half a dozen fumble recoveries. The defense has also contributed to the scoring coffers with 1 TD scored off a fumble recovery and a pair off interception returns.

NOTE TO READERS: Arlee, Ronan and Mission StIgn stat spec breakdowns are not comprehensive.