Mission Bulldogs claim Crown of the Valley, spoil Arlee homecoming

At Arlee during Homecoming, the visiting Mission Bulldogs flipped the script on the outcome from the preceding pair of seasons against the Warriors with a strong first half performance.

A pair of TD runs by Isaac Dumontier and Troy Matt in the first frame were supplemented by another pair of Jedi Christy tallies in the second quarter to stake the visitors to a multiple possession cushion.

The host Warriors would counter to start the second half when Colt Crawford crossed the plane of the end zone from inside the 30-yard line. Arlee would match Mission stride for stride during the third quarter with another Crawford rumble from inside the redzone.

Arlee had some other opportunities when they plucked an interception in the second quarter and Crawford intercepted during the final frame. But the Warriors were unable to capitalize upon the takeaways to further dent the deficit.

Mission also had a pair of pass touchdowns negated on account of holding infractions.

The Warriors travel to face the Victor Pirates in Victor Friday.

Mission head coach Tyler Murray stated, “one of our goals for the season ... [was to] take the crown of the Valley [by] beating Charlo and Arlee. ... We have the chance to earn a playoff spot this week against Flint Creek and accomplish another goal. It will be a great opportunity for our 13 seniors on senior night to earn a chance to play on their home field again if we can win out.”

Mission 54, Arlee 14

Arlee (1-6), Mission (6-1)

Mission 13 13 14 14 – 54

Arlee 0 0 14 0 – 14

MSI – Isaac Dumontier 6 run (Jason Moore kick)

MSI – Troy Matt 45 run (kick failed)

MSI – Jedi Christy 22 INT return (Moore kick)

MSI – J.Christy 17 pass from Kellen McClure (kick failed)

ARL – Colt Crawford 27 run (Kanoa Palazzolo pass from Cody Tanner)

MSI – T.Matt 1 run (T.Matt run)

MSI – John Komotios 2 pass from McClure (run failed)

ARL – Colt Crawford 15 run (pass failed)

MSI – Dumontier 13 run (run failed)

MSI – Bryce Umphrey 16 pass from Kolten Gardipee (Dustin Mitchell pass from Gardipee)

RUST – MSI 31-107 (T.Matt 14-60, Dumontier 8-53, Charley Adams 1-7, Canyon Sargent 1-(-)2, Layne Spidel 5-(-)3, McClure 2-(-)8), A (C.Crawford ). PASS – MSI 19-29-206-2 (McClure 18-26-190-1, Gardipee 1-3-16-1), A (C.Tanner ). REC – MSI 19-206 (J.Christy 10-125, K.Gardipee 4-28, C.Adams 1-23, B.Umphrey 1-16, Komotios 2-11, Trance Bird 1-3), A (). KO – MSI (Moore 9-259). PUNT – MSI (J.Christy 2-57). KR – MSI (L.Spidel 1-17). PR – MSI (C.Adams 1-6). INT – MSI (J.Christy 1-25, B.Umphrey 1-10), A ([2q 3:00], Colt Crawford). PD – MSI 2 (C.Adams, T.Bird). FR – MSI4 (Hayden Currie 3, Charley Adams). SK – MSI (L.Spidel). TFL – MSI8 (Spidel 3½, T.Matt, C.Sargent, Joe Stults, T.Bird, H.Currie ½). TKL/AST – MSI 26t49a (L.Spidel 6t8a, T.Bird 4t3a, J.Christy 1t8a, T.Matt 2t5a, B.Umphrey 1t6a, Walker Murphy 3t1a, Miles Anderson 1t5a, Stults 2t2a, K.Gardipee 1t2a, Komotios 1t2a, Dumontier 1t1a, C.Sargent 1t1a, C.Adams 3a, Bridger Hames 1t, Patrick Connors 1t, H.Currie 2a). (Fr11Oct19)

Variant data among media coverage cross-referenced with multiple sources to iron out discrepancies. Some details may slightly vary among sideline specs.