Season comes to an end for Arlee Warriors
Arlee Warrior senior gridders gather for one last photo on 2019 Senior Night. From left, are (27) Dustin Cordier, (9) Jace Samsel, (8) Cody Tanner, (66) C.J. Forgey, (33) Kanoa Palazzolo, (77) Jon Matt. (Photo courtesy of Rhonda Kinney)
At Arlee, the Western C league leading Mountain Cats and the host Warriors traded scoring drives in the early going of the first frame as each matched the other.
But thereafter, Clark Fork unleashed multiple air and ground attacks that found the endzone with the result that a multiple dozen lead was securely wedged between the claws of the undefeated visitors as the first half drew to a close.
Arlee managed to match Clark Fork over the course of the second half, but could not carve any further into the deficit.
The final game of the season for the Warriors also marked Senior Night for Cody Tanner, Kanoa Palazzolo, Dustin Cordier, CJ Forgey, Jace Samsel and Jon Matt.
Head coach Chuck Forgey commented that it is “sad to see this senior class go. They were involved in a lot of success for this school. Their commitment and hard work will be missed.”
Last season, Arlee hosted Centerville in the first round of 2018 Western C 8-man playoffs, prevailing over the Miners 36-32. The Warriors then advanced on to the quarterfinal, where they fell to then undefeated Fairview 32-20 in the “war of the Warrior” mascots, finishing the 2018 season with an 8-3 record.
The preceding 2017 season, Arlee qualfied as the Western 3rd-seed, but fell to the Ennis Mustangs in the first round.
Clark Fork 60, Arlee 12
Arlee (2-7), Clark Fork (9-0)
Clark Fork 30 24 6 0 – 60
Arlee 6 0 0 6 – 12
CF – Trey Green 3 run (Trey Green run)
A – Colt Crawford 63 run (pass failed)
CF – Trey Green 52 run (Kyler Francis pass from Bryan Mask)
CF – Jake Callaway 25 pass from Bryan Mask (Trey Green run)
CF – Wesley Buchanan 30 pass from Bryan Mask (run failed)
CF – Trey Green 67 run (pass failed)
CF – Trey Green run (run failed)
CF – Trey Green 38 run (pass failed)
CF – Trey Green 3 run (run failed)
CF – Trey Green 12 interception (run failed)
A – Colt Crawford 24 run (run failed)
RUSH – CF20-200 (Green 10-136). PASS – CF (Mask 7-17-111). REC – CF 8-117 (Calloway 3-40, Kyler Francis 1-22, Isaiah Kovalsky 2-20, Thomas Anderson 1-5). CF: 1INT, 7PD, 2SK, 3FF, 4FR, 10TFL, 43t15a. (Fr25Oct19)