Football Roundup: Pirates pummel Ponies to remain unbeaten

Jarrett Wilson threw for 301 yards and five touchdowns and tore off an 88-yard scoring run Friday to lead Polson over non-conference foe Havre 41-14 at home on Senior Night.

Wilson was 15-for-18 passing for the Pirates (7-0), who led 35-0 at halftime. Two of his TD passes covered 70 and 25 yards to Colton Graham, who had three catches for 119 yards. Xavier Fisher, who had four catches for 58 yards, caught scoring strikes of 25 and 15 yards.

Alex Muzquiz had another four catches for 93 yards for Polson, which piled up 454 yards of offense to 244 for the Northeast A Blue Ponies (2-5).

Havre running back Orion Thivierge finished with more than 200 yards rushing and scored two TDs on the ground, both in the second half.

Wilson has thrown for 39 touchdown passes this season, including five against Glacier’s JV early in the season.

The Pirates are No. 4 in the latest 406MTsports.com Class A rankings, one spot above Whitefish (7-0). Polson travels to Browning on Friday, then wraps up the regular season Oct. 22 at Whitefish in a potential showdown for the conference title.

Polson 41, Havre 14

Havre 0 - 0 - 7 - 7 – 14

Polson 14 - 21 - 7 - 0 – 42

P – Xavier Fisher 27 pass from Jarrett Wilson (Kaden Nelson kick)

P – Colton Graham 80 pass from Wilson (Nelson kick)

P – Graham 27 pass from Wilson (Nelson kick)

P – Fisher 16 pass from Wilson (Nelson kick)

P – Wilson 90 run (Nelson kick)

P – Robert Perez 10 pass from Wilson (Nelson kick)

H – Orion Thivierge 1 run (Lukas Fahl kick)

H – Thivierge 3 run (Fahl kick)

RUSH – Havre 48-189 (Thivierge 37-205, Terry 4-19, VanCampen 2-5, Stygles 1-(-4), Courtnage 4-(-36), Polson 11-154 (Wilson 3-99, Brock Henriksen 3-20, Braunson Henriksen 1-15, DuMont 1-9, Reed 2-6, Nash 1-5). PASS – H (Courtnage 5-9-64), P 17-20-305 (Wilson 15-18-292, Brock Henricksen 2-2-13). RECEIVE – H 5-64 (VanCampen 3-51, Nanini 2-13), P 17-305 (Graham 3-119, Alex Muzquiz 4-85, Fisher 4-56, Perez 5-38, Nash 1-7, McCauley 0-0). INT – P2 (DuMont, Braunson Henriksen). FF – P1 (Colter Wilson). SACK – P (Bra. Henriksen, Becker). TFL – P10 (Nash 3.5, Bra.Henriksen 2.5, Becker 1.5, FastHorse 1, Perez 0.5, M. Smith 0.5).

Chiefs struggle at No. 1 Hamilton

Ronan (0-6) had a measure of success moving the ball against top-ranked Hamilton (6-0), but the Chiefs were sunk in part by five turnovers.

Tristen Fisher led Ronan with 47 rushing yards on 11 carries. Chiefs quarterback Colter Cornwell completed 11 of 26 passes for 94 yards.

The Broncs racked up more than 500 yards of total offense.

Ronan's best opportunity came in the final frame when the Chiefs were knocking at the door with the ball in the red zone. But an untimely turnover at the 3-yard line thwarted the scoring attempt.

Quarterback Caleb Cheff missed the game due to concussion protocols but is expected to return to play as early as this weekend.

Ronan hosts Corvallis (1-5) on Friday and finishes with a home game against Dillon (5-2) the following week.

Hamilton 55, Ronan 0

Ronan 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 – 0

Hamilton 28 - 20 - 7 - 0 – 55

H – Isiah VanDeBann 65 pass from Tyson Rostad (Tyler Jones kick)

H – Eli Taylor 6 pass from Rostad (Jones kick)

H – Rostad 27 pass from Liam O'Connell (Jones kick)

H – Rostad 34 run (T.Jones kick)

H – Liam O'Connell 29 pass from T.Rostad (kick failed)

H – Tim Zohner 1 run (Jones kick)

H – Will Heitmann 13 run (Jones kick)

H – Jesse Anson 4 run (Jones kick)

RUSH – R 21-81 (Fisher 11-47, Cornwell 7-20, Coffman 2-8, Burland 1-6), H 30-333 (Zohner 6-83, Fredrick 3-68). PASS – R (Cornwell 11-26-94), H 8-11-194 (Rostad 7-10-167, O'Connell 1-27). RECEIVE – R 11-94 (Coffman 5-37, Fisher 2-19, Curley 1-13, S. Coffman 1-22, Lozeau 1-22, Burland 1-3); H (Isiah VanDeBann 1-65). INT – H2 Lant, Searle). FR – R1 (J. Davis).

Vikings nearly topple Flint Creek

A much-improved Charlo team went on the road Friday night and nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the season at No. 1 Drummond-Philipsburg (Flint Creek).

Charlo (4-3, 3-3) led 22-8 at the half, and the Titans (6-0, 6-0) rallied to tie the game 30-30 on a 4-yard run by Andrew Tallon.

In overtime, Tallon punched in a score from a yard out to give the Titans a 38-30 lead. Charlo quarterback Coyle Nagy hit Braydon Zempel on a 15-yard scoring pass to pull within 38-36, but the Vikings fumbled during the ensuing conversion attempt to end the game.

Nagy finished with four TD passes, two to Zemple.

Charlo will finish the regular season with road games at St. Regis on Friday and Seeley-Swan on Oct. 22.

Bulldogs take care of Darby

Charley Adams rushed for 111 yards on 15 carries and Kellen McClure passed for 191 yards and three touchdown passes as Mission (4-2, 4-2) built a 32-0 halftime lead en route to a 56-6 victory over Darby (3-4) on Friday night.

It was Senior Night for the Bulldogs, the final home game of the regular season.

Canyon Sargent scored twice on the ground and caught a TD pass from McClure. Jose O'Brien rushed for 61 yards on six attempts and scored once on the ground and once on a catch.

Bryce Umphrey had 56 receiving yards and one TD on three receptions.

Mission 56, Darby 6

Darby 0 - 6 - 0 - 0 – 6

Mission 0 - 32 - 16 - 8 – 56

MSI – Canyon Sargent 25 run (Sargent run)

MSI – Bryce Umphrey 27 pass from Kellen McClure (run failed)

MSI – Sargent 1 run (pass failed)

MSI – Charley Adams 10 run (run failed)

D – Sawyer Townsend 45 pass from Preston Smith (pass failed)

MSI – Jose O'Brien 12 pass from McClure (pass failed)

MSI – C.Adams 17 run (Sargent run)

MSI – Sargent 3 pass from McClure (McClure run)

MSI – O'Brien 4 run (McClure pass from Isaac Umphrey)

Warriors fall to Blue Hawks

Thompson Falls rose from No. 4 to No. 2 in the 406MTsports.com state 8-man rankings following a 61-24 home win against Arlee (1-5) on Friday.

No stats or scoring plays for the game were available at press time.

Arlee hosts Mission on Friday.

Dawgs surge past Loggers

Bodie Smith’s 93-yard kickoff return started a strong second half for the Whitefish Bulldogs, who earned a hard-fought 27-14 road win over Northwest A rival Libby on Friday.

Smith’s return gave the Bulldogs (7-0 overall, 2-0) in league some momentum after Libby (3-4, 2-3) took a 6-0 lead into halftime.

Cody Berry’s 11-yard scoring run put Whitefish ahead 14-6, but the Loggers drew even on Jace Deshazer’s short scoring run.

Whitefish took the lead for good on Fynn Ridgeway’s 1-yard run in the fourth quarter; Ridgeway then fired a 26-yard scoring pass to Jaxsen Schlauch to put the game out of reach.

Ridgeway was 6-for-13 passing for 90 yards and ran for 34 yards in the defensive battle. Cody Berry had 13 carries for 65 yards.

Libby outgained the Bulldogs 279-194. Davis ran 21 times for 91 yards, and was 4-for-12 passing 54. Cy Stevenson ran for 98 yards on 21 carries and Deshazer had 13 carries for 52 yards.

Whitefish returns home this Friday for the annual Cat-Dog battle with Columbia Falls.

Bulldogs 27, Loggers 14

Whitefish 0 - 0 - 14 - 13 - 27

Libby 6 - 0 - 8 - 0 - 14

L — Ryder Davis 2 run (kick failed)

W — Bodie Smith 93 kickoff return (Ryder Barinowski kick)

W — Cody Berry 11 run (Barinowski kick)

L — Jace Deshazer 1 run (Cy Stevenson run)

W — Fynn Ridgeway 2 run (Barinowski run)

W — Jaxsen Schlauch 26 pass from Ridgeway (kick failed)

Northwest A football standings

Overall — Conf.

Polson — 7-0; 3-0

Whitefish — 7-0; 2-0

C-Falls — 4-1; 3-1

Libby — 3-4; 2-3

Browning — 2-5; 1-2

Ronan — 0-6; 0-5

Western 8-man football standings

Overall — Conf.

Thompson Falls — 7-0; 6-0

Flint Creek — 6-0; 6-0

Mission — 4-2; 4-2

Superior — 4-2; 4-2

Charlo — 4-3; 3-3

Seeley Swan — 3-3; 3-3

Darby — 3-4; 2-4

Victor — 1-3; 1-3

Arlee — 1-5; 1-5

Troy — 1-6; 1-5

Plains — 0-4; 0-4