Football Roundup: Pirates plunder Vigilantes
Junior quarterback tossed four touchdown passes to four different receivers as the Polson Pirates steamrolled a first-year East Helena program en route to a 63-0 home victory.
The Vigilantes (0-2) are led by former Mission head coach and athletic director Tyler Murray, who left St. Ignatius in the offseason for a chance to build a program from the ground up.
Kaden Nelson was good on seven PAT attempts for the Pirates (3-0), while senior receiver Colton Graham threw a scoring pass to Dawson Dumont on a two-point conversion. Graham also caught a 1-yard pass from Wilson for Polson’s first score, and another for a 19-yard TD. Dumont scored a touchdown on a 16-yard fumble return.
Wilson’s other scoring passes went for 27 yards to Robert Perez, 29 to Perez, 38 yards to Alex Muzquiz and 12 yards to Trent Dwelle.
On defense, Polson’s Landon Becker snagged an interception, and the Pirates grabbed three fumble recoveries, one by Trent Wilson that set up the first score and two others by Keyen Nash.
With the win well in hand in the second half, sophomore Brock Henriksen saw action at quarterback for the Pirates.
The latest 406mtsports.com Class A football poll has the Pirates at No. 5 in the state.
Polson hosts Ronan on Friday night. Two cans of non-perishable food gets you free entry.
Polson 63, East Helena 0
E.Helena 0 0 0 0 – 0
Polson 36 7 13 7 – 63
P – Colton Graham 1 pass from Jarrett Wilson (Kaden Nelson kick)
P – Dawson DuMont 16 fumble return (Nelson kick)
P – Robert Perez 27 pass form J.Wilson (Nelson kick)
P – Alex Muzquiz 38 pass from J. Wilson (DuMont pass from Co.Graham)\
P – R.Perez 29 pass from J.Wilson (Nelson kick)\
P – Co.Graham 19 pass from J.Wilson (Nelson kick)
P – Trent Dwelle 12 pass from J.Wilson (Nelson kick)
P – Brock Henriksen 5 run (kick wide)
P – Bro.Henriksen 1 run (Nelson kick)
RUSH – EH 18-30 (Greg Knight 15-49). P 18-154 (Keyen Nash 10-81, Bro. Henriksen 5-45, Trent Dwelle 2-17, J. Wilson 1-11). PASS – EH (Braden Howell 4-17-36-1), P 20-26-265 (Jarrett Wilson 18-23-247, Brock Henriksen 2-3-18). RECEIVE – EH 4-36 (Trevor Held 1-22), P 20-265 (Robert Perez 7-147, Colton Graham 5-48, Alex Muzquiz 2-43, Landon Becker 1-18, Xavier Fisher 1-5, Trent Dwelle 3-7, Ethan McCauley 1-(-3). PR – Becker 2-24. INT – Becker.
Bulldogs struggle against Blue Hawks
Mission quarterback Kellen McClure hooked up with Charley Adams on a 12-yard passing touchdown for the Bulldogs’ lone score in a 63-6 rout at Thompson Falls on Friday.
The Blue Hawks led 44-6 at halftime.
The Bulldogs (2-1) were No. 10 in the latest 406mtsports.com 8-man state rankings heading into the contest, while Thompson Falls (3-0) was No. 5.
Mission hosts No. 1 Drummond-Philipsburg (2-0) at 7 p.m. Friday for the Bulldogs’ homecoming game.
Vikings take care of Darby; Arlee cancels
Charlo earned its first win of the season and improved to 1-2 with a 38-25 home victory against Darby on Saturday.
The Tigers (1-2) were coming off a 59-6 win over Arlee.
No stats or scoring information from the game was available at press time.
Arlee (0-2) was slated to face Victor (0-2) at home on Saturday, but the game was cancelled Friday due to several COVID-19 close contacts within the team. The Warriors were supposed to travel to Charlo on Friday, Sept. 18 for the Vikings’ homecoming game, but Arlee will sit that one out as well. Instead, Choteau will visit Charlo on Friday night.