C-Falls excludes Polson; Dillon edges the whitefish

Sept. 28—POLSON — Columbia Falls quarterback Banyan Johnston threw for 309 yards and four touchdowns Friday, leading the Wildcats to a 42-0 victory over Polson in Western A football.

On a day when the Wildcats’ running game managed 50 yards on 27 carries – although Reggie Sapa had two scoring runs – Johnston had a 27-of-30 passing performance.

Cooper Ross had two scores and seven catches for 91 yards; Easton Brooks had six catches for 107 yards and Jett Pitts had five catches for 67. Each player had a TD pass.

Daniel O’Roake had 15 carries for 110 yards for Polson, which fell to 3-2 overall and in league play. Columbia Falls held the Pirates to 24 passing yards (with two interceptions), outscored them 359-159 and improved to 3-2, 3-2.

C-Falls 7 21 7 7 — 42

Polson 0 0 0 0 — 0

CF — Pass from Cooper Ross 20 from Banyan Johnston (Ross kick)

CF – Brooks 25 pass from Johnston (Ross kick)

CF – Sapa 2 Race (Ross kick)

CF — Ross 8 pass from Johnston (Ross kick)

CF — Sapa 1 run (Ross kick)

CF — Pass from Jett Pitts 34 from Johnston (Ross kick)

Ronan 36, Stevensville 8

STEVENSVILLE — Ronan quarterback Kolby Finley threw four touchdown passes and Laurance Lozeau scored three times in the Chiefs’ Western A win.

Finley finished 12 of 17 passing for 197 yards, including two scoring strikes to Lozeau covering 6 and 42 yards. Lozeau caught three passes for 65 yards and got his third touchdown via a 27-yard interception return.

Michael Ramirez ran six times for 47 yards for Ronan (2-3 overall and in league), who outscored the Yellowjackets (0-5, 0-5) 252-121. Siouxpixm Qualtier had three catches for 71 yards and a score, and Chad Higgins also caught a touchdown.

Ronan 14 16 6 0 — 36

Stevi 0 0 0 8 — 8

R — Siouxpixm Qualtier 5 passes Kolby Finley (PAT failure)

R – Laurance Lozeau 6 pass from Finley (pass from Liam Wills from Finley)

R – Chad Higgins 2 passes from Finley (run by Finley)

R — Lozeau 42 pass from Finley (Malakai Curley pass from Finley)

R — Lozeau 27 interception return (PAT failure)

S — Landon Bryan Race 9 (Bryan Race)

Dillon 19, whitefish 13

WHITEFISH — Dillon quarterback Canin Christiansen threw two touchdown passes, and the Beavers got a 19-yard score from Hank Hagenbarth to beat Whitefish in a Western A game.

Carson Gulick ran for a touchdown and threw one for the Bulldogs (2-3 overall, 2-2 in conference). He was 10 of 25 passing for 135 yards, with two interceptions. He rushed 14 times for 36 yards.

Thew caught the TD pass, covering 15 yards; he had three catches for 32 yards.

Cole Moses had 10 carries for 68 yards for Whitefish, which had 273 yards of offense.

Dillon 6 6 7 0 — 19

Whitefish 0 7 6 0 — 13

D – Kyler Engellant 28, pass from Canin Christiansen (missed kick)

WF – Carson Gulick 1 run (Tait Orme kick)

D — Carter Curnow 15 passes from Christiansen (run failure)

D – Hank Hagenbarth 19 points (Sawyer Tackett Kick)

WF — Pass from Curtis Thew 15 from Gulick (blocked kick)

Corvallis 44, Libby 0

CORVALLIS – Quarterback Aydan Mayn threw five touchdown passes in the Corvallis Blue Devils’ Western A victory.

Libby (1-4 overall and in West A) was held to 62 yards of offense by the Blue Devils (3-2 and 3-2), who started the night with a 64-yard run by Soloman Morgan.

Morgan, who rushed four times for 76 yards, also caught two touchdown passes in the first quarter, covering 12 and 7 yards. Corvallis had 183 rushing yards and 335 total.

Isaac Lamere had two catches for 27 yards for Libby and on defense he had an interception. Joel Goodman had four tackles for the Loggers. Quarterbacks Ryan Beagle and James Woody combined to complete 5 of 16 passes for 44 yards.

Libby 0 0 0 0 — 0

Corvallis 30 8 0 6 — 44

C — Soloman Morgan 64 run (failed kick)

C — Morgan 12 pass from Ayden Mayne (Mayn run)

C — Run from Morgan 7 (pass from Owen Marsten from Mayn)

C — Hunter Loesch 16 pass from Mayne (Maurice Craun 3 pass from Mayne)

C — Reese Tucker 41 pass from Mayn (Mayn run)

C — Caleb Johansen run 19 (no PAT)

Loyola 17, Eureka 14

MISSOULA — A 22-yard field goal from Ethan Stack with 90 seconds remaining was the difference as Missoula Loyola knocked Western B rival Eureka off the undefeated ranks Friday.

Eureka (4-1 overall, 0-1 league) made a potential game-tying field goal, then faked it on the final play of the game at Rollin Field. The pass fell incomplete in the end zone, leaving the Rams (2-2, 1-0 in West B) with the victory.

Jack Clevenger hit Vince Lincoln with two touchdown passes to give Loyola a 7-0, 14-7 lead; Eureka responded with Haiden Johnson’s 5-yard TD run in the first quarter and Johnson’s 22-yard interception return in the fourth.

Rogan Lytle was 12 of 27 passing for 135 yards for Eureka, which outshot Loyola 220-126. He also had team-highs of 20 carries and 38 rushing yards. He was intercepted once and also completed a pass on defense.

Johnson had seven carries for 16 yards, caught three passes for 48 and made 10 tackles on defense. Kyler Kossman had five tackles, including two for loss, for the Lions.

Eureka 0 7 0 7 — 14

Loyola 0 7 7 3 — 17

L — Vince Lincoln 6 passes from Jack Clevenger (kick from Ethan Stack)

E – Haiden Johnson 5 run (Grant Brown kick)

L – Lincoln 34 pass from Clevenger (Stack kick)

E — Johnson 22 interception return (Brown kick)

L — Stack 22 FG