Eureka rolls by Loyola
The Daily Inter Lake
EUREKA — Garrett Graves had five touchdown passes and scampered 46 yards for another score as Eureka (5-0 overall, 3-0 league) rolled by Missoula Loyola (3-3, 2-1) 51-28 Friday evening in a Western B football contest.
This was a rematch of last year’s Class B state championship game, won by Eureka 31-28 on a long touchdown pass with no time remaining.
Graves was 12 of 21 passing for 223 yards.
He was intercepted twice.
Brenton Pluid had two touchdown receptions — 18 and 27 yards. Hank Dunn, Chet McCully and Jake Kindel had the other TD catches.
Eureka led 24-14 at the half.
Loyola 0 14 6 8 — 28
Eureka 3 21 7 20 — 51
E — Simon Granberg 32 field goal
E — Hank Dunn 6 pass from Garrett Graves (Granberg kick)
L — Waters 4 pass from Scott Twite (Ogilve kick)
E — Chet McCully 2 run (Granberg kick)
L — Ryan Tirrell 4 run (Ogilve kick)
E — Graves 46 run (Granberg kick)
L — Cal Gibson 1 run (kick failed)
E — McCully 34 pass from Graves (Granberg kick)
E — Brenton Pluid 18 pass from Graves (kick failed)
E — Jake Kindel 31 pass from Graves (Granberg kick)
E — Pluid 27 pass from Graves (Granberg kick)
L — David Koppang 32 pass from Twite (Twite pass to Koppang)
Bigfork 44, Thompson Falls 0
THOMPSON FALLS — Quarterback Augie Emslie passed for three touchdowns and Luke Schmit returned a kickoff 70 yards for another score as Bigfork trumped Thompson Falls in Western B play.
Bigfork led 36-0 at the half.
Emslie had TD passes of 27 yards to Austin Varner, 25 yards to Logan Taylor and 5 yards to Anders Epperly.
Taylor also had a 4-yard scoring run, Randy Stultz ripped off a 25-yard touchdown run and Bigfork’s defense scored on a safety by Drayson Heingarnter.
Bigfork 23 13 8 0 — 44
Thompson Falls 0 0 0 0 — 0
B — Austin Varner 27 pass Augie Emslie (Varner kick)
B — Safety, Drayson Heingartner
B — Luke Schmit 70 kick return (Varner kick)
B — Randy Stultz 25 run (Varner kick)
B — Logan Taylor 25 pass from Emslie (kick failed)
B — Anders Epperly 5 pass from Emslie (Varner kick)
B — Taylor 4 run (Varner run)
Columbia Falls 42,
Browning 6
COLUMBIA FALLS — Colton McPhee rushed for three touchdowns and 102 yards and also had a touchdown reception as Columbia Falls crushed Browning in a Northwest A contest.
McPhee had scoring runs of 21, 25 and 9 yards. His touchdown catch from Austin Green covered 22 yards.
Green finished with 124 yards rushing on four attempts and ran 57 yards for a TD.
Logan Kolodejchuck had the other Columbia Falls score on a 9-yard run.
Auguste Emond was 6 for 6 on PAT kicks.
Columbia Falls had 310 yards rushing and 82 passing. Browning finished with 27 rushing yards and 94 passing.
It was homecoming for Columbia Falls (3-1) and the team’s first home game of the season.
Browning 0 0 0 6 — 6
Columbia Falls 28 7 7 0 — 42
CF — Colton McPhee 21 run (Auguste Emond kick)
CF — Austin Green 57 run (Emond kick)
CF — McPhee 25 run (Emond kick)
CF — McPhee 22 pass from Green (Emond kick)
CF — McPhee 9 run (Emond kick)
CF — Logan Kolodejchuk 14 run (Emond kick)
B — James Gilham 60 passs from Derek Loring (pass failed)
Whitefish 24, Ronan 23
WHITEFISH — Ronan scored with 55 seconds, but Whitefish recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock to preserve the tight Northwest A victory.
Forrest Kolbet rushed for 104 yards on 25 attempts and two scores for Whitefish. His TD runs were from 2 and 1 yard.
Jack Eisenbarth had Whitefish’s other TD on a 4-yard run.
Carver Gilman opened the scoring, hitting a 47-yard field in the opening quarter for a 3-0 Whitefish (1-4) lead.
Ronan had three turnovers — Josh Dudley and Eisenbarth had pass interceptions for the Bulldogs and Dillon Muth recovered a fumble.
Ronan 0 7 0 16 — 23
Whitefish 3 7 7 7 — 24
W — Carver Gilman, 47 field goal
R — Bubba Bush 5 run (kick good)
W — Forrest Kolbelt 2 run (Gilman kick)
W — Jack Eisenbarth 4 run (Gilman kick)
R — Eric Dolence 19 run (Dolence pass to Hap Cheff)
W — Kolbelt 1 run (Gilman kick)
R — Elijah Durheim 5 pass from Dolence (Dolence pass to Durheim), 55 second left