Whitefish, Libby clinch playoff spots
WHITEFISH — Jack Alton ran in two touchdowns as the Whitefish Bulldogs took down Stevensville in Western A football on Friday, which was also Whitefish’s senior night.
Whitefish improves to 6-2 and clinched a playoff spot with the win.
The Bulldogs led 13-0 at the half.
Stevensville 0 0 0 6 — 6
Whitefish 7 6 7 7 — 27
First Quarter
W — Jack Alton 26 run (Jaxon Schlauch kick)
Second Quarter
W — Schlauch 18 pass from Finn Ridgeway (Schlauch kick failed)
Third Quarter
W — Ian Calloway 32 run (interception return) (Schlauch kick)
Fourth Quarter
S — Sahkaia Wehr 6 run (PAT attempt failed)
W — Alton 30 run (Schlauch kick)
Individual Stats
PASSING — Whitefish, Finn Ridgeway 11-24-81-1
RUSHING — Whitefish, Jack Alton 19-208 rushing, 2 TD
Jefferson 28, Bigfork 0
BOULDER — Bigfork had trouble getting on the scoreboard in a shutout by Jefferson in a Class B game.
Jefferson (5-2) led 28-0 at the half.
The Vikings drop to 3-4 overall.
Bigfork 0 0 0 0 — 0
Jefferson 14 14 0 0 — 28
First Quarter
J — Yanzick 87 run (Root kick)
J — Yanzick 7 run (Root kick)
Second Quarter
J — Williams 6 pass from Morris (Root kick)
J — Stiles 33 pass from Morris (Root kick)
Team Stats
B J
First downs 7 14
Rushes-yds 29-93 37-230
Passing yards 62 78
Comp-att-int 10-25-2 7-15-2
Total offense 155 308
Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-3
Penalties-yds 7-45 7-60
Punts-avg 6-30.8 3-37.7
Individual Stats
PASSING — Bigfork, Patrick Wallen 10-24-62-0-2. Jefferson, Morris 6-13-68-2.
RUSHING — Bigfork, Levi Taylor 10-35, Patrick Wallen 9-31, Kainin Lafontaine 5-15, Wyatt Herd 4-12. Jefferson, Yanzick 17-114, Visser-2-42.
RECEIVING — Bigfork, Jimmy Abney, 1-31, Kainin Lafontaine 4-21, Isaac Bjorge 1-8, Levi Taylor 3-3. Jefferson, Stiles 1-33, Yanzick 1-29, Visser 1-29.
Hamilton 35, Libby 21
HAMILTON — The Hamilton Broncs dealt the Libby Loggers their second loss of the season in Western A play.
Both Libby (6-2) and Hamilton (7-1) secured playoff spots.
The Loggers started the season undefeated at 6-0 and suffered its first loss of the season last week to Dillon.
Scoring information for this game was not available.
Butte Central 35,
Polson 12
BUTTE — Polson fell to Butte Central in a Western A game, despite a fourth quarter rally.
With the win, Butte Central (4-4) qualified for the playoffs.
Polson falls to 4-4.
Scoring information for this game was not available.
Frenchtown 53,
Columbia Falls 7
COLUMBIA FALLS —The Wildcats’ struggles continued as they were routed at home by the Frenchtown Broncs.
Columbia Falls is 2-5. Frenchtown (7-1) clinched a playoff spot in Western A.
Complete scoring information for this game was not available.
Frenchtown 26 14 13 0 — 53
Columbia Falls 0 0 0 7 — 7
Team Stats
FRE COL
Passing 228 98
Rushing 194 34
First Downs 21 10
Turnovers 0 4
Penalties - Yds 5 - 60 8 - 80
Eureka at Conrad
Scores for this game were not available at press time.