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Home » Football NewsFOOTBALL RESULTS--FRI., 9-26September 27, 2008 By Terry Werner of Northwest Montana “A” ConferenceFOOTBALL RESULTS--FRI., 9-26 BIGFORK 18 WHITEFISH 55; COL. FALLS 42 RONAN 6; LIBBY 41 POLSON 48
Wildcats run roughshod over Ronan Posted: Saturday, Sep 27, 2008 - 12:33:46 am MDT By JOE SOVA/Northwest Montana News Network
Six players carried the football on the Wildcats' first possession to start the contest. Senior Mackey Nolan, the quarterback converted to tailback, carried most of the load during a 73-yard march that resulted in a 3-yard touchdown run by Stephen Baumgartner. The senior would score four times on the evening. It was turnabout fair play on special teams against Ronan as Baumgartner broke through and blocked a Levi Walchuk punt on the Chiefs' first possession. Baumgartner scooped up the ball and returned it to the Ronan 14-yard line. A personal foul penalty on the play on Ronan moved the ball to the 7. Baumgartner scored on the next play. Nolan kicked the conversion after both scores for a 14-0 Columbia Falls lead. Lefty quarterback Mike Fisher returned the kickoff to near midfield for great field position for the Chiefs, but Mitchell - the Wildcat linebacker and quarterback - sacked Fisher and two plays later Ronan had to punt. With the door of opportunity wide open, the Wildcats stormed through. Lanky 6-foot-3 sophomore Kaleb Johnson returned a Walchuk punt to the Ronan 47. Four players later, Wassam lofted a perfect aerial to Johnson at the goal line for a 25-yard scoring play with 1:39 left in the opening period. Later in the second quarter, a 29-yard punt return by Johnson had the Wildcats in business again. An 11-yard swing pass to Nolan set the stage for a 1-yard touchdown dive by Baumgartner. Nolan converted and Columbia Falls carried a 28-0 into halftime. In that first half, the Wildcats defense held Ronan to 25 yard of offense, while Columbia Falls amassed 78 rushing and 101 passing for 179. Ronan marched to the CFHS 37 to start the third period, but Houle recovered a Chiefs fumble on fourth and long. A 60-yard drive was capped by a 9-yard Baumgartner run and Nolan's kick made it 35-0. The Wildcat defense remained relentless, and Baumgartner and Macijunas sacked Fisher again. Taking the ball at midfield, CFHS put another six on the board as Chris King carried two tacklers into the end zone from nine yards out. John Woody had a key 26-yard run during the drive. Ronan avoided a shutout when Cory Hardy scored on a 2-yard run with 2:48 remaining in the game. While Ronan lost two fumbles, CFHS did not have a turnover. Eliminating mistakes was a focus for the Wildcats against the Chiefs. Columbia Falls travels to Libby next Friday night for its second conference game. Ronan 0 0 0 6 - 6 Columbia Falls 21 7 7 7 - 42 CF - Stephen Baumgartner 3 run (Mackey Nolan kick) CF - Baumgartner 7 run (Nolan kick) CF - Kaleb Johnson 25 pass from Mitchell Wassam (Nolan kick) CF - Baumgartner 1 run (Nolan kick) CF - Baumgartner 9 run (Nolan kick) CF - Chris King 9 run (Nolan kick) Ronan - Cory Hardy 1 run (kick failed) ----- Ron CF First downs 8 12 Rushing yards 159 180 Passing yards 21 101 Passing (com/att/int) 2-5-0 7-17-0 Fumbles/Fumbles lost 3-2 0-0 ----- Individual Rushing - Ronan, NA; CF, Nolan 10-66, John Woody 4-41, Baumgartner 10-36. Passing - Ronan, Fisher 2-5-0-21; CF, Wassam 7-17-0-101. Receiving - Ronan, Jamie Engeldrum 1-15, Levi Walchuk 1-6; CF, Johnson 2-38, Nolan 3-29, Quenton Hegel 1-18, Woody 1-16. Whitefish blasts Bigfork, Polson nips Libby Posted: Saturday, Sep 27, 2008 - 12:33:48 am MDT
"That really gave us a big lift," Whitefish coach Patrick Dryden said. "Then two really big pass plays got the offense rolling." Mac Roche, making his first start at quarterback, hit Aaron Tkachyk for two touchdown passes, 68 and 24 yards. Later he hit Matt Whitehead on 65-yard TD pass. Cheyne Valentine did all of the scoring for Bigfork, 0-4, hauling in touchdown passes of 41, 19 and 48 yards from Christian Ker. "It was nice to get Daniel Simmons back," Dryden said. "He missed the last three games with injuries. That was a big boost to our running game." Simmons had 18 carries for 120 yards. Dryden said Derek Crittenden moved into the backfield "and did a nice job of blocking and running." Crittenden had 49 yards on three attempts and scored two TDs. Whitefish defensive end Josh Backer, according to Dryden, "had a monster game." Backer returned an interception 39 yards for a TD and also had a fumble recovery. Crittenden and Elespuru also recovered fumbles. Elespuru was 7-for-8 on PAT kicks and also scored a TD on a 21-yard run. Bigfork 0 12 0 6 - 18 Whitefish 21 21 6 7 - 55 Whitefish - Alex Elespuru 26 fumble recovery (Elespuru kick) Whitefish - Aaron Tkachyk 68 pass from Mac Roche (Elespuru kick) Whitefish - Tkachyk 24 pass from Roche (Elespuru kick) Whitefish - Derek Crittenden 41 run (Elespuru kick) Bigfork - Cheyne Valentine 41 pass from Christian Ker (kick failed) Whitefish - Matt Whitehead 65 pass from Roche (Elespuru kick) Whitefish - Josh Backer 39 interception return (Elespuru kick) Bigfork - Valentine 19 pass from Ker (pass failed) Whitefish - Crittenden 5 run (kick failed) Whitefish - Elespuru 21 run (Elespuru kick) Bigfork - Valentine 48 pass from Ker (run failed) ----- Bf Whs First downs NA NA Rushing-yards NA 29-219 Passing yards NA 192 Passing NA 7-13-3-0 Penalties NA 11-110 Fumbles-lost 3-3 0-0 ----- Individual Stats Rushing - Bigfork, NA; Whitefish, Daniel Simmons 18-120, Derek Crittenden 3-49, Alex Elespuru 3-32. Passing - Bigfork, NA, Whitefish, Mac Roche 7-13-0-192. Receiving - Bigfork, NA; Whitefish, Aaron Tkachyk 2-92, Matt Whitehead 5-100. Polson 48, Libby 41 LIBBY - Polson jumped out to a 28-0 lead and held on to knock off Polson in a wild Northwestern A opener for both teams. Tim Rausch, 21 carries for 144 yards, had four TD runs (3, 3, 27 and 4 yards) to power Polson, 3-2 overall. Quarterback Craig Bagnell completed 10 of 14 passes for 171 yards and three TDs. He did not throw an inteception. Joel Fuller put Libby on the board with two scores in the final three minutes of the second quarter. He ripped off a 64-yard TD run and followed with a 6-yard TD pass to Charlie White. Libby scored the final 13 points of the game in the last four minutes of play to make it close. Fuller hit Conner Benson on a 50-yard TD pass and Fuller ran 23 yards for the final score. Fuller completed 22 of 43 passes for 258 yards and four TDs. He was intercepted five times. He also carried the ball 24 times for 210 yards. Benson had eight receptions for 148 yards. Polson 21 14 6 7 - 48 Libby 0 16 12 13 - 41 Polson - Tim Rausch 3 run (Craig Bagnell kick) Polson - Ryan Kelley 35 pass from Bagnell (Bagnell kick) Polson - Rausch 3 run (Bagnell kick) Polson - Kyle Bagnell 23 pass from C. Bagnell (C. Bagnell kick) Polson - Rausch 27 run (C. Bagnell kick) Libby - Joel Fuller 64 run (Charlie White pass from Fuller) Libby - White 6 pass from Fuller (Colton Cannon pass from Fuller) Libby- Conner Benson 15 pass from Fuller (run failed) Polson - Rausch 4 run (run failed) Libby - Cannon 24 pass from Fuller (pass failed) Polson - Fouty 18 pass from C. Bagnell (C. Bagnell kick) Libby- Benson 50 pass from Fuller (run failed) Libby - Fuller 23 run (Benson kick) |
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