The Daily Inter Lake

BROWNING - Kaleb Johnson returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown and followed that with a 74-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Mitchell Wassam as Columbia Falls upended Browning 28-14 in Class A nonconference football play Friday night.

Columbia Falls, 2-1, led 14-0 after the opening quarter thanks to Johnson's big plays.

The Wildcats completed their scoring in the final quarter. Chris King was on the receiving end of a 19-yard TD pass from Wassam and then King bolted 12 yards to reach the end zone.

Columbia Falls outgained Browning, 0-3, 365-83 yards.

Wassam was 10 of 20 passing for 196 yards. He threw one interception.

Columbia Falls hosts Dillon on Friday.

Columbia Falls 14 0 0 14 - 28

Browning 0 6 0 8 - 14

First Quarter

Columbia Falls - Kaleb Johnson 32 interception return (Mitchell Wassam kick), 4:38

Columbia Falls - Johnson 74 pass from Wassam (Wassam kick), 1:17

Second Quarter

Browning - Lyle St. Goddard 24 pass from Bill Blackman (pass failed), 6:48

Fourth Quarter

Columbia Falls - Chris King 19 pass from Wassam (Wassam kick), 10:46

Browning - Jeff St. Goddard 46 pass from Blackman (L. St. Goddard pass from Blackman), 5:19

Columbia Falls - King 12 run (Wassam kick), 3:14

CF B

First downs 15 4

Rushes-yards 38-169 26-21

Passing yards 196 62

Passing 10-22-2 8-21-3

Fumbles-los 1-1 1-1

Penalties 2-10 6-70

Individual Stats

RUSHING - Columbia Falls, Chris King 15-89, Nate Thompson 11-43; Browning, NA

PASSING - Columbia Falls, Mitchell Wassam 10-20-1-2-196, Austin Barth 0-2-1-0-0; Browning, Bill Blackman 8-19-2-2-62.

RECEIVING - Columbia Falls, Kaleb Johnson 3-93, Chris King 3-35, Nate Thompson 3-40.

Whitefish 48,

Anaconda 28

WHITEFISH - Daniel Simmons ran for four touchdowns and 201 yards on 23 carries in leading Whitefish to a nonconference victory over Anaconda, 0-3.

Simmons scores came on runs of 26, 15, 5 and 49 yards.

Quarterback Mac Roche completed 7 of 13 passes for 215 yards and one TD. He also ran for a touchdown.

Whitefish piled up 546 yards of total offense.

"It was very entertaining from a fans' point of view, but from a coaches' view, we gave up a lot of yards," WHS coach Patrick Dryden said.

"We need to address that."

Whitefish, 2-1, continues with nonconference action on Friday at Stevensville.

Anaconda 0 8 14 6 - 28

Whitefish 14 6 14 14 - 48

Whitefish - Daniel Simmons 26 run (Geoff Streeter kick)

Whitefish - Simmons 15 run (Streeter kick)

Whitefish - Mac Roche 5 run (run failed)

Anaconda - Kyle Moore 49 pass from Matt King (King run)

Anaconda - Dalton Ueland 29 from King (King run)

Whitefish - Willie Roche 70 pass from M. Roche (kick failed)

Whitefish - Jeremy Neilsen 21 run (Connor Silliker pass from M. Roche)

Anaconda - Moore 20 pass from King (pass failed)

Whitefish - Simmons 5 run (Streeter kick)

Anaconda - Chris Beatty 25 pass from King (run failed)

Whitefish - Simmons 49 run (Streeter kick)

A WF

First downs NA NA

Rushes-yards NA 47-331

Passing yards NA 215

Passing NA 7-13-0-1

Fumbles-lost NA 2-2

Penalties NA NA

Individual stats

RUSHING - Whitefish, Daniel Simmons 23-201, Tanner Benedict 11-54, Jeremy Neilsen 4-32, Mac Roche 5-24, Derek Crittenden 4-20.

PASSING - Whitefish, Mac Roche 7-13-0-1-215.

RECEIVING - Whitefish, Willie Roche 2-89, Chris Forest 2-50, Derek Crittenden 1-30, Daniel Simmons 1-30, Tanner Benedict 1-16.

Missoula Loyola 26, Eureka 13

EUREKA - Shiloh Kerr and Kevin Berland both ran for two touchdowns to carry No. 4-ranked Missoula Loyola to a victory over Eureka in Class B nonconference play.

Eureka scored first on a 29-yard run by Chad Price.

"We were inside the red zone twice and threw two interceptions," Eureka coach Ed Newell said.

"When you make mistakes, a good team like that will make you pay."

Missoula Loyola 7 12 0 7 - 26

Eureka 7 0 0 6 - 13

Eureka - Chad Price 29 run (Price kick)

Missoula Loyola - Shiloh Kerr 6 run (Peter Shauehnessey kick)

Missoula Loyola - Kevin Berland 8 run (kick failed)

Missoula Loyola - Kerr 6 run (pass failed)

Missoula Loyola - Berland 12 run (Shauehnessey kick)

Eureka - Taylor Vaughn 19 run (kick failed)

ML E

First downs 12 10

Rushes-yards 49-261 39-252

Passing yards 80 96

Passing 5-7-0 3-13-2

Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0

Penalties 6-40 3-30

Individual Stats

RUSHING - Missoula Loyola, Shiloh Kerr 25-137, Kevin Burland 14-106; Eureka, Chad Price 21-177, Taylor Vaughn 11-68.

PASSING - Missoula Loyola, Brandon Haggarty 5-7-0-0-80; Eureka, Colin Gillard 3-13-2-0-96.

RECEIVING - Missoula Loyola, Peter Shauehnessey 2-20, Burland 1-20, Dougherty 1-26, Kuntz 1-14; Eureka, Andrew Sanders 2-64, Ryan Holder 1-32.

Conrad 44,

Bigfork 28

CONRAD - Conrad used a big first half to roll past Bigfork in Class B nonconference action.

Conrad, 1-1, led 37-0 at the half.

"A tale of two halves," Bigfork coach Todd Emslie said. "The first half was absolutely brutal. The second half, we came out with some fire. I'm proud of them for that."

Bigfork scored four TDs in the final half.

Bigfork, 0-2, hosts Plains on Friday.

Bigfork 0 0 14 14 - 28

Conrad 18 19 7 0 - 44

Conrad - Joe Ries 3 run (kick failed)

Conrad - Josiah Moerkerke 28 run (pass failed)

Conrad - Moerkerke 7 run (pass failed)

Conrad - Brandon Philipps 54 run (pass failed)

Conrad - Moerkerke 2 run (Bryce Watterud kick)

Conrad - Philipps 5 run (kick failed)

Bigfork - Travis Knoll 41 run (Derek Minemyer kick)

Conrad - Knox 3 pass from Moerkerke (Watterud kick)

Bigfork - Minemyer 26 pass from Christian Ker (Minemyer kick)

Bigfork - Cody Dopps 2 run (Minemyer kick)

Bigfork - Dopps 69 run (Minemyer kick)

Polson 35, Hamilton 6

HAMILTON - Hamilton, 1-1, scored first, but it was all Polson, 2-1, after that as the Pirates scored five straight touchdowns, all in the second half.

Tim Rausch started the scoring with a 60-yard TD run. Joe Andrews had touchdown runs of 27 and 63 yards.

Also scoring were Jake Skelton on a 40-yard scamper and Trae Fouty hauled in an 18-yard TD pass from Vince Digiallonardo.

Polson, 2-1, hosts Anaconda on Friday.

Polson 0 0 14 21 - 35

Hamilton 6 0 0 0 - 6

Hamilton - Beau Maus 7 pass from Josh Brenneman (PAT failed)

Polson - Tim Rausch 60 run (Kyle Bagnell kick)

Polson - Trae Fouty 18 pass from Vince Digiallonardo (Bagnell kick)

Polson - Joe Andrews 27 run (Bagnell kick)

Polson - Andrews 63 run (Bagnell kick)

Polson - Jake Skelton 40 run (Bagnell kick)

Libby 50, Corvallis 28

LIBBY - Kelly May threw for 271 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another to lead Libby, 1-2, to a nonconference Class A victory over Corvallis.

Libby's TJ Benson had one reception in the game for a 90-yard touchdown and rushed 21 yards for another score. Kody Berget had two TD receptions, 17 and 49 yards.

Corvallis 7 7 0 14 - 28

Libby 7 21 15 7 - 50

Corvallis - Trevor Brown 14 pass from Keenan Strong (kick)

Libby - Kody Berget 17 pass from Kelly May (Forster kick)

Corvallis - Tyler Berner 13 run (Jessop kick)

Libby - Berget 49 pass from May 49 (Forster kick)

Libby - May 14 run (Forster kick)

Libby - TJ Benson 21 run (Forster kick)

Libby - TJ Benson 90 pass from May (Forster pass from May)

Libby - Tyler Troy 71 pass from May (Forster kick)

Corvallis - Landis 26 pass from Strong (run failed)

Corvallis - Brown 47 pass from Strong (Landis run)

Individual Stats

Passing (com/att/yds/td/int) - Libby, May 7-14-271-4-0;

Receiving - Libby, Berget 3-72, Troy 1-71, Alex Cislo 1-24, Benson 1-90; Corvallis, Brown 8-112, Stuart Landis 3-71, M. Jessop 2-27.

Rushing -Libby, Benson 9-78, May 14-34; Corvallis, Berner 6-40, Landis 11-34, Joey Ober 10-33, Ethan Schwehr 2-14.

Butte Central 28, Ronan 8

BUTTE - Quarterback Andy Ritter threw a pair of touchdown passes to Jonathan Richards, 15 and 17 yards, and Ritter, 1 yard, and Richards, 48 yards, both ran for touchdowns to carry Butte Central, 2-1, to a nonconference victory over Ronan, 1-2.

Xavier Morigeau scored a fourth quarter touchdown for Ronan, hauling in a 21-yard pass from Cody Hardy.

Ronan 0 0 0 8 - 8

Butte Central 0 7 7 14 - 28

Second quarter

BC - Jonathan Richards 15 pass from Andy Ritter (Nathaniel Loomis kick), 1:31

Third quarter

BC - Ritter 48 run (Loomis kick), 3:14

Fourth quarter

BC - Richards 17 pass from Ritter (Loomis kick), 11:13

R - Xavier Morigeau 21 pass from Cory Hardy (Hardy pass from Robbie Gauthier), 6:44

BC - Richards 1 run (Loomis kick), 4:19

R BC

First downs 6 23

Rushes-yards 34-101 38-143

Pass yards 118 193

Comp-att-int 6-13-1 19-24-0

Penalties-yards 13-70 7-55

Fumbles-lost 1-0 4-2

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING - Ronan: Morigeau 13-64, Hardy 8-6, Gauthier 8-1, Zach Humphreys 5-30. BC: Richards 15-35, Ritter 9-71, A.J. Acuna 4-11, Kevin Cox 4-12, Zach Kasperick 5-13.

PASSING - Ronan: Gauthier 5-12-1-97, Hardy 1-1-0-21. BC: Ritter 19-24-0-193.

RECEIVING - Ronan: Hardy 1-44, Westyn Kiehn 1-5, Matt Detwiler 1-16, Morigeau 3-53. BC: Richards 11-124, Jason Johnston 6-59, Phil Antonioli 1-6, Greg Noctor 1-3.