MISSOULA — Missoula Sentinel (5-4) used a strong second quarter to pull away from Flathead for a 36-14 Class AA football victory Friday night.

Sentinel scored two touchdowns in the quarter to take a 29-7 halftime lead.

Flathead scored on a 3-yard pass from Easton Johnson to Walker Malmin in the first quarter and on a 2-yard pass from Johnson to Cody Eacker in the fourth quarter.

Johnson was 20 of 33 passing for 139 yards.

Flathead (3-6) closes out season play Friday at Legends Stadium versus Glacier.

Flathead 7 0 0 7 — 14

Sentinel 15 14 7 0 — 36

First Quarter

S – Logan Ganieany 31 run (Tim Dewalt pass from Kade Paffhausen), 9:07

F – Walker Malmin 3 pass from Easton Johnson (Connor Mayberry kick), 0:55

S – Austin Violette 98 kick return (Gabe Peppenger kick), 0:39

Second Quarter

S – Ganieany 2 run (Peppenger kick), 6:10

S – Paffhausen 5 run (Peppenger kick), 1:19

Third Quarter

S – Chris Laporte 43 pass from Paffhausen (Peppenger kick), 1:39

Fourth Quarter

F – Cody Eacker 2 pass from Johnson (Mayberry kick), 0:47

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING – Flathead (45-168): Easton Johnson 28-109, Brad Larkins 10-39, Payton Boyce 2-12, Brady Galarza 5-8. Sentinel (31-145): Logan Ganieany 14-88, Jaydn Wilson 2-24, Jeff Krstulich 4-15, Kade Paffhausen 2-7, Matt Miller 3-7, Brandon Green 2-5, Jackson King 2-1.

PASSING – Flathead: Johnson 20-33-0 for 139 yards. Sentinel: Paffhausen 12-13-0 for 140 yards, Krstulich 1-1-0 for 21 yards.

RECEIVING – Flathead: Cody Eacker 4-43, Walker Malmin 4-32, Dillon Thomas 3-24, Larkins 2-15, Blake Wilson 3-14, Connor Mayberry 3-14, Jess Beaman 1-(-2). Sentinel: Chris Laporte 6-81, Colton Jacobson 3-45, King 1-20, Austin Violette 2-9, Justin Smith 1-6.