It was an exciting week of football for a few teams in Lake County. More specifically Ronan, who took down an undefeated Florence team on Friday night at home during their homecoming celebration. At the southern end of Lake County, Arlee matched up with Flint Creek. Both teams were undefeated, and as a conference game, the winner would be at the top of the conference standings. Arlee, who was also celebrating their homecoming, came out on top.

Arlee 34

Flint Creek 14

On Friday night, the Warriors hosted Flint Creek for their homecoming. As the only two undefeated teams left in the conference, the game was important to stay on top of the rankings. The first quarter was mostly defense, as the only points of the quarter came from a safety by Patrick BigSam. Arlee didn’t get off to a great start on offense, throwing three interceptions in the first half. In the second quarter, the teams exchanged touchdowns. BigSam threw a 31-yard pass to Tyler Tanner, then later on in the quarter threw another to Phillip Malatare. 

After halftime, neither team was able to put up points in the third. In the fourth, Malatare, who had a nice game, ran one in from a yard out. BigSam ran another in toward the end of the game to make the score 34-14.

With the win, Arlee moves on top of the conference standings. One of most impressive players from the game was Bradley Brazill, who had a great game just one week after having appendicitis. 

Arlee travels to Plains on Friday.

FLINT CREEK-  0  8  0  6  –  14

ARLEE-  2  16  0  16  –  34

A - Safety, Mark Estes tackled in end zone by Patrick BigSam

A - Tyler Tanner 31 pass from BigSam

FC - Gabe Byrne 19 pass from Estes (Estes run)

A - Phillip Malatare 18 pass from BigSam

A - Malatare 1 run (Isaac Desjarlais run)

FC - Estes 9 run (pass failed)

A - BigSam 24 run (BigSam run)

Charlo 64

Darby 6

 Charlo traveled to Darby on Friday night. The Vikings, who have just one loss on the season, continued to dominate their opponents with another big win. In the first quarter, Jared Doty continued his impressive season with a 44-yard run for a touchdown. Trent Dennison added another with a 14-yard run before Darby was able to answer. Charlo really got going in the second, when they put up 28 unanswered points. The first was on a 61-yard pass from Delaney to Doty, then Delaney threw another to Zane Haflinger. Doty ran other one in from 22 yards out, then Dennison got involved with a nine-yard run. After halftime, Charlo scored three more touchdowns from runs by Dennison, Toby Odom, and Brady Fryberger. Darby was not able to score again after the first quarter, and the Vikings came out on top.

Doty piled up 198 yards on the ground with two touchdowns, and had three receptions for 67 yards and another touchdown. Dennison ran the ball nine times for 85 yards and three touchdowns. Toby Odom ran seven times for 44 yards and also had a touchdown.

Bridger Smith had five solo tackles for the Vikings, and Dennison and Haflinger each had an interception.

The Vikings are a little banged up, but take on Noxon on Friday for their senior night.

CHARLO-  14  28  16  6  –  64

DARBY-  6  0  0  0  –  6

C - Jared Doty 45 run (run failed)

C - Trent Dennison 14 run (Fryberger pass from Michael Delaney)

D - Justin Horvath 44 pass from Kye McCollaum (pass failed)

C - Doty 61 pass from Delaney (pass failed)

C - Zane Haflinger 13 pass from Delaney (pass failed)

C - Doty 22 run (Dennison run)

C - Dennison 9 run (Haflinger pass from Dennison)

C - Dennison 2 run (Stipe pass from Dennison)

C - Toby Odom 29 run (Doty run)

C - Fryberger 7 run (pass failed)

Mission 0  

Deer Lodge 44

Mission traveled to Deer Lodge on Friday night. Deer Lodge got started early, and Mission wouldn’t be able to answered. Deer Lodge spread out their scoring between five different players, with two of their scores coming from defensive plays.

MISSION- 0  0  0  0  –  0

DEER LODGE- 15  15  7  7  –  44

D - Cade Benjamin 50 run, (Kody Owens kick)

D - John Bannon 54 run, (kick fail)

D - Colter Sullly recovered blocked punt in end zone

D - Karson Wheat fumble recovery, (Bannon run good)

D - Benjamin 1 run, (Owens kick)

D - Bannon 7 run, (Owens kick)

D - Greydon Nicholson 45 interception return, (Owens kick)

Polson 0 

Whitefish 49

Polson traveled to Whitefish on Friday night to take on a tough 5-1 team. Whitefish got off to a quick starts, scoring 21 in the first and second quarters. Polson struggled offensively, with only 34 yards on the ground and 67 through the air. The Pirates had two interceptions and two fumbles to stunt their offensive drives.

Defensively, Polson was lead by Wyatt Ducharme and Matthew Rensvold, who each had five tackles. Hayden Smith added four. 

Polson is 1-1 in conference play and 2-3 overall. They host Butte Central on Friday.

POLSON-  0  0  0  0  -  0

WHITEFISH-  21  21  7  0  –  49

W — Chris Park 2 run (Haley Nicholson kick)

W — Jed Nagler 40 pass from Luke May (Nicholson kick)

W — May 6 run (Nicholson kick)

W — Tyler Cote 22 run (Nicholson kick)

W — Park 41 pass from May (Nicholson kick)

W — Nagler 39 pass from May (Nicholson kick)

W — Park 15 run (Nicholson kick)

Ronan 33 

Florence 28

On Friday night, Ronan hosted Florence for their homecoming game. The Falcons, who were previously undefeated, took their first loss to the young Chiefs, who may have come of age that night. Ronan jumped out to a commanding lead at halftime on touchdowns by Aaron Misa and Brendon Blood. Misa caught a nine yard pass from Kasey Mock to get things started, then Blood returned an interception for a 102-yard score. After a Florence score, Misa caught another, this time from Ezekiel Misa.

After halftime, the Falcons made a quick comeback with three unanswered touchdowns. In the fourth quarter Florence took a one point lead and were driving again when Ronan recovered a fumble in the end zone to get their momentum back. That recovery didn’t lead to points, but the Chiefs did score again, on a pass from Mock to Zeke Misa, to go up 33-28. With two minutes left, the Falcons were driving again, but the defense for Ronan came through again, first on a tackle for loss by Aaron Misa, then an interception by Zeke Misa to seal the deal for the Chiefs.

The Chiefs, who were sporting their version of a throwback uniform, won their first conference game. Along with some important defensive plays, Ronan’s offensive line was able to contain the Falcons, who have caused problems with their blitz attack.

Mock was 18-29 with 217 yards through the air, including three touchdowns. Aaron Misa had nine catches for 102 yards and two touchdowns. Zeke Misa had five catches for 88 yards and two touchdowns. Zeke Misa also had two interceptions, and Blood had one.

Ronan takes on Loyola for their senior night on Friday.

FLORENCE-  0  6  15  7  –  28

RONAN-         7  12  8  6  –  33

R - Aaron Misa 9 pass from Kasey Mock (Ezekiel Misa kick)

R - Brendon Blood 102 interception return (kick failed)

F - Bo Zeiler 11 pass from Braxton McCullogh (pass failed)

R - A. Misa 13 pass from E. Misa (kick failed)

R - E. Misa 30 pass from Mock (Mock run)

F - Marcus Zeiler 2 pass from McCullogh (Gabe Bennett kick)

F - M. Zeiler 8 pass from McCullogh (Shea Miller pass from McCullogh)

F - Miller 2 pass from McCullogh (Bennett kick)

R - E. Misa 3 pass from Mock (pass failed)