BIGFORK — Troy superstar Sean Opland entered Friday’s game at Bigfork with a chance to make the state playoffs for the first time in his career.

He left it awkwardly reaching across his body with his left hand in the post-game handshake line, nursing a right wrist injury and the 49-7 pounding put on the Trojans by Bigfork.

The Vikings (5-3 overall, 3-1 District 7B) led from start to finish and dominated every facet of the game in denying Troy (2-6, 2-2) its first district title in 24 years.

“I thought my team played a great football game for four quarters,” Bigfork coach Todd Emslie said. “Troy, coming in here, they were riding a big win and they have a great player (Opland) on that football team, but my team came together and played tough.

“It feels great.”

Despite the offense piling up 49 points, it was the Bigfork defense that carried the day. The Vikings did not allow a Troy first down until the penultimate play of first half and limited a Troy offense that came in averaging more than 300 yards per game on the ground to just 25 rushing yards.

Troy would find one spark, however, and it came on the final play of the first quarter. Opland — the Trojans quarterback — lined up at wide receiver, reeled in a perfectly thrown pass from Tucker Winn and raced 72 yards for a touchdown to bring Troy back within 13-7.

On the ensuing Bigfork drive, Opland dove late at Vikings tight end Logan Taylor as he raced for a touchdown and went immediate to the medical staff. He did not play on the next offensive series and never took another snap at quarterback, spending most of the remainder of the evening as a decoy.

Opland ran the ball just seven times for a net total of one yard, and completed one pass for zero yards. Entering the game, the Montana State commit had run for more than 200 yards per game.

Still, even before the injury the Bigfork defense held the Trojans star in check.

“The kids rallied (to Opland),” Emslie said. “We weren’t going to let one kid beat us.”

The Taylor touchdown opened the floodgates for the Vikings, who led 27-7 at halftime. Bigfork used a pair of huge fakes in the kicking game and myriad offensive alignments in the first half to outfox the Troy defense.

On its first scoring drive, Bigfork had four different players take snaps at quarterback, converted on a fake punt and scored a touchdown when its top wide receiver (Adam Jordt) threw a pass to its quarterback (Jonathan Landon).

Jordt, also the Vikings’ holder, threw another touchdown pass on a fake field goal and would end up on the receiving end of a Landon scoring strike in the third quarter.

One of 12 Bigfork seniors honored before the game, Jordt finished with eight catches for 131 yards to go along with his two touchdown throws. Landon went 16-for-29 through the air for 219 yards and accounted for five touchdowns — two rushing, two passing and the early reception.

The Vikings outgained Troy 466-131 and piled up 225 yards on the ground. Matthew Farrier ran 22 times for 129 yards.

“Our offensive line, Russell Goeden, our center, Austin Pacheco, our tackle, had a fantastic game,” Emslie said.

Bigfork will share the district title with Thompson Falls and enter the playoffs as the second seed out of District 7B because of the Blue Hawks win over the Vikings earlier this year. Bigfork will play at Big Timber (6-3) on Oct. 31.

Troy 7 0 0 0 — 7

Bigfork 13 14 15 7 — 49

First quarter

BIG — Jonathan Landon 5 pass from Adam Jordt (Hugo Schyberg kick), 6:37

BIG — Landon 14 run (kick failed), 3:13

TRY — Sean Opland 72 pass from Tucker Winn (Austin Pattie kick), 0:00

Second quarter

BIG — Logan Taylor 48 pass from Landon (Schyberg kick), 10:08

BIG — Taylor 16 pass from Jordt (Schyberg kick), 0:25

Third quarter

BIG — Safety (intentional grounding in end zone), 8:27

BIG — Landon 11 run (Schyberg kick), 7:08

BIG — Jordt 48 pass from Landon (kick failed), 3:43

Fourth quarter

BIG — Gabriel Broughton 1 run (Schyberg kick), 3:18