On Friday in Charlo, the Vikings were celebrating their homecoming, and hoping to pull out a win against their rivals, the Arlee Warriors. Things didn’t start out great for the Vikings, as senior quarterback and all around athlete Michael Delaney was suffering from an ankle injury, and wouldn’t see any playing time.

After exchanging fumbles, Arlee struck first on a Pat Big Sam throw from nine yards out to one of his favorite targets, Tyler Tanner. Three minutes later, Isaac Desjarlais ran one in from five yards, and Big Sam threw to George Shick for the two point conversion to make the score 14-0 at the end of the first quarter.

Charlo finally answered on a nine-yard run from Jared Doty in the second quarter. After that, Charlo started to gain some momentum, and the hometown crowd really had something to cheer about when Jade Smith ran for 27 yards to score, then added a two point conversion to even up the score at halftime.

Even without Delaney, Charlo held their own in the first half. However, that wasn’t the case in the second. In the third, Brad Brazill scored the only points of the quarter by either team when he tackled Jade Smith in the end zone for a safety.

In the fourth, it was all Arlee. Pat Big Sam showed why he was an All-State player last year by throwing for two touchdowns and running for another to seal the deal for the Warriors. He threaded his first into Tanner between two defenders from nine yards out, then sent one to Desjarlais for a 46-yard score. With five and a half minutes left, he ran the third in from four yards out.

Charlo finally found and answer with three and a half minutes left on a 39-yard run from Toby Odom, but it was a little to late, and Arlee came out on top, 46-20.

Big Sam was 11-20 passing with 215 yards and four touchdowns. Charlo’s Trent Dennison was 5-12 with 60 yards, and threw two interceptions. Arlee had 246 passing yards compared to Charlo’s 60. On the ground, Charlo outdid Arlee with 297 yards compared to 141. Jade Smith had 119 yards on the ground for Charlo, and Big Sam had 62 to lead Arlee. Tyler Tanner had eight catches for 171 yards and three touchdowns for the Warriors, and Desjarlais added 54 yards on three catches and a touchdown.

Both teams had trouble holding on to the ball, as they each had three lost fumbles.

Jared Doty led the defense for the Vikings with six solo tackles. Kane Shenyer had seven tackles with three solos, and Jade Smith had 11 assists.

This week, Arlee, who is now 3-0, heads to Seeley, while Charlo, who falls to 3-1, heads to Plains.

ARLEE- 14 8 2 22 - 46

CHARLO- 0 14 0 6 - 20

AR- #15 PATRICK BIG SAM pass complete to #8 TYLER TANNER for 9 yards. (Two point conversion pass by #15 PATRICK BIG SAM no good)

AR- #16 ISAAC DESJARLAIS runs for 5 yards. (Two point conversion pass by #15 PATRICK BIG SAM to #34 GEORGE SHICK good)

CH- #32 Jared Doty runs for 9 yards. (Two point conversion pass by #48 Jade Smith to #12 Brady Fryberger no good)

CH- #48 Jade Smith runs for 27 yards. (Two point conversion run by #48 Jade Smith good)

AR- #15 PATRICK BIG SAM pass complete to #8 TYLER TANNER for 14 yards. (Two point conversion pass by #15 PATRICK BIG SAM to #34 GEORGE SHICK good)

CH- #48 Jade Smith runs for -5 yards. Safety. #87 BRADLEY BRAZILL on the tackle.

AR- #15 PATRICK BIG SAM pass complete to #8 TYLER TANNER for 9 yards. (Two point conversion run by #16 ISAAC DESJARLAIS no good)

AR- #15 PATRICK BIG SAM pass complete to #16 ISAAC DESJARLAIS for 46 yards. (Two point conversion pass by #15 PATRICK BIG SAM to #32 HARLOLD YOCUM good)

AR- #15 PATRICK BIG SAM runs for 4 yards. (Two point conversion run by #5 RYAN CRAWFORD good)

CH- #33 Toby Odom runs for 39 yards. (Two point conversion run by #12 Brady Fryberger no good)

Thompson Falls 28 Ronan 14

Ronan hosted Thompson Falls on Friday night, sporting their bright orange and black jerseys. Thompson Falls would strike first on a 19-yard pass, then Ronan answered on a four-yard run from Brendon Blood. Kasey Mock added a two-point conversion to put the Chiefs up 8-7 after one. Thompson Falls took control in the second, scoring from eight yards out and then on a one-yard run. Ronan was unable to answer, and the score at halftime was 21-8. In the fourth Van Elswyk scored on a 25-yard fumble return, then Ronan scored on a pass from Mock to Blood.

Kasey Mock was 10-25 on passing attempts with 164 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. The Chiefs ran the ball 39 times for 96 yards compared to Thompson Falls, who rushed 33 times for 169 yards.

The young Chiefs seem to still be figuring things out, and fortunately for them, their conference play doesn’t start until this week, when they travel to Anaconda.

RONAN - 8 0 0 6 - 14

THOMPSON FALLS – 7 14 0 7 - 28

TF - Trais Hoisington 19 pass from Kade Van Elswyk (Joe Lundberg kick)

R - Brendon Blood 4 run (Kasey Mock run)

TF - Makenzie Holt 8 run (Lundberg kick)

TF - Van Elswyk 1 run (Lundberg kick)

TF - Van Elswyk 25 fumble return (Lundberg kick)

R - Brendon Blood pass from Mock (pass failed)

Bigfork 47 

Mission 14

St. Ignatius traveled up the road to Bigfork on Friday night in a non-conference matchup. Mission stuck with them through the first quarter, allowing only one score. Mission answered in the second, but Bigfork got hot on offense, scoring three times. The Bulldogs had six turnovers.

Gus Bosley had 130 yards on 27 carries with a TD.  Nick Durglo passed for 133 yards and a TD and he also rushed for 49 yards on four attempts. The Bulldogs have a bye this week.

ST. IGNATIUS - 0 6 0 8 – 14

BIGFORK- 7 21 12 7 – 47

BF - Matthew Farrier 32 fumble return (Hugo Schyberg kick)

BF - Farrier 6 run (Logan Taylor pass from Jonathan Landon)

SI- Andrew Esslinger 49 yard pass from Durglo  (kick failed)

BF - Taylor 22 pass from Landon (kick blocked)

BF - Landon 5 run ( Schyberg kick)

BF - Landon 7 run (kick failed)

BF - Landon 1 run (kick failed)

BF - Farrier 12 run (Schyberg kick)

SI- Gus Bosley 6 yard run (Kaleb Durglo run)

Dillon 43 

Polson 7

Polson finally played their first home game on Friday night, although the home crowd didn’t have a lot to cheer for, as Dillon scored 24 unanswered point in the just the first quarter. Dillon spread out the scoring, with seven different players scoring points. After the first quarter, Polson buckled down a little on defense, allowing only one touchdown in each of the next three quarters. In the second, Hudson Smith stretched out for an impressive 43-yard catch and had the Pirates in the red zone. However, the offense was unable to capitalize, and a field goal attempt went just wide. Dillon had two interceptions that led to 10 points. The Polson defense had a few different chances for interceptions, but was unable to haul them in.

Polson’s Matthew Rensvold finally got some points on the board in the fourth quarter when he ran one in from three yards out. Jacob Harrod added the point after.

The leading rusher for the Pirates was Tanner Wilson, who piled up 104 yards on the ground. Rensvold rushed for 85 yards. Defensively, Rensvold led with six tackles, and Cameron Brown and Kyle Druyvestein each had five tackles.

DILLON- 24 7 6 6 – 43

POLSON- 0 0 0 7 – 7

D - RJ Fitzgerald 3 run (kick failed)

D - Troy Anderson 5 run (Tory Walker run)

D - Gabe Hupp 14 pass from Anderson (Payton LaFrentz kick)

D - FG LaFrentz 28

D - Isaak Koslosky 4 run (LaFrentz kick)

D - Walker 3 run (kick blocked)

D - Koby King 45 run (kick failed)

P - Matthew Rensvold 3 run (Harrod kick)