Carroll College beats So. Oregon 41-40

ASHLAND, Ore. — Kaden Huot threw his fifth touchdown pass, then completed a two-point PAT pass with 56 seconds left to give No. 8 Carroll College a wild 41-40 win over Southern Oregon in Frontier Conference football Saturday.

Huot, who was 18 of 31 passing for 269 yards, hit Carson Ochoa for 14 yards and the touchdown, then found Gavin Vandenacre on the conversion to cap a 42-yard drive that took 43 seconds. 

It was set up by a 50-yard kickoff return from Glacier High product Connor Sullivan; Southern Oregon had just scored on Trevor Jaasko’s 46-yard return of an attempted onside kick by the Saints with 1:48 left in the game. 

Ochoa caught four of Huot’s touchdown passes and had seven catches for 108 yards. His TDs covered 4, 13, 12 and 14 yards, and his 12-yarder put the Saints up 27-13 at halftime. 

It was Vandenacre who caught the other touchdown, a 4-yarder that cut the gap to 34-33 with 1:55 remaining. When Spencer Berger missed the ensuing PAT kick, Carroll tried the onside. 

The Raiders’ Brian Batres then missed the PAT after Jaasko’s TD; that left the Saints (7-1 overall, 4-0 in the West Division) down 40-33. 

Dom Montiel was 32 of 52 passing 308 yards and two TDs for the Raiders (3-6, 2-3). 

Montana Tech 42, Rocky 13 

BILLINGS — Jarrett Wilson threw for 251 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for two scores to lead No. 5 Montana Tech to the easy win. 

Wilson, a sophomore out of Polson, hit Levi Torgerson with a 10-yard scoring pass in the second quarter and Nick Michelotti for 18 yards and a TD in the third. The latter put Tech (9-0 overall, 4-0 in the East Division) up 28-3.  

Torgerson caught nine passes for 143 yards. 

Wykece Johnson rushed 20 times for 86 yards and two touchdowns for the Orediggers, and Nate Milanowski also ran for a score. 

Trent Nobach threw for 211 yards for the Bears, but was just 13 of 33 passing with three interceptions. Daymon Burns, Kellan Beller and Payton Gonser all picked off passes for Tech. 

Eric Lira caught a TD pass for Rocky (3-5, 3-1 in the East). 

Western 56, E. Oregon 14 

DILLON — Michael Palandri ran for three first-quarter touchdowns and added two touchdown passes in the third quarter for No. 20 Montana Western. 

Aidan Lammers added two short scoring runs in the second quarter as the Bulldogs (6-3, 3-0 in the West) built a 35-0 halftime lead. 

Jakob Humphrey also scored twice for Western, on a 14-yard reception and an 18-yard run. 

Palandri was 22 of 30 passing for 352 yards and picked up 66 yards on 11 carries. His other TD pass covered 30 yards to Eli Nurse, who had five catches for 83 yards; Jonathan Kirkle had five receptions for 142 for Western. 

Eastern Oregon (3-5, 2-1) had one offensive touchdown and scored its other TD on a fumble return by Jason Grant. The Mountaineers were outgained 508-225 by the Bulldogs. 

Dickinson St. 37, MSU-Northern 20 

DICKINSON, N.D. — Dickinson State quarterback Jace Friesz threw two third-quarter touchdown passes as the Blue Hawks rallied from a 14-9 deficit and picked up their first win in Eastern Division play. 

MSU-Northern (1-8 overall, 0-4 in the East) pushed ahead with a blocked punt that Terry Crawford recovered for a TD with 3:00 left in the first half.  

Friesz put Dickinson (3-6, 1-4) back in front with a 28-yard pass to Jackson Whicker at 11:11 of the third quarter. Seven minutes later he found Ty Dassinger with his third TD pass, covering 21 yards. Hudsen Grovom’s 3-yard scoring run on the first play of the fourth quarter put the Blue Hawks comfortably ahead, 30-14. 

Friesz was 13 of 19 passing for 223 yards and was picked off once. Ethan Marone passed for 148 yards and one TD for the Lights and also rushed for 45 yards. 

In Saturday’s other Frontier games, College of Idaho beat Arizona Christian 28-7 and Dakota State beat Mayville State 44-14.