Presley carves up Bengals in Wolfpack win
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HELENA — Jackson Presley passed for three touchdowns and ran for another score, and Glacier racked up another impressive Western AA football victory Friday, 35-0 over Helena High at Vigilante Stadium.
Presley completed 16 of 25 passes for 264 yards, including scoring strikes of 17 yards to Austin Gragg, 6 yards to Ethan Kastelitz and 27 yards to Hunter Daniels. The last TD put the Wolfpack (7-0, 5-0 in the Western AA) up 35-0 with 2:17 left in the third quarter.
“Anytime you win at Vigilante it’s a huge thing,” said Wolfpack coach Grady Bennett, whose club lost to Helena Capital in last year’s AA title game on the same field. “You leave that field a lot of times with your head down.
“I thought Jackson Presley had an amazing night.”
The senior quarterback wasn’t alone. Asher Knopik ran 14 times for 109 yards for Glacier. His 2-yard touchdown run at 8:39 of the first quarter would turn out to be all the points the Pack needed.
Presley added a 5-yard TD run late in the second quarter that put Glacier up 28-0.
Dylan Banzet led the Wolfpack with 63 receiving yards on three catches. Glacier outgained the Bengals (4-3, 3-2 in league) 453-201.
Jack Robinson had seven tackles and an interception to lead the Wolfpack defense. Kruz Robinson also picked off a pass.
Glacier 14 14 7 0 - 35
Helena 0 0 0 0 - 0
G — Asher Knopik 2 run (Kyle Smith kick), 8:39-1Q
G — Austin Gragg 17 pass from Jackson Presley (Smith kick), 2:03-1Q
G — Ethan Kastelitz 6 pass from Presley (Smith kick), 7:34-2Q
G — Presley 5 run (Smith kick), 2:39-2Q
G — Hunter Daniels 27 pass from Presley (Smith kick), 2:17-3Q
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Glacier (30-189) — Knopik 14-109, Trey Ramey 4-46, Presley 8-31, Weston Robinson 1-8. Helena (21-112) — Peyton Lorenz 15-99, Riley Schule 2-8, Drew Esponda 3-0, Eli Imperato 1-minus 5.
PASSING: Glacier — Presley 16-25-0 for 264 yards. Helena — CJ Danford 12-27-2 for 89 yards.
RECEIVING: Glacier — Dylan Banzet 3-63, Cooper Pelc 4-57, Daniels 2-56, Robinson 4-51, Gragg 2-24, Ramey 1-9, Knopik 1-8, Kastelitz 1-6. Helena — Gracen Silvonen 3-38, Schulte 2-20. Eli Nehring 2-13, Seth Kisr 1-8, Lorenz 2-7, Hudson Bell 1-3.