Football roundup: Whitefish, Bigfork, Eureka win big

LIBBY — Luke Dalen ran for four touchdowns, all while Whitefish built a 27-0 halftime lead, and threw for two more as the Bulldogs claimed 49-21 win over Libby in Northwest A football Friday.

Dalen ran 12 times for 95 yards, and had scoring runs of 2, 7, 22 and 3 yards. Through the air he was 14 of 21 passing for 189 yards. Aaron Anderson caught both of Dalen’s scoring passes. 

Cole Moses ran 21 times for 105 yards for the Bulldogs (5-2, 3-1 in the Northwest A), who outgained the Loggers (4-3, 2-2 in league) 445-270.  

Libby’s Tristan Andersen threw two long touchdown passes to Boe Miles and tore of a 53-yard scoring run. 

Whitefish    14    13    14    7    -    48 

Libby    0    0    7    14    -    21 

W — Luke Dalen 2 run (Aaron Anderson kick) 

W — Dalen 7 run (Anderson kick) 

W — Dalen 22 run (kick failed) 

W — Dalen 3 run (Anderson kick) 

L — Boe Miles 34 pass from Tristan Andersen (Isaac Lamere kick) 

W — Harmon 14 run (Anderson kick) 

W — Anderson 4 pass from Dalen (Anderson kick) 

W — Anderson 16 pass from Dalen (Anderson kick) 

L — Andersen 53 run (pass failed) 

L — Miles 74 pass from Andersen (Andersen run) 

Bigfork 56, Ronan 0 

BIGFORK — Tamret Savik hauled in three touchdown passes from Cole Schmit in a 27-point first quarter for Bigfork Friday.  

Savik’s TDs covered 9, 20 and 10 yards. The Vikings (5-2 overall, 3-1 in the Northwest A) also saw Treker Hickey score on a 6-yard run in the first quarter. 

Before the half ended, Alex Ochs came on at quarterback and ran for one score and threw 22 yards to Oliver Buzzell for another. The latter started the running clock because the margin grew beyond 35 points.  

Sophomore Wyatt Hickey and freshman Lex Bessette added touchdown runs in the second half. 

The Chiefs fell to 0-7, 0-4 in league. 

Bigfork plays host to Whitefish next Friday in a game that will likely decide the league's second and third seeds into the playoffs.

Ronan    0    0    0    0    -    0 

Bigfork    27    15    14    0    -    56 

B — Tamret Savik 9 pass from Cole Schmit (Quinn Kerr kick), 9:03-1Q 

B — Treker Hickey 6 run (Kerr kick), 6:22-1Q 

B — T. Savik 20 pass from Schmit (Kerr kick), 2:49-1Q 

B — T. Savik 10 pass from Schmit (kick failed), :51-1Q 

B — Alex Ochs 4 run (Tayden West run), 11:03-2Q 

B — Oliver Buzzell 22 pass from Ochs (Kerr kick), 4:45-2Q 

B — Wyatt Hickey 15 run (Kerr kick), 10:09-3Q 

B — Lex Bessette 17 run (Kerr kick), 4:44-3Q 

Eureka 42, Cut Bank 6 

CUT BANK — Rogan Lytle threw three touchdown passes and added a 44-yard scoring run, and Josh Lambertsen added two TDs in Eureka’s convincing non-conference win. 

Lytle was 13 of 18 passing for 201 yards for the Western B Lions (5-2), with one interception. His TD passes went to Timothy Schmidt, Tyce Van Orden and Emmet McKim and he added 73 rushing yards on five carries. On defense he had seven stops. 

Lambertsen picked up114 yards on just nine carries, with touchdowns covering 8 and 46 yards. He also caught four passes for 35 yards. 

Van Orden took some snaps at quarterback, going 3 of 7 passing for 14 yards; he had three receptions for 62 yards and recovered a fumble on defense. McKim caught four passes for 35 yards and had a team-high nine tackles. 

The Northern B Wolves (3-5) got a late TD pass from Brett Burdeau but were outgained 449-83. 

Eureka    13    19    7    3    -    42 

Cut Bank    0    0    0    6     -    6 

E — Josh Lambertsen 8 run (run failed) 

E — Timothy Schmidt 23 pass from Rogan Lytle (Grant Brown kick) 

E — Lambertsen 46 run (kick failed) 

E — Tyce Van Orden 28 pass from Lytle (Brown kick) 

E — Lytle 44 run (run failed) 

E — Emmet McKim 25 pass from Lytle (Brown kick) 

E — Brown 22 FG 

CB — Colter Johnson 19 pass from Brett Burdeau (pass failed)