Dalen, special teams power Whitefish past Havre

HAVRE — Luke Dalen was special for Whitefish Friday, and so were the Bulldogs’ special teams. 

Dalen ran for two touchdowns, threw for two more and the Bulldogs took three kickoffs back for scores in a 50-20 win over non-conference football foe Havre Friday. 

The host Blue Ponies drew first blood with an 11-yard touchdown run at 4:29 of the first quarter, but Vlad Shestak took the ensuing kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown for the Bulldogs. 

From there it was almost all Whitefish: The Bulldogs got a safety in the second quarter, and Brody Forthofer took the free kick 60 yards to paydirt. That made it 23-7. 

In the third quarter Dalen found Forthofer with a touchdown pass, then tore off a 75-yard scoring run as the gap grew to 36-

The fourth quarter featured a return TD by each team: Landon Kinsella for Havre, and Forthofer took a kickoff back 84 yards for the game’s final TD with under a minute left. 

Dalen had a huge game: 13 carries for 155 yards; 9 of 17 passing for 157 yards with one interception. Sam Rainford was his top target, with six catches for 129 yards; he also rushed for 33 yards. 

Whitefish    7    16    13    14    -    50 

Havre    7    0    0    13    -    20

H — No. 13 11 run (Breden Dibblee kick) 

W — Vlad Shestak 83 kickoff return (Owen Aldridge kick) 

W — Luke Dalen 12 yd run (Aldridge kick) 

W — Safety 

W — Brody Forthofer 60 yd kickoff return (Aldrick kick) 

W — Forthofer 32 pass from Dalen (kick failed) 

W — Dalen 75 yd run (Aldridge kick) 

W — Shestak 3 pass from Dalen (Aldridge kick) 

H — Landon Kinsella 80 kickoff return (kick failed) 

H — Koltin Peltier 1 yd run (Dibblee kick) 

W — Forthofer 84 kickoff return (Aldridge kick)