No. 2 College of Idaho holds off No. 12 Carroll

CALDWELL, Idaho — Caden Young had quite the day for the Yotes. 

The College of Idaho quarterback had a hand in five touchdowns, completed 14 of 21 passes for 155 yards and exploded for 292 yards on the ground in the Yotes 49-41 win over Carroll in Frontier Conference football on Saturday. 

Saints (7-2, 4-1 in West Division) quarterback Kaden Huot tossed five touchdowns himself, and Ty Wilkinson caught 10 passes for 118 yards and two scores. 

The Yotes (9-0, 5-0 West) outgained Carroll 553-359 and held the Saints to 55 yards rushing. 

Rylie Byington scored the first quarter’s only touchdown on a 4-yard run. He finished with 70 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries. 

Early in the second quarter, Saints' Matthew Golik hauled in a 12-yard pass from Huot to tie the game 7-7. Less than two minutes later, Young responded with a 52-yard run to put the Yotes back on top.  

Michael Darling returned a punt 62 yards for a Saints score early in the third quarter before Tanner Sittser caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Young to push the Yotes lead to 28-14. 

Kaden Huot hit Ethan Triplett for an 18-yard touchdown to cap a seven-play, 90-yard drive and pull the Saints within seven. Carroll recovered a fumble on the ensuing possession but had to punt. Young went 73 yards on the next snap to make it 35-21. 

Huot found Treyton Graham for a 52-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to pull the Saints within 35-28. Young answered with a pass to Sittser from 12 yards out with 10:24 left, their second touchdown connection of the half. 

Ty Wilkinson caught a 29-yard touchdown pass from Huot before Rylie Byington scored his second touchdown on a 4-yard run. Huot went back to Wilkinson for a 22-yard score with 2:06 left.  

Glacier graduate Connor Sullivan caught four passes for 52 yards and returned four kickoffs for 81 yards for Carroll.  

Rocky Mountain 33, Dakota State 30

BILLINGS — Jhett Schwahn threw four touchdown passes to four receivers, and Jayson Cady blocked the game tying field goal in the final seconds to secure the win for the Battlin' Bears. 

Schwahn completed 28 of 42 passes for 315 yards. His 15-yard strike to Tyler Abbott put Rocky Mountain (5-4, 4-1 East) ahead 30-15 early in the fourth quarter.  

Tray Hettick brought the Trojans (6-4, 2-3 East) back with a 38-yard touchdown pass to Thonye Charles and a 10-yarder to Maddox Kihne. A two-point conversion tied it with 9:08 left. Hettick finished with 425 yards and four touchdowns. Kihne caught 11 passes for 125 yards and three scores.  

Jordan Legg put Rocky back in front with a 47-yard field goal with 4:53 left. Dakota State drove to the Rocky 12, where Wayne Queen stopped Hettick on third-and-2 before Cady blocked Malte Hamann's 29-yard attempt. 

No. 5 Montana Tech 59, Dickinson State 16

BUTTE — Polson product Jarrett Wilson threw four touchdown passes before halftime, two of them to Manu Melo as the Orediggers built a 45-3 lead. 

Wilson completed 14 of 19 passes for 252 yards. He found Melo for a 75-yard score in the first quarter, then found Nick Michelotti, Levi Torgerson and Melo again in a 31-point second quarter. Melo finished with 120 yards on three catches. 

Merek Mihelish ran for 101 yards on six carries, including a 53-yard touchdown and threw two more scoring passes after halftime. Tech (9-1, 5-0 East) piled up 621 yards and never punted. 

Flathead graduate Anders Thompson added 45 yards on nine carries. Thompson Falls alum Max Hannum led the Orediggers with seven tackles, including one for loss. 

Montana Western 34, Arizona Christian 23

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Eli Nourse caught 10 passes for 126 yards and added 108 return yards for the Bulldogs.  

Western (4-6, 2-4 West) trailed 20-14 at halftime before Maclain Burckley kicked a 42-yard field goal and Rashard Boone scored on a 29-yard run to put the Bulldogs ahead for good. 

Arizona Christian (0-9, 0-5 West) pulled within a point late in the third quarter on Lukas Hall 28-yard field goal.  

Kaden LaPlaunt found Seth Shook for a 75-yard touchdown on the opening play of the fourth, and Trevin Thorpe added a 34-yard field goal with 7:39 left. LaPlaunt completed 14 of 18 passes for 241 yards and two touchdowns.  

Thompson Falls product Bryson LeCoure tied for the team lead with nine tackles for Western. Mission graduate Canyon Sargent added three tackles, and Whitefish alum Bodie Smith broke up a pass. 

Valley City State 35, MSU-Northern 21

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Brayden Medeiros threw for 194 yards and three touchdowns, finding Nick Mears from 13 yards out in the fourth quarter to lift the Vikings over the Lights. 

Griffin Terry's 21-yard touchdown pass to Juliun Benson cut the Vikings' lead to 21-14 with 11:10 left. Medeiros answered with 4:44 remaining, and Jonathan Hunter added a 47-yard touchdown run less than two minutes later. Hunter finished with 113 yards on nine carries. 

Terry completed 12 of 21 passes for 116 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown to Jeramiah Benson in the final minute. Kori Scott led the Lights with 81 yards on 12 carries, and former Glacier defensive back Easton Kauffman made five solo tackles. 

Eastern Oregon 57, Simpson 47

REDDING, Calif. — Malakai Nutter ran for 188 yards and two touchdowns, including a 4-yarder that sealed it for the Mountaineers with 1:49 left in the fourth quarter. 

Trailing 47-43, Eastern Oregon got a 36-yard run from Nutter to set up Waylon Riedel’s go-ahead touchdown with 3:57 remaining. Justin Douglas then forced and recovered a fumble at the Simpson 16 to set up Nutter’s final score. 

Simpson’s Ya’j Vance threw for 350 yards and five touchdowns and ran for another. Eureka’s Caleb Utter made five tackles for the Red Hawks, and fellow Eureka product Jesse Day carried once for a yard.