The Libby Loggers really needed this one.

After a season-opening, comeback win at Browning, the Loggers endured four straight losses. One defeat, 14-6, was to also-ran Stevensville, a team Libby beat by an average of nearly 28 points in the last three meetings.

Three defeats by a combined 142-6 to Hamilton, Polson and Bigfork may have left some wondering if the Loggers would win again in the 2026 campaign.

In addition, the fact that 11 of Libby’s 24 players are either freshmen or sophomores and the Chiefs had won two of the last three meetings between the teams provided a bleak outlook.

But the Loggers overcame three first-half turnovers and a slew of penalties to win their second game of the year, 28-14.

Quinten Cossins’ monster game, 203 yards on 24 carries with three touchdowns, paced a Libby running game that piled up 351 yards. Senior quarterback James Woody shook off a pick six and ran for 102 yards on 12 carries with a 17-yard TD run. Tristan DeShazer picked up another 59 yards on 10 carries. 

The Loggers defense stepped up, too, allowing just 147 yards and one offensive TD.

Freshman Hudson Hannah intercepted a pass or two? and caught a 27-yard pass.

He also performed well in the return game, bringing back ? punts for ? yards.

Cossins staked the Loggers to a 16-0 lead with a pair of TD runs in the first quarter. The Ronan pick six and conversion cut the lead in half, but Woody’s 17-yard run gave the Loggers a 22-8 halftime lead.

Cossins 5-yard TD late in the third quarter made it 28-8.

The Loggers (2-4) travel to Whitefish tonight before hosting Columbia Falls Oct. 23 for Senior Night. Columbia Falls won a barn burner, 34-31, over the Bulldogs last week.

Ronan (1-6) hosts Bigfork Friday.

Notes: The Loggers win was their second straight over Ronan after losing back-to-back games in 2023 and 2024. Libby blanked the Chiefs 35-0 a year ago… Proceeds from the halftime raffle went to the Cabinet Peaks Medical Center’s Paint it Pink campaign supporting breast cancer treatment… Libby Elementary School students in grades 1-4 played flag football and the high school band entertained the fans at halftime.