Whitefish runs past Bigfork and into playoffs
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WHITEFISH — Luke Dalen threw a touchdown and ran for two more, while Austin Alton returned a blocked field goal for a 65-yard score and Whitefish defeated Bigfork 43-7 Friday evening at Memorial Stadium.
The game was the final regular season matchup at the field for the Bulldogs, who will move into a new football stadium across the street next fall.
Dalen started the scoring with a 4-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, he added a 61-yard scamper in the second.
Alton's return sandwiched Dalen's rushing scores to put Whitefish ahead 13-0.
Dalen found Vlad Shestak for a 4-yard pass later in the second quarter. Shestak added a 9-yard rushing score in the second half.
Bigfork's lone touchdown came late in the first half as Alex Ochs his Cooper Porrovecchio for a 70-yard pitch-and-catch.
Vance Schwaiger capped off the scoring with an 11-yard touchdown run for the Bulldogs. Schwaiger led the Bulldogs with 88 yards on the ground.
Bigfork 0 7 0 0 - 7
Whitefish 13 17 13 0 - 43
W — Luke Dalen 4 run (kick failed)
W — Austin Alton 65 blocked kick return (Owen Aldridge kick)
W — Dalen 61 run (Aldridge kick)
W — Vlad Shestak 4 pass from Dalen (Aldridge kick)
B — Cooper Porrovecchio 70 pass from Alex Ochs (kick good)
W — Aldridge 26 kick
W — Shestak 9 run (Aldridge kick)
W — Vance Schwaiger 11 run (kick failed)