Sports roundup: Wenz clocks All-State honors at state meet

Bigfork High School's Toren Wenz placed 14th in the girls All-State Cross Country meet in Billings at Amend Park on Saturday, Oct. 24. 

Wenz clocked a 19:16.1, scorching the course at a 6:13 mile pace. The placement earned the sophomore All State honors. 

Wenz previously earned All Conference honors at the Western A Divisional Cross Country meet in Bigfork at Wrangler Springs on Oct. 16. with a ninth-place finish.

Also competing at the state meet for Bigfork, Hadley Nollan finished in 62nd place with a 21:14, followed by Haleigh May in 103rd place at 22:40.

Running as a pack, Caton Fought placed 131st, Maggie Russell 134th and Colbie Sullivan 136th. Naomi Elwell was 143rd to round out the girls team scoring.

The boys were led by Otto Schurke, placing 41st overall with a strong 17:43. Quin Creamer clocked a 19:02 for 94th overall, followed by Huckleberry Fasbender in 119th at 19:52.

Also competing for the Vikings at state were Cooper Meyer, Josh Gustavson, Keagan Franklin and Samuel Eslick.

Volleyball adds another win

Bigfork volleyball continued its winning ways last week with a 3-0 road victory over Browning.

The win pushed the Valkyries to 20-8 overall heading into a battle with Columbia Falls on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Raegan Waller notched nine of the team's 24 kills to lead Bigfork. Somer Campos added 6 kills. The Valkyries served up an impressive 29 aces in the match, with 15 coming from junior Peyton Despain.

Little defense was required with just three blocks on the score sheet.

Vikings fall to Dogs on the road

Luke Dalen threw for one 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.

Bigfork's lone touchdown came late in the first half as Alex Ochs hit Cooper Porrovecchio for a 70-yard pitch-and-catch. Ochs completed 14 of 32 passes for 236 yards for the Vikings.

Bigfork ended the season 2-6 overall and 2-3 in the Northwest A.

The Bulldogs take an 8-1 record, 4-1 in the Northwest A, into a home playoff game next Friday against Dillon. 

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)