Dalen scores on both sides of ball in Whitefish win

RONAN — Luke Dalen tore off a 38-yard touchdown run, threw a TD pass and returned an interception for another score Friday, leading Whitefish to a 45-6 win over Ronan in Northwest A football. 

Dalen and the Bulldogs (5-0 overall, 1-0 in the Northwest A) led 42-0 at halftime. Dalen hit Vlad Shestak for a 45-yard touchdown to make it 13-0, and his 40-yard pick-6 was Whitefish’s sixth TD.  

Vance Schwaiger ran four times for 65 yards for the Bulldogs, including a 3-yard touchdown. Keenan Curtiss scored a TD on his only carry and Sam Rainford found the end zone as well. 

Dalen was 8 of 9 passing for 134 yards and ran two times for 50 yards. Hank Hoppes had four carries for 42 yards and Owen Aldridge was 6-for-6 on PAT kicks and hit a field goal. 

The Bulldogs outgained Ronan 387-133, holding the Chiefs to 25 yards passing. 

Ethan Day tore off a 55-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter for the Chiefs (1-4, 0-1 in league). 

Whitefish    21    21    0    3    -    45 

Ronan    0    0    0    6    -    6 

W — Luke Dalen 38 run (Owen Aldridge kick) 

W — Vlad Shestak 45 pass from Dalen (Aldridge kick) 

W — Vance Schwaiger 3 run (Aldridge kick) 

W — Sam Rainford 15 run (Aldridge kick) 

W — Keenan Curtiss 1 run (Aldridge kick) 

W — Dalen 40 interception return (Aldridge kick) 

W — Aldridge 22 FG 

R — Ethan Day 55 run (kick failed) 

Polson 51, Libby 0 

POLSON — Luke Horner, Kolby DuMont and Ben Aldridge scored two touchdowns each, with Horner returning the opening kickoff for a score for the victorious Pirates. 

In addition to his 74-yard return, Horner had a 12-yard scoring run that was set up by a Libby fumble — the first of five turnovers by Libby, including an interception by Aldridge. 

Aldridge followed his pick with the first of his two scoring runs, covering 37 yards. 

DuMont also had two long touchdown runs on the way to 150 yards on nine carries. Chase DePoe scored the Pirates’ final TD on a pass from Blaine Jaeger. 

Polson (2-2 overall, 1-1 in the Northwest A) picked up 273 rushing yards and 294 total; Libby (1-3, 0-1) had 100 yards of offense, 74 through the air. 

Libby    0    0    0    0    -    0 

Polson    29    8    7    7    -    51 

P — Luke Horner 74 kickoff return (Ben Aldridge pass from Horner) 

P — Kolby DuMont 37 run (Roman Sawyer kick) 

P — Horner 12 run (Sawyer kick) 

P — Aldridge 17 run (Sawyer kick) 

P — Aldridge 37 run (Horner run) 

P — DuMont 17 run (Sawyer kick) 

P — Chase DePoe 13 pass from Blaine Jaeger (Sawyer kick) 

Anaconda 34, Eureka 8 

EUREKA — Anaconda’s Ryder Anderson threw for 246 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score as the Copperheads pushed past Eureka in Western B play. 

Anderson completed 13 of 25 passes with one interception for Anaconda (2-3 overall, 2-1 in the Western B). Eureka (2-3 overall, 1-1) led 8-0 on Aiden Helgert’s 7-yard touchdown run. 

Helgert, who had the interception, picked up 66 yards on 12 carries.  Lions quarterback Hunter Grieve was 13 of 27 passing for 149 yards and rushed for 44 yards on 11 attempts. Teegan Judd led the defense with eight tackles; Joe Banks had seven stops. 

Anaconda    8    7    13    6    -    34 

Eureka     8    0    0    0    -    8 

E — Aiden Helgert 7 run (Helgert run) 

A — Carson Lacey 14 pass from Ryder Anderson (Anderson run) 

A — Lacey 9 pass from Anderson (Anderson kick) 

A — Owen Pesanti 28 pass from Anderson (kick failed) 

A — Bohdi Keeland 82 pass from Anderson (Anderson kick) 

A — Anderson 38 run (kick failed) 

Montana Scores

Thursday

Absarokee 47, Reed Point-Rapelje 8 

Arlee 44, Plains 28 

Belgrade 28, Billings Senior 27 OT 

Belt 46, Box Elder 6 

Chinook 74, Rocky Boy 0 

Fort Benton 62, Harlem 8 

Joliet 47, Colstrip 6 

Friday

Absarokee 47, Reed Point-Rapelje 8 

Anaconda 34, Eureka 8 

Billings Central 43, Miles City 0 

Billings West 28, Great Falls CMR 7 

Bridger 75, Gardiner 55 

Cascade 56, Centerville 12 

Charlo def. Troy, forfeit 

Chester-JI 48, Burlington, Wyo. 44  

Choteau 52, Simms 16 

Columbia Falls 45, Bigfork 7 

Corvallis 25, Butte Central 20 

Darby 30, St. Regis 18 

East Helena 63, Livingston 0 

Ennis 78, Lame Deer 0 

Fairfield 36, Glasgow 0 

Flint Creek 68, Twin Bridges 13 

Florence 47, Thompson Falls 7 

Forsyth 34, Plentywood 26 

Fort Benton 62, Harlem 8 

Frenchtown 40, Dillon 14 

Gallatin 37, Bozeman 17 

Glacier 70, Missoula Hellgate 0  

Great Falls 28, Billings Skyview 14 

Hamilton 46, Stevensville 0 

Hardin 34, Lockwood 6 

Havre 50, Browning 0 

Helena Capital 34, Helena 27 

Huntley Project 49, Red Lodge 14 

Jordan 61, Terry 18 

Lewistown 28, Laurel 14 

Malta 41, Cut Bank 0 

Manhattan 48, Columbus 13 

Missoula Big Sky 45, Flathead 25 

Missoula Loyola 34, Deer Lodge 14 

Missoula Sentinel 14, Butte 6 

Park City 44, Lone Peak 0 

Polson 51, Libby 0 

Power-Dutton-Brady 45, Highwood 14 

Scobey 64, Ekalaka 8 

Shepherd 45, Roundup 0 

Sheridan 30, Manhattan Christian 18 

Sidney 56, Glendive 34 

Superior 58, Seeley-Swan 14 

Three Forks 60, Townsend 24 

Valier 72, Heart Butte 7 

Whitefish 45, Ronan 6 

Whitehall 18, Big Timber 6 

White Sulphur Springs 39, Shields Valley 30 

Wolf Point 26, Conrad 14 

Saturday 

DGSG 50, Wibaux 13