Smith piled up 183 yards rushing on 20 carries and scored three touchdowns in a 28-7 win over No. 2-ranked Frenchtown in Southwestern A action. It was the first loss of the season for the Broncs (2-1 conference, 5-1 overall).
“They took it to us and really wanted it more,” Frenchtown coach Steve Pinsoneault said. “They ran power outside and we had no containment whatsoever.
Smith scored on 65- and 26-yard scampers in the second period and Corvallis held a 14-0 halftime lead. The senior running back struck again in the third period on a 3-yard burst and Frenchtown never recovered.
In addition to Smith, Pinsoneault credited Stevensville transfer Drew Zeiler with a strong game at quarterback for Corvallis. The Broncs were led by Cody Kirk with 117 yards rushing on 20 attempts.
At 3-0 in league and 6-1 overall, Corvallis took over sole possession of first place with home games against Hamilton and Dillon left on the schedule.
Corvallis 0 14 7 7 - 28
Frenchtown 0 0 7 0 - 7
C - Matt Smith 65 run (kick good)
C - Smith 26 run (kick good)
C - Smith 3 run (kick good)
F - Daniel Aichlmayr 3 run (Ben Metz kick)
C - Jordan Waldo 5 run (kick good)
Elsewhere:
Class AA
Helena High 35, Kalispell Glacier 20
At Kalispell, Tyler Ishak rushed 23 times for 220 yards and two touchdowns in third-ranked Helena's Class AA win over Kalispell Glacier.
Ishak scored on runs of 4 and 80 yards as Helena improved to 6-1 both in league and overall.
Helena rushed for 359 yards. Matt Upham added 74 yards on 12 carries.
Shay Smithwick-Hann was 21-for-46 through the air for 218 yards and two TDs for Glacier. He hooked up with Taylor Graham on a 25-yard score and George Werk on a 28-yard strike.
Kalispell Glacier fell to 2-5, 2-5.
Helena High 7 14 14 0 - 35
Glacier 7 7 0 7 - 20
First quarter
H - Tyler Ishak 4 run (Matt Kloker kick), 9:55
G - Taylor Graham 25 pass from Shay Smithwick-Hann (kick failed), 6:39
Second quarter
H - Matt Taylor 22 pass from Matt Upham (Kloker kick), 10:17
G - George Werk 28 pass from Smithick-Hann (Graham kick), 6:08
H - Sean Donahue 71 punt return (Kloker kick)
Third quarter
H - Ishak 80 run (Kloker kick), 11:39
H - Nick Trapp 5 run (Kloker kick), 7:14
Fourth quarter
G - Taylor Hart 5 run (Graham kick), 11:55
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing - Helena, Matt Upham 12-74, Tyler Ishak 23-220, Nick Trapp 15-62. Glacier, Taylor Hart 16-66, Taylor Graham 2-18, Smithwick-Hann 4-4.
Passing - Helena, Upham 4-15-1-60; Glacier, Smithwick-Hann 21-46-0-218.
Receiving - Helena, Trapp 2-19, Matt Taylor 1-22, Adam Johnson 1-19. Glacier, Tyler Lincoln 7-67, George Werk 5-51, Taylor Graham 4-65, Matt Cope 2-12.
Class A
Polson 20, Columbia Falls 10
At Polson, the Pirates forged a two-way tie for the Northwestern A lead with the win over the Wildcats.
With Whitefish's win over Libby, both the Pirates and the Bulldogs stand at 3-0 in league. That tie will be broken next Friday when Whitefish visits Polson (5-2 overall).
The Wildcats struck first on an 87-yard TD romp by Stephen Baumgartner. The Pirates knotted the game at 7-7 on a 30-yard interception return by Ryan Kelley.
Polson, which overcame four first-half turnovers, took the lead for good on a 2-yard run by Craig Bagnell in the second quarter. Kelley added a 7-yard TD reception from Bagnell to salt the game away in the fourth quarter.
Tim Rausch rushed 18 times for 119 yards for the Pirates. Bagnell was 7-for-16 for 81 yards with one interception. Kelley had five catches for 41 yards.
Baumgartner led Columbia Falls with 12 rushes for 129 yards. QB Mitchell Wassam was 1-for-12 for 7 yards.
Columbia Falls fell to 2-1, 3-3.
Col. Falls 7 3 0 0 - 10
Polson 7 6 0 7 - 20
CF - Stephen Baumgartner 87 run (Nolan Mackey kick)
P - Ryan Kelley 30 interception return (Craig Bagnell kick)
P - Bagnell 2 run (kick failed)
CF - FG Mackey 22
P - Kelley 7 pass from Bagnell (Bagnell kick)
Dillon 37, Stevensville 0
At Stevensville, the No. 5 ranked Dillon Beavers blanked a young Yellowjackets team in a Southwestern A tilt.
Bryce Carver rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 163 yards and two touchdowns for Dillon.
The defending conference offensive MVP also added a field goal in the second quarter and was 2-of-3 on extra point kicks.
The Beavers (2-1, 4-2) limited Stevensville to six first downs and totaled eight sacks in the game.
Sam Park led the Yellowjackets (0-3, 2-5) with four receptions for 56 yards.
Dillon 12 11 14 0 - 37
Stevensville 0 0 0 0 - 0
D - Bryce Carver 2 run (kick failed)
D - Evan Helle 20 pass from Carver (run failed)
D - Carver 30 field goal
D - Carver 1 run (Travis Rehm pass from Carver)
D - Garret Bannin 24 pass from Carver (Carver kick)
D - Helle 23 run (Carver kick)
Hamilton 55, Anaconda 22
At Anaconda, the Broncs used a big first half to run away from the Copperheads in Southwestern A action.
Hamilton scored 40 points in the first half to hold a 40-14 advantage at the break.
Erin Brangoccio rushed for 250 yards on 24 carries for four touchdowns to lead the Broncs.
Brady Anderson added 163 yards on 20 carries with four scores as well for Hamilton (2-1, 4-2).
Anaconda's Brant Huber led the winless Copperheads (0-3, 0-7) with one touchdown and 18 carries for 48 yards. Mike Lucier added a late score on a 76-yard fumble recovery for Anaconda.
Hamilton 14 26 15 0 - 55
Anaconda 0 14 0 8 - 22
H - Erin Brangoccio 5 run (Tyrel Exner kick)
H - Brady Anderson 1 run (Exner kick)
H - Brangoccio 4 run (kick failed)
A - Brant Huber 10 run (Marcus Fischer kick)
H - Anderson 1 run (Brangoccio run)
A - Fischer 87 kick return (Fischer kick)
H - Anderson 40 run (kick failed)
H - Anderson 6 pass from Eddie Anzo (run failed)
H - Brangoccio 30 run (Brangoccio run)
H - Brangoccio 1 run (Exner kick)
A - Mike Lucier 76 fumble recovery (Fischer pass from King)
Ronan 50, Bigfork 0
At Bigfork, the Chiefs rolled to the Northwestern A victory.
With the victory, Ronan improved to 1-2, 3-3, while the Vikings fell to 0-3, 0-6.
No other information was available.
Whitefish 7, Libby 6
At Whitefish, a missed extra point proved to be the difference as the Loggers fell short in their Northwestern A upset bid.
The Bulldogs (3-0 conference, 4-3 overall) struck first on a 3-yard run by Derek Crittenden in the second period. Alex Elespuru then added the all-important extra point.
Libby's T.J. Benson answered with a 23-yard touchdown pass from Kelly May. But the Loggers (0-3, 2-5) missed their PAT kick.
Daniel Simmons amassed 107 yards rushing on 19 carries for Whitefish.
Libby 0 6 0 0 - 6
Whitefish 0 7 0 0 - 7
W - Derek Crittenden 3 run (Alex Elespuru kick)
L - T.J. Benson 23 pass from Kelly May (kick failed)
Class B
Florence 44, St. Ignatius 28
At Florence, the Falcons picked up a Class B nonconference win against St. Ignatius.
Spencer Burns rushed for three touchdowns and threw for 160 yards and two more scores to lead Florence (4-1).
Josh Ziegler added one score and had 15 carries for 121 yards.
The Falcons overcame a big night from Jordan Rohrich of St. Ignatius, who had three monster kick returns. He took two all the way, including a 95-yard touchdown return in the first quarter and a 88-yard score in the second half. In between the two scores, Rohrich posted a 75-yard return as well. He led the Bulldogs (2-4) with 121 yards on 15 carries.
St. Ignatius 6 6 8 8 - 28
Florence 18 15 13 0 - 44
F - Spencer Burns 1 run (kick failed)
S - Jordan Rohrich 95 kick return (kick failed)
F - Burns 8 run (kick failed)
F - Cody Lund 6 run (run failed)
F - Tyler Lind 63 pass from Burns (Austin McCollum kick)
S - Rohrich 88 kick return (run failed)
F - Burns 17 run (kick failed)
F - Craig Ashworth 20 pass from Burns (McCollum kick)
F - Josh Ziegler 3 run (kick failed)
S - Rohrich 7 run (Rohrich run)
S - Rohrich 8 run (Rohrich run)
Troy 33, Plains-Hot Springs 0
At Troy, Aaron Palmer rushed 13 times for 124 yards and two touchdowns as the Trojans posted the District 7-B win.
Palmer, who scored on runs of 25 and 15 yards, added a 40-yard punt return for a touchdown as Troy improved to 2-0, 3-2.
Jake Alexander scored on a 17-yard TD run in the second quarter and Dalton Powell ran in the final score from 8 yards out. Jesse Day had a pair of interceptions for the Trojans, who held Plains (0-3, 1-5) to minus-10 yards rushing.
Plains 0 0 0 0 - 0
Troy 0 14 12 7 - 33
T - Aaron Palmer 25 run (kick failed)
T - Jake Alexander 17 run (Palmer run)
T - Palmer 40 punt return (kick failed)
T - Palmer 15 run (pass failed)
T - Dalton Powell 8 run (Marco Thomas kick)
Eureka 29, Thompson Falls 6
At Thompson Falls, the ninth-ranked Lions got a big game from Chad Price and won a battle for first place in District 7-B.
Price ran 31 times for 214 yards and three touchdowns as Eureka moved to 3-0 in league play, 4-1 overall. Price ran for scores of 6, 28 and 3 yards. Dalton Williams added a 16-yard TD run.
The Lions gobbled up a total of 352 yards on the ground.
Thompson Falls quarterback Will Dalby was 10-for-20 for 104 yards, including a 26-yard scoring strike to Mike Woods in the fourth quarter. The Bluehawks fell to 1-1, 3-2.
Eureka 6 8 7 8 - 29
T. Falls 0 0 0 6 - 6
E - Chad Price 6 run (kick failed)
E - Dalton Williams 16 run (Williams run)
E - Price 28 run (Price kick)
TF - Mike Woods 26 pass from Will Dalby (kick failed)
E - Price 3 run (Taylor Vaughn run)
Class C
Charlo 48, Philipsburg 0
At Charlo, the Vikings rushing attack proved too much as Charlo posted the Western C shutout.
Chance Firestone ran 10 times for 58 yards and two touchdowns, while Shilo Kerr added 55 yards on five carries as the Vikings (4-2, 4-2) piled up 194 yards on the ground.
Charlo starting quarterback Clay Hoyt was an effective 5-for-6 for 48 yards. He connected with Jamie Peterson on a 6-yard TD pass in the first quarter and threw a 2-yard scoring pass to Chico Stipe in the second quarter.
Stipe added a 21-yard TD run and Caleb Gillingham caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from Stipe late in the first half. The Vikings scored all their points in the first half.
The Prospectors, who fell to 2-3, 2-3, were led by Dayton Poser, who ran 28 times for 87 yards.
Philipsburg 0 0 0 0 - 0
Charlo 28 20 0 0 - 48
C - Chance Firestone 2 run (Kelley Hernandez kick)
C - Firestone 21 run (Hernandez kick)
C - Jamie Peterson 6 pass from Clay Hoyt (Hernandez kick)
C - Chico Stipe 21 run (Hernandez) kick
C - Chris Incashola 5 run (run failed)
C - Stipe 2 pass from Hoyt (Shilo Kerr run)
C - Caleb Gillingham 25 pass from Stipe (run failed)
Noxon 31, Alberton 14
At Alberton, the Red Devils took advantage of six Panther turnovers in earning the Western C victory.
Noxon (2-4 conference and overall) used a strong rushing attack to rack up its points. Speedy sophomore tailback Bryant Eaton rushed for 198 yards on 17 carries and scored three touchdowns.
Alberton senior tailback Jared Brovold piled up a career-high 201 rushing yards on 31 carries with two touchdowns. The Panthers fell to 0-5 in conference, 0-6 overall.
Noxon 0 8 16 7 - 31
Alberton 0 0 8 6 - 14
N - Bryant Eaton 57 run ( Jessy Hays pass from Jason Allen)
N - Allen 2 run (Eaton run)
A - Jared Brovold 2 run (Brovold run)
N - Eaton 77 run (Hays pass from Allen)
N - Eaton 5 run (Sean Roper kick)
A - Brovold 1 run (no attempt)
Twin Bridges 20, Drummond 18
At Drummond, a late rally by the Trojans fell just short as sixth-ranked Twin Bridges posted a big Western C victory.
The Falcons scored to pull ahead 20-12 with 1:26 to go in the fourth quarter before Drummond drove 85 yards, culminating in a Neil Mannix touchdown pass to Parker Bignell that brought the Trojans within two with 29 seconds left. Mannix was sacked attempting a pass on the ensuing two-point conversion attempt.
Pete Anderson rushed for 93 yards, including TD runs of 7 and 25 yards for Twin Bridges (5-1, 5-1), which rolled up 265 yards on the ground on 58 attempts. Jake Schmit's 12-yard touchdown run for the Falcons proved to be the game-winner.
Mannix ran eight times for 68 yards, including a 15-yard scoring dash in the fourth quarter. Mannix added a 12-yard touchdown pass to Levi Coughlin in the second.
Defending state champion Drummond saw its record fall to 3-3 and its hopes of a state playoff berth suffer a blow.
Twin Bridges 7 0 6 7 - 20
Drummond 0 6 0 12 - 18
TB - Pete Anderson 7 run (Jake Schmit kick)
D - Levi Coughlin 12 pass from Neil Mannix (run failed)
TB - Anderson 25 run (kick failed)
D - Mannix 15 run (pass failed)
TB - Schmit 12 run (Schmit kick)
D - Parker Bignell 12 pass from Mannix (pass failed)
Superior 69, Sheridan 16
At Sheridan, if there was any doubt before, there's none now - Superior is for real.
The fifth-ranked Bobcats went on the road and clobbered ninth-ranked Sheridan to take control of the Western C race with two weeks remaining in the regular season. A win next week at Noxon would wrap up the league crown for the Bobcats (6-0 in league and overall).
Travis Stroot tossed four touchdown passes - three to Tyler Stenberg - and ran for anther to lead the Bobcats, who led 49-8 at halftime. Stroot completed 11 of 19 passes for 255 yards.
The Bobcats also scored two defensive touchdowns and Eric Stinebach returned the opening kickoff of the second half 76 yards for a touchdown.
Akkarapong Sribenjakul was 9-for-9 on PAT kicks, thought to be a state record by Superior coach Dan Lucier. He also added a 45-yard fumble return for a touchdown.
Sheridan fell to 4-2, 4-2.
Superior 28 21 14 6 - 69
Sheridan 0 8 0 8 - 16
Sup - Bajin Smith 18 interception return (Akkarapong Sribenjakul kick)
Sup - Drew Walen 1 run (Sribenjakul kick)
Sup - Walen 41 pass from Travis Stroot (Sribenjakul kick)
Sup - Tyler Stenberg 33 pass from Stroot (Sribenjakul kick)
Sup - Stroot 6 run (Sribenjakul kick)
Sher - Mike Buyan 69 kick return (Cassey Crippen run)
Sup - Stenberg 43 pass from Stroot (Sribenjakul kick)
Sup - Stenberg 14 pass from Stroot (Sribenjakul kick)
Sup - Eric Stinebach 76 kick return (Sribenjakul kick)
Sup - Wesley Yarnall player 43 pass from Tanner Coon (Sribenjakul kick)
Sup - Sribenjakul 45 fumble return (kick failed)
Sher - Iiro Liukka 5 run (Nathan Allhands run)
Standings
Through Oct. 10
Class AA
League Overall
W L W L
Helena Capital 6 0 6 0
Helena 6 1 6 1
Great Falls Russell 6 1 6 1
Billings West 6 1 6 1
Great Falls 4 2 4 2
Missoula Big Sky 4 3 4 3
Missoula Sentinel 3 3 3 3
Kalispell Flathead 3 3 3 3
Billings Skyview 3 4 3 4
Bozeman 2 5 2 5
Kalispell Glacier 2 5 2 5
Billings Senior 1 6 1 6
Butte 1 6 1 6
Missoula Hellgate 0 7 0 7
Northwestern A
Polson 3 0 5 2
Whitefish 3 0 4 3
Columbia Falls 2 1 3 3
Ronan 1 2 3 3
Libby 0 3 2 5
Bigfork 0 3 0 6
Southwestern A
Corvallis 3 0 6 1
Frenchtown 2 1 5 1
Dillon 2 1 4 2
Hamilton 2 1 4 2
Stevensville 0 3 2 5
Anaconda 0 3 0 7
District 6-B
Loyola 2 0 6 0
Florence 1 0 4 1
Deer Lodge 1 1 2 3
Darby 0 3 0 6
District 7-B
Eureka 3 0 4 1
Troy 2 0 3 2
Thompson Falls 1 1 3 2
St. Ignatius 0 2 2 4
Plains-Hot Springs 0 3 1 5
Western C
Superior 6 0 6 0
Twin Bridges 5 1 5 1
Sheridan 4 2 4 2
Victor 3 2 3 2
Charlo 3 2 4 2
Drummond 3 3 3 3
Philipsburg 2 3 2 3
Noxon 2 4 2 4
Arlee 1 3 1 4
Lincoln 0 4 0 4
Alberton 0 5 0 6
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