Hi-Line Football Roundup: Bears keep rolling; Beeters, Hawks cruise

If there were any doubts about whether the Box Elder Bears are legitimate contenders in Class C Six-Man football, there should not be any more. Not after the Bears destroyed North Division rival Sunburst.

The Bears, who rolled defending Six-Man state champion Geraldine/Highwood earlier this season, made another statement Saturday in Box Elder when they ran away from the Refiners in a 53-6 victory.

The Bears, who sit atop the North Division with a 3-0 record, have a high-flying offense, but against Sunburst, they won with old-school football.

Box Elder dominated on defense holding Sunburst to minus 22 yards rushing and 56 yards total. On offense, the Bears racked up 118 yards on the ground and finished the game with six rushing touchdowns. Jake Jones found the end zone twice on the ground, as did Bodis Duran, while Brandon the Boy and Shane Ketchum also hit pay dirt.

The Boy was equally impressive throwing the football as he finished the game with 157 passing yards and a pair of touchdowns, one to Ketchum and one to Pernell Morsette.

Sunburst grabbed the early lead when Treyton Pickering took a 27-yard punt return back for a score, but after that it was all Box Elder. The Bears scored 53 consecutive points, including 25 in the second quarter, all while holding the Refiners without an offensive touchdown.

The Bears will have another big matchup on tap this Saturday, when they play the North Star Knights (1-1) in an important North Division tilt. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m.

Sunburst 6 0 0 0 – 6

Box Elder 8 25 8 12 – 53

Sun – Treyton Pickering 27 punt return (pass failed)

BE – Jake Jones 2 run (Duran kick)

BE – Jerrod Four Colors 8 pass from Brandon The Boy (kick failed)

BE – Shane Ketchum 36 run (kick failed)

BE – Duran 6 run (Ketchum pass from Duran)

BE – Duran 1 run (kick blocked)

BE – Pernell Morsette 13 pass from The Boy (Duran kick)

BE – Jones 7 run (pass failed)

BE – The Boy 3 run (run failed)

Chester/J-I 64, PDB 22

Another area team that has been turning heads recently is Chester/J-I and with another week came another blowout victory for the Hawks.

Last Friday, the Hawks paid a visit to Power-Dutton-Brady, a perennial playoff contender in the Northern C 8-Man Division, but just like with their previous opponents, the Hawks beat them with relative ease, cruising to a 64-22 win.

Justin May was the driving force behind the C/J-I victory as he rushed for a 188 yards on 24 carries to go along with four rushing touchdowns. May also returned a kickoff for a touchdown and even threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to Cory Richter.

Brandon Richter also added two rushing touchdowns in the win for C/J-I, as well as a passing touchdown. Cory Richter finished the game with two receiving touchdowns.

C/J-I (3-0) will have a bye this week and will return to the field on Sept. 26, when they will travel to Great Falls to take on Great Falls Central.

C/J-I 7 38 19 0 – 0

PDB 14 8 0 0 – 0

PDB – Seth Kitchin 4 run (Kitchin run)

C/J-I – Justin May 12 run (Troy Harmon kick)

PDB-Javy Somerfeld 9 pass from Kitchin (pass failed)

C/J-I – May 1 run (kick blocked)

C/J-I – May 11 run (May pass from Brandon Richter)

PDB – Chase Rossmiller 70 kick return (Kitchin run)

C/J-I – May 1 run (Cory Richter pass from B. Richter)

C/J-I – B. Richter 25 run (May pass from B. Richter)

C/J-I – C. Richter 60 pass from May (B. Richter run)

C/J-I – May 64 kick return (Harmon kick)

C/J-I – B. Richter 1 run (pass failed)

C/J-I – C. Richter 9 pass from B. Richter (run failed)

Chinook 70, Cascade 6

Speaking of impressive teams from the Northern C, the Chinook Sugarbeeters, the league's defending champion, also put together another eye-opening performance with a 70-6 destruction of Cascade last Friday night in Cascade.

Senior quarterback Ian McIntosh led a dynamic Beeter offense to 70 points after throwing for 166 yards and four touchdowns in the rout of the Badgers, a fellow Northern C rival.

Tate Niederegger also finished the game with three touchdown runs, while Derek Bell added two touchdowns. Kenneth Pruttis also had a stellar outing, hauling in two of McIntosh's four touchdown passes.

The Beeters (2-0) will be home this Friday against Simms in another Northern C divisional contest. It is also Chinook's homecoming game.

Cascade 0 0 0 6 – 6

Chinook 34 28 0 8 – 70

CHI-Kenny Pruttis 46 pass from Ian Mcintosh (pass failed)

CHI-Tate Niederegger 6 run (McIntosh run)

CHI-Niederegger 10 run (Derek Bell run)

CHI-Jake Norby 35 pass from Niederegger (pass failed)

CHI-Owen Powell 4 run (run failed)

CHI-Bell 9 pass from McIntosh (Bell run)

CHI-Pruttis 15 pass from McIntosh (Niederegger run)

CHI-Bell 21 run (run failed)

CHI-Niederegger 19 run (run failed)

CAS-Wade Wombold 2 run (pass failed)

CHI-Powell 36 run (J.J. Colby run)

Fort Benton 58, Centerville 8

It has been a long time since the Fort Benton football team has tasted victory, but with its win 58-8 win over Centerville Friday, the Longhorns and their fans finally got to celebrate getting back in the win column.

The Longhorns, who did not play any varsity football a season ago, dominated on their home field, scoring 28 points in the opening quarter to take control of the game. Connor DeBruycker and Landon Taylor both ran for three rushing touchdowns to lead the way for the Fort Benton offense. DeBruycker also had a touchdown pass to Eli Moon in the win.

Fort Benton (1-2) will look to make it back-to-back wins this Friday when it travels to Belt for another Northern C showdown.

Centerville 0 0 0 8 - 8

Fort Benton 28 16 6 8 - 58

FB-Connor DeBruycker 1 run (run failed)

FB-DeBruycker 11 run (DeBruycker run)

FB-Landon Taylor 7 run (La. Taylor run)

FB-La. Taylor 12 run (run failed)

FB-La. Taylor 56 run (Connor Schnabel pass from DeBruycker)

FB-Eli Toon 27 pass from DeBruycker (DeBruycker run)

FB-Jade Miller 53 run (pass failed)

FB-Logan Taylor 44 run (Miller run)

CV-Austin Canoy 12 run (Canoy run)

DGS 57, Big Sandy 6

In other high school action Friday night, the Big Sandy Pioneers played host to Denton-Geyser-Stanford in Six-Man North Division play, unfortunately, for the Pioneers, DGS scored 40 points in the first quarter en route to a 57-6 win.

DGS built a 46-0 lead before Big Sandy was finally able to get on the board when Zach Works hit Lawrence Alderdice for a 10-yard touchdown in the third quarter. Yet, it was the lone bright spot on the day for Big Sandy (1-2), which will play again this Friday night against Augusta.

DGS 40 6 0 11 - 57

BS 0 0 6 0 - 6

DGS: Conner Bokma 57 yard run ( Tyler Lee kick)

DGS: Bokma 5 yard pass from Kade Woodhall (Lee kick)

DGS: Rhet Woodhall 5 yard run (Lee kick)

DGS: Bokma 6 yard run (Lee kick)

DGS: R. Woodhall 28 yard pass from K. Woodhall (Lee kick)

DGS: R. Woodhall 1 yard run (kick failed)

BS: Lawrence Alderdice 10 yard pass from Zach Works (kick failed)

DGS: Cameron Cali 7 yard pass from Kordell Carpenter ( Cali pass from Carpenter)

DGS: Lee 23 yard FG

Roundup 64, Harlem 16

The Harlem Wildcats and new head coach Kelly Mills hosted Roundup last Friday night in 11-man football action, but once again the Wildcats were denied as Roundup defeated them easily by the score of 64-16. Harlem (0-2) will look to get into the win column for the first time this season Friday night when they travel to Cut Bank.

Scobey 64, HLP 24

The Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds were also in search of their first win of the season under head coach Shawn Mount Saturday at home against Scobey. But, it was Scobey that came out on top by a final score of 62-24.

The T-Birds (0-2) remain winless on the season and will be back in action next Saturday when they will travel to Wibaux to battle the defending Class C 8-Man state champions.