Hi-Line Football Roundup: Bears, Beeters, Hawks cruise again

It was another exciting weekend of football along the Hi-Line and once again it was a weekend where the heavily favored teams from the area dominated.

The Box Elder Bears, who came into the weekend sporting a 4-0 record, made it 5-0 on Saturday in Box Elder with a 72-25 trouncing of the Big Sandy Pioneers. Shane Ketchum scored four touchdowns in the win for the Bears, two of them coming off of kickoff returns. Bodis Duran also had a big day for Box Elder with three rushing touchdowns.

Brandon The Boy also tossed three touchdowns for Box Elder, with two going to Jerrod Four Colors. Four Colors also intercepted a pass and returned it for a score, giving the Bears three non-offensive touchdowns in the victory.

It was a difficult day all around for the Pioneers, who got touchdowns from Laurence Alderdice, Weston Alderdice, Josh Solf and Jordan Schwarzbach.

Big Sandy (2-3) will be at Valier next Saturday.

At 5-0 in the North Division of Six-Man football, the Bears have essentially clinched a playoff berth thanks wins over North Star, Big Sandy, Geraldine/Highwood and Valier, so they should win any tiebreaking scenario that could potentially unfold. Yet, a win over Heart Butte this Saturday would eliminate even the possibility of a tiebreaker down the road and would guarantee the Bears' their long-awaited berth in the Six-Man playoffs.

Big Sandy 6 0 13 6 - 25

Box Elder 20 25 14 13 - 72

BE – Bodis Duran 24 run (kick failed)

BE – Jared Four Colors 13 pass from Brandon The Boy (kick failed)

BE – Shane Ketchum 13 run (Duran kick)

BS – L. Alderdice 78 kick return (kick failed)

BE – Duran 33 run (kick failed)

BE – Four Colors 25 pass from The Boy (Ketchum pass from The Boy)

BE – Jared Four Souls 14 run (pass failed)

BE – Four Colors 62 interception (run failed)

BE – Duran 31 run (Duran kick)

BS – Weston Alderdice 19 run (run failed)

BE – Ketchum 64 kick return (kick failed)

BS – Jordan Schwardbach 22 pass from Dallas Geyer (Josh Solf run)

BE – Ketchum 68 kick return (kick failed)

BE – Ketchum 27 pass from The Boy (Ketchum run)

BS – Solf 38 run (Solf run)

Rivlas 19, North Star 18

Elsewhere in North Division Six-Man football action, the North Star Knights traveled to Geradine/Highwood for a critical matchup and ended up losing the game in heartbreaking fashion.

Trailing 19-12 late in the fourth quarter, North Star running back Gavin Spinler caught a one-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Helmbrecht to pull the Knights within one. Yet, on the ensuing one-point try, Helmbrecht's pass fell incomplete, giving Geraldine/Highwood a 19-18 win.

Spinler finished the game with a pair of touchdowns as he also found pay dirt in the first quarter, while Helmbrecht had two touchdown passes, with the first coming via a pass to Caleb Chvilicek in the second quarter.

The loss dropped North Star to 2-3 overall and in the North Division. The Knights will attempt to rebound this Saturday when they host division rival Augusta at 1 p.m.

North Star 6 6 0 6 - 18

Ger-HW 0 7 6 6 - 19

NS-Gavin Spinler 8 run (kick blocked)

NS-Matthew Helmbrecht 9 pass from Caleb Chvilicek (kick failed)

GH-Chase Hooper 2 run (Louis Aron pass from Devin Leistiko)

GH-Hooper 13 run (kick failed)

GH-Aron 38 run (kick failed)

NS-Spinler 1 pass from Helmbrecht (pass failed)

Chester/J-I 64, Great Falls Central 20

The Chester/J-I Hawks have proven so far this season to be one of the dominant 8-Man football teams in Montana and they proved it again Saturday.

The Hawks made the trip to Great Falls to take on Great Falls Central in Northern C action and improved to 4-0 thanks to a 64-20 drubbing of the Mustangs. The Hawks led 22-12 after the first quarter, then proceeded to score three more times in the second quarter to build a 43-20 halftime lead Great Falls Central couldn't overcome.

Justin May was again sensational for C/J-I with 154 rushing yards and two scores, while quarterback Brandon Richter was equally good with 171 passing yards, three touchdown passes and a pair of rushing touchdowns.

The Hawks (4-0) will be on the road again this Friday when they will visit Cascade.

Chester/J-I 22 21 13 8 - 64

GFC 12 8 0 0 - 20

C/J-I-C. Richter 29 pass from B. Richter (T. Harmon kick)

GFC-Nick Wilkings 54 run (run failed)

C/J-I-B. Richter 1 run (Harmon run)

GFC-Noah Ambuehl 6 run (run failed)

C/J-I-Harmon 15 pass from B. Richter (Harmon kick)

C/J-I-Harmon 23 pass from B. Richter (kick failed)

C/J-I-B. Richter 69 run (Harmon kick)

GFC-Wilkins 7 run (Coulton Lewis run)

C/J-I-Justin May 25 run (May run)

C/J-I-May 14 run (Harmon kick)

C/J-I-May 60 punt return (kick blocked)

C/J-I-Harmon 8 blocked punt return (K. Tran run)

Chinook 54, Fort Benton 0

As good as C/J-I has been this season, no one can argue that Chinook hasn't been just as impressive and Friday night in Fort Benton, the Sugarbeeters flexed their muscle again with a 54-0 blanking of the Longhorns to improve to 4-0 this season.

The Beeters put up 38 first-quarter points thanks to three touchdown passes from Ian McIntosh, two to Derek Bell and one to Tate Niederegger that went for 76 yards. Bell also scored two rushing touchdowns in the opening stanza. McIntosh would toss his fourth touchdown pass in the second quarter, this time connecting with tight end Kenneth Pruttis.

Chinook will look to keep rolling this Friday, when it will host Belt in a battle of Northern C foes. The Longhorns, who are 1-4 this season will try to put an end to their two-game losing streak on Oct. 10 in Great Falls against Great Falls Central.

Chinook 38 8 8 0 - 54

Fort Benton 0 0 0 0 - 0

Chinook- Derek Bell 20 run (Run good)

Chinook- Bell 14 pass from Ian Mcintosh (Run good)

Chinook- Tate Niederegger 76 pass from Macintosh (Run good)

Chinook- Bell 40 pass from Mcintosh (Run good)

Chinook- Bell 9 run (Run Failed)

Chinook- Kenneth Pruttis 34 pass from Mcintosh (Run good)

Chinook- Powell yard run (Run good)

Culbertson-Bainville 62, HLP 28

In other 8-Man action along the Hi-Line, the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds paid a visit to Eastern C rival Culbertson-Bainville, which knocked off the T-Birds by the score of 62-28.

HLP, which is still winless on the season at 0-4, hung around and thanks to touchdown runs by Damon Castillo and Elijah Blackcrow, the T-Birds trailed by just four at 20-16 after the first quarter.

But, by halftime, Culbertson-Bainville led 34-16 and the T-Birds never got back into the game despite two second half touchdown passes from quarterback Tyson Shambo, one of which went to Charles Werk, the other going to Jace Shambo. HLP will be back on the field Saturday when they visit conference foe Broadus.

Hays-Lodge Pole 16 0 6 6 - 28

Culbertson-Bainville 20 14 16 12 - 62

HL: Damon Castillo 45 run (Tyson Shambo run)

CB: AJ Ullmer 65 kickoff return (PAT fail)

HL: Elijah Blackcrow 57 run (Chance Main pass from Shambo

CB: Adam Buxbaum 4 pass from Eric Hendrickson (Noah Nickoloff run)

CB: Trustin Holcomb 2 run (PAT fail)

CB: Holcomb 3 run (Jonathan Hilde pass from Hendrickson)

CB: Buxbaum 48 pass from Eric Hendrickson (PAT fail)

CB: Ethan Hendrickson 18 pass from Eric Hendrickson (Nickoloff run)

CB: Will South 3 run (Holcomb run)

HL: Charles Werk 11 pass from Shambo (PAT fail)

CB: Eli Romo 38 run (PAT fail)

CB: Buxbaum 9 pass from Eric Hendrickson (PAT fail)

HL: Jace Shambo 5 pass from Tyson Shambo (no PAT)

Wolf Point 62, Harlem 22

The Harlem Wildcats hosted Wolf Point in Class B 11-man football Friday night in Harlem. But, unfortunately, the Wildcats were unable to come away with their first win of the season and were defeated 62-22. Harlem will try to end its losing skid next Friday in a road game against Poplar.