Hi-Line Football Roundup: Harlem wins first game of the season

Coming into last weekend's game, the Chinook football team had yet to be tested. Many thought a solid Belt team could be the first to give the Sugarbeeters a run for their money, but in the end, Belt was no match.

Thanks to another dominating defensive performance and an overpowering ground game, the Beeters cruised to a 44-0 win over the Huskies last Friday at Hoon Field to improve to 5-0 on the season.

Ian McIntosh ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more in the win for Chinook, while the defense registered its third shutout in five games. Not only did the Chinook defense keep Belt off the scoreboard, it managed to put up some points of its own as Jake Norby returned a fumble 42 yards late in the first half to give the Beeters a 30-0 halftime lead.

McIntosh may have been the star of the show for the Beeters on offense, but he got plenty of help from Kenny Pruttis, who caught a pair of touchdowns in the game.

Derek Bell also found pay dirt thanks to a 50-yard touchdown run.

The Beeters will look to stay unbeaten Friday when they will visit Power-Dutton-Brady in a Northern C 8-Man contest. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

Belt 0 0 0 0 — 0

Chinook 8 22 8 6 — 44

CHI — Ian McIntosh 1 run (Tate Niederegger run)

CHI — Kenny Pruttis 2 pass from McIntosh (Niederegger run)

CHI — Jake Norby 42 fumble recovery (pass failed)

CHI — Derek Bell 50 run (McIntosh run)

CHI — McIntosh 28 run (run failed)

CHI — Pruttis 7 pass from McIntosh (Owen Powell run)

Chester/J-I 76, Cascade 6

While Chinook certainly looks like one of the best teams in 8-Man football, the Chester/J-I Hawks are going to have something to say about which team is the best in the Northern C. And last Friday they showed once again just how good they are with a 76-6 win over Cascade.

The Hawks have scored 64 points or more in each of their last four games and are now 5-0 on the season.

C/J-I will host Simms Friday night in Chester in the Hawks final game before their showdown with Chinook Oct. 14.

Box Elder 53, Heart Butte 12

Elsewhere along the Hi-Line, in Six-Man North Division action, the Box Elder Bears wrapped up their first playoff berth in nearly two decades with a 53-12 thumping of Heart Butte in Box Elder Saturday.

The Bears jumped out to a 28-6 lead at the end of the first quarter, thanks to a pair of rushing touchdowns by both Shane Ketchum and Bodis Duran and from there Box Elder never looked back.

Ketchum finished the day with three total touchdowns as he added a receiving score later in the game. Quarterback Brandon The Boy also had a stellar outing with three touchdown passes in the win.

The Bears are now 6-0 on the season and will put their perfect record on line this Saturday on the road against Westby/Grenora in a non-conference tilt.

Heart Butte 6 6 0 0 — 12

Box Elder 28 19 6 0 — 53

BE — Shane Ketchum 55 run (kick failed)

BE — Bodis Duran 33 run (kick failed)

HB — Chasen Kipp 56 pass from Jamison Running Crane (pass failed)

BE — B. Duran 2 run (Duran kick)

BE — Ketchum 48 run (Duran kick)

BE — Jerrod Four Colors 34 pass from Brandon The Boy (kick failed)

BE — Lane Caplette 17 pass from The Boy (Four Colors pass from The Boy)

BE — Ketchum 22 pass from The Boy (run failed)

HB — Kipp 53 run (pass failed)

BE — Pernell Morsette 54 kick return (pass failed)

North Star 46, Augusta 0

The North Star Knights came into this weekend in a bit of a slump, but they got themselves right back into playoff contention with an impressive 46-0 victory over North Division rival Augusta in Six-Man action in Rudyard Saturday.

Gavin Spinler was the key cog in the North Star attack as he finished the game with 143 rushing yards to go along with four touchdowns in the blowout win over the Elks.

With the victory, the Knights improved their record to 3-3 on the season ahead of their showdown at home against Denton-Geyser-Stanford this Saturday. That game will begin at 1 p.m.

Augusta 0 0 0 0 — 0

North Star 21 13 6 6 — 46

NS — Gavin Spinler 13 run (PAT failed)

NS — Spinler 21 run (Payton Peterson run)

NS — Mathew Helmbrecht 25 pass from Cade Chvilicek (Helmbrecht kick)

NS — Spinler 1 run (Shea Sizmore run)

NS — Sizemore 47 run (PAT failed)

NS — Spinler 29 run (PAT failed)

NS — Keevan Borleug 3 run (PAT failed)

Valier 75, Big Sandy 26

In another North Division Six-Man contest Friday night, the Big Sandy Pioneers saw their playoff hopes take a big hit following a 75-26 road loss at the hands of Valier.

The Panthers jumped on the Pioneers early and at halftime, they held a 34-6 lead. Valier then scored 41 more points in the second half to wrap up the 49-point victory. Despite the loss, Weston Alderdice had an outstanding game for the Pioneers with three touchdowns, including one that came on a 73-yard kickoff return for a score in the fourth quarter.

The loss drops Big Sandy to 2-4 on the season and if they are to have any hope of making the playoffs they must find a way to knock off Sunburst on the road this Friday night. Kickoff will be at 7 p.m.

Big Sandy 6 0 7 13 — 26

Valier 13 21 22 19 — 75

VAL — Colton Curry 10 pass from Darin Habel (Curry pass from Habel)

BS — Weston Allderdice 1 run (kick failed)

VAL — Tristan O’Neal 20 pass from Habel (pass failed)

VAL — O’Neal 33 pass from Haberl (Colton Wheeler pass from Habel)

VAL — Wheeler 67 pass from Habel (pass failed)

VAL — O’Neal 44 pass from Habel (Habel kick)

VAL — Curry 45 pass from Habel (Habel kick)

VAL — O’Neal 30 run (kick failed)

VAL — Austin Stoltz 44 run (Habel kick)

BS — Allderdice 2 run (Josh Sloth pass from Allderdice)

VAL — Trevor VandenBos 20 pass from Habel (kick failed)

BS — Sloth 3 run (pass good)

VAL — O’Neal 43 kickoff return (VandenBos pass from Habel)

BS — Allderdice 73 kickoff return (run failed)

VAL — Wacy Running Crane 20 run (run failed)

Broadus 57, Hays-Lodge Pole 14

In other 8-Man football action from along the Hi-Line, the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds battled Broadus on Saturday in Eastern C conference play and saw their lengthy losing streak continue with a 57-14 loss on the road.

Broadus scored the first 57 points of the game in the lopsided victory, but the T-Birds, led by head coach Shawn Mount, showed no signs of quitting and got a couple of scores late thanks to a pair of touchdown passes from Tyson Shambo.

HLP is now 0-5 for the 2015 campaign and will look for their first win this Friday when they will pay a visit to Fairview. The Eastern C conference game will begin at 7 p.m.

Hays-Lodge Pole 0 0 0 14 — 14

Broadus 27 23 0 7 — 57

Broadus — Houston Brown 51 run (PAT failed)

Broadus — Seth Bales 9 run (PAT failed)

Broadus — Brown 34 run (Garrett Greslin kick)

Broadus — Greslin 2 run (Greslin run)

Broadus — Hays-Lodgepole recovered fumble in endzone (Safety)

Broadus — Greslin 35 run (Greslin kick)

Broadus — Greslin 5 run (Greslin kick)

Broadus — Brown 21 run (Greslin kick)

Broadus — Tate Harmon 51 run (Greslin kick)

HLP — Desmond Shambo 3 pass from Tyson Shambo (D. Shambo pass from T.

Shambo)

HLP — Charles Werk 19 pass from T. Shambo (PAT failed)

Harlem 24, Poplar 0

In the only Class B football game that took place along the Hi-Line on Friday night, the Harlem Wildcats notched their first victory since the 2013 season as they cruised to a 24-0 shutout win over Poplar.

The road win was the first of Kelly Mills’ tenure as Harlem head football coach and improves the Wildcats’ overall record to 1-5 on the season.

The Wildcats will try to win their second straight game this Friday when they welcome Glasgow to town for another Northern 2B conference battle.