Hi-Line Football Roundup

While the high school football season continued to rage on this past weekend, one of the more interesting games along the Hi-Line took place in Rocky Boy as the Stars hosted the Harlem Wildcats.

Since Rocky Boy moved up to Class B it has been unable to field a varsity football team until this year and thus, it was the first meeting between Harlem and Rocky Boy since the Stars’ move up. And it was a hard-fought game between the two teams, but in the end, the Wildcats walked away with the 38-22 victory.

Chase Corcoran scored two touchdowns in the loss for Rocky Boy, with one rushing and one receiving. The Stars, who are 1-2 on the season, will take on Conrad Friday night in Conrad. Harlem, on the other hand, is 1-1 on the young season and will host Cut Bank in Harlem Friday.

Hays-Lodge Pole 36, Fort Benton 14

It has been some time since the Hays-Lodge Pole football team has won a game, years in fact. Yet, before the season, head coach Shawn Mount said it was coming and now, his words have finally come true as the Thunderbirds won in Fort Benton Friday night, 36-14, snapping a 39-game losing streak and giving the T-Birds their first victory in football since Oct. 2010.

HLP, which lost fourth-quarter leads in each of its first two games in Northern C 8-Man action, jumped out early on the Longhorns with a three-yard touchdown from Chance Main. Later, a 55-yard touchdown pass from Tyson Shambo to Frank Runs Above made it 16-0 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second, Shambo scampered 52 yards for a rushing touchdown, but two scores by Fort Benton made the score 22-14 at the intermission. Yet, in the fourth quarter, Shambo connected with his brother, Jace Shambo on a 11-yard scoring strike to push the lead to 30-14. Main put the nail in the coffin with a 13-yard scoring run that made it 36-14.

Shambo finished the game with a total of four touchdowns, two rushing and two passing, while Main also added a pair of rushing touchdowns in the win. HLP (1-2) will look for another win this Saturday, when the T-Birds will host Northern C rival Centerville. Fort Benton (0-3) will head to Chinook Friday to take on the Beeters in an effort to get its first win of the season.

HLP 16 6 0 14 – 36

Fort Benton 0 14 0 0 – 14

Hays – Main 3 yard run (Snow pass from T. Shambo)

Hays – Runs Above 55 yard pass from T. Shambo (Main pass from T. Shambo)

FB – Schnabel 4 yard run (PAT No Good)

FB – Hansbrouck 7 yard run (Schnabel run)

Hays – T. Shambo 52 yard run (PAT No Good)

Hays – J. Shambo 11 yard pass from T. Shambo (Snow pass from T. Shambo)

Hays – Main 13 yard run (PAT No Good)

Sunburst 42, North Star 6

In other gridiron action along the Hi-Line Saturday, the North Star Knights hosted Sunburst in a battle of teams that reside in Class C’s Six-Man North Division. Yet, Sunburst made sure it wasn’t much of a game, winning 42-6.

The Knights did strike first when Dylan Miller scored on a nine-yard touchdown run, but after that, the Miners added 13 points in the first quarter, followed by 29 in the second to put the game away. North Star (1-2) will be back in action Saturday in Box Elder.

Sunburst 13 29 0 0 – 42

North Star 6 0 0 0 – 6

NS – Dylan Miller 9 run (pat failed)

SB – Cody Smith 5 run (pat failed)

SB – Michael Buckley 5 pass from Lane Lerum (Smith run)

SB – Treyton Pickering 40 pass from Lerum (Buckley run)

SB – Jordan Williams 2 run (pat failed)

SB – Buckley 60 pass from Lerum (Pickering kick)

SB – Williams 38 pass from Lerum (Pickering kick)

Big Sandy 70, Box Elder 38

Elsewhere in other Six-Man action Friday night, the Big Sandy Pioneers hosted the Box Elder Bears and thanks to an explosive offense and 172 rushing yards from Laurence Alderdice, the Pioneers cruised to a 70-38 victory.

Big Sandy, which beat Noxon last week, scored 24 points in the first quarter and 20 in the second to grab a 44-22 halftime lead. Then, 26 second-half points helped seal the deal. In addition to his big rushing day, Alderdice also scored four touchdowns in the win for Big Sandy. Duke Darlington added three, two receiving and one on a fumble recovery in the end zone,

Box Elder got touchdown runs from Lane Caplette and Pete Azure Jr. in the game, as well as a fumble recovery for a touchdown by Kayden Hay. The Bears (0-2) will go for their first win Saturday at home against North Star. Big Sandy, which is 2-0, will host Heart Butte Friday night.

Box Elder 14 8 12 4 – 38

Big Sandy 24 20 6 20 – 70

BS – Laurence Allderdice 1 run (Duke Darlington kick)

BE – Lane Caplette 5 run (kick failed)

BE – Kayden Hay fumble recovery in end zone (Lux Benson Jr. kick)

BS – L. Allderdice 3 run (Darlington kick)

BS – L. Allderdice 65 punt return (Darlington kick)

BS – Darlington 15 pass from Brock Proulx (kick failed)

BS – L. Allderdice 3 run (Darlington kick)

BS – L. Allderice 45 pass from Proulx (kick failed)

BE – Peter Azure Jr. 8 run (Benson Jr. kick)

BS – Weston Allderdice 1 run (Darlington kick)

BS – Dylan Darlington blocked punt recovery in end zone (kick blocked)

BS – Duke Darlington 15 pass from Proulx (kick failed)

BS – L. Allderdice 70 run (Duke Darlington kick)

BE – FG Benson Jr. 20

Cascade 34, Chester-Joplin-Inverness 26

The 2016 football season has gotten off to a bit of an uneven start for Chester-Joplin-Inverness and that continued last Friday, as the Hawks dropped a close game to Northern C rival Cascade 34-26.

Cascade built a 20-6 lead at the end of the first quarter, But a Cory Richter 26-yard touchdown pass to Clark Diemert and a one-yard touchdown run by Richter, got the Hawks within striking distance at the half 26-12.

Cascade added to its lead in the third quarter, grabbing a 34-12 advantage, but another Richter touchdown run and a touchdown pass to Brett Henke, made the score 34-26. Yet, the Hawks would not get any closer and dropped their second game of the season.

CJI (1-2) will host Great Falls Central Friday.

Cascade 20 6 8 0 – 34

CJI 6 6 0 14 – 26

CAS – Josh Pepos 25 run (Wombold pass from Pepos)

CJI – C. Diemert 26 pass from Cory Richter (pass failed)

CAS – Wombold 11 run (run failed)

CAS – Pepos 1 run (pass failed)

CAS – Wombold 3 run (run failed)

CJI – Cory Richter 1 run (pass failed)

CAS – Pepos 7 run (Cox pass from Pepos)

CJI – Cory Richter 4 run (Dahinden pass from C. Richter)

CJI – Henke 32 pass from C. Richter (pass failed)

Belt 48, Chinook 0

The 2016 season has not started the way to Chinook Sugarbeeters had hoped it would and last Friday night in Belt, the Beeters were reminded just how far they have to go.

The Huskies, who got 87 rushing yards and three touchdowns from Harry Green, as well as 123 passing yards and a touchdown, steamrolled the Beeters, scoring 22 points in the first quarter and 14 in the second on their way to a 48-0 victory.

Chinook (1-2) will return home Friday night, where the Beeters will host Fort Benton.

Chinook 0 0 0 0 – 0

Belt 22 14 12 0 – 48

BELT – Harry Green 2 run (Jess Bodner kick)

BELT – Keagan Stroop 52 punt return (kick failed)

BELT – Safety

BELT – Jaren Maki 7 run (Bodner kick)

BELT – Green 40 run (Bodner kick)

BELT – Stroop 51 pass from Green (Bodner kick)

BELT – Green 11 run (pass failed)

BELT – Stroop 21 run (pass failed).