Hi-Line Football Roundup

hings can change a lot in one week of high school football. Last weekend, the North Star Knights lost a tough game to Sunburst. Yet, this past weekend, it was the Knights who were on the winning side of things.

North Star, which traveled to Box Elder Saturday to take on the Bears in a battle of teams from the Six-Man North Division, dominated the game from start to finish on its way to a 53-16 win. Dylan Miller ran for three scores and added another touchdown on an interception he returned 25 yards.

Devon Miller also had a big day, catching two touchdown passes, while Keevan Borlaug matched his effort, with two touchdown receptions of his own. Cade Chvilicek finished with four touchdown passes in the win. Jerel Anderson and Pete Azure Jr. each tossed touchdowns in the loss for the Bears, Seth Duran also had a 35-yard touchdown catch.

The Knights (2-2) will pay a visit to Augusta this Saturday, while Box Elder (0-3) will host Geraldine/Highwood.

North Star 21 19 7 6 –53

Box Elder 6 0 6 4 – 16

NS-Dylan Miller 27 run (run good)

BE-Seth Duran 35 pass from Jerel Anderson (conv. failed)

NS-Dylan Miller 15 run (Keevan Borlaug kick)

NS-Borlaug 20 pass from Cae Chvilicek (conv. failed)

NS-Borlaug 11 pass from Chvilicek (conv. failed)

NS-Dylan Miller 25 interception return (conv. failed)

NS-Devon Miller 30 pass from Chvikicek (1-pt. conv. good)

NS-Dylan Miller 26 run (1-pt. conv. good)

BE-13 pass from Pete Azure Jr. (conv. failed)

NS-Devon Miller 17 pass from Caden Rettig (conv. failed)

BE-FG Lux Benson 36

Big Sandy 70, Heart Butte 21

The 2016 season has gotten off to a positive start for the Big Sandy Pioneers and the good play kept on coming last Friday night for the Pioneers, who rolled Heart Butte 70-21.

Laurence and Weston Alderdice combined to rush for more than 300 yards in the win for the Pioneers. The combination also scored eight rushing touchdowns, with each getting four apiece. Big Sandy led 42-13 at halftime and 64-13 at the end of the first quarter. The Pioneers are now 3-0 on the season and 2-0 in the North Division of Six-Man football. Big Sandy will travel to Sunburst Friday in a critical division matchup.

Heart Butte 6 7 0 8 – 21

Big Sandy 14 28 22 5 – 70

BS–Laurence Allderdice 1 run (kick failed)

BS–L. Allderdice 13 run (Duke Darlington kick)

HB–Chasen Kipp 24 run (kick failed)

BS–L. Allderdice 15 run (Darlingrton kick)

HB–Kipp 30 pass from Shylon Spoon Hunter (Kipp pass from Spoon Hunter)

BS–Weston Allderdice 25 run (pass failed)

BS–W. Allderdice 5 run (Darlington kick)

BS–W. Allderdice 4 run (kick failed)

BS–W. Allderice 21 run (Darlington kick)

BS–L. Allderdice 20 run (kick failed)

BS–W. Allderdice interception return (Darlington kick)

HB–Jameison Young Running Crane 18 pass from Spoon Hunter (Spoon Hunter kick)

BS–Elijah Wagoner 1 run (kick failed)

Great Falls Central 82, CJI 74

There were plenty of exciting games around the Hi-Line this past weekend, but maybe none were more exciting than the contest between Chester-Joplin-Inverness and Great Falls Central in a battle of Northern C rivals.

Eight-Man football is generally pretty exciting, but when it was all said and done in Chester last Friday, the two teams put up 156 points in an 82-74 win for Great Falls Central. Cory Richter was off the charts for CJI, throwing for 344 yards and six touchdowns, while also rushing for 137 yards and four touchdowns.

“Cory had a great game offensively,” CJI head coach Jim Vinson told the Great Falls Tribune. “He had targets in Brett Henke and Clark Diemert, but we just didn’t make the defensive stops that we needed.”

Clark Diemert hauled in three touchdown passes for the Hawks, while Brett Henke added two. CJI, which is 1-3, will take on Simms on the road Friday.

GFCC 20 16 22 24 – 82

CJI 22 8 26 18 – 74

GFCC-Nick Wilkins kickoff return (2-pt. conv. good)

CJI-Mitchell Fischer 25 run (conv. failed)

GFCC-Wilkins 31 run (conv. failed)

CJI-Clark Diemert 8 pass from Cory Richter (2-pt. conv. good)

GFCC-Noah Ambuehl 9 run (conv. failed)

CJI-Brett Henke 16 pass from Richter (2-pt. conv. good)

GFCC-Ambuehl 50 run (2-pt. conv. good)

GFCC-Ambuehl 29 run (2-pt. conv. good)

CJI-Henke 40 pass from Richter (2-pt. conv. good)

CJI-Richter 7 run (2-pt. conv. good)

GFCC-Wilkins 34 run (2-pt. conv. good)

CJI-Richter 5 run (conv. failed)

GFCC-Coulton Lewis 18 pass from Ambuehl (2-pt. conv. good)

GFCC-Lewis 9 pass from Ambuehl (conv. failed)

CJI-Diemert 61 pass from Richter (conv. failed)

CJI-Fischer 55 pass from Richter (conv. failed)

GFCC-Ambuehl 10 run (2-pt. conv. good)

GFCC-Ambuehl 29 run (2-pt. conv. good)

CJI-Richter 4 run (conv. failed)

GFCC-Lewis 49 run (2-pt. conv. good)

CJI-Diemert 2 pass from Richter (conv. failed)

Chinook 38, Fort Benton 36

In other 8-man football action, the Chinook Sugarbeeters got all they could handle from the Fort Benton Longhorns, but thanks to 306 rushing yards from Tate Niederegger, the Sugarbeeters had just enough to pull out the 38-36 victory in Chinook Friday night.

Things didn’t look good for Chinook early on, as the Longhorns scored 22 unanswered points in the first quarter, but the Beeters rallied for 24 in the second. Entering the fourth quarter, Chinook led 32-28, but a Niederegger touchdown run, his fifth of the night, gave the Beeters a 10-point lead. From there, Chinook hung on for the win.

Chinook (2-2) will host Power-Dutton-Brady this Friday in a crucial game in the Northern C.

Fort Benton 22 0 6 8 – 36

Chinook 0 24 8 6 – 38

FB-Landon Taylor 53 pass from Garett Diekhans (Connor Schnabel run)

FB-Schnabel 12 run (Taylor run)

FB-Diekhans 4 run (pass failed)

CHN-Tate Niederegger 18 run (Niederegger run)

CHN-Niederegger 5 run (Niederegger run)

CHN-Niederegger 21 run (Niederegger run)

FB-Diekhans 1 run (pass failed)

CHN-Niederegger 58 run (run failed)

CHN-Niederegger 3 run (run failed)

FB-Taylor 4 run (Schnabel run).

Centerville 28, Hays-Lodge Pole 24

One week after getting their first win in nearly six years, the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds hosted Centerville in another Northern C battle, but this time, the T-Birds fell short, dropping the game 28-24 to the Miners Saturday.

HLP, which is 1-3 on the season, will travel to Cascade this Saturday, followed by a trip to Belt after that.

Conrad 67, Rocky Boy 0

In local 11-man football action, the Rocky Boy Stars were on the road against Conrad Friday night and after the Cowboys scored 37 points in the first quarter, they managed to roll the Stars by a final of 67-0. Rocky Boy (1-3) will try to rebound this Saturday, when the Stars will host unbeaten Fairfield.

Rocky Boy 0 0 0 0 – 0

Conrad 37 3 0 27 – 67

CON–Hunter Mycke 75 kickoff return (Blake Broesder pass from Bert Paulsen)

CON–Mycke 5 run (Paulsen run)

CON–Clint Judisch 47 interception return (Braeden Hutton pass from Mycke)

CON–Dawson Berg 19 run (Austin Padilla kick)

CON–Broesder 15 pass from Hutton (kick failed)

CON–FG Padilla 37

CON–Hutton 2 run (Padilla kick)

CON–Murack 45 pass from Hutton (Padilla kick)

CON–Bridger 18 interception return (PAT failed)

CON–Blaine Giachino 49 run (Padilla kick)

Cut Bank 56, Harlem 16

The Harlem Wildcats also took part in an 11-man football game last Friday, playing host to Cut Bank in a non-conference matchup. The Wolves grabbed a 20-0 lead at the end of the first quarter and at halftime, it was 42-8, as Cut Bank would go on to win 56-16.

Tevin Messerly and Corbin Brockie each managed to find the end zone on rushing touchdowns for the Wildcats, who are 1-2 on the year. They will be back in action this Friday, when they will visit Wolf Point.

Cut Bank 20 22 7 7 – 56

Harlem 0 8 8 0 – 16

CB-Wylie Novak 65 pass to Seth Omsberg (Peter Hamilton Jr kick)

CB-Novak 38 pass to Keaton Anderson (Hamilton Jr. kick)

CB-JR Seewald 10 run (Kick blocked)

H-Tevin Messerly 12 run (Messerly run)

CB-Novak 40 pass to Seewald (Novak pass to Tyrell Sylvester)

CB-Sylvester 35 run (Sylvester run)

CB-Anderson 40 run (Kick blocked)

H-Corbin Brockie 3 run (Brockie run)

CB-Seewald 60 run (Hamilton Jr. Kick)

CB-Anderson 55 run (Hamilton Jr kick).