Frontier Notebook: Carroll beats C of I, Frontier sends one team to the playoffs, again

What a triumph for Carroll College and former Havre High head coach Troy Purcell.

With their 21-7 win at College of Idaho Saturday, the Fighting Saints won the Frontier Conference championship for the second time in four years, and earned the league’s automatic bid to the NAIA playoffs. Carroll shared the title with C of I, both finishing 8-2, but the Saints won the bid to the playoffs.

And the road to the playoffs was a long one for the Saints, who were just 3-2 last month, but rattled off five straight wins to get to the league championship.

Unfortunately, Carroll’s win came with a price as...