Friday Night Gridiron Recap

Big Sky        5-2
Loyola         4-3
Sentinel       4-2
Hellgate       0-7

Week seven in Missoula high school football would saw three of the four teams pick up big wins, one team solidify their spot in the top of Class AA football, and a crosstown match up.

The Big Sky Eagles were looking to bounce back from a tough loss to the states top team the Senior Broncs and had a formidable foe on Thursday night in the Flathead Braves. Flathead would keep the game close in the first half with the Eagles leading the Braves 13-7 at the break. Once again Big Sky quarterback Levi Janacaro put the team on his back and run the Eagles to a 33-20 victory over Flathead.

Loyola hit the road for the second week in a row, taking a short bus trip east to Anaconda to take on the Copperheads. Loyola went in to the game down their number two receiver in Cooper Waters who suffered an injury in the previous weeks lose to Eureka. Team leader David Koppang put the Rams and on his shoulders and lead them to a commanding win over the Copperheads 54-14.

The final Missoula crosstown football game of the season happened Friday night under the lights of Missoula County Stadium as the Hellgate Knights took on the Sentinel Spartans. The Spartans were in need of a win to to keep themselves in contention for a spot in the Class AA play offs. Sentinel came out in the first half and scored on four of their first seven drives to propel them to a 45-6 win over the Knights.

The Hellgate Knights had a tough task Friday in taking on the Sentinel Spartans after the Sentinel feel to the Glacier Wolfpack the previous week. Hellgate came out offensively under the leadership of their sophomore quarterback Rollie Worster and moved the ball well with Worster at the helm. Though the Knight’s were able to move the ball and sustain a few long drives, the Sentinel defense would be too much and Hellgate would lose 45-6 to their crosstown rival.