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BUTTE – In a matchup between Frontier Conference rivals looking to remain undefeated, Montana Tech cruised to a 26-10 win over Carroll on a warm Saturday afternoon at Bob Green Field in the Aluminum Coliseum. It was the Orediggers’ first win over Carroll since 2017.
The teams were in a field-goal battle in the first quarter. Carroll’s Stephen Powell got off to a short start to put the Saints in front, but Ryan Lowry followed with consecutive field goals to give Tech the lead.
In the second quarter, Campbell got the first play of the game on a short run at the goal line. Carroll followed with a 1-yard TD run by Matthew Burgess to pull the Saints within three points, 13-10.
But that was the score the Saints would get as the Oredigers defense continued to set the tone. Campbell extended Tech’s lead with a 30-yard touchdown pass to Watt Alexander with 22 seconds left before halftime.
After a scoreless third quarter, Tech got into the end zone again when Caleb Winterburn threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Zach Trumble for a 26-10 advantage.
Both defenses showed up, but Tech held Carroll’s offense to just 120 total yards on 55 snaps, an average of 2.2 yards per game. Quarterback Jack Prka had 70 yards on 9-of-26 passing.
Campbell threw for 210 yards, and running back Blake Counts had 78 on the ground.
The Orediggers remain undefeated at 2-0 while Carroll slips to 1-1.
Elsewhere on the border…
College of Idaho 21, Rocky Mountain College 18
BILLINGS — Hunter Gilbert rushed for two first-quarter touchdowns, Andy Peters threw a long TD pass in the third quarter and College of Idaho upset Rocky Mountain College in its home opener with a 21-18 victory at Herb Klindt Field.
Gilbert scored twice on 1-yard runs in the opening quarter to give the Yotes a 14-0 lead. The Rockies began to chip away at the deficit in the second quarter as Austin Drake made field goals of 27 and 23 yards and Zaire Wilcox scored on a 2-yard run with 36 seconds left before halftime. The Batlin Bears made a two-run effort at that point but were unsuccessful and went into the break down 14-12.
Rocky fell to Idaho College
The key play was Peters’ 64-yard scoring pass to John Schofield midway through the third quarter in a seven-play, 90-yard drive that gave IC a 21-12 lead.
Wilcox found the end zone again on a 3-yard run in the third, but Drake’s extra point attempt was blocked.
Rookie quarterback Nate Dick left the game in the fourth quarter with what appeared to be a lower leg injury. With 30 seconds left in the game, backing up George Tribble, Rocky turned the ball over on downs and the Yotes took over.
College of Idaho improved to 2-0 while Rocky fell to 1-1.
Montana Western 48, Eastern Oregon 10
DILLON — A week after struggling offensively in a loss at Carroll, Montana Western jumped out to a big early lead en route to a 48-14 victory over Eastern Oregon.
Jon Jund, Reese Neville and Colten McPhee all ran for first-half touchdowns and John Mears kicked two field goals as the Bulldogs led 34-7 at halftime. In the second half, Jundt threw for two TDs and ran for another.
Eastern Oregon’s touchdowns were scored on passes by Luke Ross to Jonas Blackham and Malachi Spurrier.
Jund finished with 223 passing yards and accounted for four total TDs. McPhee led all players with 80 rushing yards. Neville finished with a score of 55.
West’s defense held EO to 221 total yards and forced five turnovers. James Aragon had two of the Bulldogs’ four quarterback sacks.
Ross had 181 passing yards, with 135 going to Spurrier. But Ross lost two tackles and was intercepted once.
Western improved to 1-1 heading into next week’s non-league game against Dickinson State. Eastern Oregon is now 0-2.
Southern Oregon 56, MSU-Northern 6
HAVRE – Blake Asciutto threw for 285 yards and four touchdowns to lead Southern Oregon to a 56-6 victory over MSU-North.
Ben Rush opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run and then Aciuto threw all four TD passes in the first half. As the Raiders took a 35-0 lead, he hit Ben Graziani for 3 yards, Christian Grahn for 5 yards, Bryce Goggin for 7 yards and Adric Lamar for 74 yards.
Southern Oregon passed MSU-North
Northern got on the scoreboard late in the second quarter with a 5-yard touchdown catch from Levi Keltner.
In the second half, Goggin scored on an 8-yard run, Christian Cuira entered from 1 yard and Champ Robertson found the end zone from 15 yards. Robertson led SOU with 117 rushing yards on nine carries. Lamar caught four passes for 142 yards.
Southern Oregon racked up 565 yards of offense while Northern was held to just 185 yards.
The Raiders move to 1-1 while Northern falls to 0-2.
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