Midway through the season, the Darby Tigers are right about where coach Jeff Snavely would like them to be. With a 3-2 record, the Tigers still have to face the stronger half of the conference in the next three games. They will play Flint Creek, Charlo and Mission in the next three weeks.On Friday night, Darby was host to the Troy Trojans. The scoring barrage began just 74 seconds into the game when senior quarterback Nelson Smith raced in for the score.This was after Darby made two quick first downs to get into scoring range.
Another minute and a half and Darby scored again, this time on a fourth down and 10 to go. Smith connected with Jordan Anderson for the score. Just 13 second later, after a turnover by Troy, Nelson connected with Anderson again for a 40 yard touchdown pass. Darby continued to roll over Troy and went on to win, 70-16.
Nelson completed 10 of 16 passes on Friday night, including four touchdown passes. Snavely said that Nelson works well in the pocket and can pinpoint those passes in tight areas.
“He (Nelson) calls those passes ‘dropping a dime.”
“He did that several times,” concluded Snavely.
Hamilton did some rolling of its own on Friday night. The Broncs defeated Columbia Falls, 56-7. Carson Rostad threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns. He completed 19 of 27 passes. Rostad also had 105 yards rushing on four carries including one 63 yard touchdown run.
Landon Duce had 11 carries for 115 yards. He had two touchdowns; one for 21 yards and one for 26 yards. Jaiden Klemundt also threw for a Bronc touchdown to Tucker Jones for 40 yards. Tristan Lewis had the last touchdown of the game, a two yard run. Tyson Rostad kicked six of seven PATs.
Florence played Eureka at home on Friday night. The Falcons were without starting quarterback Colby Kohlman and back up quarterback, Pat Duchein. Eureka won, 34-14. Ian Willford threw a 61 yard pass to Cadence Waller for Florence’s first score and then hit Waller from 74 yards out for the second TD.
Stevensville lost to Ronan, 48-26. Corvallis lost to Whitefish, 31-7, and Victor lost to Seeley-Swan, 52-0.
