2019 MT High School Football - Week 2
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:13 am
Class AA
1.) Bozeman (1-0)
2.) Billings West (1-0)
3.) Butte (1-0)
4.) Missoula Sentinel (1-0)
5.) Helena Capital (1-0)
6.) Kalispell Glacier (1-0)
7.) Helena High (1-0)
8.) Billings Senior (0-1)
9.) Missoula Hellgate (0-0)
10.) Great Falls High (0-1)
Game(s) of the Week: Billings Senior @ Missoula Sentinel
Player(s) of the Week (#1): Butte QB Tommy Mellott - 18/23 for 332 passing yards and 5 touchdowns/1 interception with 55 rushing yards vs. Belgrade; Missoula Sentinel RB/WR Jaxon Lee - 19 carries for 221 yards and 3 touchdowns with 4 catches for 11 yards vs. Great Falls High; Helena Capital WR/DB Parker Johnston - 5 catches for 171 yards and 2 touchdowns with 2 interception return touchdowns vs. Billings Senior; Bozeman FB/DE Kenneth Eiden IV - 10 tackles, 4 sacks, 6 TFLs, 2 catches for 40 yards and a touchdown, 3 carries for 17 yards vs. Kalispell Flathead
Special Notes: A lot of deserving performances but these three players opened eyes with their Week 1 performances. Mellott needs to have a big senior season to guide Butte where they want to be at the end of the year and he looked outstanding at QB. Many esteemed Montana media members told us to take a "wait and see" approach with Jaxon Lee's transition to AA because...he had yet to play in a AA game ( ). I said to hell with that approach and ranked Jaxon where I thought he should be in my Top 50 and he didn't disappoint. There will be games where he goes over 200 on the ground then games where he may go over 200 through the air. He is the best weapon in the state at any level. As for Parker Johnston, he moved to corner two weeks ago per his head coach and he rewarded his coach with 2 interceptions returned for touchdowns in a huge opening week win versus Billings Senior. Parker also continued his elite route running and YAC ability at WR.
Class A
1.) Hamilton (1-0)
2.) Miles City (1-0)
3.) Frenchtown (1-0)
4.) Laurel (1-0)
5.) Dillon (0-1)
6.) Billings Central (0-0)
7.) Libby (1-0)
8.) Lewistown (1-0)
9.) Butte Central (0-1)
10.) Sidney (1-0)
Game(s) of the Week: Lewistown @ Billings Central; Butte Central @ Frenchtown
Player(s) of the Week (#1): Hamilton QB Carson Rostad - 28/44 for 396 yards passing and 4 touchdowns with 63 rushing yards and 2 more touchdowns vs. Butte Central
Special Notes: It's almost routine at this point for Carson to put up that stat line each week. Some other really good performances in Class A like Jace Klucewich of Frenchtown and Jess Bellows of Miles City to name a few. But Rostad is the standard.
Class B
1.) Missoula Loyola (1-0)
2.) Fairfield (0-0)
3.) Eureka (1-0)
4.) Colstrip (0-0)
5.) Huntley Project (0-1)
6.) Manhattan (0-0)
7.) Red Lodge (1-0)
8.) Malta (0-0)
9.) Florence (1-0)
10.) Townsend (1-0)
Game(s) of the Week: Missoula Loyola @ Fairfield; Townsend @ Eureka; Florence @ Manhattan
Player(s) of the Week (#1): Townsend QB Trey Hoveland - 21/35 for 257 yards and 2 touchdowns vs. Bigfork
Special Notes: There were other kids with some solid performances in Class B but sophomore QB Trey Hoveland went into Bigfork and took down the Vikings (which is no easy task on the road). QB Hank Dunn and RB Chet McCulley also had standout games for Eureka but Hoveland put up the best performance given the situation (inexperienced QB playing Bigfork on the road).
Class C (8-man)
1.) Fairview (1-0)
2.) Shelby (1-0)
3.) Alberton/Superior (1-0)
4.) Drummond/Philipsburg (0-1)
5.) Fort Benton (1-0)
6.) Belt (1-0)
7.) Great Falls Central (1-0)
8.) Joliet (0-1)
9.) Park City (1-0)
tie10.) Centerville (1-0)
tie10.) West Yellowstone (1-0)
Game(s) of the Week: Great Falls Central @ Belt
Player(s) of the Week (#1): Alberton/Superior QB Bryan Mask - 22/34 for 456 yards and 8 passing touchdowns/1 interception along with 92 rushing yards and 1 more touchdown vs. Drummond/Philipsburg
Special Notes: Everyone knew Flint Creek would be less talented due to the transfer of Jaxon Lee...but I don't think the high school media members predicted this performance from Mask versus the two-time defending champs. This was the most unexpected performance I've ever seen since I started tracking high school football stats five years ago. I knew Clark Fork would be competitive this year because they had players like Mask and RB Trey Green (who also had a great game with 5 touchdowns and 200 plus total yards) but I didn't predict they would do this.
Class C (6-man)
1.) Wibaux (1-0)
2.) Big Sandy (1-0)
3.) Richey/Lambert (1-0)
4.) Jordan (0-1)
5.) Hot Springs (1-0)
6.) Shields Valley (1-0)
7.) Westby/Grenora (1-0)
8.) Power/Dutton/Brady (1-0)
9.) Valley Christian (1-0)
10.) White Sulphur Springs (1-0)
Game(s) of the Week: Richey/Lambert @ White Sulphur Springs; Shields Valley @ Valley Christian
Player(s) of the Week (#1): Big Sandy RB Kade Strutz - 28 rushes for 232 yards and 5 touchdowns vs. Jordan
Special Notes: Great opening week game versus to 6-man powers in Jordan vs. Big Sandy with the Pioneers being the victor. Big Sandy has a loaded backfield and will be hard to slow down this year with Strutz and Brock Proulx (who both average around 200 lbs.) running the ball.
1.) Bozeman (1-0)
2.) Billings West (1-0)
3.) Butte (1-0)
4.) Missoula Sentinel (1-0)
5.) Helena Capital (1-0)
6.) Kalispell Glacier (1-0)
7.) Helena High (1-0)
8.) Billings Senior (0-1)
9.) Missoula Hellgate (0-0)
10.) Great Falls High (0-1)
Game(s) of the Week: Billings Senior @ Missoula Sentinel
Player(s) of the Week (#1): Butte QB Tommy Mellott - 18/23 for 332 passing yards and 5 touchdowns/1 interception with 55 rushing yards vs. Belgrade; Missoula Sentinel RB/WR Jaxon Lee - 19 carries for 221 yards and 3 touchdowns with 4 catches for 11 yards vs. Great Falls High; Helena Capital WR/DB Parker Johnston - 5 catches for 171 yards and 2 touchdowns with 2 interception return touchdowns vs. Billings Senior; Bozeman FB/DE Kenneth Eiden IV - 10 tackles, 4 sacks, 6 TFLs, 2 catches for 40 yards and a touchdown, 3 carries for 17 yards vs. Kalispell Flathead
Special Notes: A lot of deserving performances but these three players opened eyes with their Week 1 performances. Mellott needs to have a big senior season to guide Butte where they want to be at the end of the year and he looked outstanding at QB. Many esteemed Montana media members told us to take a "wait and see" approach with Jaxon Lee's transition to AA because...he had yet to play in a AA game ( ). I said to hell with that approach and ranked Jaxon where I thought he should be in my Top 50 and he didn't disappoint. There will be games where he goes over 200 on the ground then games where he may go over 200 through the air. He is the best weapon in the state at any level. As for Parker Johnston, he moved to corner two weeks ago per his head coach and he rewarded his coach with 2 interceptions returned for touchdowns in a huge opening week win versus Billings Senior. Parker also continued his elite route running and YAC ability at WR.
Class A
1.) Hamilton (1-0)
2.) Miles City (1-0)
3.) Frenchtown (1-0)
4.) Laurel (1-0)
5.) Dillon (0-1)
6.) Billings Central (0-0)
7.) Libby (1-0)
8.) Lewistown (1-0)
9.) Butte Central (0-1)
10.) Sidney (1-0)
Game(s) of the Week: Lewistown @ Billings Central; Butte Central @ Frenchtown
Player(s) of the Week (#1): Hamilton QB Carson Rostad - 28/44 for 396 yards passing and 4 touchdowns with 63 rushing yards and 2 more touchdowns vs. Butte Central
Special Notes: It's almost routine at this point for Carson to put up that stat line each week. Some other really good performances in Class A like Jace Klucewich of Frenchtown and Jess Bellows of Miles City to name a few. But Rostad is the standard.
Class B
1.) Missoula Loyola (1-0)
2.) Fairfield (0-0)
3.) Eureka (1-0)
4.) Colstrip (0-0)
5.) Huntley Project (0-1)
6.) Manhattan (0-0)
7.) Red Lodge (1-0)
8.) Malta (0-0)
9.) Florence (1-0)
10.) Townsend (1-0)
Game(s) of the Week: Missoula Loyola @ Fairfield; Townsend @ Eureka; Florence @ Manhattan
Player(s) of the Week (#1): Townsend QB Trey Hoveland - 21/35 for 257 yards and 2 touchdowns vs. Bigfork
Special Notes: There were other kids with some solid performances in Class B but sophomore QB Trey Hoveland went into Bigfork and took down the Vikings (which is no easy task on the road). QB Hank Dunn and RB Chet McCulley also had standout games for Eureka but Hoveland put up the best performance given the situation (inexperienced QB playing Bigfork on the road).
Class C (8-man)
1.) Fairview (1-0)
2.) Shelby (1-0)
3.) Alberton/Superior (1-0)
4.) Drummond/Philipsburg (0-1)
5.) Fort Benton (1-0)
6.) Belt (1-0)
7.) Great Falls Central (1-0)
8.) Joliet (0-1)
9.) Park City (1-0)
tie10.) Centerville (1-0)
tie10.) West Yellowstone (1-0)
Game(s) of the Week: Great Falls Central @ Belt
Player(s) of the Week (#1): Alberton/Superior QB Bryan Mask - 22/34 for 456 yards and 8 passing touchdowns/1 interception along with 92 rushing yards and 1 more touchdown vs. Drummond/Philipsburg
Special Notes: Everyone knew Flint Creek would be less talented due to the transfer of Jaxon Lee...but I don't think the high school media members predicted this performance from Mask versus the two-time defending champs. This was the most unexpected performance I've ever seen since I started tracking high school football stats five years ago. I knew Clark Fork would be competitive this year because they had players like Mask and RB Trey Green (who also had a great game with 5 touchdowns and 200 plus total yards) but I didn't predict they would do this.
Class C (6-man)
1.) Wibaux (1-0)
2.) Big Sandy (1-0)
3.) Richey/Lambert (1-0)
4.) Jordan (0-1)
5.) Hot Springs (1-0)
6.) Shields Valley (1-0)
7.) Westby/Grenora (1-0)
8.) Power/Dutton/Brady (1-0)
9.) Valley Christian (1-0)
10.) White Sulphur Springs (1-0)
Game(s) of the Week: Richey/Lambert @ White Sulphur Springs; Shields Valley @ Valley Christian
Player(s) of the Week (#1): Big Sandy RB Kade Strutz - 28 rushes for 232 yards and 5 touchdowns vs. Jordan
Special Notes: Great opening week game versus to 6-man powers in Jordan vs. Big Sandy with the Pioneers being the victor. Big Sandy has a loaded backfield and will be hard to slow down this year with Strutz and Brock Proulx (who both average around 200 lbs.) running the ball.