Scobey Finishes Regular Season With Win
The Scobey Spartans capped their regular-season with an 80-12 victory in Fairview on Thursday, Oct. 22.
Scobey earned a 36-0 advantage in the first quarter en route to the conference football victory.
After stopping Fairview near its own end zone, the Spartans scored first on a 28-yard punt return by Quinn Axtman with 10:23 left in the opening quarter. Blake Lekvold ran in the two-point conversion for an 8-0 lead.
On Fairview’s next possession, the Warriors went for it on a fourth-and-five situation, but Scobey’s Aydan Stentoft and Curtis Leibrand sacked the quarterback. The Spartans went on to score on a 14yard dash by Axtman with 7:27 left in the period.
Scobey’s next touchdown came when Liam Leininger went 42 yards on a counter run play. Cam Cromwell ran in the conversion for a 22-0 advantage.
The Spartans went to the air for their next score as quarterback Reese Tande connected with Cromwell for a 23-yard touchdown and a 28-0 lead.
Scobey’s defense got into the scoring act next when a heavy rush by Leibrand created a fumble. Torsten Lamb picked up the ball and went 14 yard for a touchdown. Axtman ran in the conversion for a 36-0 margin.
After a good punt return by Tyce Holum, the Spartans reached the end zone on a 20-yard dash by Tate Johnsrud with 8:56 left in the half.
Fairview got on the scoreboard on a 63-yard run to cut the margin to 42-6.
After a pass from Simon McGowan to Holum was good for a first down at the one, Johnsrud scored again for a 50-6 half-time margin.
Scobey scored quickly in the third quarter on a 14-yard rush by Johnsrud. McGowan passed to Johnsrud for the two-point conversion. After an interception by Holum, the Spartans added a touchdown on a six-yard run by Bryson Halverson.
Scobey’s two touchdowns of the fourth quarter came on a 15-yard run by Johnsrud and a 15-yard pass from McGowan to Logan Wolfe.
The Spartans will host Sheridan at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, to start playo action. If Scobey wins the first-round game, they will host the winner of Darby/Victor and Chinook the following week.
Other first-round games are Drummond/Granite playing Forsyth, Fort Benton facing St. Regis/ Albertson, Belt hosting Sweeley-Swan, Circle hosting Ennis, Twin Bridges playing Culbertson and Choteau playing Superior.
