KALISPELL — Tom Carter and Dylan Graham every scored twice and No. 2 Helena Capital totaled six dashing touchdowns in a 51-14 rout of Kalispell Flathead.
The Bruins, who improved to 3-0 on the season and 1-0 in Western AA convention play, racked up 320 first-half yards and scored 42 factors.
“You all the time fear about these video games after you play two powerful ones – you are concerned concerning the effort stage and what we’re going to appear like,” Capital head coach Kyle Mihelish mentioned.
“I assumed we got here out and did what we’re alleged to do. We performed at a excessive stage and had been clearly in a position to put up 42 factors within the first half.”
A 28-point second quarter that noticed Capital rating thrice in 4 minutes and 4 occasions in a 5 and a half minute span broke the competition open.
Carter discovered the top zone on back-to-back drives, the second of which was arrange by a 50-yard catch and run by Tyler Kovick.
Graham took an choice pitch only a handful of performs later and sprinted 29 yards for six to place Capital up by 5 touchdowns.
Hayden Opitz joined his teammates within the halftime locker room after racking up north of 100 all-purpose yards within the first half. He broke the scoring seal within the first quarter with a 30-yard run earlier than establishing Graham’s first landing of the night with back-to-back 18-yard receptions.
His 48-yard catch paved the best way for Graham’s second rating late within the first half.
Capital, very like it had within the first two video games, leaned on its protection in victory.
The Bruins’ rapid-fire scoring can’t solely be attributed to Capital’s explosive offense, however a terrorizing protection that pressured a number of three-and-outs and Flathead possessions that lasted not more than 90 to 120 seconds at occasions.
“The entrance seven guys are veteran guys they usually perceive the scheme, they perceive what we’re making an attempt to do,” Mihelish mentioned. “They execute fairly effectively they usually play effectively collectively. They convey.
“That’s one factor with this group that I’m very impressed with – they impart with each other they usually get in the correct calls, the correct fronts and the correct coverages.”
Talon Marsh broke into the backfield for a handful of TFLs on Friday evening, and with underneath three minutes left within the first half, Kovick jumped a Flathead route and bolted 25 yards to the top zone.
Kovick recorded his second interception of the evening one drive later, ending Kalispell’s remaining first-half drive with a turnover.
“Kovick is fairly good in protection,” Mihelish mentioned. “He understands the place he must be, so he simply kinda minimize underneath the route and picked it and ran [into the end zone]. He had one other nice play on a wheel route.”
“The child goes as much as catch it – he’s a 6-foot-4 child – and Kovick goes up proper by means of his palms and comes down with the ball. He had an enormous evening defensively.”
Capital turned to lots of its junior-varsity gamers within the second half and noticed Lance Baumgart take a hand-off and dash 60 yards into the top zone.
The Braves, who trailed 48-0 at one level, dodged a fourth-quarter operating clock with a pair of touchdowns to Brody Thornsberry, however lastly succumbed when Capital stretched its benefit again to 37 factors mid-way by means of the fourth.
Capital will get Missoula Huge Sky subsequent week, whereas Flathead (1-2) matches up with Butte.
“We’ve achieved what we needed to perform to this point,” Mihelish mentioned. “We’re simply gonna take sooner or later at a time, one recreation at a time.”
