2015 Montana High School Playoffs

[BDizzle]

I'll be at the Laurel vs Central game as well.

 

[Paytonlives]

If the paper is right...

#1 Bozeman (9-1) vs. #8 CMR (5-5)
Bozeman beat CMR 59-21 in Week 9

#2 Senior (9-1) vs. #7 West (6-4)
Senior beat West 27-0 in week 3

#3 Capital (8-2) vs. #6 Flathead (6-4)
Capital Beat Flathead 24-21 in week 8

#4 Helena High (8-2) vs. #5 Glacier (8-2)
Helena Beat Glacier 23-17 in week 1

No surprises here...
#1 Bozeman Beat CMR 21-0
#2 Senior Beat West 38-9
#3 Capital Beat Flathead 15-0

#4 Helena High (8-2) vs. #5 Glacier (8-2) Saturday at 1:00

 

[Paytonlives]

A Billings Central at Dillon
A Columbia Falls at Havre
A Sidney at Whitefish (550 Miles)
A Butte Central at Miles City

B Colsprip at Fairfield
B Huntley Project at Malta
B Bigfork at Missoula Loyola
B Manhattan at Baker

8C Wibaux at Arlee
8C Charlo and Fairview
8C Ennis at Chinook
8C Chester- Joplin- Inverness at Twin Bridges

6C Hot Springs Beat Valier 65-6
6C Box Elder at Custer-Hysham
6C Hobson-Moore-Judith Gap at Denton- Geyser-Stanford
6C Lone Peak at Savage

 

[rimrockgriz]

I watched Senior spank West last night. West struggled to cross the 50 yard line the entire evening. I fully expect Senior to be in the AA final with their talent. I've watched Senior 3 times this year and they are loaded with athletes at every position. The Broncs are a young squad also, with only a few seniors in key positions. The young Sulser kid (#7) makes defenders look like their feet are in concrete. Top that off with the fact that he is only a sophomore. :lol: ... :egriz:

 

[PhxGriz]

When I was in high school (Power), we once played a 6 man/8 man combo game with Winnett. Power played 6 man on offense and when Winnett had the ball, it was 8 man. Total blast of a game.

Looking at all those tiny 6 man towns brings the memories back.

 

[Sam A. Blitz]

When I was in high school (Power), we once played a 6 man/8 man combo game with Winnett. Power played 6 man on offense and when Winnett had the ball, it was 8 man. Total blast of a game.

Looking at all those tiny 6 man towns brings the memories back.

It's kind of sad that all these schools have to co-op or consolidate to field a team anymore. I mean, just the game below, it takes 6 towns to put squads together for a 6-man game.

Hobson-Moore-Judith Gap at Denton- Geyser-Stanford

 

[WaGriz4life]

I watched Senior spank West last night. West struggled to cross the 50 yard line the entire evening. I fully expect Senior to be in the AA final with their talent. I've watched Senior 3 times this year and they are loaded with athletes at every position. The Broncs are a young squad also, with only a few seniors in key positions. The young Sulser kid (#7) makes defenders look like their feet are in concrete. Top that off with the fact that he is only a sophomore. :lol: ... :egriz:

And that he and his family are diehard Griz fans. :thumb: Talked to many people who think he could be the best WR to ever come out of any Billings HS.

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

If you think Sulser is fast on a football field you should see him run the bases on a diamond. He is the single fastest player I have ever seen on the base path. Nobody's close

 

[stilwtrgrizz]

When I was in high school (Power), we once played a 6 man/8 man combo game with Winnett. Power played 6 man on offense and when Winnett had the ball, it was 8 man. Total blast of a game.

Looking at all those tiny 6 man towns brings the memories back.

It's kind of sad that all these schools have to co-op or consolidate to field a team anymore. I mean, just the game below, it takes 6 towns to put squads together for a 6-man game.

Hobson-Moore-Judith Gap at Denton- Geyser-Stanford

Agreed. Unfortunately it is a sign of the times in our great state. There are fewer and fewer "families" running smaller farms and ranches. They are being bought out by large corps, wealthy out of state interests, and Montanans growing their operations. I'm thinking, VERY sad. :-|

 

[WaGriz4life]

If you think Sulser is fast on a football field you should see him run the bases on a diamond. He is the single fastest player I have ever seen on the base path. Nobody's close

One of my uncle's brothers coached in Big Sky Little League and he told me the same thing a few years ago. He told me Sulser would play varsity football as a Freshman and I laughed. Too fast to keep off the field. He was right.

 

[grizband]

If you think Sulser is fast on a football field you should see him run the bases on a diamond. He is the single fastest player I have ever seen on the base path. Nobody's close

One of my uncle's brothers coached in Big Sky Little League and he told me the same thing a few years ago. He told me Sulser would play varsity football as a Freshman and I laughed. Too fast to keep off the field. He was right.

He's small...but Damn is he fast and a good athlete

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

There isn't one player on the Griz that could beat him around the bases not even Daum

 

[GRZFTBL]

If you think Sulser is fast on a football field you should see him run the bases on a diamond. He is the single fastest player I have ever seen on the base path. Nobody's close

Brandon Nimmo from Cheyenne. He hit one in the gap, I'm umpiring the bases, play at 3rd and I was 60' away. Thankfully, it wasn't close. He hit another in the gap later. I cheated and was right on top of the play at 3rd.

He's the fastest I seen in College or American Legion.

Oh, he was the NY Mets 1st round pick a few years ago. In Triple A now.

 

[BornGrizz]

C - I haven't been able to see any games this year, but Chinook, Twin Bridges, Arlee and Fairview are all undefeated. I believe Fairview has home field throughout.


I will go with:

C - Chinook

Twin, as a #1 seed, has home-field advantage throughout as well, provided they win out. I'm rooting for Twin to take it all.

I was in the Twin area doing some hunting. Got to watch Twin/ Chester Joplin. Twins weak points on D during this game was poor pass coverage in the backfield and poor containment by the D ends. On offense, the weakness was the QB's inaccurate throws. However, Twin dominated the second half with their run game and their D Line is pretty stout. Guess I'll be partial to Twin as well since that's the first 8 man playoff game I've seen.

 

[Spanky]

Billings Senior is loaded with talent....Sam Sparks is another with speed.

 

[Griz Time]

No doubt Dillon is a traditional power but no one pointed out a solid fact. Whitefish only lost to Dillon by a point early in the season.
I watched them play Sydney yesterday. After a very tough defensive effort by both in the first half, a couple of mistakes by Sydney started the run in the second.
You could see Sydney was getting a little winded (I wouldn't say just flat out tired).
Luke May is good, can chuck it with accuracy and make people miss.
Neglar (Griz commit is huge).
Something I haven't seen on my Dog teams in quite awhile, size!
Interior lineman have size, WR's have size. Parker is a solid rb with good speed.
That all said, the way the bracket works this year, we have to travel to Miles City.
If IF, we can get through them, I like our chances. WF in yrs past always struggled against the Eastern schools with their traditional size.
We beat Havre and Sydney sound, if we can add MC to it, WOW!
16 seniors on this team.....now or never!

 

[Grizzlies1982]

No doubt Dillon is a traditional power but no one pointed out a solid fact. Whitefish only lost to Dillon by a point early in the season.
I watched them play Sydney yesterday. After a very tough defensive effort by both in the first half, a couple of mistakes by Sydney started the run in the second. You could see Sydney was getting a little winded (I wouldn't say just flat out tired).
Luke May is good, can chuck it with accuracy and make people miss.
Neglar (Griz commit is huge).
Something I haven't seen on my Dog teams in quite awhile, size! Interior lineman have size, WR's have size. Parker is a solid rb with good speed.
That all said, the way the bracket works this year, we have to travel to Miles City. If IF, we can get through them, I like our chances. WF in yrs past always struggled against the Eastern schools with their traditional size.
We beat Havre and Sydney sound, if we can add MC to it, WOW!
16 seniors on this team.....now or never!

Good luck Dmont. I suspect Whitefish wins a close one in Miles City. However won't be shocked if I'm wrong and the Cowboys take 'em out. Miles City has a very solid team and is playing efficient football. In September they snuck by with a 1 pt win over Sidney. Otherwise Miles City has pretty well crushed everyone on their way to a 10-0 record thus far. Even yesterday by about halftime it was clear Butte Central was getting rolled.

With this weekend's game, Whitefish's 500 + mile drive over to Miles City may be a factor. Yet the real wildcard is the MC kids have been on a mission this year since their coach died. They are definitely out to "Win one for the Gipper" as well as themselves. Connors Stadium in Miles City has a great field and is a nice place to play. The place will be packed with overflow fans lining the field. This should be a great game!

In the other semi-final, I expect Dillon beats Havre easily. No disrespect intended to the Blue Ponies as I haven't seen them play. Yet based off their schedule their 8-2 record may be deceiving. Only two of their eight wins were against teams with winning records (beat a 7-4 Sidney by five points, and this weekend's 34 point win over a 5-4 Columbia Falls). It's noteworthy Havre's only two losses this season are to the other semi-final teams. Yet those weren't even close with Whitefish winning by 34 and Miles City beating them by 26.

Consequently I suspect Dillon will beat them by a comfortable margin. Especially if Havre needs Dane Warps passing attack to score in bunches. The field in Dillon yesterday was a muddy mess with kids slipping all over the place. Both teams had a few nice pass plays but the field wasn't conducive to making any quick cuts. The only player who seems to have traction was the Dillon QB. The kid had a great game and ripped off several nice runs. If the field is similar next weekend running it up the middle may be the only way to move the ball with consistency.

 

[Griz Time]

No doubt Dillon is a traditional power but no one pointed out a solid fact. Whitefish only lost to Dillon by a point early in the season.
I watched them play Sydney yesterday. After a very tough defensive effort by both in the first half, a couple of mistakes by Sydney started the run in the second. You could see Sydney was getting a little winded (I wouldn't say just flat out tired).
Luke May is good, can chuck it with accuracy and make people miss.
Neglar (Griz commit is huge).
Something I haven't seen on my Dog teams in quite awhile, size! Interior lineman have size, WR's have size. Parker is a solid rb with good speed.
That all said, the way the bracket works this year, we have to travel to Miles City. If IF, we can get through them, I like our chances. WF in yrs past always struggled against the Eastern schools with their traditional size.
We beat Havre and Sydney sound, if we can add MC to it, WOW!
16 seniors on this team.....now or never!

Good luck Dmont. I suspect Whitefish wins a close one in Miles City. However won't be shocked if I'm wrong and the Cowboys take 'em out. Miles City has a very solid team and is playing efficient football. In September they snuck by with a 1 pt win over Sidney. Otherwise Miles City has pretty well crushed everyone on their way to a 10-0 record thus far. Even yesterday by about halftime it was clear Butte Central was getting rolled.

With this weekend's game, Whitefish's 500 + mile drive over to Miles City may be a factor. Yet the real wildcard is the MC kids have been on a mission this year since their coach died. They are definitely out to "Win one for the Gipper" as well as themselves. Connors Stadium in Miles City has a great field and is a nice place to play. The place will be packed with overflow fans lining the field. This should be a great game!

In the other semi-final, I expect Dillon beats Havre easily. No disrespect intended to the Blue Ponies as I haven't seen them play. Yet based off their schedule their 8-2 record may be deceiving. Only two of their eight wins were against teams with winning records (beat a 7-4 Sidney by five points, and this weekend's 34 point win over a 5-4 Columbia Falls). It's noteworthy Havre's only two losses this season are to the other semi-final teams. Yet those weren't even close with Whitefish winning by 34 and Miles City beating them by 26.

Consequently I suspect Dillon will beat them by a comfortable margin. Especially if Havre needs Dane Warps passing attack to score in bunches. The field in Dillon yesterday was a muddy mess with kids slipping all over the place. Both teams had a few nice pass plays but the field wasn't conducive to making any quick cuts. The only player who seems to have traction was the Dillon QB. The kid had a great game and ripped off several nice runs. If the field is similar next weekend running it up the middle may be the only way to move the ball with consistency.

Thanks 82, same to you. I assume you're a MC supporter?
Havre seems to have caught fire lately, still a tough draw for them. I haven't heard officially but I'd guess WF drives and stays the night somewhere close by.
I was pretty impressed with the Sydney crowd making the trek all the way over.
Whitefish is honestly really good, just how good is something I've questioned all year.
The Dillon game literally came down to WF going for the win on a 2pt conversion and missed it.
I think overall, the Western A was down this year (thus my questioning on how good) as WF had almost every team in the mercy rule before the end of the first half.
Conversely, they made it to the semi's last year and got crushed by BC at home.
While I do question the overall Western A, with the size of WF this year, I think they could play and beat some AA teams this year. Probably the same is true of MC and Dillon as well.
Best to MC this weekend. Know a few ppl that used to live in MC. Salt of the earth ppl.
One interesting but fun fact for WF, their kicker, is a girl. I totally support it. Think its pretty cool...

 

[Grizzlies1982]

Thanks 82, same to you. I assume you're a MC supporter?
Havre seems to have caught fire lately, still a tough draw for them. I haven't heard officially but I'd guess WF drives and stays the night somewhere close by.
I was pretty impressed with the Sydney crowd making the trek all the way over.
Whitefish is honestly really good, just how good is something I've questioned all year.
The Dillon game literally came down to WF going for the win on a 2pt conversion and missed it.
I think overall, the Western A was down this year (thus my questioning on how good) as WF had almost every team in the mercy rule before the end of the first half.
Conversely, they made it to the semi's last year and got crushed by BC at home.
While I do question the overall Western A, with the size of WF this year, I think they could play and beat some AA teams this year. Probably the same is true of MC and Dillon as well.
Best to MC this weekend. Know a few ppl that used to live in MC. Salt of the earth ppl.
One interesting but fun fact for WF, their kicker, is a girl. I totally support it. Think its pretty cool...

Actually my kids are at Billings Central, so not a MC supporter other than enjoy seeing 'Eastern A' succeed. With Central now out this year, I'm pulling for Whitefish to win it since a buddy has a son playing for them.

Whitefish looks very impressive with the sole 1 point loss to Dillon, and averaging over 40 points per game. Though as you point out, top to bottom traditionally the western conferences are not as strong as the east. It makes it hard to compare records alone. Yet they've shown they can play against good competition. Again, I suspect Whitefish will win a hard fought contest this weekend. However, the wildcard is Miles City is on a mission this year to "Win one for the Gipper". The Cowboys had a very good, though not great, team. Yet this extra motivation seems to have those kids playing well beyond their ability. So this should be a great game.

 

[Eastern Montana Griz]

No doubt Dillon is a traditional power but no one pointed out a solid fact. Whitefish only lost to Dillon by a point early in the season.
I watched them play Sydney yesterday. After a very tough defensive effort by both in the first half, a couple of mistakes by Sydney started the run in the second. You could see Sydney was getting a little winded (I wouldn't say just flat out tired).
Luke May is good, can chuck it with accuracy and make people miss.
Neglar (Griz commit is huge).
Something I haven't seen on my Dog teams in quite awhile, size! Interior lineman have size, WR's have size. Parker is a solid rb with good speed.
That all said, the way the bracket works this year, we have to travel to Miles City. If IF, we can get through them, I like our chances. WF in yrs past always struggled against the Eastern schools with their traditional size.
We beat Havre and Sydney sound, if we can add MC to it, WOW!
16 seniors on this team.....now or never!

Good luck Dmont. I suspect Whitefish wins a close one in Miles City. However won't be shocked if I'm wrong and the Cowboys take 'em out. Miles City has a very solid team and is playing efficient football. In September they snuck by with a 1 pt win over Sidney. Otherwise Miles City has pretty well crushed everyone on their way to a 10-0 record thus far. Even yesterday by about halftime it was clear Butte Central was getting rolled.

With this weekend's game, Whitefish's 500 + mile drive over to Miles City may be a factor. Yet the real wildcard is the MC kids have been on a mission this year since their coach died. They are definitely out to "Win one for the Gipper" as well as themselves. Connors Stadium in Miles City has a great field and is a nice place to play. The place will be packed with overflow fans lining the field. This should be a great game!

In the other semi-final, I expect Dillon beats Havre easily. No disrespect intended to the Blue Ponies as I haven't seen them play. Yet based off their schedule their 8-2 record may be deceiving. Only two of their eight wins were against teams with winning records (beat a 7-4 Sidney by five points, and this weekend's 34 point win over a 5-4 Columbia Falls). It's noteworthy Havre's only two losses this season are to the other semi-final teams. Yet those weren't even close with Whitefish winning by 34 and Miles City beating them by 26.

Consequently I suspect Dillon will beat them by a comfortable margin. Especially if Havre needs Dane Warps passing attack to score in bunches. The field in Dillon yesterday was a muddy mess with kids slipping all over the place. Both teams had a few nice pass plays but the field wasn't conducive to making any quick cuts. The only player who seems to have traction was the Dillon QB. The kid had a great game and ripped off several nice runs. If the field is similar next weekend running it up the middle may be the only way to move the ball with consistency.

Thanks 82, same to you. I assume you're a MC supporter?
Havre seems to have caught fire lately, still a tough draw for them. I haven't heard officially but I'd guess WF drives and stays the night somewhere close by.
I was pretty impressed with the Sydney crowd making the trek all the way over.
Whitefish is honestly really good, just how good is something I've questioned all year.
The Dillon game literally came down to WF going for the win on a 2pt conversion and missed it.
I think overall, the Western A was down this year (thus my questioning on how good) as WF had almost every team in the mercy rule before the end of the first half.
Conversely, they made it to the semi's last year and got crushed by BC at home.
While I do question the overall Western A, with the size of WF this year, I think they could play and beat some AA teams this year. Probably the same is true of MC and Dillon as well.
Best to MC this weekend. Know a few ppl that used to live in MC. Salt of the earth ppl.
One interesting but fun fact for WF, their kicker, is a girl. I totally support it. Think its pretty cool...

ITS SIDNEY with an I, no Y, or should i start saying whytefish?