
The Eagles drove 65 yards with the second half kickoff for the second of Drew Martins’ three rushing touchdowns. But Big Sky - running some wing-T and other misdirections - kept scoring. That TD, a short run by Joe Jones with 11 seconds left before intermission, cut the gap to 26-13. He added a late 20-yard touchdown strike to Colin Leonard to cap the scoring, and he led Flathead on a sharp, 86-yard drive to close the first half. Nate Skonard threw for 322 yards and two scores for the Braves, who ended up 1-8 and 0-7 in league. Up 29-7 with 3:47 left in the first half, they went on to win 53-20 at Legends Stadium.īig Sky improved to 3-6, and at 2-5 in Western AA games earned the league’s No. The Eagles scored a touchdown, a field goal, a safety and another TD in eight minutes.

Plenty of things went right for Missoula Big Sky and the other way for Flathead Thursday night, but the key stretch came in the second quarter of what was a tie football game.īig Sky took the ball after Brody Thornsberry’s 50-yard touchdown catch drew Flathead even at 7-7, and basically refused to give it back.
