Football Recap: Billings West Skates Past Belgrade with Ease + How To Watch

Golden Bears

Margin (Wins)

09/05/25 @ Hellgate	42
09/26/25 vs Russell	40
10/03/25 @ Skyview	36
09/19/25 vs Billings Senior	35
10/23/25 vs Belgrade	34

Billings West had won four straight at home, but on Thursday they bumped up to 8-1 to make it five. They really took it to the Belgrade Panthers for the full four quarters, racking up a 55-21 victory. Considering the Golden Bears have won seven contests by more than 27 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

CJ Johnson threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. Matt Ludwig was his top target, picking up 94 receiving yards and one score. On the ground, Gabe Rosales rushed for 68 yards and one TD on only seven carries.

As for Belgrade, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7. Their recent woes sure aren't a result of their performance when it comes to yards per carry: they averaged an imposing 5.73 yards per carry in those games compared to only 2.5 in the others.

Loss or not, Belgrade got some senior leadership from Wesley Ehret and Hudsen Rask. Ehret picked up 116 receiving yards and one touchdown, while Rask picked up 94 receiving yards and one TD. Those 116 receiving yards set a new season-high mark for Ehret.

As of now, neither Billings West nor Belgrade have any future games scheduled.