Football Recap: Bozeman Drops Highest Score of Season Against Great Falls

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bozeman). Everything went their way against the Great Falls Bison on Friday as they made off with a 70-50 win. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 56-28.

Van Shockley

Passing Touchdowns

09/19/25 vs Great Falls	5
09/12/25 @ Billings Senior	3
09/05/25 @ Glacier	1
08/29/25 vs Hellgate	4

Van Shockley produced another solid performance throwing for 375 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and also punching in a pair of TDs on the ground. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 3.2 passing touchdowns per game. 105 of Shockley's passing yards were hauled in by Logan Humphrey.

Bozeman didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Great Falls to a completion percentage of just 48%. The team can thank Walker Roodell for the heroic effort on defense: he. Given Shockley's standout performance, it's clear Great Falls' secondary just wasn't on the same level.

Great Falls' loss came despite a true team effort from the offense with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Steele Harris, who rushed for 140 yards and one score on only six carries, and also picked up 100 receiving yards and one touchdown. Harris' longest reception was for an incredible 86 yards. Tristan Oleary was another key player, throwing for 269 yards and a pair of TDs while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt.

The victory made it two in a row for Bozeman and bumps their season record up to 3-1. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points over those games. As for Great Falls, they are on a four-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.

We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Bozeman will face off against rival Gallatin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,164 yards in their previous games. Meanwhile, Great Falls is set to take on their familiar foe Skyview at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.