Football Recap: Billings West Golden Bears vs. Helena Bengals        
        
		
             On Friday, Billings West faced Helena in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Billings West Golden Bears came out on top against the Helena Bengals by a score of  26-19. The  victory made it back-to-back  wins for the Golden Bears.
  CJ Johnson threw for 239 yards and a touchdown while completing 79.4% of his passes.  
 Matt Ludwig was his top target, picking up 83 receiving yards.  On the ground, 
 Payton Cicero rushed for 36 yards and two touchdowns.
 When it comes to explaining why Helena lost, don't look at  Trygve Braun. Despite the final result, he rushed for 144 yards on only 15 carries. The dominant performance gave  Braun a new career-high in  rushing yards.  Carter Petre was in the mix  too, providing Helena with two touchdowns.
 Billings West pushed their record up to 2-0 with that  win, which was their fifth straight  at home dating back to last season. As for Helena, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
 Billings West will challenge Russell at 7:00  p.m.  on Thursday. As for Helena, they will face off against Hellgate at 7:00  p.m.  on Friday.
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