Football Preview: Billings Senior Broncs vs. Great Falls Bison
The Billings Senior Broncs will head out on the road to challenge the Great Falls Bison at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Billings Senior has struggled recently with four defeats in a row, while Great Falls will arrive with three straight wins.
Billings Senior might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 23-21 to Billings West, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, Great Falls faced Bozeman in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Great Falls put the hurt on Bozeman with a sharp 28-7 victory. The result was nothing new for the Bison, who have now won three matchups by 21 points or more so far this season.
Riley Collette continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 172 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Luke Aakre made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Great Falls was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 320 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 205 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Billings Senior's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Great Falls, their record is now 3-1.
Billings Senior suffered a grim 27-7 defeat to Great Falls when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Collette, who threw for 133 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Now that Billings Senior knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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