Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Billings West). They blew past the Skyview Falcons 47-7 at home on Friday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Golden Bears also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2023.
CJ Johnson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 374 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt. Payton Cicero was in the mix as well, providing Billings West with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Billings West was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 203 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Billings West's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB six times. Leading the way was Collin Warnick with two sacks.
Despite the loss, Skyview still got an impressive performance from Paxton Fitch, who rushed for 98 yards, and also threw for 40 yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 65 yards.
Billings West pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Skyview, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Billings West has already played their next match, a 36-17 victory against Bozeman on the 4th. As for Skyview, they will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Billings Senior at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th.
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