The Great Falls Bison will square off against the Billings Senior Broncs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Great Falls has three straight wins, Billings Senior has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Great Falls is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Bozeman, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Great Falls was ranked 13th). Great Falls put the hurt on Bozeman with a sharp 28-7 victory on Friday. The Bison might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 21 points or more this season.
Riley Collette was his usual excellent self, 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 got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Great Falls was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 320 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
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.
Great Falls' win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Billings Senior, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything went Great Falls' way against Billings Senior when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Great Falls made off with a 27-7 victory. Does Great Falls have another victory up their sleeve, or will Billings Senior turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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