Montana Prep Football Rankings: Sept 22
Top five rankings among all classifications remain the same with minimal movement after four weeks of play
By Micah Drew
Class AA proved decisively that it is very much a class of haves and the have-nots. Top-ranked Missoula Sentinel toppled No. 3 Kalispell Glacier 29-21 on a Friday night where the other six games were decided by 57, 49, 42, 42, 41 and 31 points; the only other semi-interesting Class AA game was Billings Senior’s 35-21 win over Bozeman Gallatin on Thursday night.
Here’s to a more competitive Friday night this week.
Upcoming Class AA game of the week. No. 1 Missoula Sentinel (3-0) takes its perfect record to No. 5 Helena (3-1), where Bengals QB Kaden Huot will try to match his blowout performance at Missoula Hellgate in which his seven TDs broke an 86-year-old school record.
As for Class A, the top five teams all won convincingly, with Hamilton (4-0) solidifying No. 1 by trouncing Butte Central 49-14 and No. 2 Laurel (3-0) fending off the toughest challenge by downing previously unbeaten Lewistown 28-21 on the road.
Upcoming Class A game of the week: High-flying No. 5 Polson (4-0) and its aerial circus travels to unranked Libby (2-2), where QB Jarrett Wilson will try to pad his already absurd passing statistics. In three counting games, Wilson is 88-for-118 passing for 1,182 yards and 19 touchdowns with zero interceptions; he also tossed four TD passes in a 49-21 exhibition victory over the Kalispell Glacier junior varsity, a game scheduled after Butte Central forfeited the season opener to the Pirates.
The rankings:
Class AA
- Missoula Sentinel (3-0)
- Billings West (3-1)
- Butte (3-1)
- Glacier (3-1)
- Helena (3-1)
Class A
- Hamilton (4-0)
- Laurel (3-0)
- Billings Central (3-0)
- Whitefish (4-0)
- Polson (4-0)
Class B
- Florence-Carlton (3-0)
- Columbus (3-0)
- Townsend (2-1)
- Fairfield (3-0)
- Bigfork (3-0)
- Eureka (3-1)