(UNDATED) – KSEN/K96—BOZEMAN TROPHY ATHLETES OF THE WEEK BOTH COME

FROM FAIRFIELD THIS WEEK AS THE EAGLES FOOTBALL TEAM ADVANCED TO THE SECOND ROUND

OF THE PLAYOFFS AND THE LADY EAGLES ALMOST PULLED OFF A DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP.

OUR FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK IS SR. JILL BARTA FROM THE FAIRFIELD VOLLEYBALL

TEAM.  EVEN THOUGH THE EAGLES WERE SURPRISED BY SHELBY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THEY BOUNCED

RIGHT BACK AND BEAT CONRAD AND THEN CAME OUT STRONGER THAN EVER ON SATURDAY.

LED BY BARTA KNOCKING BALLS DOWN AT THE NET AND DIGGING THEM UP IN THE BACK

ROW, FAIRFIELD BEAT CUT BANK AND SHELBY AND THEN CHOTEAU IN THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP

MATCH BEFORE FINALLY LOSING TO THE BULLDOGS IN THE SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.  IN THAT

FIRST MATCH, THE 6-4 SR. PUT DOWN 24 OF THE TEAMS 48 KILLS AND LED THE TEAM IN DIGS WITH

13.  SHE ALSO LED THE TEAM WITH 24 KILLS AND 24 DIGS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

CHOTEAU COACH ANN FUNK COMMENTED, “JILL BARTA WAS ON FIRE…….SHE PLAYED AS

WELL AS I’VE EVER SEEN HER PLAY……..AND FAIRFIELD COACH STEPHANIE SCHMIDT  SAID SIMPLY,

“SHE PLAYED AMAZING.”

WE HAD SEVERAL NOMINATIONS THIS WEEK FROM THE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS.  THEY

INCLUDED TAY HALL OF CHOTEAU, WHO COACH CRAIG TUCKER SAID DISRUPTED THE EUREKA OFFENSE

ALL DAY LONG IN THE BULLDOGS PLAYOFF WIN.    NOAH CLARK, THE SO. RUNNING BACK FROM SIMMS

WHO RAN FOR 262 YARDS AND SCORED 5 TOUCHDOWNS IN SIMMS PLAYOFF WIN.

BUT DESPITE GREAT PERFORMANCES, ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS GO TO FAIRFIELD JR.

QB DALTON PALMER WHO HAD A COMBINED TOTAL OF 341 YARDS RUSHING AND PASSING..

RESULTING IN 5 TOUCHDOWNS.

FAIRFIELD COACH LES MEYER CALLED PALMER A HARD WORKER WHO REALLY HAS A

DESIRE TO DO HIS BEST EACH AND EVERY GAME, BUT HE ALSO NOTED THAT HE IS ALWAYS

HAPPY ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF HIS TEAMMATES.  THAT WAS EVIDENT AFTER THE FAIRFIELD

WIN OVER DEER LODGE IN WHICH PALMER, QUOTED IN THE GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE SAID

“OUR OFFENSIVE LINE OPENED UP HUGE HOLES FOR US TO RUN THRU AND GAVE ME TIME

TO THROW ALL DAY.”

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR KSEN/K96 –BOZEMAN TROPHY ATHLETE’S OF THE WEEK

SR. JILL BARTA AND JR. DALTON PALMER BOTH FROM FAIRFIELD.   THE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

IS SPONSORED LOCALLY BY McDONALD’S IN CUT BANK.

 

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