Riverside scores early, tops BFHS football
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Aaron Scott.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Badger boys on guard.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Ty Bateman makes a run for it.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Donovan Varelman.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN The band kept the audience hopping throughout the game.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Donovan Varelman and Aaron Scott.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Jake Jelinek.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Aaron Scott.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Ty Bateman.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Handoff to Ty Bateman.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN The cheerleaders kept spirits high during last Friday’s football game.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN
BONNERS FERRY — A quick start by visiting Riverside put the host Badgers in catch-up mode, and a late score wasn’t enough as the Rams earned a 28-8 nonconference win on Friday, Sept. 7.
Riverside scored early in the first quarter, added 2- and 20-yard TD runs in the second quarter and a 9-yard TD run in the third quarter to open a 28-0 lead. The Rams piled up 412 yards in the game, compared to 171 for Bonners Ferry.
“We made too many mental mistakes in the first half of what I thought should have been a very winnable game for us,” Badgers coach Cory Kramer said. “At the half we really didn’t make any significant adjustments — we just came out and at times played the way we were supposed to and won the second half.”
Bonners Ferry outscored Riverside 8-7 after intermission, with quarterback Aaron Scott dashing 11 yards for a touchdown with 2:20 remaining in the game. Scott threw to Ty Bateman for the two-point conversion.
Scott had 59 yards passing and 43 yards rushing for Bonners Ferry (0-3), while Donovan Varelman had 47 yards rushing on 13 carries.
“We are getting closer each week ... our roster keeps getting a little more depth, which will help,” Kramer said. “This week we play a pretty good Thompson Falls team that took us to overtime last year so it should be a good test for us to notch that first win of the season.”
The Badgers return to action Friday when they host Thompson Falls, Mont., at 7 p.m.
Riverside 28, Bonners Ferry 8
Riverside 7 14 7 0 — 28
Bonners Ferry 0 0 0 8 — 8
BFHS statistics
RUSHING — Donovan Varelman 13-47, Aaron Scott 14-43, Ty Bateman 7-22.
PASSING — Aaron Scott 4-10, 59 yards
RECEIVING — Ty Bateman 1-33, Jake Jelinek 1-11, Chris Durette 1-9, Kenny Branson 1-6.