Rostad delivers 4 TDs, West beats East 40-21 in 75th Montana Shrine Game

GREAT FALLS—Quarterback Tyson Rostad ran for 3 touchdowns and threw for one more because the West staff took down the East 40-21 within the seventy fifth annual Montana East-West Shrine Sport at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

It was the second win in a row for the West, shifting the general sequence file to 41-34 in favor of the East.

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Rostad, a Hamilton graduate and College of Montana commit, was named the offensive MVP for the West.

“It is actually necessary to me however I wasn’t succesful to do with out everybody’s assistance on the staff,” Rostad mentioned. “There’s lots of youngsters that put in lots of work this week. That O-line actually blocked for me actually nice tonight. So I am actually grateful for that. And this MVP simply goes to the entire staff as a result of there’s lots of youngsters that put in lots of laborious work.”

Helena Excessive defensive lineman Forrest Suero was named the West’s defensive MVP. Suero is a Carroll Faculty commit who collected three sacks on future Saint teammate Isaiah Claunch, and likewise assisted in a blocked area purpose with Sentinel’s Drew Klumph.

“I really like that we’re chirping the entire recreation. It wasn’t something soiled, it was simply humorous stuff. It feels wonderful. Like like our chant says ‘West is finest,’” Suero mentioned of sacking his future teammate.

For the East, Billings West’s Taco Dowler, a Montana State commit, gained the East offensive MVP after hauling in 203 receiving yards and scoring one landing. Laurel’s Beau Dantic gained the defensive MVP after a record-breaking 101-yard interception return.

The East’s first snap from scrimmage slipped by means of the arms of Claunch and out the again of the tip zone for a security to present West an early 2-0 lead. West did most of its first-half injury on the bottom, as Rostad and his Hamilton teammate, working again Tim Zohner, used a two-pronged assault to drive earlier than Rostad supplied West’s first offensive rating on a brief run to make it 9-0 West.

Regardless of being pressured to scramble on most snaps, Claunch would settle in as he hit Gallatin’s Tyler Nansel and Dowler for 70-yard and 80-yard landing passes, respectively, for the East’s solely scores of the primary half.

Within the second quarter, Missoula Sentinel’s Connor Sullivan scooped and scored on ran again Klumph and Suero’s blocked kick for a 63-yard landing return.

Kalispell Glacier kicker Patrick Rohrbach knocked by means of a 34-yard area purpose to get the scoring going within the second half. Later within the third, Florence’s Luke Maki, an Air Drive commit, picked off East quarterback Braeden Mikkelson to present the ball proper again to the West. West continued its speeding assault with Florence’s Tristan Pyette and Rostad, who punched in his second speeding TD late within the third quarter.

Dantic intercepted Huot and ran all of it the best way again with underneath three minutes to present the East its third landing, nevertheless it was too little too late. Rostad scored his third TD on the bottom on West’s subsequent possession to present the sport its remaining rating.