SCOBEY — In a matchup of unbeatens, Scobey left no doubt of its season-long supremacy.
Reese Tande accounted for four touchdowns — including three scoring passes to teammate Bram Handran — and Scobey capped a perfect season with a 48-16 rout of Drummond-Philipsburg on Saturday to win the 8-Man state championship.
It’s the fourth football title in Spartans history and their first since 2002. It also avenged Scobey’s 2020 loss to Drummond-Philipsburg in the championship game.
Tande started the scoring in the first quarter with a 10-yard touchdown run to put Scobey ahead 6-0. But Drummond-Philipsburg countered after a Spartans fumble as Jake Dauenhauer scored on a 1-yard run. The Titans took an 8-6 lead on Dauenhauer’s two-point run.
That’s when Sccobey began to pull away.
Handran made the first of his three touchdown catches with a leaping 21-yard grab early in the second quarter, and that was followed by Scobey’s Torsten Lamb finding the end zone on a 1-yard run. That gave the Spartans an 18-8 advantage.
The lead grew after Brecken Maher scored on a 1-yarder, and then Handran made consecutive touchdown catches, one of which was a one-handed grab as Scobey’s lead ballooned to 40-8.
Maher added a 16-yard touchdown run for the Spartans with 5:30 remaining in the game.
Skyler Olson had a 35-yard touchdown run for the Titans with 2:04 left.
Scobey finished the season with a 12-0 record. Drummond-Philipsburg finished its season with an 11-1 mark.
