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.
"I feel great, man," Handran said postgame. "We've been working for this all season and it's truly a blessing to be in this situation. I mean, we did it for (the home crowd). It's truly awesome. I have no words to say. It's awesome."
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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.
"It's just awesome to be here," senior Cooper Axtman said. "Awesome to do it with my best friends and my brothers. I'm just so excited."
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 Scobey 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.
