First Round Playoff: Fort Benton def. Arlee 74-16

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Nathan Maughan scored three touchdowns and Derek Kittredge threw for two scores and ran for another as fifth-ranked Fort Benton rolled to a victory over Arlee in a first-round playoff game.

Maughan scored on runs of 10 and 35 yards and caught a 7-yard TD pass from Kittredge.

Kittredge also threw a 7-yard TD pass to Rley Shaw and scored on a 30-yard jaunt.

Shaw and Jackson Bramlette scored two TDs each for the Longhorns, who led 32-8 at the end of the first quarter and 56-16 at halftime.

Fort Benton had 308 yards of total offense, 241 coming on the ground.

Arlee (5-3) rushed for 58 yards and gained only two through the air.

The Warriors' Dylan Moran returned a kickoff 70 yards for a TD and score on a 2-yard run.

The Fourth Raked Fort Benton Longhorns will meet top-ranked Wibaux Longhorns in the quarterfinals on Saturday in Wibaux.

Arlee               8    8    0  0    16
Ft. Benton    32 24  16  8 - 74

FB - Nathan Maughan 10 run (Maughan run)

Arlee - Dylan Moran 70 kickoff return (2-point conversion good)

FB - Riley Shaw 75 kickoff return (Jackson Bramlette run0

FB - Bramlette 4 run (run good)

FB - Maughan 35 run (run good)

FB - Shaw 7 pass from Derek Kittredge (run good)

FB - Bramlette 10 run (run good)

FB - Maughan 7 pass from Kittredge (run good)

Arlee - Moran 2 run (2-point conversion good)

FB - safety

FB - Kittredge 30 run (run good)

FB - Riley DeBruycker 22 run (DeBruckyer run)