Playoff Football Preview: Whitefish at Billings Central

    Whitefish's Carson Gulick looks for a lane against Bigfork 11/1. Photo © Brittany Brown

    The Whitefish Bulldog Football team hits the road for the 2nd round of the Playoffs as they head to Billings to face-off with Billings Central.

    The Dawgs (7-3) enter the contest as the No. 4 seed out of the West.

    Whitefish is coming off a 24-21 win against Bigfork, last week.

    Billings Central (9-0) enters the contest the No. 1 seed out of the East.

    The Rams had a bye last week.

    Today, hear from Head Coach Brett Bollweg to preview the contest:

    The Dawgs enter the contest averaging 31.4 points per game while giving up just 14.1 a contest.

    Billings Central puts up an average of 38.8 ppg and gives up just 6.7.

    Taking a look at some individual stat leaders for the Dawgs:

    Whitefish Stat Leaders:

    Quarterback Carson Gulick is currently 2nd in Class A with 1,582 passing yards (including playoffs). He's tossed 18 TD's on the season and 5 int's.

    Gulick is 11th overall in rushing yards at 520. He has 8 rushing TD's on the season.

    Gulick is 2nd in total yards of offense (pass/rush combined) with 2,102.

    Running Back Riley Zetooney is 4th in Class "A" with 722 total rush yards. Zetooney has 5 rushing TD's on the season.

    Wide Receiver CJ Thew is 3rd in receiving yards with 624 and leads Class "A" in receiving TD's with 12.

    As for Billings Central:

    QB Howie Martin is 8th in passing yards with 1,110*. He's tossed 16 TD's and just 3 Int's. Martin completes 75% of his passes.

    RB's Jack Debourg is 10th in rushing while Ayden Salter is 13th. Both have over 500 rushing yards on the season. They've combined for 15 rush TD's.

    WR William Snell, listed at 6'4, is 8th in receiving yards with 515. He's caught 8 TD's.

    Team Stat Comparison

    Whitefish   Billings Central Catholic
    174.1 Rushing Yards Per Game 204.0
    171.6 Passing Yards Per Game 125.0
    172.1 Receiving Yards Per Game 124.2
    345.7 Total Yards Per Game 329.0
    - Tackles Per Game 49.3
    - Sacks Per Game 1.4
    30.9 Points Per Game 36.1

    It's the Whitefish Bulldogs vs. the Billings Central Rams, in the quarter-final round of the playoffs. Catch the call live on the voice of Bulldog Sports, Sportstalk 1240 AM and 102.7 FM KSAM. Kick-off is scheduled for Saturday at 7pm.

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