Playoff Football Preview: Whitefish Hosts Bigfork

Playoff football in the treasure state gets underway this weekend as the Whitefish Bulldogs will play host to the Bigfork Vikings to open postseason play.

This will be the first time the Bulldogs have hosted a playoff game in 3 years.

Whitefish finished the regular season with a 6-3 overall record, 6-2 in the Western "A" Conference.

Bigfork finished the season with a 5-3 overall record.

The Dawgs enter postseason play on a 4-game win streak while the Vikings have lost 3 of their last 4 games.

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

These two teams met earlier in the season with Whitefish winning 42-22.

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The Dawgs enter the contest averaging 32.2 points per game while giving up just 13.3 a contest.

Bigfork puts up an average of 33.6 ppg and gives up 23.

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

Whitefish Stat Leaders:

Quarterback Carson Gulick is currently 2nd in Class A with 1,431 passing yards. He's tossed 16 TD's on the season and 5 int's.

Gulick is 13th overall in rushing yards at 494. He has 7 rushing TD's on the season.

Gulick is 2nd in total yards of offense (pass/rush combined) with 1,925 yards.

Running Back Riley Zetooney is 4th in Class "A" with 618 total rush yards. Zetooney has 5 rushing TD's on the season.

Wide Receiver CJ Thew is 2nd in receiving yards with 595 and leads Class "A" in receiving TD's with 11.

As for Bigfork:

QB Cole Schmit is 6th in passing yards with 1,221. He's tossed 18 TD's and 10 Int's.

RB Treker Hickey is 2nd in rushing yards with 783. He's rushed for 7 TD's.

WR Austin Savik is 4th in receiving yards with 535. He's caught 7 TD's.

It's the Whitefish Bulldogs vs. the Bigfork Vikings to open postseason play. Catch the call live on the voice of Bulldog Sports, Sportstalk 1240 AM and 102.7 FM KSAM. Kick-off is scheduled for 7pm.

IMPORTANT: NO PASSES are accepted for this event per MHSA rules. Purchase your ticket ahead of time at: GoFan.co/app/school/MT19807