BUTTE — Levi Torgerson returned a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns and threw a scoring pass as Montana Tech scored a wild 38-27 win over Montana Western in Frontier Conference football on Thursday.

On a busy opening day for the far-flung Frontier, Torgerson started things off by taking the opening kickoff 100 yards. After teammate Wykece Johnston tore off a 74-yard scoring run at 6:35 of the first quarter, the Orediggers’ defense forced a punt — and Torgerson took that 91 yards to the paint at Alumni Coliseum.

That was part of a 31-point first quarter for Tech; Casey Kautzman hit a field goal and Torgerson hit Parker Johnston with a 13-yard option pass, sandwiched around a Michael Palandri TD pass for the Bulldogs.

Western, which saw Palandri throw for 285 yards and three touchdowns, c

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