FRENCHTOWN — After losing their star quarterback this summer, the Frenchtown Broncs went to work finding their new offensive attack.
The departure of Brody Hardy, who now plays at Montana Tech, meant Dawson Rodoni would be taking over signal-calling duties. The departure of running back Brady Schmill paved the way for Cole Johnson, who ran for 589 yards last season as a junior, to take on an even larger workload. Bailey Corrette, after his older brother Billy graduated, would also get more looks as a skill-position player for Frenchtown.
Two weeks into the season, the early returns seem promising.
In a 37-6 rout of Columbia Falls (0-2) in front of a home crowd below a hazy, smoke-filled sky, Frenchtown (2-0) stayed perfect and flexed its muscles of a new-ish nucleus of weapons.
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