In the annual Battle of the Broncs rivalry game, No. 3 Frenchtown handed No. 2 Hamilton its first loss of the season Friday night with a 21-14 victory and earned a leg up in the Southwest division of Class A.
Elsewhere, top-ranked Billings Central won again and is now 6-0 as the last unbeaten in the classification. No. 4 Laurel and No. 5 Lewistown — the Eagles won a matchup between those teams last week — each prevailed.
In particular, the Locomotives overcame upstart East Helena 25-19 in a meeting between 4-1 teams from the Central division.
Key Week 6 matchup: No. 3 Frenchtown 21, No. 2 Hamilton 14
In a game that will likely go a long way toward deciding the Class A Southwest division, Dawson Rodini threw two touchdown passes for Frenchtown.
Hamilton struck first on a 30-yard run by