Broadwater High Players Shine at All-Star Game
Author: mt43news staff reporter
Broadwater High Players Shine at All-Star Game
MT43 News Staff Reporter
Four Broadwater High School Seniors earned the opportunity to play in the Class B All-Star Game in Red Lodge on June 14th. Deegan Mattson, Sawyer Horne, Cael Sell and Eric Humphreys hit the ground running at Rocky Mountain College, where they practiced three times a day, before heading off to Red Lodge for the big game, where the boys played great, according to coach Joe Horne.
Horne explained that all the teams and coaches who compete against each other throughout the season combine by regions to play on one of two teams together, the North and the South. The South team included Three Forks, Jefferson, Red Lodge, Columbus, Big Timber, Roundup, Manhattan, Colstrip, Huntley Project, Joliet, Shepherd and Broadwater. “It can be a tough transition for the players to become teammates after they had fought hard in competition. This group had great team confidence and really bought into the scheme and trusted each other. As a coach, it was great to see the camaraderie and how much fun they had playing the game,” he said.
Sell, Horne and Humphreys played on the South defense while Deegan played on the offensive side of the ball. “The defense had a lot of hustle,” said Horne, "they really came out firing and hitting hard.” The South team won 22 to 0, shutting out the North team for only the second time in the history of the game.
Sell was the defensive MVP for the South team with 4 sacks and 2 tackles. Humphreys had back-to-back sacks and was selected as the South Team Scholarship recipient. Horne was double digits in tackles from his linebacker position and punted great all game long. Mattson pulled a hamstring in the first practice of the week but found the grit to make a couple good catches as wide receiver as well as long snapping for punts.
In addition to representing BHS with great game play and teamwork, the boys made a monetary donation to the Class B All-Star game fund on behalf of Broadwater Football and the Townsend community through the generous support of fundraising efforts.
Mattson and Horne will attend University of Montana Western in Dillon on football scholarships. Sell will go to Carroll College to play football in Helena and Humphreys is beginning his electrical apprenticeship.
Coach Horne pointed out that the players were thankful for the support they received from the community when they carried out groceries for shoppers as a fundraiser. The funds raised paid all the boys’ expenses, plus extra that they donated back to future Class B All-Star Games.
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Image 1 Caption: Seniors at the All-Star Game in Billings. From left: Deegan Mattson, Sawyer Horne, Cael Seil, Eric Humphreys and Coach Joe Horne.
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