GREAT FALLS — Week 1 of the high school football season saw the C.M. Russell football team face a 14-0 early deficit against defending Class AA state champion Helena Capital, but the Rustlers did not fret.

The home team reeled off four unanswered touchdowns to take a 28-14 win, starting the season on the best foot possible. A couple of key seniors made big plays throughout to allow the Rustlers to pull off the victory.

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Down 14-7 in the third quarter is when the team said momentum truly shifted, as quarterback Caleb Taylor rolled to his left, lofted a pass downfield and there to grab it was Blake Herda with no one in front of him. Fifty-yard score to tie the game.

"Honestly it kind of was

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