BUTTE — It was a competitive battle between Frontier Conference rivals, but in the end Montana Tech had too much for Carroll College on Saturday in the second round of the NAIA football playoffs.

Jarrett Wilson threw two touchdown passes to Levi Torgerson, and Torgerson later returned the favor with a TD throw back to Wilson as Montana Tech withstood a Carroll rally to prevail 31-21 at Bob Green Field and advance to the quarterfinal round of the NAIA’s Football Championship Series.

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The most impactful sequence occurred in the fourth quarter, when Montana Tech’s Casey Kautzman pinned Carroll’s offense on the 1-yard line with a well-placed punt. Three plays later Orediggers’ linebacker Tyler Kovic

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