BILLINGS — What’s the best way to defend Matt Ludwig when he gets hot? That might be a rhetorical question with no answer, even when the Billings West football team’s blue-chipper plays the best of the best in Montana Class AA football. “If you don’t know where he is (on the field), you better find out,” Golden Bears coach Rob Stanton said. The four-star tight end recruit celebrated getting an offer from LSU this week — one of the uncommitted junior’s many offers from teams in Power 4 conferences — by having a monster five-catch, 192-yard, two-touchdown night, and No.
4-ranked West celebrated staying unbeaten after a statement 36-17 win over Bozeman on Friday night at Wendy’s Field at Daylis Stadium. Ludwig (who caught a touchdown and ran another one in) was the top target in a similarly impressive performance from Golden Bears quarterback CJ Johnson, who erupted for 404 yards and four scores through the air, two of which went to Cohen Groener. Mixed in with a Bears defense that stifled the Hawks’ pass game and limited their big-play opportunities, West (6-0 overall, 4-0 Eastern AA) and No.
2 Gallatin — which defeated No. 3 Great Falls on Friday — are now the only unbeaten teams remaining in Class AA as No. 1 Kalispell Glacier fell at No.
5 Helena Capital this week. The Bears entered Week 6 with no previous game against a team with a winning record. Taking down the defending state champion and a dark-horse for postseason play in Bozeman, however, emp.