C-Falls shuts out Bigfork's kickers twice

| October 2, 2005 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

COLUMBIA FALLS - Keith Appleton scored his first goal of the season and Dustin Gibson, Guy Smith and D.J. Stoneman all followed with two apiece as Columbia Falls whipped Bigfork 7-0 Saturday in Northern A soccer play.

Columbia Falls, 4-0 in league and 7-1-2 overall, led 3-0 at the break.

"We've been scoring a lot of goals, but all our goals have come late," said Columbia Falls coach Peter Browne.

"We were able to get on the board (early), scoring three goals in the first half. That relaxed the boys a little bit. It was good to see."

Prior to that, Browne said the Wildcats were not "closing out games until the last 10-15 minutes. It's been stressful for me and the kids."

Columbia Falls outshot Bigfork, 23-1.

"By far the best game we've played this season," said Browne. "Cory Pete, Guy Smith and Jake Bengtson controlled the middle, controlled the whole tempo of the game."

WILDCATS 7, VIKINGS 0

Bigfork 0 0 - 0

Columbia Falls 3 4 - 7

Columbia Falls - 5:00, Keith Appleton; 14:00, Dustin Gibson; 37:00, Guy Smith; 44:00, Gibson (Jake Bengtson); 54:00, D.J. Stoneman (Gibson); 57:00, Stoneman (Alex Branch); 62:00, Smith (Cory Pete)

Shots on goal - Bigfork 1, Columbia Falls 23

Corner kicks - Bigfork 1, Columbia Falls 3

Goalie saves - Bigfork 8 (NA), Columbia Falls 1 (Lee Kizer)

Fouls - Bigfork 9, Columbia Falls 6

Cards - Bigfork, red card (Erik Torgerson)

Girls

Columbia Falls 5,

Bigfork 0

COLUMBIA FALLS - Amber Lampman scored two goals and assisted on another as Columbia Falls crushed Bigfork in a Northern A soccer outing.

Columbia Falls, 3-1 in league and 8-2 overall, put the game away with four goals in the final half.

Also scoring for the Wildkats were Beth Karper and Lisa Carter (2).

"We had a lot of shots," said Columbia Falls coach Greg Trenerry. "We need to finish a little better, however their keeper had some nice saves. Bigfork is much improved."

Columbia Falls outshot Bigfork 33-1.

WILDKATS 5, VALKYRIES 0

Bigfork 0 0 - 0

Columbia Falls 1 4 - 5

Columbia Falls - 9:08, Beth Karper (Lisa Carter); 45:00, Carter (Alona Raymond); 60:00 Amber Lampman (Karper); 65:00 Lampman (Emily Wortman); 72:00 Carter (Lampman)

Shots on goals - Bigfork 1, Columbia Falls 33

Corner kicks - Bigfork 0, Columbia Falls 9

Goalie saves - Bigfork 17 (Briana Brensel), Columbia Falls 1 (Vanessa Alzmana)

Fouls - Bigfork 1, Columbia Falls 1

Cards - NA