Bravettes, Bruins battle to a scoreless soccer tie
The Daily Inter Lake
HELENA - Flathead and Helena Capital had chances to score, but the Bravettes and Bruins settled for a scoreless tie Saturday.
Flathead had three shots on goal in the girls' soccer match to Capital's 15.
"Helena put a lot of pressure on us offensively," Flathead coach Scott Warnell said.
"We had a hard time getting the ball out of the midfield. We had some opportunities with those three (shots), we just didn't connect."
It was the second outing in Western AA play for FHS. The Bravettes opened the season with a 4-2 victory over Missoula Hellgate earlier in the week.
"Our defense stepped up and played very well," Warnell said.
"The shots Helena did get were all contested by our defense. They had a hard time getting a quality look on goal."
Flathead plays at Missoula Big Sky on Thursday.
Flathead 0 0 - 0
Capital 0 0 - 0
Shots on goal - Flathead 3, Capital 15
Corner kicks - Flathead 0, Capital 4
Goalie saves - Flathead 8 (Brittany Earnest), Capital 3 (Jennifer Marshall)
Fouls - Flathead 4, Capital 4
Cards - None
Belgrade 3,
Columbia Falls 2
BELGRADE - McKenzie Reeve accounted for both goals for a second-straight day for Columbia Falls.
"We started well, we scored first," said Columbia Falls coach Greg Trenerry.
"We were playing the defending state champions (Belgrade). They're a good, fast team."
Belgrade outshot Columbia Falls 22-12 in the Class A nonconference match, and held a slight edge in corner kicks, 3-2.
"We had a little lull in the second half, but we stayed in it," Trenerry said.
"Again, we're a young team, but I thought we played well."
Reeve scored twice in Friday's 3-2 loss to Livingston.
Columbia Falls, 0-2, hosts Libby on Friday.
Columbia Falls 1 1 - 2
Belgrade 2 1 - 3
Columbia Falls - McKenzie Reeve, 12:13; Reeve (Shay Grilley), 53:00
Belgrade - Kelsey Caracciolo, 20:00; Sierra Monger, 39:00; Shelby Erdahl, 55:00
Shots on goal - Columbia Falls 12, Belgrade 22
Corner kicks - Columbia Falls 2, Belgrade 3
Goalie saves - Columbia Falls 17 (Niesha Thompson), Belgrade 9 (Emily Smith)
Fouls - Columbia Falls 2, Belgrade 1
Cards - None
Billings Central 4,
Bigfork 1
BIGFORK - Billings Central scored twice in the late going to pull away from a stubborn Bigfork squad in Class A nonconference play.
"We kind of shut down a little bit at the end," Bigfork coach Hauna Trenerry said.
"We played them (tough) for the majority of the game."
Caitlin Charlebois scored on a penalty kick for Bigfork at 19:30.
Billings Central had 15 shots on goal to Bigfork's eight.
"We had some good scoring opportunities," Trenerry said.
"For our first weekend, we did really well. We came out really strong."
Bigfork opened the season Friday, falling to Laurel 4-3. Charlebois had a hat trick in that one.
Billings Central 2 2 - 4
Bigfork 1 0 - 1
Billings Central - Own goal, 2:30; Jackie Elliot (pk), 33:30; Morgan Seeley (Miranda Rabold), 71:00; Seeley (Elliot), 80:00.
Bigfork - Caitlin Charlebois (pk), 19:30.
Shots on goal - Billings Central 15, Bigfork 8
Corner kicks - Billings Central 5, Bigfork 2
Goalie saves - Billings Central 3 (name not available), Bigfork 6 (Becca Denning)
Fouls - Billings Central 3, Bigfork 6
Cards - None
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Laurel 3 1 - 4
Bigfork 1 2 - 3
Laurel - Katy Raisl, 2:00; Lexie Day, 5:00; Katie Day, 16:00; Lexie Day, 56:00.
Bigfork - Caitlin Charlebois (pk), 41:00; Charlebois (Christina Thompson), 59:00; Charlebois, 60:00.
Shots on goal - Laurel 21, Bigfork 12
Corner kicks - Laurel 2, Bigfork 4
Goalie saves - Laurel 6 (Katie Witschen), Bigfork 14 (Becca Denning)
Fouls - Laurel 3, Bigfork 4
Cards - None
Libby 1, Livingston 0
LIVINGSTON - Anna Valentine had the only goal of the match as Libby moved to 2-1 on the Class A season.
Valentine scored at the eight-minute mark.
Libby outshot Livingston 19-4. Corner kicks favored the Loggers 5-1.
"We came out strong," Libby coach Matt Warner said.
"We had a lot of opportunties. We just weren't finishing well."
Warner said Libby controlled the ball and maintained possession.
"The offense did a great job working together," he said.
"Great passes between Anna Valentine, Brittany Martin and Jaime Gilden. A good overall hustle by the Libby team."
Libby lost to Belgrade 3-1 on Friday.
Libby returns to action Friday at Columbia Falls.
Libby 1 0 - 1
Livingston 0 0 - 0
Libby - Anna Valentine, 8:00
Shots on goal - Libby 19, Livingston 4
Corner kicks - Libby 5, Livingston 1
Goalie saves - Libby 4 (Christina Shilling), Livingston 15 (Katie Polfak)
Fouls - Libby 5, Livingston 1
Cards - None
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Libby 0 1 - 1
Belgrade 1 2 - 3
Libby - Jaime Gilden, 79:00
Belgrade - Sierra Monger, 10:00; Jamie Greany. (Annie Prickett), no time listed; Greany (Kelsey Caracciolo), no time listed
Shots on goal - Libby 11, Belgrade 14
Corner kicks - Libby 0, Belgrade 2
Goalie saves - Libby 5 (Audra Poppen 5), Belgrade 6 (Schmit 6)
Fouls- Libby 2, Belgrade 2
Whitefish 4, Laurel 2
WHITEFISH - Carly Lengstorf scored the first and final goals as Whitefish cruised in Class A play.
The Bulldogs were shorthanded for the second time in two days, playing with 10 varsity players. That forced WHS coach Lini Reading to pull a few players up from the JV ranks.
"Given the situation these last couple of days, they played well," Reading said.
"They lost a close friend (on Friday). It was an emotional day. They hung in there.
"We have a lot of things to work on, but it's still early in the season."
Whitefish, 2-1-0, plays at Bigfork on Thursday.
Laurel 0 2 - 2
Whitefish 3 1 - 4
Laurel - Lexi Day, 43:00; Day (pk), 66:00
Whitefish - Carly Lengstorf (Meredith Reed), 26:00; Jordan Carper (Meagan Powell), 29:00; Linnaea Keane (Sam Dittman), 40:00; Lengstord (Dittman), 45:00
Shots on goal - Laurel 8, Whitefish 20
Corner kicks - Laurel 3, Whitefish 7
Goalie saves - Laurel 11 (Katie Witschen), Whitefish 6 (Madisen Cross)
Fouls - Laurel 10, Whitefish 12
Cards - None
Boys
Capital 4, Flathead 0
HELENA - Capital jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead and never looked back in shutting out Flathead in a Western AA match.
Capital's Kellen Martin scored seven minutes into play, and Trevin Carlton found the net at the 11-minute mark.
The Bruins finished with 13 shots on goal. Flathead had nine.
Capital totaled six corner kicks to Flathead's three.
"We just didn't have very crisp passing," Flathead coach Chris Putzler said.
"Capital came out and passed the ball around us quite a bit."
Flathead, 0-2, visits Missoula Big Sky on Thursday.
Flathead 0 0 - 0
Capital 2 2 - 4
Capital - Kellen Martin, 7:00; Trevin Carlton (Devin Palmer), 11:00; Palmer, 50:00; Tommy Clinch, 61:00.
Shots on goal - Flathead 9, Capital 13,
Corner kicks - Flathead 3, Capital 6,
Goalie saves - Flathead 2 (Jordan Remington), Capital 6 (Jack Evans)
Fouls - Flathead 5, Capital 4.
Cards - None.
Belgrade 3,
Columbia Falls 2
BELGRADE - Columbia Falls took an early 2-0 lead, but it was all Belgrade after that in the Class A nonconference match.
Nathan Hickey's second goal tied it at 2 at 66 minutes. Jordan Cameron followed with the game winner a minute later.
Columbia Falls opened its season on Friday, losing to Livingston 3-1 in Bozeman.
Columbia Falls 2 0 - 2
Belgrade 1 2 - 3
Columbia Falls - Travis Pete, 8:00; Chase Jackson, 18:00
Belgrade - Nathan Hickey, 23:00; Hickey, 66:00; Jordan Cameron; 67:00
Shots on goal - Columbia Falls 10, Belgrade 13
Corner kicks - Columbia Falls 4, Belgrade 5
Goalie saves - Columbia Falls 9 (George Kimerly), Belgrade 6 (Andrew Jakob 2, Taylor Benjamin 4)
Fouls - Columbia Falls 4, Belgrade 1
Cards - NA
Livingston 4, Libby 1
LIVINGSTON - Christian Wallace scored on a penalty kick at 34 minutes, putting Livingston on top for good.
Libby tied the match at 1 on Cree Maloney's goal at the 28-minute mark. Nick Reny assisted on the score.
"The penalty kick kind of broke us down a bit," Libby coach Charlie Webster said.
"We didn't play well after the PK."
Livingston held a slim advantage in shots on goal, 10-9, and had four corner kicks to one for Libby.
"Livingston played a very strong possession game," Webster said.
"That took us out of our game a little bit."
Libby, now 2-1 on the Class A season, blanked Belgrade 3-0 on Friday.
Libby plays at Columbia Falls on Friday.
Libby 1 0 - 1
Livingston 2 2 - 4
Libby - Cree Maloney (Nick Reny), 28:00
Livingston - Christian Wallace, 9:00; Wallace (pk), 34:00; Wes Dean, 49:00; Clint Robbins, 69:00.
Shot on goal - Libby 9, Livingston 10
Corner kicks - Libby 1, Livingston 4
Goalie saves - Libby 5 (Lewis Brossman), Livingston 5 (Ethan Perry)
Fouls - Libby 5, Livingston 12
Cards - Livingston, 1 yellow
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Libby 2 1 - 3
Belgrade 0 0 - 0
Libby - Levi Myslicki, no time listed; Kyle Berke (Cree Maloney), no time listed; Maloney, no time listed
Shots on goal - Libby 13, Belgrade 5
Corner kicks - Libby 1, Belgrade 4
Goalie saves - Libby 5 (Lewis Brossman), Belgrade 4
Fouls - Libby 2, Belgrade 2
Cards - None
Whitefish 7, Laurel 1
WHITEFISH - The Bulldogs bounced back big time.
Whitefish exploded for five second-half goals in crushing Laurel in Class A nonconference play.
Whitefish, 2-0-1 on the season, tied Billings Central on Friday, 1-1.
"It was great to see the kids recover from a disappointment (Friday)," WHS coach O'Brien Byrd said.
"What an awesome effort to recover with."
Four different Whitefish players scored goals - Patrick Jones (2), Jack Steele (2), Mac Adams (2) and Felix Hermsdorf.
Matt Danczyk assisted on three scores.
Whitefish plays at Bigfork on Thursday.
Laurel 1 0 - 1
Whitefish 2 5 - 7
Laurel - Tim Simonisch, 17:00
Whitefish - Patrick Jones (Matt Danczyk), 15:00; Jack Steele (Danczyk), 19:00; Mac Adams (Danczyk), 58:00; Felix Hermsdorf (Steele), 60:00; Jones (Hermsdorf), 61:00; Steele (Jones), 67:00; Adams (Steele), 79:00.
Shots on goal - Laurel 4, Whitefish 15
Corner kicks - Laurel 2, Whitefish 7
Goalie saves - Laurel 7 (Dalton Packard), Whitefish 2 (Joel Galbraith)
Fouls - Laurel 6, Whitefish 7
Cards - None
SCS 3, Foothills 3
SCS 9, Helena Christian 1
Stillwater Christian School drilled Helena Christian High School 9-1 and tied Foothills Community Christian School 3-3 on the final day of play in the Cougar Classic at SCS.
Six different SCS players scored in the victory. Brad Carlin, Nate Bush and Jake Meerkatz had two goals each.
Stillwater's Jonas Libinsky scored at 61 and 69 minutes to tie Foothills.
Stillwater is now 4-1-2 on the season.
Foothills 2 1 - 3
Stillwater 1 2 - 3
Foothills - NA
Stillwater - Wes Hallibarton (Nate Bush), 3:00; Jonas Libinsky (Hallibarton), 61:00; Libinsky (Hallibarton), 69:00.
Shots on goal - Foothills 11, Stillwater 30
Corner kicks - Foothills 4, Stillwater 5
Goalie saves - Foothills 14, Stillwater 2
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Helena Christian 0 1 - 1
Stillwater 5 4 - 9
Helena Christian - NA
Stillwater - Jonas Libinsky (Wes Hallibarton), 2:00; Hallibarton (Jeremy Curtis), 6:00; Brad Carlon (Hallibarton), 8:00; Daniel Jentz (Libinsky), 22:00; Nate Bush (Jentz), 35:00; Jake Meerkatz (Jentz), 55:00; Bush, 60:00; Meerkatz (Tim Butterfield), 63:00; Carlon (Butterfield), 68:00.
Shots on goal - Helena Christian 14, Stillwater 28
Corner kicks - Helena Christian 0, Stillwater 3
Goalie saves - Helena Christian 4, Stillwater 8