Bravettes to play for first place

by The Daily Inter Lake
| October 17, 2010 2:00 AM

MISSOULA - The regular season isn't over yet.

Chelsea Shuman notched a pair of goals to hike her season total to 13 and second-place Flathead shutout Missoula Big Sky 2-0 on Saturday to set up a final game against league-leading Missoula Sentinel.

Flathead will play the Spartans at 3 p.m. on Monday in a make-up game to decide first place in Western AA.

Flathead improved their record to 7-1-3 and will host a playoff game sometime this week.

Flathead 2 0 - 2

Big Sky 0 0 - 0

F - Chelsea Shuman, 15:00; Shuman 33:00

Shots on goal - Flathead 14, Big Sky 16. Saves - Flathead 7 (Karli Kusler), Big Sky 7 (Kaisha Hollenbeck). Corner kicks - Flathead 2, Big Sky 4. Total fouls - Flathead 4, Big Sky 2.

Glacier 2, Helena 1

HELENA - Andrea Koestner scored with eight minutes remaining to lift Glacier.

Koestner scored on an assist from Amber McCann in the 72nd minute.

Glacier (2-6-4) plays at Missoula Big Sky on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in a playoff match to decide a state tournament seed.

Glacier 0 2 - 2

Helena 1 0 - 1

HHS - Berit Kerchner (Lily Kiely), 10:00

Gla - Anna Deleray (Lauren Waldenberg), 43:00; Andrea Koestner (Amber McCann), 72:00

Shots on goal - HHS 20, Gla 14; Corner kicks - Gla 3, HHS 4; Saves - Gla 13 (Patty Hughes), HHS 8 (Taelar Therriault, Kendra Kessler)

Boys

Helena 2, Glacier 0

HELENA - A banged up and under the weather Glacier squad dropped its final game of the regular season, finishing 3-8-1 for sixth place in Western AA.

Glacier heads on the road for a playoff game this week that is to be determined.

"Another tough game for us, the team performed well though," Glacier coach Ryan O'Rourke said. "We're very much looking forward to our playoff game."

Glacier High 0 0 - 0

Helena High 1 1 - 2

HHS - Dylan Allen (Jimmy Chambers), 18:00; Own goal, 58:00

Shots on goal - Gla 3, HHS 9; Corner kicks - Gla 2, HHS 4; Saves - Gla 3 (Sean Peters), HHS 1 (Scott Menzies); Fouls - Gla 6, HHS 6; Cards - None.

Missoula Big Sky 2, Flathead 0

MISSOULA - Missoula Big Sky put in two first-half goals en route to a victory over winless Flathead.

Braves' goalie Lander Crissman made 11 saves. Flathead finished the regular season 0-11 and will travel this week for a playoff game.

Flathead 0 0 - 0

Big Sky 2 0 - 2

BS - Jonas Loelkas (Tyler Smith), 1:00; Cesar Robles-Lastra (Michael DeGrandpre), 20:00

Shots on goal - Flathead 3, Big Sky 14. Saves - Flathead 11 (Lander Crissman), Big Sky 3 (Nate Goodburn). Corner kicks - Flathead 0, Big Sky 7. Total fouls - Flathead 11, Big Sky 7. Yellow cards - Flathead (Jakob Leuthe) 1.