Loggers pull out soccer win in overtime
HAMILTON - Libby won a thrilling playoff opener in overtime, scoring twice to edge Hamilton in a Class A boys match on Saturday.
Cree Maloney tied the game at 1-all with three minutes left in regulation and Ricardo Maceas and Talus Martin put in the overtime scores for the Loggers, who will host Livingston on Saturday in semifinal play.
Libby 0 1 0 2 - 3
Hamilton 1 0 0 0 - 1
H - Steffan Stewart (Adam Bricon) 28:00,
L - Cree Maloney (James Hare) 77:00; Ricardo Maceas (Crawford Dinning), 91:00; Talus Martin, 99:00.
Shots on goal - Libby 15, Hamilton 17. Saves - Libby 10 (David Brooks), Hamilton 7 (Nash Johnson 7, Nial Clancy). Corner kicks - Libby 5, Hamilton 9. Total fouls - Libby 9, Hamilton 6. Yellow cards - Libby 1, Hamilton 4. Red cards - none.
Livingston 2,
Whitefish 1
LIVINGSTON - Travis Pattengale scored the game-winning goal at 78 minutes to advance Livingston to semifinal play.
Cody Ling tied the match for Whitefish at 60 minutes.
"The guys can hold their heads high after the game. They left it all on the field today," Whitefish coach O'Brien Byrd said.
The Bulldogs finish with a record of 6-5-2.
Whitefish 0 1 - 1
Livingston 1 1 - 2
WHITEFISH - Cody Ling, 60:00
LIVINGSTON - David Hayward (Chandler Jensen-Cody), 9:00; Travis Pattengale, 78:00
Shots on goal - Whitefish 6, Livingston 7; Goalie saves - Whitefish 9 (Thomas Clark), Livingston 6 (Kyle Lavender); Corner kicks - Whitefish 2, Livingston 2; Fouls - Whitefish 6, Livingston 12; Cards - Whitefish, yellow;
Polson 2, Corvallis 1
POLSON - Jon Heutmaker scored the game-winning goal in the 76th minute for Polson.
Heutmaker put the goal in off an assist from Jonathan Murphy and the Pirates will host Belgrade in the semifinals on Saturday.
Trevor Moll had Polson's first goal off an assist from Sean Hart in the 15th minute.
Corvallis 0 1 - 1
Polson 1 1 - 2
C - Chris Grenfell, 51:00
P - Jon Heutmaker (Jonathan Murphy), 76:00; Trever Moll (Sean Hart), 15:00
Shots on goal - Corvallis 4, Polson 15. Saves - Corvallis 13 (Eric Kercher), Polson 3 (Peregrine Frissell). Corner kicks - Corvallis 4, Polson 1. Total fouls - Corvallis 19, Polson 22. Yellow cards - Polson 1. Red cards - none
Girls
Hamilton 3,
Columbia Falls 1
HAMILTON - Hamilton scored three times in the span of six minutes in the opening half to defeat Columbia Falls and move on to semifinal action.
Maria Zepeda scored at 16 and 22 minutes and Kelsey Brangoccio found the net at 20 minutes.
Columbia Falls' goal came at 64 minutes off the foot of McKenzie Kiser.
"It was a little bit disappointing," Columbia Falls coach Greg Trenerry said.
"We didn't bring it (a W) back home."
Trenerry said the Wildcats played well for the first 15 minutes
"They hardly had the ball," he said.
"Then they capitalized. It happens.
"The second half, we won," Trenerry added.
"But that's not enough."
Both teams came into the match with 10-2-0 records.
"We'll be back next year," Trenerry said. "We have a good, strong team. We only lose two seniors (Niesha Thompson and Elena Potter)."
Columbia Falls 0 1 - 1
Hamilton 3 0 - 3
COLUMBIA FALLS - McKenzie Kiser (Julia Burgi), 64:00
HAMILTON - Maria Zepeda, 16:00; Kelsey Brangoccio, 20:00; Zepeda, 22:00
Shots on goal - Columbia Falls 8, Hamilton 13. Saves - Columbia Falls 9 (Niesha Thompson), Hamilton 9 (Ali Stahl). Corner kicks - Columbia Falls 2, Hamilton 1. Fouls - Columbia Falls 6, Hamilton 8. Cards - None.
Billings Central 5, Bigfork 0
BILLINGS - The Bigfork Valkyries (5-8-0) fell victim to the state champs in a shutout loss in the opening round of the playoffs.
Billings Central (13-0-0) scored five goals on 32 shots.
Bigfork 0 0 - 0
Billings Central 3 2 - 5
Billings Central - Jaelene Zygmond (Sammy Elliott), 4:00; S. Elliott (Taylor O'Toole), 13:00.; Ryanne Frazier (S. Elliott), 26:00; Morgan Seeley, 42:00; Zygmond (O'Toole), 73:00.
Shots goal goal - Bigfork 4, Billings Central 32; Corner kicks - NA: Goalie saves - Bigfork 12 (Sierra Fischer); Billingts Central 2 (Hadley Ryan); Fouls - NA; Cards - NA.Halftime: Central 3, Bigfork 0.
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Other boys scores
Belgrade 1, Stevensville 0
Other girls scores
Belgrade 7, Missoula Loyola 0