Columbia Falls, Bigfork settle for tie in soccer

COLUMBIA FALLS - The early season rust is still being shaken off by the Columbia Falls and Bigfork boys soccer squads as both teams came away scoreless in a Northern A matchup on Tuesday.

The Wildcats fired 14 shots but only four came within the reach of Bigfork goalie Nate Roberson. On the other end, the Vikings shot four times and Columbia Falls' keeper and co-captain Jacob Calderwood stopped all four.

"It was a pretty sloppy soccer game on both sides. We're improving every game but we had some opportunities today and we need to score goals," Columbia Falls coach Peter Browne said.

Columbia Falls (0-1-1 overall, 0-0-1 in conference) heads to Livingston on Friday and Belgrade on Saturday. Bigfork hosts Laurel on Friday at 4 p.m.

Columbia Falls 0 0 - 0

Bigfork 0 0 - 0

Shots on goal - Bigfork 4, Columbia Falls 14; Goalie saves - Bigfork 4 (Nate Roberson), Columbia Falls 4 (Jacob Calderwood); Corner kicks - Bigfork 3, Columbia Falls 2; Fouls - Bigfork 5, Columbia Falls 6; Cards - Columbia Falls (2 yellow)

Libby 6, Stevensville 0

LIBBY - Crawford Dinning scored two goals and Cree Maloney scored one and assisted on two as Libby opened the Class A season with a nonconference victory.

Libby scored three goals in both halves.

"Five different goal scorers, that's always real nice," Libby coach Charlie Webster said.

"A real team effort."

Webster said Libby's defense and organization "was very good today."

Libby plays at Belgrade, 4 p.m., on Friday.

Stevensville 0 0 - 0

Libby 3 3 - 6

LIBBY - Edson Vences (Cree Maloney), 25:00; Maloney (James Hare), 27:00; Crawford Dinning (Daniel Webster), 35:00; Dinning (Webster), 50:00; Claudio Gruschka (Maloney), 66:00; Talus Martin (Vences), 79:00.

Shots on goal - Stevensville 2, Libby 16; Corner kicks - Stevensville 2, Libby 9; Goalie saves - Stevensville 9 (J.J. O'Bannon), Libby 2 (David Brooks); Fouls - Stevensville 13, Libby 23; Cards - None

Stillwater Christian 2, Polson 0

POLSON - Jordan Kloeckl and Ryan Koch each scored a goal and Stillwater Christian blanked Polson in nonconference action.

"Gritty game tonight. Polson is a good team that played tough especially in the midfield," Stillwater head coach Tim Anderson said. "Keeper Jordan Tritten made several key saves especially in the second half. He came ready to play today."

Stillwater heads to Idaho for games against Lakeland High on Friday and Sand Point on Saturday. Polson travels to Belgrade on Friday.

Stillwater Christian 1 1 - 2

Polson 0 0 - 0

Stillwater - Jordan Kloeckl (Josh Bray), 29:00; Ryan Koch (Josh Bray), 65:00

Shots on goal - Stillwater 18, Polson 16

Goalie saves - Stillwater 8 (Jordan Tritten), Polson 5 (Peregrine Frissell)

Corner kicks - Stillwater 3, Polson 6

Fouls - Stillwater 0, Polson 1

Girls

Columbia Falls 5,

Bigfork 1

COLUMBIA FALLS - Sophomore Danielle Delventhal had two goals and an assist in the season opener to help Columbia Falls send Bigfork packing with a Northern A soccer loss.

Delventhal scored twice in the second half and the Wildkats' defense helped by keeping the Valkyries scoreless after an early first-half goal.

"It's good to get a win in the first game. We saw a lot of good things out there," Columbia Falls coach Greg Trenerry said.

McKenzie Kiser scored the first goal of the season for Columbia Falls and Elena Potter followed with another score just before intermission. Julia Burgi capped the scoring in the final minute.

Caitlin Charlebois scored Bigfork's lone goal.

Columbia Falls heads on the road to Livingston on Friday and Belgrade on Saturday. Bigfork hosts Laurel at 6 p.m.

Columbia Falls 2 3 - 5

Bigfork 1 0 - 1

Columbia Falls - McKenzie Kiser (Danielle Delventhal), 12:45; Elena Potter, 34:00; Delventhal (Julia Burgi), 45:00; Delventhal (Potter), 64:00; Burgi (Potter) 81:00

Bigfork - Caitlin Charlebois, 16:25

Shots on goal - Bigfork 5, Columbia Falls 15; Saves - Bigfork 6 (Jessica Killian), Columbia Falls 5 (Kira Kamrud); Corner kicks - Bigfork 0, Columbia Falls 3; Fouls - Bigfork 1, Columbia Falls 6

Libby 5, Stevensville 1

LIBBY - Jaime Gilden and the state runner-up Libby Loggers started the season looking every bit as dominant as they were in 2009.

Gilden, a senior and one of the top scorers in the state a year ago, netted four goals to lead Libby to a nonconference win over Stevensville.

The Loggers finished 13-1 in the regular season last year, but lost to Billings Central in overtime of the state championship game.

Anna Valentine, who teamed up with Gilden to create the state's best scoring tandem, has since graduated.

Libby heads to Belgrade on Friday.

Stevensville 0 1 - 1

Libby 2 3 - 5

Libby - Jaime Gilden, 15:00; Gilden, 38:00; Gilden, 42:00; Ashley Shaw, 54:00; Gilden, 63:00

Stevensville - Blaire Brookshire, 74:00

Shots on goal - Stevensville 5, Libby 9. Corner kicks - Stevensville 1, Libby 2. Total fouls - Stevensville 5, Libby 9.