Locomotives rally past Whitefish boys

WHITEFISH - Five goals in the second half was too much for Whitefish to make up as the Bulldogs dropped a 6-4 nonconference match to Laurel on Friday despite a strong start.

Whitefish led 2-1 after Mark Stormes scored off a pass from Jack Steele just before intermission, adding onto Taylor Thompson's earlier goal.

But Laurel came out in the final 40 minutes and tallied four-straight goals. Sam Donaldson tried kickstarting the comeback for Whitefish with a goal at 73 minutes. Donaldson scored again in the final minute, but it was too far gone by that point.

"We kind of fell apart out there defensively," Whitefish coach O'Brien Byrd said. "Just simple mistakes, real basic mistakes that I haven't seen us really make yet, and we made a bunch of them in the second half.

"I think quite a few of the guys need to realize that they can play at a higher level even if they are younger," Byrd added. "Today I think they just played according to their age, I guess. We have a lot of young, talented guys out there and we're better than that."

Whitefish heads to Bigfork for a Northern A game at 6 p.m. on Thursday.

Laurel 1 5 - 6

Whitefish 2 2 - 4

L - Tyson Adams (Alex Linse), 7:00

WF - Taylor Thompson (Casey Beiser), 29:00

WF - Mark Stormes (Jack Steele), 38:00

L - Daniel Nauman, 45:00

L - Adams (Linse), 51:00

L - Cameron Hagan (Daniel Nauman), 65:00

L - Collyn Hons, 68:00

WF - Sam Donaldson (Steele), 73:00

L - Hons (Nauman), 76:00

WF - Donaldson (Matty McCrone), 80:00

Shots on goal - Laurel 7, Whitefish 15; Goalie saves - Laurel 16 (Henry Fox), Whitefish 6 (Thomas Clark); Corner kicks - Laurel 1, Whitefish 8; Fouls - Laurel 15, Whitefish 2; Cards - Laurel, 2 yellow

Libby 2, Livingston 0

LIBBY - Crawford Dinning and Cree Maloney provided all the offense Libby needed to defeat Livingston in a nonconference showdown.

James Hare assisted on Dinning's goal in the 42nd minute and Maloney scored the final goal off a pass from Claudio Gruschka in the 66th.

Libby kicks off the Northern A schedule at Columbia Falls on Saturday.

Livingston 0 0 - 0

Libby 0 2 - 2

Libby - Crawford Dinning (James Hare), 42:00

Libby - Cree Maloney (Claudio Gruschka), 66:00

Shots on goal - Livingston 2, Libby 4; Goalie saves - Livingston 2 (Kyle Lavender), Libby 2 (David Brooks); Corner kicks - Livingston 3, Libby 3; Fouls - Livingston 13, Libby 9; Cards - Livingston, 2 yellows

Billings Central 5, Bigfork 0

BIGFORK - Billings Central had four different players score goals, all in the second half, in posting a nonconference victory over Bigfork (0-1-1).

Billings Central, which had just one shot on goal in the first half, totaled 15 for the match.

"Mixing things up, not particularly interested in results right now," Bigfork coach Keith Koslosky said.

"We're ironing out the problems."

Koslosky said the Vikings' back line - Austin Bunyea, Austin Gordon, John Lyon, Fabian Zavala - "was solid."

He said keeper Nate Roberson turned in another "solid effort."

Koslosky also said junior midfielder Jochen Curtis "improves with every match."

Billings Central 0 5 - 5

Bigfork 0 0 - 0

BC - Nolan Trafton

BC - Mikey Wall

BC - Brandon Peterson

BC - Wall

BC - Connor McDonnell

Shots on goal - Billings Central 15, Bigfork 3; Corner kicks - Billings Central 10, Bigfork 3; Goalie saves - Billings Central 1 (Connor English), Bigfork 3 (Nate Roberson); Fouls - Billings Central 8, Bigfork 2; Cards - None (NOTE: Times not available)

Belgrade 6, Columbia Falls 0

BELGRADE - Six goals in the first 30 minutes sealed the deal for the Panthers.

The Wildcats host Libby on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Columbia Falls 0 0 - 0

Belgrade 6 0 - 0

B - Tyler Burns (Tavin Olson), 7:00

B - Tyler DeBuse, 8:00

B - Guilherme Ferreira, 10:00

B - Burns (Jordan Cameron), 14:00

B - Nathan Justice (Bill DeBuse), 26th

B - Cameron (direct kick), 30th

Shots: CF 6, Bel 20. Corner kicks: CF 0, Bel 4. Fouls: CF 10, Bel 6. Saves: CF 9, Bel 6 (Kyle Preiss 3, Jordan Malarchick 3).

Stillwater Christian 4, Sandpoint JV 1

SANDPOINT, Idaho - Josh Bray, Ryan Koch, Daniel Jentz and Zach Walder all scored goals in Stillwater Christian School's nonconference victory.

"We really worked together to keep the pressure on today," Stillwater coach Timothy Anderson said.

"Many of our attacking opportunities came from tough defensive midfield play from Zack Waldher and Ryan Koch. I am also pleased with the keeper play from both Jordan Tritten and Josh LeGassey. They gave up only one goal this weekend against two good teams."

Stillwater (4-1) plays Tuesday at Bigfork.

Stillwater 2 2 - 4

Sandpoint 1 0 - 1

SC - Josh Bray (Ryan Koch), 12:00

S - NA, 17:00

SC - Ryan Koch (Justin Kauffman),  18:00

SC - Daniel Jentz, 68:00

SC - Zach Waldher (Zane Kloeckl) 82:00

Shots on goal - Stillwater 14, Sandpoint 5

Corner kicks - Stillwater 3, Sandpoint 2

Goalie saves - Stillwater 4 (Jordan Tritten 2, Josh LeGassey 2), Sandpoint 10 (NA)