Glacier squads secure soccer victories
MISSOULA - The Glacier soccer squads picked up their first victories of the season with a pair of Western AA shutouts against Missoula Big Sky on Tuesday.
The Wolfpack boys (1-3 overall) edged Missoula Big Sky 1-0 thanks to a late goal from Josiah Bumgarner.
The Wolfpack girls (1-2-1) defeated the Eagles 2-0 behind a strong performance in goal by Patty Hughes and two goals from Anna Deleray.
"It feels great to get the first win," Glacier boys coach Ryan O'Rourke said. "We continued to play well but today we pressured really well through the middle of the field. Our two senior captains, Ian Cavigli and Brad Holmgren, really provided excellent leadership and very good defense today."
The story was similar in the girls' game. Hughes, a senior, made 14 saves and Deleray scored twice thanks to assists from Amber McCann. The midfield came through as well, head coach Paul Holmgren said.
"It seemed like everything was working for us today," Holmgren said. "The biggest key was we got our midfield working today."
Holmgren also credited the play of Chantal Gustine and Lauren Waldenberg.
Sean Peters made four saves in goal for the Glacier boys.
Boys
Glacier 0 1 - 1
Missoula Big Sky 0 0 - 0
G - Josiah Bumgarner (Matt Peters), 60:00
Shots on goal - Glacier 7, Missoula 7; Goalie saves - Glacier 4 (Sean Peters), Missoula 3 (Nathaniel Goodburn); Corner kicks - Glacier 9, Missoula 3; Fouls - Glacier 12; Missoula 9; Cards - Glacier, yellow.
Girls
Glacier 1 1 - 2
Big Sky 0 0 - 0
G - Anna Deleray (Amber McCann, 6:00
G - Deleray (McCann), 48:00
Shots on goal - Glacier 9, Big Sky 23. Saves - Glacier 14 (Patty Hughes), Big Sky 6 (Kaisha Hollenbeck). Corner kicks - Glacier 0, Big Sky 3. Total fouls - Glacier 10, Big Sky 10. Yellow cards - Glacier
Bigfork 6, Libby 5
LIBBY - Despite five goals by Libby's Jaime Gilden, Bigfork scored three second-half goals to win a wild one in Libby on Tuesday in Northern A girls soccer.
Caitlin Charlebois had three goals and two assists and Quinci Paine added two more goals to lead the Vals. Kenna Hauns scored the insurance goal for Bigfork.
Second-half stats were originally reported incorrectly to the Inter Lake.
Bigfork 3 3 - 6
Libby 3 2 - 5
L - Jaime Gilden, 4:00
L - Gilden (Ashley Shaw), 12:00
B - Caitlin Charlebois, 21:00
B - Charlebois, 31:00
L - Gilden, 33:00
B - Quinci Paine (Charlebois), 39:00
L - Gilden, 50:00
B - Charlebois (Taylor McElroy), 53:00
B - Paine (Charlebois), 58:00
B - Kenna Hauns, 61:00
L - Gilden, 73:00
Shots on goal - Bigfork 10, Libby 13. Saves - Bigfork 8, Libby 7 (Jenny Johnson). Cards - none
Libby 8, Bigfork 0
LIBBY - Cree Maloney scored three goals and Libby had four different scorers in a big victory over Bigfork in Northern A boys soccer.
The Loggers scored five goals in the first half and improved to 4-0 in games played.
Crawford Dinning had two goals for Libby.
Libby heads to Polson on Thursday. Bigfork doesn't play again until Sept. 23 at home against Polson.
Bigfork 0 0 - 0
Libby 5 3 - 8
L - Cree Maloney, 4:00
L - Crawford Dinning (Edson Vences), 14:00
L - Maloney, 18:00
L - Dinning (James Hare), 21:00
L - Vences, 34:00
L - Maloney, 62:00
L - David Brooks, 68:00
L - Claudio Gruschka, 70:00
Shots on goal - Bigfork 1, Libby 17. Saves - Bigfork 5 (Nate Roberson), Libby 0 (Brooks, Rob Hamilton). Corner kicks - Bigfork 2, Libby 3. Total fouls - Bigfork 5, Libby 12. Cards - none.
Stillwater 2,
Whitefish 2
WHITEFISH - Ryan Koch scored the game-tying goal late in the second half and Stillwater Christian forced a tie with Whitefish.
Sam Donaldson had a goal and assist for Whitefish. Justin Kaufman scored Stillwater's (6-1-2 overall) first goal.
Stillwater coach Timothy Anderson described the game as the most competitive match Stillwater had this season.
Whitefish hosts Polson on Saturday at 1 p.m. Stillwater is off until Sept. 28 against Polson.
Stillwater Christian 1 1 - 2
Whitefish 1 1 - 2
S - Justin Kaufman (penalty kick), 11:00
WF - Marcelo Theodoro (Sam Donaldson), 35:00
WF - Donaldson (Mark Stormes), 45:00
S - Ryan Koch, 51:00
Shots on goal - Stillwater 7, Whitefish 17; Goalie saves - Stillwater 15 (Jordan Tritten), Whitefish 5 (Chance Ling). Cards - None