Soccer: Late goals lift Wildcats over Vikings
Bigfork boys soccer coach Keith Koslosky defined his team's conference opener against Columbia Falls (1-1, 1-0)with a single word - heartbreaker.
The Vikings fell at home to the Wildcats 2-1 Tuesday after a 1-0 halftime lead melted away late in the match.
Columbia Falls' Talen Stringer scored in the 73rd minute and was followed promptly by Caleb Baumann, who netted the go-ahead goal six minutes later.
The Vikings had held the lead for much of the game after Austin Gordon scored in the 22nd minute on an assist from Matt Killian.
"We gave up too many corners late," Koslosky said. "You could feel the momentum change.
"(Columbia Falls) stayed in the game and fought to the very end. My hat's off to them."
Koslosky said he was happy with the play of his relatively young team. Three freshmen were in the starting lineup and two more entered later in the game. Only one senior, Caleb Mathwig, played for the Vikings.
"We had players playing above their years and experience," he said.
Dillon Hilling had six saves for Bigfork.
"He was just outstanding," Koslosky said.
Columbia Falls 0 2 - 2
Bigfork 1 0 - 1
Columbia Falls - Talen Stringer, 73:00; Caleb Boumann, 79:00.
Bigfork - Austin Gordon (Matt Killian) 22:00.
Shots on goal - Columbia Falls 11, Bigfork 11
Goalie saves - Columbia Falls 5 (Anthony Correa 5), Bigfork 6 (Dillon Hilling 6)
Corner kicks - Columbia Falls 8, Bigfork 4
Fouls - Columbia Falls 13, Bigfork 7
Stevensville 2, Libby 1
The Loggers took a 1-0 lead early, but couldn't find the net again as Stevensville won the nonconference outing.
Stevensville's goals were scored by Jake Giese and Joseph Daniels.
Libby outshot Stevensville 15-11, but couldn't manage to replicate a sixth minute score against J.J. O'Bannon, who had 11 saves in the game.
Libby 1 0 - 1
Stevensville 1 1 - 2
Libby - Goal scorer unavailable, 7:00
Stevensville - Jake Giese, 9:00; Joseph Daniels (Joseph Fecteau), 60:00
Shots - Libby 15, Stevensville 11
Saves - Libby 8 (Rob Hamilton), Stevensville 11 (J.J. O'Bannon)
Corner kicks - Libby 5, Stevensville 3
Total fouls - Libby 3, Stevensville 2
Cards - None
Polson 2, Hamilton 2
Polson played to a draw with Hamilton after James Larson scored the game-tying goal in the 75th minute.
Peregrine Frissell had 13 saves for the Pirates.
Dace Moerkerke led the Broncs with a goal in the 19th minute and an assist on Daymon Halstead's goal in the second half.
Polson 1 1 - 2
Hamilton 1 1 - 2
Hamilton - Dace Moerkerke (Daymon Halstead), 19:00; Halstead (Moerkerke), 56:00
Polson - Own goal, 37:00; James Larson, 75:00
Shots - Polson 13, Hamilton 17
Saves - Polson 13 (Peregrine Frissell), Hamilton 7 (Niall Gallagher-Clancy)
Corner kicks - Polson 2, Hamilton 4
Fouls - Polson 11, Hamilton 8
Cards - none
Girls
Columbia Falls 8,
Bigfork 0
The Wildkats outshot the Vals 26-0 and walked away with a conference victory in Bigfork.
Columbia Falls (2-0, 1-0) was led by McKenzie Kiser who scored twice.
Danielle Delventhal added a goal and an assist.
‘We played good, moved the ball around a lot and passed well," Columbia Falls coach Greg Trenerry said.
Columbia Falls 5 3 - 8
Bigfork 0 0 - 0
Bigfork - McKenzie Kiser (Kinzie Howell), 10:45; Tayler Gress, 15:00; Danielle Delventhal, 19:00; Haley Purdy (Madeson Sandefer), 38:00; Kiser, 39:00; Own goal, 45:00; Katie Donner (Delventhal), 70:00; Courtney White, 72:00.
Shots on goal - Columbia Falls 26, Bigfork 0
Goalie saves - Columbia Falls, 0; Bigfork, 9 (Jazzmyn Musser 9)
Corner kicks - Columbia Falls 7, Bigfork 1
Fouls - Columbia Falls 2, Bigfork 3
Cards - Bigfork, 1 yellow
Hamilton 3, Polson 0
The Polson girls fell to Hamilton after being outshot 24-8.
Sarah Robinson had six saves for the Pirates and Shannon McGinnis had nine.
Polson 0 0 - 0
Hamilton 2 1 - 3
Hamilton - Casey Shifflett, 16:00; Bri Huggans (Kaytlyn Menk), 38:00; Sami Kratofil (Shifflett), 62:00
Shots - Polson 8, Hamilton 24
Saves - Polson 14 (Sara Robinson 6, Shannon McGinnis 8), Hamilton 6 (McKenzie Syne)
Corner kicks - Polson 0, Hamilton 6.
Fouls - Polson 5, Hamilton 1.
Cards - none
Stevensville 4,
Libby 3
Libby junior Elly Webster scored three goals for Libby, all in the second half, to tie the match at 3-all.
Brooke Constantino's unassisted goal in the 70th minute gave Stevensville the victory.
Libby 0 3 - 3
Stevensville 3 1 - 4
Stevensville - Sylvie Coston, 11:00; Bridget Butler, 20:00; Bess Ulrich, 27:00; Brooke Constantino, 70:00
Libby - Elly Webster, 52:00; Webster, (Sarah Nash), 56:00; Webster, 67:00
Shots on goal - Libby 5, Stevensville 19.
Goalie saves - Libby 15 (Becca Kyriss), Stevensville 2 (Ceaira Standish).
Corner kicks - Libby 2, Stevensville 5.
Fouls - Libby 0, Stevensville 1
Cards - None