Bravettes shut out Helena High in soccer
Flathead wrapped up a successful girls soccer regular season by blanking Helena High 2-0 on Saturday at Kidsports Complex.
Malia Ozegovich and Sarah Cummins scored goals for the Bravettes. Cummins also assisted on the first goal.
Flathead (6-1-5) finished second in the Western AA standings and will host No. 7 Glacier in a state play-in match.
Flathead coach Scott Warnell said the play-in match is tentatively set for 3 p.m. Thursday at Kidsports Complex. The winner will advance to state.
"Again, we passed really well, had several good opportunities and were able to get two in the back of the net today," Warnell said.
"That was good."
The Bravettes turned in another standout effort defensively, posting their eighth shutout of the season. FHS has allowed just four goals in 12 matches.
Helena High 0 0 - 0
Flathead 1 1 - 2
FLATHEAD - Malia Ozegovich (Sarah Cummins), 40:00; Cummins, 75:00
Shots on goal - Helena 5, Flathead 6
Corner kicks - Helena 1, Flathead 3
Goalie saves - Helena 5 (Rachael Sullivan), Flathead 5 (Payton Pietron)
Fouls - Helena 6, Flathead 11
Cards - None
Capital 3, Glacier 2
Chantal Gustine accounted for all of Glacier's scoring. Her first goal was off a direct kick.
Glacier (0-10-2) held a slight edge in corner kicks, 4-2, and had one less shot on goal than Capital's 16.
"A back-and-forth game," Glacier coach Paul Holmgren said.
"I was extremely proud of the girls. You can tell by the shot count it was very even, a very physical game. Both teams played very well."
Holmgren said Morgan Meier "did a tremendous job running the defense. She made a couple tremendous saves."
Glacier, seventh in the final Western AA regular-season standings, will face Flathead in a play-in match.
Helena Capital 1 2 - 3 Glacier 1 1 - 2
HELENA CAPITAL - Lindsay Burns, 19:00; Elly Priddy, 65:00; Lexi Starzeski, 66:00
GLACIER - Chantal Gustine, 7:00; Gustine, 53:00
Shots on goal - Capital 16, Glacier 15
Corner kicks - Capital 4, Glacier 6
Goalie saves - Capital 10 (Kyra Dorvall), Glacier 7 (Shaniya Carey)
Fouls - Capital 7, Glacier 5
Cards - Capital, 1 yellow, Glacier 1 yellow
Boys
Glacier 1, Capital 1
Time nearly ran out on Glacier in its final home match of the season.
Down 1-0, Matt Peters, off a long throw-in from Josiah Bumgarner, scored in the 79th minute to earn a tie.
"The guys kept working until the end of the game," Glacier coach Ryan O'Rourke said.
"Not the prettiest goal in the world, but he had the desire and will to put it in."
Glacer (4-4-4) finished fifth in the Western AA regular-season standings. Up next is a play-in match at No. 4 Missoula Big Sky.
Helena Capital 0 1 - 1
Glacier 0 1 - 1
HELENA CAPITAL - Logan Colegrove (Caleb Sparks), 53:00
GLACIER - Matt Peters (Josiah Bumgarner), 79:00
Shots on goal - Capital 11, Glacier 12
Corner kicks - Capital 7, Glacier 2
Goalie saves - Capital 4 (Jake Smith), Glacier 10 (Sean Peters)
Fouls - Capital 4, Glacier 24
Cards - Glacier, 1 yellow
Helena 6, Flathead 0
Western Class AA's top team defeated the last place Braves with four goals in the first half and two in the second.
Dylan Allen scored twice to lead Helena.
Flathead coach Chris Putzler said the Braves played sharply despite the lopsided loss in the team's final game of the regular season.
"There are some positives there," he said. "They did a great job of stepping to the ball, beating Helena to the ball sometimes and working more as a team."
Flathead will travel to No. 2 Missoula Sentinel for a 3 p.m. Wednesday state play-in match.
Helena 4 2 - 6
Flathead 0 0 - 0
HELENA - Dylan Allen, 4:00; Mac Nelson, 16:00; Isaac Miller (Jimmy Chambers), 21:00; N/A (Isaac Bostrom), 33:00; Allen, (PK) 46:00; Colter Currey, 69:00.
Shots - Helena 19, Flathead 5
Corner kicks - Helena 12, Flathead 0
Goalie saves - Helena 4 (Will Poole), Flathead 5 (Dino Cantu)
Fouls - Helena 8, Flathead 12
Cards - none