Glacier boys lose to Bozeman in first round of state AA soccer

by The Daily Inter Lake
| October 27, 2011 10:21 PM

HELENA - The Glacier boys soccer team fell behind early, fought back late and came up just short.

The Wolfpack lost 2-1 to the Eastern division's No. 1 seed Bozeman in the opening round of the Class AA playoffs Thursday.

Bozeman's Sam Werner scored in the 14th minute on a penalty kick to get the scoring started.

"For the remainder of the first half, we were on our heels reacting to the play of Bozeman," Glacier coach Ryan O'Rourke said.

The 1-0 score stood until the 57th minute when Joe Siderius buried a shot in the back of the net after a pass from Jake Lockwood.

"The angle on Joe's goal seemed impossible," O'Rourke said.

"He was off to the left of the goal and just crushed the ball past the near post. The Bozeman keeper did not have a chance to save it."

O'Rourke said it seemed as though the Wolfpack could ride the momentum to another quick score.

But an injury to team captain Josiah Bumgarner in the 70th minute had a negative impact on the team's intensity.

Ben Hietala broke the tie with a goal five minutes later.

"Losing Josiah in the critical moments of the game was a loss that we did not have time to recover from," O'Rourke said.

"The guys continued to play hard, but we could not find the goal we needed to equalize in the final moments of the game."

Glacier (4-6-4) will play Missoula Sentinel (6-2-5) in a loser-out match today at 11 a.m.

Glacier 0 1 - 1

Bozeman 1 1 - 2

GLACIER - Joe Siderius (Jake Lockwood), 57:00.

BOZEMAN - Sam Werner (penalty kick), 14:00; Ben Hietala, 75:00.

Shots on goal - Glacier 5, Bozeman 10

Corner kicks - Glacier 1, Bozeman 4

Goalie saves - Glacier 6 (Sean Peters), Bozeman 2 (Henry Hietala)

Fouls - Glacier 13, Bozeman 10

Cards - N/A

Helena High 1, CM Russell 0

Helena 1 0 - 1

CMR 0 0 - 0

First half - HHS, Paxton Ellis (Dylan Allen), 30:00. Keepers - HHS, Jaden Maharg; CMR, Taylor Koth. Red cards - CMR (Nick Downs).

Missoula Hellgate 1, Billings West 0

Hellgate 1 0 - 1

West 0 0 - 0

First half - MH, Yacir Allen (Casey Higgins), 38:00. Keepers - MH, Lucas Wittkopp; BW, Tyler Thayer.

Billings Senior 2, Missoula Sentinel 0

Senior 1 1 - 2

Sentinel 0 0 - 0

First half - BS, Sam Habien, 18:00. Second half - BS, Karson White, 49:00. Keepers - BS, Logan Deeney; MS, Josh Pannell.