Soccer: Whitefish boys top Polson
The Daily Inter Lake
WHITEFISH — The Whitefish Bulldogs withstood a
comeback attempt by Polson after taking a six goal lead and came
away with a 6-3 win in a Northern A play Tuesday.
Riley Lemm paced the Pirates with three unassisted
scores in the second half but Polson couldn’t overcome Whitefish’s
fast start.
Elior Rossi got the Bulldogs started with a goal in
the 10th minute. Mark Stormes, Casey Beiser and Sam Donaldson
netted goals before Rossie scored his second in the 30th minute to
put Whitefish ahead 5-0.
Beiser tacked on another goal to make it 6-0 in the
58th minute. It was the last score for the Bulldogs.
“It was your classic ‘let your guard down, take your
foot off the gas pedal (game),’” Whitefish coach O’Brien Byrd
said.
Lemm scored in the 63rd, the 71st and the 80th
minutes to give the game its final score.
Byrd said each of Lemm's goals were from 30-yards or
so away from the net and that he was largely unchallenged by
Whitefish players.
“I was disappointed to see the lack of focus in that
situation,” Byrd said. “We just weren’t stepping to the ball.”
The Bulldogs did do a better job of taking advantage
of scoring opportunities, netting goals on six of 11 attempts.
“I was definitely happy with that,” Byrd said. “We’ve
been struggling at putting the ball in the back of the net. We
finished on about half our chances (against Polson).”
Whitefish (8-2, 6-0) plays at Bigfork Saturday.
Whitefish 6, Polson 3
Polson 0 3 — 3
Whitefish 5 1 — 6
POLSON — Riley Lemm, 63:00; Lemm, 71:00; Lemm,
80:00
WHITEFISH — Elior Rossi, 10:00; Mark Stormes (Rossi),
17:00; Casey Beiser (Sam Donaldson), 23:00; Donaldson, 26:00; Rossi
(Beiser), 30:00; Beiser (Sean Janni), 55:00
Shots on goal — Polson 6 Whitefish 11
Corner kicks — Polson 2, Whitefish 5
Goalie saves — Polson 3 (Peregrine Frissell);
Whitefish 6 (Thomas Clark 4, Chance Ling 2)
Fouls — Polson 9, Whitefish 10
Cards — none
Stillwater Christian 4, Bigfork 0
The Cougars scored two goals in the first four
minutes and beat the Vikings in a nonconference game.
Josh Topp scored an unassisted goal in the second
minute and was followed two minutes later by Zach Waldher, who
netted a goal with an assist by Josh Bray.
Bray provided his second assist in the 30th minute to
Julian Emond, who put the Cougars up 3-0.
Jon LeGassey put the finishing touches on the game
with a score in the 77th minute. Schuylar Kauffman provided the
assist.
Stillwater Christian attempted 11 shots on goal and
Bigfork had eight tries.
Stillwater Christian (9-2-1, 1-0) plays Helena
Christian Friday. Bigfork hosts Whitefish on Saturday.
Bigfork 0 0 — 0
Stillwater 3 1 — 4
STILLWATER — Josh Topp, 2:00; Zach Waldher (Josh
Bray), 4:00; Julian Emond (Bray), 30:00; Jon LeGassey (Schuylar
Kauffman), 77:00
Shots on goal — Bigfork 8, Stillwater 11
Corner kicks — Bigfork 1, Stillwater 6
Goalie saves — Bigfork 7 (Dillon Hilling), Stillwater
8 (Trevor Holladay 3, Bray 5)
Cards — none
Girls
Whitefish 9, Polson 0
WHITEFISH — Natalie Gayner scored four goals and
provided an assist on another as the Bulldogs upended the Polson
Pirates in a Northern A matchup.
“We put together another solid game,” Whitefish coach
Wendy Farrens said. “I think we’re getting better every day.”
Whitefish out-shot Polson 30-4 as five different
players scored goals.
Farrens said she was happy with the play of her
entire team, but noted that Mckenzie Thomas was successful in
“organizing and being very vocal in the midfield.”
Gayner provided the assist to Anna Carpenter’s score
in the second minute. She scored goals of her own in the 14th,
46th, 50th and 53rd minutes
“She’s a great finisher, but she also gets great
balls in from the team, they set her up very well,” Farrens
said.
Whitefish (6-3, 5-1) plays at Bigfork on
Saturday.
Polson 0 0 — 0
Whitefish 5 4 — 9
WHITEFISH — Anna Carpenter (Natalie Gayner), 2:00;
Kayla Simmes (Caroline Carbo), 4:00; Megan Danzcyk (Simmes), 10:00;
Gayner (Simmes), 14:00; Katherine Millette (Cherstin Ling), 34:00;
Gayner (Danzcyk), 46:00; Gayner (Danzcyk), 50:00; Gayner, 53:00;
Samantha Dittman (Madison Grady), 59:00.
Shots on goal — Polson 4, Whitefish 30
Corner kicks — Polson 2, Whitefish 4
Goalie saves — Polson 5 (N/A), Whitefish 3 (Piper
Greenwood)
Fouls — Polson 1, Whitefish 7
Cards — Whitefish, 2 yellows
Stillwater Christian 2, Bigfork 1
The Vals led for most of the game but two late scores
allowed the Stillwater Christian Cougars to come out on top in a
nonconference match.
Emily Stephens put Bigfork ahead with a score in the
18th minute with an assist from Megan Pancoast.
The 1-0 score stood until the 72nd minute when
McKenzie Hemp found the back of the net to tie the match.
Five minute later, Ashley Hauss scored and gave the
Cougars the lead after a pass from Karley Conrad.
“Anytime we can get a win it’s great, but the girls
actually had a great week of practice, came out and worked really
hard today,” Stillwater coach JR Hemp said. “All the work on
fitness this season showed up in this game.”
Stillwater goalkeeper Janelle Falk had seven saves.
Bigfork outshot Stillwater Christian 12-10.
“Jessica Koch also played really solid in the middle
for us,” Hemp said. “All of our defenders stepped up again.”
Bigfork 1 0 — 1
Stillwater 0 2 — 2
BIGFORK — Emily Stephens (Megan Pancoast), 18:00.
STILLWATER — McKenzie Hemp, 72:00; Ashley Hauss
(Karley Conrad), 77:00
Shots on goal — Bigfork 12, Stillwater 10
Corner kicks — Bigfork 4, Stillwater 2
Goalie saves — Bigfork 4 (N/A), Stillwater 7 (Janelle
Falk)
Fouls — Bigfork 4, Stillwater 3
Cards — none