Soccer roundup: C-Falls, Whitefish boys battle to 5-5 tie
COLUMBIA FALLS — Jackson Yates scored in stoppage time with an assist going to Nathan Boone as Whitefish tied Columbia Falls 5-5 in Northern A soccer action Thursday afternoon at Flip Darling Field.
Columbia Falls had taken a 5-4 lead at 76 minutes on a goal by Quentin Foust.
Foust also scored the first goal of the match at 20 minutes.
He also had two assists.
Columbia Falls’ Keenan Jessat completed a hat trick at 72 minutes. He also scored at 27 and 47 minutes.
Nathan Boone had a hand in nearly all of Whitefish’s scoring. He netted two goals and also assisted on Jon Dittman’s goal at 28 minutes.
Jared Johnson scored the other goal for Whitefish at 42 minutes.
Taven Edland assisted on two scores for Whitefish.
“It was a great game,” Columbia Falls coach Peter Browne said.
“We played Tuesday and had a little setback (3-0 loss at Bigfork), but our kids played toe-to-toe with Whitefish.”
In shots on goal, Columbia Falls held a slight edge, 17-15. Whitefish ruled in corner kicks 7-0.
“Whitefish is a very good team, very well-coached,” Browne said.
“Our boys hung in there and kept their composure. It was a great game for us. It’s important that we build on that performance for the rest of the season.”
Whitefish came into the rivalry contest with a 31-match winning streak.
Columbia Falls moves to 3-3-1 overall, 0-1-1 in league.
“It was great to see Keenan get three goals,” Browne said.
“He hasn’t found the net in awhile.
“The midfield did an awesome job,” Browne continued.
“Caleb Baumann controlled the pace of the game. The guys in the back ... we lost our central defender so we had to move some people around. We don’t have a lot of depth, but the kids stepped up. It was a great performance.”
Columbia Falls is back on the pitch hosting Polson on Thursday.
Whitefish (4-0-1, 1-0-1) plays at Bigfork on Saturday.
Whitefish14—5
Columbia Falls23—5
CF — Quentin Foust 20:00
CF — Keenan Jessat (Foust), 27:00
W — Jon Dittman (Nathan Boone), 28:00
W — Jared Johnson (Taven Edland), 42:00
CF — Jessat (Foust), 47:00
W — Boone (Edland), 50:00
W — Boone (Jared Johson), 67:00
CF — Jessat, 72:00
CF — Foust, 76:00S
W—Jackson Yates (Boone), 80:00
Shots on goal — Whitefish 15, Columbia Falls 17; Corner kicks — Whitefish 7, Columbia Falls 0; Goalie saves — Whitefish 3 (Sam Benkelman), Columbia Falls 8 (Nathan Gedlaman); Fouls — Whitefish 15, Columbia Falls 8; Cards — Whitefish, 2 yellow
Hellgate 2, Glacier 0
The Glacier boys battened down the hatches for 74 minutes, but couldn’t hold off the charges from Missoula Hellgate, losing a Western AA conference match at Glacier.
Hellgate’s Kyle Higgins finally cracked the Wolfpack defense in the 74th minute on an unassisted goal, only for teammate Macky Scott to score four minutes later to add insurance.
“We focused on some defense, made a few changes and kept it a pretty steady-paced game,” Glacier coach Cody Fierro said.
“We played our game, did what we wanted to accomplish. We just couldn’t string anything together to put one away.”
Hellgate02—2
Glacier00—0
H — Kyle Higgins, 74:00
H — Macky Scott (Taylor Riley), 78:00
Shots on goal — Hellgate 9, Glacier 4. Saves — Hellgate 4 (Chaucer Larson), Glacier 7 (Lonnie Sherman). Corner kicks — Hellgate 5, Glacier 3. Fouls — Hellgate 6, Glacier 2. Yellow cards — Hellgate 3.
Polson at Libby
No results were available
Girls
Whitefish 3,
Columbia Falls 2
COLUMBIA FALLS — Haley Nicholson scored her second goal of the game with less than a minute to play to send Whitefish to a Northern A conference victory over Columbia Falls.
The winning goal came off a free kick as the ball found its way through a crowd of defenders to land on the foot of Nicholson, who set the tone early, giving the Bulldogs a lead five minutes into the game with her first goal.
Nicholson also picked up an assist, helping on the game-tying goal from Anna Peterson in the 69th minute. Whitefish fell behind early in the second half after Haley Purdy scored nine minutes in to give Columbia Falls a 2-1 lead. Kendra King scored the Wildkats first goal of the night.
“It was exciting,” Whitefish coach Wendy Farrens said.
“To be down 2-1 and come back and tie, let alone win, they showed great resiliency. Everyone came to play.”
Whitefish12 —3
Columbia Falls11—2
W — Haley Nicholson (Anna Peterson), 5’
CF — Kendra King (Tavia Bechtel), 29’
CF — Haley Purdy (Bechtel), 49’
W — Peterson (Nicholson), 69’
W — Nicholson (Grace Kurtz), 79’
Shots on goal — CF 11, W 13. Saves — CF 3 (Andrea Getts), W 4 (Piper Greenwood). Corner kicks — CF 2, W 0. Fouls — CF 11, W 7. Cards — none.
Glacier 4, Hellgate 1
Despite playing without star forward Kendall Halliburton for the first 50 minutes, the Glacier girls stormed past Missoula Hellgate with three goals in the first half to win a Western AA conference match at Glacier.
Carly McDonald, Katie Thomas and Olivia Malchi each tallied a goal in the first half, with Maddi Paulson picking up a pair of assists. Once she found her way in the game, Halliburton didn’t take long to make an impact, scoring on an assist from Thomas in the 64th minute.
“We finally started clicking forward,” Glacier coach Brenden Byrd said.
“It was good for the girls to play solid soccer (with Halliburton out), then with her coming in to pick it up that much more.”
Hellgate01—1
Glacier31—4
G — Carly McDonald (Maddi Paulson), 24’
G — Katie Thomas (direct kick), 35’
G — Olivia Malchi (Paulson), 39’
H — Alpha Scheel (unassisted), 48’
G — Kendall Halliburton (Thomas), 64’
Shots on goal — Hellgate 13, Glacier 15. Saves — Hellgate 9 (Claudie Wiese), Glacier 10 (Amy Braig). Corner kicks — Hellgate 2, Glacier 4. Fouls — Hellgate 9, Glacier 10. Yellow cards — Hellgate 1.
Polson 6, Libby 0
LIBBY — Linnea Madsen scored two goals and Sarah Howell had one goal and two assists as Polson blanked Libby in Northern A play.
Polson 4 2 – 6
Libby 0 0 – 0
P – Linnea Madsen (unassisted), 6:00
P – Sarah Howell (Kyrie Betterman), 23:00
P – Madsen (Howell), 28:00
P – Melina Jore, 36:00
P – Mollie Lemm, 50:00
P – Lemm (Howell), 70:00
Shots on goal – na. Corner kicks – Polson 5, Libby 1. Saves – Polson 3 (Monica Cleveland), Libby 12 (Abbey Enneniga 4, Dani Hawthorne 8).