Prep soccer roundup: Libby boys blank Bigfork

by The Daily Inter Lake
| October 9, 2014 11:43 PM

LIBBY — Walter Briones gave Libby the early goal just six minutes into play and the Loggers rolled from there for an easy 5-0 triumph over Bigfork in Northern A boys soccer play on Thursday.

Briones finished with a hat trick as he added goals at 33 and 49 minutes.

Cody Wood assisted on the first and last goals and scored on a penalty kick at 25 minutes.

Sage Friss had the other goal for Libby.

Bigfork 0 0 — 0

Libby 4 1 — 5

LIBBY — Walter Briones (Cody Wood), 6:00; Sage Friss (Gio Cano, Briones), 15:00; Wood (PK), 25:00; Briones (Cano), 33:00; Briones (Wood), 49:00

Shots on goal – Bigfork 5, Libby 12; Goalie saves – Bigfork 6 (Ben Russell), Libby 5, (Zander Petersen); Corner kicks – Bigfork 3, Libby 5; Fouls – Bigfork 10, Libby 8. Cards – None.

Stillwater 3,

Bonners Ferry 2

BJ Bach scored what proved to be the game winner in the 49th minute as Stillwater hung on for a nonconference victory over visiting Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Bach nailed his shot from 8 yards out on a full sprint to the goal.

Bach assisted on Joe King’s second goal at 29 minutes. King opened the scoring with a goal at 18 minutes.

Bonners Ferry scored goals at 46 and 54 minutes.

Stillwater (6-2) also won the first matchup at Bonners Ferry last month, 3-1.

Bonners Ferry 0 2 — 2

Stillwater 2 1 — 3

BONNERS FERRY — NA, 46:00; NA, 54:00

STILLWATER — Joe King (Hansen Eystad), 18:00; King (BJ Bach), 29:00; Bach (King), 49:00

Shots on goal — Bonners Ferry 7, Stillwater 13; Goalie saves — Bonners Ferry 9 (Caleb Blackmore), Stillwater 2 (Daniel Fetveit); Corner kicks — Bonners Ferry 0, Stillwater 5; Fouls — NA; Cards — None.

Polson 7,

Columbia Falls 1

POLSON — Bailey Griffith, on a penalty kick, gave Columbia Falls an early 1-0 lead, but it was all Polson after that.

Mike Mercer and Andrew Hanson scored back-to-back goals two minutes apart to give Polson a 2-0 edge at halftime and the Pirates followed with five more goals in the second half to claim the Northern A victory.

Mercer and Hanson also scored the first two goals of the second half.

Columbia Falls 1 0 — 1

Polson 2 5 — 7

COLUMBIA FALLS — Bailey Griffith (pk), 5:00

POLSON — Mike Mercer (Alex Helgeson), 18:00; Andrew Hanson (Mercer), 20:00; Hanson, 56:00; Mercer (Helgeson), 67:00; Jonah Kasnitz (Helgeson), 68:00; Kasnitz (Hanson), 75:00; Morgan Moll, 79:00

Shots on goal – Columbia Falls 5, Polson 17; Goalie saves – Columbia Falls 10 (Brandon Karberg), Polson 4 (Trevor Basler); Corner kicks – Columbia Falls 1, Polson 3; Fouls – Columbia Falls 11, Polson 15: Cards – Polson 2 yellow, C. Falls 1 yellow.

Girls

Bigfork 4, Libby 0

LIBBY — Alauna Weilacher spotted Bigfork with a quick 2-0 lead 15 minutes in to play with her two goals and the Valkyries rolled from there for a Northern A victory over Libby.

Georgia Cleasby and Megan Pancoast scored the final two goals.

Bigfork 4 0 — 4

Libby 0 0 — 0

BIGFORK — Alauna Weilacher (Megan Pancoast), 7:00; Weilacher (Pancoast), 15:00; Georgia Cleasby (unassisted), 25:00; Pancoast (Weilacher), 30:00

Shots on goal – Bigfork n/a, Libby n/a; Gaolie saves – Bigfork 3 (Alyssa Beach Wallen), Libby 11 (Shannon Reny); Corner kicks – Bigfork 8, Libby 3; Fouls – Bigfork 7, Libby 1; Cards – None.

Stillwater 1,

Bonners Ferry 0

An early goal by Lulu Neumann was just enough for Stillwater to slip past Bonners Ferry, Idaho, in a nonconference match at Stillwater Christian School.

Neumann scored in the 18th minute.

Bonners Ferry 0 0 — 0

Stillwater 1 0 — 1

STILLWATER — Lulu Neumann (Ashley Tang), 18:00

Shots on goal — Bonners Ferry 12, Stillwater 5; Goalie saves — Bonners Ferry 2, Stillwater 6 (Janelle Falk); Corner kicks — Bonners Ferry 2, Stillwater 0; Fouls — NA: Cards — NA.

Columbia Falls 1,

Polson 0

POLSON — Katie Price’s unassisted goal at the 37-minute mark was the difference as Columbia Falls blanked Polson in a defensive struggle.

Alyson Gimbel had two keeper saves for Columbia Falls. Jenna Evertz had four for Polson.

Columbia Falls 1 0 — 1

Polson 0 0 — 0

COLUMBIA FALLS — Katie Price (unassisted), 37:00

Shots on goal – Columbia Falls 8, Polson 6; Goalie saves – Columbia Falls 2 (Alyson Gimbel), Polson 4 (Jenna Evertz); Corner kicks – Columbia Falls 3, Polson 0; Fouls – Columbia Falls 8, Polson 5. Cards – None.