Soccer roundup: Bulldogs shutout Vikings
WHITEFISH — Whitefish took care of business at home against Bigfork, recording their second straight shutout to beat the Vikings 3-0.
Brady Bergeson netted the Bulldogs only first half goal, but they were able to find a few more after the break. Walter Sobba scored on a free kick to give Whitefish some breathing room, and Quinten Joos added another in the final minutes to cap the scoring.
“We played our first complete game in Libby on Saturday,” Whitefish coach O’Brien Byrd said of the Bulldogs’ first shutout of the season.
“We were excited to have another [complete game] back to back and against our toughest competition in the conference this year. Bigfork is a good team.”
Sam Heutmaker and Jared Johnson had assists.
“Jared Johnson was relentless today,” Byrd said. “He led by example in there.”
Whitefish will host Columbia Falls under the lights of Memorial Field on Saturday for homecoming. Bigfork is off until Tuesday when they host Libby.
Bigfork 0 0 — 0
Whitefish 1 2 — 3
W — Brady Bergeson (Sam Heutmaker), 36:00
W — Walter Sobba (free kick), 71:00
W — Quinten Joos (Jared Johnson), 80:00
Shots on goal — BF 7, WF 6. Saves — BF 6 (Ben Russell), WF 7 (Sam Benkelman). Corner kicks — BF 5, WF 3. Fouls — BF 8, WF 9. Yellow Cards— WF 1.
Hellgate 3, Flathead 1
MISSOULA — Kaleb Frame’s penalty-kick in the 63-minute tied Tuesday’s match, but Hellgate scored two unanswered goals in the second half to top Flathead for a home Wetsern AA victory.
The Braves’ keeper, Josh Osborn tallied nine saves a match which featured 37 fouls and 6 cards.
Flathead 0 1 — 1
Hellgate 1 2 — 3
H — Skyler Stark-Ragsdale (Andrew Moisey), 10:00
F — Kaleb Frame pk, 63:00
H — Ryan Sayler 67:00
H — Jonathon Taylor direct kick, 80:00
Shots on goal — Flathead 5, Hellgate 10. Saves — Flathead 9 (Josh Osborn), Hellgate 4 (Peter Byrne). Corner kicks — Flathead 2, Hellgate 6. Total fouls — Flathead 15, Hellgate 22. Cards — Flathead 2, Hellgate 4.
Stevensville 3,
Stillwater Christian 1
STEVENSVILLE — The Stillwater Christian Cougars couldn’t overcome two first half-goals by Stevensville and lost the nonconference road match 3-1 on Tuesday.
The Yellow Jackets scored twice in the first half before Stillwater’s Joe King answered in the 27-minute. Hansen Eysted assisted King’s goal.
The Cougars couldn’t get another shot in the back of the net as Stevensville possessed the ball for most of the second half.
“We were on our heels for a lot of the game,” Stillwater coach Ryan O’Rourke said.
“Stevensville moved the ball well. It felt like we were on defense for a good portion of the match. It certainly was an excellent leanring experience. It’ll help us improve.”
Stillwater 1 0 — 1
Stevensville 2 1 — 3
S — Daniel Pendergast, 14:00
S — Pendergast, 17:00
SC — Joe King (Hansen Eysted), 34:00
S — Quade Renstrom (Joseph Fecteau), 74:00
Shots on goal — Stillwater 8, Stevensville 21. Saves — Stillwater 5 (Daniel Fetveit), Stevensville 4 (Bronson Jensen). Corner kicks — Stillwater 1, Stevensville 3. Total fouls — Stillwater 3, Stevensville 5. Cards — Stevensville red.
GIRLS
Whitefish 5, Bigfork 2
WHITEFISH — Haley Nicholson netted a hat trick to lead the Lady Bulldogs past the Bigfork Valkyries for a 5-2 conference victory on Tuesday.
Bigfork scored first on Katie Thomas’ free kick just eight minutes into the match.
Nearly a minute later, Nicholson scored her first goal on a free kick from 30-yards out.
Thomas scored her second goal of the night on a penalty kick in the 14-minute, but that was the last time the Valkyries would score.
Nicholson scored her second goal just before the end of the first half and opened up the second half with a goal in the 53-minute.
Grace Kurtz’s finish with six minutes left in the match was the final goal for Whitefish. Kurtz and Katie Blackenship each finished with a goal and an assist.
“We’ve been working on a lot of different things in practice and over the course of season,” Whitefish coach Wendy Farrens said.
“We were able to bring everything together. Everyplayer on the field played to the best of their ability.”
Bigfork 2 0 — 2
Whitefish 2 3 — 5
B — Katie Thomas 8:00
W — Haley Nicholson 9:00
B — Katie Thomas pk 14:00
W — Katie Blankeship (Grace Kurtz) 26:00
W — Haley Nicholson (Julia Houtson) 42:00
W — Haley Nicholson (Katie Blankenship) 53:00
W — Grace Kurtz (Audre Hyatt) 74:00
Shots — WHitefish 21, Bigfork 11. Saves Whitefish 5 (Alley Pencost, Celest Rehvein) Bigfork 8 (Kess Nelson). Corner Kicks —‚ Wghoitdfe 6, Bigfork 3. Fouls — 10, 10. Cards — none.
Fleathead 1, Hellgate 0
MISSOULA — Alexa May rifled in a shot from 30-yards out to give the Bravettes their only goal of the match in a 1-0 shutout of Missoula Hellgate on Tuesday for a Western AA road victory.
Her unassisted goal paired with keeper Zoe Zander’s 12 saves allowed the Bravettes to neutralize the Hellgate’s attack.
“We came out and played a great first half,” Flathead coach Cory Wilson said.
“Our mid were working very well with our front two. Our defense played great, and Zoe Zander came up big a couple times to keep clean sheet for us.”
Flathead 1 0 — 1
Hellgate 0 0 — 0
F — Alexa May (unassisted), 26:00
Shots on goal — Flathead 5, Hellgate 12. Saves — Flathead 12 (Zoe Zander), Hellgate 4 (Claudia Wiesse). Corner kicks — Flathead 1, Hellgate 3. Total fouls — Flathead 4, Hellgate 6. Cards — none.
Stillwater Christian 0, Stevensville 0
STEVENSVILLE — Despite registering one shot on goal, The Stillwater Christian Cougars held off the Stevensville Yellowjackets attack to draw on the road in their nonconference match.
Stevensville outshot Stillwater 15-1, but could’t find the back of the net.
Stillwater 0 0 — 0
Stevensville 0 0 — 0
Shots on goal — Stillwater 1, Stevensville 15. Saves — Stillwater 7, Stevensville 1 (Evelyn Tiplady). Corner kicks — Stillwater 0, Stevensville 5. Total fouls – Stillwater 1, Stevensville 2. Cards — none.