Soccer roundup: Glacier, Flathead boys fall in Helena
HELENA — Flathead held a 2-1 edge at the half on goals by Kaleb Frame, but Helena Capital added two in the second half to pull out a 3-2 Western AA boys soccer victory on Saturday.
Colin Patterson, who assisted on the first two Bruin scores, connected on a penalty kick for the game-winner at 76 minutes.
Capital had 13 shots on goal to 12 for Flathead.
Micah Bucy had six keeper saves for Flathead.
Flathead 2 0 — 2
Capital 1 2 — 3
F — Kaleb Frame, 2:00
C — Jacob Jensen (Colin Patterson), NA
F— Frame, pk, NA
C — Kaycen Spencer (Patterson), 58:00
C — Patterson, pk, 76:00
Shots on goal — Flathead 12, Capital 13; Goalie saves — Flathead 6 (Micah Bucy), Capital 6 (Al Ibsen); Corner kicks — NA; Fouls — NA: Cards — NA.
Helena 1, Glacier 0
HELENA — Trent Treadway’s goal in the 70th minute was the only score as Helena High slipped by Glacier in Western AA play.
Glacier had 16 shots on goal to 14 for Helena.
Ryker MacIntyre had eight keeper saves for the Wolfpack.
“We had numerous chances,” Glacier coach Ryan Billiet said.
“We were waiting because we knew it was going to be a one-moment game and they were the ones who got the moment and capitalized. I thought the run of play went both ways. They went at us early, but we started picking up and getting some opportunities but we couldn’t finish.”
Glacier 0 0 — 0
Helena High 0 1 — 1
H — Trent Treadway (Zander Mozer), 70:00
Shots on goal — Glacier 16, Helena 14; Goalie saves - Glacier 8 (Ryker MacIntyre), Helena 9 (Josh Noem); Corner kicks — Glacier NA, Helena 5; Fouls — NA; Cards — NA.
Belgrade 5, Whitefish 0
WHITEFISH — Five different players scored as Belgrade blanked Whitefish (1-4).
Belgrade outshot Whitefish on goal, 19-1, and in corner kicks, 12-0.
“Belgrade is a very well-coached and very dangerous team,” Whitefish coach John Lacey said.
“Our boys played very well for the first 55 minutes.”
This was Whitefish’s second game in less than 24 hours. Belgrade did not play on Friday (won by forfeit at Bigfork).
Lacey said goalie Marty Anderson “had a real good game, again.”
Belgrade 2 3 — 5
Whitefish 0 0 — 0
B — Zack Smith, 11:00
B — Garrett Turner, 17:00
B — Jordan Schlaugh, 57:00
B — Kaden Wyatt, 71:00
B — Javan Chisholm, 74:00
Shots on goal — Belgrade 19, Whitefish 1; Goalie saves — Belgrade 1 (Clay Bost), Whitefish 15 (Marty Anderson); Corner kicks — Belgrade 12, Whitefish 0; Fouls — Belgrade 8, Whitefish 2; Cards — None.
Billings Central 4, Columbia Falls 0
BILLINGS — Christian Zygmond scored two goals and had one assist and Patrick Comstock had a goal and two assists in leading Billings Central past Columbia Falls (1-3).
Billings Central outshot Columbia Falls on goal 26-7.
“(Goalie) Brandon Karberg had a busy day at the office,” Columbia Falls coach O’Brien Byrd said.
“He kept it interesting.”
Columbia Falls 0 0 — 0
Billings Central 2 2 — 4
BC — Christian Zygmond (Patrick Comstock), 23:00
BC — Josh Bundy (Zygmond), 27:00
BC — Zygmond (Comstock), 59:00
BC — Comstock, pk, 70:00
Shots on goal — Columbia Falls 7, Billings Central 26; Goalie saves — Columbia Falls 21 (Brandon Karberg), Billings Central 7 (Brandon Hilton); Corner kicks — Columbia Falls 3, Billings Central 4; Fouls — Columbia Falls 10, Billings Central 8; Cards — None.
Corvallis 3, Polson 0
CORVALLIS — Three different players scored, all in the first 23 minutes, as Corvallis blanked Polson.
Corvallis dominated in shots on goal, 24-11, and corner kicks, 6-2.
Polson 0 0 — 0
Corvallis 3 0 — 3
C – Cayden Ayers (Rutger Klein), 9:00
C – Juan Pablo Juarez (Ladd Grenfell), 19:00
C - Emmett Semple (Avery Walden), 23:00
Shots on goal — Polson 11, Corvallis 24; Goalie saves — Polson 12 (NA), Corvallis 6 (Justin Catanach); Corner kicks — Polson 2, Corvallis 6. Fouls — Polson 4, Corvallis 5; Cards – None.
Laurel 3, Libby 1
LAUREL — All of the scoring was done early in the first half.
Cody Wood put Libby on the board with his goal at 26 minutes.
Libby 1 0 — 1
Laurel 3 0 — 3
La — Sam Crowl (Travis Nation), 11:00
La — Nation, 12:00
La — Cameron DeMars (Nation), 22:00
Li — Cody Wood, 26:00
Shots on goal — NA; Goalie saves: Libby NA (Shannon Reny), Laurel 10 (Dylan Bryant); Corner kicks — NA; Fouls — NA; Cards — NA.
Livingston 3, Bigfork 1
BIGFORK — Shane Rieke scored for Bigfork in the 67th minute with Ben Russell assisting.
Bigfork (1-2) had to forfeit Friday’s match with Belgrade because it did not have enough players.
Livingston 1 2 — 3
Bigfork 0 1 — 1
Livingston scoring not available
B — Shane Rieke (Ben Russell), 67:00
Stats not available
Stillwater Christian 11,
Helena Christian 1
Darren Kauffman was involved in the first three scores, one goal and two assists, Hansen Eystad had four goals and BJ Bach three to lead Stillwater to an easy win over Helena Christian at Stillwater Christian School.
Stillwater scored six goals in the first half.
Helena Christian 0 1 — 1
Stillwater 6 5 — 11
S — Isaac Neuman (Darren Kauffman) 2:00
S — BJ Bach (Kauffman) 25:00
S — Kauffman (Nicholas Sulzbacher), 26:00
S — Hansen Eystad (Bach), 27:00
S — Bach (Daniel Fetveit), 28:00
S — Bach (Darren Kauffman), 30:00
S — Eystad, 39:00
S — Eystad, 43:00
HC — Connor Koenig, 49:00
S — Zac King, pk, 56:00
S — Neuman, 67:00
S — Eystad, 69:00
Shots on goal — Stillwater 21, Helena Christian 5; Goalie saves — Stillwater 4 (Daniel Fetveit 3, Zach Basnett 1), Helena Christian 10 (Nick Lancette); Corner kicks — Stillwater 4, Helena Christian 0; Fouls — Stillwater 2, Helena Christian 2; Cards — none.
Girls
Flathead 1, Capital 1
HELENA — Cassie Brisko’s goal at 79 minutes allowed Helena Capital to tie Flathead in their Western AA match.
Shayenn Thompson put Flathead up 1-0 with her score in the first half.
Aaris Hill had five saves in goal for Flathead.
Flathead 1 0 — 1
Capital 0 1 — 1
F — Shayenn Thompson, NA
C — Cassie Brisko (Rachel Lauf), 79:00
Shots on goal — Flathead 8, Capital 10; Goalie saves — Flathead 5 (Aaris Hill), Capital 5 (Aryn Cummings); Corner kicks — Flathead 3, Capital 3; Fouls — NA; Cards — NA.
Helena 2, Glacier 0
HELENA — Kamden Hilborn had an early goal and one late to send Helena High past Glacier.
Glacier had 12 shots on goal, one more than Helena, but trailed 5-1 in corner kicks.
Amy Braig had eight keeper saves for the Wolfpack.
“It was the absolute best game of the year for the girls,” Glacier coach Brenden Byrd said.
“We went against one of the best teams in the state and had some near misses. We played great from our defense all the way through our strikers. The score line does no justice to the caliber of game that we played.”
Glacier 0 0 — 0
Helena 1 1 — 2
HHS - Kamden Hilborn (Katie Martin), 8:00
HHS - Hilborn (Serrana Schloten), 77:00
Shots on goal — Glacier 12, Helene 11; Goalie saves — Glacier 8 (Amy Braig), Helena 7 (Shanna Floerchinger); Corner kicks — Glacier 1, Helena 5; Fouls — NA; Cards — NA.
Billings Central 7, Columbia Falls 0
BILLINGS — Billings Central scored two goals in the first 16 minutes and added another 20 minutes later to help the Rams roll over Columbia Falls (2-1-1).
“We started off OK,” Columbia Falls coach Greg Trenerry said.
“Once they got those two goals on us, we fell apart.”
Mariah Whittman scored three goals for Billings Central.
Columbia Falls 0 0 — 0
Billings Central 3 4 — 7
BC — Mariah Whittman, 11:00
BC — Julianna Arellano, 16:00
BC — Whittman (Annie Seybert), 36:00
BC — Camryn Gunderson (Olivia Hanser), 42:00
BC — Arellano, 57:00
BC — Wittman (Hanser), 71:00
BC — Hanser (Wittman), 78:00
Shots on goal — Columbia Falls 6, Billings Central 13; Goalie saves — Columbia Falls 6 (Allyson Gimbel, Madeline Jarvis), Billings Central 5 (NA); Corner kicks — Columbia Falls 1, Billings Central 5; Fouls — Columbia Falls 7, Billings Central 4; Cards — Columbia Falls, 1 yellow.
Whitefish 4, Belgrade 1
WHITEFISH — Haley Nicholson scored the first two goals and Julia Houston the next two, all in the first half, as Whitefish dropped Belgrade.
Nicholson also had an assist.
Belgrade held an edge in shots on goal, 16-10, and corner kicks, 7-4.
Belgrade 0 1 — 1
Whitefish 4 0 — 4
W — Haley Nicholson (Anna Peterson) 1:00
W — Nicholson, 6:00
W — Julia Houston (Nicholson), 8:00
W — Houston, 12:00
B — Linton 73:00
Shots on goal — Belgrade 16, Whitefish 10; Goalie saves — Belgrade 6 (Cady), Whitefish 15 (Kess Nelson); Corner kicks — Belgrade 7, Whitefish 4; Fouls — Belgrade 4, Whitefish 12; Cards — None.
Laurel 7, Libby 0
LAUREL — Paige Ventling had two goals and Maysa Walters one goal and three assists in lifting Laurel over Libby.
Laurel put the match out of reach with five goals in the second half.
Libby 0 0 — 0
Laurel 2 5 — 7
La — Jessie Elmer (Maysa Walters) 1:00
La — Paige Ventling (Elmer) 32:00
La — Walters (Raquel Jimenez), 49:00
La — Elmer (Aspen Cotter), 52:00
La — Paige O’Toole (Walters), 60:00
La — Taylor Ludwig (Elmer), 65:00
La — Ventling (Walters), 68:00
Shots on goal — NA; Goalie saves — Libby 29 (Shannon Reny), Laurel 22 (O’Toole 20, Sam Vanderpool 2); Corner kicks — NA; Fouls — NA: Cards — NA.
Corvallis 4, Polson 1
CORVALLIS — Polson scored first, on a goal by Janessa Taylor, and that held up for the first half until Corvallis put four shots in the net in the second half to claim the victory.
Corinne Sanderson had two goals for Corvallis and one assist. Hailey Mason assisted on three goals.
Polson 1 0 — 1
Corvallis 0 4 — 4
P – Janessa Taylor (unassisted)
C – Zena Smith (Hailey Mason)
C – Corinne Sanderson (Mason)
C – Rebecca Weidkamp (Sanderson)
C – Sanderson (Mason)
Shots on goal — Polson 28, Corvallis 15; Goalis saves — Polson NA (Jenna Evertz), Corvallis 18 (Kira Doyle); Corner kicks — Polson 5, Corvallis 3; Fouls — Polson 4, Corvallis 3; Cards — None.
Bigfork 3, Livingston 3
BIGFORK — Meghan Gibson scored the final two goals, the last on a penalty kick at 83 minutes, to rally Livingston and force the tie.
Mattie McAnally scored three goals for Bigfork (0-2-1), all in the first half. Katie Thomas assisted on two of the scores.
“A heartbreaker at the end,” Bigfork coach Jens Sundem said.
“Heavy legs after playing yesterday. We had a great first half.”
Livingston 1 2 — 3
Bigfork 3 0 — 3
B — Mattie McAnally (Katie Thomas), 7:00
L — Stella Newman, 15:00
B — McAnally (Thomas), 37:00
B — McAnally, 38:00
L — Meghan Gibson, 52:00
L — Gibson, pk, 83:00
Shots on goal — Livingston 11, Bigfork 13; Goalie saves — Livingston 5 (Allison Stevens), Bigfork 6 (Celeste Rehbein); Corner kicks — Livingston 7, Bigfork 2; Fouls — NA; Cards — None.
Stillwater Christian 4,
Priest River 0
Sheyanne Collom scored two goals and assisted on another as Stillwater dumped Priest River, Idaho, at Stillwater Christian School.
Maddison Day and Alisha Warricks had the other goals for Stillwater (3-2-1).
Lulu Neumann assisted on two scores.
Priest River 0 0 — 0
Stillwater 2 2 — 4
S — Maddison Day (Sheyanne Collom), 6:00
S — Collom (Lulu Newmann), 23:00
S — Alisha Warricks (Neumann), 38:00
S — Collom, 44:00
Shots on goal — Priest River 8, Stillwater 15; Goalie saves — Priest River 3 (NA), Stillwater 8 (NA); Corner kicks — Priest River 2, Stillwater 13; Fouls — NA: Cards — NA.