Soccer playoff roundup: Whitefish boys, C-Falls girls drop matches at Billings Central
BILLINGS — Christian Zygmond scored three goals in the span of three minutes in the first half as Billings Central rolled to a 7-0 victory over Whitefish in quarterfinal action of the Class A boys soccer playoffs on Saturday at Wendy’s Field.
He added a goal at 58 minutes.
Caleb Wall had two goals and an assist. Camden Elletson had the other score.
Billings Central led 4-0 at the break.
It was the same score as the first meeting during the regular season on Sept. 10, also in Billings.
“On the scoreboard .... yes,” said Whitefish coach John Lacey of this match being like the last one.
“No on the stats.”
Whitefish had 15 shots on goal to 23 for Central (11-2-0).
Whitefish led in corner kicks 7-4.
“Three goals in three minutes,” he said of what changed the complexion of the game.
“We started off playing with them. We made a couple mistakes in the back and they pounced on us. It was blood in the water. Their team is experienced. They have a very dymnamic offense.”
Lacey said the Bulldogs (4-8-0) had a golden opportunity for a score in the second half, “but we didn’t get one in.”
Whitefish 0 0 — 0
Billings Central 4 3 — 7
BC — Christian Zygmond, 18:00
BC — Zygmond (Josh Bundy), 20:00
BC — Zygmond (Bundy), 21:00
BC — Camden Elletson (Caleb Wall), 27:00
BC — Wall, 43:00
BC — Wall, 55:00
BC — Zygmond (Bundy), 58:00
Shots on goal — Whitefish 15, Billings Central 23; Goalie saves — Whitefish 7 (Marty Anderson), Billings Central 3 (Brandon Hilton); Corner kicks — Whitefish 7, Billings Central 4; Fouls — Whitefish 4, Billings Central 9; Cards — None.
Other Quarterfinal Matches
At Missoula
Belgrade 4 5 — 9
Loyola 0 1 — 1
B — Dominick Portneil (Jeffrey Debuse), 11:00
B — Portneil (Jordan Schlauch), 13:00
B — Brandon Rockwell (Javan Chisholm), 24:00
B — Debuse (unassisted), 39:00
B — Schlauch (unassisted), 43:00
B — Schlauch (Debuse), 47:00
B — Schlauch (unassisted), 48:00
B — Debuse (unassisted), 62:00
B — Tyler Monlux (unassisted), 62:00
L —Preus Hasselbrook (Pedro Duenaf Moriera), 78:00
Shots on goal – Belgrade 18, Loyola 1; Goalie saves – Belgrade 0, Loyola 9 (Sean Kaleva); Corner kicks – Belgrade 2, Loyola 2; Fouls – Belgrade 8, Loyola 6; Cards – None.
At Corvallis
Polson 0 0 — 0
Corvallis 2 1 — 3
C – Emmett Semple (Cayden Ayers), 8:00
C – Polson own goal, 32:00
C – Semple (Ayers), 60:00
Shots on goal – Polson 7, Corvallis 8; Goalie saves – Polson 5 (Russell Smith), Corvallis 7 (Justin Catanach); Corner kicks – Polson 1, Corvallis 4; Fouls – Polson 11, Corvallis 5. Cards – None.
Girls
Billings Central 7,
Columbia Falls 1
BILLINGS — Goals by Morgan Ferestad at 7, 14 and 21 minutes gave Billings Central (12-1-0) the spark it needed to beat Columbia Falls in a quarterfinal matchup at Wendy’s Field.
She also added a goal at 66 minutes.
Zoie Althoff had back-to-back goals to end the first half and start the second and Josie Snyder accounted for the other goal.
Kaylee Ashe scored for Columbia Falls (7-5-1) at 48 minutes.
Central outshot Columbia Falls on goal 15-3.
Columbia Falls 0 1 — 1
Billings Central 4 3 — 7
BC —Morgan Ferestad, 7:00
BC — Ferestad, 14:00
BC — Ferestad, 21:00
BC — Zoie Althoff, 38:00
BC — Althoff (Olivia Hanser), 42:00
CF — Kaylee Ashe, 48:00
BC — Josie Snyder (Annie Seybert), 52:00
BC — Ferestad, 66:00
Shots on goal — Columbia Falls 3, Billings Central 15; Goalie saves — Columbia Falls 8 (Madeline Jarvis), Billings Central 2 (Venton Arce, Maggie Lyle); Corner kicks — NA; Foules — NA; Cards — NA.
Other Quarterfinal Matches
At Missoula
Laurel 5 4 — 9
Loyola 0 0 — 0
LAU — Jessica Elmer (assist Lauren Schwab), 2:00
LAU — Paige Ventling, 3:00
LAU — Sammi Spitzer, Aspen Kotter, 19:00
LAU — Kotter, 22:00
LAU — Emma Myhre, Carli McGrath, 39:00
LAU — Paylor Ludwig, Elmer, 42:00
LAU — Ashtyn Hoppel, 47:00
LAU — Jocelyn Powell, Alexis Mattson, 71:00
LAU — McGrath, Ventling, 79:00
Shots on goal – Laurel 24, Loyola 7; Goalie saves – Laurel 7 (Paige O’Toole), Loyola 15 (Morgan Nicholson). Cards – None.
At Hamilton
Polson 3 1 — 4
Hamilton 1 1 — 2
P — Ashlee Howell (assist JaNessa Taylor), 6:00
H — Tessa DellaSilva, Reilly Rostad, 9:00
P — Tiara Duford, Howell, 32:00
P — Hannah Kasmitz, Alanna Fox, 34:00
P — Howell, Taylor, 43:00
H — Olivia Schmidt, Ashlee Searle, 75:00
Shots on goal – Polson 27, Hamilton 11; Goalie saves – Polson 6 (Jenna Evertz), Hamilton 7 (Maddy Martin); Corner kicks – Polson 4, Hamilton 3; Fouls – Polson 9, Hamilton 8; Cards – Hamilton, 1 yellow.