Soccer: Belgrade rallies to trip Columbia Falls
BELGRADE — Columbia Falls scored two quick goals in the first 16 minutes and accounted for the final tally, but it was all Belgrade between that as the Panthers drilled the Wildcats 6-3 in a Class A nonconference boys soccer match on Friday.
Logan Stephens scored at 3 and 16 minutes to put Columbia Falls (2-1 overall) in charge early. Jeffrey DeBuse, however, took care of that by scoring three straight goals for Belgrade. He also assisted on two more.
Stuart Smith, Ansel Brayton and Jared Rockwell followed with goals.
Jakob Grein scored for Columbia Falls at 77 minutes.
Columbia Falls 2 1 — 3
Belgrade 2 4 — 6
CF — Logan Stephens (Jon Sigurdsson), 3:00
CF — Stephens (Tristan Grein), 16:00
B — Jeffrey DeBuse (Brandon Rockwell), 30:00
B — DeBuse, 35:00, pk
B — DeBuse, 46:00
B — Stuart Smith (DeBuse), 52:00
B — Ansel Brayton, 58:00
B — Jared Rockwell (DeBuse), 68:00
CF — Jakob Grein, 77:00
Shots on goal — Columbia Falls 9, Belgrade 9; Goalie saves — Columbia Falls 9 (Brandon Karberg), Belgrade 7 (NA); Corner kicks — Columbia Falls 1, Belgrade 5; Fouls — Columbia Falls 11, Belgrade 6; Cards — None.
Billings Central 3, Polson 2
BILLINGS — Three goals by Christian Zygmond, all in the first half and assisted by Josh Bundy, was enough to give Billings Central the Class A victory.
Robin Erickson and Linde Lambson scored late for Polson.
Polson 0 2 — 2
Billings Central 3 0 — 3
BC — Christian Zygmond (Josh Bundy), 6:00
BC —Zygmond (Bundy), 14:00
BC — Zygmond (Bundy), 19:00
P — Robin Erickson, 58:00
P — Linde Lambson (Michael Mercer), 68:00
Shots on goal — NA; Goalie saves —Polson 3 (Russell Smith), Billings Central 6 (Brandon Hilton); Corner kicks — NA; Fouls — NA; Cards — NA.
Whitefish 2, Laurel 1
LAUREL — Noah Romagnuolo scored off a corner kick in the 77th minute to give Whitefish the Class A victory over Laurel.
Casey Schneider scored Whitefish’s first goal four minutes into play.
Sam Menicke assisted on both goals.
Whitefish 1 1 — 2
Laurel 0 1 — 1
W — Casey Schneider (Sam Menicke), 4;00
L — Tadden Lowell, 71:00
W — Noah Romagnuolo (Menicke), 77:00
Shots on goal — Whitefish 9, Laurel 12; Goalie saves — Whitefish 10 (Marty Anderson), Laurel 5 (NA); Corner kicks — Whitefish 7, Laurel 2; Fouls — Whitefish 5, Laurel 9; Cards — Laurel, 1 yellow.
GIRLS
Laurel 3, Whitefish 2
LAUREL — Jessica Elmer did all of the scoring, netting the game-winner with 10 to 12 minutes left in play, as Laurel edged Whitefish in a Class A match.
Katie Blankenship and Haley Nicholson had the goals for Whitefish.
Nicholson assisted on the first score.
Whitefish had seven breakaways that were called back for offsides.
Whitefish 1 1 — 2
Laurel 1 2 — 3
L — Jessica Elmer, NA
W — Katie Blankenship (Haley Nicholson), NA
L — Elmer, NA
W — Nicholson (Kellie Brown), NA
L — Elmer, NA
Shots on goal — Whitefish 7, Laurel 10; Goalie saves — Whitefish 1 (Kess Nelson), Laurel 2 (Paige O’Toole); Corner kicks — Whitefish 2, Laurel 8; Fouls — Whitefish 4, Laurel 2; Cards — None.
Belgrade 1, Columbia Falls 0
BELGRADE — An own goal for Belgrade seven minutes into play held up as the Panthers blanked Columbia Falls in a Class A contest.
Columbia Falls (3-1) had outscored its first three foes 19-0.
Columbia Falls 0 0 — 0
Belgrade 1 0 — 1
B — Own goal, 7:00
Shots on goal — Columbia Falls 7, Belgrade 11; Goalis saves — Columbia Falls 7 (Madeline Jarvis), Bel 1 (Emily Cady); Corner kicks — Columbia Falls 0, Belgrade 1; Fouls— Columbia Falls 7, Belgrade 12; Cards — NA.
Billings Central 3, Polson 0
BILLINGS —Zoie Althoff gave Billings Central an early lead with her goal two minutes into play and Morgan Ferestad completed the scoring as Billings Central blanked Polson in a Class A contest.
Polson 0 0 — 0
Central 2 1 — 3
BC — Zoie Althoff, 20:00
BC — Morgan Ferestad (Althoff), 28:00
BC — Ferestad (Althoff), 75:00
Shots on goal — NA; Goalie saves — Polson 11 (Jenna Everts), Central 1 (Venton Arce); Corner kicks — NA; Fouls — NA; Cards — NA.