SOCCER ROUNDUP: Glacier boys upset first-place Hellgate; Braves roll Big Sky

The Glacier boys soccer team scored four second-half goals to upset previously unbeaten Missoula Hellgate 5-4 at home in a Western AA conference match on Thursday.

Tyler Keller, playing in his first start, scored the game winner on an assist from Dyllyn Stabler to cap a huge comeback, and the biggest win of the season for the Wolfpack (2-4-1).

“It epitomized the game,” Glacier coach Ryan Billiet said. “It was great defensive work, a tackle by Micah Reason. We calmly played into the middle and Tyler Keller had a brilliant touch forward, finished with poise. Today was epic for us.”

Glacier started the game strong, scoring first on a goal from Mathew Martini. Hellgate (5-1-1) roared back with three goals to close the half, but the Wolfpack answered after halftime, retaking the lead with goals from Reason, Martini and Rohit Tappeta.

Will Dauenhauer scored his second goal of the game on a free kick in the 70th minute to tie the contest before Keller won the game five minutes later.

Glacier is back on the field next Thursday against Missoula Big Sky.

Hellgate 3 1 — 4

Glacier 1 4 — 5

G—Mathew Martini (Dyllyn Stabler) 19’

H—Will Dauenhauer (Cole Hage), 23’

H— Rylan Compton, 27’

H—Matt Baldridge, 34’

G—Micah Reason, 46’

G—Martini (Rohit Tappeta), 59’

G—Tappeta (Brady Schultz), 57’

H—Dauenhauer (free kick), 70’

G—Tyler Keller (Stabler), 75’

Shots—H 13, G 10. Saves—H 7 (Campbell Roiston-Clemmer), G 9 (Andrew Lorenc). Corner kicks—n/a. Fouls—n/a. Yellow cards—Glacier 2.

Flathead 4, Big Sky 0

Flathead (3-3-1) recorded its first shutout of the season while piling up more goals in a single game than it had in nearly eight years, topping Missoula Big Sky (0-7-0) in a Western AA conference win at Kidsports Complex.

Jordan Buxton started the Braves off fast with a goal in the first minute, and Flathead scored three times in three minutes in the second half, carding goals from Gage Magone, Hansen Eystad and Cameron DeNeeve. The four goals are the most in a game for the Braves since Flathead beat Big Sky 7-1 in 2008.

“We had six guys involved in the four different goals,” Flathead coach Nate Evans said. “It’s a huge accomplishment by them. The guys are playing really good team soccer right now.”

Flathead gets first-place Hellgate next, playing in Missoula on Tuesday.

Big Sky 0 0 — 0

Flathead 1 3 — 4

F—Jordan Buxton (Cameron DeNeeve), 1’

F—Gage Magone (Makena Tanko) 65’

F—Hansen Eystad (Nathan Moon), 67’

F—DeNeeve (PK) 68’

Shots—BS 4, F 17. Saves—BS 7, F 2 (Micah Bucy). Corner kicks—BS 2, F 6. Fouls—BS 11, F 17.

Columbia Falls 4, Stillwater Christian 0

COLUMBIA FALLS — Columbia Falls dazzled in its first game under the newly-installed lights at Flip Darling Field, blanking Stillwater Christian in a nonconference match.

Jon Sigurdsson scored two goals and assisted on a third for the Wildcats, who exploded for three goals in the final four minutes to pull away from a tough Stillwater side.

“That has to be one of our biggest regular season crowds in the history of the program, it really added to the atmosphere,” Columbia Falls coach O’Brien Byrd said.

“Stillwater gave us an unbeliveable fight. It was 1-0 with less than five minutes left in the match. They gave us just what we wanted. We had to earn it.

“It’s gonna be a great experience for these guys to look back on down the road. Things weren’t going our way and we stuck with the game plan.”

Logan Stephens and Skylar Chute also scored for Columbia Falls. Stillwater goalkeeper Nicholas Sulzbacher made 11 saves in the loss.

Stillwater 0 0 — 0

Columbia Falls 1 3 — 4

CF—Jon Sigurdsson (Tristan Grien), 39’

CF—Sigurdsson (Logan Stephens), 76’

CF—Stephens (Jakob Grein), 78’

CF—Skylar Chute (Sigurdsson), 79’

Shots—SCS 2, CF 11. Saves—SCS 11 (Nicholas Sulzbacher), CF 2 (Brandon Karberg). Corner kicks—SCS 1, CF 9. Fouls—SCS 5, CF 10. Cards—None.

GIRLS

Big Sky 3, Flathead 1

Big Sky freshman Whitney Morrison scored two goals in the first seven minutes as the Eagles ran away with a Western AA match at Flathead.

Another freshman, Hannah Santamaria, added a third goal before Flathead was able to get on the board. Flathead freshman True Gannon scored in a scrum with 15 minutes to play to avoid the shutout.

Big Sky 2 1 — 3

Flathead 0 1 — 1

BS—Whitney Morrison (Emma Scheuch), 1’

BS—Morrison (Scheuch), 7’

BS—Hannah Santamaria (corner kick), 57’

F—True Gannon, 65’

Shots—BS 8, F 8. Saves—BS 8 (Chelsea Todd), F 9 (Kelsey Gillespie 1, Aaris Hill 8). Corner kicks—BS 6, F 4. Fouls—BS 4, F 3. Cards—none.

Hellgate 3, Glacier 1

Glacier hung with a tough Hellgate (4-3-0) squad but fell in a Western AA conference match.

The Wolfpack (2-4-1) tied Hellgate early in the first half on a goal from Cadie Williams to Destiny Dachs. An own goal in the 30th minute put Glacier back at a deficit, however, and Hellgate capped the scoring with a goal directly off a corner kick from Andi Carnes in the 53rd minute.

Hellgate 2 1 — 3

Glacier 1 0 — 1

H—Skye Everett, 10’

G—Destiny Dachs (Cadie Williams), 18’

H—Glacier own goal, 30’

H— Andi Carnes (corner kick), 53’

Shots—H 15, G 11. Saves—H 7 (Claudia Wiese), G 11 ( Maddie Armstrong). Corner kicks—H 4, G 1. Fouls—H 8, G 12. Yellow cards—Hellgate 2, Glacier 1.

Bigfork 1, Libby 0

BIGFORK — Madison Gardner scored in the second half to lift Bigfork to a 1-0 Northern A conference victory over Libby.

Devin Paine assisted on the game-winning goal. Bigfork outshot Libby 29-10 in the win.

Libby 0 0 – 0

Bigfork 0 1 – 1

B – Madison Gardner (Devin Paine)

Shots – Libby 10, Bigfork 29. Saves – Libby 12 (Shannon Reny), Bigfork 4 (Celeste Rehbein). Corner kicks – Libby 3, Bigfork 6. Total fouls – Libby 1, Bigfork 3. Cards – None.