Glacier boys, girls blank Billings West, Butte in AA soccer
HELENA — Glacier had six different players account for goals in boys soccer match victories on Saturday to open the season at the AA Jamboree.
Collin Kazmier and Connor Griffin accounted for the scoring in a 2-0 victory over Billings West.
Tyler Keller, Conner Heil (2), Rohit Tappeta and Dyllyn Stabler had goals in a 5-0 triumph over Butte.
Glacier outshot West 10-5 and Butte 17-4.
Andrew Lorenc and Logan Hill shared keeper duties for Glacier and both had two saves in each outing.
“They possessed the ball well, they were confident,” Glacier coach Ryan Billiet said.
“We had balanced play.”
Glacier opens Western AA play on Friday and Saturday hosting Helena Capital and Helena High.
Glacier 1 1 — 2
Billings West 0 0 — 0
G — Collin Kazmier (Ryan Symmes), 5:00
G — Connor Griffin, 40:00
Shots on goal — Glacier 10, West 5; Corner kicks — Glacier 2, West 1; Goalie saves — Glacier 4 (Andrew Lorenc 2, Logan Hill 2), West 2 (NA); Fouls — NA; Cards — NA.
Glacier 4 1 — 5
Butte 0 0 — 0
G — Tyler Keller (Dyllyn Stabler), 4:00
G — Conner Heil (Lorenc), 7:00
G — Heil (Rohit Tappeta), 10:00
G — Tappeta, 25:00
G — Stabler, 38:00
Shots on goal — Glacier 17, Butte 4; Corner kicks — Glacier 4, Butte 1; Goalie saves — Glacier 4 (Lorenc 2, Hill 2), Butte 10 (NA); Fouls — NA; Cards — NA.
Libby 0, Stevensville 0
LIBBY — Originally scheduled for Stevensville, the match was moved to Libby because of wildfire smoke in the Bitterroot Valley.
Both teams had scoring chances in the final half, but couldn’t capitalize.
Stevensville finished with nine shots on goal to eight for Libby.
Tyler Lucas had nine keeper saves for Libby.
Libby is back in action Friday at Belgrade and Saturday at Livingston.
Stevensville 0 0 — 0
Libby 0 0 — 0
Shots on goal — Stevensville 9, Libby 8; Corner kicks — Stevensville 2, Libby 3; Goalie saves — Stevensville 8 (Ben Schreiber), Libby 9 (Tyler Lucas); Fouls — Stevensville 4, Libby 4; Cards — NA.
Flathead 3, Great Falls 0
Flathead 1, C.M. Russell 0
GREAT FALLS — The Flathead boys, coming off their first winning season in eight years, start the 2017 fall campaign with two impressive nonconference victories.
Brandon Pyron, Hansen Eystad and Shane Rieke had goals for Flathead against Great Falls.
Rieke had the only goal against CMR.
“Great way to open season by shaking off the dust and cobwebs,” Flathead coach Nate Evans said.
“The guys went out and had fun, played great soccer and had a lot of chances.”
Flathead hosts Helena High and Helena Capital on Friday and Saturday to start Western AA action.
Flathead 0 3 — 3
Great Falls 0 0 — 0
F — Brandon Pyron
F — Hansen Eystad (Jalen Hawes)
F — Shane Rieke (Colter Goss)
Shots on goal — Flathead 24, Great Falls 3; Corner kicks — Flathead 16, Great Falls 2; Goalie saves — Flathead 1 (Max Warnell), Great Falls 21 (NA); Fouls — NA; Cards — None.
Flathead 1 0 — 1
C.M. Russell 0 0 — 0
F — Rieke (Eystad)
Shots on goal — Flathead 11, CMR 7; Corner kicks — Flathead 8, CMR 4; Goalie saves — Flathead 3 (Hudson Magone), CMR 9; Fouls — NA; Cards — None.
Girls
Glacier 6, West 0
Glacier 6, Butte 0
HELENA — Balanced scoring, defense and strong keeper play by Sophie Smith and Ellie Keller allowed Glacier to turn in a dominating performance at the AA Jamboree.
Cadie Williams had a hat trick — three goals — and assisted on another goal in the win over West.
Micah Hickethier, Taylor Brisedine and Maddie Becker had the other goals.
Williams, Becker (2), Hickethier, Anna Creer and Emily Cleveland scored goals in the win over Butte.
Smith had three keeper saves and Keller six against West. Keller had the lone save versus Butte.
Glacier outshot West 14-9 and Butte 27-3.
“Offense,” Glacier coach Brenden Byrd said of what propelled Glacier’s strong start in its season opener.
“Bigger for us was the shutout.
“I was surprised to see that many goals, but we possessed the ball so well it was only a matter of time before goals were found.”
Glacier starts Western AA play on Friday and Saturday hosting Helena Capital and Helena High.
Glacier 3 3 — 6
Billings West 0 0 — 0
Times Not Available
G — Micah Hickethier (Cadie Williams)
G — Williams (Hickethier)
G — Taylor Brisedine (Ellie Stevens)
G — Williams, pk
G — Williams (Lindsay McDonald)
G — Maddi Becker (Anna Creer)
Shots on goal — Glacier 14, West 9; Corner kicks — Glacier 1, West 3; Goalie saves — Glacier 9 (Sophie Smith 3, Ellie Keller 6), West 0 (NA); Fouls — Glacier 1, West 1; Cards — None.
Glacier 2 4 — 6
Butte 0 0 — 0
Times Not Available
G — Creer (Emily Cleveland)
G — Cadie Williams (Kenzie Williams)
G — Becker (Williams)
G — Hickethier (Cadie Williams)
G — Cleveland (Cadiw Williams)
G — Becker (Stevens)
Shots on goal — Glacier 27, Butte 3; Corner kicks — Glacier 5, Butte 0; Goalie saves — Glacier 1 (Keller), Butte 11 (NA); Fouls — Glacier 1, Butte 1; Cards — None.
Flathead 3, Great Falls 1
CMR 3, Flathead 2
GREAT FALLS — Flathead split its opening games of the season.
Flathead poured on three goals in the second half of its first matchup, topping Great Falls High 3-1. Sisters Skyleigh and Shayenn Thompson scored all three goals, helping the Bravettes to a 3-0 lead before a late goal put the Bison on the board.
Clara Vandenbosch scored both goals in a 3-2 loss to CMR in the second matchup.
Flathead hosts Helena High and Helena Capital on Friday and Saturday to start Western AA play.
Flathead 0 3 — 3
Great Falls 0 1 — 1
F—Skyleigh Thompson (Kami Darrow assist)
F—Shayenn Thompson (True Gannon)
F—Shayenn Thompson
GFH—indirect free kick
Flathead 0 2 — 2
CMR 1 2 — 3
F—Clara Vandenbosch (Kami Darrow)
F—Clara Vandenbosch (Julia Souve)
Note: CMR goals not available