Crosstown sweep for Flathead
Flathead's Jalen Hawes (7) celebrates with teammate Eric Gardner (6) after Gardner's goal in the first half during a crosstown matchup with Glacier at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Kami Darrow (4) blocks a shot on goal by Glacier's Emily Cleveland after a Wolfpack corner kick during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Skyleigh Thompson scores a goal against Glacier during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Skyleigh Thompson, left, and Chloe Nadeau celebrate after Thompson's goal against Glacier during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Skyleigh Thompson, left, and Chloe Nadeau celebrate after Thompson's goal against Glacier during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Madison Becker and Flathead goalkeeper Aaris Hill watch Becker's shot go wide of the goal during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Madison Becker collides with Flathead goalkeeper Aaris Hill during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Skyleigh Thompson (9) celebrates with Shayenn Thompson (10) after Shayenn Thompson's first-half goal against Glacier during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Madison Becker celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Flathead during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead celebrates a goal against Glacier during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Madison Becker scores a goal while being defended by Flathead's Rylee Barnes during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Skyleigh Thompson works the ball upfield against Glacier during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier's Madison Becker (18) battles Flathead's True Gannon (6) during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Shayenn Thompson works the ball upfield against Glacier's Paulina Carbajal-Jepsen during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Jalen Hawes (7) celebrates with teammate Eric Gardner (6) after Gardner's goal in the first half during a crosstown matchup with Glacier at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Colter Goss (13) works the ball past Glacier goaltender Andrew Lorenc for a goal scored by teammate David Marburger during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's Colter Goss (13) works the ball past Glacier goaltender Andrew Lorenc for a goal scored by teammate David Marburger during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead's AJ Apple scores a first-half goal against Glacier during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead and Glacier battle for a corner kick during a crosstown matchup at Legends Stadium on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead stayed perfect on the pitch Thursday evening, downing Glacier 4-1 in the first boys crosstown soccer match of the season at Legends Stadium.
Flathead (4-0 overall, 2-0 league) jumped on top 2-0 with back-to-back goals two-minutes apart by Colter Goss and AJ Apple.
Glacier scored at 19 minutes to get within one, but Flathead answered with goals by Eric Gardner and David Marburger for a 4-1 halftime lead.
“Nice job of putting the ball away when we had the chance to,” Flathead coach Zach Brenneman said. “One of the biggest moments of the game was Max Warnell saved a PK.”
That came early in the match.
Glacier outshot Flathead on goal 8-7.
“We had a couple go off the post, crossbar, down 4-1 at half,” Glacier coach Ryan Billiet said.
“We won the second half, made some nice adjustments. We felt really good with how we responded in the second half.”
Glacier (1-2, 0-1) is back in action Saturday at Missoula Big Sky. Flathead is off until Sept. 7 when it plays at Helena High.
Flathead 4 0 — 4
Glacier 1 1 — 2
F — Colter Goss, 14:00
F — AJ Apple, 16:00
G — Connor Griffin (Dyllyn Stabler), 19:00
F — Eric Gardner (Jalen Hawes), 22:00
F — David Marburger, 33:00
G — Stabler (Braden Nitschelm), 52:00
Shots on goal — Flathead 7, Glacier 8; Corner kicks — Flathead 6, Glacier 2; Goalie saves — Flathead 6 (Max Warnell), Glacier 3 (Andrew Lorenc); Fouls — Flathead 19, Glacier 26; Cards — Flathead, 1 yellow; Glacier, 3 yellow.
Sandpoint 3,
Stillwater Christian 0
SANDPOINT, Idaho — Stillwater Christian dropped a nonconference decision to Sandpoint.
Sandpoint led 1-0 at the half and scored two more goals in the second half.
Despite the outcome, Stillwater coach Ryan O’Rourke was pleased with the team’s overall performance.
“Another good game,” he said. “Sandpoint’s a very good team, they’re a big school. I think our guys came out, we worked hard, just didn’t have the result go our way tonight.”
Stillwater next will host Lakeland High School on Sept. 7.
Stillwater 0 0 — 0
Sandpoint 1 2 – 3
SP — NA
SP — NA
SP — NA
Shots on goal – Sandpoint 25, Stillwater 8; Corner kicks – Sandpoint 3, Stillwater 1; Goalie Saves – Sandpoint 8, Stillwater 20; Fouls – Sandpoint 8, Stillwater 4; Cards – No cards.
Polson 3, Frenchtown 0
POLSON — Robin Erickson scored early, six minutes into play, and late, at 72 minutes, and Mack Moderie added a goal for Polson in a Class A nonconference victory over Frenchtown.
Polson plays Saturday at Missoula Loyola.
Frenchtown 0 0 – 0
Polson 2 1 – 3
P – Robin Erickson (Bridger Wenzel), 6:00
P – Mack Moderie (Robin Erickson) 8:00
P – Erickson (Alex Wall-Wilbert) 72:00
Shots on goal — Frenchtown 10, Polson 8; Corner kicks — NA; Goalie saves — Frenchtown 5 (Dawson Leishman), Polson 6 (Xavier Stalkfleet); Fouls — NA; Cards —NA.
Columbia Falls 2, Bigfork 0
COLUMBIA FALLS — Columbia Falls won its first game of the season by defeating Bigfork in a Northern A matchup.
John Gilk scored in the first half and Noah Golan in the second. Keeper Story Semborski made eight saves for Columbia Falls.
Bigfork 0 0 – 0
Columbia Falls 1 1 – 2
CF – John Gilk (Niels Getts) 22:00
CF – Noah Golan (Payton Fisher) 74:00
Shots on goal – Columbia Falls 15, Bigfork 8; Goalie saves – Columbia Falls 8 (Story Stemborski), Bigfork 16 (Dainen Webster); Corner kicks – Columbia Falls 9, Bigfork 4; Fouls – Columbia Falls 11, Bigfork 3; Cards – None.
Girls
Flathead 4, Glacier 1
Flathead sophomore forward Skyleigh Thompson scored three goals to power Flathead to a Western AA and crosstown victory over Glacier at Legends Stadium.
Thompson scored the first two goals of the match and the finale in the second half.
Shayenn Thompson, a senior midfielder/forward, also scored for Flathead (1-3, 1-0).
Chloe Nadeau assisted on two goals and Heather LaSalle had one.
“They caught us on our heels,” Glacier coach Brenden Byrd said of Flathead’s quick start.
“I was really happy to see from our group how we settled in (after trailing 3-0). We really played some soccer for awhile.
“Hats off to Sky Thompson,” Byrd added.
“She’s an outstanding player.”
Glacier (1-2, 0-1) is back in action Saturday at Missoula Big Sky.
Flathead’s next action is Sept. 7 at Helena High.
“We started aggressive in the game, we knew what we were going to do,” Flathead coach Bledy Doda said.
“The team is growing a lot, will grow more. We still have a lot of work (to do).”
Flathead 3 1 — 4
Glacier 1 0 — 1
F — Skyleigh Thompson (Chloe Nadeau), 14:00
F — Skyleigh Thompson (Heather LaSalle), 17:00
F — Shayenn Thompson, 22:00
G — Madison Becker (Taylor Brisendine), 23:00
F — Skyleigh Thompson (Nadeau), 78:00
Shots on goal — Flathead 16, Glacier 11; Corner kicks — NA; Goalie saves — Flathead 9 (Aaris Hill), Glacier 12 (Sophie Smith 6, Ellie Keller 6); Fouls — NA; Cards — None.
Polson 11, Frenchtown 2
POLSON — Ali Hupka scored four goals and added an assist along the way as Polson flipped Frenchtown in Class A nonconference play.
Polson led 7-1 at intermission.
Ashlee Howell had two goals and an assist.
Autumn Burland also had two goals and one assist.
Sophia Moderie had two assists and one goal.
Polson is back in action on Saturday at Missoula Loyola.
Polson 7 4 — 11
Frenchtown 1 1 — 2
P — Ali Hupka (Ashlee Howell), 3:00
P— Autumn Burland (Sophia Moderie), 16:00
P — Howell (Moderie), 21:00
P — Hupka (Howell), 24:00
P — Hupka, 29:00
P — Moderie (Hupka), 34:00
P — Howell (Jaslyn Dalbey), 39:00
F — NA
F — NA
P — Own Goal, 58:00
P — Hupka (Burland), 66:00
P — Megan Rost (Kyla Heiser), 71:00
P — Burland (Chloe Matt), 83:00
Columbia Falls 10,
Bigfork 1
COLUMBIA FALLS — In the first game of the season, Columbia Falls boasted six different goal-scorers in its Northern A rout of Bigfork.
Josie Windauer scored a hat trick and Lakia Hill had two goals and two assists.
Brette Guenzler was the lone Bigfork scorer.
“We won our conference last year and got to the semifinals at the state tournament and had an exceptional team,” Columbia Falls coach O’Brien Byrd said.
“This year’s team is so far ahead of last year’s team a year ago already. It’s exciting stuff.”
The next outing for Columbia Falls is Tuesday at Frenchtown.
Bigfork 1 0 – 1
Columbia Falls 7 3 – 10
CF – Josie Windauer (Lakia Hill), 6:00
CF – Windauer (Hill), 7:00
CF – Lexi Purcell (Maddie Robison), 13: 00
CF – Hill (Kaylee Ashe), 14:00
B – Brette Guenzler (unassisted), 20:00
CF – Robison (Ashe), 22:00
CF – Cheyanne Johnston-Heinz (unassisted), 25:00
CF – Windauer (unassisted), 29:00
CF – Ashe (unassisted), 41:00
CF – Hill (unassisted), 43:00
CF – Johnston-Heinz (unassisted), 73:00