Wolfpack sweeps Missoula Big Sky
Glacier’s Daniel Camp (9) scores his second goal of the first half against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Madison Becker (18) looks to shoot against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Sullivan Coggins (7) moves the ball upfield against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Daniel Camp (9) makes a run into the Big Sky zone before scoring his second goal of the first half at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Madison Becker (18) kicks a free kick in the second half against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Braden Nitschelm (25) battles for a header in the Missoula Big Sky zone in the first half at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Emily Cleveland (2) moves the ball upfield against Missoula Sky Big at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Harrison Sanders (19) battles for a header with Missoula Big Sky’s Noah Skinner (16) at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Madison Becker (18) looks to shoot against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Hunter Lisowski (6) scores a first-half goal against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Ady Powell (9) looks to shoot against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Zane Elliott (10) looks to shoot in the first half against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Reese Leichtfuss (7) moves the ball upfield against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Zane Elliott (10) makes a run into the Big Sky zone in the first half at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Reagan Brisendine (3), Reese Leichtfuss (7) and Ady Powell (9) celebrate after Leichtfuss’ goal in the first half against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Daniel Camp (9) scores his second goal of the first half against Missoula Big Sky at Glacier High School on Thursday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
The Glacier Wolfpack romped over the Missoula Big Sky Eagles 10-0 on Thursday in a Western AA soccer match at Glacier High School.
Glacier is 3-2-1 and has played four games in the past seven days.
Keepers John Pyron and Dylan Holly shared the shutout.
Senior midfielder Daniel Camp scored two goals in the first 10 minutes of the game.
Braden Nitschelm, also a senior midfielder, scored two unassisted goals in the second half to give Glacier a 6-0 lead.
Pyron scored on a penalty kick in the 76th minute.
“It was really great to see our entire roster get good minutes and our reserve players just continued to develop and get some really valuable varsity minutes,” Glacier coach Ryan Billiet said. “It’s crazy we’re already nearly halfway through the season. But time flies when you’re having fun.”
Glacier next hosts Flathead in a crosstown battle at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Missoula Big Sky 0 0 — 0
Glacier 3 7 — 10
G - Daniel Camp (Parker Creer), 1:00
G - Camp (Caleb Heil), 10:00
G - Hunter Lisowski (Sam Ells), 26:00
G - Creer (Sol Dalla Betta), 44:00
G - Braden Nitschelm (unassisted), 46:00
G - Nitschelm (unassisted), 50:00
G - Sullivan Coggins (Creer), 55:00
G - Zane Elliott (Ells), 57:00
G - Bridger Dalla Betta (Harrison Sanders), 62:00
G - John Pyron (penalty kick), 76:00
Shots on goal - Glacier 31, Big Sky 1; Goalie saves - Glacier 0 (John Pyron, Dylan Holly), Big Sky 15; Corner kicks - Glacier 5, Big Sky 0; Fouls - Glacier 3, Big Sky 3; Cards - none.
Missoula Sentinel 6,
Flathead 0
Hunter Chatriand and Tait Kuchenbrod scored two goals apiece for the Missoula Sentinel Spartans in a 6-0 shutout of the host Flathead Braves.
The Braves are 2-4 on the season.
Flathead goalkeeper Jonathan King made four saves.
“We knew this season was going to be a process and we are constantly trying to improve every game and I can say we improved after this game and will take it into our next game,” Flathead coach Zach Brenneman said.
Missoula Sentinel 2 4 — 6
Flathead 0 0 — 0
MS - Hunter Chatriand, 3:00
MS - Tait Kuchenbrod, 19:00
MS - Jayce Gerstle, 53:00
MS - Kuchenbrod, 78:00
MS - Chatriand, 79:00
MS - Dawson Herzer, 80:00
Shots on goal - Flathead 3, Sentinel 10; Goalie saves - Flathead 4 (Jonathan King), Sentinel 3; Corner kicks - Flathead 4, Sentinel 10; Fouls - Flathead 7, Sentinel 5; Cards - Sentinel 1.
Class A
Whitefish 2, Stevensville 0
STEVENSVILLE — Goalkeeper Will Peppmeier posted a shutout for the Whitefish Bulldogs in a 2-0 win over Stevensville in a Northwestern A game.
The Bulldogs are undefeated at 3-0 and are the defending state A champions.
Brandon Mendoza gave Whitefish a 1-0 lead with a goal in the 63rd minute, assisted by Gabe Menicke.
Menicke scored less than 10 minutes later. Niath Edland assisted on the goal.
Whitefish beat Stevi 10-2 in the first round of playoffs last season. Bulldog coach John Lacey was impressed with the school’s progress.
“This is a much improved Stevi team,” Lacey commented.
Full statistics were not available for this game.
Whitefish 0 2 — 2
Stevensville 0 0 — 0
WF - Brandon Mendoza (Gabe Menicke), 63:00
WF- Menicke, (Niath Edland), 74:00
Girls
Class AA
Glacier 4, Big Sky 1
Senior forward Madison Becker scored two goals for the Glacier Wolfpack in a 4-1 win over Missoula Big Sky Thursday.
The Pack is 4-2 overall.
“It felt great,” Glacier coach Brenden Byrd said. “We knew that we were a dangerous goal scoring team. It felt great to get back in the win column. We had spectacular play from our forwards today.”
Senior forward Reese Leichtfuss scored a goal and had an assist; freshman midfielder Raegan Brisendine scored in the second half to give Glacier a 4-0 lead.
Big Sky’s Mazey Kasberg scored her team’s only goal in the 73rd minute.
Glacier hosts Flathead in a crosstown game on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Missoula Big Sky 0 1 — 1
Glacier 2 2 — 4
G - Madison Becker (Kenzie Williams), 4:00
G - Reese Leichtfuss (Emily Cleveland), 25:00
G - Becker (Leichtfuss), 50:00
G - Raegan Brisendine (penalty kick) 67:00
BS - Mazey Kasberg, 73:00
Shots on goal - Glacier 19, Big Sky 9; Goalie saves - Glacier 7 (Ella Wilson), Big Sky 12 (Miya Nash); Corner kicks - Glacier 2, Big Sky 3; Fouls - Glacier 7, Big Sky 8; Cards - none.
Flathead 3, Sentinel 3
The Flathead Bravettes played to a 3-3 tie with the Missoula Sentinel Spartans Thursday.
Leading 1-0 after the first half on Tessa Smith’s goal, the Bravettes surrendered two goals to the Spartans.
“It was a great team to play against,” Flathead coach Beldy Doda said. “A very physical team. I think we played partially very well. A real physical game and fun to watch. We still have a lot of work to do.”
Flathead is 3-1-2 overall.
Skye Thompson’s two goals helped Flathead to a 3-2 lead, but Sentinel’s Kat Colyer’s late scored tied things up.
Sentinel 0 3 — 3
Flathead 1 2 — 3
F - Tessa Smith (Ellie Hawes), 29:00
S - n/a, 55:00
S - Aiden Ortt, 58:00
F - Skye Thompson (Lily Tanko), 59:00
F - Thompson (PK) 62:00
S - Kat Colyer, 68:00
Shots on goal - Flathead 11, Sentinel 8; Goalie saves - Flathead 8 (Sarah Harrison), Sentinel 5; Corner kicks - Flathead 4, Sentinel 6; Fouls - Flathead 8, Sentinel 9; Cards - none.
Class A
Whitefish 2, Stevensville 0
STEVENSVILLE — Whitefish Bulldogs goalie Sami Galbraith posted a shutout and had an assist in a 2-0 win over Stevensville.
“We played believably very well,” Whitefish coach Roland Benedict said. “We implemented everything we’ve been working on in practice. It’s fantastic.”
The Lady Bulldogs are 2-0-1 overall.
Galbraith’s assist came on Brooke Roberts’ goal in the 9th minute. She had five saves.
Sophie Olson added Whitefish’s second goal in the 57th minute.
“Sophie Olson, Isabelle Cook and Maya Lacey excelled in their roles within the team and our system and really dominated our play on both sides of the ball,” Benedict added.
Whitefish 1 1 — 2
Stevensville 0 0 — 0
W - Brooke Roberts (Sami Galbraith), 9:00
W - Sophie Olson (Adrienne Healy) 57:00
Shots on goal - Whitefish - 37, Stevi 5; Goalie saves - Whitefish 5 (Sami Galbraith), Stevi 21; Corner kicks - Whitefish 6, Stevi 0; Fouls - Whitefish 8, Stevi 9; Cards - Whitefish 1.
