Harris, Wildkats upend Rangers, 5-1
LIVINGSTON — Josie Harris scored a hat trick for the Columbia Falls Wildkats in a 5-1 win against the Livingston Rangers in Northwest A soccer on Saturday.
Harris also scored four goals Friday against East Helena, which the Wildkats won 10-0. Hope McAtee had two assists, one on Mila Johns’ first-half goal, and the other on Harris’ second goal.
Bella Mann made it 3-0 just before the half.
“It was great to get a really competitive game against a playoff team from last year this early in the season,” Wildkats coach Thomas Clark said.
“Josie Harris has proven that she is taking her game to another level this fall and Hope McAtee continues to be one of the best facilitators I’ve seen at this level. I’m really proud of how they both stepped up.”
Columbia Falls 3 2 — 5
Livingston 1 0 — 1
L — Clara Lighdeser (Phoebe Alverson) 1:00
CF — Josie Harris (Kenzee West) 8:00
CF — Mila Johns (Hope McAtee) 10:00
CF — Bella Mann (Johns) 38:00
CF — Harris (McAtee) 41:00
CF — Harris 59:00
Shots — CF 12, Livingston 8; Goalie saves — CF (Erica Burguier) 9, Livingston 10 (Paige Whailen); Corner kicks — CF 5, Livingston 1; Fouls CF 14, Livingston 8; Cards — CF 1.
Columbia Falls 10 0 — 10
East Helena 0 0 — 0
CF — Josie Harris 2:00
CF — Hope McAtee 5:00
CF — Harris (Riley Byrd) 9:00
CF — Harris 17:00
CF — McAtee (Onnikka Lawrence) 18:00
CF — Lawrence (McAtee) 20:00
CF — Lawrence (McAtee) 23:00
CF — McAtee 27:00
CF — McAtee 31:00
CF — Harris 34:00
Shots — CF 14, EH 0; Goalie saves — CF 0 (Erica Burguiere, Elaina Dorr) EH 4 (Jayla Jiminison); Corner kicks — CF 1, EH 0; Fouls — CF 3, EH 1; Cards — none.
Boys
Columbia Falls 5, Livingston 3
LIVINGSTON — Traic Fainter scored twice to help the defending state champion Columbia Falls Wildcats to a 5-3 victory over the Livingston Rangers in a rematch of last year’s State A soccer championship game.
“Up until the last 15 seconds of the first half it was the same scoreline as the championship game: They got us with a penalty kick with 15 seconds left in the half,” Wildcats coach O’Brien Byrd said. We made some mistakes but I’m proud of them. They just had to grind it out and survive and get the win, learn from that game and apply to the next game.”
River Wolford, Kai Golan and Max Everett also scored for Columbia Falls, who beat East Helena 10–0 on Friday.
Up next is Frenchtown in the home opener for Columbia Falls. Girls play at 4 p.m. and boys take the field at 6 p.m.
Columbia Falls 4 1 — 5
Livingston 1 2 — 3
CF — River Wolford (Traic Fainter) 11:00
CF — Kai Golan (Ben Martin) 17:00
CF — Fainter 24:00
CF — Max Everett (Golan) 29:00
L — Bridger Braham 40:00
L — Alec Dalby 55:00
L — Dalby (Jahn Hasbrouck) 56:00
CF — Fainter 73:00
Shots — CF 13, Liv 10; Goalie saves — CF 8 (Rafe Rusche), Livingston 9 (Isaac Winfrey); Corner kicks — CF 4, Liv 6; Fouls — CF 8, Liv 6; Cards — CF 1, Liv 1.
Friday
Columbia Falls 8 2 — 10
East Helena 0 0 — 0
CF — River Wolford (Traic fainter) 5:00
CF — Fainter (Jack Harris) 9:00
CF — Fainter (Brady Bell) 23:00
CF — Sol Masters (PK) 25:00
CF — Neehl Adams (Wolfrod) 31:00
CF — Adams (Harris) 35:00
CF — Masters (Harris) 38:00
CF — Adams (Connor Zumalt) 40:00
CF — Max Everett (Fainter) 41:00
CF — Fainter (Isak Soyland) 51:00
Shots — CF 21, EH 1; Goalie saves — CF Rafe Rusche 1), EH 10 Ruben Miller; Corner kicks — CF 9, EH 1; Fouls — CF 5, EH 5; Cards — None.
Girls
Whitefish 10, Frenchtown 0
FRENCHTOWN — Olivia Genovese and Isabelle Cooke each scored hat tricks to help the Whitefish Bulldogs open their season with a 10-0 win over the Frenchtown Broncs in Northwest A girls soccer on Saturday.
Sadie Olson, Madison Gordon and Delaney Smith added goals for Whitefish. Truth Baxter and Genovese had three assists.
Whitefish’s next game is a home opener against Stevensville on Friday. The girls play at 4 p.m. and the boys at 6 p.m at Smith Fields.
Full scoring information was not available.
Shots — Whitefish 31, Frenchtown 0; Goalie saves — Whitefish 0, Frenchtown 11; Corner kicks — Whitefish 6, Frenchtown 0.
Boys
Whitefish 10, Frenchtown 0
FRENCHTOWN — Preston McPherson and Collin Lyman notched hat tricks for the Whitefish Bulldogs in a 10-0 win over the Frenchtown Broncs in their season opening game.
Lyman completed his hat trick before the end of the first half, and McPherson put in three goals in quick succession to end the game in a mercy rule.
Ryder Elliott, Kyler Jonson and Elijah Adams-Griffin also added goals for Whitefish.
Whitefish 9 1 — 10
Frenchtown 0 0 — 0
WF — Ryder Elliott (Griffin Gunlikson) 9:00
WF — Collin Lyman 11:00
WF — Elliott (Preston McPherson) 20:00
WF — Kyler Jonson (Lyman) 23:00
WF — Lyman (Jackson Dorvall) 25:00
WF — Lyman (Ethan Bourque) 33:00
WF — Elijah Adams-Griffin 35:00
WF — McPherson (Jonson) 36:00
WF — McPherson (Griffin Johnson) 38:00
WF — McPherson (Felix Ebbett) 49:00
Shots — Whitefish 16, Frenchtown 3; Goalie saves — Whitefish 3 (Bourque, C. Dow), Frenchtown 6 (Lund); Corner kicks — Whitefish 5, Frenchtown 10; Fouls — Whitefish 7, Frenchtown 1.