Soccer roundup: Solid week for C-Falls
THOMPSON FALLS — It was a successful week for the Columbia Falls soccer teams, who completed a two-match sweep with wins Saturday.
The Columbia Falls girls beat Thompson Falls 7-0, which capped a week in which the Kats won a showdown with Bigfork 5-1 on Thursday evening.
The boys also beat the Blue Hawks 7-0, after beating the Bigfork Vikings 9-2 on Thursday.
Columbia Falls girls 7, Thompson Falls 0
Onnika Lawrence and Isla Alexander each scored hat tricks for the Wildkats, who outshot the Blue Hawks 30-3.
Taylor Rogers also found the net for Columbia Falls; Rodgers and Alexander each had an assist and Bella Mann had two helpers.
“The girls played at a high level today and we are building more and more momentum, as we have through the season,” Wildkats coach Thomas Clark said. “Isla Alexander and Onnikka Lawrence. ... caused problems all day for Thompson Falls to deal with, up-top. We have a lot of special players on this team.”
C-Falls 3 4 - 7
T-Falls 0 0 - 0
CF — Onnika Lawrence (Bella Mann), 19:00
CF — Lawrence (Evie Dorr), 23:00
CF — Isla Alexander (Harper Holloway), 27:00
CF — Taylor Rodgers, 45:00
CF — Lawrence (Alexander), 54:00
CF — Alexander (Mann), 55:00
CF — Alexander (Rodgers), 78:00
Shots on goal — C-Falls 30, T-Falls 3. Keeper saves — C-Falls, Elaina Dorr 3; T-Falls, Ava Lawyer 18. Corner kicks — n/a. Fouls — n/a.
Columbia Falls boys 7, Thompson Falls 0
Maxwell Everett scored four goals and Jack Harris and Arne Troy each had a goal and an assist as the Wildcats beat Thompson Falls.
It was 2-0 at halftime, but Everett scored three times in 12 minutes to give Columbia Falls a cushion.
“Thompson Falls put up a very impressive fight given the fact they are essentially a first-year program,” Columbia Falls coach O’Brien Byrd said. “They gave us real trouble in the first half.
“Our boys figured out the second half, and we were able to get back to our style of soccer.”
Everett’s four goals give him 17 on the season, in six matches. Unofficially that leads the state.
“All we can think about is the Tuesday game against the defending state champs, Whitefish,” Byrd said. “We’ll have to have our best game against them to have a chance.”
C-Falls 2 5 - 7
T-Falls 0 0 - 0
CF — Maxwell Everett (Jack Harris), 4:00
CF — Harris (Jackson Scholz), 20:00
CF — Everett (River Wolford), 44:00
CF — Everett 46:00
CF — Everett (Bruno Felijoo) 56:00
CF — Silas Ypma (Arne Troy) 63:00
CF — Troy (Otto Anderson) 67:00
Shots on goal — C-Falls 31, T-Falls 2. Keeper saves — C-Falls, Rafe Rusche 2, T-Falls AZac Palacios 13. Corner kicks — C-Falls 1, T-Falls 6. Fouls — n/a.
Bulldog boys 3, Libby 2
LIBBY — Preston McPherson had an important goal in the 75th minute for Whitefish Saturday, and the Bulldogs made their 3-1 lead hold up.
McPherson also assisted on a goal for the Bulldogs, who led 2-0 early but saw Libby keep the pressure on with goals from Kale Hall and, in stoppage time, Nolan Morris.
Whitefish 2 1 - 3
Libby 0 2 - 2
WF — Kyler Jonson (Justis Arterbury), 18:00
WF — Jack Ohlerich (Preston McPherson), 31:00
L — Kale Hall (Dylan Warner), 41:00
WF — McPherson, 75:00
L — Nolan Morris (Isaiah Barks), 84:00
Shots on goal — Whitefish 8, Libby 4. Keeper saves — Whitefish, Charlie Dow 3; Libby, Nelson 2, JJ Fosgate 4. Corner kicks — n/a. Fouls — Whitefish 5, Libby n/a.
Bulldog girls 4, Libby 0
At Libby, sophomores Anna Boysen and Mahalia Horton scored their first varsity goals for Whitefish, after stalwarts Sadie Olson and Delaney Smith found the net the first half.
Whitefish 2 2 - 4
Libby 0 0 - 0
WF — Sadie Olson, 8:00
WF — Delaney Smith, 19:00
WF — Anny Boysen, 47:00
WF — Mahalia Horton (Boysen), 78:00
Shots on goal —Whitefish 24, Libby 4. Keeper saves — Whitefish, Madi Stanwood 4; Libby, Maura Mesenbrink 19. Fouls — Whitefish 7, Libby 3. Corner kicks —Whitefish 3, Libby 2.
Late Thursday
Wildkats 5, Vals 1
At Columbia Falls, the host Wildkats got the week started right by outshooting
Bigfork 25-9 and getting two goals from Isla Alexander.
Both Onnika Lawrence and Mila Johns had a goal and an assist for Columbia Falls. Lawrence’s goal answered Bigfork’s goal, by Braeden Gunlock in the 44th minute.
Bigfork 0 1 - 1
C-Falls 3 2 - 5
CF — Isla Alexander (Onnika Lawrence), 3:00
CF — Alexander, 10:00
CF — Taryn Borgen (Mila Johns), 28:00
CF — Johns (Riley Byrd), 42:00
B — Braeden Gunlock, 44:00
CF — Lawrence (Bella Mann), 62:00
Shot on goal — Bigfork 9, Columbia Falls 25. Keepers — Bigfork, Ireland Vigil (15 saves), C-Falls, Erica Burguiere (5). Corner kicks — n/a. Fouls — n/a.
Wildcats 9, Vikings 2
The Columbia Falls boys put up eight second-half goals to blow open a 1-0 game, with River Wolford’s header off a corner kick by Arne Troy starting the onslaught.
The Wildcats led just 4-2 after Bigfork’s Quinn Keil scored two quick goals midway through the second half, but then Maxwell Everett put together a hat trick in the final 13 minutes of regulation.
Bruno Felijoo had two goals and Wolford totaled three assists.
Bigfork 0 2 - 2
C-Falls 1 8 - 9
CF — Bruno Felijoo (River Wolford), 22:00
CF — Wolford (Arne Troy), 43:00
CF — Jack Harris (Wolford), 54:00
CF — Felijoo, 58:00
B — Quinn Keil, 59:00
B — Keil, 60:00
CF — Maxwell Everett (Jackson Scholz), 67:00
CF — Everett (Harris), 69:00
CF — Wolford, 71:00
CF — William Oberholtzer (Wolford), 77:00
CF — Everett (Sholz), 78:00
Shots on goal — C-Falls 26, Bigfork 8. Keeper saves — C-Falls, Rafe Roche 5; Bigfork, Mariem Herring 14. Corner kicks — C-Falls 7, Bigfork 3. Fouls — n/a.