THURS., 9-24 RESULTS
September 25, 2009 Northwest Montana A Conference
BOYS
WHITEFISH 11 COLUMBIA FALLS 0
LIBBY 1 BONNERS FERRY 0
POLSON 2 BIGFORK 0
GIRLS
WHITEFISH 1 COLUMBIA FALLS 0
BIGFORK 4 POLSON 1
LIBBY 4 BONNERS FERRY 1
Whitefish 11,
Columbia Falls 0
WHITEFISH - Five goals in the first 20 minutes powered Whitefish to an easy Northern A victory over rival Columbia Falls.
"Offensively we've sputtered a little bit," Whitefish coach O'Brien Byrd said.
"Obviously, things really started clicking today. When you score right away on a team and the goals keep coming, it affects their style of play."
Travis Adams scored three goals, and Jack Steele, Matty McCrone and Joel Bacher each scored twice.
McCrone assisted on three goals.
Whitefish improves to 2-0-1 in league, 4-2-1 overall. Columbia Falls slips to 0-4-0, 0-7-0.
Columbia Falls 0 0 - 0
Whitefish 5 6 - 11
WHITEFISH - Jack Steele (Cody Ling), 1:00; Ling (Matty McCrone), 11:00; Travis Adams (Steele), 15:00; Adams, 18:00; Steele (McCrone), 20:00; McCrone (Curran Edland), 42:00; Adams, 47:00; McCrone (Joseph Perry), 58:00; Joel Bacher (McCrone), 61:00; Bacher (Cristian Saavedra), 73:00; Saavedra (Sean Janni), 79:00.
Shots on goal - Columbia Falls 2, Whitefish 18
Corner kicks - Columbia Falls 0, Whitefish 4
Goalie saves - Columbia Falls 8 (Jacob Calderwood), Whitefish 2 (Alex Whitaker)
Fouls - Columbia Falls 0, Whitefish 4
Cards - Whitefish, 1 yellow
Libby 1,
Bonners Ferry 0
BONNERS FERRY, Idaho - Edson Vences scored at 61 minutes to lift Libby to a nonconference victory over Bonners Ferry.
"He (Vences' made a run at the keeper, the keeper had a chance to clear it, but didn't," Libby coach Charlie Webster said of the game-winning shot.
"He cleared the ball to Edson's chest and it ricocheted into the goal. It was all heart (by Vences)."
The victory moves Libby to 6-1 overall.
Bonners Ferry downed Libby last year 3-1.
Libby 0 1 - 1
Bonners Ferry 0 0 - 0
LIBBY - Edson Vences, 61:00
Shots on goal - Libby 8, Bonners Ferry 4
Corner kicks - Libby 7, Bonners Ferry 3
Goalie saves - Libby 4 (Lewis Brossman), Bonners Ferry 7 (Matt Evans)
Fouls - Libby 7, Bonners Ferry 6
Cards - None
Polson 2, Bigfork 0
POLSON - Two late goals in the second half carried Polson to a Northern A soccer win over Bigfork.
"Hard fought," Bigfork coach Keith Koslosky said of the match. "Polson does a real nice job of moving the ball to the midfield, great passing."
Koslosky said Bigfork had chances, "we just didn't capitalize.
"Keenan Evans, defense, Matt Killian, defense, Fabian Zavala, midfield, and John Lyon, midfield, played spectacularly," Koslosky added.
"They did everything we asked of them and more."
Bigfork drops to 2-4-2 overall, 2-3 in league. Polson moves to 2-3-1, 0-2-1.
Bigfork 0 0 - 0
Polson 0 2 - 2
POLSON - Peter Hanson, 50:00; Jacob Browne, 78:00
Shots on goal - Bigfork 4, Polson 23
Corner kicks - Bigfork 4, Polson 5
Goalie saves - Bigfork 11 (Nate Roberson), Polson 3 (Clay Frissell)
Fouls - Bigfork 12, Polson 14
Cards - Bigfork, 2 yellow; Polson, 1 yellow
Girls
Whitefish 1,
Columbia Falls 0
WHITEFISH - Becca Strellnauer scored off a corner kick by Sam Dittman at 64 minutes to give Whitefish the Northern A victory.
"She got the garbage, came round the back," said Whitefish coach Erin Morrison of the game-winning goal.
"A nice shot into the upper right-hand corner. Becca played really well, so did Sam."
Morrison said Madisen Cross "had a great game," as keeper. She had eight saves in the match.
Whitefish improves to 4-1-2 overall, 3-0-0 in league.
Columbia Falls 0 0 - 0
Whitefish 0 1 - 1
WHITEFISH - Becca Strellnauer (Sam Dittman), 64:00.
Shots on goal - Columbia Falls 11, Whitefish 17
Corner kicks - Columbia Falls 5, Whitefish 9
Goalie saves - Columbia Falls 11 (Niesha Thompson), Whitefish 8 (Madisen Cross)
Fouls - Columbia Falls 2, Whitefish 1
Cards - None
Bigfork 4, Polson 1
POLSON - Caitlin Charlebois found the net not once, or twice, but three times to push Bigfork to a Northern A victory over the Pirates.
Bigfork had 14 shots on goal to Polson's 12.
Danielle Morris had 12 keeper saves for Bigfork, 1-3 in league, 1-6 overall.
"Caitlin finally got her first goals under her belt this year," Bigfork coach Hauna Trenerry said.
"As a team, they played a real good second half."
Bigfork 1 3 - 4
Polson 1 0 - 1
BIGFORK - Caitlin Charlebois (Taylor McElroy), 34:00; Charlebois (McElroy), 66:00; Charlebois (pk), 69:00; Jessica Killian (Kaitlyn Schults), 72:00
POLSON - Madeline Hewston, 26:00
Shots on goal - Bigfork 14, Polson 12
Corner kicks - Bigfork 1, Polson 4
Goalie saves - Bigfork 12 (Danielle Morris), Polson 7 (Jacie Morrison)
Fouls - Bigfork 6, Polson 5
Cards - None
Libby 4,
Bonners Ferry 1
BONNERS FERRY, Idaho - Two goals by Anna Valentine and one apiece by Ashley Shaw, her first of the season, and Jaime Gilden carried Libby to a 4-1 nonconference triumph over Bonners Ferry.
Libby moves to 6-0 on the season.
"We played a really good game," Libby coach Matt Warner said.
"The girls had a hard time finishing for the first 33 minutes, but played a great second half, passed the ball well."
Libby also downed Bonners Ferry in their only meeting a year ago.
Libby 2 2 - 4
Bonners Ferry 0 1 - 1
LIBBY - Anna Valentine (Jaime Gilden), 33:00; Ashley Shaw, 40:00; Valentine, 42:00; Gilden (Audra Poppen), 54:00.
BONNERS FERRY - Emily Pauls, 76:00.
Shots on goal - Libby 21,Bonners Ferry 5
Corner kicks - Libby 1, Bonners Ferry 2
Goalie saves - Libby 4 (Audra Poppen 3, Jenny Johnson 1); Bonners Ferry 17 (Emily Decker)
Fouls - Libby 3, Bonners Ferry 3
Cards - None |
NATIONAL
MONTANA
