Stillwater soccer wins first round game at MCAA state

Stillwater Christian edged Billings Christian 2-1 to open the Montana Christian Athletic Association state boys soccer tournament with a narrow win on Thursday afternoon at Stillwater Christian School.

The Cougars far outshot Billings, notching 22 shots on goal, but couldn’t get anything past its keeper in the run of play. Stillwater’s two goals came on penalty kicks, one each from Zac King and David Rodriguez.

“We were trying to take the game to Billings Christian,” Cougars coach Ryan O’Rourke said. “We had a number of opportunities on goal, it was just one of those days. Their goalkeeper had a good game.”

Stillwater will play Billings Christian again today, kicking off at 4 p.m.

State play ends Saturday.

Billings Christian 1 0 — 1

Stillwater 2 0 — 2

SCS — Zac King (penalty kick), 2:00

BC — Cameron Sweet (Dagon Jacobsen), 7:00

SCS — David Rodriguez (penalty kick), 30:00

Shots on goal — BC 6, SCS 22. Keeper Saves — BC 20, SCS 5 (Colton Johnson). Corner kicks — BC 3, SCS 10. Cards — none.

Other Thursday Scores

Helena Christian 6, Foothills Christian 3

Heritage Christian 15, Great Falls Homeschool 1

Round Robin

Foothills Christian 4, Great Falls Home School 0

Billings Christian 3, Great Falls Home School 0

Foothills Christian 2, Billings Christian 2, Billings Christian wins 3-2 on penaltykicks

Today’s Schedule

Noon — Foothills Christian vs. Great Falls Home School

2 p.m. — Helena Christian vs. Heritage Christian

4 p.m. — Stillwater Christian vs. Billings Christian