Glacier boys, girls drop Capital

Rohit Tappeta assisted on the opening score two minutes into play and followed with two goals to help Flathead crush Helena Capital 5-0 in Western AA boys soccer play on Friday.

Tyler Keller and Connor Griffin completed the scoring.

Glacier led 3-0 at the half.

“Great to be home to open the season for conference play,” Glacier coach Ryan Billiet said.

“We played composed, got a lot of guys minutes.”

Glacier opened the league season a year ago at Helena Capital and lost 2-1.

“That (defeat) haunted us all season,” Billiet said. “Coming out like that today, getting a decisive win, that will be a big confidence boost.”

Glacier hosts Helena High today at 11 a.m.

Helena Capital 0 0 — 0

Glacier 3 2 — 5

G — Conner Heil (Rohit Tappeta), 2:00

G — Tappeta (Ryan Symmes), 27:00

G — Tyler Keller (Symmes), 39:00

G — Tappeta (Colin Kazmier), 63:00

G — Connor Griffin (Brady Schultz), 65:00

Shots on goal — Helena Capital 9, Glacier 16; Corner kicks — Helena Capital 3, Glacier 2; Goalie saves — Helena Capital 7 (Ethan Buffington), Glacier 5 (Logan H ill 3, Andrew Lorenc 2); Fouls — NA; Cards — None.

Helena High 1, Flathead 0

Helena High capitalized on an own goal to slip by Flathead in the Western AA opener for both schools.

Flathead held an 8-7 edge in shots on goal and led in corner kicks 7-5.

“It was a very heated, passionate game,” Flathead coach Nate Evans said.

“The kids played with a lot of fire.”

Max Wornell had three keeper saves for Flathead.

“A good first game of the year for us,” Evans said.

“It’s a good base for us against one of the best teams in the conference.”

Flathead hosts Helena Capital today at 11 a.m.

Helena 0 1 — 1

Flathead 0 0 — 0

H — Own goal, 71:00

Shots on goal — Helena 7, Flathead 8; Corner kicks — Helena 5, Flathead 7; Goalie saves — Helena 4 (NA), Flathead 3 (Max Wornell); Fouls — Helena 15,Flathead 20; cards — Helena, 1 yellow; Flathead, 1 yellow

Whitefish 5, Livingston 4

LIVINGSTON — Everything came easily for the Whitefish in the first half.

In the second half, nothing did.

The Bulldogs survived a second-half surge to take a decision against Livingston.

“We kind of held on more than anything,” Whitefish head coach John Lacey said. “We were pretty wasteful with some of our chances.”

Of Whitefish’s 15 shots on goal, Lacey said 10-12 of them came in the first half.

The Bulldogs converted several of those chances, racing out to a 4-1 lead after scoring three times in eight minutes near the end of the first half.

After Whitefish scored again to open the second half, Livingston scored three second-half goals to cut the margin, though it ultimately was not enough.

“We need to learn to play with a lead,” Lacey said. “We haven’t been used to being that team the past couple of years. We’re still young.”

Whitefish returns to action today at noon against Belgrade High.

“We still feel good about beating a good team,” Lacey said. “I’d rather have these kind of close games than (blowouts). Our team is going to learn from it.”

Whitefish 4 1 — 5

Livingston 1 3 — 4

W — Schneider (Romagnuolo assist), 9:00

L — McKenzie, 19:00

W —Mendoza (Schneider assist), 31:00

W — Romagnuolo (Burger assist), 35:00

W — Romagnuolo (Burger assist), 39:00

W — Burger (Romagnuolo assist), 47:00

L — Gregory, 52:00

L — Kirn 76:00

L — Kirn 77:00

Shots on goal — Whitefish 15, Livingston 7; Corner kicks — Livingston 5, Whitefish 3; Goalie saves — Livingston (Goff) 10, Whitefish (Upton) 3; Fouls — Livingston 8, Whitefish 7.

Belgrade 9, Libby 0

BELGRADE — Jordan Schlauch had a hat trick (three goals) in the first eight minutes of play as Belgrade scored early and often in a Class A win over Libby.

Belgrade led 6-0 at the half.

Luke Turner had back-to-back goals for Belgrade in the second half.

Libby plays at Livingston today.

Libby 0 0 — 0

Belgrade 6 3 — 9

B – Jordan Schlauch (Jared Rockwell), 4:00

B – Schlauch (Kanon Tebo), 7:00

B – Schlauch (Tyler Monlux), 8:00

B – Dominick Portnell (Monlux), 9:00

B – Tebo (unassisted), 22:00

B – Rockwell (unassisted), 27:00

B – Luke Turner (unassisted), n/a

B – Turner (unassisted), n/a

B – Kariam Kurzner (unassisted), 77:00

Shots on goal — Libby 0, Belgrade 16; Corner kicks — Libby 0, Belgrade 10; Goalie saves — Libby 16 (Tyler Lucas), Belgrade 2 (Luke Turner); Fouls — Libby 6, Belgrade 6; Cards — None.

Girls

Glacier 4, Helena Capital 1

Cadie Williams scored three goals and Emily Cleveland accounted for the other one as Glacier topped Helena Capital in Western AA action.

Glacier pulled away with three goals in the final half.

“The girls played really well,” Glacier coach Brenden Byrd said.

“Scoring again (was the strong point), but our defense (was stellar). Kenzie Williams had two goal-line saves just to keep us in the positive. Capital is a very dangerous team. Our kids did a good job challenging them.”

Glacier hosts Helena High today at 9 a.m.

Helena Capital 0 1 — 1

Glacier 1 3 — 4

G — Cadie Williams (Kenzie Williams), 36:00

HC — Ellie Stiffler (Rachel Kosena), 48:00

G — C. Williams, pk, 50:00

G — Emily Cleveland (Madison Becker), 57:00

G — C. Williams (Micah Hickethier), 68:00

Shots on goal — Helena Capital 18, Glacier 23; Corner kicks — Helena Capital 3, Glacier 8; Goalie saves — Helena Capital 18 (Kosena), Glacier 14 (Ellie Keller 7, Sophie Smith 7); Fouls — Helena Capital 1, Glacier 3; Cards — None.

Helena High 5, Flathead 2

Skyleigh Thompson scored twice and was assisted on both by Tessa Smith for Flathead in a Western AA setback to Helena High.

Thompson’s second goal had Flathead down 3-2.

Helena added a goal in the second half.

“It was closer than that,” Flathead coach Jenni Sipe said of the score.

“It was a tough game.”

Helena outshot Flathead on goal 28-12.

“We have a lot to work on yet, but we had some great moments,” Sipe said.

“Our goal keeper Aaris Hill had a phenomenal game.

“We came out very strong,” Sipe added.

“It was a competitive game. We had some great shots that were close.”

Flathead hosts Helena Capital today at 9 a.m.

Helena 4 1 — 5

Flathead 2 0 — 2

H — Melina Hammer, 2:33

H — Kamden Hilborn, 20:00

F — Skyleigh Thompson (Tessa Smith), 21:00

H — Grace Lawlor, 31:00

F — Thompson (Smith), 32:00

H — Janie Maes, 34:00

H — Claire Benedetti, 53:00

Shots on goal — Helena 28, Flathead 12; Corner kicks — Helena 4, Flathead 1; Goalie saves —NA; Fouls — NA; Cards — Helena, 1 yellow.

Belgrade 9, Libby 0

BELGADE — Carlie Smith had two goals and an assist and Mariah Morgan also had back-to-back goals to push Belgrade past Libby in Class A play.

Belgrade held a commanding 6-0 lead at the half. Seven different players scored for the victors.

Belgrade outshout Libby on goal 19-4.

Libby, 0-2, plays at Livingston today.

Libby 0 0 — 0

Belgrade 6 3 — 9

B – Hayden Cade (Carlie Smith), 2nd

B – Mariah Morgan (Ruby Gawarkiewicz), 4th

B – Morgan (unassisted), 6th

B – C. Smith (unassisted), 10th

B – C. Smith (Shaina Smith), 14th

B – S. Smith (unassisted), 20th

B – Sarah Marshall (Amber Maurer), 42nd

Be – Olvia Nelson (Maurer), 43rd

B – Kaylynn Linton (Marshall), 44th

Shots on goal — Libby 4, Belgrade 19; Corner kicks — Libby 0, Belgrade 3; Goalie saves — Libby 10 (Isabella Hollingsworth, Abigail Creighton Zoie Spady), Belgrade 4 (Abbye Cady); . Fouls — Libby 2, Belgrade 5; Cards — None.