Wins for C-Falls girls, Whitefish boys
COLUMBIA FALLS —
The Columbia Falls Wildkats won their fourth straight game with a 3-0 shutout of the rival Whitefish Bulldogs on Tuesday in Northern A soccer.
Josie Windauer scored all three Wildkats (8-1, overall, 5-0 conference) goals.
“Super proud of the kids,” Wildkats coach Thomas Clark said. “We defended super hard all game.”
Clark praised the play of defenders Flora Jarvis and Lexi Purcell and goalkeeper Ave McDonald.
“Any time you can beat a team as wellcoached as Whitefish, it speaks to your work ethic and they did great,” Clark said.
Whitefish is 5-4 and 3-2.
“I think Columbia Falls was very organized and set up with the intent to have few chances at a goal but supply them to their most dangerous player Josie Windauer,” Bulldogs coach Roland Benedict said. “They executed very well, however we played our system 85 percent perfect. The last 15 is creating optimal scoring changes and moving the ball quick enough.”
Benedict highlighted the play of midfielder Emma Barron for “stopping their counter attacks throughout the game.”
Columbia Falls hosts Polson at 5 p.m. on Thursday. Whitefish hosts Bigfork for a 5:30 p.m. game, also on Thursday.
Whitefish 0 0 — 0
Columbia Falls 2 1 — 3
CF — Josie Windauer (Sydney Mann) 15:00
CF — Windauer (Maddie Robison) 31:00
CF — Windauer (Cheyanne Johnston-Heinz) 64:00
Shots on goal — Whitefish 8, Columbia Falls 16; Goalie saves — Whitefish 13, Columbia Falls 8; Corner kicks — Whitefish 7, Columbia Falls 2; Fouls — Whitefish 4, Columbia Falls 9; Cards — None.
Flathead 3, Hellgate 2
MISSOULA — Skyleigh Thompson scored a hat trick as the Flathead Bravettes took down another top-ranked Western AA team on Tuesday.
Flathead (5-3-1) beat Missoula Hellgate 3-2 and dealt the Knights (6-1-2) their first loss of the season. Hellgate is the No. 1 team in Western AA.
Last week the Bravettes gave Glacier at No. 2 its first loss of the season.
“I am happy for the way we played and happy to beat the no 1 team in the standings,” Flathead coach Bledy Doda said. “We beat both teams in first and second place. The girls want to believe in what we do and they are excited to win and they are excited to play the soccer that we practice. Hard work pays back.”
Tessa Smith assisted on two of Thompson’s goals. Thompson is the leading scorer in Class AA soccer with 17 goals.
Flathead hosts Butte at Kidsport for a 3 p.m. game on Friday.
Flathead 2 1 — 3
Hellgate 2 0 — 2
F — Skyleigh Thompson 15:00
H — Kennedy Wells 17:00
F — Thompson (Tessa Smith) 30:00
H — Maggie Gibbons 38:00
F — Thompson (Smith) 66:00
Shots on goal — Flathead 8, Hellgate 7; Goalie saves — Flathead 5 (Sara Harrison), Hellgate 5; Corner kicks — Flathead 2, Hellgate 5; Fouls — Flathead 6, Hellgate 4; Cards — Hellgate (red 1).
Boys
Whitefish 1,
Columbia Falls 0
COLUMBIA FALLS — The Bulldogs stayed undefeated with a Northern A victory over Columbia Falls (4-4-1, 3-2).
“Whitefish is the best team in the state and we had to change our style of play to give us the best chance to win,” Columbia Falls coach O’Brien Byrd said. “Classic rivalry match, emotions were high. We gave them everything they could take.”
Whitefish coach John Lacey added:
“A great competitve game on both teams’ parts.”
Sam Menicke broke the tie with his game-winning goal at 59:00 for Whitefish (9-0, 5-0).
“We are the only team to hold them to this tight of a score,” Byrd said. “I’m just incredibly proud of my boys. They put together yet another complete game and had a game plan and executed it almost perfectly.”
Whitefish has a home game versus Bigfork at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Columbia Falls hosts Polson on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Whitefish 0 1 — 1
Columbia Falls 0 0 — 0
W — Sam Menicke (Brandon Mendoza) 59:00
Shots on goal — Whitefish 11, Columbia Falls 4; Goalie saves — Whitefish 4 (Colter Upton), Columbia Falls 10 (Story Stemborski); Corner kicks — Whitefish 6, Columbia Falls 2; Fouls — Whitefish 15, Columbia Falls 8; Cards — None.
Hellgate 3, Flathead 0
MISSOULA — The Hellgate Knights (7-0-2) stayed undefeated with a shutout of the Flathead Braves.
“I thought we played really hard,” Braves coach Zach Brenneman said.
“I thought the kids put together one of the bst games we’ve had. Had a couple breakdowns and they scored. Really proud of my kids for playing as hard as they did.”
Flathead is third in Western AA at 5-4.
The Braves host Butte on Friday for a 7 p.m. game at Kidsport.
Flathead 0 0 — 3
Hellgate 0 3 — 3
H — Arthur Beckett 59:00
H — (name unavailable) 64:00
H — Beckett 72:00
Shots on goal — Flathead 2, Hellgate 9; Goalie saves — Flathead 6 (Hudson Magone), Hellgate 2; Corner kicks — Flathead 4, Hellgate 8, Fouls — Flathead 6, Hellgate 11; Cards — Flathead (2 yellow, 1 red), Hellgate (1 yellow).