The Daily Inter Lake

MISSOULA - Senior Joaquin Calderon scored the game-winning goal in the final minutes of play to lead the Flathead Braves boys soccer team to their first victory of the season, a 1-0 road win against Western AA foe Missoula Sentinel on Tuesday.

Calderon gathered the ball in front of the net and broke the 0-0 tie with roughly two minutes left to play and goalie Jordan Remington preserved the shutout for Flathead, 1-4-0.

"It was a real back and forth game," Flathead coach Chris Putzler said. "Our boys fought really hard."

Remington finished with 13 saves in the game.

"The boys are really excited," Putzler said. "They've been working hard and everyone's been just busting their tails."

Flathead 0 1 - 1

Sentinel 0 0 - 0

Flathead - Joaquin Calderon (Jerrad Merrill), 78:00

Shots on goal - Flathead 8, Sentinel 16

Corner kicks - Flathead 1, Sentinel 5

Goalie saves - Flathead 13 (Jordan Remington), Sentinel 14 (Brian Applegate)

Fouls - Flathead 8, Sentinel 10

Cards - Flathead, 1 yellow; Sentinel, 1 red - Irie Anderson.

Glacier 2, Missoula Big Sky 1

MISSOULA - Glacier senior forwards Ron Howell and Josh Neiman each scored a goal to lead the second-place Wolfpack past Missoula Big Sky in Western AA action.

Glacier led early after Howell scored in the opening five minutes. Later in the second, Neiman put the Wolfpack up 2-0 off an assist from Ian Cavigli before Big Sky attempted the comeback.

"It was nice to get the lead early," Glacier coach Ryan O'Rourke said. "We're finding there's no easy game in the Western Conference. Big Sky has yet to win a game but they came out and played like a team that was determined to give everything it could. We felt like that was a hard-earned victory."

Glacier, 4-1, faces first-place Missoula Hellgate, 5-0, at home on Thursday at 5 p.m.

Glacier 1 1 - 2

Big Sky 0 1 - 1

GLACIER - Ron Howell, 5:00; Josh Neiman (Ian Cavigli), 60:00

BIG SKY - Niklas Vollmer, 73:00

Shots on goal - Glacier 14, Big Sky 10.

Corner kicks - Glacier 0, Big Sky 1

Goalie saves - Glacier 4 (Sean Peters), Big Sky 5 (Nate Goodburn 5)

Fouls - Glacier 14, Big Sky 9.

Cards - Glacier, 2 yellow

Girls

Missoula Big Sky 1, Glacier 0

MISSOULA - The Big Sky Eagles snapped Glacier's three-game winning streak with a narrow Western AA home victory.

This was the first time Big Sky, 2-0-2, has beat the Wolfpack, 3-2-0.

Goalie Patty Hughes made nine saves in the game for the first-place Wolfpack.

"(Big Sky) plays a fast game. Our defense played outstanding, but they had one of those balls come through and we had a little mix up in our communication there," Glacier coach Paul Holmgren said.

"Just one of those things that happens sometimes. It was just one of those days."

Glacier 0 0 - 0

Missoula Big Sky 0 1 - 1

MISSOULA BIG SKY - Stephanie Carl, 53:00

Shots on goal - Glacier 21, Big Sky 14

Corner kicks - Glacier 2, Big Sky 6

Goalie saves - Glacier 9 (Patty Hughes), 1, Jacque Willich; Big Sky 11 (Jessie Gilligan)

Fouls - Glacier 5, Big Sky 7

Cards - None

Sentinel 2, Flathead 0

MISSOULA - Maddie Simmel scored at 28 minutes and Lindsay Thane scored on a penalty kick at 75 minutes to lead Sentinel to a Western AA victory.

The statistics favored Sentinel, 2-0-2 on the season in a big way. The Spartans outshot the Bravettes 19-4 and led in corner kicks 10-1.

Flathead 0 0 - 0

Sentinel 1 1 - 2

MISSOULA SENTINEL - Maddie Simmel, 28:00; Lindsay Thane (penalty kick), 75:00

Shots on goal - Flathead 4, Sentinel 19

Corner kicks - Flathead 1, Sentinel 10

Goalie saves - Flathead 15 (Karli Kusler), Sentinel 5 (Miranda Felde 3, Mariah Hollist 2)

Fouls - Flathead 12, Sentinel 5

Cards - None