Class A soccer playoff roundup: Hamilton girls drop Columbia Falls
The Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 3 months AGO
HAMILTON — Hamilton struck early, scoring goals at nine and 14 minutes en route to a 3-0 Class A girls quarterfinal playoff soccer victory over Columbia Falls (7-3-3) on Saturday.
Lillia Moore, who had been sidelined since Sept. 14 with an injury, scored at nine minutes and added another at 58 minutes.
Brianna Abrahamsen scored the second goal and assisted on the finale.
Sami Kratofil assisted on the first two scores.
Andrea Getts had seven goalie saves for Columbia Falls.
The victory advances Hamilton (12-0-1) to the semifinal round this weekend at home versus five-time defending state champion Billings Central.
Columbia Falls 0 0 — 0
Hamilton 2 1 — 3
HAMILTON — Lillia Moore (Sami Kratofil), 9:00; Brianna Abrahamsen (Kratofil), 14:00; Moore (Abrahamsen), 58:00
Shots on goal – Columbia Falls 4, Hamilton 10; Corner kicks – Columbia Falls 3, Hamilton 3; Goalie saves – Columbia Falls 7 (Andrea Getts), Hamilton 4 (Taylor Goligoski); Fouls – Columbia Falls 6, Hamilton 4; Cards — None.
Billings Central 5,
Polson 0
BILLINGS — Five-time defending state champ Billings Central crushed Polson in quarterfinal play.
Five different players scored goals for the Rams (13-0-0) with Julianna Arellano assisting on four.
Billings Central is 87-1 since 2008.
Central outshot Polson (6-6-1) on goal 24-6.
Billings Central travels to Hamilton for a semifinal match this weekend.
Polson 0 0 — 0
Billings Central 3 2 — 5
Billings Central — 1, Kelsi Nusbaum (Julianna Arellano), 19:00; Mariah Wittman (Arellano), 30:00; Mariah LaFontaine, 36:00; Allie Lucas (Arellano), 51:00; Josie Snyder (Arellano), 74:00.
Shots on goal — Polson 6, Billings Central 24; Corner kicks — NA; Goalie saves — Polson 6 (Jenna Evertz), Billings Central 5 (Natalie Ruegsegger); Fouls — NA; Cards — NA.
Boys
Billings Central 3,
Bigfork 1
BILLINGS — Billings Central rode two early goals to a quarterfinal victory over Bigfork (3-8-2).
The Rams (10-1-2) scored at 4 minutes on a shot by Kylen Laber and added an own goal five minutes later. Braedon had the final goal at 49 minutes.
Scoring for Bigfork was Tyler Zavala at 64 minutes.
Billings Central outshot Bigfork on goal, 11-3.
Billings Central travels to Stevensville to face the Yellowjackets in a semifinal match on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Bigfork 0 1 — 1
Billings Central 2 1 — 3
BIGFORK — Tyler Zavala, 64:00
BILLINGS CENTRAL — Kylen Laber, 4:00; Own goal, 9:00; Braedon Trunkle (Laber), 49:00
Shots on goal — Bigfork 3, Billings Central 11; Corner kicks — NA; Goalie saves — Bigfork 5 (Dillon Hilling), Billings Central 2 (Joey Thompson); Fouls — NA; Cards — NA.
Stevensville 3, Libby 1
STEVENSVILLE — Three different players scored to lift Stevensville to a quarterfinal win over Libby.
Cody Wood scored for Libby at 37 minutes, which trimmed the deficit to 2-1.
Stevensville (12-0-1), however, scored nine minutes later to push the advantage back to two.
Libby 1 0 – 1
Stevensville 2 1 – 3
LIBBY — Cody Wood, 37:00
STEVENSVILLE — Payden Belcourt (Daniel Pendergast), 20:00; Sam Giese (penalty kick), 33:00; Chance Coleman (Joseph Daniels), 46:00.
Shots on goal – Libby 14, Stevensville 23; Corner kicks – Libby 3, Stevensville 5; Goalie saves – Libby 18 (n/a). Stevensville 13 (Daniel Bradt); Fouls – Libby 7, Stevensville 8; Cards – Stevensville, 1 yellow.
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