COLUMBIA FALLS — Columbia Falls swept the regular-season series in girls soccer with Whitefish on Saturday by downing the Bulldogs 3-2.

Columbia Falls (7-1-4 overall, 6-0-2) also claimed the regular-season Northern A championship for the third time in the last four years.

Whitefish won it last year.

Ellie Johnson was involved in all the scoring for the Wildkats. She tied the match at 1-1 with her goal at 27 minutes. She tied it again at 2-all with a goal in the 71st minute.

Then in stoppage time, she assisted Katie Price on the game-winner.

Columbia Falls beat Whitefish 1-0 back on Sept. 7th.

“The whole team played great,” Columbia Falls coach Greg Trenerry said.

“I give our girls credit for not giving up. They could have been satisfied with a tie. It was a hard-fought game.”

The two goals by Whitefish were the most Columbia Falls has allowed in a conference match this fall. The Wildkats allowed just three all season in Northern A.

Columbia Falls will host a Class A playoff match on Saturday. Whitefish (5-5-2, 4-3-1)finished third in the league and will play at Hamilton on Saturday.

Whitefish 1 1 — 2

Columbia Falls 1 2 — 3

WHITEFISH — Grace Kurtz (Katie Blakenship), 18:00; Kurtz (Melissa Pollard), 42:00

COLUMBIA FALLS — Ellie Johnson (Ashley Miller), 27:00; Johnson, 71:00; Katie Price (Johnson), 83:00

Shots on goal — Whitefish 6, Columbia Falls 11; Goalie saves — Whitefish 7 (Kess Nelson), Columbia Falls 3 (Alyson Gimbel); Corner kicks — Whitefish 1, Columbia Falls 2; Fouls — Whitefish 6, Columbia Falls 9; Cards — Columbia Falls, 1 yellow.

Missoula Big Sky 3,

Flathead 1

Stephanie Wilson scored the lone goal on a penalty kick for Flathead (3-4-3), which came up short against Missoula Big Sky at Kidsports Complex in a Western AA match.

Big Sky (2-6-3) has won two straight.

Big Sky outshot Flathead on goal 9-6. Both teams had two corner kicks.

Zoe Zander had six keeper saves for Flathead, which concludes regular-season play hosting Helena Capital on Thursday and Helena High on Friday.

Missoula Big Sky 2 1 — 3

Flathead 0 1 — 1

MISSOULA BIG SKY — Hannah Kearns (Ellen Bonner), 26:00; Kayla McCampbell (Kearns), 38:00; Cassidy Pierce (Nicole Nimlos), 76:00

FLATHEAD — Stephanie Wilson (PK), 60:00

Shots on goal — Big Sky 9, Flathead 6; Goalie saves — Big Sky 5 (Chelsea Todd), Flathead 6 (Zoe Zander); Corner kicks — Big Sky 2, Flathead 2; Fouls — Big Sky 11, Flathead 8; Cards — None.

Glacier 3,

Missoula Hellgate 0

Cadie Williams scored two goals in the first 12 minutes and Glacier (3-3-4) ran away with a Western AA conference win over Missoula Hellgate (2-8-2) at Glacier High School.

“The girls absolutely came together,” Glacier coach Brenden Byrd said. “The finally found a way to find the back of the net.”

The Wolfpack freshman scored in the fifth and 12th minutes to give Glacier a 2-0 lead before halftime and Carly McDonald, who assisted on Williams’ first goal, scored in the 54th minute to cap the scoring.

“I think [Williams] found herself in the right place,” Byrd said. “Outstanding work from her and outstanding work from our midfielders to get the ball to our strikers.”

Olivia Malchi and Alysha Smith also picked up assists. Amy Braig made nine saves for the Wolfpack.

Glacier finishes regular-season play with home matches on Thursday and Friday versus Helena High and Helena Capital.

Missoula Hellgate 0 0 — 0

Glacier 2 1 — 3

GLACIER — Cadie Williams (Carly McDonald), 5:00; Williams (Olivia Malchi), 12:00; McDonald (Alysha Smith), 56:00

Shots on goal — Hellgate 9, Glacier 15; Goalie saves — Hellgate 9 (Claudia Wiese), Glacier 9 (Amy Braig); Corner kicks — Hellgate 4, Glacier 1; Fouls — Hellgate 3, Glacier 4. Cards — None.

Boys

Whitefish 4,

Columbia Falls 1

COLUMBIA FALLS — Whitefish wrapped up another Northern A regular-season title by downing rival Columbia Falls (2-10-0, 1-7-0).

Columbia Falls tied the match at 1-1 with Jacob Griene’s goal at 17 minutes.

Whitefish took the lead for good, 2-1, on Jared Johnson’s goal at 35 minutes.

Casey Ling, who opened the scoring in the 11th minute for Whitefish, added two more in the second half to complete his hat trick.

Whitefish had 20 shots on goal to just four for Columbia Falls.

“We just don’t have the experience yet to go the full 80 minutes,” Columbia Falls coach Peter Browne said.

“We hung in there at times, knocked the ball around. They did play a little better than last week.”

Whitefish (7-3-2, 5-1-2) moves on to playoff action this week. Whitefish will host Hamilton, the No. 3 from the Southern A, on Saturday at Smith Fields.

Whitefish 2 2 — 4

Columbia Falls 1 0 — 1

WHITEFISH — Casey Ling (Jared Johnson), 11:00; Johnson (Ling), 35:00; Ling (Sam Heutmaker), 47:00; Ling (Heutmaker), 65:00

COLUMBIA FALLS — Jacob Griene (Keenan Jessat), 17:00

Shots on goal — Whitefish 20, Columbia Falls 4; Goalie saves — Whitefish 2 (Marty Anderson), Columbia Falls 15 (Brandon Karberg); Corner kicks — Whitefish 6, Columbia Falls 3; Fouls — Whitefish 11, Columbia Falls 5; Cards — Whitefish, 1 yellow

Libby 4, Polson 0

LIBBY — Libby tuned up for the Class A playoffs by blanking Polson (1-8-3, 1-4-3) in the Northern division regular-season finale for both schools.

Walter Briones tallied two goals and assisted on the other two. Libby led 2-0 at the half.

Libby (6-6, 5-3), the No. 3 seed, will play at Southern A champ Corvallis on Saturday in quarterfinal playoff action.

Polson 0 0 — 0

Libby 2 2 — 4

LIBBY — Walter Briones (unassisted), 32:00; Colin Maloney (Briones, Gio Cano), 38:00; Briones (Cody Wood), 58:00; Wood (Briones), 67:00

Shots on goal — Polson 2, Libby 10; Goalie saves — Polson 6 (Russ Smith), Libby 2 (Zander Petersen); Corner kicks — Polson 2, Libby 6; Fouls — Polson 7, Libby 4. Cards — Polson, 1 yellow.

Missoula Hellgate 2,

Glacier 0

Missoula Hellgate (10-1-1) claimed the regular-season title in Western AA and an automatic trip to state by blanking Glacier in its regular-season finale at Glacier High School.

Hellgate is off until Oct. 30th for the state tournament in Great Falls.

Ryan Sayler and Dylan Rossbach scored a goal in each half for the Knights.

Glacier (4-3-3) was outshot on goal 18-3. Ryker McIntyre had 11 saves in goal for Glacier.

Glacier concludes regular-season play this week, hosting Helena High on Thursday and Helena Capital on Friday.

“We played well,” Glacier coach Ryan Billiet said.

“Two defensive lapses led to their goals. It was a good result (for us) against one of the best teams in the state.”

Missoula Hellgate 1 1 — 2

Glacier 0 0 — 0

HELLGATE — Ryan Sayler, 18:00; Dylan Rossbach (Conner Cyr), 78:00

Shots on goal – Hellgate 18, Glacier 3; Goalie saves – Hellgate 7 (Peter Byrne), Glacier 11 (Ryker McIntyre); Corner kicks – Hellgate 3, Glacier 4; Fouls – Hellgate 5, Glacier 5. Cards – Hellgate, 1 yellow

Missoula Big Sky 2,

Flathead 0

Missoula Big Sky (3-6-2) scored once in each half to slip by Flathead (2-8-0) in Western AA play at Kidsports Complex.

Flathead held a slight edge in shots on goal, 9-8, and led in corner kicks 6-3.

“A very even match, very close game,” Flathead coach Dan Ferguson said.

“They finished their goal-scoring opportunities and we didn’t capitalize on ours.”

Flathead missed a penalty kick in the first five minutes.

“It had an impact (on the match),” Ferguson said of that play.

Flathead concludes regular-season play hosting Helena Capital on Thursday and Helena High on Friday.

Missoula Big Sky 1 1 — 2

Flathead 0 0 — 0

BIG SKY — Dana Kowachek (Alex Simmons), 30:00; Sam McKay (Bridger Fiode), 60:00

Shots on goal — Big Sky 8, Flathead 9; Goalie saves — Big Sky 3 (Nathan Mahler), Flathead 2 (Josh Osborne); Corner kicks — Big Sky 3, Flathead 6; Fouls —Big Sky 12, Flathead 16; Cards — Big Sky 1 yellow, Flathead 1 yellow.

St. George 3,

Stillwater 1

SPOKANE, Wash. — Joe King delivered once again, but one goal was not enough for Stillwater (8-3-1) against St. George in a nonconference contest.

King’s goal came in the 25th minute, putting Stillwater on the scoreboard first.

“It was a gorgeous shot,” Stillwater coach Ryan O’Rourke said.

“He got a nice through ball from Darren Kauffman and took a shot from 20 or 25 yards out ... a rocket. He buried it in the back of the net, the top left corner is where it went in.”

King has scored in every Stillwater match this season.

Stillwater 1 0 — 1

St. George 0 3 — 3

STILLWATER — Joe King (Darren Kauffman), 25:00

ST. GEORGE — Matt Arlt, 43:00; Michael Hamilton, 69:00; Hamilton, 77:00.

Shots on goal — Stillwater 5, St. George 12; Goalie saves — Stillwater 7 (Daniel Fetveit), St. George 4 (Chris Taporicci); Corner kicks — Stillwater 2, St. George 3; Fouls — Stillwater 5, St. George 7; Cards — None.