The Bigfork boys soccer team opened their season Tuesday in a home match against Stevensville at Carlyle Johnson Field. While the Vikings lost, 3-2 they began strong and made Stevensville work for their win.

Bigfork’s Tyler Zavala got the game rolling scoring in the first minute, assisted by Kyle Thomson. Stevensville responded in the tenth minute stealing the ball and scoring a goal of their own. Bigfork’s Thomson assisted Isaac Passwater with the next goal, which was then followed by another unassisted Stevensville goal. Stevensville scored again in the beginning of the second half, and Bigfork was unable to get in another goal.

“We just got tired, so we couldn’t put as much pressure on them as we did in the first half,” head coach Bill Buxton said.

Since the game was non-conference Buxton used the match as a change to try players in different positions, and get a feel for the team.

“It was a great game in we learned a lot about our players,” he said.

And though they lost, the highlight of the match for Buxton was the teamwork used to score their second goal. A pass from Zavala, to Thomson and onto Passwater “was just perfect,” Buxton said. “We’d like to see that 20 times a game.”

Bigfork plays at Frenchtown on Saturday.

Bigfork

7 shots

0 fouls

9 saves

Stevensville

9 shots

8 fouls

5 saves