LIBBY — Columbia Falls evened the score with Libby, blanking the Loggers 2-0 on Saturday afternoon in Northern A boys soccer play.

Daniel Skinner scored on a penalty kick at 39 minutes and Logan Stephens added an insurance goal with his breakaway shot at 68 minutes.

Libby beat Columbia Falls (4-5 overall, 3-2 league) earlier in the season 4-1.

“It was the Whitefish game that set the tone (for Libby),” Columbia Falls coach O’Brien Byrd said. “We wanted to win that game so bad that we figured out a level of effort and commitment we needed to win that one and applied it to Libby. And we controlled this game.”

Columbia Falls topped Whitefish 6-4 last Saturday.

“We shut out (Libby’s) Cody Wood, the No. 1 scorer in the state (Class A),” Byrd said.

“Not only did we shut him down, we shut them out.”

Byrd said Paxton Fisher, the back line and keeper Brandon Karberg were a major reason Libby failed to score.

Columbia Falls 1 1 — 2

Libby 0 0 — 0

CF — Daniel Skinner, pk, 39:00

CF — Logan Stephens, breakaway, 68:00

Shots on goal — Columbia Falls 15, Libby 11; Goalie saves — Columbia Falls 10 (Brandon Karberg), Libby 8 (Raffael Weber); Corner kicks — Columbia Falls 7, Libby 7; Fouls — Columbia Falls 10, Libby 11; Cards — None.

Polson 3, Bigfork 0

POLSON — Three second-half goals, two by Mike Mercer, allowed Polson to pull away for a Northern A victory.

Alex Encizo had the other goal for the Pirates.

Linde Lambson and Ben River were credited with assists.

Polson led in shots on goal, 24-3, and in corner kicks, 6-0.

Bigfork 0 0 — 0

Polson 0 3 — 3

P — Alex Encizo (Linde Lambson), 44:00

P — Mike Mercer (penalty kick), 60:00

P — Mercer (Ben River), 69:00

Shots on goal — Bigfork 3, Polson 24; Goalie saves — Bigfork 21, Polson 3 (Andrew Hanson); Corner kicks — Bigfork 0, Polson 6; Fouls — Bigfork 4, Polson 6; Cards — None.

Stillwater splits

with Mt. Baker

CRANBROOK, B.C. — Stillwater split nonconference matches with Mt. Baker over the weekend.

Two-late goals by Jesse Willis, 56 minutes, and Darren Kauffman gave Stillwater a 2-1 victory on Saturday.

Mt. Baker blanked Stillwater 1-0 (7-5) on Friday.

Saturday

Stillwater 0 2 — 2

Mt. Baker 0 1 — 1

MB — NA, 46:00

S — Jesse Willis, 56:00

S — Darren Kauffman (BJ Bach), 61:00

Shots on goal — Stillwater 4, Mt. Baker 8; Goalie saves — Stillwater 7 (Daniel Fetveit), Mt. Baker 6 (NA); Corner kicks — Stillwater 0, Mt. Baker 7; Fouls — NA; Cards — None.

Friday

Stillwater 0 0 — 0

Mt. Baker 0 1 — 1

MB — NA, 52:00

Shots on goal — Stillwater 3, Mt. Baker 12; Goalie saves — Stillwater 11 (Fetveit), M. Baker 3 (NA); Corner kicks — Stillwater 1, Mt. Baker 9; Fouls — NA; Cards — None.

Girls

Columbia Falls 6,

Libby 1

LIBBY — Hannah Gedlaman scored two goals four minutes apart to give Columbia Falls a 2-0 edge and she added another in the 60th minute of the second half for a Wildkats Northern A victory over Libby.

Gedlaman’s first scores came at 26 and 30 minutes.

Ellie Johnson, Shae Munro and Sydney Grilley had one goal each for Columbia Falls.

“We’ve been working on finishing and we were much better,” Columbia Falls coach Greg Trenerry said. “I think they finished a lot better today, won most of the balls and dominated most of the game.”

On Gedlaman’s performance ... 

“She’s (Gedlaman) been up there and had a lot of close ones so it was nice for her to finish today,” Trenerry said.

Columbia Falls 3 3 — 6

Libby 0 1 — 1

CF — Hannah Gedlaman (Ellie Johnson), 26:00

CF — Gedlaman (unassisted), 30:00

CF — Johnson (Madison Snyder), 32:00

CF — Gedlaman (Tavia Bechtel), 60:00

CF — Johnson (Sydney Grilley), 70:00

LIB — Shae Munro (penalty kick), 75:00

CF — Grilley (Bechtel), 80:00

Shots on goal — Columbia Falls 24, Libby 2; Goalie saves — Columbia Falls 1 (Allyson Gimbel), Libby 10 (Shannon Reny); Corner kicks — Columbia Falls 8, Libby 2; Fouls — Columbia Falls 7, Libby 7; Cards — None.

Polson 6, Bigfork 0

POLSON — The Tiara Duford and Ashlee Howell combination was unstoppable.

Duford scored four goals, with Howell assisting on the first three, to give Polson a comfortable Northern A victory over Bigfork. Duford scored at 2, 24, 26 and 53 minutes.

Bigfork 0 0 — 0

Polson 3 3 — 6

P — Tiara Duford (Ashlee Howell), 2:00

P — Duford (Howell), 24:00

P — Duford (Howell), 26:00

P — Duford (Beatrix Frissell), 53:00

P — Marina Mayorga (Janessa Taylor), 63:00

P — Hannah Kasnitz (Olivia Hewston), 76:00

Shots on goal — Bigfork 7, Polson 28; Goalie saves — Bigfork 12 (Ally Panchoast), Polson 4 (Ashley Benson); Corner kicks — Bigfork 0, Polson 1; Fouls — Bigfork 1, Polson 1; Cards — None.