Sports roundup: Vikings battle to draw with Dogs

Bigfork left Whitefish with a hard-fought 1-1 tie in a conference battle last week.

Whitefish's Luca Duffy found the opening goal for the Bulldogs just after the halftime break on an unassisted tally. 

Eight minutes later Bigfork's Ryker McAnally equalized with help from Pawl Bryman. 

Whitefish held the edge in shots 12-5, but the Vikings' Mason Davey made four saves to keep the game level.  

Bigfork    0    1    -    1 

Whitefish    0    1    -    1 

W — Luca Duffy, 44:00 

BF — Ryker McAnally (Pawl Bryman), 52:00 

Shots — Bigfork 5, Whitefish 12. Saves — Bigfork 4 (Mason Davey), Whitefish 3 (Ben Nelson). Corner kicks — Bigfork 4, Whitefish 3. Fouls — Bigfork 6, Whitefish 5. Yellow Cards — Bigfork 2, Whitefish 1. 

Girls soccer falls at Whitefish

Anna Boysen started off the scoring in the opening minute for Whitefish with an assist from Sage Ordway. 

Sofie Albiero tied the game three minutes later for Bigfork. 

The Bulldogs were just too much though as Bingham netted her brace in a three minute stretch. The first coming in the 20th minute and the second in the 22nd. 

Bigfork    1    0    -    1 

Whitefish    4    1    -    5 

W — Anna Boysen (Sage Ordway), 1:00

BF — Sofie Albiero, 4:00 

W — Atley Bingham (Millie Meyer), 20:00 

W — Bingham (Ordway), 22:00

W — Ordway (Barrett Clark), 27:00 

W — Jenna Kimble, 63:00 

Bigfork makes run at Blocktober tourney

Bigfork's volleyball team made an impressive surge at the midseason Blocktober tournament last week in Butte.

The tournament brought 24 Class A and B volleyball teams from around Montana to the Butte Civic Center and Maroon Activity Center.

The Valkyries were convincing in pool play, going 5-2 to advance into the final bracket. 

In the championship rounds, Bigfork lost to Columbia Falls, knocked off Frenchtown 2-0 (25-21, 25-15), then fell to Hamilton 2-1 (25-22, 13-25, 15-9).

Polson took down Columbia Falls in the championship match.

Bigfork (19-6) was on the road Tuesday for a tough conference match with Whitefish (11-8-2). The Valkyries host Ronan on Oct. 17.

Pirates sink Vikings in Northwest A action

Polson’s Kelby Dumont rushed for 216 yards, including an 11-yard run with 1:51 left in the game, and the Pirates landed a wild 29-24 Northwest A football win over Bigfork Friday night.

The back-and-forth battle of Flathead Lake neighbors saw Polson — with Luke Horner scoring the first of his two TDs on an 8-yard run — jump to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. The Vikings then scored the game’s next 25 points, with Ryeln Rodriguez tearing off touchdown runs of 40 and 35 yards. 

Bigfork (1-5, 1-2 in the Northwest A) trailed 14-3 at halftime thanks in part to a red zone stop of the Pirates, with Rodriguez picking off a fourth down pass.  

Holding onto a 17-14 lead after Quinn Kerr’s short TD run, the Vikings made a goal-line stand with 7:07 left in the fourth quarter. They then drove 98 yards, with Kerr’s 47-yard burst setting up Rodridguez’ second long touchdown. 

It was 25-14 with 5:24 left, but Polson (3-3, 2-1 in league) struck quickly: Bradley Smith hit Horner for a 65-yard catch-and-run touchdown in the Pirates’ next snap. Dumont ran in the extra point to cut the gap to 25-22. 

Bigfork drove to Polson’s 29-yard line before losing 17 yards and the ball on a jailbreak snap with 3:11 left. The Pirates then drove 54 yards to Dumont’s TD, and Bigfork lost the ball on downs with 1:14 remaining. 

Ben Aldridge scored Polson’s first touchdown and picked up 35 yards on 11 carries. Smith was 2 of 4 passing for 74 yards and was intercepted twice; he ran 10 times for 48 yards. Horner caught both passes and ran three times for 16 yards. 

The game looms large in the Class A playoff picture: Bigfork can’t afford another league loss, is at Ronan next Friday. Polson hosts first-place Columbia Falls the same night. 

Polson    14    0    0    15    -    29 

Bigfork  0    3    15    7    -    25     

P — Ben Aldridge 5 run (Roman Sawyer kick), 7:22-1Q 

P — Luke Horner 8 run (Sawyer kick), 1:28-1Q 

B — Quinn Kerr 36 FG, 8:55-2Q 

B — Ryeln Rodriguez 40 run (Rodriguez pass from Alex Ochs), 10:10-3Q 

B — Kerr 1 run (Kerr kick), 3:18-3Q 

B — Rodriguez 35 run (Kerr kick), 5:24-4Q 

P — Horner 65 pass from Bradley Smith (Dumont run), 5:05-4Q 

P — Dumont 11 run (Sawyer kick), 1:51-4Q 

    Bigfork gets the ball away against pressure from Whitefish.
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    Bigfork's Quinn Kerr takes advantage of a good block to gain some yards against Polson.
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    Bigfork's Rye Rodriguez leaves a Polson defender in the dust.
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    Bigfork varsity girls celebrate an early goal vs Whitefish.
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    Cheerleaders urge the crowd to get loud at the Bigfork game vs Polson.
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    Bigfork has a break away soon after the match started vs Whitefish.
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