Whitefish kickers boot Polson twice

The Daily Inter Lake

POLSON - Ditto.

The Whitefish boys and girls soccer teams both posted 5-0 victories Monday over Polson in non-confereence matches.

The WHS boys moved to 8-0 on the Class A season while the WHS girls are now 6-2-0.

Both teams are back in action Sept. 26 hosting Columbia Falls. The boys will play at 5 p.m. with the girls match scheduled for 7.

Boys

Shae Heberling scored two goals during a two-minute span near the midway point of the first half as Whitefish took a 3-0 lead.

Alex Konopatzke opened the scoring just under seven minutes into the action with a penalty kick.

Jonas Megstadt, who assisted on a first-half score, and Giuliano Gassara Levy added goals in the second half.

Whitefish is now 5-0 in non-league matches. It was the team's third shutout of the fall campaign.

"We're extremely happy with our strike rate," said WHS coach O'Brien Byrd.

"We're obviously continuing to score a lot of goals."

Byrd said the team continues to "struggle a little bit in midfield play. Our transition isn't quick enough and we're improving on that."

Byrd said the team has a week to "make sure all our screws are tightened before we play Columbia Falls at home. Looking for a nice four days of practice, sort everything out and get mentally prepared for the big game."

BULLDOGS 5, PIRATES 0

Whitefish 3 2 - 5

Polson 0 0 - 0

Whitefish - Alex Konopatzke, 6:54 pk; Shae Heberling, 18:35; Heberling (Jonas Magstadt), 20:00; Magstadt (Jimmy Deats), 52:00; Giuliano Gassara Levy (Preston Taylor), 58:20.

Shots on goal - Whitefish 15, Polson 0

Corner kicks - Whitefish 2, Polson 2

Goalie saves - Whitefish 0, Polson 10 (Brandon Kittle)

Fouls - Whitefish 10, Polson 9

Cards - None

Girls

For the first time this season, WHS failed to score in the opening half.

"I guess we were trying to hard to score," said WHS coach Lini Reading.

"We were too antsy, not too organized."

The second half was a different story as Alyssa Clark, Carmel Johnston, Kaitlyn Sleichter, Kylee Smith and Jen Joern all scored goals. Johnston's converted a penalty kick and assisted on two goals.

It was the sixth shutout of the season for the Bulldogs, who are 3-2 in non-league action.

BULLDOGS 5, PIRATES 0

Whitefish 0 5 - 5

Polson 0 0 - 0

Whitefish - Alyssa Clark (Carmel Johnston), 49:00; Johnston, 53:00; Kaitlyn Sleichter (Johnston), 57:00; Kylee Smith (Jen Joern), 60:00; Joern (Hannah Long), 73:00

Shots on goal - Whitefish 20, Polson 2

Corner kicks - Whitefish 12, Polson 1

Goalie saves - Whitefish 4 (Kirstin NallyMadigan), Polson 17 (Merilee Mowbray)

Fouls - Whitefish 11, Polson 13

Cards - None