by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor
The Class A soccer state playoffs are set to start on Saturday, Oct. 18, as regular season play ended last week. The boys and girls soccer teams from both Hamilton and Stevensville qualified for the state tournament.
There are three divisions in Class A soccer: the North, the South and the East. The Bitterroot Valley soccer teams are all in the South. The top three conference finishers from the South qualified for the state tournament this year.
Hamilton girls conference champs
The Hamilton girls won the South conference championship, their 7-1-2 conference record was just ahead of the Stevensville girls. Hamilton hosts Lone Peak, the 3rd seed from the East, on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 11 a.m. in their first round state playoff game.
Hamilton’s Ellie Hughes fights for the ball. The Hamilton girls soccer team won the 2025 South conference championship. They host Lone Peak on Saturday, Oct. 18 in their first round state playoff game. Photo by Scott Sacry.
The Stevensville girls finished with a 6-1-3 conference record and took 2nd place. In their first round state playoff game, the Stevensville girls go on the road and play at either Bigfork or Whitefish on Saturday, Oct. 18th.
The Hamilton boys had a 5-1-2 conference record and took 2nd in the South. In their first round state playoff game, the Broncs travel to play either Whitefish or Bigfork on Saturday, Oct. 18.
The Stevensville boys had a 5-2-1 conference record and took 3rd in the South. The Stevensville boys play at Billings Central on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. Billings Central is the East’s top seed and defending state champion.
Stevensville at Hamilton
The boys and girls soccer teams from Hamilton hosted Stevensville on Tuesday, Oct. 7. These games proved pivotal for how the teams finished in the conference standings.
The boys game was tied 0-0 at halftime. Then with 34 minutes to play in the game, Hamilton’s Tim Sigloch curled a shot in the corner of the net to give Hamilton a 1-0 lead. Then, 12 minutes later, Sigloch once again found the back of the net to put Hamilton up 2-0. Stevensville’s Konsti Parshin scored with seven minutes left to trim Hamilton’s lead to 2-1, but neither team scored again and the game ended with Hamilton winning 2-1.
The girls game was a close contest between evenly matched teams and it ended in a 0-0 tie. The two teams also tied the first time they played in September.
On Thursday, Oct. 9, the Stevensville girls and boys hosted Frenchtown. The Stevensville boys won 8-1. For Stevensville, Jakob Wenck had three goals, Christian Yaskus and Konsti Parshin each had two goals, and Jacob Shobe added a goal.
The Stevensville girls won 5-1. For Stevensville, Madigan Hurlbert and Addi Nobi each had two goals, and Deci Endres had a goal.
Corvallis soccer season ends
The Corvallis boys and girls soccer teams hosted Polson on Thursday, Oct. 9. The Corvallis boys lost 1-3, and the Corvallis girls won 2-1.
Then on Saturday, Oct. 11, the girls hosted Loyola and lost 2-4.
The Corvallis boys and girls soccer seasons ended with these games, as neither team qualified for the Class A State tournament. Corvallis’s boys and girls teams were very young this year and many underclassmen played significant minutes. Expect both the boys and girls teams to return strong next season.