Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Sports at a Glance

All stories by Jean Schurman

Homecoming win for Florence

Soccer - Hamilton trips up Yellowjackets

Hamilton golf team is Divisional Champ!

Demorest, Raymer win Mansion run

Lady Broncs win at net

Homecoming win for Florence Florence topped Darby at a rare Saturday afternoon game in Florence. It was Homecoming in Florence and the Falcons were ready to go. Unfortunately for Darby, several players were on the injured list and so the Tigers had only 19 players suited up. Florence put the ball on the ground and in the air enroute to a 56-12 victory. Corbin Newbary scored first for the Falcons when he pushed through from two yards out for the score. Brother Zac Newbary kicked the PAT. Corbin Newbary also scored on an 85-yard kickoff return and a three-yard pass from Spencer Burns. Bryce Chacon had a one yard run and Riley Phillips caught a three yard pass form Burns in the third quarter. Cody Lund rounded out the scoring with scoring runs of 12 yards, 10 yards and 15 yards. Tanner Lund kicked two of the three PATs on those three touchdowns. Darby’s Dalton Roundy had a 98-yard kicked off return for a touchdown. He also caught a 25-yard pass from Aaron Johnston for a Tiger touchdown. It was Homecoming in Victor too. However the outcome wasn’t in the Pirates’ favor as they took on the Charlo Vikings. The Vikings defeated Victor, 58-0. Hamilton traveled to Stevensville for the Battle of the Bitterroot on Friday. The Broncs went to their go-to guy, Cody Noffsinger for four touchdowns in the 46-7 win. Noffsinger had scoring runs of 19 yards, 15 yards, four yards, and five yards. He had a total of 192 yards on 31 carries.

Florence’s Kendall Cotton makes a move on Darby’s Aaron Johnston. Chris Mavros (76) and Blake Kormanik (79) of Darby look on along with Florence’s Damon Ward (62). Florence won, 56-12. Jean Schurman photo. Victor’s Alex Bishop rushes for yardage during the Pirates’ Homecoming game against Charlo. Tyler Coorough (14) and Kurt Manely (16) provide the blocks. Jean Schurman photo.

Paul Donaldson added two touchdowns for the Broncs. He pushed through from eight yards out for his first TD. His second was a 30-yard interception return. Quarterback Josh Brenneman called his own number for a five-yard scoring run in the second quarter.

Logan Connors hit Josh Schultz with a 41-yard pass for the Yellowjackets’ touchdown. Connors had 173 yards in the air.

Frenchtown defeated Corvallis, 54-0.

Both the Hamilton girls’ soccer team and the Hamilton boys’ soccer team had identical scores over Stevensville on Friday. The girls’ team topped Stevi, 4-0, and that was the score of the boys’ match as well.

The Hamilton girls’ took a while to get going but then kept the pressure on and rolled to a 4-0 win. Jill Toews took a Kelsey Brangoccio pass and hit the back of the net at the 39-minute mark for the first goal. Kelsi Almond was on the receiving end of another Brangoccio pass and converted that to a goal at 42 minutes. Toews scored another goal at 65 minutes off of a Casey Schifflett pass. Schifflett scored an unassisted goal at 76 minutes.

Hamilton took 21 shots on goal while Stevensville had 2 shots. Ali Stahl and Sam Pederson each had one save for Hamilton. Anna Tom had 11 saves for Stevensville.

In the boys’ match, Hamilton scored three goals in the first half. Dace Moerkerke scored the first goal at 17 minutes. Steven Bauder had back-to-back goals then for the Broncs. He scored at the 20-minute mark and the 38-minute mark. James Morasko scored the final goal. Hamilton had 14 shots on goal and Stevensville took one. Nash Johnson had the save for the Broncs. Ben Nalls had 10 saves for Stevensville.

The Broncs had another inter valley match on Saturday. This time it was the Corvallis Blue Devils. The Blue Devils had defeated the Hamilton boys earlier in the season and were looking to repeat that feat. As it was before, the match was a defensive battle. Corvallis took 16 shots on goal with one being the difference in the game. Cody Pearce took a Gabe Nevins pass with six minutes remaining in the match and scored the lone goal of the game.

Hamilton had 11 shots on goal. Corvallis’ David Illgenfritz had five saves while Hamilton’s Joe Robinson had 11 saves. Robinson normally plays midfield but was in for regular keeper Nash Johnson who was ill.

With the win, Corvallis sealed the No. 1 seed from the South in the playoffs and a home field advantage. Hamilton is the No. 2 seed and will be on the road. The playoffs begin the week of October 12th.

Hamilton defeated the Corvallis girls’ team, 6-1. The win give Hamilton first place in the Southern A conference. Casey Schifflett scored first for the Broncs at the 4 minute mark off of an Erin Loranger assist. Kelsi Almond took a Meghan Kratofil assist and converted it into a goal two minutes later. Kelsey Brangoccio scored off of a Nellie Moran assist at the 18-minute mark. Bry Gordon scored later in the half. Maria Zepeda had the assist. Zepeda found Loranger for another goal at the 38-minute mark. Celeste Sparks had the final goal at 72 minutes with Loranger getting the assist. Hamilton had 20 shots on goal and Corvallis had seven. Michelle Cassens had nine saves for the Blue Devils. Ali Stahl had two saves and Sam Pederson had two saves for Hamilton.

The Hamilton boy’s team brought home the trophy from the Southwest A divisional on Saturday. Hamilton collectively shot a 327 to win the title. Dillon was second with 355, followed by Stevensville at 367, Frenchtown at 380 and Anaconda at 381.

Tyler Jessop of Hamilton was at the top of the leader board with a 79. He tied with Dillon’s Brett Creger who also shot a 79. However Jessop won the playoff hole and the individual title.

Eli Rogers of Hamilton shot an 80, which put him in third place. Freshman Kyle Lubke was fifth with an 82. Jason Jessop was 8th with an 86 and Brad Palin was ninth with an 87.

Stevensville’s Sam Lubbers finished in sixth place with an 85. Milan Plachy, who tied for eighth place with an 86, followed him. Coe Golden shot a 98, as did Blake Servos. Nigel McCullum finished with a score of 108.

Hamilton’s girls’ team finished in third place behind Dillon and Anaconda. Miranda martin shot a 105 and finished tied for fifth with Anaconda’s Rachel Wagner. Amber Gough finished in tied for seventh with 117th.

The State A Golf Tournament will be held October 9-10 at the Village Greens Golf Course in Kalispell, but it could be postponed until the following week due to predicted severe weather.

Demorest, Raymer win Mansion run The Daly Mansion was the scene of the annual Hamilton Invitational Cross Country meet. Seven teams competed in the meet. The Hamilton girls won and the Polson boys finished first but it was a pair of Darby Tigers who took top honors. Darby’s Heather Demorest clocked a time of 18:46 to edge out Bigfork’s Kayla Carlson who was two seconds shy of Demorest. Hamilton’s Misha Trotter (19:38) finished fourth and Maureen Palmersheim (20:20) was sixth. Rounding out the top 15 for Hamilton were Sarah DelRay (21:12) at 8th and Jill Harmon (21:19) at 10th. Annie Jessop (20:56) of Corvallis finished seventh, Megan Auch (21:13) was ninth and Heather Handy (21:42) was 15th. It was sophomore Doug Raymer of Darby who finished first in the boys’ race. Raymer edged out Bigfork’s Bridger Mahlum with a time of 16:32 to 16:34. Chris Jessop of Corvallis was third with a time of 16:45. Sean Abrahamsen of Darby finished seventh with a time of 17:25. Mackenzie Walters of Hamilton was ninth with 17:38. Emmett Stocker of Corvallis was 11th with 17:42 and teammate Spencer Fehr was 12th with 17:43. Sean Hansen of Darby finished 13th with 17:51.

Although she is trailing at this point, Darby’s Heather Demorest defeated Kayla Carlson by two seconds at the Daly Mansion run on Saturday. Michael Howell photo.

Hamilton topped Corvallis on the volleyball court Thursday in Corvallis. In spite of the inexperience of both teams, the play was fast and furious with several long volleys. Hamilton prevailed in three games but both teams put forth a valiant effort. The third game was played right to the wire with Hamilton winning the game, 26-24 and the match.

“Our intensity has been a bit low in our other matches,” said Hamilton coach DeEtte Monson. “We’ve been working on our placement. Tiffani Kemig has been doing really, really well on her placement serving. We kind of feed off of her.”

Kemig led the Broncs with six aces. The back row of Hamilton was also tough and dug up 70 balls in the match. Melissa Hood had 28 digs alone.

Amanda Jessop’s four kills and four blocks led Corvallis. Hamilton had talked about where Jessop hits the ball and how to shut her down. In the end, they moved the ball away from her to keep her from gaining momentum.

“They just outplayed us,” said first year coach Kasey Arceniega who played for the Blue Devils in 2000. “I knew it was going to be a battle. We won some really long rallies but they exploited our defense and put the ball where we weren’t. We just could not adjust quick enough.”

Arceniega, the former Kasey Smith, recognizes she has a young team and is working on building confidence and skills. She said she had to bring up a couple of junior varsity players because of illness but said her players were adjusting well.

Hamilton def Corvallis 25-17, 25-14, 26-24

Kills – Hamilton 31 (Mary Conwell 12), Corvallis 12 (Amanda Jessop 4). Blocks – Hamilton 4 (Tess Winter, Nicole Hood), Corvallis 8 (Jessop 4). Digs – Hamilton 70 (Melissa Hood 28), Corvallis 39 (Angie Henderson 10). Assists – Hamilton 19 (Tiffani Kemig 13), Corvallis 12 (Lauren Phinney 7). Aces – Hamilton 14 (Kemig 6), Corvallis 5 (Jessop 2, Henderson 2).

Anaconda defeated Stevensville in three games on Thursday. The Lady Yellowjackets were led by Britney Chilcott’s eight kills and two blocks. This was the second loss of the season for Stevensville.

Anaconda def. Stevensville 25-18, 25-16, 25-20

Kills – Stevensville 26 (Britney Chilcott 8), Anaconda 32. Blocks-– Stevensville 6 (Chilcott 2), Anaconda 8. Digs – Stevensville 8 (Jessi Brunett 2), Anaconda 24. Assists – Stevensville 19 (Sionelle Beller 19), Anaconda 31. Aces – Stevensville 4 (Maddie Jones 2). Anaconda 5.

Florence was host to the Deer Lodge Wardens on Saturday for Homecoming. The Lady Falcons won the first game but then dropped the second. They came back and won again in the third game but lost the final two. Odessa Conley had 16 kills and two blocks for Florence. Amanda Heffner added 8 digs and four aces.

Deer Lodge def. Florence 10-25, 25-14, 22-25, 25-10, 15-8

Kills – Deer Lodge 29, Florence 34 (Odessa Conley 16). Blocks – Deer Lodge 11, Florence 6 (Conley 2). Digs – Deer Lodge 138, Florence 44 (Amanda Heffner 8). Assists - Deer Lodge 21, Florence 30 (Mackenzie Bauck 29). Aces – Deer Lodge 15, Florence 9 (Heffner 4).

Victor dropped a pair of matches this week. The young Lady Pirate team played Two Eagle River Saturday in a close match but couldn’t pull out a win. Kaylene Munson led the Lady Pirates with six kills and five digs. Victor lost to a red-hot Alberton team on Thursday. Shelby Gibson had nine digs and a kill for Victor.

Two Eagle River def. Victor 25-16, 25-21, 25-15

Kills – Two Eagle River 11, Victor 12 (Kaylene Munson 6). Digs – Two Eagle River 1, Victor 20 (Munson 5). Assists – Two Eagle River 9, Victor 8 (Lianna Burdett 8). Aces – Two Eagle River 8, Victor 11 (Burdett 3, Shelby Gibson 3).

Alberton def. Victor 25-15, 25-8, 25-13

Kills – Victor 3 (Shelby Gibson, Kaylene Munson, Lianna Burdett). Alberton 14. Blocks – Victor 1 (Munson). Alberton 1. Digs – Victor 25 (Gibson 9). Alberton 15. Assists – Victor 1 (Burdett). Alberton 10. Aces – Victor 1 (Jessica Pings). Alberton 30.