Kats season ends in Hamilton

In all of seven minutes, the Columbia Falls girls soccer season ended. The Hamilton Lady Broncs scored three unanswered goals at the 15, 20 and 22 minute marks to go up 3-0 and the Columbia Falls girls simply couldn’t recover.

Coach Greg Trenerry said they just made some defensive mistakes and “then they got a little panicky.”

The Kats would settle down and play a better second half. McKenzie Kiser knocked in a goal to cut the margin to 3-1 16 minutes into the half on an assist from Julia Burgi, but it wasn’t enough.

“Other than those six or seven minutes, it was pretty equal,” Trenerry said. “Hamilton is a good, fast team and they capitalized on their opportunities.”

The Kats end their season at 7-1 in conference play and 10-3 overall.

The squad won’t change much next season. Just two players, keeper Niesha Thompson and midfielder Elena Potter will graduate.

“We’ll have a strong team next year,” Trenerry said.

Columbia Falls 0 1 - 1

Hamilton 3 0 - 3

H - Maria Zepeda (Kelsey Rocheleau), 15:00,

H - Kelsey Brangoccio, 22:00,

H - Kelsi Almond (Sami Cratofil), 26:00,

CF - McKenzie Kaiser (Julia Burgi), 56:00.

Shots on goal - Columbia Falls 8, Hamilton 13. Saves - Columbia Falls 9 (Niesha Thompson), Hamilton 9 (Ali Stahl). Corner kicks - Columbia Falls 2, Hamilton 1. Total fouls - Columbia Falls 6, Hamilton 8. Yellow cards - none. Red cards - none