Girls soccer keeps on winning
<p>Lady Bulldog Haley Nicholson scores on a shot in the first period against Columbia Falls last week.</p>
The Lady Bulldogs soccer team kept on rolling last week with a pair of impressive conference wins to protect their unblemished Northwestern A record.
Whitefish (5-1, 3-0) edged rival Columbia Falls on the road Thursday when Haley Nicholson put in a goal in the 79th minute for the 3-2 victory.
Anna Peterson tallied the equalizer in the 69th minute off an assist from Nicholson in the tight battle.
On Saturday, Whitefish dominated Bigfork from the start.
Nicholson and Peterson each tallied two goals to boost Whitefish to a 6-1 win.
Jess Baldonado hit the net in the 31st minute and Becca Holdhusen tallied in the 66th minute to round out the scoring.
Nicholson leads the team in scoring this season with 10 goals and three assists. Peterson has four goals and three assists, and Baldanado has three goals and one assist.
Whitefish played at Polson on Tuesday, then hosts Stevensville on Saturday at noon.
Whitefish 1 2 – 3
Columbia Falls 1 1 – 2
W – Haley Nicholson (Anna Peterson), 5:00
CF – Kendra King (Tavia Bechtel), 29:00
CF – Haley Purdy (Bechtel), 49:00
W – Peterson (Nicholson), 69:00
W – Nicholson (Grace Kurtz), 79:00
Shots on goal – Whitefish 13, Columbia Falls 11. Corner kicks – Whitefish 0, Columbia Falls 2. Saves – Whitefish 4 (Piper Greenwood), Columbia Falls 3 (Andrea Getts). Total fouls – Whitefish 7, Columbia Falls 11.
Whitefish 4 2 – 6
Bigfork 1 0 – 1
W – Haley Nicholson (PK), 6:00
W – Anna Peterson (Nicholson), 14:00
W – Nicholson (Grace Kurtz), 19:00
B – Megan Pancoast, 26:00
W – Jess Baldonado (Caroline Carbo), 31:00
W – Peterson (Julia Houston), 42:00
W – Becca Holdhusen (Carbo), 66:00
Shots on goal – Whitefish 21, Bigfork 9. Corner kicks – Whitefish 3, Bigfork 1. Saves – Whitefish 2 (Piper Greenwood 1, Kess Nelson 1), Bigfork 3 (N/A). Yellow cards – Whitefish 1. Red cards – none.