Soccer Roundup: Mercer notches hat trick in loss

The Polson boys and girls soccer teams both lost handily to Columbia Falls in conference matches Tuesday, Sept. 21 at Polson High School.

Polson’s Tia Mercer scored to pull the Lady Pirates to within 2-1 midway through the first half, but the Wildkats (5-2, 2-1) answered with four straight goals en route to a 10-4 win.

Mercer scored two more to finish with a hat trick, and Sophia Moderie put in a fourth Polson goal late for the Lady Pirates (3-4-1, 1-3). Ellie Dupuis had 12 saves in net.

Moderie has 16 goals on the season, pushing her career tally to 55. Mercer has 11 goals, while Mady Luikart has scored six.

In boys action, the Pirates (3-4-1, 1-3) were able to move the ball across midfield against the 2020 state runner-up Wildcats (5-2, 2-1), but could only penetrate deep enough for Braydon Luikart to get off three shots on goal in a 10-0 loss. Keeper Kaden Nelson saved nine shots on goal.

Both squads face visiting Bigfork for their Homecoming match Thursday.

Girls soccer

Columbia Falls 10, Polson 4

C-Fallls 4 6 – 10

Polson 1 3 – 4

CF – g Maddie Robison (pk) 5'

CF – g Robison (a C.J-H) 9'

P – g Tia Mercer (a Haislea Sternick) 21'

CF – g Cheyenne Johnston-Heinz (a McAtee) 26'

CF – g Hope McAtee (a Robison) 39'

CF – g Johnston-Heinz (a Kyra Bruner) 45'

CF – g McAtee 53'

P – g T.Mercer (pk blk putback) 56b'

CF – g Robison (a McAtee) 59'

P – g T.Mercer (a Mady Luikart) 63'

CF – g Robison (a Morgan McAleavey) 64'

CF – g Johnston-Heinz (a Robison) 74'

P – g Sophia Moderie (a Sternick) 77'

CF – g Johnston-Heinz (Robison) 79'

SHOTS -(on-goal) – CF38(25) , P13(8)

SAVES – CF4 (Zoey Byrd 3s1b1h), P12 (Ellie Dupuis 12s1h)

Boys soccer

Columbia Falls 10, Polson 0

C-Falls 6 4 – 10

Polson 0 0 – 0

CF – g Findley Sundberg (a Kai Golan) 11'

CF – g Sundberg (a Blickhan) 13'

CF – g Dale Blickhan (pk)* 25'

CF – g Blickhan (a Sundberg) 27'

CF – g Sundberg (a Nico Lang) 28'

CF – g Lang (a Max Everett) 33'

CF – g Sundberg (a Blickhan) 48'

CF – g Golan 49'

CF – g George Robbins (pk)* 54'

CF – g Ethan Austin (a Blickhan) 56'

SHOTS-(on-goal) – CF27(18), P3(2).

SAVES – CF3 (Braden Fairchild 2s1h), P9 (Kaden Nelson7b2s4h).