Pirates boys soccer settles into No. 3 playoff spot

Polson leveled Frenchtown 5-1 in an important South A Conference victory on Saturday, Oct. 12 that let them settle in the No. 3 seed in the upcoming playoffs.

The Pirates jumped out to a 2-0 lead as Edgar Vejez-Pete recovered a blocked Cruz corner kick and put it past the keeper in the 14th minute. Then, four minutes later, Tedd Mausshardt found the back of the net by outracing defenders after a pass from Roman Sawyer.

After halftime, Frenchtown scored in the 41st minute to make the game 2-1. Pete scored again unassisted in the 59th minute, while Dion Lichtenberg scored unassisted in the 64th minute. Just before stoppage time, Ruger Ellis dribbled the ball up the left flank in the final official minute and buried a clear shot into the back of Frenchtown’s net.

The win improved Polson to 5-5 overall and 4-4 in South A Conference action. 

At Polson

POLSON 5, FRENCHTOWN 1

Fr-town  0   1 – 1

Polson   2   3 – 5

SCORING SUMMARY

P – Edgar Vejez-Pete (Cruz Lies) 14'

P – Ted Mausshardt (Roman Sawyer) 18'

F – Zane Lindersmith (Levi Zandi) 41'

P – Edgar Vejez-Pete (unassisted) 59'

P – Dion Lichtenberg (unassisted) 64'

P – Ruger Ellis (unassisted) 79'

GAME STATS

SHOTS-(on-goal) – F11(8), P37(25)

SAVES – C16sv (Hunter Lund 9s7b8h1k), P7sv (Maddox Bird 5s1b1K3h)

CORNERS, FOULS,CARDS – F4ck/P8ck, F18f/P7f, F3y(Hansen, 2y=r A.Chinikaylo)/P1y(R.Sawyer).

Seniors lead on Polson’s senior night win

On a senior night that honored Lucian Sawyer and Ted Mausshardt, Polson shut out Corvallis 5-0 on Thursday, October 10.

Lucian Sawyer scored in the tenth minute, assisted by Afton Hatch. Mausshardt then scored 12 minutes later on a penalty kick. Sawyer found Vejez-Pete for a score in the 32nd second for the 3-0 halftime lead.

After halftime, Mausshardt scored his second goal on a Parker Hendrickson assist, while Sawyer notched Polson’s final goal in the 47th minute, assisted by Roman Sawyer.

The Pirates had 41 shots, including 18 on goal to go along with five corner kicks.

Mausshardt has six goals on the season, while Vejez-Pete has had five goals.  

At Polson

POLSON 5, CORVALLIS 0

Corvallis - 0 - 0 - 0

Polson - 3 - 2 - 5

SCORING SUMMARY

P – Lucian Sawyer (Afton Hatch) 10'

P – Ted Mausshardt (pk) 22'

P – Edgar Vejez-Pete (L.Sawyer) 32'

P – Mausshardt (Parker Hendrickson) 41'

P – L.Sawyer (Roman Sawyer) 47'

GAME STATS

SHOTS-(on-goal) – C7(3), P41(18)

SAVES – C9sv (Reilly Nelson 9s12h), P3sv (Maddox Bird 2s, Zephyr Sternick 1s2h)

CORNERS, FOULS,CARDS – C2ck/P5ck, C8f/P13f, C2y(Pullum, coach),C1r(Ortiz)