Oct. 19—A final regular-season road trip went swimmingly for the Glacier girls soccer squad, who defeated Helena High Thursday and Butte Friday, both by shutout.
Gracie Winkler scored twice in the 4-0 win over Helena and added two more goals in a 10-0 win over Butte; Avi Schmautz had one goal against Helena and two more on Butte.
Glacier 4, Helena 0
On Thursday Bailey Dahlman gave the Wolfpack all the goals they needed just before halftime, one-timing a pass from Emma Allen.
“We came out firing on all cylinders,” said Glacier coach Doug Mello, whose club peppered the goal with 19 shots. “There was a really terrible wind that we had to go against the first half and we were worried that’d we have to shut them down so we would’t have to chase some goals.
“Sure enough we scored right before halftime. Then in the second half we had the wind, and that was really helpful because we have good long-range shooters.”
Nine minutes into the second half, Dahlman’s corner kick was headed in by Winkler for a 2-0 lead. In the 60th minute Winkler bombed in her second goal from 35 yards.
Winkler then assisted on Schmautz’s goal.
Aerin Todd was in goal for the Pack and stopped seven shots and the defense in front of her — Neve Travis moved over to Rachel Brannan’s defensive spot — kept a handle on Helena freshman Hailey Hayes, who has 20 goals.
Glacier avenged an early-season 3-1 home loss to Helena that dropped them to 1-3. The Wolfpack (9-3-2) haven’t lost in 10 matches since, including Friday’s win at Butte.
Helena (9-3-1) plays host to first-place Missoula Sentinel (9-1-3) on Saturday; the Bengals clinch second place and a first-round playoff bye with win or a tie; if Sentinel prevails Glacier moves past Helena to take the second-place bye.
Glacier 1 3 — 4
Helena 0 0 — 0
G — Bailey Dahlman (Emma Allen), 38:00
G — Gracie Winkler (Dahlman), 49:00
G — Winkler (Dahlman), 60:00
G — Schmautz (Winkler), 68:00
Shots on goal — Glacier 19, Helena 14. Keeper saves — Glacier (Aerin Todd) 7, Helena 11. Corner kicks — Glacier 6, Helena 2. Fouls — Glacier 4, Helena 5. Cards — none.
Glacier 10, Butte 0
Schmautz had two goals and an assist and Gracie Winkler and Maya Alleman also added braces for the Wolfpack, who outshot Butte 38-0 Friday.
Lucy Holloway had two assists; freshman Cait Vander Vloedt had an assist and also shared keeper duties with Todd.
Mello noted that while Brannan was participating in the All-State music festival, two more of his players sat out with injuries. Sophomores Reid Sanders, Hazel Remley and Hailey Fiala all had added minutes.
“They were called into duty and really shined,” Mello said.
Winkler now has 18 goals this season and Schmautz has 17.
Glacier 6 4 — 10
Butte 0 0 — 0
G — Addison Brisendine (Lucy Holloway), 3:00
G — Hazel Remley (Avi Schmautz), 7:00
G — Schmautz (Holloway), 13:00
G — Schmautz, PK, 27:00
G — Gracie Winkler, 32:00
G — Maya Alleman (Perry Castruita), 38:00
G — Winkler (Bailee Dahlman), 43:00
G — Dahlman (Winkler), 46:00
G — Holloway (Caitryn Vander Vloedt), 58:00
G — Alleman (Briella Oliver), 70:00
Shots — Glacier 38, Butte 0. Saves — Glacier (Todd, Vander Vloedt 0, Butte 21. Corner kicks — Glacier 11, Butte 0. Fouls — Glacier 2, Butte 5. Yellow cards — Butte 1.
