At halftime, Hellgate owned a 4-1 shots-on-goal advantage with the Spartans’ only real scoring chance, a header from Anna Melugin off a corner kick, hitting the Hellgate keeper square in the hands.

Liam Ells and Hunter Lisowski scored for the Glacier Wolfpack to top Missoula Hellgate 2-0 in Western AA boys soccer on Thursday. Ells’ goal was a header in the first half, assisted by Hans Coggins.

In the 98th minute Hellgate's Marcus Anderson got that goal: A shot from 45 feet that curled inside the right side of the net at Fort Missoula. It came after Glacier (13-2-2) had been the ...

MISSOULA — Glacier boys soccer coach Ryan Billiet didn’t know who scored the game-winning goal in the waning moments of the state semifinals.

The Capital High girls soccer team riddled one shot after another on Missoula Hellgate’s goal, but the Bruins simply couldn’t hold off Lisa Dellapiazza.

In just two seasons, Doug Mello has put together a team able to contend for championships.

MISSOULA -- Missoula Hellgate goalkeeper Peter Byrne is the Gatorade boys soccer player of the year after leading the Knights to the State AA championship last season.