LHS girls get Corvallis in 1st round of state

The Western News

The Libby High School girls soccer team will open the Class A state playoffs on Saturday with a home game against Corvallis.

The Lady Loggers will take to the field at 1 p.m.

Corvallis is the No. 3 seed out of the South while Libby is the top seed from the North. The winner will face the winner of Billings Central (No. 1 East) vs. Stevensville (No. 2 South).

Eight teams qualify for the playoffs. The other two first-round games pit Hamilton (No. 1 South) against Columbia Falls (No. 3 North) and Belgrade (No. 2 East) against Whitefish (No. 2 North).

The Libby boys also qualified for state and will play on the road as the No. 2 seed out of the North. The Loggers will face Park out of Livingston on Saturday. As of Wednesday afternoon, the start time of the game had not yet been determined. The Montana High School Association’s soccer coordinator said school officials there were still working on scheduling to nail down the start time.

The winner of the game will advance to the semifinals to play the winner of Corvallis (No. 1 South) vs. Bigfork (No. 3 North). Other first-round games are Billings Central (No. 1 East) vs. Stevensville (No. 2 South) and Whitefish (No. 1 North) vs. Hamilton (No. 3 South).

Class A State Playoffs

GIRLS

First Round

• Stevensville (2S) vs. Billings Central (1E) at Rocky Mountain College, Billings, 11 a.m.

• Corvallis (3S) at Libby (1N), 1 p.m.

• Columbia Falls (3N) at Hamilton (1S), 1 p.m.

• Whitefish (2N) at Belgrade (2E), 1 p.m.

Semifinals

Oct. 20-25#

• Stevensville-Billings Central winner vs. Corvallis-Libby winner

• Hamilton-Columbia Falls winner vs. Belgrade-Whitefish winner

Championship

Oct. 30-Nov. 1#

• Semifinal winners

# Exact dates of games to be determined

BOYS

First Round

• Stevensville (2S) vs. Billings Central (1E) at Rocky Mountain College, Billings, 1 p.m.

• Hamilton (3S) at Whitefish (1N), 2 p.m.

• Bigfork (3N) at Corvallis (1S), TBA

• Libby (2N) vs. Park (2E) at Livingston, TBA

Semifinals#

Oct. 20-25

• Stevensville-Billings Central winner vs. Hamilton-Whitefish winner

• Bigfork-Corvallis winner vs. Libby-Park winner

Finals

Oct.30-Nov. 1#

• Semifinal winners

# Exact dates of games to be determined