Watson, Farmer lead Libby runners at two invites
From left, is the 2024 Libby Loggers golf team, including Noah Brothers, Coach Teri Berschneider, Teague Thompson, Degan Quinn, Addison Skranak, Lucy DeShazer, Coach Dann Rohrer, Grady Foster and Fox Hayden. Not pictured are Easton Peterson and Wyatt Carey. (Courtesy photo)
The Libby High School cross country teams ran in two events last at the Whitefish Invitational and the Mountain West in Missoula.
Tuesday in Whitefish, sophomore Cody Watson was sixth overall in 16:57.72 and senior Rowen Sherbo was 10th in 17:21.71. Colter Anderson was 22nd, Jake Rusdal was 44th, Samuel Erickson was 46th and Matteo Gibbs was 57th.
The Loggers were fifth of nine teams.
Freshman Capri Farmer led Libby’s girls, placing 10th with a time of 21:21.65. Fellow freshman Alli Clemons was 21st in 22:51.37. Irene Benjamin was 43rd, Lillian Bailey was 44th, Shya Huck was 45th and Taryn Greene was 47th.
The girls team was sixth of eight teams.
Saturday at the Mountain West Classic, featuring nearly 500 runners in the boys event and more than 400 in the girls race, the Loggers had some solid performances.
For the boys, Watson was 78th overall in 17:13.37 while Sherbo was 108th in 17:34.68. Anderson was 193rd in 18:24.90. Libby was 44th of 66 teams.
For the girls, Farmer led the way with an 87th place finish in 21:10.93 and Clemons was 153rd in 22:04.69. The team was 44th of 52.
The teams return to competition Oct. 12 at the Mission Shadow Invitational.
Golf
The Libby Logger golf team wrapped up its season Friday at the Western A Divisional at the Old Works Golf Course in Anaconda.
Head coach Dann Rohrer said the team had lots of sun to enjoy but also plenty of wind to battle.
“We didn’t qualify anyone for the state tournament in Polson this week but not for lack of effort,” Rohrer said. “We did have some good scores on a challenging course.”
Lucy DeShazer led the girls with a 126 and Addison Skranak finished with 132.
The boys were led by Teague Thompson’s 101, Degan Quinn 109, Easton Peterson 110 and Fox Hayden shooting 123.
“The young Loggers look forward to working on their games and with all golfers returning next year we are excited about the future!” Rohrer said.
Football
Corvallis 44, Libby 0
Quarterback Aydan Mayn threw five touchdown passes in the Corvallis Blue Devils’ Western A win.
According to reporting in the Daily Inter Lake, Libby (1-4) was held to 62 yards of offense by the Blue Devils (3-2), who got the night started with a 64-yard scoring run from Soloman Morgan.
Corvallis had 183 yards rushing and 335 overall.
Isaac Lamere had two catches for 27 yards for Libby and an interception on defense. Joel Goodman had four tackles for the Loggers. Quarterbacks Ryan Beagle and James Woody combined to complete 5 of 16 passes for 44 yards.
The Loggers are back in action Friday at Butte Central Catholic. The Maroons are 3-2 after a 37-34 win over Browning last week.
Boys soccer
Preston McPherson scored one goal, assisted on another and helped Whitefish edge Libby 3-2 in North A boys soccer Thursday.
McPherson scored an unassisted goal in the 75th minute to put the Bulldogs up 3-1 — an important tally, since Libby’s Nolan Morris scored off Isaiah Banks’ helper nine minutes later.
Kale Hall also scored for the Loggers.
Libby hosts Columbia Falls at 4 p.m. Thursday before traveling to Thompson Falls Saturday for a noon game.
Girls soccer
The Whitefish girls squad blanked Libby, 5-0, last Thursday.
The game was scoreless in the first half before Taylor Dorvall got the only goal the Bulldogs needed in the 44th minute.
Libby hosts Columbia Falls at 6 p.m. Thursday before traveling to Thompson Falls Saturday for a 10 a.m. game.
Volleyball
Ronan 3, Libby 0
The Loggers were swept by Ronan Saturday in Libby, 25-19, 25-13 and 25-18.
No scores were reported from the Sept. 26 match in Polson.
Libby returns to action Thursday at Whitefish. Saturday, the Loggers host Bigfork. The junior varsity plays at 2:30 p.m. with the varsity following at 4.