Riley Lemm scores three goals against Whitefish

(From the Daily Inter Lake)

WHITEFISH — The Whitefish Bulldogs withstood a comeback attempt by Polson after taking a six goal lead and came away with a 6-3 win in a Northern A play Tuesday.

Riley Lemm paced the Pirates with three unassisted scores in the second half but Polson couldn’t overcome Whitefish’s fast start.

Elior Rossi got the Bulldogs started with a goal in the 10th minute. Mark Stormes, Casey Beiser and Sam Donaldson netted goals before Rossie scored his second in the 30th minute to put Whitefish ahead 5-0.

Beiser tacked on another goal to make it 6-0 in the 58th minute. It was the last score for the Bulldogs.

“It was your classic ‘let your guard down, take your foot off the gas pedal (game),’” Whitefish coach O’Brien Byrd said.

Lemm scored in the 63rd, the 71st and the 80th minutes to give the game its final score.

Byrd said each of Lemm's goals were from 30-yards or so away from the net and that he was largely unchallenged by Whitefish players.

“I was disappointed to see the lack of focus in that situation,” Byrd said. “We just weren’t stepping to the ball.”

The Bulldogs did do a better job of taking advantage of scoring opportunities, netting goals on six of 11 attempts.

“I was definitely happy with that,” Byrd said. “We’ve been struggling at putting the ball in the back of the net. We finished on about half our chances (against Polson).”

Whitefish (8-2, 6-0) plays at Bigfork Saturday.

Whitefish 6, Polson 3
Polson 0 3 — 3
Whitefish 5 1 — 6

POLSON — Riley Lemm, 63:00; Lemm, 71:00; Lemm, 80:00
WHITEFISH — Elior Rossi, 10:00; Mark Stormes (Rossi), 17:00; Casey Beiser (Sam Donaldson), 23:00; Donaldson, 26:00; Rossi (Beiser), 30:00; Beiser (Sean Janni), 55:00

Shots on goal — Polson 6 Whitefish 11
Corner kicks — Polson 2, Whitefish 5
Goalie saves — Polson 3 (Peregrine Frissell); Whitefish 6 (Thomas Clark 4, Chance Ling 2)
Fouls — Polson 9, Whitefish 10
Cards — none