Badgers girls soccer falls to Tigers in tight game

BONNERS FERRY — In the rain the Badgers fought the Timberlake Tigers with the Badgers down 2-3 at the half on Thursday Sept. 29.

The Tigers were up 3-0, but in the 26th minute Brooke Petesch scored for the Badgers. For the first 14 minutes of the second half the Badgers attacked and moved the ball. All was coming together at the midfielders and forwards worked to push up to goal.

With 8 minutes left in the match, Timberlake scored their fourth goal, winning 4-2. The Badgers were unable to come back in the allotted time. Last time the Tigers and Badgers meet Timberlake won 5-1.

Badger girls soccer plays at Grangeville today and Orofino on Saturday. The team is 6-5 overall and 4-3 in conference.

In the previous matchup, the Badgers beat the Grangeville Bulldogs 9-0.