Whitefish Girls Soccer Secures Class A Title With Nail-biter Win Over Columbia Falls

In a flash she scooted across the soccer pitch, sure in her maneuvers and confident the time was right. It was early in the second half of the Class A state soccer championship Saturday and Atley Bingham’s Whitefish team was clinging to a 1-0 lead in front of more than 500 fans at Smith Fields. Defending state champ Columbia Falls was growing increasingly more agressive and the cat-quick, 5-foot-2 Bingham decided the Bulldogs needed to do some attacking. The sophomore dribbled from near the halfway line all the way deep into the Wildkats’ 18-yard box before dishing to teammate Jenna Kimble. She tapped the ball into the net and the goal proved to be the difference in a 2-1 victory under overcast skies. “That’s what she’s been doing all year,” Whitefish third-year coach Kelly Ordway said of Bingham. “She’s got amazing technical skills that she’s been building for years and she has that confidence to drive straight at the defense.

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