Tigers secure IML, top seed
KELLOGG - Brian Cronnelly completed 12 of 23 passes for 245 yards and four touchdowns and Timberlake clinched the Intermountain League title and No. 1 seed to the state 3A playoffs with a 66-6 win over Kellogg (0-9, 0-4).
Christian Heth recorded three touchdowns on 71 yards rushing and 64 yards receiving for the Tigers (4-5, 4-0), who also had Chris Williams add a pair of scores on 60 rushing yards and 65 receiving yards.
The Tigers host Weiser (6-3) next weekend in the opening round of the state playoffs. Weiser defeated Buhl 35-12. Bonners Ferry will travel to Fruitland in the first round.
Timberlake 24 14 21 7 - 66
Kellogg 0 6 0 0 - 6
TL - Ty Shaffer 50 pass from Brian Cronnelly (JD Page kick)
TL - Freddy Cecil 5 pass from Cronnelly (Page kick)
TL - Christian Heth 30 run (Page kick)
TL - Page 34 FG
TL - Heth 64 pass from Cronnelly (Page kick)
TL - Heth 23 run (Page kick)
Kel - N/A
TL - Chris Williams 51 pass from Cronnelly (Page kick)
TL - Williams 47 run (Page kick)
TL - Forrest Herring 1 run (Page kick)
TL - Dakota Rice 16 run (Page kick)
Wallace 62
Lakeside 16
SILVERTON - Nathan Cook ran for 298 yards and five touchdowns, Kidman Cook added 181 yards and two scores, and the Miners scored 34 straight points in the second quarter and clinched the lone playoff spot in 1A Division I of the North Star League for Wallace.
Wallace (8-0, 8-0 NSL), hosts Prairie next Saturday at 1 p.m. in the opening round of the state playoffs at Sather Field.
"Our ground game is where it's at," Wallace coach Dave Rounds said. "We worked on pounding it out, pounding it out. We overpowered them in the running game."
The Miners never trailed, but were pushed early when Tucker Louie-McGee found Lamont Higgins for 28 yards and a score to tie the game at 8-8 early in the second quarter.
From there, the Miners took over. Cook started the second-quarter onslaught with a 45-yard scoring run up the middle for a 14-8 lead. After Wallace stopped the Knights on fourth down, Cook took a toss right on the next play, cut it back upfield to the left, and broke away down the left side for a 64-yard score and a 22-8 lead with 6:44 left in the half.
"They just came out and punched us in the mouth," Lakeside coach Ron Miller said. "They went to their strength and went to it over and over ... we lost both our starting running backs in the first half."
Lakeside 0 8 8 0 -16
Wallace 8 34 14 6 -62
W - N. Cook 18 run (Rasmussen run)
L - Higgins 28 pass from Louie-McGee (Smith pass from Louie-McGee)
W - N. Cook 45 run (run failed)
W - N. Cook 64 run (N. Cook run)
W - D. Arthun 7 run (D. Arthun run)
W - K. Cook 8 run (run failed)
W - Rasmussen 1 run (pass failed)
L - Boyd 48 pass from Louie-McGee (Smith pass from Louie-McGee)
W - K. Cook 5 run (run failed)
W - N. Cook 19 run (Rasmussen run)
W - N. Cook 10 run (no attempt)
Kootenai 40
Clark Fork 20
CLARK FORK - Brandon Carman rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns, and passed for a third, as the Warriors (5-4, 5-3 North Star League) beat the Wampus Cats (2-6, 2-6) to earn a spot in the state 1A Division II playoffs.
Kootenai hosts Garden Valley next weekend in a quarterfinal game.
Nate Nesbitt rushed for 212 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries for Clark Fork.
Kootenai 20 20 0 0 - 40
Clark Fork 0 0 6 14 - 20
Koot - Carmen 80 run (Carmen run)
Koot - Zarpentine 15 catch from Carmen (Zarpentine from Carmen)
Koot - Whipple 4 run (pass failed)
Koot - Mhyre 4 run (run fail)
Koot - Carmen 3 run (Zarpentine from Carmen)
Koot - Mhyre 7 run (run failed)
CF - Nesbitt 2 run (run failed)
CF - Anderson 2 run (Nesbitt run)
CF - Nesbitt 35 run (run failed)