Late TD lifts Miners past Knights

FOOTBALL

PLUMMER — Gavin Rasmussen scored on a 5-yard touchdown run and rushed in the 2-point conversion with 53 seconds remaining and the Wallace Miners rallied past the Lakeside Knights 42-40 in North Star League play Friday night.

Lakeside (2-2, 2-2) used 3-yard touchdown runs from Lamont Higgins and Tyler McCully with less than two minutes remaining in the second quarter to take a 20-6 halftime lead.

The Miners caught their break when the Knights lost two-way starter McCully in the third quarter to a concussion and two-way starter Garth Dole in the fourth quarter to a stinger.

“We became shorthanded on both sides and that allowed Wallace to get back into the game,” Lakeside coach Ron Miller said. “Our kids still fought through it and our backups played well. I’m so proud of our guys and we played more than well enough to win.”

Higgins caught a 3-yard touchdown pass from Tucker Louie-McGee with 3:36 remaining to give Lakeside a 40-34 lead. The Knights’ final drive ended when Wallace recovered a botched snap with 20 seconds remaining.

The win gave Wallace (4-0, 4-0) the upper hand in the battle for the league’s one berth to the state 1A Division I playoffs. Wallace can clinch a playoff berth when the teams meet Oct. 29 at Wallace.

“The kids who haven’t played much stepped in and made it a fight until the end,” Miller said. “This had all the elements of a great football game — it was everything you could want.”

Lakeside hosts Clear-water Valley next Friday.

Wallace 0 6 14 22 — 42

Lakeside 0 20 6 14 — 40

Wal — Nathan Cook 14 run (run fail)

Lak — Garth Dole 46 run (run fail)

Lak — Lamont Higgins 3 run (pass fail)

Lak — Tyler McCully 3 run (Higgins pass from Tucker Louie-McGee)

Wal — N. Cook 8 run (Kidman Cook run)

Wal — K. Cook 54 run (run failed)

Lak — Dole 45 interception return (pass fail)

Wal — N. Cook 1 run (K. Cook run)

Lak — Jeremy Stivers 75 kick return (Louie-McGee run)

Wal — Gavin Rassmussen 1 run (pass fail)

Lak — Higgins 3 pass from Louie-McGee (pass fail)

Wal — Rassmussen 5 run (Rasmussen run)

Kootenai 66

Clark Fork 20

HARRISON FLATS — Brandon Carman ran for 164 yards and four touchdowns on five carries to lead Kootenai past Clark Fork in a North Star League game between 1A Division II teams that ended midway through three quarters via the 45-point mercy rule.

Kootenai (3-2, 3-1) jumped out to a 24-0 lead after three minutes of play on Carman’s 1-yard plunge, followed by consecutive defensive touchdowns from Jake Zarpentine when he returned a 25-yard interception and brought home a fumble from 45 yards.

“Those first three minutes set the tone,” Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. “We got things rolling our way and kept chugging. We executed on offense and played hard on defense.”

Clark Fork is 1-3, 1-3.

Kootenai plays at Mullan next Friday.

Clark Fork 0 14 6 x — 20

Kootenai 38 14 14 x — 66

Koo — Brandon Carman 1 run (Jake Zarpentine run)

Koo — Zarpentine 25 interception return (Hayden Kraack from Zarpentine)

Koo — Zarpentine 45 fumble return (Kraack from Zarpentine)

Koo — Carman 77 run (Kraack from Zarpentine)

Koo — Carman 32 run (run fail)

Koo — Daniel Whipple 80 run (pass fail)

CF — Zack Kline 30 pass from Stillman Berkley (Nate Nesbitt run)

CF — Axel Anderson from Berkley (run fail)

Koo — Greg Wallace 42 run (Zarpentine run)

Koo — Carman 48 run (pass failed)

CF — Kline 5 pass from Berkley (run fail)

Koo — Kraack from Zarpentine (Zarpentine from Carman)

St. Maries 48

Orofino 14

ST. MARIES — Senior running back Brad Anderson accounted for three touchdowns and had 228 yards rushing for the Lumberjacks in a nonleague win over the Maniacs.

“Our defense really stepped up tonight,” St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said. “We only allowed 30 yards rushing as a defense. It was really big because this was our first win on homecoming in 10 years.”

St. Maries (2-3) will host Kellogg on Friday.

Orofino 14 0 0 0 — 14

St. Maries 21 13 14 0 — 48

SM — Brad Anderson 57 punt return (Satchel Schetzle kick)

SM — Ashton Stephenson 6 run (Schetzle kick)

OR — Seth Milton 33 pass to No. 22 (Seth Milton kick)

SM — Anderson 65 kickoff return (Schetzle kick)

OR — Milton 86 kickoff return (Milton kick)

SM — Jaden Guidry 4 run (kick failed)

SM — Guidry 6 run (Schetzle kick)

SM — Anderson 46 run (Schetzle kick)

SM — Stephenson 2 run (Schetzle kick)

Fruitland 71

Timberlake 16

KAMIAH — Christian Heth and Chris Williams had touchdown runs for the Tigers in a nonleague loss to Fruitland (4-0), ranked No. 1 in 3A.

Timberlake quarterback Brian Cronnelly was 10 of 29 through the air for 103 yards, including a touchdown and one interception. Devin Smith caught six passes for 59 yards.

Heth rushed for 65 yards on his 13 rushes.

The Tigers (0-4) host Priest River on Friday.

Timberlake 9 0 0 7 — 16

Fruitland 29 26 7 7 — 71

Timberlake scoring plays

First Quarter

JD Page 27-yard FG

Christian Heth 15 run (kick blocked)

Fourth Quarter

Chris Williams 16 run (Page kick)

Fruitland scoring plays unavailable.

BOYS SOCCER

Lakeland 5

Orofino 2

RATHDRUM — Alex Opland scored four goals, Laszlo Asztalos added three assists and Lakeland defeated Orofino in nonleague play.

“Alex came into the game with one goal on the season, but today it seemed like everything he shot went in,” Lakeland coach Nick Haynes said. “We haven’t been scoring much, so it was nice to break out and score some goals today.”

Lakeland (2-10) hosts St. Maries on Tuesday.

First half — 1, Oro, Spencer Arnsberg (unassisted), 20:00. 2, Lak, Alex Opland (Laszlo Asztalos), 30:00. 3, Lak, Opland (unassisted), 33:00. 4, Lak, Opland (Asztalos), 40:00. Second half — 5, Lak, Opland (unassisted), 42:00. 6, Oro, Arnsberg (unassisted), 47:00. 7, Lak, Brady Colee (Asztalos), 70:00.

Shots on goal — Orofino 4, Lakeland 9.

Saves — Oro, Hayden Senesfky 4. Lak, Sterling Jones 1, Chris Jackson 1.

VOLLEYBALL

N.I. Christian d.

Grace Bible

HAYDEN — Shelby Donovan had 10 kills, Desi Reardon added 13 digs and North Idaho Christian defeated Grace Bible 17-25, 25-12, 25-23, 25-13 in Mountain Christian League play.

Kaitlyn Mowry had 18 assists, Courtney Lawson six aces for North Idaho Christian (4-1, 4-1), which plays at Christian Center School on Tuesday.