Trojans open with 2 wins

VOLLEYBALL

PRIEST RIVER - The Post Falls Trojans opened the season with a sweep of Lakeland and Priest River in a nonleague tri-match on Tuesday.

In the opener, Brooke Litalien had seven aces and 12 digs as the Trojans defeated the host Spartans 25-20, 25-18, 25-11.

Savannah Hill had seven kills, Tori Bertsch 13 assists and Danielle Failor three blocks for Post Falls.

"We got a chance to see a lot of people on the floor and work out some jitters," Post Falls coach Willow Hanna said. "After working through both matches, we started to get into a groove on offense."

Kelsey Lederle had 25 digs and Taryn Eldore had 16 blocks for Priest River.

Later, Brenna Meehan had eight kills and four blocks as Post Falls defeated Lakeland 25-15, 25-11, 25-17.

Bertsch had 15 assists, Litalien 11 digs and Failor four blocks for Post Falls (2-0), which hosts Lake City on Tuesday.

Maddi Ray had six kills, Erin Ogden seven digs for Lakeland.

Ray had eight kills in Lakeland's 25-8, 25-19, 23-25, 25-23 loss to Priest River.

"I thought we played well despite the disadvantage of having a couple players ineligible because they didn't have enough practices in," first-year Lakeland coach Kylee Garitone said. "Having those players would have changed the dynamic, but I thought Maddi Ray stepped up as a leader and did a nice job of moving the ball around and mixing up her hits."

Melissa Trost had 13 kills and five aces and Beth Bykerk had 14 kills for Priest River.

Lakeland (1-3) hosts Kellogg on Thursday.

Sandpoint d.

Lake City

SANDPOINT - Alex Bucholtz had 13 kills as the Bulldogs defeated the Timberwolves 25-17, 23-25, 25-12, 25-21 in the nonleague opener for both schools at Les Rogers Court.

Kylie Curtis had 15 kills, Jennifer Schuman 10 kills, Camille Rounds 21 assists, Carly Farrell seven blocks and Katie Winger four digs for Lake City, which travels to St. Maries on Thursday.

Hailey Olin had seven kills, Hannah Neumann 12 digs and Kelli Plaster four aces for Sandpoint, which travels to Moscow on Thursday.

GIRLS SOCCER

Moscow 4

Lakeland 0

RATHDRUM - The visiting Bears scored three goals in the second half to pull away from the Hawks in the 4A Inland Empire League opener for both schools at Corbit Field.

"We made some mental mistakes today," Lakeland coach Mario Maddy said. "It was pretty even in the first half, but we made some mistakes in the second that cost us. We'll get better and the kids competed today, but we just didn't do it quite well enough."

Lakeland (1-3, 0-1) travels to Sandpoint on Sept. 6.

Further details were not reported.

Coeur d'Alene 5

Lewiston 2

LEWISTON - Sophomore Madi Williams had 19 saves as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings defeated the Bengals in their 5A Inland Empire League opener at Walker Field.

"We were in shambles the first 15 minutes today," Coeur d'Alene coach Tarragh Carr said. "Had she not been playing as well as she was, we could have been down 4-0. Madi kept us in there and we regrouped with 10 minutes left in the first half and carried it through the second half."

Emilee Cordon scored two goals and had an assist for Coeur d'Alene (3-0-1), which travels to Mead on Sept. 7.

"We're young and still figuring each other out," Carr said. "Every game they're learning a lesson and realizing the work we need to do as soon as we walk off the field. It's a good thing to have as a coach."

Lewiston is 1-1 in the IEL.

First half - 1, Cd'A, Ashlie Ward (unassisted), 10:28. 2, Lew, Lacy Sumpter (unassisted), 18:45. 3, Cd'A, Emilee Cordon (Meg Lowery), 34:36. Second half - 4, Cd'A, Brittany Tackett (Cordon), 46:26. 5, Cd'A, Bekah Brendif (Aitana Vernon), 53:26. 6, Lew, Kaisha Hollenbeck (unassisted), 75:29. 7, Cd'A, Cordon (Ward), 76:24.

Shots on goal - Cd'A 11, Lew 23.

Saves - Cd'A, Madi Williams, 19; Lew, Emily Moscrip, 5.

Sandpoint 0

Lake City 0

COEUR d'ALENE - Brittany Amburn had four saves for the Timberwolves, who played the Bulldogs to a scoreless draw at the Irma Anderl Soccer Complex at Lake City High.

"It was a very even game," Lake City coach Matt Ruchti said. "The four chances each team had, the goalkeepers made the plays they needed to. Both defenses played really well."

Lake City (1-0-1) travels to Post Falls on Thursday.

Sandpoint is 1-1-2.

First half - none. Second half - none.

Shots on goal - Spt 4, LC 4.

Saves - Spt, Maggie Kirscher, 4; LC, Brittany Amburn, 4.

Timberlake at

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