Coeur d'Alene-Moscow football game is on

After threatening to forfeit a few days ago, Moscow High has agreed to play its football game at Coeur d'Alene High this Friday.

Moscow, a 4A school, was concerned about the physical beating that its program, which is low on numbers, might take from the 5A Vikings before it enters 4A Inland Empire League play.

Moscow is 3-2 and coming off a 14-7 loss at 3A Bonners Ferry on Friday. Coeur d'Alene, ranked No. 1 in 5A in Idaho, is 5-0 and had a bye last week after beating Sandpoint, also a 4A IEL school, 88-12 the previous week.

Coeur d'Alene High athletic director Todd Gilkey traveled to Moscow on Saturday and told the Bears the Vikings are a speedy, but smallish team. He also said if the game started to get out of hand, Coeur d'Alene would pull its starters - something it has done in other blowouts this season.

Also, because of the uncertainty whether the Moscow game would be played, Coeur d'Alene had already decided to move its homecoming activities back a week. The Vikings' homecoming game will now be Oct. 14 vs. Lewiston.