Lakeland notches first postseason victory in 12 years

| October 12, 2011 9:00 PM

MOSCOW - Colton Grytness scored two goals to lead the Lakeland Hawks to a 3-2 victory over the Moscow Bears in a 4A Region 1 boys soccer semifinal match Tuesday at Oylear Field, giving Lakeland its first postseason win in 12 years.

"Cade (Coffey) had some great saves for us today," Lakeland coach Nick Haynes said.

Lakeland (10-4-3) will play at Sandpoint (8-7-1) on Thursday at Travers Park in the regional title game. The winner advances to state Oct. 20-22 in Caldwell.

"It's going to be a good game," Haynes said. "Both of our games have been one-point games, with each team winning one. It's going to be another tough one."

Leo Schneff scored on an assist from Alex Opland in the 60th minute for Lakeland.

First half - 1, LL, Colton Grytness (Alex Opland), 20:00. Second half - 2, LL, Leo Schneff (Opland), 60:00. 3, LL, Grytness (Tanner Beadles), 64:00. 4, Mos, Kadin McGreevy (unassisted), 71:00. 5, Mos, Nick Celebrezze (unassisted), 75:00.

Shots on goal - LL 8, Mos 9.

Saves - LL, Cade Coffey 7; Mos, Tanner Jones 6.