Timberlake girls win 3rd straight district title

PRIEST RIVER - The third time's a charm for the Timberlake girls cross country team, which won its third straight 3A District 1 championship on Thursday and now looks to capture its third straight state title.

Junior Ashly George grabbed her third straight district title as well, leading the way with a time of 19 minutes, 8 seconds for the Tigers, who fielded eight of the top 10 runners at the Ranch Club Golf Course.

"We set goals of trying to get our girls in the 1-5 gap to finish within 1:30 of each other and be district champs, which we did," Timberlake coach Shawn Lawler said. "It feels different each time, but they're all great and it's always special seeing all those uniforms up front like that. I feel fortunate to have worked with this group of girls. They're the cream of the crop."

Priest River finished second behind the fourth-place finish of Steffie Pavey to also reach the state race at Eagle Island State Park on Oct. 29.

The top 10 individuals and top two teams qualify for state.

Bonners Ferry's boys also pulled off the district three-peat, led by the first-place finish of Micah Krmpotich (16:26) and second-place finish of Jacob Callister (16:38).

Sam St. Mars finished third in 17:20 for Timberlake, which finished second as a team to earn a state trip.

TEAM SCORES (top two to state) - 1, Bonners Ferry, 29. 2, Timberlake, 42. 3, Kellogg, 80. 4, Priest River, 115.

STATE QUALIFIERS - 1, Micah Krmpotich, BF, 16:26. 2, Jacob Callister, BF, 16:38. 3, Sam St. Mars, TL, 17:16. 4, Ryan Richardson, TL, 17:20. 5, Luke Reoch, BF, 17:28. 6, Josh Waldram, TL, 17:33. 7, Gavin Peterson, Kell, 17:37. 8, Diamond Robinson, PR, 17:41. 9, Silas Domy, Kell, 17:44. 10, Jacob Perkins, BF, 17:51.

TEAM SCORES (top two to state) - 1, Timberlake, 17. 2, Priest River, 53. 3, Bonners Ferry, 68.

STATE QUALIFIERS - 1, Ashly George, TL, 19:08. 2, Natalie Herring, TL, 19:43. 3, Rachel Ward, TL, 19:55. 4, Steffie Pavey, PR, 20:05. 5, Brooke Nowlan, TL, 20:14. 6, Dominique Vanderwilt, TL, 20:34. 7, Lindsay Richardson, TL, 20:53. 8, Sheila Briggs, KG, 21:19. 9, Abragail Chase, TL, 21:40. 10, Kourtney Aldridge, PR, 21:51.

Fredericks, Charter boys win at 2A district meet

COEUR d'ALENE - Sophomore Leif Fredericks won the 2A District 1-2 boys cross country race in 17 minutes, 21 seconds as the Coeur d'Alene Charter Panthers edged Grangeville 38-39 for the team title at Ramsey Park.

"We were all excited to get the win today," Coeur d'Alene Charter coach Lewis Watkins said. "It was a really good day."

David Conway finished third in 18:19 and Zach LaBenne sixth in 18:44.28 for Coeur d'Alene Charter.

Ry Butler finished fourth in 18:26 and Hadley McInturff 12th in 18:57 for Kootenai.

The top three boys teams and 15 individuals qualified for the state meet next Saturday at Eagle Island State Park in Eagle.

Katey Mae McInturff finished second in 21:23, Miranda Griggs seventh in 22:37 and Rachel Palmiter 10th in 23:00 for Kootenai's girls, who finished second to qualify for state.

Grangeville won the girls team title.

Freshman Megan Fraizer finished ninth for Coeur d'Alene Charter as the top 13 individuals in the girls race, and top three teams, also qualified for state.

TEAM SCORES (top three to state) - 1, Coeur d'Alene Charter 38. 2, Grangeville 39. 3, Deary 123. Kootenai, Troy, Potlatch, HIghland (Craigmont), incomplete teams.

STATE QUALIFIERS - 1, Leif Fredericks, Cd'A Charter, 17:21. 2, Kaleb Bass, Grangeville, 18:08. 3, David Conway, Cd'A Charter, 18:19. 4, Ry Butler, Kootenai, 18:26. 5, Quaid Blankenship, Grangeville, 18:36. 6, Zach LaBenne, Cd'A Charter, 18:44.28. 7, Danny Paluh, Grangeville, 18:44.73. 8, Trevor Case, Grangeville, 18:44.98. 9, Jordan Lambert, Grangeville, 18:45. 10, Will Seegmiller, Troy, 18:47. 11, John Graves, Cd'A Charter, 18:49. 12, Hadley McInturff, Kootenai, 18:57. 13, Eric Pittman, 19:13. 14, Jereme Jones, Deary, 19:36. 15, Jesse Wallace, Troy, 19:36.

TEAM SCORES (top three to state) - 1, Grangeville 42. 2, Kootenai 55. 3, Highland (Craigmont) 64. 4, Coeur d'Alene Charter 68. 5, Troy 101. Potlatch, Clark Fork, incomplete teams.

STATE QUALIFIERS - 1, Cayla Smeltzer, Potlatch, 20:57. 2, Katey Mae McInturff, Kootenai, 21:23. 3, Chantell Lowe, Highland, 21:37. 4, Sheyenne Stewart, Grangeville, 21:48. 5, Sky Wilson, Grangeville, 21:50. 6, Kaleala Bass, Grangeville, 22:12. 7, Miranda Griggs, Kootenai, 22:37. 8, Megan Frazier, Clark Fork, 22:42. 9, Megan Frazier, Cd'A Charter, 22:46. 10, Rachel Palmiter, Kootenai, 23:00. 11, MaKayla Kaufman, Highland, 23:09. 12, Miranda Hendren, Highland, 23:19. 13, September Wickham, Troy, 23:20.