Post Falls blanked in semis

EAGLE - Defender Bryson Pavel scored two first-half goals as the Boise Braves beat the Post Falls Trojans 3-0 in a semifinal match of the state 5A boys soccer tournament on Friday at Eagle High.

"It was a real tough, brutal loss," Post Falls coach Gabe Lawson said. "There was nothing fun about this match today."

Post Falls had a chance to open the scoring in the first half, but a shot by Timmy Mueller missed off the post.

"We were dominating the first 10 to 12 minutes of the game," Lawson said. "We had three golden scoring chances and couldn't put them away."

Boise took advantage of a penalty kick and goal by Pavel to take a 2-0 lead in the first half.

"They scored two goals in two minutes," Lawson said. "They got a third goal off a header and by that time, we were demoralized by that point. We hadn't been down 2-0 all season and that took the wind out of our sails really quickly. Boise's a good team, but we're disappointed with not getting it done today. We didn't have a chance to show just how good the boys were."

Post Falls (17-1-2) will face Mountain View (16-2-1) in the third-place match today at noon at Eagle High.

Scott Benner had eight saves for Post Falls.

First half - 1, Boi, Garrett Jones (penalty kick), 12:00. 2, Boi, Bryson Pavel (Graham Reid), 14:00. 3, Boi, Pavel (unassisted), 19:00. Second half - none.

Shots on goal - PF 10, Boi 8.

Saves - Boi, Grant Billings 4; PF, Scott Benner 8.

Lake City 1

Skyline 0

EAGLE — Evan Teichmann scored on an assist from Mason Sanchez to give the Timberwolves the victory over the Grizzlies in a loser-out match in the state 5A tournament at Eagle High.

Sanchez took possession of the ball and dribbled the length of the field until he passed off to Teichmann, who connected from 18 yards out for the goal.

“Mason got everyone to him and passed it off to Evan and he just blasted it,” Lake City coach Chad Beadell said. “Mason probably took the ball 80 yards by himself.”

Lake City (10-7-2) will face Centennial (9-5-5) today at 9 a.m. PDT at Eagle High in the consolation championship game. Centennial lost to Post Falls 1-0 on Thursday, but came back to beat Eagle 2-0 on Friday.

“Hopefully we can bring something back for the north,” Beadell said. “We’re excited and all of the guys want to send the seniors out on a good note.”

First half — none. Second half — 1, LC, Evan Teichmann (Mason Sanchez), 48:00.

Shots on goal — Sky 5, LC 7.

Saves — Sky, Jose Cortz 6; LC, Tanner Horton 5.

Lakeland 2

Burley 1 (OT)

CALDWELL — Malte Noergaard scored a golden goal eight minutes into overtime to give the Hawks the win over the Bobcats in a state 4A tournament loser-out match at Brothers Park.

Noergaard, an exchange student from Denmark, was moved from his usual defender position to outside wing at the start of overtime.

“With it being golden goal and needing a goal, we moved Malte up,” Lakeland coach Nick Haynes said. “He was able to get to the middle and ripped a shot into the corner.”

Lakeland (12-5-3) will face Preston today at 9 a.m. PDT in the consolation championship game in Caldwell.

“It was nice to get a win,” Haynes said. “We really struggled early on today, but at least we played well in the second half. We really didn’t want to go home without scoring a goal. Now, we’re playing for the consolation trophy.”

After falling behind in the first half, Lakeland junior Alex Opland scored the team’s first goal in a state tournament on a penalty kick to tie the match at 1-1 in the 66th minute.

“They got called for a hand ball in the (penalty) box,” Haynes said. “The ball got stuck in the middle and caught a defender in the hands. We kind of had our heads down up until that point, but that fired us right back up.”

First half — 1, Bur, Juan Puentes (unassisted), 32.00. Second half — 2, LL, Alex Opland (penalty kick), 66.00. Overtime — 3, LL, Malte Noergaard (unassisted), 88:00.

Shots on goal — LL 6, Bur 6.

Saves — LL, Cade Coffey 5; Bur, Juan DeLeon 5.

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Mountain View 3

Lake City 0

MERIDIAN — The Timberwolves were held scoreless by the Mavericks in a state 5A tournament loser-out match at Meridian High.

Brittany Amburn had six saves for Lake City, which finishes 10-6-3.

Timberlake 2

Bliss 0

CALDWELL — The Tigers remained alive in the state 3A tournament with a loser-out win over the Bears at Vallivue High.

Michelle Nash scored in the 26th minute and Mercades McComb the 78th minute for Timberlake (9-8-2), which faces Marsh Valley in the consolation championship match today.

“We didn’t come out playing well in the first half then things started clicking for us,” Timberlake coach Steve Michael said. “I was much happier with the team after today’s match.”

Timberlake was playing without starters April Sutton and Hailey Emmerson, who both suffered season-ending injuries on Thursday.

“These girls have been plagued with injuries this season,” Michael said. “It’s all coming to a head tomorrow. Our freshmen were huge off the bench today and started filling in the holes. The bench really had to rally around to help out and they did that.”

Tina Holtz had four saves for Timberlake.

First half — 1, TL, Michelle Nash (unassisted), 26:00. Second half — 2, TL, Mercades McComb (unassisted), 78:00.

Shots on goal — TL 9, Bliss 3.

Saves — TL, Tina Holtz 4; Bli, Cassandra Graza 6.