Post Falls stumbles; tiebreaker Monday
FOOTBALL
LEWISTON - Cole Zacha ran for one touchdown and threw for another in a 22-point second quarter as the Lewiston Bengals prevented the fourth-ranked Post Falls Trojans from clinching a state playoff berth with a 37-21 victory in the 5A Inland Empire League finale for both schools at Bengal Field on Friday night.
"We got beat, just got beat tonight," Post Falls coach Jeff Hinz said. "We were good at times tonight, but we just couldn't slow them down."
Lewiston's win forced a three-team Kansas tiebreaker Monday at 6 p.m. at Coeur d'Alene High to determine the second seed to the state 5A playoffs.
Post Falls (6-3, 1-2 5A IEL) and Lake City (5-4, 1-2) will face off at 6 p.m., with the winner taking on Lewiston (5-4, 1-2). The teams will play a double-elimination format, with the winning team traveling to face Eagle in the opening round of the playoffs.
Post Falls opened the scoring on a 12-yard pass from Joey Pfennigs to Johnny Haskew and led 7-0 after the first quarter.
Tyson Johnson pulled the Trojans to within 22-14 on a 5-yard run in the third quarter, but the Bengals scored the first 15 points of the fourth quarter to pull away.
Post Falls 7 0 7 7 — 21
Lewiston 0 22 0 15 — 37
PF — Johnny Haskew 12 pass from Joey Pfennigs (Timmy Mueller kick)
Lew — Cole Zacha 3 run (kick failed)
Lew — Lucky Gaskill 8 run (Ryan Rigney pass from Zacha)
Lew — Rigney 18 pass from Zacha (Gaskill pass from Zacha)
PF — Tyson Johnson 5 run (Mueller kick)
Lew — Ryan Roth 2 run (Gaskill run)
Lew — Austin Poxleitner 30 interception return (kick good)
PF — Haskew 10 pass from Taylor Valente (Mueller kick)
Timberlake 41
Kellogg 13
SPIRIT LAKE — The host Tigers jumped out to a 21-0 first-quarter lead before the rains came, and slogged their way after that to a victory that wrapped up the Intermountain League title at Van Tuinstra Memorial Field.
Christian Heth rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries for fourth-ranked Timberlake (6-3, 4-0 IML), which plays host to third-ranked Weiser (8-1) next weekend in the first round of the state 3A playoffs.
Kellogg (3-6, 3-1) will travel to top-ranked Fruitland (9-0) next weekend in the first round.
Timberlake rushed for 327 yards. Zach Ward ran for 45 yards on nine carries, Chad Aga 38 yards on four carries, Devin Smith 24 yards on six carries. Brian Cronnelly was 4 of 7 for 49 yards.
“We played very well in the first quarter,” Timberlake coach Roy Albertson said. “And play kind of deteriorated when the rain came, so it was a whole different kind of game, with fumbles and turnovers.”
Kellogg 0 7 0 6 — 13
Timberlake 21 6 8 6 — 41
TL — Devin Smith 1 run (J.D. Page kick)
TL — Christian Heth 5 run (Page kick)
TL — Smith 3 pass from Brian Cronnelly (Page kick)
Kell — Tyler Morgan 16 run (Morgan kick)
TL — Trenton Reese 1 run (run failed)
TL — Heth 1 run (Ward run)
Kell — Matt Kelso 16 pass from Ryan Beggerly (kick failed)
TL — Cronnelly 3 run (run failed)
Kootenai 2
Clark Fork 0
HARRISON FLATS — The North Star League finale for both schools was forfeited by Clark Fork, which said it couldn’t field enough players for the game.
Kootenai (4-5, 4-4 NSL) will host Tri-Valley (4-3) in a state 1A Division II playoff game either next Friday or Saturday.
Other playoff matchups
Coeur d’Alene (9-0), the 5A Inland Empire League champion, will host Mountain View (7-2) of Meridian next Friday at 7 p.m. in the first round of the state 5A playoffs. Mountain View, the No. 3 seed from the 5A Southern Idaho Conference, beat second-ranked Eagle 37-16 on Friday night.
Lakeland (6-3), the 4A IEL champ, will play host to Middleton (8-2), the No. 2 team from the Snake River Valley conference, next weekend.
VOLLEYBALL
N.I. Christian d. The Oaks
SPOKANE VALLEY — Kana Shanley had eight kills and six aces as the Royals beat the The Oaks 23-25, 25-23, 11-25, 25-20, 15-8 in a Mountain Christian League match.
Hannah McCauley had 16 assists and Courtney Lawson 16 digs for North Idaho Christian (8-12, 6-10 MCL), which opens the Mountain Christian League tournament next Friday as the seventh seed against the No. 2 seed Kootenai Thunder in Pullman.