Cheney grabs early lead, hands Timberlake 1st loss
SPIRIT LAKE - Ben Bissel threw four touchdown passes and Cheney jumped out to a 21-point lead in the first quarter on its way to a 47-24 nonleague win over Timberlake on Friday night.
Josh Maio caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from Bissel and also returned an interception 25 yards for another score for Cheney, which used a 60-yard kickoff return and fumble recovery to set up a pair of early touchdowns.
"We have to be more disciplined, but have to cut out the turnovers," Timberlake coach Roy Albertson said. "A lot of their scores were the result of turnovers."
Timberlake's Christian Heth ran for 149 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries, Devin Smith caught seven passes for 132 yards and Brian Cronnelly completed 10 of 23 passes for 153 yards.
Timberlake (2-1) plays at Lakeland next Friday.
Cheney 21 0 13 13 - 47
Timberlake 0 9 8 7 - 24
Che - Zach Mitchell 21 run (Eli Petropoulos kick)
Che - Spencer Rassier 10 pass from Ben Bissel (kick failed)
Che - Josh Maio 35 pass from Bissel (Mitchell run)
TL - Christian Heth 1 run (kick failed)
TL - J.D. Page 27 FG
Che - Maio 25 interception return (kick failed)
TL - Heth 3 run (Page kick)
Che - Rassier 33 pass from Bissell (Petropoulos kick)
Che - Forester Sipp 15 pass from Bissel (Petropoulos kick)
TL - Heth 1 run (Page kick)
Che - Erik Igbinoba 10 run (kick failed)
Freeman 46
St. Maries 0
FREEMAN, Wash. - Cody Unfred broke loose for touchdown runs of 63 and 90 yards as the Scotties (2-0) defeated the Lumberjacks (0-3).
St. Maries opens Intermountain League play next Friday at home vs. Bonners Ferry.
St. Maries 0 0 0 0 - 0
Freeman 6 21 13 6 - 46
Free - Cody Unfred 63 run (kick failed)
Free - Hayden Laabs 3 run (Eric Harter kick)
Free - Unfred 90 run (Harter kick)
Free - Kain Gentman 10 pass from Unfred (Harter kick)
Free - Quinn Robinson 4 run (kick failed)
Free - Laabs 5 run (Harter kick)
Free - Robbie McClure 5 run (kick failed)
Lakeside 62
Mullan 14
PLUMMER - Jeremy Stivers rushed for 174 yards and four touchdowns on 12 carries as the host Knights beat the Tigers in North Star League play.
Lamont Higgins added 122 yards on six carries for Lakeside (3-0, 3-0 NSL), including a 97-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter that ended the game on the 45-point rule.
Wyatt Sadler ran for a touchdown and passed for another for Mullan (0-2, 0-2), which plays host to Kootenai on Friday.
Lakeside travels to Wallace next Friday for the first of two key 1A Division I matchups between the two teams.
Mullan 0 8 6 0 - 14
Lakeside 12 22 22 6 - 62
LS - Jeremy Stivers 4 run (run failed)
LS - Brandon Smith 21 run (pass failed)
LS - Garth Dole 51 pass from Smith (run failed)
LS - Stivers 52 run (Smith run)
Mull - Dakota Dykes 64 pass from Wyatt Sadler (Sadler run)
LS - Stivers 3 run (Lamont Higgins run)
Mull - Sadler 1 run (pass failed)
LS - Stivers 51 run (Stivers pass from Smith)
LS - Jordan Brown 28 pass from Smith (run failed)
LS - Joseph Chapman 49 pass from Smith (Brown pass from Smith)
LS - Higgins 97 run (no attempt)
Lacrosse-Washtucna 42
Kootenai 14
HARRISON FLATS - Kootenai quarterback Brandon Carman rushed for 193 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries, but Sawyer Hostetler ran for four TDs to lead visiting Lac-Wash (2-0) in the nonleague game.
"We're young and inexperienced, but we came out and competed and played hard," Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said.
Daniel Whipple ran for 48 yards on 13 carries for Kootenai (0-3), which travels to Mullan next Friday.
Lacrosse-Wash. 8 8 12 14 - 42
Kootenai 0 8 0 6 - 14
LW - Sawyer Hostetler 9 run (Hostetler run)
Koot - Brandon Carman 58 run (Carter Napierala pass from Carman)
LW - Hostetler 4 run (Sam Harder pass from Jake Aune)
LW - Hostetler 3 run (run failed)
LW - Hostetler 31 run (run failed)
Koot - Carman 77 run (pass failed)
LW - Hostetler 60 run (Matt Stubbs pass from Aune)
LW - Stubbs 31 pass from Aune (run failed)