St. Maries rallies, sweeps Priest River

ST. MARIES - The host Lumberjacks rallied in the first two games, then finished off the sweep of the Spartans 25-22, 25-23, 25-14 in Intermountain League play Tuesday.

"They just came out and served us tough; we had trouble passing the ball," St. Maries coach Missy Asbury said. "I looked up at one point in the second game and we were down eight. We hand points to the other team with our errors, and we can't do that."

Marlee Masterson had 11 kills, Jaylee Sines 20 assists for St. Maries 9-4, 2-0 IML). Abbey Andersen had six digs, Kristi Kanning three blocks.

Melissa Trost had six kills, Karen Snow five aces for Priest River (3-7, 0-1). Taryn Eldore had 20 assists, Kelsey Lederle 18 digs.

St. Maries plays host to Kellogg on Thursday.

Lake City d.

Sandpoint

COEUR d'ALENE - Camille Rounds had 29 assists as the Timberwolves defeated the Bulldogs 24-26, 25-19, 25-22, 26-24 in a nonleague match.

Jennifer Schuman had 12 kills, Carli Ferrell 10 kills, Kylie Curtis nine kills and five aces and Mackenzie Brown nine digs for Lake City (8-3), which travels to Moscow on Thursday.

Alex Bucholtz had nine kills, Mackenzie Jones 36 assists and Hannah Neuman 17 digs for Sandpoint.

Lake City fell to Central Valley late Monday 22-25, 25-22, 14-25, 25-21, 15-12.

Moscow d.

Lakeland

RATHDRUM - The visiting Bears evened their 4A Inland Empire League record at 1-1 with a 25-20, 25-19, 25-23 victory over the Hawks, who were playing their league opener.

"We couldn't quite hang in there with them," Lakeland coach Kylie Garitone said. "We made a lot of mental mistakes. We played safe when we should have been playing hard."

Jayne Van Slate had six kills, Kaitlyn Whitesitt five blocks for Lakeland (3-9), which travels to Sandpoint (1-0 4A IEL) on Thursday.

Timberlake d.

Bonners Ferry

SPIRIT LAKE - Madison Hauck had nine kills and Brooke Murray recorded 21 assists for Timberlake in a 25-9, 25-19, 25-12 win over Bonners Ferry in Intermountain League play.

"I thought overall we played well as a team," Timberlake coach Michelle Garwood said.

Hannah Moseley recorded two aces for the Tigers (7-2, 2-0 IML), Kelly Madsen tallied seven digs, and Alexandra Posch had three blocks.

"We are starting to play well as a team and we are stepping up on every set," Garwood said.

Ally Merrifield had two kills for the Badgers (0-2 IML). Natasha Gray added two blocks, and Mattea Bertling led both teams with three aces. Ivy Dirks chipped in with three assists.

Timberlake travels to Freeman on Thursday.

Clark Fork d.

Cd'A Charter

COEUR d'ALENE - Brocklynn Thornton had eight kills, four aces and three blocks to lead the Wampus Cats past the host Panthers 25-18, 25-20, 32-30 in a nonleague match at Holy Family Catholic School.

Celeste Komanec had 22 assists, and Dimi Kailang had 10 kills and four digs for Clark Fork (8-1).

"It took us a while to settle into the match, but I'm real proud of the way the girls competed," Charter coach Brian Childs said. "We've played a lot of close games, but we've had a hard time getting over the hump. That third game, we had two or three game points on our serve. We showed a little toughness tonight. One of these days, we're going to find a way to finish off those games."

Emily Verhaeghe had 12 kills and five blocks for Coeur d'Alene Charter (1-6). Lexi Young had 16 assists and three aces, Kelly Martin 10 digs, Emma Henderson nine digs.

Coeur d'Alene Charter plays at Kootenai on Thursday.

Lakeside d.

Mullan

PLUMMER - Maria Garcia had 10 kills and 27 digs as Lakeside squeaked by Mullan 20-25, 25-20, 25-19, 23-25, 15-11 in North Star League play.

"It was closer than I would have liked," Lakeside coach Jan Mitchell said. "It was hard to get runs going. We'd score, then they'd score. But our girls stayed upbeat and played strong through it all."

Ruth Haynes had six blocks for the Knights (6-4, 2-1 NSL) and Christina Nilson tallied three aces to accompany a stellar performance by Garcia.

"Maria is a little dynamite player," Mitchell said. "She covers extremely well; she's all over the floor and reads the ball very well. She also has an excellent serve."

Mullan drops to 4-2, 0-2.

Michelle Whaley recorded 25 assists for the Knights, who travel to Clark Fork on Thursday.

Grace Bible d.

N.I. Christian

COEUR d'ALENE - The Warriors handed the host Royals a 25-9, 25-17, 25-14 defeat in Mountain Christian League play at Project CDA.

Desi Reardon had 12 digs, Courtney Lawson 11 assists for North Idaho Christian (1-1 MCL, 1-1), which plays Flathead Valley Home School Association on Saturday at Canfield Middle School.

Kootenai at

Wallace

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