'Jacks drop heartbreaker
ST. MARIES - St. Maries scored with 1 minute, 29 seconds left to pull within one point, but a two-point conversion pass went awry and Bonners Ferry escaped with a 32-31 victory in the Intermoutain League football opener for both teams Friday night.
"This is a tough loss," said St. Maries coach Craig Tefft, whose team scored five touchdowns to Bonners' four. "We were there; we couldn't stop them on their two-point conversions, and we couldn't convert our two-point conversions. It was a heartbreaking loss, but we'll regroup."
Sophomore Luke Feasline completed 23 of 38 passes for 443 yards and five touchdowns for St. Maries (0-4). Jordan Stapleton, who missed the first three games because of mononucleosis, caught 10 passes for 192 yards and four TDs. Ashton Stephenson, who missed the past two games following a concussion, caught a TD pass.
Reed Bennett rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries for Bonners Ferry (1-3).
St. Maries travels to Orofino on Friday.
Bonners Ferry 8 8 8 8 - 32
St. Maries 7 6 6 12 - 31
SM - Jordan Stapleton 34 pass from Luke Feasline (Rhett Ryle kick)
BF - Christian Trocke 3 run (Thomas Amoth pass from Trocke)
BF - Zachary Wilson 3 run (Wilson run)
SM - Stapleton 27 pass from Feasline (pass failed)
BF - Thomas Osborn 43 pass from Trocke (Wilson run)
SM - Stapleton 17 pass from Feasline (run failed)
BF - Reed Bennett 6 run (Wilson run)
SM - Ashton Stephenson 55 pass from Feasline (pass failed)
SM - Stapleton 35 pass from Feasline (pass failed)
Wallace 74
Lakeside 24
SILVERTON - Casey McKinnon threw three touchdown passes and rushed for three more as the host Miners, ranked fourth in 1A Division I, pulled away from the Knights in a key North Star League game at Sather Field.
Tyler Beard caught four TD passes for Wallace (3-0, 3-0 NSL) and Michael Carey made two interceptions in the end zone.
Lakeside (3-1, 3-1) pulled within 36-24 on Garth Dole's 82-yard kickoff return with 4:35 left in the first half, but Wallace scored two minutes later, then scored four unanswered touchdowns in the second half, ending the game with 10:03 remaining in the fourth quarter on the 45-point rule.
"They really wore us down tonight," Lakeside coach Ron Miller said. "Our guys are outweighed by about 20 pounds at each position. We just were out-strengthened. We had no more front line, and we had to keep guys on the field that were tired. We were playing our 2s a lot."
Lakeside is idle next week, then plays host to Clark Fork on Sept. 30.
Lakeside 8 16 0 0 - 24
Wallace 22 22 24 6 - 74
Wall - Tyler Beard 14 pass from Casey McKinnon (kick good)
Wall - McKinnon 21 run (kick good)
LS - Jordan Brown 34 pass from Brandon Smith (Jeremy Stivers run)
Wall - Beard 46 pass from McKinnon (Levi Lemieux run)
Wall - McKinnon 35 run (pass failed)
LS - Lamont Higgins 1 run (Brown pass from Smith)
Wall - Beard 48 pass from McKinnon (Lemieux run)
LS - Garth Dole 82 kickoff return (Stivers run)
Wall - Beard 24 pass from McKinnon (McKinnon run)
Wall - McKinnon 42 run (Lemieux run)
Wall - Zac Hatfield 18 run (Lemieux run)
Wall - Kidman Cook 35 run (Gavin Rasmussen pass from McKinnon)
Wall - Rasmussen 3 pass from McKinnon (no attempt)
Kootenai 86
Mullan 40
MULLAN - Brandon Carman passed for four touchdowns - all to Carter Napierala - as the visiting Warriors beat the Miners in North Star League play at John Drager Field.
Daniel Whipple rushed for 101 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries for Kootenai (1-3, 1-2 NSL).
"We executed on offense against a Mullan team that is really young and showed a lot of fight," Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. "Youth and experience is always a struggle for teams. We struggled a lot on defense today. It was tough to match up with their quick slants."
Quarterback Wyatt Sadler of Mullan (0-3, 0-3) completed 26 of 56 passes for 375 yards and four touchdowns, and rushed for 86 yards and two scores.
Kootenai travels to Clark Fork next Friday.
A box score was unavailable.