PREP FOOTBALL: Lakeland falls at Lewiston

LEWISTON - The Lakeland Hawks turned the ball over five times, losing to the Lewiston Bengals 20-7 at Bengal Field on Friday night in the season opener for both.

"I thought we were somewhat tentative, especially offensively," Lakeland offensive coordinator Mike Bayley said. "Lewiston was pretty good and had a lot of speed and we had a hard time getting much going."

Lakeland quarterback Derek Bayley scored on a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter.

"They were in our backfield a lot," coach Bayley said. "They were bigger, stronger and faster than us tonight."

Lakeland travels to East Valley (Spokane) on Friday.

Lakeland 0 0 0 7 - 7

Lewiston - 7 7 6 0 - 20

Lew - Sawyer Meachem 20 interception return (Andres Nunez kick)

Lew - Drew Melton 1 run (Nunez kick)

Lew - Austin Poxleitner 1 run (kick failed)

LL - Derek Bayley 3 run (Cade Coffey kick)

Timberlake 45

Riverside 35

SPIRIT LAKE - Preston Rhodes had 136 yards rushing and three touchdowns as the Tigers beat Riverside of Chattaroy, Wash., in the season opener for both teams at Van Tuinstra Memorial Field.

"Preston ran the ball extremely hard every time he touched the ball," Timberlake coach Roy Albertson said. "He was just determined to get a first down every time he touched the ball."

Forrest Herring had 76 yards rushing as Timberlake gained 416 yards on offense.

"It was a very entertaining game for the fans," Albertson said. "There wasn't a single punt in the game and it was just a wide-open football game."

Timberlake travels to Grangeville on Friday.

Scoring plays were not available.

Medical Lake 39

St. Maries 32

ST. MARIES - Jackson Tappero ran for three touchdowns and Medical Lake rallied past St. Maries in nonleague play.

The Lumberjacks (1-1) held a 32-25 lead with 4 minutes remaining, but Medical Lake took its first lead of the game when Tappero scored from 6 yards out and Adam Paulson punched in the 2-point conversion.

"It was a typical St. Maries-Medical Lake close ball game," St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said. "It was another hard-fought game - last year we beat them by one and the year before they beat us by eight."

St. Maries quarterback Luke Feasline was 20 of 35 for 350 yards with four touchdowns and an interception. He also ran for 88 yards and another score. Feasline's main target was Jordan Stapleton, who had 10 catches for 194 yards and two touchdowns.

The Lumberjacks have a bye next week and then host Deer Park on Sept. 14.

Medical Lake 7 6 6 20 - 39

St. Maries 7 6 13 6 - 32

SM - Jordan Stapleton 45 pass from Luke Feasline (Blake Lyons kick)

ML - Jackson Tappero 5 run (Taylor Masteller kick)

SM - Stapleton 36 pass from Feasline (kick failed)

ML - Mastellar 20 pass from Adam Paulson (kick failed)

SM - D.J. Turner 70 pass from Feasline (kick failed)

ML - Seth Hanson 18 run (kick failed)

SM - Feasline 11 run (Lyons kick)

ML - Tappero 3 run (run failed)

SM - Brad Bauer 13 pass from Feasline (kick failed)

ML - Tappero 6 run (Paulson run)

ML - Casey Kelly 56 interception return (run failed)

Kootenai 52

Lakeside 6

HARRISON FLATS - Sophomore Simeon Desautel rushed for 162 yards on 15 carries and scored four touchdowns to lead the Warriors past the Knights in nonleague play.

"The defense really stepped up and played a great game for us," Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. "Morgan Willms had an interception return, and we had a short field all night."

Matthew Speelman rushed for 45 yards and a score, and Morgan Willms added 24 yards and two touchdowns.

"It's good to have a game like this coming off the horrible (52-6) loss to Wallace last week," Napierala said, "It feels great to come out and take control of the game."

The Warriors (1-1) travel to LaCrosse-Washtucna on Friday. Lakeside (0-1) hosts Wallace in Plummer on Friday.

Lakeside 0 0 6 0 - 6

Kootenai 12 6 14 20 - 52

Game called in fourth quarter due to 45-point rule

KOOT - Simeon Desautel 63 run (pass failed).

KOOT - Desautel 24 run (pass failed).

KOOT - Carter Napierala 23 pass from Marshall Willms (pass failed).

LS - Jordan Brown 8 pass from Garth Dole (run failed).

KOOT - Desautel 70 kickoff return (pass failed).

KOOT - Desautel 14 run (Matthew Speelman run).

KOOT - Speelman 3 run (Morgan Willms pass from Marshall Willms).

KOOT - Morgan Willms 4 run (pass failed).

KOOT - Morgan Willms 20 run (no attempt).