Levora 16th at elite meet Sandpoint blanks Moscow for fifth straight shutout
* CROSS COUNTRY
EAGLE - Sandpoint senior Sam Levora finished 16th out of 173 competitors in 15 minutes, 59.6 seconds in the boys elite 5-kilometer race at Saturday's Bob Firman Invitational at Eagle Island State Park.
Kyler Little was 49th in 16:35 for Lake City's boys, who finished 21st out of 23 teams in the elite race.
Natalie Herring was 12th in the girls Division II race for Timberlake, which finished sixth out of 20 teams.
Winners, local finishers
BOYS - 1, Taylor (Kai) Wilmot, North Central, 15:10.0. 16, Sam Levora, Sandpoint, 15:59.6. 49, Kyler Little, Lake City, 16:35.4. 69, Jake Finney, Lake City, 16:49.2. 133, Marcus Ross, Lake City, 17:44.0. 152, Zack Holbrook, Lake City, 18:04. 155, Maxwell Evans, Lake City, 18:07.1.
GIRLS - 1, Lucy Biles, Herriman, 17:57.4.
DIVISION I
BOYS - 1, D'Artangan Kilgore, Highland, 16:12.6. 132, Jacob Graham, Sandpoint, 18:27.8. 174, Mark Kennaly, Sandpoint, 19:18.9. 175, Andy McGinnis, Sandpoint, 19:19. 176 Kenneth Kovalchuk, Sandpoint, 19:20.2. 180, Chris Cordova, Sandpoint, 19:25.6. 185, Adam Bourn, Sandpoint, 19:41.6.
GIRLS - 1, Miranda O'Very, Mountain Crest, 19:05.9. 18, Mikhaela Woodward, Sandpoint, 20:26.1. 34, Rainey Woodward, Sandpoint, 20:50.1. 64, Sydney Foster, Sandpoint, 21:17.8. 91, Corrine McClelland, Sandpoint, 21:47.2. 143, Lauren Orr, Sandpoint, 22:43.6. 157, Emily Marshall, Sandpoint, 23:11.8.
DIVISION II
BOYS - 1, Austin Stewart, Shelley, 16:21.1. 17, Sam St. Mars, Timberlake, 17:36.7. 33, Brayden Menti, Timberlake, 18:14.2. 50, Cherokee Avriett, Timberlake, 18:37.7. 57, Garett Smith, Timberlake, 18:45.9. 72, Ryan Richardson, Timberlake, 18:58.5. 85, Josh Waldram, Timberlake, 19:15.5. 94, Cody Bentley, Timberlake, 19:31.7.
GIRLS - 1, McKenzie Evans, Union, 19:30.8. 12, Natalie Herring, Timberlake, 20:59.6. 25, Taylor Hammond, Timberlake, 21:44.1. 66, Lindsay Richardson, Timberlake, 23:37.6. 71, Keelie Lawler, Timberlake, 23:45.9.
* VOLLEYBALL
Lewiston d.
Sandpoint
LEWISTON - Emilee Schlader had 12 kills as the host Bengals (16-0) beat the Bulldogs 25-23, 25-15, 25-20 at Booth Hall.
No statistics for Sandpoint were available.
Lewiston visits Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday.
Columbia Falls wins tourney
BONNERS FERRY - Columbia Falls defeated Libby 25-20 in an all-Montana matchup in the championship game of the Bonners Ferry tournament.
For Clark Fork (3-5), which went 1-3 at the tourney, Lyndsie Kiebert finished the tournament with 18 kills and four aces. Leslie Kiebert had 70 digs for the Wampus Cats, Annie Wrum passed out 42 assists and Autumn Wagner finished with eight blocks.
Pool Play
Priest River d. Clark Fork 25-14
Priest River d. Stillwater Christian 24-26, 25-15, 15-10
Priest River d. Post Falls JV 25-11, 25-9
Stillwater Christian d. Clark Fork 25-19, 25-23
Stillwater Christian d. Post Falls JV 26-28, 25-17, 15-7
Clark Fork d. Post Falls JV 25-21, 25-22
Columbia Falls d. Bonners Ferry 27-25, 25-22
Columbia Falls d. Coeur d'Alene JV 25-12, 25-17
Columbia Falls d. Libby 25-16, 25-16
Bonners Ferry d. Coeur d'Alene JV 25-22, 15-25, 15-12
Bonners Ferry d. Libby 25-10, 11-25, 16-14
Coeur d'Alene JV d. Libby 25-23, 25-18
Single-elimination round
Bonners Ferry d. Clark Fork 25-17
Libby d. Priest River 25-19
Columbia Falls d. Post Falls JV 25-11
Columbia Falls d. Stillwater Christian 27-25
Libby d. Bonners Ferry 25-15
Stillwater Christian d. CDA JV 26-25
Columbia Falls d. Libby 25-20 (championship)
North Idaho Christian wins one, loses one
Katelyn Stegman had 10 digs and Breanna Clemans nine assists as the Royals beat Country Christian 22-25, 19-25, 26-24, 25-23, 18-16 in a nonleague match in Pasco.
Sydney Lawson had seven kills and Grace Gipson had eight assists in the win.
Later, Stegman had 11 assists and Liz Bookamer had seven kills for the Royals, which lost to Christian Heritage 25-19, 19-25, 25-19, 20-25, 15-4 in a Mountain Christian League match in Edwall, Wash.
Maura Lund had 19 digs and Lawson five aces in the match for North Idaho Christian (6-3, 3-2 MCL), which hosts Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday at Venture High at 7:45 p.m.
* BOYS
SANDPOINT - Senior goalie Jake Rookey posted his fifth consecutive shutout as the streaking Bulldogs blanked the Bears 3-0 in a 4A Inland Empire League tilt Saturday at Pine St. Field.
Jeremiah Gagnon scored the first goal of the game in the sixth minute for the Bulldogs (6-2, 2-0 4A IEL), who have outscored their last five opponents 15-0.
Joab Logan and Amos Crossingham also scored goals, and the back four of Sandpoint continued its hot streak of shutting down opponents.
"We're looking solid on the back line and with Rookey. We're very organized defensively," Sandpoint coach Adam Tajan said. "It was a good game for us. We dominated on the possession end and was real pleased with our effort."
Sandpoint hosts Lake City on Tuesday, looking to avenge a 2-1 loss in the first meeting of the season.
First half - 1, Spt, Jeremiah Gagnon (penalty kick), 6:00. Second half - 2, Spt, Joab Logan (Nathan Schwartz), 47:00. 3, Spt, Amos Crossingham (Gagnon), 57:00.
Shots on goal - Mos 5, Spt 10.
Saves - Mos, Nick Anderton 6; Spt, Jake Rookey 2.
Lake City 3
Post Falls 1
COEUR d'ALENE - Jack Barrett scored on a goal 6:30 into the game and added an assist in the 15th to help the Timberwolves down the Trojans in a 5A Inland Empire League match at the Irma Anderl Soccer Complex.
"That first goal by Jack was a really pretty goal," Lake City coach Chad Beadell said. "Alec (Maldonado) and Max (Mularski) somehow got the ball and they didn't see Jack coming and he knocked in a header into the far side of the net. It was a great ball by Max and I thought Jack was going to go headfirst into the goal, but he made a great play on it."
Timmy Mueller scored in the 33rd minute for Post Falls (4-2-1, 1-1 5A IEL), which hosts Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
"It's hard to keep a player like Timmy down," Beadell said. "He just came out of the scrum and got it about 8 or 10 feet from (Lake City goalkeeper) Tanner (Horton) and put it where he couldn't get to it. Bogan Frahm did an amazing job on Timmy following him around the field. Post Falls was well prepared and it could have gone two different directions. It was a great game to watch."
Lake City (5-0-1, 2-0-1) travels to Sandpoint on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
First half - 1, LC, Jack Barrett (Max Mularski), 6:30. 2, LC, Dylan Flolo (Barrett), 15:00. 3, PF, Timmy Mueller (unassisted), 33:00. Second half - 4, LC, Ryan Swallow (penalty kick), 75:30.
Shots on goal - PF 5, LC 12.
Saves - PF, Noah Gondo 8; LC, Tanner Horton 4.
Lakeland 6
Stillwater Christian 1
RATHDRUM - Fernando Pimentel had two goals and an assist on a goal by Kyle Deeter to lead the Hawks past the Cougars of Kalispell, Mont., in a nonleague match at Rotary Field.
"This was a good game for us," Lakeland coach Andrew Craig said. "We played pretty darn well and tried to have fun with it. We moved the ball really well and wanted to get our center midfielders to connect more and Kyle Deeter did a good job of making that happen. I was really pleased with the boys for the most part. We haven't been able to find the net, but converting six on 15 shots was good for us."
Lakeland (2-8) hosts Moscow on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
First half - 1, LL, Kyle Deeter (Fernando Pimentel), 30:00. Second half - 2, LL, Collin Millette (Jay Plunkett), 43:00. 3, LL, Pimentel (Seth Galbreath), 58:00. 4, LL, Pimentel (unassisted), 62:00. 5, LL, Auston Henry (unassisted), 68:00. 6, LL, Cade Coffey (Brent Giera), 75:00. 7, SWC, Joseph King (penalty kick), 79:00.
Shots on goal - SWC 3, LL 15.
Saves - SWC, Davis Willis 9; LL, Cade Coffey 2, Jay Plunkett 0.
Valley Christian 2
St. Maries 1
ST. MARIES - Jesse Suchoski gave the Lumberjacks the lead in the second half, but the visiting Panthers answered with two of their own for the nonleague win.
"I thought we played well," St. Maries coach Chris Renaldo said. "Unfortunately, we had some open looks and didn't hit them. We played well and had some chances, but just didn't finish them."
St. Maries (3-4) travels to Lewiston on Tuesday.
First half - none. Second half - 1, SM, Jesse Suchoski (unassisted), 48:00. 2, VC, Michael Campbell (unassisted), 54.00. 3, VC, Conner Gilbert (unassisted), 73.00.
Shots on goal - VC 6, SM 8.
Saves - VC, Bo Persol 5; SM, Cody Posselt 2.
* GIRLS
Sandpoint 2
Moscow 1
MOSCOW - Revenge was clearly on the minds of the Sandpoint girls on Saturday, as they avenged a loss to Moscow in last year's Region 1 championship with a win over the Bears in a 4A Inland Empire League clash at Moscow Junior High.
After the Bears scored in the 10th minute, Corinne Ariss blasted in a free kick for the equalizer, and Sierra Scott scored her fourth goal in the past two games late in the first half for the game winner. The win give the Bulldogs not only a psychological edge, but also a leg up in the race to grab the No. 1 seed for regionals.
Sandpoint (4-3-1, 2-0 4A IEL) coach Conor Baranski praised the play of Heidi Skinner, and was pleased with how his team performed in an emotional regular season contest.
"It was a scrappy, hard-fought game," described Baranski, whose team has played a brutally tough schedule to date. "I know the girls were amped for this game, and I thought they reacted well. It (the win) gives us confidence moving forward."
Sandpoint travels to Lake City on Tuesday.
First half - 1, Moscow, 10:00. 2, Spt, Corinne Ariss (free kick). 3, Spt, Sierra Scott (Emma Weme), 37:00. Second half - none.
Complete stats not available.
see SOCCER, B7
Lakeland 6
Stillwater Christian 0
RATHDRUM - Freshman midfielder Ashley Boettcher scored four goals in the first half to lead the Hawks past the Cougars of Kalispell, Mont., in a nonleague match at Rotary Field.
Harley Hendry had a goal and two assists for Lakeland (2-6), which travels to Moscow on Tuesday for a 4A Inland Empire League match.
First half - 1, LL, Ashley Boettcher (Harley Hendry), 8:00. 2, LL, Boettcher (Emily Vanderhoof), 12:00. 3, LL, Boettcher (Maddy Murn), 15:00. 4, LL, Boettcher (Hendry), 20:00. Second half - 5, LL, Hendry (unassisted), 48:00. 6, LL, Murn (Boettcher), 60:00.
Shots on goal - SWC 5, LL 20.
Saves - SWC, not available 14; LL, Angelique Wetherelt 2, Morgan Bixenstein 3.
Kellogg 2
Priest River 0
PRIEST RIVER - Jessi Gibbons had a goal and an assist to help the Wildcats beat the Spartans in an Intermountain League match.
Taylor Petersen scored off a Gibbons assist in the second half for the Wildcats (5-2-1, 5-1-1 IML).
"Our girls came out a little flat and didn't play as crisp as they have been, but to go home with a 'W' is always nice," Kellogg coach Steve Mills said. "Priest River has really improved and I'm impressed with the job they've done up here."
Priest River (3-5-0, 2-4-0 IML), travels to Timberlake on Tuesday.
Kellogg plays at the Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy on Thursday.
First half - 1, Kell, Jessi Gibbons (unassisted), 17:43. Second half - 2, Kell, Taylor Petersen (Gibbons), 58:58.
Shots on goal - Kell 11, PR 3.PR 3, Kellogg 11
Saves - Kell, Sarah McDonald 2; PR, Melissa Krampert 9.
Ferris at
Coeur d'Alene
COEUR d'ALENE - No report was received from the Vikings.
But it was Thad Hansen's 2-yard I-will-not-be-denied plunge into the end zone that capped off the Highland rally.
"I thought we showed a lot of character coming out in the second half," Highland coach Gino Mariani said. "(The offense) stepped up. They stepped up and did a good job."
But for Jewell and the Rams (4-0), the start to the game was slow going.
The Vikings (1-3) enjoyed a hot start as they took the first possession and drove right down the Rams' throat to score on a 25-yard toss from Amos to Chase Blakley.
After Highland settled for a field goal following a third-down stuff, the Vikings made them pay again. Amos routinely stood still in the pocket with minimal pass rush to take apart the Highland secondary. He found Kolby DeHaas streaking down the right sideline for his second touchdown throw of the game.
The Vikings were in full pillage mode, and the Rams were struggling to keep up.
"It was an epic battle and that was kind of what we were expecting with Highland," Coeur d'Alene coach Shawn Amos said. "It's awesome for us to kind of battle with these guys."
With relentless tranquility, Amos continued to find open receivers, who in turn found a lot of green in front of them. It all culminated in another touchdown throw, this time to Jonny Plum, who caught it at the five, bounced off a tackler and waltzed into the end zone.
But as the clock winded down to halftime, Jewell and the Highland offense refused to be put away. The senior quarterback twice Houdinied his way out of sure sacks to sprint up the field. With 15 seconds left and on the Vikings' 10-yard line, Jewell escaped the pocket and raced to the right before lowering his shoulder and bulldozing his way to score, narrowing the Viking lead to 21-10.
"At halftime, we knew what speed we needed to come out and play at," said Hansen, who finished the night with 87 yards on 17 carries. "We had to come back, so we knew if our defense does good, we still had to put points on the board."
The slow Highland start couldn't be avoided in the second half. Jewell's luck evading pressure ended as he was brought down for a 10-yard sack on third down to force the Highland punt.
But sluggishness is contagious, and Amos bobbled a snap to lose eight yards. He then overthrew a wide-open receiver to give the ball right back to the Rams.
It was the rough offensive second-half play that doomed the Vikings.
"(The Rams) were able to make some drives of their own, which gets the ball out of our hands," Shawn Amos said. "You can't waste a drive."
The Rams quickly shook off the inconsistency of its first possession in the third quarter, and Jewell found Christian Aktinson running a post into the middle of the field and put the ball in his hands for the 23-yard touchdown reception.
Highland had scored 14 unanswered points and was back in the game. And after a Coeur d'Alene three-and-out and a 26-yard punt return by Highland's Greg Gwinn, the Rams were poised to score again. A defensive holding call on a gutsy fourth-and-seven incompletion extended the drive. The Rams couldn't capitalize on the Vikings miscue, and it resulted in a blocked field goal that would've cut the Coeur d'Alene lead to one.
Following a three-and-out, Highland got the ball back on its own 25. After driving to midfield, Jewell threw his first pick of the game to Coeur d'Alene's Alec Seibold at the Viking 1-yard line.
After both teams traded punts, Highland's offense took the field at the Viking 44-yard line with 4:20 remaining. Two Thad Hansen rumbles that went for 12 and 14 yards, respectively, set the Rams up inside the Coeur d'Alene 12. Then on a key fourth-and-goal inside the Viking 2-yard line, Thad Hansen took the handoff and was stopped at the 1-yard line. But as he came down, he outstretched his hand across the plane to score. With no timeouts left and two minutes on the clock, a stop would've given the Vikings the win.
"I had the mentality that I wasn't getting stopped," Hansen said.
With 80 yards between the Vikings and victory, Gunnar Amos threw two incompletions to make it third and 10. An ineligible receiver penalty made it third and 15. Another incomplete pass after Amos was flushed from the pocket made it fourth down.
Scrambling again, Amos found Chase Blakley for the 35-yard gain. After two more head-spinning runs out of the pocket, Amos continued to work his way down the field.
But he ran out of time, and with eight ticks left, Brennan Barber came out to try a game-tying 46-yard field goal, but the kick was wide left to complete the Highland comeback.
"It was really just two closely-matched teams battling it out (and) slugging it out," Shawn Amos said.
"It's good for us to be in a close game like that so we know where we are down the road," Hansen said.
Coeur d'Alene plays host to Minico of Rupert on Friday.
Coeur d'Alene 14 7 0 0 - 21
Highland 3 7 7 7 - 24
Cd'A - Chase Blakley 25 pass from Gunnar Amos (Brennan Barber kick)
High - FG Dallan Rodriguez 40
Cd'A - Kolby DaHaas 39 pass from Amos (Barber kick)
Cd'A - Jonny Plum 30 pass from Amos (Barber kick)
High - Tommy Jewell 10 run (Rodriguez kick)
High - Christian Atkinson 23 pass from Jewell (Rodriguez kick)
High - Thad Hansen 2 run (Rodriguez kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Cd'A, Gibson Green 6-29, Jonny Plum 5-22, Gunnar Amos 5-16, Ty Holgate 3-9, Addison Johnson 1-0. High, Thad Hansen 17-87, Tommy Jewell 11-24, Christian Atkinson 4-35.
PASSING - Cd'A, Gunnar Amos 17-32-0-274. High, Tommy Jewell 20-35-1-182.
RECEIVING - Cd'A, Jonny Plum 5-51, Kolby DaHaas 3-80, Chase Blakley 3-72, Addison Johnson 3-24, Cameron Doering 2-22, Ty Holgate 2-19, Gibson Green 2-7. High, Thad Hansen 7-73, Kaden Ockey 5-44, Christian Atkinson 4-29, Mitch Haber 1-13, Tyler Judy 1-10, Tamalii Campbell 1-4.