PREP ROUNDUP: Howell sparks Lakeland to romp of Timberlake
* FOOTBALL
SPIRIT LAKE - Lakeland's Brian Howell had three catches for 106 yards - all first-half touchdowns - as the 4A Hawks romped past the 3A Timberlake Tigers 71-21 in an nonleague matchup of district rivals Friday night at Van Tuinstra Memorial Field.
Timberlake jumped out to a 13-0 lead before Lakeland scored 21 straight points to take the lead after the first quarter.
Tuekota Tate-Vandever carried the ball 18 times for 186 yards and two touchdowns for Lakeland (4-2), which hosts Sandpoint to open 4A Inland Empire League play next Friday at Corbit Field.
Lakeland finished with 498 yards of total offense, with Timberlake at 283.
Timberlake (4-1) travels to Priest River next Friday to open Intermountain League play.
Lakeland 21 29 14 7 - 71
Timberlake 13 8 0 0 - 21
First quarter
TL - Brannen Pedragon 67 pass from Ryan Starr (Vance Kistler kick)
TL - Josh Lampert 38 interception return (kick failed)
LL - Brian Howell 34 pass from Tyrel Derrick (Cade Coffey kick)
LL - Derrick 42 run (Coffey kick)
LL - Howell 31 pas from Derrick (Coffey kick)
Second quarter
TL - Lampert 13 run (Lampert run)
LL - Derrick 2 run (Coffey kick)
LL - Tuekota Tate-Vandever 8 run (Coffey kick)
LL - Howell 41 pass from Derrick (Coffey kick)
LL - Clayton Marshall 15 pass from Derrick (Chris Washburn pass from Derrick)
Third quarter
LL - Tate-Vandever 25 run (Coffey kick)
LL - scoring play not available
Fourth quarter
LL - Ryan Pote 10 run (Coffey kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - LL, Tate-Vandever, 18-186, Derrick, 5-76, McDaniel, 2-14, Pote, 1-10, Howell, 1-8, Dickens, 3-6, Marshall, 1-5, Bodak, 4-0, Cooper, 1-0, Martin, 2-(-1). TL, Housladen, 5-43, Buck, 13-34, Wells, 2-30, Lampert, 10-22, Hofer, 2-14, Duclos, 3-8, Munson, 2-6, Bruce, 2-0, Herbert, 1-(-3), Shaffer, 1-(-4), Starr, 3-(-4).
PASSING - LL, Derrick, 10-14-2-194. TL, Starr, 7-15-0-137, Housladen, 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING - LL, Howell, 3-106, Marshall, 3-54, Tate-Vandever, 2-18, Bodak, 1-13, Washburn, 1-3. TL, Pedregon, 1-67, Somershoe, 2-45, Buck, 3-19, Wells, 1-6.
St. Maries 43
Priest River 12
PRIEST RIVER - Matt Smith returned an interception for a touchdown as the Lumberjacks beat the Spartans in a nonleague game to improve to 5-1 on the season.
"This is kind of uncharted territory for us," said St. Maries coach Craig Tefft, whose team is off to its best start since 1999. "We continue to be pleased with how the kids are working in practice."
St. Maries visits Grangeville next Friday in the Central Idaho League opener for both schools.
Priest River is 2-3.
Scoring plays were not available.
Lewis County 48
Kootenai 8
NEZPERCE — No report was received.
Timberline 34
Lakeside 12
PLUMMER - Hunter Kolar caught a 94-yard touchdown pass from Barry Allen for an early lead, but the Knights fell to Timberline in a White Star League game at Lakeside High.
Bishop Fisher recovered a Timberline fumble in the end zone for a touchdown for Lakeside (2-4, 2-2) which travels to Mullan on Friday.
Timberline 0 8 6 20 - 34
Lakeside 6 0 0 6 - 12
LS - Hunter Kolar 94 pass from Barry Allen (run failed).
LS - Bishop Fisher fumble recovery in end zone (pass failed).
Timberline scoring plays unavailable.
* VOLLEYBALL
Post Falls drops opener at Crossover
SPOKANE - Lydea Schneider had six assists for the Post Falls Trojans in a 25-21, 25-18 loss to the Central Valley Bears in the opening round of pool play in the Linda Sheridan Crossover Classic on Friday at Shadle Park High.
Brooke Bowers had three kills and two aces, Brook Gomer four digs for Post Falls (8-12), which continues tournament play today.