Slick, but still state-bound finishes

LACLEDE - Senior Josie Brown crossed the line first in 18 minutes, 19 seconds for the Coeur d'Alene Viking girls, who turned in the top four spots to run away with Thursday's 5A Region 1 meet at the beautiful but rain-soaked Riley Creek Campgrounds.

Coeur d'Alene finished with all seven runners inside the top 10 as they posted a near-perfect score of 16, almost 40 points ahead of second-place Lewiston.

"I told them not to go crazy with the slick conditions, but they did," Coeur d'Alene coach Cathy Compton said. "These girls ran with conviction and power, and it was nice to see the top three battle it out - in a friendly way."

Caitlin Conway took the runner-up spot with a time of 18 minutes, 21 seconds and Kara and Krista Story placed third and fourth, respectively, for Coeur d'Alene, which is looking for a three-peat when the Vikings travel to the state cross country meet next Saturday at Eagle Island State Park.

"Our goal is to three-peat and we will continue to work hard this week to make that goal," Compton said. "This is a talented, solid group and there is no reason not to three-peat."

On the boys side Lake City's Jake Finney edged out teammate Kyler Little by only two seconds after the duo led throughout the race.

Both seniors, Finney clocked a time of 15 minutes, 53 seconds to win the district title and Little ended his race with a time of 15 minutes, 55 seconds.

"Temp wise it was perfect," Finney said about the downpour during the race. "You have to slow down a bit and be cautious around some corners, but the rain feels great.

The No. 1 ranked 5A runner in the state according to IdahoXC.com, Finney said he hopes to contend for the win this year after placing fifth the past two seasons.

Jose Winton led the way with a time of 16 minutes, 36 seconds for the Coeur d' Alene boys, who failed to qualify as a team after finishing in third place and only two points behind Lewiston.

Andrew Magee and Daniel Walters finished seventh and 10th, respectively, to also qualify individually for Coeur d'Alene.

at Riley Creek Campgrounds

TEAM SCORES - (Top two to state) - 1, Lake City 21. 2, Lewiston 49. 3, Coeur d' Alene 51. 4, Post Falls 102.

QUALIFIERS - 1, Jake Finney, Lake City, 15:53. 2, Kyler Little, Lake City, 15:55. 3, Riley Estes, Lake City, 16:24. 4, Austin Bryer, Lewiston, 16:30. 5, Jose Winton, Coeur d' Alene, 16:36. 6, Zack Holbrook, Lake City, 16:39. 7, Andrew Magee, Coeur d' Alene, 16:53. 8, Joey Perez, Lewiston, 16:54. 9, Maxwell Evans, Lake City, 16:55. 10, Daniel Walters, Coeur d' Alene, 16:59.

TEAM SCORES - 1, Coeur d' Alene 16. 2, Lewiston 55. 3, Post Falls 67. 4, Lake City 112.

QUALIFIERS - 1, Josie Brown, Coeur d' Alene, 18:19. 2, Caitlin Conway, Coeur d' Alene, 18:21.57. 3, Kara Story, Coeur d' Alene, 18:21.8. 4, Krista Story, Coeur d' Alene, 19:23. 5, Emily Wren, Lewiston, 19:34. 6, Merceydes Smith, Coeur d' Alene, 19:56. 7, Ida Mae Grahlman, Post Falls, 20:00. 8, Kaitlyn Gunnerson, Coeur d' Alene, 20:06. 9, Riley Fowler, Coeur d' Alene, 20:52. 10, Miranda Cranston, Lewiston, 21:13.

4A: Jacob Graham crossed the line in 16:51 in the boys race and Rainey Woodward clocked a 19:28 in the girls, as both harriers finished second and helped their Sandpoint teams defend their district titles.

"We are really proud of our kids today," Sandpoint coach Matt Brass said. "Both varsity teams won, and both our JV teams won also, a total team sweep."

Lakeland failed to qualify any runners to state.

TEAM SCORES - (Top two to state) - 1, Sandpoint 22. 2, Moscow 47. 3, Lakeland 67.

QUALIFIERS - 1, Josh Corgatell, Moscow, 16:42. 2, Jacob Graham, Sandpoint, 16:51. 3, Chris Cordova, Sandpoint, 17:02. 4, Sam Powell, Sandpoint, 17:09. 5, Mohammad Monsour, Moscow, 17:11. 6, Kenneth Kovalchuk, Sandpoint, 17:25. 7, Mathew Cloud, Sandpoint, 17:30.

TEAM SCORES - (Top two to state) - 1, Sandpoint 23. 2, Moscow 36. 3, Lakeland 79.

QUALIFIERS - 1, Katherine Ruck, Moscow, 18:37. 2, Rainey Woodward, Sandpoint, 19:28. 3, Mikhaela Woodward, Sandpoint, 19:36. 4, Sharon Rowe, Sandpoint, 19:37. 5, Alice Bailey, Moscow, 20:21. 6, Claire Pierce, Sandpoint, 20:32. 7, Rachel Bayly, Moscow, 20:41.42.

3A: It was a perfect day for the Tiger girls, who got their first perfect score after hogging the entire top-five at the 3A District 1 cross country race at Timberlake High School.

Sophomore Kassidy Hammond won the race with a time of 19 minutes, 48 seconds for the Tigers, who look to improve upon a fourth place finish at state last season.

"That's our first perfect score ever, which was our goal, and the girls went out and got it done," Timberlake coach Shawn Lawler said. "We hope to be in the top three this year and should be right in that range."

Timberlake ran away with the team title, finishing 48 points ahead of runner-up and state qualifier Priest River.

It was a three-man race to the finish on the boys side, as Bonners Ferry runner Jacob Perkins narrowly edged out Brayden Menti of Bonners Ferry and Josh Marks of Priest River to pick up a district title in his senior season.

Perkins finished with a time of 17 minutes, 22 seconds and only 1.6 second separated second and third place finishers Menti and Marks.

"Hats off to Brayden," said Lawler, who added a district title. "It should come down to a battle like the way it did."

at Timberlake High

TEAM SCORES - (Top two to state) - 1, Timberlake 24. 2, Bonners Ferry 45. 3, Priest River 73. 4, Kellogg 106.

QUALIFIERS - 1, Jacob Perkins, Bonners Ferry, 17:22. 2, Brayden Menti, Timberlake, 17:27. 3, Josh Marks, Priest River, 17:28. 4, Tanner Akerill, Timberlake, 18:20. 5, Brendan Jessen, Timberlake, 18:35. 6, Jacob St. mars, Timberlake, 18:39. 7, Cherokee Avriett, Timberlake, 18:56. 8, Jordan Hardy, Timberlake, 19:07. 9, Tucker Cavender, Bonners Ferry, 19:22. 10, Nolan Stidham, Bonners Ferry, 19:24.

TEAM SCORES - (Top two to state) - 1, Timberlake 15. 2, Priest River 63. 3, Bonners Ferry 73. 4, Kellogg 90.

QUALIFIERS - 1, Kassidy Hammond, Timberlake, 19:48. 2, Taylor Hammond, Timberlake, 20:41. 3, Natalie Herring, Timberlake, 21:14. 4, Kamy Waldram, Timberlake, 21:56. 5, Isabella Meijerink, Timberlake, 22:13. 6, Nicole Donn, Bonners Ferry, 22:26. 7, Elisabeth Young, Priest River, 22:44. 8, Lilly Kelley, Timberlake, 22:45. 9, Jamey Weishaar, Timberlake, 23:29. 10, Harley Nordby, Priest River, 23:49.

• 2A

Sophie McPhilomy finished second with a personal-best time of 20 minutes, 26 seconds to help the Coeur d’Alene Charter girls claim the 2A District 1-2 championship at Scenic 6 Park in Potlatch.

Coeur d’Alene Charter edged Deary 48-52 for the team title, with Kootenai finishing third with 62 points. All three teams qualify for the state 2A meet next Saturday at Eagle Island State Park.

Dillon Emery was the top boys finisher for the Charter boys, which finished second with 57 points.

“We felt really good about everything today,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Lewis Watkins said. “The course was in really good condition because it was 90 percent asphalt. There was no rain for the girls race, but it poured for the boys. But it was the same way all around the region.”

Logos claimed the boys title with 17 points, with Potlatch finishing third with 69.

Full individual finishers were not available as The Press went to press.