PREP SOCCER: St. Maries boys stun Timberlake in district semis

• BOYS

COEUR d’ALENE — “The boys just played phenominally well,” was how St. Maries boys soccer Chris Renaldo summed up Tuesday’s stunner.

St. Maries junior centerback Steven Davenport scored two goals in regulation and another in a shootout, leading the fourth-seeded Lumberjacks past the top-seeded Timberlake Tigers 3-2 in a semifinal match in the 3A District 1-2 tournament on Tuesday at Community United Methodist Church Field.

“The kids just caught fire and decided they were going to play a great match,” Renaldo said. “We went down a goal quick in the second half, came back and just held on. The boys just played phenomenally well. Timberlake’s a great team. They played well in their first game at districts, and continued to play well in the second game of districts. It was a close, back and forth game.”

Timberlake lost leading goal scorer Cody Bentley at the end of the first half after a collision with the St. Maries goalkeeper. He did not return to the match.

“That hurt them a lot,” said Renaldo of Bentley. “He’s a whale of a player. It was a breakaway one-on-one and our keeper just ended on top of the ball.”

St. Maries plays either Priest River or Bonners Ferry in the district title match Thursday at 3 p.m. at Community United Methodist Church Field in Coeur d’Alene.

Timberlake beat St. Maries 6-0 and 4-0 in Intermountain League play this season.

Hauck, who also scored in regulation, and Denton Meijerink scored in the shootout for Timberlake, which finishes 11-6.

First half — 1, SM, Steven Davenport (Matt Hodgson), 8:00. 2, TL, Cody Bentley (unassisted), 17:00. Second half — 3, TL, Thomas Hauck (unassisted), 44:00. 4, SM, Davenport (Jackson Pritchard), 61:00. Overtime — none.

Shots on goal — SM 17, TL 19.

Saves — SM, Luca Vom Hagen 10; TL, Sheldon Kistler 5.

Moscow 2

Sandpoint 1 (SO)

SANDPOINT — The third seeded Bears beat the second-seeded Bulldogs in a semifinal game of the 4A Region 1 tournament at Pine Street Field.

Moscow (4-8) travels to top seeded Lakeland (11-2-2) on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the regional championship match.

• GIRLS

Timberlake 6

Priest River 0

POST FALLS — Six different players scored for the top-seeded Timberlake Tigers, who rolled to a 6-0 victory over the fifth-seeded Priest River Spartans in the semifinals of the 3A District 1-2 tournament Tuesday at Post Falls High.

“We scored in the fifth minute, but it took some time after that to find what we needed to be doing,” Timberlake coach Steve Michaels said.

Timberlake (15-0-1) plays second-seeded and defending state champion Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy in the district title game Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Community United Methodist Church Field. It’s a rematch of last year’s district title game, won by Timberlake.

First half — 1, TL, Carleen Simpson (unassisted), 5:00. 2, TL, Shelby Starr (unassisted), 23:00. 3, TL, Emily Vanderhoof (unassisted), 27:00. Second half — 4, TL, Georgie Simpson (unassisted), 45:00. 5, TL, Ashley Neuberger (unassisted), 55:00. 6, TL, Mauri Roth (unassisted), 63:00.

Shots on goal — PR 1, TL 10.

Saves — PR, unknown 3; TL, Keelie Lawler 1.

Cd’A Charter 5

Bonners Ferry 0

POST FALLS — Katie Venera scored two second-half goals as the Panthers beat the Badgers in a semifinal match in the 3A District 1 tournament at Post Falls High.

“We needed some good individual performances and we got them from our team leaders, including Alexa Ricks, and from our younger players, including Katie Venera,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Dave Baxter said. “We will need to take our play to another level on Thursday.”

Coeur d’Alene Charter (12-4-1) will face Timberlake in the championship game on Thursday at 1 p.m. at Community United Methodist Church Field.

Bonners Ferry finishes 6-6-0.

First half — 1, Charter, Alexa Ricks (unassisted), 4:06. 2, Charter, Cecelia McAfee (Brooklyn Cunningham), 11:27. 3, Charter, Katie Venera (unassisted), 35:17. Second half — 4, Charter, Cali Shipman (Emma Bartlett), 50:44. 5, Charter, Venera (Mary Nicklay), 62:05.

Shots on goal — BF 4, Charter 14.

Saves — BF, Sarah Beck 9; Charter, Jackie Jensen 3, Rachel Callister 1.