PREP ROUNDUP: Lake City nabs title at Lewiston volleyball tourney
• VOLLEYBALL
LEWISTON — The Lake City Timberwolves went 7-1 on the day, beating Lewiston 29-27 in an if-necessary championship match of the Lewiston Invitational on Saturday at Booth Hall.
Lewiston beat Lake City in the first championship match, but the Timberwolves had gone 6-0 throughout the day, beating Sandpoint, Moscow, Orofino and Grangeville to advance to the final round.
“Lewiston put up a great fight,” first-year Lake City coach Jenna Leggat said. “Our girls never gave up and pushed to the end. They just kept pushing and stayed together. Good things happen when those kinds of things are done.”
Scores and stats from the tournament were not available.
Lake City hosts Moscow on Tuesday.
Lakeland d. Bonners Ferry
RATHDRUM — Jalyn Mailhot had 11 assists and three digs and Madi Farris had nine kills for the Hawks in a 20-25, 25-6, 25-21, 25-14 win over the Badgers at Hawk Court.
“Offensively, Madi played really well and did a great job of being entergetic and making the right calls,” first-year Lakeland coach Adriano de Souza said. “We changed our formation a little and moved some kids around and we started to play a lot better.”
Brooke Mayberry had five aces and Kate Hegbloom three blocks for Lakeland (2-1), which competes in a tri-match on Tuesday against Kellogg and Stillwater Christian at Andrews Gymnasium in Kellogg.
Hannah Olson had 15 assists and one ace, Miranda Wenk 13 kills, Jadyn Bennett 13 digs and Jerzie Pluid two blocks for Bonners Ferry.
Lakeside wins own tournament
PLUMMER — Lakeside won three matches in the Lakeside tournament on Saturday, including a 2-1 win over Kootenai in the championship match at Ron Miller Court.
Wallace’s varsity team defeated the Miners’ JV team 2-0 in the third-place match.
In the fifth-place match, Genesis Prep defeated Mullan 2-1.
“The girls came together as a team,” said Lakeside coach Brad Veile, in his return to the Knights’ sideline after previously coaching the Lakeside volleyball team from 1991-2005. “They really played well together. They were aggressive, they communicated, they did all the basics they needed to do in order to win.”
In pool play, the Knights and the Warriors each finished first with 2-0 records. Wallace’s varsity and JV team each went 1-1 in their pool, while Mullan and Genesis Prep each went 0-2.
Lakeside plays at Coeur d’Alene Charter on Thursday.
• CROSS COUNTRY
Timberlake boys, girls take third at Libby Invitational
LIBBY, Mont. — Landon Davis was the top finisher for Timberlake at the Libby Invitational at J. Neils Park, finishing fourth in 16 minutes, 43 seconds.
Brayden Menti was fifth in 16:50 for Timberlake, which finished third. Glacier of Kalispell clipped Flathead — also of Kalispell — by one point for the boys team title with 41 points.
Abigail Peightal was fifth in 19:59 for the Timberlake girls, who finished third. Glacier also won the girls team title.
Sage Wanner of Columbia Falls (15:53) won the boys race and Nicole Bouma of Flathead (19:01) won the girls race.
Timberlake returns to action at the Post Falls River Run on Thursday at Kiwanis Park.
BOYS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Glacier 41. 2, Flathead 42. 3, Timberlake 69. 4, Columbia Falls 106. 5, Eureka 158. 6, Whitefish 177. 7, Thompson Falls 194. 8, Bonners Ferry 195. Libby, Arlee, incomplete teams.
WINNER, TIMBERLAKE FINISHERS — 1, Sage Wanner, Columbia Falls, 15:53. 4, Landon Davis, Timberlake, 16:43. 5, Brayden Menti, Timberlake, 16:50. 17, Daniel Pahl, Timberlake, 18:48.13. 21, Noah Youngman, Timberlake, 18:29.1. 22, Travis Plunkett, Timberlake, 18:29.6. 30, Drake VanBuskirk, Timberlake, 19:00. 39, Jordan Hardy, Timberlake, 19:30.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Glacier 72. 2, Whitefish 93. 3, Timberlake 98. 4, Bigfork 100. 5, Flathead 106. 6, Columbia Falls 115. 7, Eureka 130. 8, Libby 233. Selkirk (B.C.), Arlee, Thompson Falls, incomplete teams.
WINNER, TIMBERLAKE FINISHERS — 1, Nicole Bouma, Flathead, 19:01. 5, Abigail Peightal, Timberlake, 19:59. 5, Kassidy Hammond, Timberlake, 20:06. 19, Isabella Meijerink, Timberlake, 21:20. 23, Lilly Kelley, Timberlake, 22:05. 46, Kamy Waldram, Timberlake, 25:20. 49, Clair Neelon, Timberlake, 25:43.