PREP SOCCER: Timberlake girls tie Charter with late goal

• GIRLS SOCCER

COEUR d’ALENE — The host Coeur d’Alene Charter Panthers jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a goal by Eliason Cherstrom in the 12th minute — one minute after a Sandi Faulkner goal opened the scoring — but a late goal by Timberlake’s McKenna Hughes led to a 2-2 Intermountain League draw on Tuesday at Community United Methodist Church Field.

The game was a matchup of the top two teams in the IML. Coeur d’Alene Charter was runners-up at state last year; in 2014, Charter beat Timberlake in the state title game.

“I couldn’t be more proud of my players for the way we played in the first half and handled being up 2-0 for most of the half,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Stacy Smith said. “Problem is in soccer, 2-0 is a dangerous lead. It was the tale of two halves, at least in front of the goal. We continued to maintain a strong offensive presence, but really struggled with finishing in the second half. We had a few wide and several right of the keeper. It’s tough to walk away from a 2-2 game against a team like Timberlake and be disappointed, but I know that was the mood of the team. Hopefully, we get to face them again and earn the right to walk away with a different feeling.”

Allison Kirby scored an unassisted goal in the 46th minute for Timberlake (4-1-1, 4-0-1 IML), which beat Coeur d’Alene Charter 2-1 in its season opener on Aug. 23 in Spirit Lake.

“I was not happy with our first half at all at any level,” Timberlake coach Steve Michael said. “Charter capitalized on some mistakes we made and got out to an early lead. At halftime, we did a reality check with each other and I asked them if they wanted to play, or just finish the match out. It was nice to come back and tie it up and finish the match.”

Coeur d’Alene Charter travels to Kellogg on Thursday.

Timberlake hosts Colville on Saturday.

First half — 1, Charter, Sandi Faulkner (unassisted), 11:00. 2, Charter, Eliason Cherstrom (CeCe McAfee), 12:00. Second half — 3, TL, Allison Kirby (unassited), 46:00. 4, TL, McKenna Hughes (unassisted), 79:00.

Shots on goal — TL 12, Charter 13.

Saves — TL, Keelie Lawler 9; Charter, Rachel Callister 8.

Coeur d’Alene 10

Post Falls 0

POST FALLS — Maggie Vietri had two goals and two assists and Sarah Swider had two goals for the Vikings in a 5A Inland Empire League win against the Trojans.

“We got an early goal and then everything was clicking,” Coeur d’Alene coach Andy Vredenburg said. “We were passing and defending really well. Once we got that first goal, they just started rolling in.”

Coeur d’Alene (2-0-1, 1-0 5A IEL) hosts Lake City on Saturday.

Post Falls (1-4-1, 0-2) hosts Gonzaga Prep on Thursday.

First half — 1, Cd’A, Sam Crabb (Maggie Vietri), 4:00. 2, Cd’A, Erika Skindlov (Megan Drake), 22:00. 3, Cd’A, Sarah Swider (Addie Smart), 29:00. 4, Cd’A, Swider (Sydnee Rud), 38:00. Second half — 5, Cd’A, Maddie Morris (Vietri), 45:00. 6, Cd’A, Vietri (Drake), 47:00. 7, Cd’A, Drake (Kayla Fagan), 65:00. 8, Cd’A, Vietri (Abbi Ellison), 75:00. 9, Cd’A, Morris (Ellison), 76:00. 10, Cd’A, Ellison (Fagan), 79:00.

Shots on goal — Cd’A 33, PF 4.

Saves — Cd’A, Lilly Foster 2, Ali Rollins 2; PF, Maddie Graangard, 25.

Central Valley 6

Lake City 3

SPOKANE VALLEY — The Timberwolves gave up six goals in a game for the first time in 13 seasons, in a nonleague loss to the Bears at Central Valley High.

“I need to do a better job of preparing them for quality opponents, and they need to step up, and they need to play,” Lake City coach Matt Ruchti said. “When you play even opponents, games can go either way, and we weren’t ready to play. And I take responsibility.”

Lake City (4-1) fell behind 4-1 at halftime. CV’s second goal, which came one minute after the first, and its fourth goal, which came two minutes after the third, both were the result of Lake City players making plays on the ball, but having the bounce off them to a Bears player for a scoring opportunity.

“By all means we did not play well, but some of those goals were weird,” Ruchti said. “Just bad deflections, two times in a row.”

It was the third time in the recorded history of Lake City girls soccer that the T-Wolves gave up six goals in a game. The last time was Oct. 16, 2003, when Sandpoint won 6-0.

Lake City has never allowed more than six goals in a game.

Lake City plays host to Lewiston today at 4:30.

First half — 1, CV, 8:00. 2, CV, 9:00. 3, LC, Havana Johnson (Payton Barber), 10:00. 4, CV, 30:00. 5, CV, 32:00. Second half — 6, CV, 43:00. 7, LC, Johnson (Larissa Bailey), 44:00. 8, LC, Taylor Pickford (Katey Knaack), 65:00. 9, CV, 74:00.

Shots on goal — LC 10, CV 10.

Saves — LC, Emily Parson 4; CV 7.

Sandpoint 3

Lakeland 1

RATHDRUM — Harley Hendry scored an unassisted goal in the 49th minute for the Hawks in a loss to the Bulldogs in the 4A Inland Empire League opener for both at Sunrise Rotary Field.

Lakeland (1-3-1) travels to Moscow on Thursday.

Casey Shaha scored two first-half goals for Sandpoint (2-1-2).

First half — 1, Spt, Casey Shaha (Yeo Yarnell), 10:00. 2, Spt, Shaha (Kayla Inman), 34:00. Second half — 3, LL, Harley Hendry (unassisted), 49:00. 4, Spt, Riley Walkington (Inman), 68:00.

Shots on goal — Spt 12, LL 6.

Saves — Spt, Shea Kilpatrick 5; LL, Morgan Bixenstein, 9.

• BOYS SOCCER

Post Falls 2

Coeur d’Alene 2

COEUR d’ALENE — The host Vikings scored in the first half, and the Trojans rallied in the second half of a 5A Inland Empire League draw.

Gabe Nazemi scored on an assist from Max Bennett to open the scoring in the 16th minute for Coeur d’Alene, which took a 2-0 lead on a penalty kick by Austin Garitone.

Post Falls scored on a penalty kick by Diego Esquivel in the 53rd minute and Wyatt Millsap tied the match on an assist from Damon Gilmore in the 75th.

“We missed five chances 1v1 with the goalkeeper and we couldn’t put the ball on the frame,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Lake said. “We should have won the game, and we kind of feel like we lost the game. Our guys are a little upset.”

Coeur d’Alene (2-0-2, 0-0-1 5A IEL) travels to Lake City on Saturday.

Post Falls (1-1-3, 0-1-1) travels to Northwest Christian on Thursday.

First half — 1, Cd’A, Gabe Nazemi (Max Bennett), 16:00. 2, Cd’A, Austin Garitone (penalty kick), 32:00. Second half — 3, PF, Diego Esquivel (penalty kick), 53:00. 4, PF, Wyatt Millsap (Damon Gilmor), 75:00.

Shots on goal — PF 4, Cd’A 8.

Saves — PF, Zach Nall, 6; Cd’A, Shawn McKeeken, 2.

Sandpoint 3

Lakeland 1

SANDPOINT — Cody Callahan gave the Hawks the halftime lead, but three goals by the Bulldogs in the second half gave them the win in the 4A Inland Empire League opener for both schools at War Memorial Field.

Sandpoint scored two goals on penalty kicks, then Dawson Mulder scored an unassisted goal in the 70th minute to cap the scoring.

Lakeland (1-5-1) hosts Moscow on Thursday.

Sandpoint (4-2-1) plays at Moscow next Tuesday.

First half — 1, LL, Cody Callahan (unassisted), 18:00. Second half — 2, Spt, Jack Rinck (penalty kick), 55:00. 3, Spt, Christian Dressel (penalty kick), 60:00. 4, Spt, Dawson Mulder (unassisted), 70:00.

Shots on goal — LL 4, Spt 8.

Saves — LL, Max Baker 4; Spt, Mitch Rust 3.