PREP SOCCER: Balanced Lumberjacks top Spartan boys

| September 8, 2016 9:00 PM

• BOYS

ST. MARIES — Stephen Davenport scored two of his three goals in the first five minutes, sparking the St. Maries Lumberjacks past the Priest River Spartans 5-0 in an Intermountain League match at City Park on Wednesday.

“That quick start gave quite a bit of confidence,” St. Maries coach Chris Renaldo said. “I think they rebounded well from that Orofino game (a 3-3 draw on Sept. 1). Our ball movement was much better and our combination plays were great. It was one of the best games they’ve played as a team. Our scoring was spread out and they spread the offense around really well.”

Diego Papetti had a goal and three assists for St. Maries (2-2-2, 2-0-2 IML), which hosts the Lakeland junior varsity on Saturday.

Priest River (1-3-1, 1-2-1) hosts Northwest Christian on Monday.

First half — 1, SM, Stephen Davenport (Diego Papetti), 2:00. 2, SM, Matt Masterson (Papetti), 5:00. 3, SM, Davenport (Papetti), 16:00. Second half — 4, SM, Papetti (Masterson), 59:00. 5, SM, Davenport (unassisted), 71:00.

Shots on goal — PR 5, SM 15.

Saves — PR, Bonnin Norby 5; SM, Zach Hills 5.

Lake City 3

Lewiston 2

LEWISTON — The visiting Timberwolves beat the Bengals to improve to 2-0 in 5A Inland Empire League play at Walker Field.

Other details were not reported.

Lake City (3-1, 2-0 5A IEL) hosts Coeur d’Alene on Saturday.

• GIRLS

Lake City 1

Lewiston 1

COEUR d’ALENE — Caitlin Barber scored an unassisted goal in the 22nd minute for the Timberwolves in a 5A Inland Empire League draw with the Bengals at the Irma Anderl Soccer Complex.

“We’re definitely tired, especially on the attacking end,” said Lake City coach Matt Ruchti, whose team played at Central Valley on Tuesday, losing 6-3. “We’ve got get better and need to get healthy. We’re looking forward to another game this weekend.”

Lake City (4-1-1, 1-0-1 5A IEL) travels to Coeur d’Alene on Saturday.

Madison Haas scored the tying goal in the 65th minute for Lewiston (0-0-1 in league).

First half — 1, LC, Caitlin Barber (unassisted), 22:00. Second half — 2, Lew, Madison Haas (unassisted), 65:00.

Shots on goal — Lew 4, LC 16.

Saves — Lew, Kaysha Bailey 13; LC, Emily Parson 3.

Priest River 2

St. Maries 0

ST. MARIES — The Lumberjacks fell to the Spartans in an Intermountain League match at City Park.

“We played well and kind of got unlucky at times,” St. Maries coach Brad Groce said. “I thought we played well, and we’re decreasing the goals against. We just need to get a little more aggressive on the offensive side. We’re still building some cohesion.”

St. Maries (1-5, 1-4 IML) will host the Lakeland junior varsity on Saturday.

Rachel Akre and AveryLynn Summers scored for Priest River (4-2, 3-2), which hosts Northwest Christian on Monday.

First half — 1, PR, Rachel Akre (Mel Krampert), 26:00. Second half — 2, PR, AveryLynn Summers (Hannah Brengle), 74:00.

Shots on goal — PR 15, SM 8.

Saves — PR, Lillian Hernandez 7; SM, Emma Hofmeister, 12.