PREP SOCCER: Bentley sends Tiger boys past St. Maries

• BOYS

SPIRIT LAKE — Cody Bentley scored two goals for the Timberlake Tigers in an 4-1 Intermountain League win against the St. Maries Lumberjacks on Tuesday afternoon.

Denton Meijerink had a goal and assist for Timberlake (7-2-1, 4-1-1 IML), which hosts the Sandpoint JV tonight.

“We definitely played a lot better in the second half,” Timberlake coach Cody Bentley said. “I thought we came out a little slow in the first half, but the longer the game went on, we started to get it going. I was really happy with the way Denton played. He really stepped up tonight, scored a great goal and hustled his tail off.”

Stephen Davenport scored for St. Maries (4-3-2, 3-1-2), which hosts the Lake City JV on Thursday.

Goal times and shots on goal were not available.

First half — 1, TL, Cody Bentley (Denton Meijerink). Second half — 2, TL, Bentley (unassisted). 3, SM, Stephen Davenport (unassisted). 4, TL, Kobe Harris (unassisted). 5, TL, Meijerink (unassisted).

Shots on goal — SM unknown, TL unknown.

Saves — SM, unknown; TL, unknown.

Coeur d’Alene 2

Lewiston 1

LEWISTON — Austin Garitone scored a pair of first-half goals to lead the Vikings past the Bengals in a 5A Inland Empire League match at Walker Field.

“Making the trip down here is never each and today was a little bit of a circus,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Lake said. “From a control and chippiness standpoint, it was out of control. For me as a coach, it’s a little frustrating, but we’re happy that we’re driving home with a win.”

Garitone scored on an assist from Gabe Nazemi in the sixth minute, then scored again on a penalty kick in the 38th minute for Coeur d’Alene (5-0-3, 3-0-1 5A IEL), which plays at Lakeland on Thursday.

Lewiston is 0-4 in league.

First half — 1, Cd’A, Austin Garitone (Gabe Nazemi), 6:00. 2, Lew, Gavin Hewitt (Sean Spencer), 30:00. 3, Cd’A, Garitone (penalty kick), 38:00. Second half — none.

Shots on goal — Cd’A 10, Lew 4.

Saves — Cd’A, Shawn McKeeken 3; Lew, Brandon Mooers 4.

Post Falls 4

St. George’s 0

POST FALLS — Following a scoreless first half, Damon Gilmor scored two goals in a 10-minute stretch, lifting the Trojans past the Dragons in nonleague play.

“We played a great first half; we really owned possession of the ball,” Post Falls coach Gabe Lawson said. “It was just grinding them down a little bit (in the second half), making them chase the ball around the field. That first touch in the final third, they (the Trojans) fixed that wonderfully in the second half.”

Gilmor picked up the scoring slack in place of scoring and assist leader Diego Esquivel, who was serving a one-match penalty for accruing five yellow cards to date this season.

“He opened up with two beautiful goals,” said Lawson of Gilmor, noting he did the same last week vs. Lake City. “Right now, he’s just in a zone.”

Post Falls (5-1-3), which has won four straight, returns to action Saturday at Moscow.

First half — none. Second half — 1, PF, Damon Gilmor (Nick Morris), 61:00. 2, PF, Gilmor (Josh Brisendine), 70:00. 3, PF, McKie Gregory (Morris), 75:00. 4, Malachi Huelar (Bailey Massender), 77:00.

Shots on goal — SG 9, PF 20.

Saves — SG, Noah Galow 7. PF, Zach Nall 3.

• GIRLS

Lewiston 2

Coeur d’Alene 1

COEUR d’ALENE — A scramble in front of the net off a corner kick resulted in the Bengals beating the Vikings in a 5A Inland Empire League match at Coeur d’Alene High.

In the 73rd minute, Lewiston’s Kallie Mastroberardino scored through a crowd to give the Bengals the lead.

Coeur d’Alene coach Andy Vredenburg said. “It was a good game. I felt like we had most of the control of the game and moved the ball around really well. We just couldn’t finish our chances and Lewiston capatalized on their opportunities.”

Coeur d’Alene (4-1-1, 2-1 5A IEL) hosts Lakeland on Thursday.

Lewiston is 2-1-1 in league.

First half — 1, Lew, Demi Randall (unassisted), 24:00. Second half — 2, Cd’A, Erika Skindlov (Maddie Morris), 69:00. 3, Lew, Kallie Masteroberardino (corner kick), 73:00.

Shots on goal — Lew 5, Cd’A 15.

Saves — Lew, Cassie Willamson, 14; Cd’A, Ali Rollins 4, Lily Foster 1.

Cheney 3

Lakeland 0

CHENEY — The visiting Hawks were shut out in a nonleague match by the Blackhawks.

Lakeland (4-5-1) travels to Coeur d’Alene on Thursday.

First half — 1, Che, Madison O’Callaghan (unassisted), 22:00. Second half — 2, Che, Lelie Holland (unassisted), 45:00. 3, Che, Gabby Nguyen (unassisted), 70:00.

Shots on goal — LL 5, Che 17.

Saves — LL, Morgan Bixenstein, 14; Che, Nicole Rowley, 5.

Timberlake 9

St. Maries 0

SPIRIT LAKE — Allison Kirby, McKenna Hughes and Georgina Simpson had two goals each as the Tigers beat the Lumberjacks in an Intermountain League match.

“We’ve got a lot of injuries and it was good to involve a lot of people,” Timberlake coach Steve Michael said. “The girls moved the ball around really well.”

Timberlake (8-1-1, 7-0-1 IML) travels to St. Maries next Tuesday.

St. Maries (1-6-2, 1-5-1) hosts the Lake City JV on Thursday.

First half — 1, TL, Allison Kirby (unassisted), 7:00. 2, TL, McKenna Hughes (Shelby Starr), 14:00. 3, TL, Kirby (unassisted), 21:00. 4, TL, Hughes (unassisted), 38:00. Second half — 5, TL, Georgina Simpson (unassisted), 44:00. 6, TL, Simpson (unassisted), 47:00. 7, TL, Maurie Roth (unassisted), 60:00. 8, TL, Starr (unassisted), 63:00. 9, TL, Malia Remillard (unassisted), 76:00.

Shots on goal — SM 4, TL 15.

Saves — SM, Beth Lindberg 4; TL, Keelie Lawler 4.