PREP VOLLEYBALL: Lake City sweeps Moscow
MOSCOW — Ashley Kaufman had 11 kills, 10 digs and two blocks for the Timberwolves in a 25-14, 25-3, 25-23 nonleague win against the Bears at Bear Den.
“Ashley played a great match,” Lake City coach Jenna Leggat said. “Numbers wise, Ashley was all over the court. But it was a complete team effort. The players stepped up and did a great job tonight. They did a great job of meshing together and playing as a team, and I’m proud of them.”
Chloe Knudson had five aces, Kaitlin Hunter five kills, Klaire Mitchell 22 assists, Arlaina Stephenson 10 digs and Ashley Reyes 18 digs for Lake City (14-1), which plays at Central Valley of Spokane tonight at 6 p.m.
Sandpoint d.
Post Falls
SANDPOINT — The visiting Trojans built sizeable leads in the first two sets, but were unable to close out the Bulldogs in a 25-23, 25-20, 25-20 loss at Les Rogers Court.
Allison Munday had 11 kills to lead Post Falls (12-7). Kalli Minden added 13 digs, Kayla Mayo and Courtney Finney 10 assists, and Cassidy Jackson three blocks.
Sandpoint (14-6) won without starting middle blocker Grace Hicks, out with a sprained ankle.
“It feels good to beat a 5A in three. With Grace out for a couple of weeks, you never know how that will affect chemistry,” Sandpoint coach Erin Roos said. “They kept their composure, and even when they were down, they didn’t panic. I think it will pay off down the road, having that confidence we can come back, we’ve done it in the past.”
Post Falls plays host to Moscow and University on Saturday.
Coeur d’Alene d.
University
COEUR d’ALENE — Sam Swayze had 13 digs, and the host Vikings won for the second time this week, beating the Titans of the Greater Spokane League 25-16, 25-14, 25-22.
Ali Williams had 14 kills, and 10 assists for Coeur d’Alene (8-6). Delaney Schmidt added 10 kills, Isabella Hollibaugh 19 assists for the Vikings.
“Good all-around play by the girls tonight,” Coeur d’Alene coach Dee Pottenger said. “All of our hitters hit well. Sam played great defense, which allowed us to run all our options.”
For University, Rachel Schlect had eight kills, Rochelle Koepke 10 assists.
Coeur d’Alene returns to action next Tuesday at home vs. Lakeland.
Lakeside d.
Genesis Prep
PLUMMER — Lillian Rhea had 13 kills and four digs as the Knights beat the visiting Jaguars 25-11, 25-11, 21-25, 27-25 in North Star League play.
Rachael Arthur and Te’a Lambert each had six aces for Lakeside (4-3, 2-2 NSL), which totaled 15 aces. Alyssa SiJohn had 23 assists, and Sarah Daman and Sativa Bohlman each had four digs.
“We were just serving well, getting our hits down, getting balls up, we moved well, we just did everything we needed to do in the first two sets, and then figured it was going to be so easy we didn’t have to play as hard,” Lakeside coach Brad Veile said.
Lakeside plays host to Wallace on Tuesday.
Genesis Prep (1-2, 1-2) plays host to Clark Fork tonight at 6 at Post Falls Middle School.
Kootenai d.
Mullan
HARRISON FLATS — Madison Napierala had 15 assists and four digs as the host Warriors beat the Tigers 25-5, 25-16, 25-14 in North Star League play.
Michaela LaFountaine added eight kills and Kaili Gentry had six kills and two blocks for Kootenai (12-3, 4-0 NSL), which plays host to Genesis Prep next Tuesday.
“Mullan has a young team, which gave us the opportunity to try some new things and get everybody playing time,” Kootenai coach Mary Gentry said.
Mullan (1-5, 0-5) plays Saturday at a tournament in Kellogg.
The Oaks d.
N.I. Christian
COEUR d’ALENE — Grace Gipson had six aces and 10 digs for the Royals in a 25-23, 25-14, 27-25 loss to The Oaks of Spokane Valley in a Mountain Christian League match at Holy Family Catholic School.
Sarah Luck had six kills, Kaylee Prosch six assists and Jennie Orr three blocks for North Idaho Christian (2-2, 1-1 MCL), which plays at Covenant Christian of Pasco on Saturday at noon, then travels to face Christian Heritage of Edwall at 6 p.m., also on Saturday.