Adding to an already chaotic night?
For the first time in quite a while, they tried wrestling the annual TerHark Cup on the same week as that other spirit competition between Lake City and Coeur d’Alene High schools earlier this week.
While they’re a long way from adding that match to the other events in the annual four-plus-hour screaming match known as the Fight for the Fish, one wrestling coach has an idea of how to get them involved as well.
WHEN THE Vikings beat the Timberwolves 52-32 in Wednesday’s wrestling dual, it was Coeur d’Alene’s 15th straight win over Lake City in the rivalry dual. While it’s not part of the scoring for the Fish events, Lake City coach Corey Owen said he wouldn’t mind seeing it a part in the future.
“This week was our first time to really get a chance to feed off the Fish during the school week,” Owen said. “It was a better crowd than in previous years, with a lot of really good matches.”
Owen, in his ninth year as Lake City coach, noted while adding wrestling to the chaos of the Fish would be great for the sport, he’s not sure how that might work.
“I think it would be great, but don’t know how realistic it is to have wrestling in between the basketball games,” Owen said. “As long as the match and spirit are involved to make all the students feel involved, that’s enough for me.”
Keep in mind, Lakeland and Sandpoint will attempt to hold a spirit triple-header with girls basketball, wrestling and boys basketball to participate in the first Battle for the Paddle next Friday in Rathdrum.
“It’s always good for the program to win (the TerHark Cup),” said Jeff Moffat, in his 15th season as Coeur d’Alene coach. “The kids really get excited for the match and you get want to win it for them every year. As a coaching staff, we’re always happy for the kids when they win it.”
FOR THOSE fans holding out hope that the Seattle Seahawks can continue that postseason party a little longer — and maybe even host that NFC Championship Game — don’t put away that tailgating gear quite yet.
Keep in mind that the Seahawks were dominating the Falcons earlier this year, albeit in Seattle, before a second half meltdown got Atlanta back in the game. Seattle did enough to escape with a win then, and likely learned enough about what not to do should that happen again today when they meet again.
Of course, Seattle will need a little help from the Green Bay Packers against Dallas on Sunday to turn the lights on back in Seattle, but with the way the Packers have been playing in the last month, nothing is out of the question.
Four years ago, when Seattle lost at Atlanta in the NFC divisional round, the team came back and started a historic run to the present day that included a Super Bowl title, a dramatic runner-up finish the next year, and one of the craziest playoff games I’ve seen in a long time.
If that runs a little later today, it’s been a fun ride.
But judging by the rare silence out of some of the most vocal members of the Legion of Boom, there might be a few more miles left in the tank.
Jason Elliott is a sports writer for the Coeur d’Alene Press. He can be reached by telephone at (208) 664-8176, Ext. 2020 or via email at jelliott@cdapress.com. Follow him on Twitter @JEPressSports.