Lake City advances to state 'final four'
Lake City’s Cameron Chun (7) and Devin Latreille celebrate one of Chun’s goals in the North Idaho championship lacrosse match against Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday. LOREN BENOIT/Press
LOREN BENOIT/Press Hunter Brett, right, of Coeur d’Alene High and Lake City’s Cameron Chun fight for possession of the ball at midfield in the 5A North Idaho Championship lacrosse match Tuesday evening at Lake City High School.
LOREN BENOIT/Press Carter Inouye of Coeur d’Alene High advances the ball upfield against Lake City High School.
LOREN BENOIT/PressZach Brown of Lake City High lets the ball loose to the net for a score during the North Idaho 5A Championship lacrosse match at Lake City High School on Tuesday.
COEUR d’ALENE — Lake City put crosstown rival Coeur d’Alene in a quick hole Tuesday, rolling its way to a 11-2 rout and a North Idaho lacrosse title at Lake City High School.
The Timberwolves (12-2) punched their ticket to the four-team state playoffs. Lake City travels to Boise where it will face Meridian (11-8) at 7 p.m. Friday for a trip to the championship game.
Coeur d’Alene ended its season at 7-6.
Matt Duchow paced the Timberwolves with two goals and two assists, helping his team jump out to 4-1 first quarter lead.
Danny Torres recorded a hat trick and Josh Brown added two goals for Lake City, which edged the Vikings 6-5 in overtime last week.
Lake City goalie Lucas Briner tallied 11 saves.
COEUR d’ALENE — Goals: Chandler Johnson, Carter Inouye. Assists: Isaac Camara. Saves: Seth Harrison 13.
LAKE CITY — Goals: Cameron Chun, Sam Buckland, Zach Brown 2, Danny Torres 3, Devin Latrielle, Matt Duchow 2, Jake Donohoe. Assists: Torres, Duchow 2, Donohoe. Saves: Lucas Briner 11.