Lake City notches another 5A IEL sweep
VOLLEYBALL
COEUR d’ALENE — Arlaina Stephenson had 15 kills, Ashley Kaufman 11 as the Lake City Timberwolves swept the Post Falls Trojans 25-20, 25-18, 27-25 in 5A Inland Empire League volleyball Thursday night.
Lake City coach Mike Summers noted the gym was “hot,” as they tried to keep the smoky air outside.
“The girls just maintained their focus,” Summers said. “They played as a team, flowed and moved as a team.”
Klaire Mitchell had 37 assists, three aces and two blocks for Lake City (3-0, 2-0 5A IEL). Chloe Knudson had 20 digs, Ashley Reyes 19. Kaitlin Hunter had two blocks, Kaufman two aces.
For Post Falls (5-1, 1-1), Allison Munday and Mackenzie Morris had six kills each, Tessa Sarff four. Courtney Finney had 11 assists, Kayla Mayo eight. Sarff had four blocks, Morris two. Morris had 14 digs, Kalli Minden 11. Mayo had three aces, Morris two.
“Our girls battled hard tonight,” Post Falls coach Matt Barkley said. “We did not lose because of a lack of effort. Lake City is a solid team and we played right with them all night. We made a few too many errors at critical points and had a hard time stopping some of their runs.”
Both teams are scheduled to play at the Lakeland Invitational on Saturday.
Coeur d’Alene d.
Sandpoint
COEUR d’ALENE — Taylin Rowley had 17 assists, Lauren Phillips nine as the host Vikings swept the Bulldogs 25-22, 25-16, 25-20 in nonleague play.
Kelly Horning had 11 kills and two blocks for Coeur d’Alene (3-2), Emily Klader had six kills, six digs and two aces, Elly Schraeder six kills, Sam Swayze nine digs and two aces.
“Our setters were strong tonight, and our defense was relentless,” Coeur d’Alene coach Dee Pottenger said. “Our goal is to continue to improve, and we did that as a team tonight.”
For Sandpoint (4-3), Grace Hicks had nine kills, Marina Bruener 16 assists, Jenny Slaveck 17 digs, Kaitlan Ward 15 digs.
Coeur d’Alene plays Saturday at the Lakeland Invitational.
Moscow d.
Lakeland
RATHDRUM — The visiting Bears swept the Hawks 25-13, 25-18, 25-22 in the 4A Inland Empire League opener for both at Hawk Court.
Mattisyn Cope had 16 kills and six digs for Lakeland (4-9, 0-1). Keely DeVore had 13 assists, Katy Ryan three blocks, Leyah de Souza three aces.
Lakeland hosts its invitational tournament on Saturday.
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St. Maries
ST. MARIES — Kaci Haeg had 14 kills and five blocks for the Lumberjacks in a 25-23, 17-25, 15-25, 25-17, 15-12 loss to the Maniacs in the Central Idaho League opener for both schools.
“We had a down night,” St. Maries coach Rachele Asbury said. “We had some poor serving, and Orofino capitalized on that. We weren’t aggressive enough and weren’t able to pick it back up.”
Devyn Wilson had 18 digs and three aces and Dakotah Wilks 23 assists for St. Maries (2-1), which competes in the Lakeland Invitational on Saturday.
Priest River d.
Genesis Prep
PRIEST RIVER — Bella Murekatete had seven kills, nine digs and three blocks for the Jaguars in a 25-16, 25-17, 25-22 loss to the Spartans.
“We played well, they just made fewer mistakes that we did,” Genesis Prep coach Mindy Buck said. “We’ve got some work to do, but we’ll get better as the season goes on.”
Emily Martinez had six assists for Genesis Prep (2-3), which faces Mullan on Saturday at Post Falls Middle School.
Cd’A Charter d.
Kootenai
COEUR d’ALENE — Megan McKinney had 10 kills and six aces as the host Panthers beat the Warriors 25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 25-21 in nonleague play at Holy Family Catholic School.
Rylee Peterson had 13 assists and five aces, Chloe Turnbull eight kills, Hannah Burt six kills for Coeur d’Alene Charter (3-1).
“We passed really well, and we served really well,” said Charter coach Cynthia Beyer, who added that “Megan did great,” but “we’re struggling on getting some kills (elsewhere), spreading it around.”
Madison Napierala had 14 kills, nine digs and four blocks for Kootenai (2-2). Courtney Lamb had 24 digs, and Brittney Larson had 30 assists and 11 digs.
“We had some amazing moments of play tonight, but our lack of communication and readiness at times was our downfall,” Kootenai coach Mary Gentry said. “We are capable of more; the girls just need to believe it and translate it out on the court.”
Kootenai opens North Star League play Tuesday at Lakeside.
Coeur d’Alene Charter opens Intermountain League play Tuesday at Kellogg.
N.I. Christian d.
Lakeside
PLUMMER — Layla Nordham had nine kills as the visiting Royals beat the Knights for the second time in eight days, this time 25-21, 25-22, 25-19 in nonleague play.
Laney LePard had 11 digs, Kaylee Prosch seven assists, Melanie Lund six aces for North Idaho Christian (2-0), which plays host to Covenant Christian next Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic School.
Samantha Adrian had nine kills and two blocks for Lakeside (2-5), Alyssa SiJohn had 14 assist, Kamryn Hendrickx four aces, Tenley Lambert seven digs.
“They just kept us off balance all night; they kept the ball alive and mounted a consistent offense,” Lakeside coach Brad Veile said. “Samantha Adrian (a sophomore middle blocker) was a force at the net for us.”
Lakeside opens North Star League play Tuesday at home vs. Kootenai.
POSTPONEMENTS
For the third straight day, the entire slate of area high school boys and girls soccer games was wiped out due to the poor air quality.
Affected were boys games pitting Coeur d’Alene at Post Falls, Lakeland at Moscow, Bonners Ferry at Timberlake and Coeur d’Alene JV at St. Maries, and girls games pitting Gonzaga Prep at Coeur d’Alene, Orofino at Coeur d’Alene Charter, Moscow at Lakeland, Bonners Ferry at Timberlake and St. Maries at Kellogg.
No makeup dates were announced.