Lakeside, with thoughts of Freeman, sweeps Mullan
- VOLLEYBALL
PLUMMER — While it might not have been about them at the start of the night, it was a night dedicated to a school 25 miles away by the end of the night.
The Lakeside Knights dedicated Thursday’s North Star League match to nearby Freeman (Wash.) High, where a school shooting occurred on Wednesday.
“A lot of the girls knew some of the kids from Freeman,” Lakeside coach Brad Veile said. “We put some #Freemanstrong banners in the gym. You could tell it was on their minds all night.”
In the match, Sativa Bohlman had six kills and eight digs for the Knights in a 25-15, 25-7, 25-16 league win over the Mullan Tigers on Thursday at Ron Miller Court.
“We played with a little more confidence tonight,” Veile said. “Sativa hit the ball well, passed well and was moving well on the court.”
Samantha Adrian had seven aces — five in the second set — and Alyssa SiJohn 27 assists for Lakeside (3-6, 1-1 NSL), which hosts Clark Fork on Tuesday.
Lakeland d.
Sandpoint
SANDPOINT — The visiting Hawks rallied to win the final three sets to beat the Bulldogs 28-30, 29-31, 25-17, 25-22, 15-7 in 4A Inland Empire League play at Les Rogers Court.
It was Lakeland’s first win over Sandpoint since 2005.
Mattisyn Cope had 29 kills, 11 digs and three aces for Lakeland (9-11, 1-1 4A IEL). Brooke Mayberry had 42 assists, Katy Ryan 12 blocks.
Grace Hicks had 16 kills and 25 assists for Sandpoint (7-6, 0-1). Shelby Kluver had 12 kills and 23 digs, Jenny Slaveck 11 kills, Marina Bruener 30 assists and four aces, Grace Kirscher four blocks, Kaitlan Ward four aces.
Lakeland plays at Lake City on Tuesday.
Lewiston d.
Post Falls
LEWISTON — Allison Munday had 17 kills and two aces for the visiting Trojans, who put up a battle before falling to the Bengals 25-20, 25-23, 27-29, 25-23 in 5A Inland Empire League play at Booth Hall.
Macky Morris had 25 digs and three aces for Post Falls (10-4, 1-2 5A IEL). Sydney Parks had 12 kills and five blocks, Kayla Mayo 22 assists, Courtney Finney 16 assists, Tessa Sarff seven blocks.
Lewiston is 1-1 in league.
Post Falls is scheduled to travel to Yakima for the Sunfair Invitational on Saturday.
Coeur d’Alene d.
Central Valley
SPOKANE VALLEY — Kelly Horning had 13 kills, 12 digs and five blocks as the visiting Vikings beat the Bears 25-23, 16-25, 19-25, 25-12, 15-10 in nonleague play.
Sarah Wilkey had seven kills and two aces for Coeur d’Alene (6-5). Taylin Rowley had 14 assists and two aces, Lauren Phillips 10 assists, Sam Swayze 17 digs, Elly Schraeder four blocks and three aces.
“Fun, good match all around,” Coeur d’Alene coach Dee Pottenger said. “Proud of how we played, and our progress.”
Kaitlyn White led Central Valley with 12 kills and 10 digs. Hannah Wampler had 29 assists, Paige Wollan nine kills, Sami Smith seven digs and four aces.
Coeur d’Alene travels to Mead on Saturday.
Bonners Ferry d.
Cd’A Charter
COEUR d’ALENE — Maddie Kociela had four kills and Megan Mackinney three kills and four assists for the Panthers in a 25-16, 25-20, 25-9 Intermountain League loss to the Badgers at Holy Family Catholic School.
“They’ve got some big, powerful girls, and we played defense really well,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Cynthia Beyer said. “We dug up a lot of balls, but couldn’t get them put back down. We passed the ball well tonight.”
Rylie Peterson had four assists for Coeur d’Alene Charter (3-3, 0-2 IML), which faces North Idaho Christian on Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic School.
St. Maries d.
Timberlake
ST. MARIES — Dakotah Wilks had 23 assists as the Lumberjacks, coming off a rough stretch last weekend and earlier this week, beat the Tigers in a matchup of teams who placed in the top three of their respective state tournaments last season.
Kaci Haeg had 11 kills for St. Maries (7-8), third at state in 2A last year. Devyn Wilson had 20 digs, Kaylee Auer eight blocks.
“We came off the Lakeland tournament not playing our best, having some serve-receive errors and serve errors that carried over to the Lakeland match on Tuesday,” St. Maries coach Rachele Asbury said. “We got some things figured out, and we played at a much higher level tonight.”
Kenzie Dean had 11 kills and 10 digs for Timberlake (5-8), second at state in 3A last year. McKeeley Tonkin had 31 assists and two aces for the Tigers, who play host to Kellogg next Tuesday.
St. Maries returns to action next Thursday at Kellogg.
N.I. Christian d.
Pullman Christian
LIBERTY LAKE — Hannah Gipson had 13 assists for the Royals in a 25-19, 25-18, 21-25, 25-23 Mountain Christian League win against the Eagles at the HUB Sports Center.
Julia Haag had nine kills, Melanie Lund 10 digs and Kaylee Prosch six aces for North Idaho Christian (4-1, 2-0 MCL), which faces Flathead Valley Home School Association tonight at Holy Family Catholic School.
- GIRLS SOCCER
Lakeland 2
Post Falls 2
POST FALLS — Rickie Colosimo scored the tying goal in 77th minute to help the Trojans earn a draw with the Hawks at Post Falls High.
“Lakeland played a really tough game tonight,” Post Falls coach Steve Mills said. “They did a good job collapsing back and protecting their goal, and you could tell it was frustrating our front line girls. They also did a good job on their counter attacks. The stats show that we had the majority of the possession, and quite a few more shots, but we are still having a really tough time getting the ball in the back of the net.”
Leticia Balana opened the scoring for Post Falls (1-3-2), which hosts Mt. Spokane on Saturday.
Makayla Higbee and Sofi Schnepf had unassisted goals for Lakeland (2-3-1), which is scheduled to play at Colville on Saturday.
First half — 1, PF, Leticia Balana (Bethany Gilmor), 18:00. 2, LL, Makayla Higbee (unassisted), 24:00. Second half — 3, LL, Sofi Schnepf (unassisted), 44:00. 4, PF, Rickie Colosimo (Brianna Erny), 77:00.
Shots on goal — LL 7, PF 11.
Saves — LL, unknown, 9; PF, Maddie Grangaard, 5.
- BOYS SOCCER
Post Falls 4
Lakeland 0
RATHDRUM — No other information was reported.
- POSTPONEMENTS
Due to poor air quality, boys soccer matches pitting Orofino at Timberlake and Sandpoint at Lake City, as well as a girls soccer match pitting Coeur d’Alene Charter at Kellogg were postponed.
The Charter-Kellogg match has been rescheduled for Oct. 7 at 1 p.m.
No makeup dates were announced for the boys matches.