Trojans down Hawks in opener
Brooklyn Minden of Post Falls High sets the ball to a teammate in a match against Lakeland High Wednesday at Post Falls High School. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
LOREN BENOIT/Press Daphne Carroll of Lakeland High dives for the ball in a match against Post Falls Wednesday at Post Falls High School.
- VOLLEYBALL
POST FALLS — For a first match of the season, neither Post Falls nor Lakeland played like teams stepping on the court on Wednesday night at The Arena at Post Falls.
Brielle Nagel had 11 kills and nine digs, Kassi Gardner 10 assists and Ali Carpenter 11 digs for the Trojans in a 25-16, 25-16, 25-15 nonleague win over the Hawks in the season opener for both schools.
“Lakeland came out firing at us really fast,” Post Falls coach Matt Barkley said. “The match was a really fast tempo from both sides, but we were able to dig up everything they hit at us.”
Brooklyn Minden had 10 assists and Madison John six kills and three blocks for Post Falls, which travels to Sandpoint tonight.
Olivia Cooper had 11 digs, Katy Ryan six kills and three blocks, Abigail Neff 11 assists and Keely DeVore five aces for Lakeland, which plays at Kellogg tonight.
Coeur d’Alene d.
Timberlake
SPIRIT LAKE — Elli Schrader had 10 kills, five blocks and three aces for the Vikings in a 25-15, 25-7, 25-12 win over the Tigers in the nonleague opener for both schools.
Courtney Garwood had 14 assists, Taylin Rowley 11 assists, Maggie Bloom 10 digs and three aces and Sarah Wilkey seven kills, eight digs and two aces for Coeur d’Alene.
“I thought our offense was balanced tonight,” Coeur d’Alene coach Carly Curtis said. “We got a chance to look at all of our players, and everyone came in and did a great job tonight. I’m excited about our offensive power going forward this season and just how scrappy we were on defense.”
Brooke Jessen had five kills, Kylie Marneris two aces and three digs, Jaycie Pratt seven assists and McKennah Kronenberg two blocks for Timberlake, which visits Sandpoint on Sept. 5.
“I was overall pleased with how we played, regardless of what the score says,” Timberlake coach Michelle Garwood said. “Coeur d’Alene is a big and athletic team. I thought we were very scrappy and picked up a lot of good balls. It was a good overall start to our season.”
Coeur d’Alene hosts a pair of Missoula schools on Friday, facing Hellgate at 2 p.m., then Sentinel at 4.
Kootenai d.
Kellogg JV
HARRISON FLATS — The Warriors fought back to down the Wildcat junior varsity 25-19, 25-27, 18-25, 25-10, 15-12 in the coaching opener for Katie Ames.
“It was a really good matchup,” Ames said. “Both teams played really, really well. It was competitive on both sides.”
Statistics were not available.
The teams meet again next Wednesday at Kellogg High.
- GIRLS SOCCER
Cd’A Charter 12
Kellogg 0
POST FALLS — Sarah Hines had four goals and an assist for the Panthers in a season-opening win over the Wildcats in an Intermountain League match at The Fields at Real Life Ministries.
“It was good to get the first game under our belt to see what we need to work on in a full field and game setting,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Stacy Smith said. “I was pleased with several items, including speed of play and movement of the ball by our veteran players. The turf is not forgiving with missent balls and first touches, but we’ll continue to work on that.”
Isabella Lucky and Sandy Faulkner had two goals each for Coeur d’Alene Charter, which travels to Grangeville on Saturday.
First half — 1, CdAC, Sarah Hines (unassisted), 6:00. 2, CdAC, Isabella Lucky (Allie Klein), 7:00. 3, CdAC, Sandy Faulkner (unassisted), 9:00. 4, CdAC, S. Hines (Rebekah Hines), 12:00. 5, CdAC, R. Hines (S. Hines), 13:00. 6, CdAC, Faulkner (Kiley Cutler), 29:00. Second half — 7, CdAC, S. Hines (Cutler), 46:00. 8, CdAC, S. Hines (unassisted), 48:00. 9, CdAC, Lucky (R. Hines), 48:00. 10, CdAC, Eden Harger (Sydney Garn), 54:00. 11, CdAC, Danica Nowak (R. Hines), 75:00. 12, CdAC, R. Hines (unassisted), 76:00.
Shots on goal — Kell 0, CCA 23.
Saves — Kell, unknown, 10; CdAC, Mercedes Zepeda, 0.