Lake City blanked by Mountain View
DARIN OSWALD/The Idaho Statesman Lake City quarterback Josiah Weaver struggles for yards with Mountain View’s Zack Elliott (44) and Gus Elwell on the tackle in the first round of the 5A state playoffs Friday in Meridian.
DARIN OSWALD/The Idaho Statesman Lake City quarterback Josiah Weaver finds funning room on a keeper defended by Mountain View’s Kodee Chiles in the first round of the 5A state playoffs Friday in Meridian.
DARIN OSWALD/The Idaho Statesman Mountain View wide receiver K.J. Lynch runs the distance chased by Lake City senior Logan Jeanselme after catching a pass in the first quarter Friday in Meridian. The Mavericks ran away with the first-round 5A state playoff win, beating the Timberwolves 58-0.
MERIDIAN — The Mountain View Mavericks scored early and often as they dominated visiting Lake City in a 58-0 victory in the opening round of the 5A state playoffs on Friday night.
“Everything that could go wrong did,” Lake City coach Brian Fulp said. “We got out-physicalled, they made some big plays early and they were off. Plus, we had a couple kids go down with knee injuries.”
The Mavericks (8-2), who will visit Coeur d’Alene (7-2) next Friday at 7 p.m. in a quarterfinal matchup, led 30-0 after one quarter and 51-0 at halftime. The second half was played with a running clock.
“They had a lot of team speed and were able to get to the edge in the run game, and then they completed some big passes,” Fulp said. “Our guys continued to fight. They were just faster, bigger and stronger than us.”
Fulp said although Friday’s loss is tough to take, the Timberwolves (4-6) took steps toward improvement this year, including qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since 2014.
“This hurts, but in a couple days or a week we’ll be able to look back and be proud of some of our accomplishments this season,” he added.
Lake City 0 0 0 0 — 0
Mountain View 30 21 0 7 — 58
First quarter
MV — Steven Butler 4 run (Colby Peugh run), 9:46
MV — K.J. Lynch 51 pass from Jake Farris (Logan Perry run), 6:34
MV — Perry 14 run (PAT failed), 3:15
MV — Butler 5 run (Seth Jones pass from Farris), :44
Second quarter
MV — Peugh 9 pass from Farris (Ethan Holland kick), 8:46
MV — Butler 1 run (Holland kick), 5:19.
MV — Perry 1 run (Holland kick), 2:11
Fourth quarter
MV — No. 26 10 run (Holland kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — LC, Weaver 7-32, Nutting 4-8, Hayes 10-5. MV, Butler 10-63, No. 26 10-56, No. 35 7-54, Farris 2-33, Perry 4-16, Chan 1-11, Peugh 1-4, Pattwell 1-3.
PASSING — LC, Weaver 12-20-1-53, Whitcomb 0-1-0-0. MV, Farris 11-12-0-260.
RECEIVING — LC, Jeanselme 7-26, Whitcomb 1-19, Rosenau 2-8, Hayes 1-4, Nutting 1-(minus 4). MV, Lynch 3-110, Chan 5-101, Peugh 2-41, Jones 1-8, Carter 1-8.