Charter boys, Bonners Ferry battle to draw

POST FALLS — An evenly-played games between two evenly-matched Intermountain League rivals produced an even result on the scoreboard.

Host Coeur d'Alene Charter and Bonners Ferry each tallied a first-half goal, but were shut down in the second half of a 1-1 tie on Monday afternoon at The Fields at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls.

"(Bonners Ferry) is one of our big competitors, and they're a good challenge for us," Panthers coach Justin Nitti said. "We had a couple good scoring chances in the second half, but overall it was an evenly-played game."

Charter senior Ronan Malaghan opened the scoring midway through the first half, controlling a long ball before drilling a shot into the upper left corner of the net from 20 yards out.

"That was a phenomenal goal," Nitti said. "It's one of Ronan's first games back from injury, so hopefully that will get him going for us."

The Badgers evened the score late in the first half as Daniel Walker broke free up the right side of the Charter penalty area, then crossed the ball to teammate Nick Eastman, whose goal tied the game at 1.

Miles Taylor frequently moved up from the goal line to challenge Walker and other Bonners Ferry forwards, keeping the Panthers in the game.

Charter (1-2-2 overall, 1-0-2 IML) returns to action on Wednesday at Timberlake.

First half — 1. Charter, Ronan Malaghan (unasssisted), 20:00. 2. BF, Nick Eastman (Daniel Walker), 37:00. Second half — none.

Goalkeepers — BF, Josh Beazer; Charter, Miles Taylor.

GIRLS SOCCER

Lake City 6, Moscow 0

COEUR d'ALENE — After a somewhat slow start, the Timberwolves offense got rolling in Monday's win over the visiting Bears.

"We had a lot of girls play tonight. We tried out some different combinations, and it took us a while to get going," Lake City coach Matt Ruchti. "But as the game went on, we started to find some connections. I'm pleased with the result."

Lily Tweedy had a goal and two assists for the Timberwolves (5-2), who travel to crosstown rival Coeur d'Alene today.

First half — 1. LC, Kali McKellips (Lily Tweedy), 12:00. 2. LC, Olivia Azzolini (unassisted), 34:00. 3. LC, Macie Lyliquist (unassisted). Second half — 4. LC, Cam Merrill (Gabbie Henkle) 41:00. 5. LC, Tweedy (Cam Merrill), 64:00. 6. LC, Taytum Curtis (Tweedy), 77:00.

Shots on goal — Moscow 5, Lake City 19.

Saves — Moscow goalies unavailable; LC, Hailey Jo Parks 5.

Cd'A Charter 6, Timberlake 0

SPIRIT LAKE — In a game rescheduled from last week with its poor air quality, an early goal from Sarah Hines and two late goals from Rebekah Hines led the visiting Panthers to an Intermountain League victory.

"Timberlake is always tough physically and they outplayed us in that regard throughout the game," Charter coach Stacy Smith said. "Thankfully we were able to move the ball and find the back of the net a few times in the first half to help us gain momentum.

"Hats off to Timberlake, they fought for every ball. They certainly exposed some things that we need to work on."

Kiley Cutler scored two goals for the Panthers (7-0-1 overall, 4-0 IML), who host Priest River on Saturday at The Fields at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls.

Timberlake (1-2-2, 1-2-1 IML) host Grangeville on Saturday.

First half — 1. Charter, Sarah Hines (Maddie Daigle), 7:00. 2. Charter, Kiley Cutler (Candence Wilson), 25:00. 3. Timberlake own goal. Second half — 4. Charter, Cutler (Riley Jo Anderson), 44:00. 5. Charter, Rebekah Hines (Daigle), 49:00. 6. Charter, R. Hines (penalty kick).

Shots on goal — Charter 24, Timberlake 0

Goalkeepers — Charter Danika Nowak (0 saves); Timberlake not available.