PREP SOCCER: Five-time defending champion Charter girls open with easy win

BONNERS FERRY — After losing three of its top scorers to graduation, it took Coeur d’Alene Charter a few minutes to find the offense in its season opener.

It wasn’t too long, but consider it found.

Senior Isabella Lucky had two goals and junior Rebekah Hines had two goals and three assists for the Panthers in a 9-0 win over the Bonners Ferry Badgers in Intermountain League play on Tuesday.

“It took us about 20 minutes to get into our groove and connect strings of passes to find the back of the net,” said Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Stacy Smith, who has coached the Panthers to the last five state 3A championships. “Once we did that, we were able to finish with six goals by the end of the first half. After graduating players who rarely left the field for us and dealing with a few injuries early in this season already, a handful of our sophomores and freshmen gave us some significant positive minutes and our veterans continued to show strong play once settling into the game. Overall, I’m quite pleased with our first league outing.”

Coeur d’Alene Charter travels to Grangeville (1-0, 1-0 IML) on Thursday.

First half — 1, Charter, Megan Moore (Rebekah Hines), 24:00. 2, Charter, Isabella Lucky (unassisted), 32:00. 3, Charter, Hines (unassisted), 32:00. 4, Charter, Lucky (Maddie Daigle), 33:00. 5, Charter, Hines (Lucky), 33:00. 6, Charter, Daigle (Hines), 38:00. Second half — 7, Charter, Cadence Wilson (Moore), 52:00. 8, Charter, Alexa Sheppard (unassisted), 58:00. 9, Charter, Sheppard (Hines), 67:00.

Shots on goal — Charter 45, BF 1.

Saves — Charter, Danica Nowak 1; BF, unknown, 24.

Coeur d’Alene 15

Lakeland 0

COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Lauren Bengston had three goals and two assists and Alysha Vallelli had two goals and an assist, leading the Vikings past the Hawks in an Inland Empire League match at Coeur d’Alene High.

“Lakeland’s a younger team, and our girls came out and moved the ball really well and created a lot of chances and opportunities,” Coeur d’Alene coach Andy Vredenburg said. “I was really impressed with Lakeland. They never quit and just kept going and battling.”

Coeur d’Alene (2-0, 2-0 IEL) travels to Lewiston on Thursday.

Lakeland (0-2, 0-2) travels to Timberlake on Thursday.

First half —1, Cd’A, Lauren Bengtson (Berkley Owens), 1:00. 2, Cd’A, Bengtson (Myah Rietze), 4:00. 3, Cd’A, Shelbie Shriner (Bengtson), 9:00. 4, Cd’A, Shriner (Brynn Johnson), 10:00. 5, Cd’A, Bengtson (Alysha Vallelli), 23:00. 6, Cd’A, Elise Frasier (unassisted), 30:00. 7, Cd’A, Ellie Morrisroe (unassisted), 34:00. Second half — 8, Cd’A, Frasier (unassisted), 43:00. 9, Cd’A, Ella Morton (Morrisroe), 46:00. 10, Cd’A, Morton (Frasier), 47:00. 11, Cd’A, Johnson (Frasier), 50:00. 12, Vallelli (Kalena Flowers), 53:00. 13, Cd’A, Molly Foster (Shriner), 57:00. 14, Cd’A, Vallelli (Owens), 60:00. 15, Cd’A, Shriner (unassisted), 67:00.

Shots on goal — LL 1, Cd’A 20.

Saves — LL, Peighton Jensen 15; Cd’A, Jay Ziegler 1.

Lake City 5

Lewiston 1

LEWISTON — The Timberwolves improved to 1-1, 1-1 in Inland Empire League play with a win over the Bengals at Walker Field.

Further information was not available.

Lake City hosts Moscow on Thursday.

Timberlake 14

Post Falls JV 0

SPIRIT LAKE — Sophomore Merissa Goin scored four goals for the Tigers in a win over the Trojans JV in their season opener at Timberlake High.

“I was pleased with how we moved the ball,” Timberlake coach Steve Michael said. “We had a lot of players that responded to the different formations we threw at them and younger kids that stepped up as well.”

Senior Kerstin Sawley had three goals for Timberlake, which hosts Lakeland on Thursday.

First half — 1, TL, Merissa Goin (unassisted), 6:00. 2, TL, Lucy Simpson (Trinity Olson), 10:00. 3, TL, Kerstin Sawley (unassisted), 12:00. 4, TL, Simpson (unassisted), 16:00. 5, TL, Charley Hegstad (unassisted), 22:00. 6, TL, Sawley (unassisted), 25:00. 7, TL, Goin (unassisted), 32:00. 8, TL, Goin (unassisted), 34:00. 9, TL, Goin (unassisted), 38:00. 10, TL, Sawley (unassisted), 40:00. Second half — 11, TL, Talize Anderson (unassisted), 62:00. 12, TL, Anderson (unassisted), 71:00. 13, TL, Hegstad (unassisted), 73:00. 14, TL, Reece Allaway (unassisted), 78:00.

Shots on goal — PF 2, TL 20.

Saves — PF, unknown, 15; TL, Ella Nunn 1.

• BOYS

Lake City 3

Lewiston 0

COEUR d’ALENE — There was some good, as well as some not so good for Lake City.

But a league win is a league win.

Walker Jump and Connor Jump scored unassisted goals, and Tyler Gasper scored on an assist from Bryce Allred, leading the Timberwolves past the Bengals in an Inland Empire League game at the Irma Anderl Soccer Complex.

“It’s early in the season, so we are still experimenting with formations and lineups,” Lake City coach Alan Rich said. “The game was a little undisciplined at times, but overall I’m pleased with the result. We defended well and created a lot of opportunities, but we still have a lot of work to do in order to compete at the level I know these players are capable of.”

Lake City (2-0, 2-0 IEL) travels to Moscow on Thursday.

It was the season opener for Lewiston, which visits Coeur d’Alene on Thursday.

First half — 1, LC, Walker Jump (unassisted), 2:00. 2, LC, Tyler Gasper (Bryce Allred), 24:00. Second half — 3, LC, Connor Jump (unassisted), 59:00.

Shots on goal — Lew 4, LC 10.

Saves — Lew, unknown, 5; LC, Tyler Allred 2.

Coeur d’Alene 8

Lakeland 1

RATHDRUM — The visiting Vikings scored four goals in each half to beat the Hawks in an Inland Empire League match at Sunrise Rotary Field.

Coeur d’Alene (2-0, 2-0) hosts Lewiston on Thursday.

Lakeland (0-2, 0-2) travels to Timberlake on Thursday.

Goals: Cd’A — Morgan Bunting, Nate Wyatt, Steven Ball, Landen Pinter, Wyatt Smalley, Isaac Fritts, Marcus Noble, Elijah Raybell. LL — Hudson Drake.

Shots on goal — Cd’A 17, LL 5.

Saves — Cd’A, unknown, 4; LL, Basquiat Nelson 18.

Cd’A Charter 3

Bonners Ferry 3

BONNERS FERRY — David Leahy’s second goal of the game, in the 59th minute, helped the visiting Panthers tie the Badgers in the Intermountain League and regular season opener for both teams.

Cd’A Charter travels to Grangeville on Thursday.

First half — 1, BF, 3:00. 2, Charter, David Leahy (Brandon Chavez), 14:00. 3, Charter, Owen Hughes (Oskar Hepworth), 24:00. 4, BF, 30:00. Second half — 5, BF, 40. 6, Charter, Leahy (Chavez), 59:00.

Shots on goal — Charter 13, BF 8.

Saves — Charter, Miles Taylor 5; BF 10.

• LATE MONDAY

St. Maries 4

Grangeville 1

ST. MARIES — Lance Hamblin scored a hat trick — all in the second half — as the host Lumberjacks opened their season with an Intermountain League victory over the Bulldogs.

Hamblin also assisted on Connor Wolfe’s first-half goal for St. Maries, which travels to Bonners Ferry on Thursday.

First half — 1, Grange, Dalton Dennis (unassisted), 7:00. 2, SM, Connor Wolfe (Lance Hamblin), 32:00. Second half — 3, SM, Hamblin (Wolfe), 52:00. 4, SM, Hamblin (unassisted), 57:00. 5, SM, Hamblin (unassisted), 60:00.

Shots on goal — Grange 6, SM 13.

Saves — Grange, Logan Weber 7; SM, Greyson Sands 5.