PREP ROUNDUP: Post Falls romps in final tuneup before league play begins
• FOOTBALL
PASCO, Wash. — Senior backup quarterback Alex Bartlett threw a pair of touchdown passes and the Post Falls Trojans rolled to a 51-7 victory over the Pasco Bulldogs in nonleague play Friday night at Edgar Brown Memorial Stadium.
“We just thought this would be a good opportunity for Alex to play,” Post Falls coach Blaine Bennett said, noting senior and two-year starter Jaxon Anderson would be back as starting quarterback for next Friday’s 5A Inland Empire League opener at Lewiston. “He threw a couple nice TD passes, and managed the running game well.
“Alex did a good job; it’s nice to know we’ve got two good quarterbacks.”
Sophomore Dylan Wolfe returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown for Post Falls (3-3), “and that set the tone for the whole game,” Bennett said.
Pasco (1-4) scored on its first drive, but Post Falls shut down the host team the rest of the way.
“I thought our defense played well, and our special teams played well,” Bennett said.
Jake Bustamante ran for a pair of TDs for the Trojans, who have won three of their last four games.
Post Falls 14 21 0 16 — 51
Pasco 7 0 0 0 — 7
PF — Dylan Wolfe 95 kickoff return (Alex Luna kick)
Pas — Jamie Townsend 10 run (kick good)
PF — Jake Bustamante 8 run (Luna kick)
Second quarter
PF — Bustamante 1 run (Luna kick)
PF — Dalton Wild 14 pass from Alex Bartlett (Luna kick)
PF — Zach Clark 44 pass from Bartlett (Luna kick)
Fourth quarter
PF — Cole Cripps 1 run (Cripps fumble recovery in end zone)
PF — Safety, Pasco intentional grounding in end zone
PF — Luke Howland-Martin 22 run (kick blocked)
Lakeland 50
Timberlake 0
RATHDRUM — This battle between schools in the Lakeland School District is usually competitive, but on this night it was all the 4A Hawks.
Devon Suko threw three touchdown passes and ran for one as Lakeland (4-3) blanked the 3A Tigers (3-2).
John Cornish ran for a pair of touchdowns for the Hawks, and Thomas Calder ran for one TD and caught a scoring pass.
Next Friday, Timberlake plays host to Priest River to begin Intermountain League play, and Lakeland is home vs. Moscow to open 4A Inland Empire League play.
Timberlake 0 0 0 0 — 0
Lakeland 14 17 12 7 — 50
First quarter
LL — Thomas Calder 30 run (Jack Boettcher kick)
LL — Calder 61 pass from Devon Suko (Boettcher kick)
Second quarter
LL — John Cornish 6 run (Boettcher kick)
LL — Suko 3 run (Owen Forsman kick)
LL — FG Forsman 25
Third quarter
LL — Alden Waddington 21 pass from Suko (kick failed)
LL — Cornish 2 run (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
LL — Skyler Huber 55 pass from Suko (Forsman kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — TL, Billingsley 8-20, Woodworth 5-19, Paslay 5-16, MacArthur 3-5, Higgins 3-3, Peightal 7-(minus 27). LL, Cornish 12-72, Suko 6-47, Calder 3-46, Sindt 6-31, Waddington 1-11, Burcham 1-2.
PASSING — TL, Peightal 9-20-2-82. LL, Suko 11-23-1-190.
RECEIVING — TL, Olivieri 3-56, Yetter 4-23, MacArthur 1-3, Pasley 1-0.
LL, Calder 3-90, Huber 1-55, Waddington 2-35, Lutz 2-15, Thomas 1-5, Cornish 1-(minus 4).
Kendrick 58
Lakeside 0
PLUMMER — The Knights fell to 2-4 with the nonleague loss to the visiting Tigers (4-1).
No other information was available.
Lakeside is scheduled to play at Kootenai next Friday.
Mullan/St. Regis d.
Kootenai, forfeit
HARRISON FLATS — The North Star League opener for both programs was canceled and declared a forfeit victory for the Tigers after to illness and minor injuries within the Kootenai program left the Warriors shorthanded.
• VOLLEYBALL
Pullman Christian d.
N.I. Christian
COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Olivia White had 13 digs, 12 assists and three kills for the host Royals, who fell to the Eagles 27-27, 25-15, 25-20 in Mountain Christian League play at Holy Family Catholic School.
Malia Giesbrecht added 10 assists, eight digs and four kills for North Idaho Christian (5-5, 1-4 MCL). Giovanna Zettell had five kills and 13 digs, Rylee Overturf seven kills and two blocks, Charis Giesbrecht 10 digs and two aces.
NICS is on the road today for a pair of league matches, at 1 p.m. at Country Christian in Pasco, Wash., and at 6 p.m. at Christian Heritage in Edwall, Wash.