PREP SOCCER: Coeur d'Alene Charter girls rally, avenge rare loss
• GIRLS
POST FALLS — Facing a 3-0 deficit with 13 minutes remaining, Coeur d’Alene Charter didn’t give up or give in.
They just made the correction.
Cadence Wilson scored in the 80th minute for the Panthers, who scored four goals in the final moments to beat the Freeman Scotties 4-3 in a nonleague match at The Fields at Real Life on Saturday night.
“We knew it was going to be tough,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Stacy Smith said. “In our program’s history, we had only played Freeman once before (2019) and lost a frustrating 2-0. They have incredible speed and can punish you on counter attacks, which is exactly what they did in the first half.”
Rebekah Hines’ second goal of the night, scoring on a penalty kick in the 76th minute, tied the game at 3-3.
“We adjusted a few things at halftime and just never gave up,” Smith said. “While they continued to counter, we definitely had the run of play and I’m so proud of our players for showing their resiliency, especially after going down in the second half. The girls showed incredible character tonight, and I’m just so proud of them.”
Coeur d’Alene Charter (5-0) faces St. Maries on Wednesday at The Fields at Real Life.
First half — 1, Free, Makayla Werner (unassisted), 6:00. 2, Free, Morgan Lamontte (unassisted), 36:00. Second half — 3, Free, Werner (unassisted), 55:00. 4, Charter, Rebekah Hines (unassisted), 67:00. 5, Charter, Ava Shivers (unassisted), 69:00. 6, Charter, Hines (penalty kick), 76:00. 7, Charter, Cadence Wilson (unassisted), 80:00.
Shots on goal — Free 9, Charter 12.
Saves — Free, Taylor Denenny 4; Charter, Danica Nowak 5.
Coeur d’Alene 6
Post Falls 0
COEUR d’ALENE — Brynn Johnson scored two goals in the first half for the Vikings in an Inland Empire League win over the Trojans at Coeur d’Alene High.
“Brynn had a great game today,” Coeur d’Alene coach Andy Vredenburg said. “She’s been playing centerback because of injuries, but we moved her back to midfielder and she really stepped it up big today. We got a lot of kids involved and moved the ball around really well and created a lot of chances today.”
Coeur d’Alene (5-2, 4-1 IEL) hosts Lewiston on Thursday.
Post Falls (0-6-1, 0-4) hosts Sandpoint on Tuesday.
First half — 1, Cd’A, Ella Morton (unassisted), 2:00. 2, Cd’A, Brynn Johnson (Lauren Bengtson), 10:00. 3, Cd’A, Johnson (Taleya Jones), 30:00. 4, Cd’A, Kalena Flowers (unassisted), 33:00. Second half — 5, Cd’A, Sally Gatten (Elise Frazier), 47:00. 6, Cd’A, Bengtson (Gatten), 55:00.
Shots on goal — PF 3, Cd’A 22.
Saves — PF, Ashley Grant, 16; Cd’A, Jay Ziegler, 3.
Lake City 1
Gonzaga Prep 1
SPOKANE — Further information was not available.
Grangeville 8
St. Maries 1
GRANGEVILLE — Further information was not available.
• BOYS
Coeur d'Alene 4
Post Falls 1
POST FALLS — Alex Reyes recorded a hat trick, scoring twice in the first half for the Vikings in a 4-1 Inland Empire League win over the Trojans.
“He’s their best player, so he’s always around the ball,” said Post Falls coach Gabe Lawson, whose team fell behind 2-0 at halftime before cutting the deficit to 2-1 in the 50th minute. “We didn’t come out strong in the first half and didn’t want to close on things defensively. And if you give a good player space, they’re going to close out those chances.”
Lance Gilmor scored in the 50th minute for Post Falls before Reyes’ goal in the 62nd minute captured the momentum back for Coeur d’Alene.
“It was a really close match,” Lawson said. “We were pressing to get back into the game and that third goal kind of changed the vibe of the game. At that moment, it was kind of an ‘oh, no’ how are we going to react, and the kids reacted in a positive way. They never gave up the fight and I know we turned the corner today.”
On Tuesday, Coeur d’Alene (7-0-0, 5-0-0 IEL) hosts Lakeland and Post Falls (0-7-0, 0-4-0) visits Sandpoint.
First half — 1, Cd’A, Alex Reyes (unassisted), 3:00. 2, Cd’A, Reyes (unassisted), 30:00. Second half — 3, PF, Lance Gilmor (unassisted), 50:00. 4, Cd’A, Reyes (Zak Wenglikowski), 62:00. 5, Cd’A, Cooper Prohaska (unassisted), 75:00.
Shots on goal — Cd’A 15, PF 6.
Saves — Cd’A, Chet Hanna 3; PF, Kael McGowan 9, Lance Gilmor 1.
Moscow 2
Lakeland 2
RATHDRUM — Further information was not provided.
St. Maries 5
Grangeville 0
GRANGEVILLE —Greyson Sands had 17 saves for the Lumberjacks in an Intermountain League win over the Bulldogs.
Connor Wolfe and Lance Hamblin scored two goals each for St. Maries (3-4, 3-3 IML).
“He’s been busy back there this year,” St. Maries coach Chris Renaldo said. “It was a good, close game and things changed a bit in the second half. We got some guys involved in the scoring that don’t normally do that, so it was a good game for those kids.”
St. Maries faces Coeur d’Alene Charter at The Fields at Real Life in Post Falls on Wednesday.
First half — 1, SM, Connor Wolfe (Paul Parmeley), 29:00. Second half — 2, SM, Parmeley (Kyler Jackson), 43:00. 3, SM, Wolfe (Lance Hamblin), 49:00. 4, SM, Hamblin (Cade Martin), 51:00. 5, SM, Hamblin (unassisted), 65:00.
Shots on goal — SM 19, Grange 21.
Saves — SM, Grayson Sands 17; Grang, Logan Weber 7, Preston Gibleau 1.