PREP FOOTBALL: Coeur d'Alene's playoff streak halted in rainy Lewiston
LEWISTON — In a game where the winner qualified for the playoffs and the loser saw its season come to an end, the host Lewiston Bengals jumped out to a 33-0 lead en route to a 40-6 victory over the Coeur d'Alene Vikings in the 5A Inland Empire League finale for both schools at Bengal Field on Friday.
Maddix Maciosek scored on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter for Coeur d’Alene (4-5, 1-2 5A IEL), which will miss the state playoffs for the first time after 13 straight trips.
Coeur d’Alene drove to within the Lewiston red zone late in the first half, but was turned away on downs, keyed by two sacks by Idaho commit James White.
Lewiston (7-2, 2-1) advances to the state playoffs and will play host to Middleton next weekend.
Lewiston’s last win against Coeur d’Alene was in 2016, when the Bengals beat the Vikings 55-51 at Bengal Field.
Coeur d’Alene 0 0 6 0 — 6
Lewiston 6 20 7 7 — 40
First quarter
Lew — Chris Ricard 1 run (kick failed)
Second quarter
Lew — Brayden Rice 63 pass from Drew Hottinger (Kyson Barden kick)
Lew — Hottinger 8 run (Barden kick)
Lew — Ricard 15 pass from Hottinger (kick failed)
Third quarter
Lew — Jackson Lathen 26 pass from Hottinger (Barden kick)
Cd’A — Maddix Maciosek 1 (run failed)
Fourth quarter
Lew — James White 9 run (Barden kick)
Lakeland 45
Moscow 0
MOSCOW — Senior running back John Cornish ran for four touchdowns for the Hawks, who rolled to a 4A Inland Empire League win over the Bears.
Cornish scored on runs of 2, 30, 57 and 2 yards for Lakeland (7-2, 1-1 4A IEL), ranked seventh in the latest MaxPreps 4A rankings.
Owen Forsman had a 37-yard field goal in the first quarter for Lakeland, which led 31-0 at halftime.
Moscow finishes 0-8, 0-2.
Lakeland will receive an at-large bid to the playoffs, and will open the playoffs next weekend on the road.
Lakeland 24 7 7 7 — 45
Moscow 0 0 0 0 — 0
LL — John Cornish 2 run (Owen Forsman kick)
LL — unknown punt return (Forsman kick)
LL — Cornish 30 run (Forsman kick)
LL — FG, Forsman, 37
LL — Cornish 57 run (Forsman kick)
LL — Cornish 2 run (Forsman kick)
LL — Jacob Varner 4 run (Forsman kick)
Bonners Ferry 18
Timberlake 13
SPIRIT LAKE — The host Tigers pushed the unbeaten Badgers to the limit before the visitors scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 9-yard run by Blake Rice midway through the fourth quarter of the matchup between the only two football-playing teams remaining in the Intermountain League.
Both Bonners Ferry (8-0) and Timberlake (4-3), the only teams in the IML after both Kellogg and Priest River dropped to the 2A Central Idaho League this fall, are headed to the state 3A playoffs, and will play in the quarterfinals next weekend.
Senior quarterback Blake Rice threw for 121 yards and two touchdowns for the Badgers at Van Tuinstra Memorial Field.
Cole Meidinger threw for 118 yards and two touchdowns for Timberlake, which led 13-12 at halftime.
“Cole threw some good balls tonight,” Amos said. “At times, we were able to move the ball effectively, but not consistently enough to win the game.”
Final playoff rankings and matchups will be announced on Sunday.
Bonners Ferry 6 6 0 6 — 18
Timberlake 0 13 0 0 — 13
BF — Cleo Henslee 24 pass from Blake Rice (kick failed)
TL — Vaughn Higgins 8 pass from Cole Meidinger (V. Higgins kick)
BF — Josh Pinkerton 7 pass from Rice (conversion failed)
TL — Rajanee Olivieri 27 pass from Meidinger (conversion failed)
BF — Rice 9 run (conversion failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — BF, Rice 15-99, Bollscweiller 2-3. TL, Lenz 16-55, V. Higgins 11-22, H. Higgins 9-15, MacArthur 2-5, Wells 2-(-1), Meidinger 1-(-2).
PASSING — BF, Rice, 8-11-1-121. TL, Meidinger, 10-18-118.
RECEIVING — BF, Banning 2-25, Bollscweiller 1-14. TL, Olivieri 4-44, V. Higgins 4-39, Yetter 1-21, Lenz 1-14.
St. Maries 39
Orofino 6
ST. MARIES — The Lumberjacks won their third straight game, whipping the Maniacs in the Central Idaho League finale for both programs.
No other information was reported.
St. Maries (3-5, 3-1 CIL) finished second in the league and will likely travel in the opening round of the playoffs next weekend.
Orofino finishes 0-7, 0-4.
Lakeside 50
Kootenai 0
PLUMMER — Sophomore quarterback Jarius Moffitt ran for 96 yards and three touchdowns for the Knights in a win over the Warriors in the North Star League and season finale for both schools.
Jemari Peone had a 64-yard touchdown run for Lakeside, which finishes 2-6, 2-5 NSL.
Kootenai finishes 0-9, 0-6.
Kootenai 0 0 0 0 — 0
Lakeside 22 20 0 8 — 50
First quarter
LS — Jarius Moffitt 66 run (Julian Moffitt run)
LS — Ja. Moffitt 9 run (Ja. Moffitt run)
LS — Ja. Moffitt 8 run (kick failed)
Second quarter
LS — Jemari Peone 64 run (run failed)
LS — John Wilson 56 run (run failed)
LS — Qwincy Hall interception return (John Wilson run)
Fourth quarter
LS — Tsones Nomee 21 pass from Haliah Peone (H. Peone run)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Koot, Beckman 4-26, Nyman 6-2, Tiller 8-1, Ausman 19-(-14). LS, Ja. Moffitt 6-96, Je. Peone 1-64, Wilson 10-60, Hall 2-11, H. Peone 2-(-7).
PASSING — Koot, Ausman, 1-4-1-15. LS, H. Peone, 1-3-0-21, Ja. Moffitt, 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING — Koot, Beckman 1-15. LS, T. Nomee 1-21.