PREP FOOTBALL: Lakeland beats Post Falls for first time in 10 years

RATHDRUM — For the first time since 2012, the Battle of the Prairie title went to the team in green.

Thomas Calder and John Cornish scored two touchdowns each for Lakeland, which held off visiting Post Falls 31-28 on Friday night at Corbit Field.

“It was definitely a staple win for us,” Lakeland coach Mike Schroeder said. “When you look back and play these 5A schools like Lake City, Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls, you want to be able to compete. We dropped that game to Coeur d’Alene, but we felt good about the preparation by our kids."

Lakeland (5-1), which fell 14-13 to visiting Coeur d’Alene last Friday, also won at Lake City 30-21 on Aug. 26.

We’re playing that schedule to get into the playoffs and win some games,” Schroeder said. “And it’s going to pay dividends for us.”

Owen Forsman kicked a 36-yard field goal to give Lakeland a 31-14 lead at the start of the fourth quarter, but the Hawks turned the ball over on fumbles on their next two possessions, allowing Post Falls to rally on touchdown runs of 5 and 1 yards by Jake Bustamante of 5 and 1-yard in the fourth quarter.

“Lakeland did a good job of running the football,” Post Falls coach Blaine Bennett said. “I thought they managed the clock really well and did a great job of managing the line of scrimmage."

Post Falls defensive back Cooper Craig recovered a fumble, setting up Bustamante’s run to cut the deficit to 31-21 with 5:42 remaining.

“Cooper is an excellent football play and runs hard,” Bennett said. “He’s physical to the point of contact. Our defense made two really big plays to give us a chance.”

“We were trying to get organized to put the game away, and really got fortunate,” Schroeder said. “In the fourth, we weren’t able to execute correctly and it put us in a bad spot.”

“We made some big plays in the fourth quarter and I was pleased with how we battled,” Bennett said. “We could have quit down 31-14, and our guys showed a lot of maturity and gave ourselves a chance. We felt we could have been successful, but just came up short tonight.”

Lakeland (5-1) travels to Timberlake next Friday.

Post Falls (3-2) faces Mt. Spokane next Friday at Union Stadium in Mead.

Post Falls 7 7 0 14 — 28

Lakeland 14 7 7 3 — 31

First quarter

LL — Thomas Calder 10 run (Owen Forsman kick)

PF — Troy Ostlund 29 pass from Isaac McKeown (Andon Brandt kick)

LL — Calder 16 run (Forsman kick)

Second quarter

PF — Jake Bustamante 2 run (Brandt kick)

LL — John Cornish 29 run (Forsman kick)

Third quarter

LL — Cornish 32 run (Forsman kick)

Fourth quarter

LL — FG, Forsman, 26

PF — Bustamante 5 run (Brandt kick)

PF — Bustamante 1 run (Brandt kick)

Lake City 35

Moscow 6

MOSCOW — Wayne Queen opened the scoring on a 30-yard fumble return, sparking the Timberwolves, who forced six turnovers to beat the Bears in a nonleague game.

“Our defense played excellent tonight,” Lake City coach Brian Fulp said. “They played physical and fast and were much improved over the last couple of weeks.”

Senior Zach Johnson had five carries for 100 yards and three touchdowns and senior Jake Whitehead had 14 carries for 108 yards and a touchdown for Lake City, which was without its top two running backs due to injury.

“Zach definitely got his touches tonight in the backfield,” Fulp said. “Jake ran the ball really well with his opportunities and played really well tonight. I thought our guys played well.”

Lake City (2-3) hosts Sandpoint next Friday.

Score by quarter not available.

LC — Wayne Queen 30 fumble return (Connor Jump kick)

Mos — interception return (kick failed)

LC — Zach Johnson 8 run (Jump kick)

LC — Johnson 77 run (Jump kick)

LC — Johnson 5 run (Jump kick)

LC — Jake Whitehead 6 run (Jump kick)

Timberlake 37

St. Maries 13

ST. MARIES — Vaughn Higgins ran for 113 yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers in a nonleague win over the Lumberjacks.

Hunter Higgins scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to give Timberlake a 24-13 halftime lead.

“Hunter and Vaughn really ran the ball well tonight,” Timberlake coach Kelly Amos said. “We added Cooper Lenz (10 carries for 63 yards) to the backfield and he had some quality touches as well. Our offensive line does a great job of moving people and did again tonight.”

Timberlake (3-1) hosts Lakeland next Friday.

Trey Gibson returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown for St. Maries (0-4).

“St. Maries played really hard,” Amos said. “They just kept fighting out of tough situations. Our defense was on the field a ton, but were able to keep them out of the endzone. St. Maries kept putting themselves in good situations, but we were able to stop it.”

St. Maries travels to Bonners Ferry on Oct. 1.

Timberlake 8 16 7 6 — 37

St. Maries 13 0 0 0 — 13

First quarter

SM — Trey Gibson 90 kickoff return (kick good)

TL — Vaughn Higgins 54 run (V. Higgins run)

SM — Damian Banberob 57 run (kick failed)

Second quarter

TL — V. Higgins 20 run (V. Higgins run)

TL — Hunter Higgins 1 run (H. Higgins run)

Third quarter

TL — Mitchell Zimmerman 6 pass from Cole Meidinger (H. Higgins kick)

Fourth quarter

TL — Caius Tebbe 14 run (kick failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — TL, V. Higgins 15-113, Lenz 10-63, Tebbe 3-52, H. Higgins 7-23, MacArthur 2-14, Meidinger 1-0. SM, Banderob 8-80, Gibson 11-68, Holder 10-41, Kolar 4-25, Darnold 4-0, Wicks 3-(-2), Badgett 1-(-8).

PASSING — TL, Meidinger, 6-15-0-101. SM, Holder, 2-4-0-43.

RECEIVING — TL, Yetter 2-54, MacArthur 1-26, V, Higgins 1-8. SM, Hill 1-22, Darnold 1-21, Wicks 1-1.

Clark Fork 48

Kootenai 0

HARRISON FLATS — Chase Sanroman ran for 198 yards and four touchdowns to power the Wampus Cats past the Warriors in a North Star League game.

Cole Mintken had 36 yards and a touchdown and Wyatt Mintken had 22 yards and a score for Clark Fork (3-2, 3-1 NSL), which hosts Lakeside next Friday. Clark Fork beat Lakeside 46-0 in the season opener for both on Aug. 26 in Plummer.

“We just had some missed tackles and the same kind of issues we’ve been having all season,” Kootenai coach Jake Pfeiffer said. “Clark Fork was able to get outside and take it all the way. We’re starting to look better offensively and work on some things. We’re young, but it was one of the better games we’ve played. I’m happy with the progression I’m seeing so far.”

Ben Armas had 59 yards rushing for Kootenai (0-5, 0-4), which hosts Wallace next Friday.

Scoring plays were not available.

Mullan-St. Regis 74

Lakeside 22

MULLAN — Caleb Ball threw for 182 yards and three touchdowns for the Tigers in a North Star League win over the Knights at John Drager Field.

Ball also ran for 74 yards and two touchdowns for Mullan-St. Regis (5-1, 4-0 NSL), which faces Chinook, Mont., next Friday in Lincoln, Mont.

Qwincy Hall ran for 141 yards and a touchdown for Lakeside (1-3, 1-3), which travels to Clark Fork next Friday.

Lakeside 0 6 8 8 — 22

Mullan-St. Regis 16 42 8 8 — 74

First quarter

Mull — John Pruitt 39 pass from Caleb Ball (Pruitt pass from Ball)

Mull — Ball 64 run (Alex Trogden run)

Second quarter

Mull — Blake Layton 12 pass from Ball (run failed)

LS — Jarius Moffitt 79 kickoff return (run failed)

Mull — Trogden 60 pass from Ball (Pruitt run)

Mull — Ball unknown interception return (run failed)

Mull — Ball 10 run (Kofi Appiah pass from Ball)

Mull — Appiah 15 run (pass failed)

Mull — Petit 95 run (Kaleb Park run)

Third quarter

Mull — Park 65 run (conversion successful)

LS — Qwincy Hall 69 run (run failed)

Fourth quarter

Mull — Austin Zingler 88 pass from Park (Petit pass from Park)

LS — Moffitt 30 run (Hall run)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — LS, Hall 14-141, Ja. Moffitt 19-107, Peone 1-2, Ju. Moffitt 1-2. Mull, Ball 2-74, Petit 4-67, Park 2-48, Appiah 1-15, De. Thomas 1-(-1), Simkins 1-(-3), Di. Thomas 1-(-5), Zingler 1-(-6)..

PASSING — LS, Ju. Moffitt, 1-1-0-5. Ja. Moffitt, 0-5-1-0, Mull, Ball, 7-10-0-182, Park, 1-2-0-88,

RECEIVING — LS, Peone 1-5. Mull, Zingler 1-88, Trogden 1-60, Pruitt 2-51, Layton 3-47, Zingler 1-24.