PREP SOCCER: Lake City boys blank Post Falls in IEL match
MAX OSWALD/Bonner County Daily Bee Liara Sullivan (20) of St. Maries races down the field with the ball in Tuesday's game at Priest River, as Lizzie McCracken (4) of the Spartans pursues.
• BOYS
POST FALLS — Lake City has its chances to work out the early season bugs.
Post Falls is still working on them.
Lake City outshot the host Trojans 10-0 to win an Inland Empire League match 4-0 on Tuesday at Post Falls High.
“It was our second game, and they’ve had four games,” Post Falls coach John Mueller said. “There’s something to be said about being battle tested, and we got tested today. We’ll have our work cut out for us against them, but we’ve got time to get out and grow. Hopefully a few more games will help us develop into how we want to play tactically. But our guys dug in and kept working hard.”
JZ Stimak-Eckman had two assists, Jacob Molina a goal and assist for Lake City (4-0, 4-0 IEL), which travels to Sandpoint on Sept. 7.
“We controlled possession very well," Lake City coach Kevin Jump said. Our back four defenders (Kai Delio, Ben Hannigan-Luther, Brayden Ristic, Gavin Schoener) were absolutely dominant again on defense. We had several scoring opportunities that we normally would put away. It’s an excellent start to the season for us.”
Post Falls (0-2, 0-1) hosts Coeur d’Alene next Tuesday.
First half — 1, LC, Valentyn Kuzyk (Beckham Dodge), 24:00. 2, LC, Jacob Molina (JZ Stimak-Eckman), 39:00. Second half — 3, LC, Bryant Donovan (Stimak-Eckman), 49:00. 4, LC, Michael Chan (Molina), 65:00.
Shots on goal — LC 10, PF 0.
Saves — LC, Benji Deming, 0; PF, Dominic Roberts, 5.
Priest River 7
St. Maries 0
PRIEST RIVER — Carson Hughes recorded a hat trick for the Spartans in an Intermountain League win over the Lumberjacks.
Connor Stevens scored two goals for Priest River (1-3, 1-3 IML), which faces Coeur d’Alene Charter today at The Fields in Post Falls.
St. Maries (0-4, 0-4) hosts Orofino on Thursday.
First half — 1, PR, Carson Hughes (unassisted), 3:00. 2, PR, Connor Stevens (unassisted), 13:00. 3, PR, C. Stevens (unassisted), 20:00. 4, PR, Hughes (unassisted), 25:00. 5, PR, Hughes (unassisted), 30:00. Second half — 6, PR, Ashton Hughes (J. Stevens), 45:00. 7, PR, Liam Dahlin (unassisted), 57:00.
Shots on goal — SM 3, PR 25.
Saves — SM, unknown, 6; PR, Baylor White, 2.
• GIRLS
Priest River 3
St. Maries 0
PRIEST RIVER — The visiting Lumberjacks fell to the Spartans in an Intermountain League match at Priest River High.
“Kierra (Jessen) had a great game with a couple breakaways toward the goal,” St. Maries coach Amber Morris said. “Liars (Sullivan) played an amazing game at defender, directing the ball and getting it away from our goal. Our girls are making great improvement.”
St. Maries (0-4, 0-4 IML) hosts Coeur d’Alene Charter on Sept. 6.
Lily Kennedy scored two goals in the first half for Priest River (2-1, 2-1), which faces Coeur d’Alene Charter at The Fields in Post Falls today.
First half — 1, PR, Lily Kennedy (unassisted), 20:00. 2, PR, Kennedy (unassisted), 35:00. Second half — 3, PR, Marley Burgess-Duquette (penalty kick), 61:00.
Shots on goal — SM 11, PR 21.
Saves — SM, Jacklin Linnemeyer, 7; PR, Brooklyn Best, 2.
Post Falls at
Lake City, ppd.
COEUR d'ALENE — No makeup date was announced for the Inland Empire League match.