PREP SOCCER: Lake City girls top Coeur d'Alene, to play Lewiston for regional title

• GIRLS

COEUR d’ALENE — Third-seeded Lake City made the most of its two shots on goal on Saturday at Viking Field.

Freshman Riley Brazle scored in the 22nd minute and senior Gabbie Henkle added an unassisted goal in the 25th minute for the Timberwolves, who beat the second-seeded Coeur d’Alene Vikings 2-0 in the opening round of the 5A Region 1 tournament at Coeur d’Alene High.

“I couldn’t be prouder of our girls,” Coeur d’Alene coach Andy Vredenburg said. “We controlled most of the game, but had two miscommunications and they scored on them. We had a lot of good chances, especially in the second half, but just couldn’t put them away.”

Coeur d’Alene finishes 6-4-2. Lake City won all three meetings with the Vikings this season.

Acaja Scott had 10 saves for Lake City (8-6), which travels to Lewiston for the regional title game on Tuesday at Walker Field.

“Acaja made two really good saves that kept them in it,” Vredenburg said. “We never gave up, and as a coach, that’s all you can ask for. Unfortunately, it didn’t go our way.”

Top-seeded Lewiston beat No. 4 Post Falls 9-0 in the other opening round match.

First half — 1, LC, Riley Brazle (Macie Lillyquist), 22:00. 2, LC, Gabbie Henkle (unassisted), 25:00. Second half — none.

Shots on goal — LC 2, Cd’A 10.

Saves — LC, Acaja Scott, 10; Cd’A, Macy Walters, 0.

• BOYS

Coeur d’Alene 5

Post Falls 1

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior midfielder Elijah Raybell had a goal and two assists, junior midfielder Liam Martin two goals for the second-seeded Vikings in a win over the third-seeded Trojans in the opening round of the 5A Region 1 tournament at Viking Field.

“We played well through our midfield today, and Elijah was a big part of that,” Coeur d’Alene coach Braden Ridgewell said. “We’ve really started to connect in the middle, and for Elijah to get a goal and two assists, he’s definitely stepping into his captain position and had quite the game today.”

Coeur d’Alene (10-3) travels to Lake City on Wednesday in the regional championship game.

Isaiah Bearshield scored in the 25th minute for Post Falls, which finished 5-8.

First half — 1, Cd’A, Chet Hanna (unassisted), 21:00. 2, Cd’A, Elijah Raybell (Nate Simon), 23:00. 3, PF, Isaiah Bearshield (Blake Christensen), 25:00. 4, Cd’A, Liam Martin (unassisted), 32:00. 5, Cd’A, Martin (Raybell), 35:00. Second half — 6, Cd’A, Kason Pintler (Raybell), 57:00.

Shots on goal — PF 2, Cd’A 8.

Saves — PF, Dominic Roberts, 4; Cd’A, Nolan Ludwig, 1.

Lake City 4

Lewiston 0

COEUR d’ALENE — Jacob Molina scored twice as the top-seeded Timberwolves blanked the fourth-seeded Bengals in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tournament at the Irma Anderl Soccer Complex at Lake City.

Lake City (14-0-0) will play host to No. 2 Coeur d’Alene on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the regional championship match.

“The opening round of districts is always a little spooky because of the potential for upsets,” Lake City coach Kevin Jump said. “Lewiston came out and battled hard. Our guys played with good energy and good composure. We had several strong performances and had many near-misses. The score doesn't necessarily reflect the match — but, that's playoff soccer.”

Lewiston finished 2-12-1.

First half — 1, LC, Brayden Ristic, 13:00. 2, LC, Jacob Molina, 22:00. 3, LC, Molina (Kai Delio), 25:00. Second half — 4, LC, Greyson Kortus (Landon Miller), 73:00.

Shots on goal — Lew 2, LC 21.

Saves — Lew, unknown; LC, Lukas Ruchti 1, Benji Valov-Deming 1.

Bonners Ferry 8

St. Maries 1

BONNERS FERRY — Eli Newell scored a hat trick for the Intermountain League champion Badgers (10-1-1 IML) in the regular season finale.

Landen Holmes scored in the 29th minute to St. Maries (0-14-0, 0-12-0), which will be the seventh seed in the 3A District 1-2 tournament, and face No. 2 Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy on Monday at 1 p.m. at The Fields at Real Life.

Bonners Ferry will have a first-round bye, and face the winner on Monday’s match between No. 4 Grangeville and No. 5 Orofino on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in a semifinal game.

First half — 1, BF, own goal, 2:00. 2, BF, Eli Newell, 5:00. 3, BF, Tyson Tadlock, 8:00. 4, BF, Jesse Dye, 14:00. 5, BF, Cadyn Chouinard, 15:00. 6, SM, Landen Holmes, 29:00. Second half — 7, BF, Newell, 51:00. 8, BF, Newell 55:00. 9, BF, Caden Rubish, 61:00.

Shots on goal — SM 4, BF 38.

Saves — SM, Brian Martin 29; BF, William Hollabaugh 3.