PREP SOCCER: Heartbreaker for Hawks
JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY Timberlake junior goalkeeper Zach Blansfield secures the ball as sophomore Henry White (8) of Priest River hurdles him during a first-round game of the 3A District 1-2 boys soccer tournament at The Fields at Real Life in Post Falls.
JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY St. Maries sophomore Madison Hillman (2) battles a Bonners Ferry player for the ball in a first-round game of the 3A District 1-2 girls soccer tournament at The Fields at Real Life in Post Falls.
4A REGION 1 BOYS
MOSCOW — Lakeland’s season came to a bizarre end Monday.
With some 2 minutes left in the second, sudden-death, overtime, the Hawks’ Austin Parks scored on a penalty kick and Lakeland players and coaches rushed the field in celebration.
However, the linesman ruled a Lakeland player entered the penalty area before the kick, nullified the goal, and gave the ball to Moscow for a free kick.
Moments later, Moscow won the shootout 5-3 to advance to play at Sandpoint on Wednesday for the regional title and the lone berth to state.
“It was a weird, weird situation,” Lakeland coach Nick Haynes said. “We thought we should have been able to take the PK again, but they gave them a free kick. Kind of a disappointing way to end.”
Parks, Ethan Hunt and Luke Fritts scored in the shootout for Lakeland. Moscow, shooting first, made all five of its PKs. Lakeland, bidding for its first trip to state since 2015, missed on its second try.
“That would have been a great moral victory for these guys,” Haynes said. “I’m proud of the boys, they played hard. It was a disappointing way to lose.”
3A DISTRICT 1-2 BOYS
No. 2 seed Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy beat No. 7 St. Maries 13-0, No. 3 Timberlake blanked No. 6 Priest River 3-0, and No. 5 Orofino downed No. 4 Grangeville 3-1 on the first day of the 3A District 1-2 boys tournament Monday at The Fields at Real Life in Post Falls.
Coeur d’Alene Charter (8-3-2) will play Timberlake (8-6-3) in one semifinal today at noon. Top-seeded Bonners Ferry will face Orofino at 10 a.m. in the other semi.
St. Maries finished 0-15.
The championship game is Wednesday at 8 p.m. Both semifinal winners qualify for state.
COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER 13, ST. MARIES 0
First half — 1, Charter, Sam Hines, 11:00. 2, Charter, Sebastian Baker, 18:00. 3, Charter, Cooper Hermes, 22:00. 4, Charter, Sam Garn, 26:00. 5, Charter, Owen Sharp, 35:00. 6, Charter, Sharp, 39:00. Second half — 7, Charter, Christian Blasick, 48:00. 8, Charter, Sharp, 49:00. 9, Charter, Edmund Bardwell, 65:00. 10, Charter, Stephen Pawlick, 67:00. 11, Charter, Hines, 70:00. 12, Charter, own goal, 72:00. 13, Charter, Cruz Portellas, 73:00.
Shots on goal — SM 3, Charter 30.
Saves — SM, Brian Martin 11, Nick Suchoski 6; Charter, Mattis MacMillan 0, Joseph Nicklay 1.
3A DISTRICT 1-2 GIRLS
Sixth-seeded St. Maries lost to third-seeded Bonners Ferry in the first round of the 3A District 1-2 girls tournament at The Fields.
Bonners Ferry will play No. 2 Timberlake today at noon in a semifinal game; top-seeded Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy will face No. 4 Priest River in the other semi at 10 a.m. Priest River beat No. 5 Grangeville 2-1 on Monday.
St. Maries finished 1-12-1.
“I wish the score would reflect how these girls play,” St. Maries coach Amber Morris said. “They have been one of my most coachable teams. We would practice something, then in the next game, you would see the girls using it out on the field.”
The championship game is Wednesday at 6 p.m. The winner advances to state; the loser moves on to a state play-in game Saturday in Lewiston.
