PREP FOOTBALL: Timberlake romps past Bonners Ferry for IML title
BONNERS FERRY — Cooper Lenz scored three touchdowns, two on the ground, and the Timberlake Tigers overcame a slow start to steamroll the Bonners Ferry Badgers 66-28 to win the Intermountain League title Friday night at Kenny Mendenhall Stadium.
Timberlake (5-4, 1-0 IML) will host a first-round state 3A playoff game next weekend, against a team to be determined this weekend.
Bonners Ferry, which won the two-team league title last year, finished 3-6.
Cole Meidinger passed for 251 yards and two touchdowns for Timberlake, which out-gained Bonners Ferry 522-225.
"Offensively we did a real good job," Timberlake coach Kelly Amos said. "Our line blocked really well; we were able to consistently move the ball. Defensively we did a great job against the run; we played physical."
Timberlake 12 37 10 7 — 66
Bonners Ferry 6 8 8 6 — 28
First quarter
BF — unknown 14 run (conversion failed)
TL — Caius Tebbe 5 run (conversion failed)
TL — Vaughn Higgins 2 run (conversion failed)
Second quarter
TL — Cooper Lenz 59 pass from Cole Meidinger (Lenz run)
TL — Jacob Yetter 35 pass from Meidinger (conversion failed)
TL — Safety, tackle in end zone
TL — Higgins 19 run (Higgins kick)
TL — Lenz 15 run (Higgins kick)
TL — Lenz 4 run (Higgins kick)
BF — unknown 10 touchdown pass (conversion successful)
Third quarter
TL — FG Higgins 28
BF — unknown 42 run (conversion successful)
TL — Tebbe 6 run (Higgins kick)
Fourth quarter
BF — unknown 6 pass (conversion failed)
TL — Cayden Knight 5 run (Higgins kick)
TIMBERLAKE STATISTICS
RUSHING — Tebbe 8-89, Lenz 9-83, Higgins 8-50, Knight 3-20, Hansen 2-14, Meidinger 1-7, Wendt 1-5, Davis 1-(-3), Yetter 1-(-4).
PASSING — Meidinger, 11-18-0-251.
RECEIVING — Lenz 3-121, Yetter 7-121, McDougall 1-9.
St. Maries 44
Orofino 20
OROFINO — Senior Trey Gibson ran for 261 yards and five touchdowns for the Lumberjacks, who closed out the season with a Central Idaho League win over the Maniacs.
St. Maries (3-5, 2-1 CIL) entered Friday ranked 16th in the MaxPreps rankings, with the top 14 teams advancing to the state 2A playoffs.
Orofino finished 0-7, 0-3.
St. Maries 14 22 8 0 — 44
Orofino 12 0 2 6 — 20
First quarter
Oro — unknown 2 run (conversion failed)
SM — Trey Gibson 49 run (conversion successful)
SM — Gibson 35 run (conversion failed)
Oro — Hunter Hill 50 pass from unknown (conversion failed)
Second quarter
SM — Gibson 53 run (conversion failed)
SM — Gibson 3 run (Jack Barta run)
SM — Gibson 1 run (Barta run)
Third quarter
SM — unknown 1 run (conversion successful)
Oro — safety
Fourth quarter
Oro — unknown 9 pass (conversion failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — SM, Gibson 19-261, Dittman 4-26, Brebner 3-15, Barta 7-6, Ceja-Grimaldo 1-6, Banderob 1-(-3). Oro, Williams 5-9.
PASSING — SM, Barta, 4-9-0-28. Oro, no stats available.
RECEIVING — SM, Brebner 2-17, Keneally 1-(-4). Oro, Hill 1-50.
Kellogg 27
Priest River 0
KELLOGG — No report was received.
Clark Fork 44
Lakeside 42
CLARK FORK — The host Wampus Cats (4-3, 4-3 North Star League) grabbed the second and final playoff spot from the league with the wild victory over the Knights (3-6, 2-4).
No other information was available.
Mullan/St. Regis 52
Wallace 20
MULLAN — John Pruitt and Kofi Appiah had two touchdowns each for the Tigers in a North Star League win over the Miners at John Drager Field.
Mullan (8-1, 7-0 NSL) advances to the state 1A Division II playoffs.
Wallace finished 3-5, 2-5.