PREP FOOTBALL: Post Falls, Lake City fall

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — Once Sunnyside took the football away at the end of the half, the Grizzlies seized the momentum from the Post Falls Trojans for the rest of the evening.

Rylee Gonzalez returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown with 20 seconds remaining in the half, then held on late for a 41-35 win over the previously unbeaten Trojans on Friday night.

Post Falls junior Isaac McKeown scored on a 2-yard touchdown run with 1:04 remaining, but Sunnyside recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock.

“I was really pleased with how we battled and gave ourselves a chance,” Post Falls coach Blaine Bennett said. “We were in right until the end, but it seemed like we were a score behind the entire second half.”

Post Falls finished with three turnovers in the game. Eli Fernandez returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown with 5:03 remaining to give the Grizzlies a 41-27 lead.

“Offensively, when we take care of the ball, we’re a solid offense,” Bennett said. “Defensively, we had to defend the pass on a lot of snaps tonight. Sunnyside did a good job of throwing the ball.”

Post Falls (2-1) hosts University of Spokane Valley next Friday.

Sunnyside is 1-1.

Post Falls 7 7 6 15 — 35

Sunnyside 7 13 8 13 — 41

First quarter

SS — Ethan Avalos 11 pass from Eli Fernandez (Alberto Ledesma kick), 6:55

PF — Tevin Burns 4 run (Seth Martin kick), 3:34

Second quarter

SS — Cody Diddens 4 pass from Fernandez (Ledesma kick), 5:40

PF — Burns 6 run (Martin kick), 3:08

SS — Rylee Gonzalez 25 interception return (run failed), :20

Third quarter

SS — Avalos 4 pass from Fernandez (Avalos run), 8:15

PF — Isaac McKeown 3 run (kick failed), 4:23

Fourth quarter

SS — Seb Magana 20 pass from Fernandez (run failed), 8:41

PF — McKeown 2 run (Martin kick), 7:07

SS — Fernandez 28 interception return (Ledesma kick), 5:03

PF — McKeown 2 run (McKeown run), 1:04

Emmett 17

Lake City 13

MOSCOW — Lake City had its chances, especially late, but 4A Emmett had the better of it in the trenches overall in a victory over the 5A Timberwolves in nonleague play Friday night at the Kibbie Dome.

Trailing 17-6 after three quarters, Lake City (1-2) made it a one-score game when Avrey Cherry hit Michael Martindale down the right sideline for a 42-yard touchdown — on fourth down and 24 — to pull the Timberwolves within 17-13 with 3:21 left.

Lake City stopped Emmett on downs at the T-Wolf 35, but was unable to capitalize, doomed by a sack and three incompletions.

“We are still figuring out how to win,” first-year Lake City coach Byron Hout said. “They definitely have some size up front; they won the pound-for-pound battle. But like I told the team, we did get better today.”

Quentin Smith eclipsed the 100-yard mark on the ground for Emmett (3-0), and his 1-yard run capped the opening drive of the second half and put the Huskies up 17-6.

In the second quarter, Emmett took advantage of a short field to score first, on Isaac Brennan’s 27-yard run.

Lake City answered on the ensuing kickoff when Chase Walker, seemingly bottled up, squirted free and raced for a 77-yard touchdown to pull the T-Wolves within 7-6.

After Jacob Hill made a terrific leaping catch over top of an Emmett defender for a 47-yard gain, Lake City turned the ball over on downs at the Emmett 22.

Freshman quarterback Jax Banuelos connected on two big completions to put Emmett in scoring territory. He was intercepted by Martindale inside the 5, but Lake City was called for pass interference. The Huskies kicked a 26-yard field goal with 2 seconds left to take a 10-6 lead into the locker room.

Lake City was intercepted deep in Emmett territory late in the third quarter. The Huskies began marching again on the ground, but Garrett Leonard forced a fumble and the T-Wolves recovered at their 20 to keep Emmett from putting the game away.

“I think our guys believed,” Hout said. “There was a place where we could have given up the fight. Our defense gave us a chance all day. We’ll take that into the future.”

Lake City plays at Bishop Kelly next Saturday.

Emmett 0 10 7 0 — 17

Lake City 0 6 0 7 — 13

Second quarter

Emm — Isaac Brennan 27 run (Tucker Welling kick)

LC — Chase Walker 77 kickoff return (kick failed)

Emm — FG Welling 26

Third quarter

Emm — Quentin Smith 1 run (Welling kick)

Fourth quarter

LC — Michael Martindale 42 pass from Avrey Cherry (Caden Oxenrider kick)

West Valley 21

Lakeland 10

RATHDRUM — Already missing starting quarterback Haydon Benson, the Hawks lost his backup Jace Taylor and starting running back Lovie Weil to injury in a nonleague loss to the Eagles of Spokane Valley.

“I don’t know how much better we’ve got over the last three weeks,” said Lakeland coach Mike Schroeder, whose team opened with a 17-7 win over Preston in Butte, Mont., on Aug. 18. “I think we got exposed a little bit. We’re playing OK physically, but mentally we’re not there. We didn’t handle our business in the first half and got into a hole and didn’t come out of it. The boys weren’t mentally prepared and didn’t take it seriously this week, and that’s my fault. We’ve got a lot of good players, but we’re not in rhythm right now. We’ve got some things to clean up.”

Further information was not available.

Lakeland (3-1) travels to Coeur d’Alene next Friday.

McCall-Donnelly 31

Timberlake 26

SPIRIT LAKE — The host Tigers jumped out to a 14-0 lead, but mistakes caught up to them in a loss to the Vandals in nonleague play at Van Tuinstra Memorial Field.

“A lot of mistakes on our part,” Timberlake coach Kelly Amos said. “You can't have five turnovers and expect to win a ball game. And we can’t only rush for 100 yards. They were just more physical than us. And the mental errors that cost us.”

Cole Meidinger connected with Jacob Yetter on a 75-yard touchdown pass, and Vaughn Higgins scored from a yard out to give Timberlake (2-2) a 14-0 lead.

McCall-Donnelly (3-0) took an 18-14 lead after three quarters.

Yetter caught a 9-yard pass from Meidinger to put Timberlake up 20-18 early in the fourth quarter.

With 2 minutes left, Jeremy Hurlburt blocked a punt, Luke Schell recovered and Cooper Lenz ran it in from a yard out to pull Timberlake within five.

An onside kick was unsuccessful, and McCall-Donnelly got the first down it needed to run out the clock.

McCall-Donnelly outgained Timberlake 409-292, including 206-109 on the ground.

“They threw the ball well,” Amos said of the Vandals, “and we didn’t do a good job tackling in open space.”

Meidinger was 10 of 20 for 183 yards and two TDs, both to Yetter, who had nine catches for 178 yards.

Maddox Arnold of McCall-Donnelly was 14 of 30 for 203 yards and a touchdown, and ran for 121 yards and two scores on 15 carries.

Timberlake travels to Moscow next Friday.

McCall-Donnelly 0 6 12 13 — 31

Timberlake 14 0 0 12 — 26

First quarter

TL — Jacob Yetter 75 pass from Cole Meidinger (kick failed)

TL — Higgins 1 run (Cooper Lenz run)

Second quarter

McD — Maddox Arnold 40 run (kick failed)

Third quarter

McD — Unknown 1 run (PAT failed)

McD — Arnold 26 run (PAT failed)

Fourth quarter

TL — Yetter 9 pass from Meidinger (PAT failed)

McD — Unknown 53 pass from Arnold (PAT failed)

McD — Unknown 1 run (kick good)

TL — Lenz 1 run (PAT failed)

Freeman 41

St. Maries 18

ST. MARIES — Quarterback Jack Barta ran for a pair of touchdowns and Trey Gibson rushed for 116 yards on 27 carries for the Lumberjacks (0-3), who fell to the visiting Scotties (2-0) in nonleague play.

Luke Whitaker completed 9 of 14 passes for 200 yards and four touchdowns for Freeman.

St. Maries plays host to Kellogg in the Central Idaho League opener next Friday.

Freeman 7 21 7 6 — 41

St. Maries 6 0 6 6 — 18

First quarter

SM — Jack Barta 2 run (PAT failed)

Free — Sage Gilbert 59 pass from Luke Whitaker (Braxton Dickerhoof kick)

Second quarter

Free — Unknown 16 pass from Whitaker (Dickerhoof kick)

Free — Kanoa Rogan 1 run (Dickerhoof kick)

Free — Unknown 10 pass from Whitaker (Dickerhoof kick)

Third quarter

Free — Unknown 64 pass from Whitaker (Corbin Johnson kick)

SM — Trey Gibson 93 fumble return (PAT failed)

Fourth quarter

Free — Unknown 10 pass from Logan Schultz (kick failed)

SM — Barta 21 run (PAT failed)

Newport 34

Kellogg 12

NEWPORT — The Grizzlies (1-1) defense shut Kellogg out in the second half as the Wildcats remained winless.

Kellogg (0-3) scored on back-to-back possessions during the first half, including a 99-yard drive, but gave up a touchdown just before halftime to put Newport ahead 14-12.

The Wildcats had two second-half drives end with turnovers, one of them in the red zone.

Reed Whatcott connected with Jaeger Hall for one score and ran for another in the loss.

Kellogg travels to St. Maries next week to open Central Idaho League play.

Lakeside 42

Deary 34

DEARY — The Knights stopped Deary receiver Tucker Ashmead on a sweep at the 2-yard line to force a turnover on downs with 34 seconds remaining to clinch the nonleague win over the Mustangs.

Lakeside senior Qwincy Hall ran for 190 yards and three touchdowns.

The Knights took the lead in the fourth quarter on a 2-yard touchdown run by quarterback Liam Hendrickx, his second score of the night.

Lakeside (2-1) is scheduled to host Clark Fork in its homecoming game next Friday at the Marimn Health Center in Worley.

Deary is 2-1.

Lakeside 14 12 8 8 — 42

Deary 12 8 14 0 — 34

First quarter

Deary — Tucker Ashmead 1 run (conversion failed)

LS — Qwincy Hall 80 kickoff return (Hall run)

Deary — Jacob Mechling 35 pass from Nolan Hubbard (conversion failed)

LS — Hall 31 run (conversion failed)

Second quarter

Deary — unknown 55 pass from Hubbard (Aiden Capps run)

LS — Hall 8 run (conversion failed)

LS — Liam Hendrickx 1 run (conversion failed)

Third quarter

Deary — Mechling 26 pass from Hubbard (conversion good)

LS — Hall 54 run (Jemari Peone pass from Hendrickx)

Deary — Dawson Bovard 12 run (Ashmead run)

Fourth quarter

LS — Hendrickx 2 run (J. Peone run)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — LS, Hall 19-190, SiJohn-Moffit, 13-48, Je. Peone, 5-27, Hendrickx, 6-12, Callahan, 6-8. Deary, Ashmead, 8-60, Clark, 3-56, Capps, 12-24, Hubbard, 7-23, Bovard, 1-12, Mechling, 1-3.

PASSING — LS, Hendrickx, 2-5-1-17. Deary, Hubbard, 4-9-0-126, Ashmead, 3-9-0-56.

RECEIVING — LS, Callahan, 1-17, SiJohn-Moffit, 1-0. Deary, Mechling 3-70, unknown 1-55, Heath 1-36, Hubbard 1-11, Stapleton 1-10.

Clark Fork 20

Wallace 14

SILVERTON — Chase Sanroman rushed for 165 yards and a touchdown on seven carries as the Wampus Cats defeated the Miners in North Star League play at Sather Field.

Dillon Ryan-Downing rushed for two TDs for Clark Fork (2-1, 2-1 NSL), which is scheduled to play Lakeside next Friday at the Marimn Health Coeur Center in Worley.

Wallace (1-2, 1-2) hosts Mullan/St. Regis next Friday.

Mullan/St. Regis 62

Kootenai 30

MULLAN — Senior Kofi Appiah returned a punt 45 yards for a touchdown on the fourth play of the game as the Tigers beat the Warriors in a North Star League game at John Drager Field.

Mullan/St. Regis quarterback Connor Lulis connected on touchdown passes of 30 and 23 yards as the Tigers built an early 20-0 lead.

Junior wide receiver Simon Hodges scored on a 75-yard run in the first quarter for Kootenai.

Mullan/St. Regis (3-0, 2-0 NSL) faces Wallace next Friday at Sather Field in Silverton.

Kootenai (0-3, 0-3) hosts the Kendrick JV next Friday.