PREP FOOTBALL: Timberlake rolls on emotional night for St. Maries
SPIRIT LAKE — On a night nobody knew what to expect, Timberlake defended its home turf.
Cooper Lenz ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns in the first half for the Tigers, who beat the St. Maries Lumberjacks 56-14 in a nonleague game at Van Tuinstra Memorial Stadium, the Lumberjacks first game since the passing of longtime coach Craig Tefft on Tuesday.
“Our whole coaching staff knew Craig and knew him for a long time,” Timberlake coach Kelly Amos said. “It was bittersweet when you lose a guy like that, but I think it was good for St. Maries to get a chance to play football and do what Craig would have wanted them to do. They played super hard and typical St. Maries football, when they probably had every excuse not to do that.”
Jacob Yetter had four catches for 80 yards and two touchdowns, also grabbing an interception for Timberlake (4-2),
“It was homecoming week, so you never know what you’re going to get,” Amos said. “Defensively, we just played really good, physical defense and made it tough on them to move the football. We gave our offense plenty of chances to get and move the ball tonight.”
Timberlake hosts Sugar-Salem next Friday.
St. Maries (1-4) hosts Bonners Ferry next Friday.
St. Maries 0 0 6 8 — 14
Timberlake 6 20 16 14 — 56
First quarter
TL — Cooper Lenz 10 run (conversion failed)
Second quarter
TL — Jacob Yetter 13 pass from Cole Meidinger (Yetter run)
TL — Caius Tebbe 20 run (conversion failed)
TL — Lenz 12 run (conversion failed)
Third quarter
TL — Yetter 18 pass from Medinger (Yetter run)
TL — Jonathan Hansen 10 run (Tebbe run)
SM — Julien Ceja-Grimaldo 20 pass from Jack Barta (conversion failed)
Fourth quarter
TL — Vaughn Higgins 1 run (Tebbe run)
SM — Trey Gibson 1 run (Gibson run)
TL — Cayden Knight 38 run (conversion failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — SM, Gibson 24-107, Barta 6-13, Defoort 2-0, Yearout 1-(-8). TL, Lenz 10-105, Higgins 9-47, Tebbe 3-40, Knight 1-38, Hansen 3-25, Wendt 1-16, Yetter 1-15, Meidinger 1-(-9).
PASSING — SM, Barta, 5-15-1-59. TL, Meidinger, 6-13-0-109.
RECEIVING — SM, Ceja-Grimaldo 2-32, Marsh 3-25. TL, Yetter 4-80, Lenz 1-28, Davis 1-1.
Kellogg 52
Orofino 0
KELLOGG — Sophomore Radley McDonald returned the opening kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown and Wildcats rolled over Orofino 52-0.
Senior quarterback Reed Whatcott connected with junior Coleman Blalack for four touchdowns — while also hitting senior Jaeger Hall and junior Wyatt Storey for scores before resting for most of the second half.
Kellogg led 38-0 at halftime.
The Wildcats (1-3, 1-1 CIL) will travel to Cottonwood next Saturday for a neutral site matchup with New Plymouth.
Wallace 20
Troy (Mont.) 12
SILVERTON — Julian Davis scored two touchdowns for the Miners in a win over the Trojans at Sather Field.
Wallace (2-3) has a bye next week, then returns home to face Lakeside on Oct. 6.
Lewis County 48
Lakeside 0
CRAIGMONT — Further information was not available.
Mullan-St. Regis 20
Clark Fork 12
MULLAN — The Tigers scored in the final two minutes to seal a North Star League win over the Wampus Cats at John Drager Field.
"Hats off to Clark Fork for controlling the clock and hitting on some big plays," Mullan-St. Regis coach Stetson Spooner said. "We scored early and bent without breakign on a lot of drives defensively. We had a couple of costly turnovers and coaching mistakes, but we're a team. Monday, we'll get back to work to constantly improve."
Mullan-St. Regis faces Lakeside next Friday at the Marimn Health Coeur Center in Worley.
Chase Sanroman threw for 110 yards and a touchdown and ran for another 73 yards for Clark Fork (2-3, 2-3), which hosts Wallace on Oct. 13. Clark Fork was scheduled to play at Kootenai, but the Warriors canceled their season earlier this week, citing low numbers.