PREP SOCCER: St. Maries girls bow out in shootout at districts
• GIRLS
POST FALLS — The fifth-seeded St. Maries Lumberjacks took the fourth-seeded Grangeville Bulldogs to overtime and beyond, falling 2-0 in a shootout Monday on the first day of the 4A District 1-2 girls soccer tournament at The Fields at Real Life.
Grangeville (6-5-1) advances to play top-seeded Coeur d’Alene Charter (8-2-3) today in the semifinals at 11 a.m.
St. Maries’ girls finished 1-9-1.
“This district game was a fun one to watch,” St. Maries coach Amber Morris said. “Our girls showed up today ready to play. They put their whole heart and soul into this game. Unfortunately, the outcome was not a win, but these girls left it all on the field.”
Morris praised her seniors, including:
“Tiffany Bell, who played as a midfielder. She has became such a strong player over this last year,” Morris said. “Jada Barden, who I have put in almost every position on the field, but this year found her home as one of my attacking forwards. Liara Sullivan, this girl is a force on the field. She dribbles through most players making them look like they are just standing there. She is a defensive player and holds a very strong line.”
In the other first-round game, third-seeded Bonners Ferry beat sixth-seeded Priest River 6-0.
Bonners Ferry (9-7-0) will face second-seeded Timberlake (10-2-2) in a semifinal today at 1 p.m.
Priest River finished 0-12-1.
• BOYS
Bonners Ferry 13
St. Maries 0
POST FALLS — Nik Rawson scored four goals and Eli Blackmore added a hat trick as the second-seeded Badgers ousted the seventh-seeded Lumberjacks in the first round of the 4A District 1-2 boys soccer tournament at The Fields at Real Life.
St. Maries finished 0-14-0.
Bonners Ferry (12-4-1) advances to play third-seeded Grangeville (5-4-4), which beat sixth-seeded Timberlake, today at 1 p.m. in a semifinal game.
The other semifinal will pit top-seeded Coeur d’Alene Charter (13-0-2) against fourth-seeded Priest River (7-7-1) at 11 a.m.
First half — 1, BF, Eli Blackmore, 10:00. 2, BF, Nik Rawson, 11:00. 3, BF, Rawson, 13:00. 4, BF, Blackmore, 21:00. 5, BF, Blackmore, 25:00. 6, BF, Riser Hanson, 34:00. Second half — 7, BF, Rawson, 42:00. 8, BF, Rawson, 45:00. 9, BF, Malachi Hubbard, 46:00. 10, BF, Trevor Festini, 64:00. 11, BF, Aaron Thompson, 73:00. 12, BF, Thompson, 77:00. 13, BF, Dominic Solum, 80:00.
Shots on goal — SM 2, BF 38.
Saves — SM, Kody Tefft 22; BF, Dardon Pluid 1.
Priest River 1
Orofino 0
POST FALLS — Cameron Howell scored the game’s only goal in the 63rd minute, and the fourth-seeded Spartans beat the fifth-seeded Maniacs (4-7-2) in a loser-out game. It was Priest River’s first district tournament win in program history.
Priest River started its boys and girls soccer programs in 2012.