Silver Valley Sports Recap: Sept. 9-15
The Kellogg Wildcats celebrate as a team following their home win over St. Maries last week.
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KELLOGG VOLLEYBALL
Sept. 10
Kellogg d. Priest River
PRIEST RIVER — In a game where Priest River held a 2-1 lead, the visiting Wildcats managed to find a way to squeak out a five-set 3A Central Idaho League victory (27-29, 25-19, 25-18, 25-27, 10-15) on Tuesday night at Priest River-Lamana High.
It was a gutsy and oftentimes uneven performance from the ‘Cats, who nearly gave up the match after the Spartans rallied from a double-digit deficit in the fourth set before Kellogg put it away.
“We didn’t play great, at least not the way we had been playing,” Coach Stephanie Batchelder said of her team. Paige (Yrjana) and Jordyn (Stutzke) carried us in many way, they were amazing tonight.”
Yrjana finished with 11 kills, while Stutzke had three aces and 42 digs for Kellogg.
Sept. 12
Kellogg d. Grangeville
GRANGEVILLE — Dani Henrikson had 15 kills and two blocks for the Wildcats in a 15-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-22 Central Idaho League win over the Bulldogs.
Paige Yrjana had seven kills, five aces, and 21 digs and Kam McDonald 15 assists for Kellogg (9-1, 4-0 CIL).
Senior Aubree Groth played an integral role for the Wildcats, dominating around the net.
“Aubree had six solid touches and one block,” Head Coach Steph Batchelder said. “She was killing it at the net, which was huge. She really had a stellar night.”
The Wildcats finished up the first half of their CIL schedule undefeated, while also getting all of their major road matches out of the way and coming out of it relatively unscathed.
Now, Batchelder will work on fine-tuning her squad in the latter half of the season before the district and state tournaments arrive.
WALLACE VOLLEYBALL
Sept. 10
Wallace d. Coeur du Christ
WALLACE — The Saints (2-2) fell to the host Miners (3-1) 25-21, 25-18, 25-20 in a nonleague match at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Lucy Ross had five kills and four aces, Madeline Junkin four blocks for Coeur du Christ, which plays host to Mullan on Thursday at Holy Family Catholic School.
Sept. 12
Lakeside d. Wallace
PLUMMER — Tylah Lambert had 14 assists, four aces and three kills as the host Knights outlasted the Miners 19-25, 25-21, 24-26, 25-22, 15-13 in Scenic Idaho Conference play Thursday at Ron Miller Court.
Rayna Schatz had four aces and four kills for Lakeside (4-1, 2-1 SIC). Kimberly Pluff had nine kills and six aces, Saydee Peone seven kills and six assists, Allisue Hendrickx five digs and three aces, Laila Charley seven digs and four kills, Ambi Aldrich three kills.
“Big game from Rayna; she was all over the place,” Lakeside coach Devyn Moore said. “She played the net like a beast and passed very well.”
Junior Kylee Phillips had 18 digs, 12 kills and five aces for Wallace (3-2, 1-2). Bethany Phillips added 12 kills and four blocks, and Aubrey Birdsell totaled 36 assists and five aces.
MULLAN VOLLEYBALL
Sept. 10
Clark Fork d. Mullan
CLARK FORK — Out of her 25 serves on the night, junior Aurora Lane registered 17 aces and the Lady Cats swept the Lady Tigers (25-8, 25-5, 25-20) for their first win of the season Tuesday at Clark Fork High.
“The thing about her serving tonight that really impressed me is that in practice we have been really drilling serving spots because that’s one way we want to be dominant as a team this year,” Clark Fork High head coach Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey said. “She (Aurora) served every spot that we told her — just impressive.”
Sophomore Nora-Jean Hoy had nine assists and seven aces, junior Piper Scarlett five aces of her own as Clark Fork scored the first 22 points of the second set in their 3-0 victory.
Sept. 12
Coeur du Christ d. Mullan
MULLAN — Kate Clemens had six kills and Faith McAllister added four aces as the visiting Saints downed the Tigers 25-9, 23-25, 26-24, 25-10 in North Star League play at the Mullan Pavilion.
“Mullan has a young team, so it was a great opportunity for some of our younger girls to get a chance to get some playtime as well and see how they do under pressure,” Coeur du Christ coach Natalie Kiefer said.
KELLOGG CROSS COUNTRY
Sept. 14
BONNERS FERRY — The Wildcats had six of the top 10 male finishers at the Bonners Ferry Invitational, capturing first place as a team at the event.
Priest River High’s Brayden Lamanna finished first out of the 29 runners with a time of 17:04, while Kellogg’s Ryken White took second with a time of 18:41.
BOYS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Kellogg 20. 2, Bonners Ferry 38. 3, Newport 73.
TOP 10 — 1, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 17:04; 2, Ryken White, Kellogg, 18:41; 3, Nolan Harju, Kellogg, 18:53; 4, Ethan Cowell, Bonners Ferry, 19:30; 5, Davin Harju, Kellogg, 20:07; 6, Alex Cassidy, Kellogg, 20:10; 7, Micah Thomson, Bonners Ferry, 20:12; 8, Colton Cohen, Bonners Ferry, 20:14; 9, Shadrach Creswell, Kellogg, 20:38; 10, Buck Coe, Kellogg, 20:49.
KELLOGG FOOTBALL
Sept. 13
Kellogg 34, St. Maries 22
KELLOGG — The Wildcats needed to prove that they could put a whole game together and they did just that during their home opener against the Lumberjacks.
It was a wire-to-wire win for Kellogg, who was coming off back losses to open their season.
They started quickly after sophomore Evan Vindasius picked off Lumberjack passer Jack Barta and returned it to the one-yard line on the opening possession. Three plays later, sophomore quarterback Porter Lewis found the endzone on a designed run.
Kellogg led 20-14 at halftime after Lewis connected with receivers Ty Cheney and Radley McDonald for a pair of first-half scores.
McDonald, who finished with six catches for 86 yards, linked up with Lewis again on the opening drive of the third quarter for his second touchdown grab of the game.
St. Maries kept things interesting, pulling within four points before Kellogg's Andrew Lewis put the game away on a 20-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.
The win put the Wildcats squarely in the mix for the Central Idaho League, which was believed to be a three-horse race between the Wildcats, St. Maries, and Grangeville – With the win, Kellogg has an inside track to finish no lower than second place if they win the remaining slate of conference games they are favored in.
Kellogg (1-2, 1-0) hosts Timberlake this Friday at Teeters Field.
WALLACE FOOTBALL
Sept. 13
Wallace 48, Lakeside 70
WORLEY — Friday will be a night that Head Coach Jared Young and the Miners will dwell on for the next six weeks.
After jumping out to a quick lead, Wallace let the Knights hang around and they made them pay for it, ending the Miners undefeated season.
Up 14 points early, Lakeside roared back to take a two-point halftime lead and never looked back, outscoring Wallace 34-14 in the second half, and handing the Miners their first loss of the season.
“I thought we didn’t play good enough defense,” Wallace coach Jared Young said. “We let the lead slip away and we’ve got to stay more mentally tough. We’ve got to battle adversity better. We had a chance to stay in the ball game, but we didn’t have clean snaps all night and didn’t catch the ball when we needed to catch the ball. We just need to tackle better and block better.”
Freshman Cooper Miller had another solid showing, finishing with 240 yards of total offense - throwing four touchdowns and running in another.
But the tandem of Tyson Charley and Jemari Peone was too much to overcome.
“We’ve got to make the most of our opportunities when we’ve got a chance,” Young said. “I think we started to figure some things out at the end of the game. That Tyson Charley, he’s a great athlete and he can run the ball. And we’ve got to play better against him.”
Lakeside and Wallace meet in the return matchup Oct. 25 in the regular season finale at Sather Field in Silverton.
Wallace (3-1) hosts St. John-Endicott this Friday at Sather Field.
ST. REGIS-MULLAN FOOTBALL
Sept. 13
St. Regis-Mullan 30, Arlee 28
ARLEE — The Tigers scored a huge win over the host Warriors during a pivotal Western Montana 8-Man divisional contest.
The Warriors had a shot to tie the contest late in the fourth quarter but failed the 2-point conversion.
The Tigers travel down I-90 to Superior this week to take on the Bobcats.
SILVER VALLEY SWIM TEAM
Sept. 14
COEUR d’ALENE –– The Silver Valley Swim Team, comprised of swimmers from Wallace High School, Kellogg High School, and Mullan High School, competed at the Kroc Center last weekend, where they continued to set presonal and program records.
Annika Kessler set a new school record in the 500m freestyle with a time of 8:13:88.
Sophia Berry, Ember Meyer, Aaron Berry, and Aliyah Birdsell all set personal records as well.
“The Silver Valley Swim Team has been putting in the time at practice and it is showing at the meets,” Coach Bryan Stepro said. “The time will continue to help make progress at the meets and to continue to set new records, both personal and school records.”
The Silver Valley Swim Team will be at the Kroc again on Sept. 28.