PREP FOOTBALL: Lakeland opens 5A IEL play with win at Lewiston
LEWISTON — He might not have started the game on defense, but Lakeland sophomore Madden Young was one reason why the Hawks were able to finish it on Friday night.
Young intercepted a Lewiston pass with under seven minutes remaining and the Hawks were able to run out the clock, beating the Bengals 21-14 in a 5A Inland Empire League game at the P1FCU Athletic Complex.
“We’d been moving some guys around and we really thought Madden needed to pick up his game,” Lakeland coach Mike Schroeder said. “With some injuries and guys out, he stepped in there and made a big play.”
Lakeland senior Griffin Tamagni ran for three touchdowns, including a 3-yard score late in the third to make it 21-14.
“He had another great game,” Schroeder said. “We just wanted to minimize our risk and max on what we do well. Our pass game has been affective lately, but we wanted to lean on the (offensive) line tonight.”
Lewiston opened the scoring after getting the ball at the 3-yard line after a fumbled snap on a punt. Tamagni had a 52-yard run to set up a tying score in the first.
Lakeland recovered a fumble at the Lewiston 48-yard line and went ahead on a 3-yard run by Tamagni to make it 14-7. Lewiston’s Blaze Hepburn tied it at 14-14 late in the first quarter on a 2-yard run.
Lakeland shut out Lewiston in the second half defensively.
“We wanted to see some better execution in the second half,” Schroeder said. “Physically, I thought we’d match up with them well. Our defense showed up to play and we were kind of a Mash unit, but we’re proud of the kids that stepped up. They proved well for us.”
Lakeland (3-4, 1-0 5A IEL) travels to Moscow next Friday.
Lewiston (3-4, 0-1) travels to Sandpoint next Friday.
Lakeland 14 0 7 0 — 21
Lewiston 14 0 0 0 — 14
First quarter
Lew — DJ Wilkerson 5 run (Braxton Nagle kick)
LL — Griffin Tamagni 6 run (Parker Sterling kick)
LL — Tamagni 3 run (Sterling kick)
Lew — Blaze Hepburn 2 run (Nagle kick)
Third quarter
LL — Tamagni 3 run (Sterling kick)
Clarkston (Wash.) 26
Timberlake 19
SPIRIT LAKE — Senior quarterback Ryker Brennan ran for two touchdowns and threw for another for the Tigers, but the Bantams rallied with 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to steal the nonleague win at Van Tuinstra Memorial Stadium.
Brennan threw for 189 yards and ran for another 55 for Timberlake (3-4). Senior Gage Haines had five catches for 61 yards and senior Blake Smith caught a 13-yard touchdown pass for Timberlake, which opens Intermountain League play at Bonners Ferry next Friday.
Bonners Ferry (4-3) defeated Moscow (1-6) 38-37 in double overtime in the IML opener at Bear Field on Friday. Moscow hosts Lakeland next Friday.
Clarkston is 2-4.
Priest River 61
Kellogg 0
PRIEST RIVER — Senior Colton Kuperinko scored four of the Spartans’ six first-half touchdowns in a Central Idaho League romp over the Wildcats.
Priest River (5-1, 3-0 CIL) travels to St. Maries next Friday.
Kellogg (0-7, 0-3) travels to Orofino next Friday.
Coeur du Christ 66
Lakeside 30
WORLEY — Junior quarterback Grant Clemens threw for six touchdowns for the Saints in a nonleague win over the Knights at the Marimn Health Coeur Center.
Senior Liam Anderson ran for two touchdowns for Coeur du Christ (7-0), which faces Wallace (7-0) next Friday at the Marimn Health Coeur Center.
Joey Girard and Broghan Beyer had fumble recoveries for the Saints.
Lakeside (1-6) hosts Wallace on Oct. 23 at the Marimn Health Coeur Center.
COEUR du CHRIST SCORING PLAYS
First quarter
Broghan Beyer 30 pass from Grant Clemens (Liam Anderson run)
Beckett Beyer 72 pass from Clemens (conversion failed)
Clemens 5 run (Anderson run)
Second quarter
Anderson 1 run (Anderson run)
Joey Girard fumble recovery for touchdown
Eli Zember 4 pass from Clemens (conversion failed)
Anderson 43 pass from Clemens (Anderson run)
Third quarter
Matthew Junkin 41 pass from Clemens (Anderson run)
Thomas Urbina 25 interception return (conversion failed)
Junkin 10 pass from Clemens (Anderson run)
Broghan Beyer fumble recovery for touchdown (conversion failed)
Fourth quarter
Anderson 5 run (conversion failed)
Wallace 50
Clark Fork 2
SILVERTON — Junior Cooper Miller threw for five touchdowns and ran for another for the Miners in a nonleague win over the Wampus Cats at Sather Field.
Senior Ashton Holbert scored a touchdown on a fumbled punt and junior Lennox Radford two touchdowns for Wallace (7-0), which faces Coeur du Christ next Friday at the Marimn Health Coeur Center in Worley.
"The defense played a great game all-around," Wallace coach Jared Young said.
Clark Fork (3-4) hosts Coeur du Christ in a North Star League game on Oct. 23.