PREP FOOTBALL: Lake City gets the right stuff late at Lewiston

| October 24, 2026 1:15 AM

LEWISTON — Senior Brayden Van Leuven scored on a 6-yard run with 4:02 remaining and the Lake City defense made it stand up late as the Timberwolves defeated the Lewiston Bengals 14-13 at the P1FCU Sports Complex on Friday.

Lewiston scored with 15 seconds remaining to cut the deficit to 14-13, but Lake City junior defensive back Nick Smith, who had an interception earlier in the game, stuffed a quarterback option on the conversion.

“They’d been moving the ball pretty well on us all night,” Lake City coach Byron Hout said. “We called our best run-stopping defense and Nick came up and made a big play. I’m proud of our guys for never stopping the fight.”

Lake City took a 7-0 lead with 5:31 remaining in the half on a 15-yard pass to junior Knox Keogh from sophomore Jax Pearson.

With Coeur d’Alene’s 41-10 win over Post Falls, Lake City (6-3) clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2019.

“These guys have just believed and bought into what they were coached to do,” Hout said. “They believed in us as coaches and that we’re trying to change the culture and get this program back where it needs to be.”

Lewiston (4-5) will also advance to the state 5A playoffs.

Matchups are expected to be announced this weekend.

Lake City 0 7 0 7 — 14

Lewiston 0 7 0 6 — 13

Second quarter

LC — Knox Keogh 15 pass from Jax Pearson (Dayne Powers kick), 5:31

Lew — Drew Haines 20 pass from Dallas Richardson (Haines kick), :13

Fourth quarter

LC — Brayden Van Leuven 7 run (Powers kick), 4:02

Lew — Blaze Hepburn 1 run (run failed), :15

Moscow 22

Timberlake 14

SPIRIT LAKE — The Tigers finished the season with an Intermountain League loss to the Bears at Van Tuinstra Memorial Field.

Timberlake finished 3-6, 0-2.

Moscow (2-7, 1-1) could receive an at-large bid to the state 4A playoffs depending on its MaxPreps rankings, which are used to seed the playoffs.

St. Maries 36

Kellogg 6

KELLOGG — Sophomore Felly Spooner ran for 70 yards and three touchdowns for the Lumberjacks in a Central Idaho League win over the Wildcats at Teeters Field.

Senior Jaxson Harold returned an interception 18 yards for a touchdown 1:02 into the game for St. Maries, which led 20-6 at halftime.

St. Maries finished 2-6, 2-3 in league play.

Cyrus Reed threw for 148 yards and a touchdown for Kellogg, which finished 0-9, 0-5.

St. Maries 20 0 14 2 — 36

Kellogg 0 6 0 0 — 6

First quarter

SM — Jaxson Harold 18 interception return (Wyatt Stewart run), 10:58

SM — Felly Spooner 2 run (kick failed), 7:23

SM — Spooner 34 run (pass failed), 3:09

Second quarter

Kell — Charlie North 33 pass from Cyrus Reed (run failed), 11:41

Third quarter

SM — Spooner 13 run (run failed), 7:53

SM — Kris Brusseau 4 run (Harold pass from Brusseau), 1:42

Fourth quarter

SM — safety, runner tackled in end zone, 3:55

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — SM, Spooner 11-70, Brusseau 5-35, Thomas 6-14, Nicholson 5-2, Kucierek 2-(-4). Kell, Kimstayton 3-9, Little 1-0, Reed 5-(-7).

PASSING — SM, Nicholson, 9-14-1-122. Kell, Reed, 12-29-0-148, Little 0-2-1-0.

RECEIVING — SM, Harold 5-57, Stewart 1-36, Wilcox 2-17, Sines 1-12. Kell, North 5-61, Roach 2-33, Jolley 1-23, Rollins 1-18.

Coeur du Christ 40

Clark Fork 8

CLARK FORK — Junior Grant Clemens threw four touchdown passes for the Saints in a North Star League win over the Wampus Cats in the regular season finale for both schools at Clark Fork High.

Senior Jon Denke ran for two touchdowns in the second quarter for Coeur du Christ (9-0, 2-0 NSL), which clinched the league title and automatic bid to the state 1A playoffs.

Beckett Beyer had an interception, Darien McCullagh a fumble recovery for the Saints.

Clark Fork (3-5, 0-2) could also advance depending on its MaxPreps final ranking, which is used to seed the state playoffs.

Matchups are expected to be announced this weekend.

COEUR du CHRIST SCORING PLAYS

First quarter

Broghan Beyer 20 pass from Grant Clemens (conversion failed)

Matthew Junkin 31 pass from Clemens (Eli Zember pass from Clemens)

Second quarter

Zember 11 pass from Clemens (conversion failed)

Jon Denke 5 run (conversion failed)

Denke 28 run (Denke run)

Fourth quarter

Beckett Beyer 5 pass from Clemens (conversion failed)

Wallace 65

Lakeside 8

WORLEY — Junior Blake Rose had three touchdown receptions for the Miners, who wrapped up the Scenic Idaho Conference title with a win over the Knights at the Marimn Health Coeur Center.

Sophomore Ayden Murray returned a fumble for a touchdown and also had an interception for Wallace (8-1, 1-0 SIC), which received the league’s automatic bid to the state 2A playoffs.

Playoff matchups are expected to be announced this weekend.

Lakeside finishes 1-7, 0-1.