PREP ROUNDUP: Charter boys bounce back for third in 4A; Coeur d'Alene boys, girls fall short

• BOYS SOCCER

• 4A 

BURLEY — First, junior Jesper Giaever — an exchange student from Norway — delivered a promise to Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy coach Craig Daigle in his native tongue. 

"Spillet er over." 

Meaning, the game is over. 

Then, he delivered. 

Giaever scored in the 83rd minute for the third-seeded Panthers, who beat the fourth-seeded Sun Valley Community School 2-1 in overtime in the state 4A third-place match at Burley High on Saturday. 

Coeur d'Alene Charter, which won the program's first title last year and was second at state in 2024 at The Fields in Post Falls, finished 16-3-1. 

Junior Brooks Judd scored on an assist from senior Taylor Smith 7:30 into the match for Coeur d'Alene Charter. 

Sun Valley Community School finished 16-4-0. 

First half — 1, Charter, Brooks Judd (Taylor Smith), 7:30. 2, SVCS, Tom Hovy (free kick), 25:00. Second half — none. Overtime — 3, Charter, Jesper Giaever (unassisted), 83:00. 

Shots on goal — not reported. 

Saves — not reported. 

• 6A 

Boise 0 

Coeur d'Alene 0 (PKs) 

AMMON — The third-seeded Brave outkicked the top-seeded Vikings 5-4 in the shootout for the win in the state 6A third-place match at Hillcrest High. 

Coeur d'Alene finished 14-2-1. 

Boise finished 15-4-1. 

• GIRLS SOCCER

• 6A 

Owyhee 2 

Coeur d'Alene 1 

IDAHO FALLS — The fifth-seeded Vikings, at state for the first time since 2019, fell to the third-seeded Storm of Meridian in the state 6A consolation championship at Bonneville High. 

Coeur d'Alene finished 11-7-0. 

Owyhee finished 17-4-1. 

• CROSS COUNTRY

Gunkle, McLaimtaig nab

district titles for Priest River

GRANGEVILLE — Priest River senior Daniel Gunkle won the 3A District 1-2 title, finishing in 18 minutes, 10.7 seconds at the Grangeville Country Club. 

Kellogg, led by runner-up Shadrach Creswell, won the boys district title with 35 points, five points ahead of Priest River. The top two boys teams and six individuals qualified for state next Saturday at the Portneuf Wellness Complex in Pocatello. 

Priest River senior Alannah McLaimtaig won the girls district title. Priest River sophomore Abagail Shaulis (third) also qualified for state. 

BOYS 

TEAM SCORES (Top two to state) — 1, Kellogg 35. 2, Priest River 40. 3, Grangeville 45. 

STATE QUALIFIERS (Top six to state) — 1, Daniel Gunkle, Priest River, 18:10.7. 2, Shadrach Creswell, Kellogg, 18:25.3. 3, Tadhg Conor McLaimtaig, Priest River, 18:47.2. 4, Ramon Garza, Grangeville, 18:51.3. 5, Buck Coe, Kellogg, 18:57.4. 6, Alex Cassidy, Kellogg, 19:01.3. 

GIRLS 

TEAM SCORES (Winning team to state) — 1, Grangeville 24. 2, Priest River 34. Kellogg incomplete team.

STATE QUALIFIERS (Top six to state) — 1, Alannah McLaimtaig, Priest River, 23:48.5. 2, Callie Howe, Grangeville, 23:52.6. 3, Abagail Shaulis, Priest River, 24:33.7. 4, Alexis King, Grangeville, 24:57.2. 5, Macie Hill, Grangeville, 25:12.9. 6, Meila Johnson, Grangeville, 25:18.1.