Lee: Local 5A IEL Teams Well Matched
A playoff-caliber football team will not qualify for the state playoffs in the 5A Inland Empire League this season. The conference shapes up as the most balanced in years. Lake City, which qualified for the playoffs for a 13th straight year
and captured the league championship last fall, returns most of its
skill players, led by senior quarterback Mark Smyly. Coeur d’Alene, which lost to LC in the regular season but bounced
back to avenge the defeat and advance to the state semifinals, returns
practically its entire team. The key hole CdA must fill is at QB. Junior
Chad Chalich has been tabbed the starter. Post Falls, which continues to close the gap on the traditional
powers, returns its backfield led by senior quarterback Matt Lickfold,
and the Trojans are seen by some as the preseason favorite after a solid
summer camp. Something will have to give/Greg Lee, SR. More here. (SR file photo/Kathy Plonka, of Lake City High football coach Van Troxel)
Question: Do you follow a local high school football team? Which one? Why?