Lake City Celebrates First Football Victory

Football

The Lake City High School football team will always remember Oct. 20, 1995. That’s the day the Timberwolves won their first game in history.

The Timberwolves, behind two third-quarter touchdowns, topped Lakeland 15-6 in a non-league game at Corbit Field in Rathdrum.

Lake City’s Brian Ross put the game away with a 59-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-1 in Lake City territory.

“It was so much fun because the kids were so excited and the parents and fans ended up staying out on the field with everybody jumping around and hugging for at least 15 minutes,” Lake City coach Van Troxel said.

Lake City scored its first touchdown on a David Nelson 1-yard run. The extra point gave the Timberwolves a 7-6 lead.

It was set up when the T-Wolves recovered a Hawk fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half.

Lakeland scored in the second quarter on a 1-yard run by quarterback Kurt Reese.

“The first one ever is quite a feeling,” Troxel said. “We worked so many hours, it relieves all the frustration and creates real excitement for us …”

Lake City 15, Lakeland 6

Lake City 0 0 15 0 - 15

Lakeland 0 6 0 0 - 6

LL- Reese 1 run (kick failed)

LC- Nelson 1 run (Mans kick)

LC- Ross 59 run (Scharenberg run)

Kellogg 21, Wallace 20

Kellogg (4-4-1), which won the rematch between two teams that played to a 20-20 tie earlier, has its best record since 1991 when it went 5-4.

Wallace (3-4-1) will be in a playoff next Friday in Moscow against Grangeville to decide a State A-3 playoff berth. No other details reported.

Lakeside 50, Falls Christian 0

Mariano Falciani-Matheson scored the second of his two touchdowns on a 68-yard run in the third quarter to end the North Star League game on the eight-man 45-point “mercy rule.”

Lakeside 20 24 6 X - 50

Falls Christian 0 0 0 X - 0

L-Pluff 65 run (Allen run)

L-Mathison 2 run (pass failed)

L-Falciani-Mathison 25 pass from Pluff (pass fail)

L-Pluff 20 run (Mathison run)

L-Allen 10 run (S.Mathison)

L-Mathison 58 run (Allen run)

L-Falciani-Mathison 68 run (no try)

Mullan 50, Kootenai 0

David Reed and Brad Ban each ran in three scores as the visiting Tigers (6-1) beat the Warriors (0-8) in a North Star League game shortened to two quarters by the mercy rule.

Reed carried five times for 143 yards.

Mullan 38 12 X X - 50

Kootenai 0 0 X X - 0

M-Ban 77 kickoff return (Reed run)

M-Reed 60 run (Fritz run)

M-Reed 3 run (Siri run)

M-Ban 15 run (run failed)

M-Reed 25 run (Siri run)

M-Ban 1 run (run failed)

M-Greenfield 65 punt return (run failed)

Priest River 13, Bonners Ferry 6

The Spartans (1-4, 5-4) avoided a lastplace finish in the Intermountain League by beating the Badgers (0-4, 2-6) at Bonners Ferry.

Priest River 0 6 0 7 - 13

Bonners Ferry 6 0 0 0 - 6

BF-Hiatt 5 run (PAT failed)

PR-Lamb 10 run (PAT failed)

PR-Johnson 80 pass from Griesemer (PAT unreported)

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