Lc Perks Up, Beats Cda

Although it looked like his team was losing control of the game, Lake City High boys soccer coach Jim Facciano felt his visiting Timberwolves had the Coeur d’Alene Vikings right where they wanted them.

Facciano hoped Coeur d’Alene’s intense play at the beginning of the second half would wake up the stagnant T-Wolves. That’s what happened.

Lake City’s Brent Wolf scored his second goal of the game with 12 minutes remaining, and Brian Landers followed with one of his own 2 minutes later to cap off a 4-2 victory.

“When they tied it up, I knew our intensity had to pick up and the guys responded,” Facciano said.

After an opening ceremony during which bagpipers led the players onto the field, LC struck quickly. Dan Clark scored less than a minute into the game, giving the T-Wolves a 1-0 lead.

Although Lake City dominated the rest of the first half, neither team scored.

A crowd of 200, one of the season’s largest, braved a driving rainstorm to watch an exciting second half.

Coeur d’Alene’s Kyle Chambers tied the game at 1-1 on a high blast from about 40 feet over the outstretched hands of Lake City goaltender Erik Morris at the 52-minute mark.

“We played well early in the second half,” CdA coach John Smith said. “In order to give ourselves a chance to win, we were keeping the ball on the ground because LC is too physical to put the ball in the air.”

The T-Wolves pulled ahead on Wolf’s first goal. Wolf blasted a direct kick through a wall of Vikings who appeared to block the view of goalkeeper Barret Schwerrin. The Vikings answered quickly, though, as Ty Kovatch made an outstanding header on a Darren Baune corner kick to tie the game at 2-2. That was the wake-up call Facciano was looking for.

“We had to pick up the pace and start putting goals in the net to take them out of the game,” Wolf said.

He scored the go-ahead goal after Schwerrin failed to wrap up a shot by LC’s Bo Conley. Wolf took the loose ball and buried it in the lower-right corner of the net from about 10 feet.

Landers finished the scoring with a shot that curled into the left side of the goal from about 30 feet.

The triumph improved Lake City’s record to 8-0-2 in North Idaho Soccer League play. The T-Wolves can clinch the regular-season title with a victory at Sandpoint on Wednesday. Coeur d’Alene fell to 6-2-2 with both losses to LC.

Smith said that he doesn’t think he’ll change his plans if the two meet in the North Idaho Cup, but his team must execute like they did early in the second half.

“Their defense is big strong and composed,” Smith said. “They’re fun to watch, but I’m just sorry that it came at our expense.”

Lake City 4, Coeur d’Alene 2

SCORING: First half - 1, LC, Clark (Dodson) :45. Second half - 2, CdA, Chambers 52:00. 3, LC, Wolf 68:00. 4, CdA, Kovatch (Baune) 71:00. 5, LC, Wolf (Conley) 78:00. 6, LC, Landers 81:00.

Shots on goal - LC 19, CdA 7. Saves - LC, Morris 4. CdA, Schwerrin 7.

Moscow 5, Pullman 1

Mikel Amostegui’s two first-half goals lifted the visiting Bears (6-3-1) over the Greyhounds in the schools’ second annual Palouse Cup tournament.

Michael Rowton set up the first score with a crossing pass after a run down the left side. Amostegui took a long goalkeeper punt for the second score.

Moscow’s Mike Beard scored on a rebound from the goalie for a 3-1 lead. The Bears’ Jason Kuska capped the scoring with a 15-foot shot after Kyle Rose’s crossing pass.

SCORING: First half - 1, M, Amostegui (Rowton) 21:00. 2, M, Amostegui 40:00. Second half - 3, P, Tharp 65:00. 4, M, Beard 68:00. 5, M, Strobel (Kuska) 71:00. 6, M, Kuska (Rose) 73:00.

Shots on goal - Moscow 39, Pullman 6. Saves - Moscow, Vandagrift 0. Pullman Lopez 13.

Baseball

Sandpoint 6-2, Post Falls 2-3

James Ownbey picked off a runner at first base to end a fifth-inning rally and the visiting Trojans (5-12, 4-7) won the second game for an Inland Empire League split with the Bulldogs (5-8, 1-8).

Dave Rust pitched a three-hitter in the opener, and Jens Weiden’s squeeze bunt scored the go-ahead run for Sandpoint.

Post Falls 020 000 0 - 2 3 3

Sandpoint 102 021 x - 6 7 2

Heston and Mann; Rust and Leverich. W-Rust (2-4). L-Heston.

HITS: Post Falls-Miller,Heston, Mann. Sandpoint-Warren, Leverich 2, Weiden 2, Rust 2. 2B-Heston, Mann, Weiden. 3B-Leverich, Weiden.

Post Falls 000 210 0 - 3 4 0

Sandpoint 000 110 0 - 2 8 0

Ownbey and Mann; Weiden, Reichart (4), Warren (5), Boyd (6) and Leverich. W-Ownbey. L-Weiden.

HITS: Post Falls-Ursillo, Ownbey, Fish 2. Sandpoint-Reichart, Boyd, Warren 2, Weiden 2, Vasquez, Parron. 2B-Weiden. 3B-Fish.

Priest River 9-4, Wallace 4-3

Asher Duquette’s game-winning double in the fourth inning allowed the Spartans (2-11) to complete a sweep of the visiting Miners in a non-league doubleheader.

Larry Johnson allowed five hits and two earned runs in five innings of the second game.

In the opener, Adam Hester struck out five and began a 6-4-3 double play after moving to shortstop.

Wallace 201 000 1 - 4 6 5

PR 113 022 x - 9 8 6

Schilleriff, Lee (6) and Lavigne; Hester, Ivie (5) and Nelson. W-Hester (1-4). L-Schilleriff.

HITS: Wallace-Sery, Lee, Tesky 2, Lavigne, Johnson. PR- Wood 3, Johnson, Kawamoto, Hester, Duquette, Ivie. 2B-Wood, Johnson. 3B-Tesky, Wood, Ivie.

Wallace 200 010 0 - 3 7 3

PR 100 300 x - 4 8 3

Tesky, Thomas (6) and Lavigne; Johnson, Kawamoto (6) and Nelson. W-Johnson. L-Tesky.

HITS: Wallace-Sery 2, Lee, Lavigne, Thomas, Johnson, Smith. PR-Conley, Kawamoto 2, Hester, Nelson 2, Scott, Duquette. 2B-Duquette. 3B-Smith, Kawamoto.

Track and field

At Kellogg

Jason Frank won the 300 hurdles and the discus to guide the host Wildcats to Intermountain League wins over St. Maries and Bonners Ferry.

Ed Coulter (100, 200) and Jeremy Badgett (1,600, 3,200) of St. Maries, and Adam Hiatt (long jump, triple jump) were double winners.

Bonners Ferry swept the girls meet. Aree Stone of St. Maries won the 800 and 1,600.