Lake City Wears Down Moscow
The Lake City High football team knows it’s good. Now the next three to four weeks will tell the Timberwolves just how good.
And LC coach Van Troxel has a good inkling that his team will like what transpires in what he calls the meat of the season, especially after the T-Wolves manhandled the Moscow Bears 36-6 Saturday afternoon in the second half of the 37th annual Shriners Classic at the Kibbie Dome.
In the opener, Clarkston held off a late Coeur d’Alene comeback for a 21-14 decision.
The gate receipts from the double-header go to the Shriners’ Children’s Hospital in Spokane.
Lake City 36, Moscow 6
The Timberwolves’ option attack ran all over the Bears for 408 yards. LC senior fullback Scott Bushnell recorded his second 200-yard game by running for 220 on 15 attempts, scoring two touchdowns.
Moscow coach Eric Bjorkman was more impressed with LC’s offensive linemen than he was with the T-Wolves’ skill players.
“They were very physical, they wore us down,” Bjorkman said. “I thought the difference in the game was they were more physical.”
It took LC (3-0) nearly a quarter to get going.
Moscow took advantage of field position to score the opening touchdown. The Bears capped a nine-play series that started at the LC 47-yard line when running back Russ Cosgrove scored from a yard out with 2:18 left in the first quarter.
The ensuing kickoff was a line drive off an LC player’s leg and Moscow recovered at the T-Wolves’ 42. Although stopped on downs, Moscow pinned LC deep at the 3 on the punt.
On LC’s second play, Bushnell took a handoff on a dive and sprinted 94 yards up the middle with 38 seconds left in the first period.
LC used two more touchdowns and a safety for a 22-6 lead at halftime.
After a scoreless third quarter, LC added two more TDs in the fourth period. Bushnell’s second TD, a 1-yard plunge, put LC ahead 29-6 just seconds into the final quarter.
Then second-string defensive end Gus Stein recovered a fumble caused by opposite end J.D. Nipp and rumbled 33 yards for the final TD.
“What can you say; sometimes you just can’t beat people,” said Bjorkman, whose team’s rugged non-league schedule comes to an end. The Bears (0-3) open Intermountain League play at Bonners Ferry next week.
LC entertains Cheney next Friday. Cheney managed a 14-14 tie with defending State A-1 Division II and Inland Empire League champ Lewiston on Friday.
Following Cheney are IEL dates with Sandpoint, Lewiston and Post Falls.
“We’re where we want to be,” Troxel said. “Now we’ll find out if we’re for real or not.”
Lake City 36, Moscow 6
Lake City 7 15 0 14 - 36
Moscow 6 0 0 0 - 6
M-Cosgrove 1 run (kick failed)
L-Bushnell 94 run (Stroh kick)
L-Bramlet 11 pass from Troxel (kick failed)
L-Safety, ball snapped out of end zone
L-Orsua fumble recovery in end zone (Stroh kick)
L-Bushnell 1 run (Stroh kick)
L-Stein 33 fumble return (Stroh kick)
Clarkston 21, Coeur d’Alene 14
For the first 21 minutes, the Bantams dominated. In fact, they had a point for every minute and had stuffed all of CdA’s possessions.
But the Viks finally got on the scoreboard with a momentum-turning drive late in the half. On third-and-10, CdA quarterback Andy Molenaar connected with Jeff Rupp for 19 yards and a first down.
Following a 7-yard loss on a sack, the Viks’ Pat Goodwin dashed 30 yards on a draw to the Clarkston 31. CdA scored on the next play when Molenaar found Goodwin on a screen.
CdA trailed 21-6 at halftime. Clarkston coach Dave Curtis agreed he became conservative in his play-calling in the second half. But he didn’t want to put too much pressure on sophomore quarterback Drew Storm, who was promoted to starter from the junior varsity at practice Thursday.
CdA (1-2) pulled within a TD on its first possession in the fourth quarter. The drive was set up when Seth Alderman intercepted a pass at the Bantams 43.
Alderman returned it to the 26. On fourth-and-three from the 19, Goodwin scored on a trap play. He appeared to be stopped short of the first down, but he spun off two would-be tacklers and found an open seam to the end zone. A two-point conversion made the score 21-14.
“We’re still suffering from being inexperienced,” CdA coach Shawn Amos said. “We give ourselves chances and then we take them away. We’ve got to stop killing ourselves. Hopefully, we’ll learn from this.”
Clarkston 21, Coeur d’Alene 14
Coeur d’Alene 0 6 0 8 - 14
Clarkston 14 7 0 0 - 21
CLK-Tucker 17 run (Norland kick)
CLK-Lyden 3 run (Norland kick)
CLK-Lyden 1 run (Norland kick)
CDA-Goodwin 31 pass from Molenaar (kick failed)
CDA-Goodwin 19 run (B. Moe pass from Molenaar)
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