Lake City Soccer Starts Quick Finishes Off Couer D’Alene 4-1

The Lake City soccer team used experience and good conditioning to get out to an early lead and defeat Couer d’Alene 4-1 Wednesday on a rain-soaked field at Hayden Meadows Elementary.

“The weather really hindered both teams ability to play well,” Lake City forward Will Scott said.

The Timberwolves took control early on a goal by Scott and an assist my Mike Thompson with 6 minutes gone in the first half.

They scored for the second time in the first half on a long arching shot by Noah Beck that found the top of the net. Teammate Jamie Landwehr increased the lead to 3-0 on a penalty kick 25 minutes into the first half.

“We were prepared today because we stepped it up in practice for the last week and seemed to improve,” Scott said.

The Vikings Joey Davis scored Couer d’Alene’s only goal on an assist from Ben Davis at the 28-minute mark in the first.

Lake City scored the last goal on a Dan Clark goal assisted by Scott Blodgett.

The Timberwolves lost defensive midfield starter Ethan Dodson for a game when he got two yellow cards.

“Ethan has been a starter for us since last year and we’ll probably rotate two or three different players for him against Sandpoint,” Lake City coach Bill Eisenwinter said.

Lake City goalkeeper Chad Beadell faced nine shots on goal and ended up with five saves.

Beadell was tested in the second half when the Vikings got three shots on goal including a indirect penalty kick, but no shots found the net. Beadell also stopped CdA’s Ben Davis from scoring on a diving save to his left with 10 minutes left in the game.

Coeur d’Alene goalkeeper Dave Scamell also faced nine shots and finished with four saves.

“I thought we did a good job of pushing the ball around today, but in the second half we held the ball too much and the game got real physical,” said Eisenwinter. “Hopefully, we’ll play quicker and not so physical against Sandpoint.”

Lake City will face Sandpoint at 4:30 p.m. today at Hayden Meadows Elementary.

The Vikings season is over until spring when the North Idaho high school season begins.

“We played well today, we’ve got a lot of young players and they (Lake City) had a lot more experienced varsity players,” Ben Davis said.

The winner of the Lake City-Sandpoint game will play in the state tournament in Boise starting Nov. 19.

Girls soccer

Erica Mays beat three defenders and tapped in a goal with 1:30 remaining to lift Moscow (7-4-3) to a 2-1, loser-out win over visiting Lewiston in the first round of the A-1 Region I playoffs.

Mays, who also scored the Bears’ first goal, took a throw-in from Holly Davidson and beat goalie Brooke Crishman. Debi Cain of the Bengals (5-7-1) scored on a direct kick at 14 minutes.

Moscow advances to a Thursday loser-out match against Coeur d’Alene (9-4-3) for a spot in state-deciding match.

Volleyball

Bridgette O’Dwyer had 12 kills and Kim Reed 16 digs as St. Maries (8-1, 19-4) beat visiting Kellogg 15-3, 15-5 and clinched its 16th consecutive Intermountain League title.

Reed also has six of the Lumberjacks’ 20 kills. The Wildcats (3-5, 6-11) were tied for fourth place by Lakeland.

Lakeland (3-5, 8-10) moved out of the cellar with a 15-10, 15-8 win at Priest River. Abbie Stensland had five kills and Katie Peterson five assists for the Spartans (5-4, 15-7).

Coeur d’Alene scored nine consecutive points in the second game of a 15-7, 15-6 Inland Empire League win over host Post Falls.

Jessica Jenke had seven kills and Angie Shirley served 10 points for the second-place Vikings (4-2, 17-17). Heidi Umthun had four kills and Lindsay Klaudt seven digs for the Trojans (0-7, 5-17).

Also at Post Falls, CdA beat Bonners Ferry 15-10, 15-6 in a nonleague match. Shirley had three aces and Jenke five kills for the Vikings.

Bonners Ferry (8-12) beat Post Falls 15-9, 15-8. Brittany Murphy had eight digs and Rachel Edmonds four aces for PF.

At Mullan, Racheal Pommerening served 15 of 15 and had five aces as visiting Wallace (18-5) beat the host Tigers 15-5, 15-6 in a non-leaguer.

Joy Sperry had five kills and Dana Streeter served 13 of 13 for the Miners. Mullan is 8-9.

Ruth Brand had 10 kills and three digs as Lakeside (2-6, 2-18) beat visiting Kootenai 15-3, 15-5 in a North Star League match at Plummer.

Harmony Hammons had five kills and Jennifer Neibuhr eight assists and three kills for the Knights, who served 90 percent. The Warriors are 1-7, 5-16.

College golf

Jen McGregor of Montana State and Ryan Deiro of Boise State took medalist honors in leading their teams to Big Sky Conference women’s and men’s championships at Bozeman, Mont.

McGregor shot a final-round, 5-over-par 77 to finish at 229, three shots ahead of Idaho’s Elizabeth Carter. MSU, Weber State and Idaho tied at 978 and went to a playoff. Idaho was eliminated on the first hole; Paula Nelson’s 2-foot par putt clinched the crown for MSU on the second hole.

The Eastern Washington women shot 1,006 to place fifth, led by Brooke Hanford (240), who tied for fourth.

BSU’s men shot 893, two better than Weber State. Deiro, who finished at 216 with a final-round, 6-over 78, beat Rich DeRond of Weber State by one stroke.

Idaho’s men were third at 902, 16 better than fourth-place EWU. J.T. Jones of Idaho was third at 221, while Scott Carroll (224) of EWU was sixth.