Lake City Bests Cda In 2 Games

Just another volleyball match? Guess again.

One would have needed a hefty knife to cut through the intensity level at Thursday’s Inland Empire League match against the Lake City Timberwolves and the Coeur d’Alene Vikings at Lake City - in fact, a chain saw might have done the trick.

But it was the Timberwolves who survived the pressure and grabbed a 15-10, 15-12 victory before about 900 enthusiastic fans.

The match had the atmosphere of a championship showdown and, according to CdA head coach Karla Mitchell, the crowd had an affect on her Viks.

“We came out a little tentative,” Mitchell said. “It’s a big rivalry and there were some other things besides the game going on. We played safe, I guess.”

After grabbing a 1-0 lead, CdA watched as the T-Wolves ran off six straight points behind the net play of Lake City senior Natalie Telford.

But with Jenny Lee serving, the Viks scored six straight to take a 7-6 lead and the momentum.

At that point, LC coach Kent Scanlon took a timeout and obviously Jenna Orton paid attention.

The junior promptly rattled off three consecutive kills, resulting in two LC sideouts and a point, and it must have deflated the Viks.

Orton’s service ace tied the match at 8-8 and started an 8-2 LC run that put the game away.

“Those (Orton’s kills) came at a very opportune time,” Scanlon said. “They got us back on track and took a little steam out of CdA. Volleyball is a crazy game when it comes to momentum.”

That momentum carried over to Game 2 as the T-Wolves grabbed a 7-0 lead and looked to be in control. But CdA fought back behind the play of senior outside hitter Kylee Stolp.

Stolp started a Viking rally with a nice tip over a LC block and later added a block of her own to key a 7-1 CdA run and get the Viks back within one at 8-7.

That’s when Lake City sophomore Alison Asher decided to take control.

Asher, who did not play in the first game, sandwiched a kill and a block around a CdA unforced error and later added a tip over a CdA block.

All of a sudden it was 13-7 T-Wolves and they held on despite a game effort by the Viks.

“We just go out and play and try not to worry about things,” Asher said. “Both teams were really intense and the fans really helped us out. We all needed to stay pumped up.”

Scanlon credited Asher and her sister, Missy, for their defensive play in Game 2.

“We got some good play and a couple of good defensive ups and fortunately, we were able to put the ball away.”

The win, in LC’s league opener, ran the T-Wolves overall record to 5-4 while the Viks (11-8 overall) fell to 1-1 in the IEL.

Senior Jenny Owen led the T-Wolves with five kills and senior Laura Tolzman had 14 digs. Telford added four kills and 12 digs.

At Rathdrum, Marcy Swift finished 15 of 15 serving as visiting Kellogg (3-0, 5-2) defeated Lakeland 15-13, 15-17, 15-9 to tie idle St. Maries for first place in the Intermountain League.

Jenny Goodson had five kills for the Wildcats, who served 97 percent. Amber Jamison had nine kills and Cora Christensen six blocks for the Hawks (1-2, 5-5).

Donella Pratt had 10 kills and Adrianna Malley four aces as host Clark Fork (2-1, 7-3) defeated Falls Christian 15-5, 15-11 to tie the Eagles (2-1, 5-9) in North Star League standings.

Sasha Storsaali of the Wampus Cats added six kills. Sarah Peterson topped FC with five kills.

At Plummer, Becky McLaughlin had seven kills and three blocks and served 100 percent as visiting Rosalia defeated Lakeside 15-11, 15-12 in a non-league match.

Ruth Brand, Harmony Hammons and Bernie Twoteeth had two kills apiece for the Knights (0-8).

At Colville, Post Falls fell 11-15, 15-10, 15-10, 13-15, 15-6 in a nonleague match.

Idaho girls soccer

Erica Mays scored a hat trick to lead Moscow (2-1-0) to an 8-0 nonleague win over visiting Lakeland.

Shots on goal favored Moscow 29-2. Emily Styer added two goals and an assist, and Holly Davidson had one goal and two assists for the Bears.