Ev’s Fast Start Finishes Cda
AA-A roundup
Somebody apparently forgot to tell the East Valley Knights they were playing in a season-opening high school football game Friday night.
The Knights were beyond midseason form - at least in the first half. It was more like postseason shape as visiting East Valley rolled over the Coeur d’Alene Vikings 41-19 at Viking Field.
EV used all of its weapons in a four-touchdown first half. So much for first-game jitters and costly mistakes.
And the Knights earned high praise from their veteran coach.
“That’s as good a first opening-night half performance that any of my kids have ever had,”said EV coach Jim Clements, whose team went into halftime leading 28-0. “There wasn’t much to talk about at halftime really. They did a great job.”
There was plenty to chat about, though, in the home locker room. And the Vikings were apparently all ears as they came out emotionally charged in the third quarter.
CdA found its missing offense, posting three touchdowns in the third period to tighten the gap to 35-19.
But the trench was too deep for Coeur d’Alene, as EV running back Charles VanNote scored his second touchdown and the Knights’ final TD on a 53-yard scamper. The score provided the final margin with 6:27 remaining.
“I’ve got to take my hat off to Coeur d’Alene because they never quit,” said Clements, who guided CdA to the State A-1 Division I championship in 1985, his lone season in the Lake City. He resigned and took the job at Pullman before landing at EV six years ago.
“They gave us a scare in the second half, and they played hard the whole ballgame,” Clements added.
It’s the second straight year that CdA has opened 0-2 under coach Bill Anderson.
Anderson was nearly beyond words to describe the Viks’ poor start Friday.
“I was disappointed as heck with the first half. We’re a better football team than that,” Anderson said. “I have no idea, none whatsoever, no answer (for what happened). We had a good week of practice, we’ve got better kids than that.
“We went in and squared things up (at halftime), but we did the same things in the second half that we were trying to do in the first half. We can’t spot them 21 points in the first quarter.”
Two CdA fumbles helped EV get rolling quickly.
Jon Anderson recovered a poor pitch exchange by CdA at the Viking 32-yard line. Seven plays later, quarterback Brian Lamarche hit wide receiver Trevor Eastman on a 16-yard post play for a TD. The post play would be one that EV would go to often.
The Knights got the ball back immediately when Vik quarterback Nick Rook pitched the ball on an option play to a phantom tailback, apparently a broken play since there was no running back in the vicinity. Paul Shogren recovered the ball.
A 9-yard TD run by VanNote moments later and a two-point conversion put EV ahead 14-0 with 4:49 left in the opening quarter.
On CdA’s next possession, EV stopped the Viks on fourth-andone at the CdA 44.
On EV’s second play, bulldozing Tristan Beeman galloped 38 yards untouched up the gut to put the Knights ahead 21-0 at the 1:56 mark.
Eastman and Lamarche connected again on a 9-yard scoring strike in the second quarter to account for the first-half scoring.
How dominating was EV in the first half? The Knights posted 226 yards total offense to CdA’s 27. And CdA didn’t record a first down in the opening half until 32 seconds remained before intermission.
East Valley 41, CdA 19
East Valley 21 7 7 6 41
Coeur d’Alene 0 0 19 0 19
E-Eastman 16 pass from Lamarche (pass failed) E-Beeman 38 run (Pratt kick) C-B. Davis 27 pass from Rook (B. Davis kick) E-Eastman 51 pass from Lamarche (Pratt kick) C-B. Davis 34 pass from Rook (kick failed) E-VanNote 9 run (Locklin run) E-Eastman 9 pass from Lamarche (Pratt kick) C-Peebles 25 pass from Rook (pass failed) E-VanNote 53 run (kick failed)
Pullman 23, Moscow 21
Aaron Linehan completed 15 of 25 for 227 yards and Forest Hurlbert caught eight passes - two for scores as the Greyhounds inaugurated their new field with a tough win over the Bears (0-2).
Adam Miller passed for 187 yards and Russ Cosgrove rushed for 132 on 19 carries for Moscow.
Moscow 0 7 7 7 21
Pullman 7 14 2 0 23
P-Baxter 10 pass from Linehan (Hurlbert kick) P-Hurlbert 7 run (Hurlbert kick) P-Hurlbert 22 pass from Linehan (Hurlbert kick) M-Pool 21 pass from Miller (Miller kick) M-Cosgrove 2 run (Miller kick) P-Brindamour 0 safety M-Benson 22 pass from Miller (Miller kick)
Cheney 31, Lake City 17
Shaun Hundley rushed for a 176 yards and two TDs to lead the Blackhawks (1-0) past the visiting Timberwolves (1-2) in a nonleaguer.
Brian Ross scored twice to pace LC.
Lake City 0 7 0 10 17
Cheney 7 10 6 8 31
C-Williams 2 run (Reynolds kick) C-Williams 2 run (Reynolds kick) C-Reynolds 44 field goal L-Ross 40 run (Scott kick) C-Hundley 77 run (kick failed) L-Ross 30 run (Scott kick) L-Scott FG 33 C-Hundley 59 run (Hundley pass)
Riverside 35, Deer Park 6
Danny Leaf threw for two TDs and Joe Beckhum returned a punt 50 yards for another score as the Rams toppled the visiting Stags in an opener.
Deer Park 0 0 6 0
Riverside 14 14 7 0 35
R-Schaffer 1 run (Baker kick) R-Beckhum 50 punt return (Baker kick) R-Lee 3 rush (Baker kick) R-Patterson 1 pass from Leaf (Baker kick) R-Otto 49 pass from Leaf (Baker kick) D-4 rush (run failed)
Lewiston 49, West Valley 21
Brad Rice completed 17 of 31 passes for 343 yards and four TDs as the Bengals beat the visiting Eagles (0-1).
WV’s Chris Hilsabeck scored twice.
West Valley 7 7 0 7 21
Lewiston 7 21 7 14 49
L-Sqires 80 pass from Rice (McCorkle kick) WV-Hilsabeck 88 run (kick good) L-Ahhi 90 kick return (McCorkle kick) WV-Hilsabeck 34 run (kick good) L-Squires 25 pass from Rice (run failed) L-Rice 9 run (Frazier run) L-Ahhi 42 pass from Rice (McCorkle kick) L-Smith 55 punt return (McCorkle kick) WV-Gregorak 2 run (kick good) L-Hewett 4 pass from Rice (McCorkle kick)
Colville 34, Kettle Falls 14
Calien McCurdy rushed for 104 yards on eight carries to lead the Indians over the visiting Bulldogs in a non-league opener.
Colville QBs Jimmy Day and Eric Anderson combined to hit 15 of 21 for 235 yards.
Kettle Falls 0 0 0 14 14
Colville 7 14 7 6 34
C-McCurdy 25 run (Noble kick) C-McCurdy 31 run (Noble kick) C-Fox 57 pass from Anderson(Noble kick) C-Salina 24 pass from Day (Noble kick) K-Payne 34 pass from Weathers (Weathers run) C-Blume 14 pass from Anderson (kick failed) K-Gagnon 8 run (kick failed)
Medical Lake 48, Milt.-Free. 0
Aaron Carr averaged 11 yards on 11 carries and Jason Delp completed 5 of 7 for 87 yards to guide the Cardinals over the visiting Pioneers.
Milton-Freewater 0 0 0 0 0
Medical Lake 14 14 0 20 48
ML-Delp 6 run (kick failed) ML-Simmons 25 pass from Delp (Moore pass) ML-Carr 36 run (Johnson kick) ML-Carr 27 run (Johnson kick) ML-Moore 35 pass from Delp (kick failed) ML-Mace 1 run (Johnson kick) ML-Headlee 40 run (Johnson kick)
Priest River 31, Newport 0
Allen Rogers rushed for 197 yards and four TDs on 29 carries as the Spartans (2-0) topped the Grizzlies (0-1).
Jeff Grisemer completed 8 of 17 for 169 yards for the Spartans, who held Newport to 80 yards.
Newport 0 0 0 0 0
Priest River 13 6 0 12 31
P-Rogers 3 run (Johnson kick) P-Rogers 8 run (kick failed) P-Stark 70 pass from Grisemer (run failed) P-Rogers 3 run (kick failed) P-Rogers 3 run (run failed)
St. Maries 44, Freeman 6
Jake Taisey rushed for 160 yards on 23 carries and Skyler Willard hit 7 of 9 passes for 134 yards as the visiting Lumberjacks (1-1) spoiled the Scotties’ opener.
St. Maries 8 8 14 14 - 44
Freeman 6 0 0 0 - 6
F-Beeler 4 run (kick failed) SM-Taisey 10 run (run failed) SM-Taisey 8 run (Taisey run) SM-Taisey 4 run (Eberlin pass) SM-Eppler 36 pass from Willard (pass failed) SM-Eberlin 20 pass from Willard (Craner kick) SM-Nemeth 4 run (Craner kick)
Chewelah 42, Wallace 14
The visiting Cougars, a state semifinalist last year, trampled the Miners. No details were reported.
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