Unexpected Aerial Attack Lifts Hawks

Prep football

When was the last time a Lakeland High School football team attempted 30 passes?

Lakeland coach Terry Kiefer suspected never - at least not while he’s been around the past two decades.

Kiefer’s Hawks needed every attempt, too, as they fell behind used a three-touchdown third quarter to pull away from St. Maries, 43-22, in an Intermountain League game Friday.

Lakeland secured a state playoff berth, raising its league-leading record to 4-0 and 5-1-1 overall. St. Maries’ playoff hopes were damaged. The Lumberjacks (1-2, 5-2) will need to beat Moscow and hope Lakeland beats Moscow in the final game of the season.

“Did you ever think you’d see Lakeland throw the ball 30 times,” Kiefer asked rhetorically.

That’s more than double the number Kiefer’s teams usually attempt. But after falling behind 16-0 in the first quarter and with the Lumberjacks stuffing the run, Kiefer turned to the arm of senior quarterback Kurt Reese.

Reese responded by completing 17 of 30 passes for 263 yards and two TDs. Dan Ross caught one of the scoring passes and added two other long touchdowns.

St. Maries scored on its first two possessions. Fullback Justin Hall finished off a nine-play, 47-yard drive by bulldozing into the end zone from 2 yards out. Hall scored a two-point conversion on a trick play.

The Lumberjacks took advantage of a short field minutes later when quarterback Skyler Willard hit Caleb Krebs on a 4-yard out for a second TD. Willard faked the hold on the extra point then ran for a twopointer, putting St. Maries ahead 16-0 with 2:14 left in the first quarter. However, Lakeland didn’t waste any time coming back.

Ross brought the ensuing kickoff back 92 yards.

The Hawks pulled within 16-14 when Ross, a wide receiver, broke off a 42-yard TD run on an inside reverse with 51 seconds left before halftime.

Lakeland took its first lead at 20-16 on the opening possession of the second half.

On third-and-10 from the St. Maries 18-yard line, Derek Felton took a pitch from Reese and hit wide-open Mike Moore, who stumbled into the end zone.

St. Maries responded quickly, scoring in four plays. Willard hit Krebs on a 50-yard strike after the Lumberjacks receiver got behind Ross. St. Maries couldn’t convert a two-point attempt but led 22-20.

Lakeland scored on its next two possessions.

Ross took an inside screen and broke one tackle before outsprinting the Lumberjacks 51 yards for the first. After Willard threw an interception on St. Maries’ first play following the kicked, Reese connected on a 25-yard strike to Jason Hindberg that extended Lakeland’s lead to 34-22 with 3:49 left in the third quarter.

Lakeland added a safety later in the period. The Hawks scored their final TD with 9:57 remaining when Nick Badraun dashed 14 yards after Ross set up the score with a 70-yard inside reverse.

St. Maries coach Curt Carr shook Kiefer’s hand afterward, telling him he got the last laugh. Carr was alluding to the fact that he most likely will resign at the end of the season.

“They riddled us with the passing game,” Carr said. “We played hard. And we’ve still got a chance. But it’s going to be tough after losing (Cory) Nemeth. I thought we moved the ball well, we just ended up having to throw too much.”

Nemeth, St. Maries’ starting running back, left the game early in the first quarter with what’s believed to be a separated shoulder.

Ross caught five passes for 78 yards and one TD and rushed three times for 106 yards.

Lakeland 43, St. Maries 22

Lakeland 7 7 22 7 - 43

St. Maries 16 0 6 0 - 22

S-Hall 2 run (Hall run) S-Krebs 4 pass from Willard (Willard run) L-Ross 92 kickoff return (T. Van Valin kick) L-Ross 42 run (T. Van Valin kick) L-Moore 18 pass from Felton (pass failed) peS-Krebs 50 pass from Willard (pass failed) L-Ross 51 pass from Reese (pass failed) L-Hindberg 25 pass from Reese (Hindberg pass from Reese) L-Safety, Willard tackled in the end zone L-Badraun 14 run (T. Van Valin kick)

Moscow 23, Priest River 7

Jeremy Spencer rushed for more than 100 yards and scored two touchdowns as visiting Moscow (4-3, 3-0) defeated the Priest River Spartans (6-2, 2-2).

Spencer ran back an 85-yard kickoff return to start the second half. It was the first time Priest River’s special teams had been scored on in five years.

Priest River totaled 206 yards rushing.

Moscow 0 9 7 7 - 23

Priest River 0 7 0 0 - 7

M-Spencer 3 run (kick failed) P-Stark 34 pass from Griesemer (Olseen kick) M-Cosgrove 0 field goal M-Spencer 85 kickoff return (Cosgrove kick) M-Rinaldi 16 run (Cosgrove kick)

Lakeside 50, Falls Christian 0

Dustin McFadden caught three passes for 124 yards, all resulting in touchdowns, ending the game 8:05 in the third quarter as the Lakeside Knights (6-1, 6-0) defeated visiting Falls christian (3-5, 2-5).

Knights quarterback Ken Pluff finished 6 for 6 for 305.

Falls Christian 0 0 0 0 - 0

Lakeside (Plummer, Id) 14 22 14 0 - 50

L-Allen 13 run (pass failed) L-McFadden 57 pass from Pluff (Lozeau run) L-McFadden 58 pass from Pluff (Allen run) L-McFadden 9 pass from Pluff (run failed) L-Lozeau 73 pass from Pluff (Allen run) L-Allen 83 pass from Pluff (P. Morris run) L-B. Morris 25 pass from Pluff

Sandpoint 55, Mt. Spokane 21

Sandpoint’s Caleb Bowman broke a school record by scoring four TDs in one game as the Bulldogs (5-2, 3-0) beat the Wildcats (0-6) in a nonleague game.

Bulldog Kurt Berkley had 20 carries for 189 yards, and quarterback Paul Nieman was 12 of 20 for 178.

Sandpoint finished with 518 total yards to Mt. Spokane’s 258.

Mt. Spokane 0 0 14 7 - 21

Sandpoint 28 20 7 0 - 55

S-Bowman 6 pass from Nieman (Lindgren kick) S-Berkley 18 run (Lindgren kick) S-Bowman 28 pass from Nieman (Lindgren kick) S-Berkley 25 run (Lindgren kick) S-Bowman 26 pass from Nieman (Lindgren kick) S-Taylor 30 interception return (Lindgren kick) S-Bowman 15 pass from Nieman (kick failed) M-Milette 77 run (Snyder kick) S-Burrows 45 pass from Nieman (Lindgren kick) M-Gaston 13 pass from Clark (Snyder kick) M-Wilson 12 pass from Swanson (Snyder kick)

Bonners Ferry 50, Kellogg 16

Beau Winey rushed for 201 yards on 22 carries with three TDs as the Badgers (2-5, 1-2) defeated the visiting Wildcats (0-7, 0-5).

Jeff Myers finished with 15 tackles for Bonners Ferry.

Kellogg 0 14 0 2 - 16

Bonners Ferry 23 14 6 7 - 50

B-Winey 20 run (Clark kick) B-Basquez 30 interception return (Clark kick) B-Winey 40 run (kick failed) B-Clark 35 field goal K-Lewis 25 run ( run) K-Shelley 8 run (run failed) B-Sheppard 4 run (Clark kick) B-Yount 25 pass from Rice (Clark kick) B-Winey 6 run (kick failed) K- 0 safety B-Yount 40 fumble return (Clark kick)

Soccer

Coeur d’Alene 5, Lewiston 0

Janee Andre scored 3 goals as the Vikings defeated the host Bengals.

Jaime Jerde scored one goal for CdA and finished with two assists.

The Vikings start Districts on Tuesday, due to a first-round buy.

First half - 1, CdA, Andre (penalty kick) 40:00. 2, CdA, Jerde (Smith) 42:00. Second half - 3, CdA, Andre (Jerde) 53:00. 4, CdA, Andre (Jerde) 54:00. 5, CdA, Hail ( Schmidt) 86:00.

Shots on goal - Coeur d’Alene 18. Lewiston, 12. Saves - Coeur d’Alene, Cottrell, 9. Lewiston, Andrews 7.

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