Hamill Makes Most Of Return To UI Campus

Pete Hamill of Lake City High didn’t extract all the sting Saturday out of his previous appearance at the University of Idaho’s Kibbie Dome when he admittedly played the worst game of his career.

But at least his final high school game will be fonder than the 44-7 spanking Vallivue inflicted on Lake City in the State A-1 Division II football finale in November.

Hamill hauled in two touchdown passes from equally dazzling Carl Roubicek of Sandpoint, including a 90-yard streak, as the North standouts of District I pummeled their South counterparts from District II 45-0 in the first Shriners Panhandle All-Star game.

District I took an 8-7 lead overall in the all-star series. The districts scrapped the game last year when District II couldn’t organize a team. The Calam Shriners, sponsors of high school games the past 40 years, have adopted the all-star game for graduated seniors.

“Coach (Van) Troxel and I talked about it. It’s a nice way to end as opposed to that 44-7 nonsense that happened in November,” said Hamill, who had three catches for 130 yards while also seeing time at safety. He plans to walk on at the University of Montana.

The offensive most valuable play- er had to be Roubicek, who is headed to Brown on a full academic scholarship. He completed 7 of 12 passes for 175 yards and three TDs in a game played before a crowd estimated at 600.

Roubicek will battle for playing time immediately at Brown in the defensive secondary. But for 60 minutes Saturday he reveled in his final moments at QB.

“If we’d had him (Hamill) on our team during the season, we’d been state champs for sure,” Roubicek said, smiling. “He’s a helluva player. It was a great group of guys. The last week with these guys was incredible. The chemistry was incredible. It was a storybook ending to a great week.”

Eight District I rushers combined for 112 yards.

The North’s defense stuffed the South. Leading the way among several fine efforts were Sandpoint cornerback John Wold, LC defensive end Brett Wright, Wallace linebacker Darren Lee and Falls Christian cornerback Charlie Dowers.

Wold, who plans to walk on at Eastern Washington, had two interceptions and returned one of them 46 yards for a TD that gave District I a 25-0 lead with 30 seconds remaining in the first half. He had a chance at a third pick and forced several incompletions.

“John Wold and Darren Lee played great games,” said Troxel, who headed up the District I staff. “And I don’t think Charlie Dowers missed a tackle. The defense set a good tone early, and that was fun because I was coaching the defense.”

District I held District II to minus 4 yards total offense in the first half. The South didn’t move into positive yards until running back Tyler Woods of Kamiah gained 2 yards with 10:28 remaining in the third quarter.

District II finished with 5 yards total offense. Three South QBs combined for four interceptions, completing just 6 of 20 attempts for 3 yards. The South rushed for 2 yards on 30 attempts.

Lewiston’s Emmett Dougherty, who coached District II, said he thought big plays and District I’s size advantage was too much for the South to overcome.