Knight, Schroeder victors

Erin Hegarty issued the challenge.

The Hanford junior set a pace Saturday that was one of the fastest run by a girl at the Richland Invite or the Carmichael Middle School course.

This time, though, a freshman from Spokane was up to the task.

North Central’s Katie Knight stayed within range of Hegarty, pulling almost even with two-thirds of a mile to go and then motoring to the finish line with a hefty kick coming off the final turn.

Knight’s time of 17 minutes, 56 seconds was the second-fastest mark in meet history and the fourth fastest run on the 3-mile course.

“I had to make myself stay up with (Hegarty), and it was worth it totally,” Knight told the Tri-City Herald.

Among boys, Mt. Spokane senior Allan Schroeder had his day in the sun, posting his first big invite win and setting a course record along the way.

Schroeder’s mark of 14:55 was 3 seconds better than NC’s Ben Johnston.

“I’ve always been the third or fourth guy,” Schroeder said. “To win it, it’s the greatest feeling. I feel like crying.”

NC won its third straight Richland title, marking the sixth straight year a Spokane school won the race.

Richland won the girls’ team title.

•Sandpoint Invite: Cody Curtis, David Norris and Alex Hendricks finished 1-2-3 to lead Coeur d’Alene’s boys to a win at the 5,000-meter course at Riley Creek Campgrounds in Sandpoint.

CdA’s Kinsey Gomez finished in a time of 18:50, but Timberlake’s girls won the team title with 41 points.

•Bullpup Invite: Colfax’s Morgan Willson outran the field in 20:02 to win the girls race and Colton Hastings and Ned Fischer of Colville led the boys to represent the Great Northern League at Finch Arboretum.

Gonzaga Prep’s boys took first with 41 points and Central Valley won the girls title with 74.

Boys soccer

•Intermountain League: Bonners Ferry (9-6-1, 6-0) jumped out to a 1-0 lead over Orofino (1-4, 0-4) on a goal by Ben Watts, and Carey Reynolds added a pair in the second in a 3-0 win at Bonners Ferry.

Girls soccer

•Great Northern League: Kellyn Zitse and Hayley Imel staked Clarkston (3-7, 2-6) to a two-point lead in the first half and it held up for the Bantams in a 2-0 victory over Colville (2-8, 2-6) at Clarkston.

•Intermountain League: Bonners Ferry (5-4, 4-0) avenged an earlier loss to Orofino (2-3, 0-1) by taking the match 2-1 in Bonners Ferry. The Maniacs tied it briefly in the second half, but Kendra Johnson scored 5 minutes later for the Badgers.

Football

•Non-league: Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) scored early and often against Chief Leschi, winning 44-2 in Moses Lake. Chad Brinkman scored twice on the ground and twice through the air for the Eagles (2-4) and their defense recorded nine sacks and a safety. … The Lakeland Hawks (2-5) lost to the Ontario (Ore.) Tigers 41-27 at Ontario. No details were available.