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Games figure to heat up

MARK NELKE | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 14 years, 3 months AGO
by MARK NELKE
Mark Nelke covers high school and North Idaho College sports, University of Idaho football and other local/regional sports as a writer, photographer, paginator and editor at the Coeur d’Alene Press. He has been at The Press since 1998 and sports editor since 2002. Before that, Mark was the one-man sports staff for 16 years at the Bonner County Daily Bee in Sandpoint. Earlier, he was sports editor for student newspapers at Spokane Falls Community College and Eastern Washington University. Mark enjoys the NCAA men's basketball tournament and wiener dogs — and not necessarily in that order. | September 9, 2011 9:00 PM

Normally, the only weather issues local high school football teams have to deal with is the occasional rainstorm during a game or, later in the year, snow and/or cold.

But local teams will likely have to deal with another form of extreme weather tonight and Saturday - heat.

The predicted high temperature for today and Saturday is 93 degrees each day. For those kicking off tonight at 7, it should be a few degrees cooler by then, but on Saturday, when Coeur d'Alene plays host to Skyview of Vancouver, Wash., kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Tonight's Games

Lake City (1-1) at Lewiston (1-1): This is another of those games between 5A Inland Empire League foes that doesn't count in the league standings. The teams meet again Oct. 7 at Lake City in the league matchup.

Lewiston lost its opener 29-16 to Post Falls, which won 17-7 at Lake City last week. Lewiston beat Clarkston 32-20 last week.

Post Falls (2-0) at Madison (0-2): Madison, a 4A school, lost 41-7 to Pocatello and 36-21 to Hillcrest of Idaho Falls in its first two games this year.

East Valley (1-0) at Lakeland (1-1): East Valley opened with a 37-13 victory over Sandpoint, a foe of Lakeland’s in the 4A Inland Empire League. Adam Talley rushed for three touchdowns and passed for two more for the Knights. Lakeland is coming off a 41-7 romp at Colville.

St. Maries (0-2) at Freeman (1-0): The Scotties opened last week with a 39-7 victory over Bonners Ferry, a foe of St. Maries in the Intermountain League.

Cheney (1-0) at Timberlake (2-0): The Blackhawks opened last week with a 41-21 victory over Kelowna (British Columbia) Secondary School. Timberlake has beaten Libby and Riverside in its first two outings.

Lacrosse-Washtucna (1-0) at Kootenai (0-2): Lacrosse-Washtucna opened last week with a 40-38 victory over Salmon River, which advanced to the semifinals of the Idaho state 1A Division II playoffs last year.

Mullan (0-1 North Star League, 0-1) at Lakeside (2-0, 2-0): Both teams have played Clark Fork this season, with Lakeside winning 50-0 at Clark Fork, and Mullan losing 48-18 at home to the Wampus Cats.

Saturday’s Game

Skyview (0-1) at Coeur d’Alene (2-0): The Storm handed Coeur d’Alene its only loss last year, 36-34 in Vancouver, Wash. The Vikings have won 11 straight games since then.

Skyview, which lost in the first round of the Washington state 3A playoffs last year, opened last weekend with a 27-24 loss to Sherwood, which won Oregon’s state 5A title last year. Parker Henry ran for 135 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries for the Storm.

Prep football

Times 7 p.m. unless noted

Tonight's Games

Lake City at Lewiston

Post Falls at Madison, 6 p.m. PDT

East Valley at Lakeland

St. Maries at Freeman

Cheney at Timberlake

Lacrosse-Washtucna at Kootenai

Mullan at Lakeside

Saturday's Game

Skyview (Vancouver, Wash.) at Coeur d'Alene, 1 p.m.

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