PREP FOOTBALL: Late TD sinks Hawks' playoff hopes
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 3 months AGO
MOSCOW - Facing fourth-and-long, Kyle Snyder completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to Alex Lewis with 10 seconds remaining and the Moscow Bears (3-5) earned a postseason berth while dashing Lakeland's state 4A playoff hopes with a 24-21 victory over the Hawks on Friday night at Bear Field.
Lakeland (5-3), trailing 14-0 at halftime, received a 12-yard TD run from Chadley Miller in the third quarter and took a 21-17 lead in the fourth on a pair of short TD runs from quarterback Derek Bayley.
The Hawks finish their season next Friday with a home game vs. Sandpoint.
Lakeland 0 0 7 14 - 21
Moscow 7 7 3 7 - 24
M - Brady Braun 75 pass from Kyle Snyder (Kellen Martin kick)
M - Nathaniel Baker 5 pass from Snyder (Martin kick)
L - Chadley Miller 12 run (Cade Coffey kick)
M - Martin 32 FG
L - Derek Bayley 1 run (Coffey kick)
L - Bayley 2 run (Coffey kick)
M - Alex Lewis 22 pass from Snyder (Martin kick)
Timberlake 35
Priest River 14
PRIEST RIVER - Daniel Buck carried the ball 16 times for 145 yards and two touchdowns for Timberlake, which earned its seventh consecutive Intermountain League title with a win at Priest River.
"We beat a really good football team tonight," Timberlake coach Roy Albertson said. "I thought the last three quarters (our running game) did a very good job for us. I want to congratulate Priest River on their season. They played hard and we were fortunate to get some turnovers and take a tough win on the road."
Timberlake (4-4, 3-0) takes the top seed into the state 3A play-in game at the Kibbie Dome next Saturday against the fourth seed from District 3. Priest River (5-3, 2-1) takes the runner-up spot into the play-in game next Saturday against the third seed from District 3.
Neither foe has been determined yet.
Timberlake 0 21 7 7 - 35
Priest River 0 0 7 7 - 14
TL - Daniel Buck 54 run (Keegan Scott kick)
TL - Scott 2 run (Scott kick)
TL - Scott 53 interception (Scott kick)
TL - Buck 23 run (Scott kick)
PR - Tyler Barber 8 pass from Cameron Riley (R.C. Akre kick)
PR - Dallas Hopkins 8 pass from Riley (Akre kick)
TL - Preston Rhodes 4 run (Scott kick)
St. Maries 41
Orofino 22
ST. MARIES - Junior quarterback Luke Feasline ran for 114 yards and five different players rushed for touchdowns in the Lumberjacks' Central Idaho League win over the Maniacs.
"It was just a great win for us," St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said. "This is our best finish we've had in a long time. I'm proud of the kids and their effort tonight."
St. Maries (4-4, 1-1 CIL) travels to New Plymouth next week for a state 2A play-in game on either Friday or Saturday.
Orofino 8 8 0 6 - 22
St. Maries 0 14 8 19 - 41
Oro - Tanner Schwartz 13 run (Scotty Lee pass from Drake Kuykendall)
SM - Dillon Michael 17 run (pass failed)
Oro - Schwartz 6 run (Schwartz pass from Kuykendall)
SM - D.J. Turner 1 run (Jordan Stapleton pass from Luke Feasline)
SM - Brad Macumber 3 run (Michael pass from Feasline)
SM - Austin Linnemeyer 7 pass from Feasline (kick failed)
SM - Feasline 23 run (Blake Lyons kick)
SM - Doug Massender 35 run (kick failed)
Oro - Hunter Cobbs 5 run (run failed)
Wallace 66 Kootenai 16
HARRISON FLATS - The Miners scored on their first six possessions to take command early in their North Star League road win.
"I'm proud of our kids - they battled to the end. We were just a little outclassed tonight," Warriors coach Doug Napierala said.
Quarterback Jacob Berman ran for two TDs and tossed four more for Wallace (6-2, 5-0 NSL), which hosts Lakeside next week.
Marshall Willms ran for two scores for Kootenai (5-3, 4-2), which travels to Clark Fork on Friday.
Wallace 28 16 22 x - 66
Kootenai 0 8 8 x - 16
W - Levi Lemieux 70 run (Gavin Rasmussen run)
W - Jon Dellinger 20 pass from Jacob Berman (run failed)
W - Brock Arthun 71 pass from Berman (Rasmussen run)
W - Rasmussen 8 run (pass failed)
W - Berman 20 run (Rasmussen run)
W - Arthun 20 pass from Berman (Rasmussen run)
K - Marshall Willms 9 run (Carter Napierala pass from Willms)
K - Willms 19 run (Matthew Speelman run)
W - Dellinger 22 pass from Berman (Rasmussen run)
W - Arthun 65 pass from Berman (Rasmussen run)
W - Berman 6 run (no attempt)
Mullan 20
Lakeside 8
MULLAN - The Tigers (2-6) defeated the visiting Knights (0-7). Further details were not available.