Trojan boys down Vikings, clinch 2nd seed to regionals
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 11 years, 3 months AGO
* BOYS
COEUR d'ALENE - Senior Timmy Mueller scored both goals for the Post Falls Trojans, which defeated the Coeur d'Alene Vikings 2-1 in the 5A Inland Empire League soccer final for both schools Thursday at Coeur d'Alene High, clinching the No. 2 seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament for the Trojans.
Post Falls (8-5-1, 3-3 5A IEL) will host Coeur d'Alene (7-2-4, 2-2-2) in a loser out game on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Post Falls High. The winner advances to state, and will play the winner of Tuesday's other match between Lewiston and top-seeded Lake City for state seeding next Saturday.
"Post Falls played their game well today," Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Lake said. "They hit on a couple counter attacks today. We're happy that it's not next Tuesday and we're still playing and look forward to playing them again."
Coeur d'Alene senior Devin Kohles scored on an assist from Tristan Gisclair to even the match at 1-1 in the 31st minute.
"We played well in the possession game," Lake said. "But after they scored the second goal, we kind of chased the game and never caught up. We played a little on edge today."
Mueller now has 98 goals for his high school career.
First half - 1, PF, Timmy Mueller (unassisted), 22:00. 2, Cd'A, Devin Kohles (Tristan Gisclair), 31:00. Second half - 3, PF, Mueller (unassisted), 44:00.
Shots on goal - PF 7, Cd'A 9.
Saves - PF, Noah Gondo 7; Cd'A, Garrett Boyce 5.
Lake City 0
Sandpoint 0
COEUR d'ALENE - In its final regular season tuneup for the 5A Region 1 boys soccer tournament, the Timberwolves tied the 4A Bulldogs at the Irma Anderl Soccer Complex.
Senior midfielder Rikki McCaw had the best scoring opportunity for Lake City. McCaw cleared a corner kick, sprinted out to get it and took on two center back defenders. He beat the first one, got to the 18-yard line and had a good chance at scoring.
"Rikki can fly," Lake City coach Chad Beadell said. "Everyone was up off the bench, it was pretty exciting."
Sandpoint (11-2-2) also had close misses, including a missed header from within the penalty box.
"It was a good match," Beadell said. "We're both in first place in our leagues. We went hard at it. Everyone played hard. Our young guys played hard. Unfortunately, we didn't score. Overall, it was a good game."
Lake City, the 5A Inland Empire League champion, plays host to No. 4 seed Lewiston on Tuesday in the semifinals of 5A Region 1 tournament.
First half - none. Second half - none.
Shots on goal - Spt 8, LC 6.
Saves - Spt, Jake Rookey 6, LC, Tanner Horton 4, Jared Stone 4.
Lakeland 2
Moscow 2
MOSCOW - Austin Garitone had a goal and assisted on another one for the Hawks, who played to a draw with the Bears in a 4A Inland Empire League match at Oylear Field.
In the 79th minute, Joey Cook-Gallardo put back a rebound to even the score for Moscow (4-8-2, 1-2-1 4A IEL), which will host Lakeland again on Tuesday in a loser-out game in the 4A Region 1 tournament at 3:30 p.m.
Fernando Pimentel opened the scoring in the first half for Lakeland (4-11-2, 0-3-1).
First half - 1, LL, Fernando Pimentel (Austin Garitone), 15:00. Second half - 2, LL, Garitone (unassisted), 45:00. 3, Mos, Tony Quesnell (penalty kick), 64:00. 4, Mos, Joey Cook-Gallardo (unassisted), 79:00.
Shots on goal - LL 12, Mos 13.
Saves - LL, Cade Coffey 4; Mos, Nick Anderton 5.
* GIRLS
Post Falls 2
Coeur d'Alene 0
POST FALLS - Erica Simpson scored two goals to lead the Trojans past the Vikings in the 5A Inland Empire League finale for both.
"What it boils down to is when Erica's on top of her game, no matter who's feeding her the ball, when she capitalizes on it, we get good results," Post Falls coach Briggs Anderson said.
Coeur d'Alene (2-11-1, 0-5-1 5A IEL) will be the No. 4 team to the Region 1 tournament and face league champion Lake City on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Irma Anderl Soccer Complex. Post Falls (9-3-2, 3-1-2) will be the second seed and will host third-seeded Lewiston on Wednesday.
Both winners advance to state and will play for state seeding next Saturday at 2 p.m. at the higher seed.
"We had control of the play for most of the game," Coeur d'Alene coach Andy Vredenberg said. "They scored twice on us on two counter attacks, but I thought we played very, very well. We just need to finish our chances and they finished theirs today."
"Coeur d'Alene came in really hard," Anderson said. "They were ready to play at the start of the whistle. We were prepared. We knew we had to win in order to have home-field advantage. Our season has boiled down to the end of the games. If I was Lake City, I'd be worried about next Wednesday."
First half - 1, PF, Erica Simpson (Lexi Smith), 13:00. Second half - 2, PF, Simpson (Smith), 57:00.
Shots on goal - Cd'A 14, PF 9.
Saves - Cd'A, Julia Roach 6; PF, Aneesah Gondo 4.
Sandpoint 3
Lake City 1
SANDPOINT - Sierra Scott scored her 12th goal of the season just five minutes into the game, and the Bulldogs rode the early momentum to a win over the reigning 5A state champion Timberwolves at Pine St. Field.
Lake City (7-4-3) scored the equalizer when Julia McCaw finished a nice pass from Jen Snow in the 27th minute. Two minutes later the Timberwolves' defense misplayed a ball for an own goal, giving the Bulldogs (9-3-3) a 2-1 lead at the half.
Lake City plays host to Coeur d'Alene on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the semifinals of the 5A Region 1 tournament. The winner qualifies for state.
First half - 1, Spt, Sierra Scott (Katie Flood), 5:00. 2, LC, Julia McCaw (Jen Snow), 27:00. 3, Spt, own goal, 29:00. Second half - 4, Spt, Kaylee Kiebert (Riley Couch), 60:00.
Shots on goal - LC 8, Spt 6.
Saves - LC, Tiegan Horton 3; Spt, Makayla Sundquist 5.
Lakeland 1
Moscow 1
RATHDRUM - Harley Hendry's goal in the 65th minute helped the host Hawks salvage a tie with the Bears in the 4A Inland Empire League finale for both at Rotary Field.
Prior to Thursday's games, the seeds had already been set for next week's 4A Region 1 tournament. No. 3 seed Lakeland (3-12-1, 0-3-1 4A IEL) will travel to No. 2 Moscow (5-4-6, 1-1-2) on Monday at 3:30 p.m. The winner travels to No. 1 seed Sandpoint next Wednesday in the championship game for the region's lone berth to state.
First half - none. Second half - 1, Mos, Ashley Endburg (unassisted), 55:00. 2, LL, Harley Hendry (Ashley Boettcher), 65:00.
Shots on goal - Mos 11, LL 12.
Saves - Mos, Deven Chandler 11; LL, Angelique Wetherelt 10.
Kellogg 2
Timberlake 1
KELLOGG - Taylor Petersen scored two goals in the second half to lead the Wildcats past the Tigers in an Intermountain League match at Teeters Field.
"It was a good match for us heading into districts," Kellogg coach Steve Mills said. "Timberlake has gotten a lot tougher over the course of the season, and it's good heading into the district tournament for us to play a game like this."
Timberlake freshman Allison Kirby scored in the 25th minute.
Kellogg (9-5-1, 7-2-1 IML) will be the No. 2 seed to the 3A District 1 tournament next week and will face the winner of the Bonners Ferry-Orofino match on Friday at 4 p.m. in a semifinal game.
Timberlake (2-9-1, 2-6-1) travels to Orofino to conclude league play on Saturday.
First half - 1, TL, Allison Kirby (unassisted), 25:00. Second half - 2, Kell, Taylor Petersen (Erin Garner), 42:00. 3, Kell, Petersen (Kaitlin Lynch), 55:00.
Shots on goal - TL 7, Kell 11.
Saves - TL, unavailable 5; Kell, Sarah McDonald 6.
Cd'A Charter 5
Priest River 1
COEUR d'ALENE - Abby Bartlett scored two second-half goals to lead the Panthers past the Spartans in an Intermountain League match at Community United Methodist Field.
Brooklynn Cunningham had a goal and assist for Coeur d'Alene Charter (10-3-3, 9-0-1 IML), which faces the winner of Timberlake-Priest River in a 3A District 1 tournament semifinal next Friday at Rotary Field in Rathdrum at 3 p.m.
"We put a lot of pressure on them early," Coeur d'Alene Charter coach Dave Baxter said. "We needed to start fast and handled the transition a little better today than we'd been in the last few games. I was pleased with how we played."
Avery Summers scored in the 68th minute for Priest River (4-11, 3-6), which hosts Orofino today.
First half - 1, CCA, Brooklynn Cunningham (unassisted), 9:28. 2, CCA, Mary Nicklay (unassisted), 17:09. 3, CCA, Katie Baxter (Rachel Hines), 22:57. Second half - 4, CCA, Abby Bartlett (Cunningham), 46:32. 5, CCA, Bartlett (Emily Osborne-Moss), 54:38. 6, PR, Avery Summers (unassisted), 68:14.
Shots on goal - PR 8, CCA 18.
Saves - PR, Brittany Krampert 13; CCA, Jackie Jensen 7.