League play for most area football teams starts next week, but there’s still some interesting matchups tonight.

 

Coeur d’Alene (4-1) at Hermiston (0-4): The Vikings won last year’s matchup 31-27 in Coeur d’Alene, though the visiting Bulldogs thought they had recovered a fumble in the closing minutes to seal a win, only to see the ball awarded to Coeur d’Alene, which went on to score the winning touchdown.

 

It turned out to be the lone loss for Hermiston, which went on to win the Oregon class 5A (second-largest schools) title. This year, the Bulldogs are winless and coming off a 56-37 loss at Lewiston, which visits Coeur d’Alene in next week’s 5A Inland Empire League opener. Hermiston has given up 203 points in its four losses this year.

 

Lake City (1-4) at Sandpoint (2-3): Lake City, which opens 5A IEL play next week at Post Falls, begins the North Idaho portion of its schedule tonight at Barlow Stadium. The Timberwolves, missing a handful of starters to injury, played well last week over the final three quarters, nearly digging all the way out of a 21-point hole vs. Tumwater (Wash.) before falling 35-21 to the 2A power. Sandpoint is 1-1 vs. 5A IEL teams, beating Post Falls 20-19 at the Kibbie Dome and losing 42-39 to Lewiston at home.

 

Lake City has won 10 of the last 11 meetings with Sandpoint, including the last five.

 

Post Falls (3-2) at Moses Lake (2-2): Post Falls has won its last two games by a combined 104-14. The Chiefs lost just 17-14 at Coeur d’Alene two weeks ago.

 

Timberlake (2-2) at Lakeland (0-5): Lakeland, which opens 4A IEL play next week at Sandpoint, has won the last five meetings with Timberlake, including a 71-21 triumph last year in Spirit Lake. Timberlake opens Intermountain League play next Friday at home vs. Priest River.

 

St. Maries (5-0) at Bonners Ferry (2-2): The 2A Lumberjacks, off to their best start in two decades, are already 3-0 vs. the 3A IML, including a 54-12 trouncing of Priest River last week. Bonners Ferry beat Priest River 24-18 in the season opener.

 

Lewis County (1-3, 0-2 White Star League) at Kootenai (0-4, 0-3): Lewis County’s lone victory came 60-20 over Lakeside, which beat Kootenai 44-18 last week.

 

Clark Fork (3-0, 1-0 WSL) at Lakeside (1-4, 1-1): It’s been an odd year for the Wampus Cats, who went two weeks between games, then played twice in five days. Clark Fork will be playing for the first time since Sept. 22, when the Cats beat nearby Noxon (Mont.) 26-6 in a rare Tuesday tilt.

 

5A INLAND EMPIRE LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
Lewiston 0 0 5 0
Coeur d’Alene 0 0 4 1
Post Falls 0 0 3 2
Lake City 0 0 1 4
Friday’s Games
Coeur d’Alene at Hermiston (Ore.)
Lake City at Sandpoint
Post Falls at Moses Lake
Moscow at Lewiston

4A INLAND EMPIRE LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
Sandpoint 0 0 2 3
Moscow 0 0 1 4
Lakeland 0 0 0 5
Friday’s Games
Timberlake at Lakeland
Lake City at Sandpoint
Moscow at Lewiston

 

INTERMOUNTAIN LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
Timberlake 0 0 2 2
Bonners Ferry 0 0 2 2
Priest River 0 0 1 4
Kellogg 0 0 0 4
Friday’s Games
Timberlake at Lakeland
St. Maries at Bonners Ferry
Asotin (Wash.) at Kellogg
Priest River is idle

CENTRAL IDAHO LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
Orofino 0 0 4 1
St. Maries 0 0 5 0
Grangeville 0 0 3 2
Friday’s Games
St. Maries at Bonners Ferry
Orofino vs. Declo at Eagle
Grangeville is idle

 

1A DIVISION I
Independent
W L
Wallace 3 1
1A DIVISION II
WHITE STAR LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
Deary 2 0 4 0
Kendrick 2 0 2 2
Clark Fork 1 0 3 0
Timberline 1 1 3 1
Lakeside 1 1 1 4
Lewis County 0 2 1 3
Kootenai 0 3 0 4
Friday’s Games
Lewis County at Kootenai
Clark Fork at Lakeside
Deary at Joseph (Ore.)
Kendrick is idle