Lake City returns to Albi
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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 17, 2015 9:00 PM
The local high school football slate gets off to an early start, with Lake City (0-3) playing Shadle Park (1-1) tonight at 7:15 at Albi Stadium in Spokane.
It's Lake City's second game at Albi in 14 days - the Timberwolves lost to Lewis and Clark 35-14 there a couple of weeks ago.
Lake City beat Shadle 57-21 at home last season. Shadle is coming off a 52-0 loss to Richland last week.
Friday's Games
Moses Lake (1-1) at Coeur d'Alene (2-1): The Vikings are averaging 38.5 points in their last two games. Coeur d'Alene won 41-21 at Moses Lake last year. Moses Lake lost 21-17 to Southridge of Kennewick, Wash., and beat Lewis and Clark 20-17.
Post Falls (1-2) at East Valley (2-0): East Valley has cruised to a pair of wins, 48-18 over Deer Park and 56-22 over Lakeland.
Lakeland (0-3) at Cheney (2-0): Cheney owns wins over Colville (28-0) and Deer Park (13-7).
Kellogg (0-3) at St. Maries (3-0): St. Maries rolled to a 38-7 win over Kellogg three weeks ago at the Kibbie Dome, a game moved from Kellogg due to poor air quality from area wildfires.
Kootenai (0-2, 0-1 White Pine League) at Timberline (2-0, 0-0): Timberline, from Weippe, owns wins over Lewis County (44-16) and Clearwater Valley (26-22). Kootenai has been outscored 98-12 in two games.
Lakeside (0-3) at Wallace (2-0): Lakeside, which yielded 132 points in its first two games, lost 28-12 to Garfield-Palouse last week. Wallace beat Gar-Pal 26-8 and Kootenai 66-6.
Prep football
Tonight's Game
Lake City vs. Shadle Park at Albi Stadium, Spokane, 7:15 p.m.
Friday's Games
All 7 p.m.
Moses Lake at Coeur d'Alene
Post Falls at East Valley
Lakeland at Cheney
Kellogg at St. Maries
Kootenai at Timberline (Weippe)
Lakeside at Wallace
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