Lakeland gets taste of Albi
MARK NELKE | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years, 4 months AGO
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 15, 2016 9:00 PM
Today’s Game
Lakeland vs. Rogers at Joe Albi Stadium, Spokane, 4:45 p.m.
Friday’s Games
All 7 p.m. unless noted
Coeur d’Alene at Moses Lake
Post Falls at Cheney
Lethbridge at Timberlake,
St. Maries at Priest River
Garfield-Palouse at Lakeside
Kootenai at Mullan, 3:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Game
Lake City at Hillcrest, noon
With Greater Spokane League teams opening up their schedules in recent years, North Idaho teams have gotten the chance to play where most of the GSL schools call home.
Lakeland (1-2) gets its chance to play at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane today, taking on the Rogers Pirates (0-2) at 4:45 p.m.
The Hawks’ two losses have been by a total of two points.
Rogers has lost to Deer Park and Pullman so far this season.
Coeur d’Alene (2-1) at Moses Lake (0-2): Coeur d’Alene edged the Chiefs 17-14 last year in Coeur d’Alene. This year, Moses Lake has been outscored 92-35 in its two losses. Coeur d’Alene is averaging 47.0 points per game. After this game, the Vikings will play the rest of their schedule in Idaho. The Viks will have played just one of their first four games in Idaho.
Post Falls (2-1) at Cheney (1-1): The Trojans play their second game in three weeks in the city of Cheney. Post Falls lost to Mead two weeks ago at Eastern Washington’s Roos Field. The Blackhawks are coming off a one-point win over North Central last week at Albi Stadium.
Lethbridge (1-2) at Timberlake (0-3): The Tigers look to break into the win column against the Alberta squad, but it won’t be easy — Timberlake escaped with a 29-26 win over Lethbridge last year in Spirit Lake.
St. Maries (3-0) at Priest River (1-1): The Lumberjacks are coming off back-to-back shutouts, and have outscored their opponents 137-12 in three games. The Spartans opened with a 13-6 loss to Newport, then hammered Medical Lake 57-10.
Garfield-Palouse (0-1) at Lakeside (1-1): Gar-Pal was idle last week after losing its opener 54-6 to Troy. Gar-Pal beat Lakeside 28-12 last year in Plummer.
Kootenai (1-1) at Mullan (0-1): This game was rescheduled as a 6-man contest when Mullan was unable to field enough players for an 8-man team. Mullan lost 69-18 at St. Regis (Mont.) two weeks ago in a 6-man game. Kootenai is coming off a 26-22 victory last week at Timberline of Weippe.
Lake City (1-2) at Hillcrest (1-2): When the T-Wolves run the ball well and don’t commit turnovers in bunches, Lake City is tough to stop. But miscues plagued the T-Wolves last week at Central Valley, as well as in the opener vs. Madison of Rexburg. Hillcrest lost to Skyline 45-20 and Blackfoot 21-7, then beat Bonneville 28-7 last week.
Through Sept. 14
5A INLAND EMPIRE LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
Lewiston 0 0 3 0
Coeur d’Alene 0 0 2 1
Post Falls 0 0 2 1
Lake City 0 0 1 2
Friday’s Games
Coeur d’Alene at Moses Lake
Post Falls at Cheney
Lewiston at Clarkston
Saturday’s Game
Lake City at Hillcrest
4A INLAND EMPIRE LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
Moscow 0 0 2 1
Lakeland 0 0 1 2
Sandpoint 0 0 1 2
Thursday’s Game
Lakeland vs. Rogers at Joe Albi Stadium, Spokane
Friday’s Games
Bonners Ferry at Sandpoint
Moscow at Pullman
INTERMOUNTAIN LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
Priest River 0 0 1 1
Kellogg 0 0 1 2
Timberlake 0 0 0 3
Bonners Ferry 0 0 0 3
Friday’s Games
Lethbridge at Timberlake
St. Maries at Priest River
Bonners Ferry at Sandpoint
Kellogg is idle
CENTRAL IDAHO LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
St. Maries 0 0 3 0
Orofino 0 0 2 1
Grangeville 0 0 1 2
Friday’s Games
St. Maries at Priest River
Grangeville at McCall-Donnelly
Orofino is idle
1A DIVISION I
WHITEPINE LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
Wallace 2 0 2 0
Troy 1 0 2 0
Prairie 1 0 1 1
Lapwai 1 1 2 1
Clearwater Valley 1 1 1 1
Kamiah 0 1 1 2
Genesee 0 1 1 2
Potlatch 0 2 0 2
Thursday’s Game
Troy at Kendrick
Friday’s Games
Colton (Wash.) at Wallace
Prairie at Council
Timberline at Clearwater Valley
Lapwai is idle
Kamiah is idle
Potlatch is idle
Genesee is idle
1A DIVISION II
WHITE STAR LEAGUE
League Overall
W L W L
Kendrick 1 0 2 0
Lakeside 1 0 1 1
Lewis County 2 1 2 1
Clark Fork 1 1 1 2
Kootenai 1 1 1 1
Deary 0 0 1 1
Timberline 0 3 0 3
Thursday’s Game
Troy at Kendrick
Friday’s Games
Kootenai at Mullan
Lewis County at Deary
Garfield-Palouse at Lakeside
Timberline at Clearwater Valley
Clark Fork is idle
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