RATHDRUM — After both Bonners Ferry and Timberlake qualified for the state 3A soccer tournament on Thursday, some might have thought the pressure was off.

Nah, not in the District 1-2 boys championship match on Saturday.

Not after 80 scoreless minutes.

Nor another 20 scoreless minutes of overtime.

Finally, Sheldon Kistler stopped three shots in a shootout, and Denton Meijerink, Travis Doty and Kobe Harris converted for Timberlake as the Tigers beat the Bonners Ferry Badgers 1-0 at Sunrise Rotary Field.

“Every single year we’ve been close and just missed it,” said Kistler, a senior. “I’m really happy that I’ve been able to bring this to Timberlake.

Timberlake qualified for state for the first time in the program’s five-year history on Thursday after holding off St. Maries in similar fashion, a 2-1 win (4-3 in a shootout).

“I was a little nervous,” Kistler said. “Thursday’s game (against St. Maries), we had to go into penalty kicks as well to be able to win that. It gave me confidence that I’d be able to stop what they were shooting.”

Kistler finished with 17 saves for Timberlake (10-7-0), which faces Bliss (10-3-5) in the opening round at state on Thursday at 1 p.m. PDT at the Sunway Soccer Complex in Twin Falls.

“He was the same way Thursday in that shootout, and there was no reason to believe he wouldn’t be that same presence today,” Timberlake coach Steve Michael said. “They didn’t give up. They knew what they needed to do and didn’t make those big mistakes that would cost us a game. We were very prepared to go to a shootout, though we didn’t really want it to get to that point. Between Thursday and today, what a great win for our program.”

Bonners Ferry saw its streak of 14 straight district titles come to an end.

Michael, also Timberlake’s girls coach, added boys head coaching duties this season, replacing Bert Bentley, who started the program in 2015.

“It’s nice for the program to build on what they started a few years ago,” Michael said. “This was the trophy that eluded them for the longest time, and we didn’t need a No. 2 seed to go to state. That’s not going to hang over our heads.”

Freshman Dalin Foster was the lone Badger to convert in the shootout, on Bonners’ third try. Timberlake went 3 for 3 in the shootout. Once the Badgers missed on their fourth attempt, the Tigers celebrated.

“It was a great game,” Bonners Ferry coach Wayne Wilkerson said. “You never want to see it come down to penalty kicks, but it was a great game. Timberlake, they’re a good team. They stepped up and did the same thing on Thursday. We’re just happy we’re still going to state.”

Bonners Ferry (12-1-3) opens at state against McCall-Donnelly (6-11-1), the district champion from District 3. In previous seasons, only the District 1-2 champion advanced to state — the runner-up went to a state play-in match.

“It was way different today,” Wilkerson said. “Knowing that we’re going either way, it was different. But it wasn’t for a lack of trying. You never want to see it come down to PKs, but that’s the way it is.”

First half — none. Second half — none. First overtime — none. Second overtime — none. Shootout — BF, Dalin Foster. TL, Denton Meijerink, Travis Doty, Kobe Harris.

Shots on goal — BF 19, TL 10.

Saves — BF, Seth Bateman 4, Gabe See 1; Sheldon Kistler 17.