Lakeland completes perfect 4A IEL slate

RATHDRUM — Katy Ryan had 19 kills and five blocks, and the Lakeland Hawks wrapped a perfect 4A Inland Empire League season with a 25-22, 25-21, 25-13 victory over the Sandpoint Bulldogs on Thursday night at Hawk Court.

Daphne Carroll added 16 kills for Lakeland (15-10, 4-0 4A IEL), which on Tuesday clinched its first 4A IEL volleyball title, and won its first volleyball league title since capturing the (3A) Intermountain League crown in 2003.

Abbey Neff had 26 assists for the Hawks, Olivia Cooper 17 digs, Keely DeVore two aces.

“We played well tonight,” Lakeland coach Kelsie Badger said. “It was fun to watch our girls play hard and rally for every point. Olivia Cooper had some awesome ups to keep the play alive. Both Katy and Daphne had an awesome hitting night and attacked the ball aggressively. Abbey did a great job mixing up the sets and controlling the tempo on our side. I’m very proud of our girls tonight.”

Lakeland will host the 4A Region 1 championship match on Oct. 24 at Hawk Court, with the winner advancing to state. The Hawks will play the winner of the Sandpoint-Moscow match on Oct. 22.

Sandpoint is 0-3 in league; Moscow is 1-2.

But first, Lakeland wraps up its regular season next Tuesday at home vs. Timberlake.

Coeur d’Alene d.

Lewiston

COEUR d’ALENE — Elly Schraeder had 12 kills, four blocks and four aces as the Vikings swept Lewiston 25-12, 25-18, 25-15 in 5A Inland Empire League play at Viking Court.

Taylin Rowley added seven kills and seven digs for Coeur d’Alene (20-5, 4-1 5A IEL). Lauren Phillips had 11 assists and two blocks, Courtney Garwood 16 assists, Maggie Bloom seven digs and four aces.

Coeur d’Alene totaled 13 aces vs. Lewiston (1-4 5A IEL).

“Our serving was really tough tonight,” Coeur d’Alene coach Carly Curtis said. “It was senior night, and (seniors) Elly, Taylin and Lili (Hare) all had a great night.”

Coeur d’Alene wraps up its regular season Tuesday at home vs. 5A IEL-leading Lake City.

Mead d.

Lake City

COEUR d’ALENE — The host Timberwolves overcame a slow start to force a fifth set, before falling to the Panthers 25-19, 25-19, 21-25, 13-25, 15-5 in nonleague play.

Janae Rayborn had 13 kills and five aces for Lake City (16-10). Kate DuCoeur added 10 kills, Tanai Jenkins seven blocks, Nellie Reese 18 assists, Ella Hosfeld 13 assists, Kiki Cates 12 digs.

“I just don’t think we showed up to play those first two sets,” Lake City coach Mike Summers said. “No energy, not moving our feet; kinda bland out on the floor. In the third set we found that spark, and especially in the fourth set we played well. And in the fifth set, we just kinda went flat.”

For Mead, Grace Chimientli and Nicole Bantilan had 12 kills each, Allie Flynn 34 assists and one ace, Castan Sturm 33 digs.

Lake City plays at University — where Summers coached for four seasons before taking over at Lake City in 2017 — tonight at 7.

Post Falls d.

Pullman

PULLMAN — Ali Carpenter had 23 digs and two aces, Kassie Gardiner 30 assists for the Trojans in a 25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-22 nonleague win over the Greyhounds.

“We really got after them and rode the momentum of the Lake City match,” Post Falls coach Matt Barkley said. “We really played a complete team game today. We really kept our middles active and served tough. The girls really played well today.”

Maya Blake had 16 kills, Madi John 12 kills, Brielle Nagle 10 kills and two aces, Emily Schlothauer three blocks and Kamden Fiddes two blocks for Post Falls (9-12), which hosts Lewiston on Tuesday.

St. Maries d.

Orofino

OROFINO — Mackenzie Hammond had 20 assists as the Lumberjacks knocked off the Maniacs 25-21, 25-18, 14-25, 21-25, 15-10 in a matchup for first place in the Central Idaho League.

Shelby Martin had seven kills for St. Maries (5-14, 2-0 CIL). Allie Brebner had 23 digs, Kirsten Miller four blocks, Sami Badgett four aces.

Trinity Teel had 13 kills and 25 digs for Orofino (1-1 CIL).

St. Maries plays host to Bonners Ferry on Saturday.