Timberlake romps; Lakeland, St. Maries lose in heartbreakers
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 5 years, 3 months AGO
BONNERS FERRY — Joey Follini threw for 191 yards and five touchdowns to power the Timberlake Tigers past the Bonners Ferry Badgers 62-13 in the Intermountain League opener for both schools on Friday.
Josh Yanez had five catches for 109 yards and two touchdowns for Timberlake, which led 41-6 at halftime. Timberlake outgained Bonners Ferry 312-87.
Louis Powell, Jacob James and Jack McDonald also had touchdown receptions for Timberlake (6-0), which hosts Priest River next Friday.
Bonners Ferry (0-6) hosts Kellogg next Friday.
West Valley 42
Lakeland 41
RATHDRUM — Brandon Furey threw for 294 yards and two touchdowns for the Hawks, who fell short to the Eagles in a nonleague game at Corbit Field.
Furey hit Colton Boettcher to cut the deficit to 42-41 in the final moments,, but the two-point conversion failed.
Boettcher had nine catches for 125 yards and Ammon Munyer had 86 yards receiving and a touchdown for Lakeland.
John White ran for 71 yards and two touchdowns for Lakeland (2-5), which opens 4A Inland Empire League play at Sandpoint next Friday.
West Valley 14 14 0 14 — 42
Lakeland 7 14 7 13 — 41
Scoring plays not available
Lakeland individual statistics
RUSHING — White 9-71, Munyer 3-16, Grigg 5-12, Furey 9-10, Vandever 3-4, James 6-3.
PASSING — Furey, 21-33-1-294.
RECEIVING — Boettcher 9-125, Munyer 5-86, Foley 2-38, Grigg 4-29, Waddington 1-16.
Grangeville 18
St. Maries 12
ST. MARIES — Eli Gibson ran for 156 yards and two touchdowns for the Lumberjacks, but a 3-yard touchdown run by quarterback Tesher Harris in the fourth quarter gave the visiting Bulldogs the Central Idaho League win over the Lumberjacks.
Gibson’s second score of the night, a 51-yard touchdown run gave St. Maries a 12-6 halftime lead. Grangeville tied the game on a 10-yard touchdown by Caleb Frei in the third quarter, shutting out St. Maries in the second half.
St. Maries (4-3) has a bye next week and concludes the regular season at Orofino on Oct. 25.
Grangeville is 4-3.
Grangeville 6 0 6 6 — 18
St. Maries 6 6 0 0 — 12
First quarter
SM — Eli Gibson 57 run (kick failed)
Grange — Tori Ebert 4 pass from Tescher Harris (conversion failed)
Second quarter
SM — Gibson 51 run (kick failed)
Third quarter
Grange — Caleb Frei 10 run (conversion failed)
Fourth quarter
Grange — Harris 3 run (conversion failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Grange, K. Frei 15-51, C. Frei 7-44, Harris 4-20, Lindsley 6-19, T. Ebert 2-5, Lindsley 3-1. SM, Gibson 24-156, Truscott 6-44, Ross 8-36, Martin 6-10.
PASSING — Grange, Harris, 3-7-0-51, Lindsley 1-2-0-35. SM, Gibson, 6-16-0-107, Nelson, 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING — Grange, Barger 2-78, T. Ebert 1-4, Wimer 1-4. SM, Ross 2-83, Nelson 2-21, Truscott 1-5.