• BOYS SOCCER

POST FALLS — After building a lead, then seeing it disappear, the time came when it was either battle or buckle for the Post Falls boys.

The Trojans chose to battle.

Andon Brandt, who also had two assists on the night, scored in the 73rd minute to send the Trojans past the Lewiston Bengals 3-2 in an Inland Empire League match at Post Falls High on Thursday.

“We’d gone up two goals and that changed the tide of the game,” Post Falls coach Gabe Lawson said. “Then we got called for a handball in the box, which nobody wanted to fess up to. They buried a penalty kick, and at that point, I just thought ‘what’s going to happen next’. It was one of those, I guess we’re going to see how far we’ve came this season and the boys showed us and rose to the pressure. It’s huge and going to go a long way for us.”

Lance Gilmor and Alex Butler scored in the second half to give Post Falls (4-9-0, 3-6-0 IEL) a 2-0 lead. Teddy Kessler tied it in the 67th minute for Lewiston (5-7-0, 4-5-0).

“We just closed it out,” Lawson said. “It was a real, real fun game to watch.”

Post Falls faces Coeur d’Alene Charter on Saturday at The Fields at Real Life.

First half — none. Second half — 1, PF, Lance Gilmor (Andon Brandt), 45:00. 2, PF, Alex Butler (Brandt), 52:00. 3, Lew, Gabriel Miller (penalty kick), 63:00. 4, Lew, Teddy Kessler (unknown), 67:00. 5, PF, 73:00, Brandt (Malachi Chafin).

Shots on goal — Lew 7, PF 9.

Saves — Lew, Noah Acord 3; PF, Kael McGowan 4.

Coeur d’Alene 4

Moscow 0

MOSCOW — Dallin Dance stopped three shots for the Vikings in an Inland Empire League shutout of the Bears at the Moscow Community Playfields.

Markus Noble, Ashton Fredekind, Evan Lowder and Cooper Prohaska had goals for Coeur d’Alene (11-1-0, 7-1-0 IEL), which travels to Lake City on Saturday. Lake City handed Coeur d’Alene its only defeat of the season 4-2 on Sept. 21.

Moscow is 2-7-2, 1-6-1.

First half — 1, Cd’A, Markus Noble (unassisted), 25:00. 2, Cd’A, Ashton Fredekind (unassisted), 30:00. 3, Cd’A, Evan Lowder (Nate Wyatt), 36:00. Second half — 4, Cd’A, Cooper Prohaska (unassisted), 55:00.

Shots on goal — Cd’A 7, Mos 5.

Saves — Cd’A, Dallin Dance 3; Mos, unknown, 3.

Sandpoint 3

Lakeland 0

RATHDRUM — The Hawks fell to 0-10-2, 0-7-1 in Inland Empire League play with a loss to the Bulldogs at Sunrise Rotary Field.

“Overall, it was a well-played game by both teams,” Lakeland coach Jeremiah Beckett said. “We had a couple of mental errors in the second half, and it changed the way we played. It was a hard fought game and we’re getting better each game.”

Lakeland hosts Classical Christian of Post Falls on Tuesday.

Sandpoint is 7-4-0, 6-2-0.

First half — none. Second half — 1, Spt, Randy Lane (penalty kick), 50:00. 2, Spt, Evan Darling (penalty kick), 65:00. 3, Spt, Evan Dickinson (Jett Longanecker), 73:00.

Shots on goal — Spt 10, LL 3.

Saves — Spt, Roman Jiles 1; LL, Basquiat Taylor 9.

• GIRLS SOCCER

Coeur d’Alene 2

Moscow 0

COEUR d’ALENE — Jay Ziegler had seven saves in goal for the Vikings in an Inland Empire League win over the Bears at Coeur d’Alene High.

“I’m super proud of the girls,” Coeur d’Alene coach Andy Vredenburg said. “We’re still battling injuries and when someone gets healthy, another seems to get hurt. But we moved the ball well, connected passes and created a lot of chances today.”

Lauren Bengtson and Molly Foster had goals for Coeur d’Alene (6-7-0, 5-3-0 IEL), which hosts Lake City on Saturday.

Moscow is 2-8-1, 2-5-0.

First half — 1, Cd’A, Lauren Bengtson (Ella Morton), 33:00. Second half — 2, Cd’A, Molly Foster (Olivia Wyatt), 45:00.

Shots on goal — Mos 6, Cd’A 17.

Saves — Mos, Makai Rauch 15; Cd’A, Jai Ziegler 7.

Sandpoint 8

Lakeland 0

SANDPOINT — The Hawks dropped to 1-10-0, 0-7-0 in Inland Empire League with a loss to the Bulldogs at Memorial Field.

Lakeland hosts Timberlake on Oct. 9.

Sandpoint (10-0-0, 8-0-0) travels to Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.

First half — 1, Spt, Kameryn Nadeja (penalty kick), 3:00. 2, Spt, Erin Eddy (Kate McGregor), 15:00. 3, Spt, Piper Frank (Kimbo Yarnell), 16:00. 4, Spt, Kylie Williams (unassisted), 24:00. Second half — 5, Spt, McGregor (Peyton Cessna), 46:00. 6, Spt, Kalila Tuinstra (Hannah Harvey), 56:00. 7, Spt, Kailee McNamee (Williams), 70:00. 8, Spt, Ashlee Webster (Williams), 79:00.

Shots on goal — LL 0, Spt 44.

Saves — LL, Payton Jensen 18; Spt, Kameryn Nadeja 0.

• CROSS COUNTRY

Kozeluh runs away with Ben Castro invite title

PINEHURST — Coeur d’Alene Charter junior McKenna Kozeluh won the girls race at the Ben Castro Invitational at Pinehurst Golf Course, finishing in 18 minutes, 57 seconds to lead the Panthers to the team title.

Coeur d’Alene Charter finished with 29 points, followed by Bonners Ferry with 48 and Lakeland in third with 50.

In the boys race, Immaculate Conception senior Kellen Souza won in 16:46. Timberlake sophomore Jacob Barnhart was fourth in 17:22 to lead the Tigers to the team title.

BOYS TEAM SCORES — 1, Timberlake 54. 2, Coeur d’Alene Charter 59. 3, Immaculate Conception 61. 4, Bonners Ferry 71. 5, Kellogg 127. 6, Lakeland 134.

TOP 10 — 1, Kellen Souza, Immaculate Conception, 16:46. 2, Connor Alexander, Bonners Ferry, 16:52. 3, Makai Peak, Kellogg, 17:00. 4, Jacob Barnhart, Timberlake, 17:22. 5, Jack Darakjy, Immaculate Conception, 17:48. 6, Izan Gonzalez Martinez, Cd’A Charter, 17:54. 7, Nathan Russell, Cd’A Charter, 18:03. 8, Evan Howell, Timberlake, 18:13. 9, Owen Elizondo Bachiero, Immaculate Conception, 18:30. 10, Adrian Deartola, Immaculate Conception, 18:30. GIRLS TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene Charter 29. 2, Bonners Ferry 48. 3, Lakeland 50.

TOP 10 — 1, McKenna Kozeluh, Cd’A Charter, 18:57. 2, Ceci Roemer, Bonners Ferry, 21:15. 3, Haileyann Johnson, Timberlake, 21:59. 4, Aubrey Jenson, Timberlake, 22:53. 5, Ty Gilbert, Lakeland, 22:58. 6, Jane Robinson, Cd’A Charter, 23:05. 7, Natal Davis, Cd’A Charter, 23:36. 8, Sydney Beckle, Bonners Ferry, 23:36. 9, Candice Spears, Lakeland, 23:48. 10, Jayden Byars, Bonners Ferry, 24:03.