PREP FOOTBALL: Lake City leads early before falling short at Lewiston

LEWISTON — Senior running back Brayden Ross scored his second touchdown of the night, scoring on a 12-yard pass from quarterback Jackson Pettit in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 30-25, but Lake City was unable to get any closer as the Lewiston Bengals held on for a 42-31 5A Inland Empire League win at Bengal Field on Friday.

Lake City (2-6, 0-2 5A IEL) built a 13-0 lead to start the game on 1-yard touchdown runs by Pettit and Ross. Lewiston (6-2, 1-1) scored on a 1-yard run by Drew Hottinger, then recovered an onside kick and scored one play later on a 45-yard run by Jackson Lathen to take a 16-14 lead.

“I thought we ran the ball very well tonight,” Lake City coach Brian Fulp said. “The guys executed our offensive and defensive game plan very well tonight. We kind of hurt ourselves giving up that score and onside kick right before the half.”

Lake City took the lead on a touchdown pass from Pettit to Trevor Cogley to take a 19-16 lead.

Chris Ricard had two rushing touchdowns and Lathen scored on a 59-yard run in the third quarter as the Bengals took a 42-25 lead after the third.

“We played with a lot of energy and were physical,” Fulp said. “Lewiston’s offense is tough, but I thought our defense played well. We just had some turnovers and didn’t help ourselves. Lewiston just seized the momentum in the second half.”

Pettit finished with three touchdown passes, also hitting Justin Hill on a 26-yard score in the fourth quarter for Lake City.

Next Friday, Lake City hosts Post Falls and Lewiston plays host to Coeur d’Alene in the final week of the regular season.

Lake City 7 12 6 6 — 31

Lewiston 0 16 26 0 — 42

LC — Jackson Pettit 1 run (Alex Green kick)

LC — Brayden Ross 1 run (kick failed)

Lew — Drew Hottinger 43 run (James White pass from Hottinger)

Lew — Jackson Lathen 45 run (White pass from Hottinger)

LC — Trevor Cogley 13 pass from Pettit (kick failed)

Lew — Brayden Rice 83 kickoff return (Hottinger run)

Lew — Chris Ricard 8 run (pass failed)

LC — Ross 12 pass from Pettit (pass failed)

Lew — Ricard 4 run (conversion failed)

Lew — Lathen 59 run (pass failed)

LC — Justin Hill 26 pass from Pettit (conversion failed).

Lewis County 44

Lakeside 8

WORLEY — Qwincy Hall scored on a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter for the Knights, who fell to Lewis County — a co-op of Highland and Nezperce high schools — at the Marimn Health Center.

Jarius Moffitt ran for 97 yards for Lakeside (1-6), which concludes the season at home next Friday against Kootenai.

Gage Crow ran for 133 yards and three touchdowns for Lewis County (5-2).

Lewis County 16 14 6 8 — 44

Lakeside 0 0 0 8 — 8

First quarter

LC — Gage Crow 1 run (Wyatt Webb run)

LC — Webb 19 run (Trevor Knowlton pass from Aiden Mccleod)

Second quarter

LC — Webb 35 run (run failed)

LC — McCleod 4 run (Webb run)

Third quarter

LC — Crow 30 run (run failed)

Fourth quarter

LC — Crow 51 run (Marcus Langer run)

LS — Qwincy Hall 5 run (Hall pass from Jarius Moffitt)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — LC, Crow 20-133, Webb 12-124, Knowlton 2-23, Watson 2-9, Fetters 6-5, Mccleod 3-4, Langer 1-(-1). LS, Moffit 19-97, Hall 6-1.

PASSING — LC, McCleod, 2-4-0-45. LS, Peone, 0-2-0-0, Moffitt, 1-5-0-(-1).

RECEIVING — LC, Knowlton 1-31, Roeller 1-14. LS — Peone 1-(-1).

Mullan/St. Regis JV 58

Kootenai 6

HARRISON FLATS — The Tigers JV returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown en route to a win over the Warriors.

Freshman quarterback Riley Ausman scored on a 60-yard touchdown run for Kootenai in the first quarter.

“We had to put kids in positions that they didn’t know and had some kids out this week due to injury,” Kootenai coach Jake Pfeiffer said. “Mullan/St. Regis was able to run the ball really well on us. But the guys are fighting and we’re going to try to finish strong next week.”

Kootenai visits Lakeside next Friday.

Caleb Park scored on a 44-yard touchdown run for Mullan/St. Regis, which hosts Wallace next Friday.

• LATE THURSDAY

St. Maries 49

Priest River 0

ST. MARIES — Junior running back Trey Gibson ran for 114 yards, including touchdown runs of 26 and 65 yards in the first half as the Lumberjacks defeated the Spartans in a Central Idaho League game on Thursday.

St. Maries (2-5, 2-1 CIL) ran for 335 yards and limited Priest River (2-5, 1-2) to 49 yards.

Next Friday, St. Maries hosts Orofino and Priest River hosts Kellogg to conclude the regular season.

Priest River 0 0 0 0 — 0

St. Maries 21 14 7 7 — 49

First quarter

SM — Damian Banderob 44 run (Greyson Sands kick)

SM — Dillon Holder 2 run (Sands kick)

SM — Trey Gibson 26 run (Sands kick)

Second quarter

SM — Logan Darnold 14 run (Sands kick)

SM — Gibson 65 run (Sands kick)

Third quarter

SM — Jaemen Harold 4 run (Sands kick)

SM — Sands 14 run (Sands kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — PR, Goins 14-34, Matthews 3-2, Dabrowski 5-(-1), 11 1-(-2), McLain 3-(-7). SM, Gibson 3-114, Banderob 3-89, Darnold 6-43, Harold 6-25, Kolar 2-15, Sands 1-14, Brebner 1-13, Holder 2-8, Tefft 5-8, Yearout 1-1.

PASSING — PR, Matthews, 7-19-2-23, Griesemer, 0-1-0-0, Bakkos, 0-1-1-0. SM, Holder, 1-3-1-14, Wicks, 1-1-0-13.

RECEIVING — PR, McLain 2-29, 42 3-10, 24 1-0, Sorbel 2-(-16). SM, Wicks 1-14, Hill 1-13.