PREP ROUNDUP: Lake City, Post Falls to play for regional volleyball title

• VOLLEYBALL

The Post Falls Trojans and Coeur d’Alene Vikings split a pair of five-set thrillers during the Inland Empire League volleyball season.

Their first-round match in the 5A Region 1 tournament was no different.

Second-seeded Post Falls bounced back after dropping the third and fourth sets to edge third-seeded Coeur d’Alene 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 15-25, 15-13 on Saturday afternoon at The Arena in Post Falls.

“Our matchup with Coeur d’Alene is always a challenge,” Post Falls coach Willow Hanna said.”Both teams played well. I was proud of how we moved the ball in the offense. Our middles, Sam Anderson and Maleah Wilhelm, really played well.”

Post Falls (23-6) will play at top-seeded Lake City (18-3) on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. for the regional title and a trip to state. Lake City defeated No. 4 Lewiston 25-14, 25-12, 21-25, 25-17 on Saturday afternoon at Lake City. Coeur d’Alene (16-9) will play host to Lewiston (4-11) on Tuesday at 6:30 in a loser-out match.

Post Falls d. Coeur d’Alene: Kylie Munday had 13 kills, 22 assists and six aces for Post Falls, the defending regional champs. Wilhelm had 11 kills, Carleen Codd 25 assists, Anderson nine blocks, Jenna Sarff five blocks, Trinity Byrne 18 digs, Lexi Norisida 14 digs, Vanessa Kison three aces.

For Coeur d’Alene, Madi Symons had 18 kills and 21 digs, Gia Janke nine kills and three blocks, Bailey Jaworski 35 assists, Gracie Legg 17 digs and three aces, Kiley Hart four blocks, Olivia Naccarato three blocks, Hannah Black two aces.

Lake City d. Lewiston: Aubrey Stennett had 12 kills, 10 assists and three aces for Lake City. Ella Hosfeld had six kills, 23 assists and 11 digs, Allie Bowman 13 digs and two aces, Payton Peugh nine kills and five aces.

“Hats off to Lewiston,” Lake City coach Michelle Kleinberg said. “They played with a ton of grit. The scores in the first two sets don’t really reflect it, but they fought hard and didn’t give us an inch. Our serving (15 aces) gave us the edge today. We’re looking forward to another tough battle on Tuesday.”

• LATE FRIDAY

St. Maries d.

Grangeville

ST. MARIES — Taci Watkins had 14 kills, and the host Lumberjacks completed an undefeated Central Idaho League season with a 25-16, 21-25, 25-22, 25-14 victory over the Bulldogs on Friday.

Lily Daniel had 31 assists, seven kills and eight digs for St. Maries (16-6, 8-0 CIL). Stacie Mitchell had seven kills, Tayla Janssen six kills and two blocks, Berkli McGreal 13 digs, Mia Asbury seven digs and two aces, Ava Stancil seven digs, four aces and three blocks.

“We struggled a few times with our serving that caused us to have to dig ourselves out of holes,” St. Maries coach Rachele Fischer said. “This has become something we are good at apparently — we regroup, figure it out, and change the momentum back to our side and make things happen.

“We are not perfect and we acknowledge that, and use every opportunity and experience to make the next play or game better. I am so proud of my team and their accomplishments thus far and looking forward to our postseason play.”

Grangeville is 3-9, 2-5.

The 2A District 1-2 tournament is at Genesee and begins Monday. St. Maries plays at 7:30 p.m. against the winner of the 4:30 match between Priest River and Grangeville.

SWIMMING

Norling, Ballard shine

for Bulldogs at Kroc Center meet

COEUR d’ALENE — Sandpoint senior Caleb Norling notched wins in the 200-yard freestyle as well as the 100 freestyle in a competition featuring Wallace, Timberlake and Post Falls at the Kroc Center.

Sandpoint’s Emily Ballard had wins in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle.

COMBINED DUAL SCORES — Sandpoint 345, Wallace 46; Sandpoint 348, Timberlake 8; Post Falls 347, Wallace 47; Post Falls 351, Timberlake 6; Sandpoint 305, Post Falls 205; Lakeland 395, Wallace 42; Lakeland 401, Timberlake 3; Sandpoint 295, Lakeland 247; Lakeland 323, Post Falls 215; Wallace 83, Timberlake 8.

BOYS DUAL SCORES — Post Falls 160, Timberlake 6; Lakeland 192, Post Falls 78; Lakeland 160, Sandpoint 106; Lakeland 212, Timberlake 3; Sandpoint 122, Post Falls 117; Post Falls 156, Wallace 39; Sandpoint 144, Timberlake 8; Sandpoint 141, Wallace 37; Wallace 61, Timberlake 8; Lakeland 206, Wallace 33.

GIRLS DUAL SCORES — Post Falls 137, Lakeland 131; Wallace 22, Timberlake 0; Sandpoint 204, Wallace 9; Sandpoint 204, Timberlake 0; Post Falls 191, Wallace 8; Post Falls 191, Timberlake 0; Sandpoint 183, Post Falls 88; Lakeland 189, Wallace 9; Lakeland 189, Timberlake 0; Sandpoint 189, Lakeland 87.

BOYS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay — 1, Lakeland (Ethan Abbott, Elijah Minix, Ethan Harrell, Jeremiah Couper), 1:58.51. 2, Post Falls, 2:04.50. 3, Lakeland, 2:06.50.

200 freestyle — 1, Caleb Norling, Sandpoint, 1:50.32. 2, McCoy Jensen, Sandpoint, 1:59.18. 3, Logan Harris, Lakeland, 2:03.53.

200 IM — 1, Ethan Abbott, Lakeland, 2:20.31. 2, Chance Seeds, Post Falls, 2:29.73. 3, Kale Wright, Sandpoint, 2:32.44.

50 freestyle — 1, George Lavy, Post Falls, 25.56. 2, Jeremiah Couper, Lakeland, 25.68. 3, Micah Minix, Lakeland, 25.86.

100 butterfly — 1, Ethan Harrell, Lakeland, 1:03.78. 2, Aydin Hasz, Wallace, 1:12.16. 3, Oliver Everett, Lakeland, 1:12.43.

100 freestyle — 1, Caleb Norling, Sandpoint, 50.42. 2, Logan Harris, Lakeland, 55.47. 3, Micah Minix, Lakeland, 58.07.

500 freestyle — 1, McCoy Jensen, Sandpoint, 5:37.82. 2, Kale Wright, Sandpoint, 6:09.17. 3, Lon LeBlanc, Sandpoint, 6:23.75.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Sandpoint (McCoy Jensen, Harrison Gedde, Lon LeBlanc, Caleb Norling), 1:38.79. 2, Lakeland, 1:44.41. 3, Post Falls, 1:48.59.

100 backstroke — 1, Ethan Abbott, Lakeland, 1:01.51. 2, Chance Seeds, Post Falls, 1:08.71. 3, Elijah Minix, Lakeland, 1:10.71.

100 breaststroke — 1, Ethan Harrell, Lakeland, 1:11.42. 2, George Lavy, Post Falls, 1:13. 3, Aydin Hasz, Wallace, 1:17.45.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Sandpoint (McCoy Jensen, Harrison Gedde, Lon LeBlanc, Caleb Norling), 3:40.92. 2, Lakeland, 3:49.63. 3, Post Falls, 4:58.39.

GIRLS RESULTS

200-yard medley relay — 1, Sandpoint (McKinley Jensen, Mia Driggs, Sara Hogue, Maren Davidson), 2:05.03. 2, Post Falls, 2:13.19. 3, Lakeland, 2:15.38.

200 freestyle — 1, Ava de Leeuw, Sandpoint, 2:06.98. 2, Ayiana Prevost, Sandpoint, 2:11.30. 3, Micah Bretveld, Lakeland, 2:35.90.

200 IM — 1, Mia Driggs, Sandpoint, 2:26.22. 2, Bria Rocke, Sandpoint, 2:46.19. 3, Amanda Olson. Lakeland, 2:58.02.

50 freestyle — 1, Emily Ballard, Sandpoint, 26.62. 2, Ryleigh Bamer, Sandpoint, 26.77. 3, Maren Davidson, Sandpoint, 27.31.

100 butterfly — 1, Mia Driggs, Sandpoint, 1:10.38. 2, Sara Hogue, Sandpoint, 1:14.35. 3, Terra Converse, Sandpoint, 1:17.81.

100 freestyle — 1, Emily Ballard, Sandpoint, 59.22. 2, Maren Davidson, Sandpoint, 1:01.54. 3, Kaylynn Misner, Post Falls, 1:02.68.

500 freestyle — 1, Ava de Leeuw, Sandpoint, 5:36.67. 2, Ryleigh Bamer, Sandpoint, 6:00.22. 3, Ayiana Prevost, Sandpoint, 6:02.66.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Sandpoint (Ryleigh Bamer, Ava de Leeuw, Mia Driggs, Emily Ballard), 1:49.48.

100 backstroke — 1, Kaylynn Misner, Post Falls, 1:09.53. 2, Emeri Lukey, Lakeland, 1:14.08. 3, McKinley Jensen, Sandpoint, 1:14.64.

100 breaststroke — 1, Addie Muir, Post Falls, 1:26.55. 2, Iza Schmidt, Sandpoint, 1:27.67. 3, Amanda Olson, Lakeland, 1:28.91.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Sandpoint (Ryleigh Bamer, Ayiana Prevost, Ava de Leeuw, Emily Ballard), 4:00.64. 2, Sandpoint, 4:20.29. 3, Post Falls, 5:17.84.