PREP FOOTBALL: Lakeland shuts out Bonners Ferry in opener

RATHDRUM — Senior Peyton Hillman threw three first-half touchdown passes, two to senior Jace Taylor, and the Lakeland Hawks went on to beat the Bonners Ferry Badgers 41-0 in the season opener for both teams Saturday night at Corbit Field.  

Hillman connected with a wide-open senior Cash Lund down the middle on a 44-yard scoring pass to open the scoring with 8:30 left in the first quarter.  

“We got better as the game went on,” Lakeland coach Mike Schroeder said. “In the first quarter, I didn’t think we played all that well. Bonners had some guys up front that gave us some difficulty. There’s definitely some things we can improve on. But I was happy with the team’s effort. We’ve got the right attitude right now.” 

Taylor caught a 5-yard TD pass from Hillman with 6:35 left in the second quarter to make it 14-0.  

Taylor then made a diving, one-handed catch in the corner of the end zone for a 16-yard score with 1:19 left to make it 21-0 Hawks at the half.  

Junior Griffin Tamagni scored on runs of 25 and 2 yards, and senior Dre Smith scored from 1 yard out to cap the scoring for Lakeland. 

On Friday, Bonners Ferry travels to Priest River, and Lakeland is home vs. Lake City. 

Sugar-Salem 49 

Timberlake 6 

ANACONDA, Mont. — The Tigers were moving the ball offensively and playing well defensively in the first 12 minutes of the game. 

But after a Timberlake turnover and a blocked punt at the start of the second quarter, the Diggers of Sugar City show why they’re the three-time defending state champions. 

Sugar-Salem, winners of six state titles in the last seven years, scored 28 points in the second quarter en route to a win over the Tigers in the opener for both at Anaconda High’s Mitchell Stadium. 

“They’ve won a lot of state titles for a reason,” Timberlake coach Kelly Amos said. “They played really good, fundamental football. We competed really well, but we’ll have to figure some things out. Sugar-Salem doesn’t make a lot of mistakes and when you screw up, they make you pay. We were fine and moving the ball, but just didn’t score. They were just really good at not making mistakes, and when you do against them, it makes it so much worse.” 

Westin Herbert scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for Timberlake, which travels to Grangeville on Friday. 

Timberlake    0    0    0    6    —    6 

Sugar-Salem    7    28    14    0    —    49 

First quarter 

Sugar — Ace Clark 9 run (Porter Teichert kick) 

Second quarter 

Sugar — Clark 6 run (Teichert kick) 

Sugar — unknown 27 pass from Frank Fillmore (Teichert kick) 

Sugar — Wayne Caffery 93 punt return (Latrell Markle kick) 

Sugar — Clark 4 run (Teichert kick) 

Third quarter 

Sugar — Clark 19 pass from Fillmore (Teichert kick) 

Sugar — Clark 17 run (Teichert kick) 

Fourth quarter 

TL — Westin Herbert 1 run (kick failed) 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 

RUSHING — TL, Herbert 10-14, Haines 6-10, Brennan 6-4; Sugar, Tonks 3-34, Fillmore 4-22, Clark 4-36, Blaser 1-6, Dalling 2-4. 

PASSING — TL, Brennan, 8-13-1-50; Sugar, Fillmore, 6-10-1-74. 

RECEIVING — TL, Haines 4-32, Herbert 2-21, Vallieres 1-2; Sugar, Clark 1-19, Butikofer 1-14, Blaser 1-4.  

Coeur du Christ 44

Lewis County 14

MOSCOW — Sophomore Grant Clemens threw touchdown passes of 61 and 41 yards to senior wide receiver Greg Hayes in the second quarter for the Saints in a win over the Eagles — a co-op of Highland and Nezperce high schools — in the nonleague opener for both at Bear Field. 

Clemens also threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Eli Zember for Coeur du Christ, a second-year program. 

Junior Charles Jenne scored two touchdowns on runs of 26 and 22 yards and junior Jon Denke had a 49-yard touchdown run for Coeur du Christ, which hosts Clark Fork on Friday at the Marimn Health Coeur Center in Worley. 

Coeur du Christ scoring plays 

Second quarter 

Coeur — Greg Hayes 61 pass from Grant Clemens 

Coeur — Hayes 41 pass from Clemens 

Coeur — Eli Zember 11 pass from Clemens 

Coeur — Charles Jenne 26 run  

Third quarter 

Coeur — Jenne 22 run 

Fourth quarter 

Coeur — Jon Denke 49 run  

Clark Fork 44

Lakeside 26

CLARK FORK — Further details were not available.

Priest River 76

Salmon 0

PRIEST RIVER — No other information was available.

    JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY Lakeland junior Wyatt Fuhriman comes down with an interception in the second half against Bonners Ferry on Saturday night at Corbit Field in Rathdrum.