PREP FOOTBALL: Post Falls opens with victory at Lewiston

LEWISTON — Senior Jace Ostlund, in his first varsity start at quarterback, passed for one touchdown and ran for another, and the Post Falls Trojans jumped out to a three-touchdown lead en route to a 37-27 victory over the Lewiston Bengals in Post Falls’ season opener Friday night at the P1FCU Sports Complex at Lewiston High. 

“Offensively, we didn’t turn the ball over, and had good ball security,” Post Falls coach Blaine Bennett said. “Jace ran around and took care of the ball.” 

Connor Carver caught a touchdown pass, Marshall Tomlinson and Brandon Felix each ran for TDs, and Bradyn Singleton kicked a 40-yard field goal for Post Falls. 

Leading 14-0 early in the second quarter, Post Falls pinned Lewiston (0-2) on its 8-yard line after the kickoff. 

On the next play, the Bengals fumbled a handoff, Makya Quincey picked up the football and ran it in from 4 yards out for a 20-0 lead. 

Post Falls led 37-13 midway through the fourth quarter. Kodyn Foreman’s interception early in the third quarter led to Felix’s TD run. 

“Early on, our defense created some turnovers and gave our offense some short fields,” Bennett said. "The last six minutes we got a little sloppy.” 

Bennett praised the play of defensive linemen Cruze Woydziak Marcus Sanchez and Benedict Bresee. 

Post Falls travels to Sandpoint (2-0) next Friday.  

Post Falls        7    20    7    3    —    37 

Lewiston     0    6    7    14     —    27 

First quarter 

PF — Connor Carver 13 pass from Jace Ostlund (Bradyn Singleton kick), 1:22 

Second quarter 

PF — Marshall Tomlinson 5 run (Singleton kick), 8:22 

PF — Makya Quincey 4 fumble return (kick failed), 8:08 

Lew — Blaze Hepburn 4 run (PAT failed), 6:33 

PF — Ostlund 1 run (Singleton kick), 3:01 

Third quarter  

PF — Brandon Felix 2 run (Singleton kick), 6:33 

Lew — Mike Earl 5 pass from Blaze Hepburn (Earl kick), 1:32 

Fourth quarter 

PF — FG Singleton 40, 7:54 

Lew — Cal Robbins 8 pass from Hepburn (Earl kick), 5:41 

Lew — Earl 12 pass from Hepburn (Earl kick), 4:09 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PASSING — Post Falls: Jason Ostlund 5-10-0-43; Lewiston: Blaze Hepburn 8-10-1-136; Dallas Richardson 4-6-0-9.  

RUSHING — Post Falls: Brandon Felix 21-179; Ostlund 9-46; Marshall Tomlinson 11-44; Andrew Zazuetta 2-6; Cody Matthews 1-0. Lewiston: Hepburn 7-48; Austin Topp 14-26; Sawyer Casey 2-12; Richardson 2-10; Corban Gilmore 2-0.  

RECEIVING — Post Falls Connor Carver 4-30; Matthews 1-13; Lewiston: Michael Earl 4-111; Andrew Haines 2-46; Carl Robbins 3-9; Topp 1-7; Gage Steiner 1-0.

Grangeville 34 

Timberlake 20 

GRANGEVILLE — Billy Vallieres scored on a 23-yard touchdown pass from Ryker Brennan to cut the deficit to 14-12 for the Tigers, who fell to the Bulldogs in a nonleague game at Grangeville High. 

“It was a good, hard fought game,” Timberlake coach Kelly Amos said. “Grangeville just made more plays than we did and cashed in on a few more plays than we did.” 

Brennan threw for 82 yards and ran for 73 and two scores for Timberlake (0-2), which hosts West Valley of Spokane next Friday. 

“All coaches want to see the biggest improvement in their team from Week 1 to Week 2,” Amos said. “And we got that tonight. We made some good progress and were able to run the ball a little more tonight. Our offensive line is starting to mesh. We just need to continue to grow and get better each game. It’s all about us getting better each week.” 

Grangeville (2-0) travels to Priest River for a Central Idaho League game next Friday. 

Timberlake    6    6    0    8    —    20 

Grangeville    14    6    8    6    —    34 

Grange — unknown 12 pass from Gage Smith (conversion failed) 

TL — Ryker Brennan 16 run (conversion failed) 

Grange — unknown 44 pass from Smith (conversion successful) 

TL — Billy Vallieres 23 pass from Brennan (conversion failed) 

Grange — unknown 5 pass from Smith (conversion failed) 

Grange — Long 2 run (Jeffrey Dolan run) 

Grange — unknown 51 pass from Smith (conversion failed) 

TL — Brennan 6 run (Gaige Haines run) 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 

RUSHING — TL, Brennan 10-73, Torr 15-69, Vallieres 6-50, Haines 6-19, Herbert 4-6. Grange, Smith 4-37, Long 1-2. 

PASSING — TL, Brennan, 13-25-0-82. Grange, Smith 11-23-1-203. 

RECEIVING — TL, Vallieres 6-55, Haines 6-27. Grange, Schumacher 2-57, Dolan 2-7. 

Kellogg 57

Orofino 6

KELLOGG — The Wildcats cruised past the Maniacs in the season and Central Idaho League opener for both at Teeters Field.

Kellogg travels to St. Maries on Sept. 12.

Orofino hosts Salmon next Friday.

Coeur du Christ 64 

Clark Fork 28 

WORLEY — Coeur du Christ junior running back Jon Denke scored five touchdowns on the ground in the first half, the final one on a 70-yard run for the Saints in a nonleague win over the Wampus Cats at the Marimn Health Coeur Center. 

Denke also scored on runs of 51, 30, 35 and 9 yards in the first quarter for Coeur du Christ (2-0), which opened with a win over Lewis County last Saturday at Bear Field in Moscow. 

Sophomore quarterback Grant Clemens threw for four touchdowns for Coeur du Christ, which faces Wellpinit, Wash., on Sept. 12. 

Clark Fork (1-1) hosts Sho-Ban next Saturday. 

Coeur du Christ scoring plays 

First quarter 

Coeur — Jon Denke 51 run  

Coeur — Denke 30 run 

Coeur — Denke 35 run 

Coeur — Denke 9 run 

Second quarter 

Coeur — Beckett Beyer 30 pass from Grant Clemens 

Coeur — Eli Zember 50 pass from Clemens 

Coeur — Denke 70 run 

Third quarter 

Coeur — Zember 5 pass from Clemens 

Coeur — Greg Hayes 99 pass from Clemens 

Council 54

Lakeside 0

COTTONWOOD — The Knights fell to 0-2 with a loss to the Lumberjacks (1-0) at Prairie High.

Lakeside travels to Highland of Craigmont next Friday.