PREP SOCCER: Pittman puts Hawks on his back in regional opener

• BOYS

RATHDRUM — During the regular season, Lakeland senior midfielder Cade Pittman made the most of his time against Post Falls, scoring four goals in two games against the Trojans. 

In Tuesday’s 5A District 1 opener, he outdid himself. 

Pittman had four goals and an assist for the fourth-seeded Hawks in a 5-1 win over the fifth–seeded Trojans, as Lakeland advanced to a semifinal game on Saturday against top-seeded Sandpoint at Memorial Field. 

“Cade’s kind of been streaky this year,” Lakeland coach Nick Haynes said. “We told him he needed to step up, and he always seems to against Post Falls. He’s kind of disappeared in the last few games and he showed up in a big way with four goals and an assist.” 

Lakeland (6-8-1) faces Sandpoint (11-3-2) under the lights at War Memorial Field at 6 p.m. 

Post Falls finished 2-11. 

“We came into the match really focused today,” Haynes said. “Today was the most we’ve been locked in all season. We’ve got 13 seniors, and they were all just locked in before the game. We told Cade you need to shoot the ball, and he did that and got it into the back of the net.” 

Saturday’s winners advance to the regional championship match next Tuesday, with the winner to state and the loser moving to a state play-in match against the runner-up from District 3 (Boise area) on Oct. 18 at Lewiston. 

First half — 1, LL, Cade Pittman (Brody Smith), 2:00. 2, LL, Pittman (Ethan Hunt), 7:00. 3, LL, Pittman (unassisted), 12:00. 4, PF, Rylan Brandt (unassisted), 28:00. 5, LL, Pittman (Ryan Engelbrecht), 39:00. Second half — 5, LL, Engelbrecht (Pittman), 67:00. 

Shots on goal — PF 8, LL 9. 

Saves — PF, Riley Johnson 4; LL, Ty Van Meeteren 7. 

Bonners Ferry 10 

St. Maries 2 

BONNERS FERRY — Trace Chatigny scored both goals for the visiting Lumberjacks in the Intermountain League loss to the Badgers in the second of a home-and-home in as many days. 

St. Maries (0-10-0, 0-8-0 IML) plays its third game in three days today, facing Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy at 4 p.m. at The Fields at Real Life in Post Falls. 

Bonners Ferry is 8-5-0, 6-2-0. 

First half — 1, BF, Lincoln Hymas, 4:00. 2, BF, Logan Archibald, 7:00. 3, BF, Miles Oxford, 8:00. 4, BF, Hymas, 22:00. 5, BF, Archibald, 24:00. 6, BF, Tristin Vigneri, 25:00. Second half — 7, BF, Oxford, 44:00. 8, BF, Riley Beggerly, 48:00. 9, BF, Dallin Baisden, 53:00. 10, SM, Trace Chatigny, 60:00. 11, SM, Chatigny, 63:00. 12, BF, Brydin Weymer, 68:00. 

Shots on goal — SM 3, BF 20. 

Saves — SM, Caleb Baskin 6; BF, Jay Newhouse 0. 

• GIRLS

Timberlake 11 

Priest River 0 

SPIRIT LAKE — Senior Ellie Smith recorded a hat trick and added an assist for the Tigers in an Intermountain League win over the visiting Spartans at Van Tuinstra Memorial Field. 

Junior Emilia Landon and senior Riley Zepeda had two goals for Timberlake (7-8, 6-3 IML). 

Priest River is 0-11, 0-8. 

The teams meet again on Thursday at Priest River. 

PRIEST RIVER — Goals: none. Assists: none. Saves: Aleigha Razo 5. 

TIMBERLAKE — Goals: Ellie Smith 3, Emilia Landon 2, Riley Zepeda 2, Lillee Ward 1, Maddiey Longo 1, Greta Hegstad 1, Paisley Fenton 1. Assists: Longo 2, Smith 1, Brooke Gray-Trask 1, Fenton 1, Aurora Lippard 1, Naomi Beuving 1. Saves: Ali Grantham 3.  

Bonners Ferry 7 

St. Maries 2 

BONNERS FERRY — The Lumberjacks (2-6, 2-6 IML) fell to the Badgers (6-6, 5-3) in an Intermountain League match at Bonners Ferry High. 

Further information was not available. 

St. Maries faces Coeur d’Alene Charter at The Fields at Real Life in Post Falls tonight at 6.