PREP FOOTBALL: Lake City punches back, downs Lewiston

COEUR d’ALENE — In a bout between two Inland Empire League heavyweights, it was going to come down to who could land the final blow. 

As it turned out, it was a guy that wasn’t even supposed to get the ball in that situation. 

Junior quarterback Britton Johnston scrambled and hit sophomore Landon Leveque on a 7-yard touchdown pass with 6:12 remaining, the lone score of the night, as the Lake City Timberwolves beat the Lewiston Bengals 6-0 in a nonleague game at Van Troxel Field on Friday. 

“Britton really got things going on that drive and was going toward the goal line,” Lake City coach Byron Hout said. “The ball wasn’t supposed to go to Landon, but Britton threw a rocket and got it to him.” 

Lake City (2-6) concludes the regular season at Post Falls on Thursday.

Lewiston (3-5) travels to Lakeland next Friday. If Lewiston wins, the Bengals will clinch the 5A IEL title. If Lakeland wins, the Hawks, Bengals and Sandpoint will all be tied at 1-1 in league and compete in a Kansas tiebreaker to determine the automatic bid to the state playoffs. 

Junior Brayden Van Leuven had 24 carries for 106 yards for Lake City, which was able to run out the clock after a fourth-down stop on a speed option play with 4:03 remaining, as Van Leuven broke an 18-yard run with less than a minute remaining. 

“Brayden was really special to watch tonight,” Hout said. “On that fourth-down play, Damien Brown was slow-playing the quarterback and Dayton Fletcher made the tackle. We were trying to get him to pitch the ball on our pace and Dayton made a great play, but he doesn’t do that if Damien doesn’t do his job.” 

Lewiston    0    0    0    0    —    0 

Lake City    0    0    0    6    —    6 

Fourth quarter 

LC — Landon Leveque 7 pass from Britton Johnston (kick failed), 6:12. 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 

RUSHING — Lew, Topp 17-128, Way 3-35, Bernatz 1-8, Casey 1-3. LC, Van Leuven 24-106, Couch 2-11, Johnston 4-21, Tony 1-(-3). 

PASSING — Lew, Way, 8-18-1-89. LC, Johnston, 8-15-0-63. 

RECEIVING — Lew, Woody 2-14, Earl 2-54, Jensen 1-10, Topp 2-22. LC, Beamesderfer 2-12, Hill 1-0, Leveque 4-44, Van Leuven 1-7. 

Moscow 27 

Timberlake 13 

MOSCOW — The visiting Tigers were driving to cut the deficit to one possession late in the fourth quarter, but turned the ball over on downs, allowing Moscow to run out the clock for the Intermountain League win at Bear Field. 

“We got the ball down to the 5-yard line late and just couldn’t punch it in,” said Timberlake coach Kelly Amos, whose team intercepted three passes in the game. “Defensively, we had a series of mistakes in the first quarter that cost us. Late in the game, we just couldn’t get the ball back.”

Junior running back Westin Herbert ran for two touchdowns for Timberlake, including a 23-yard run midway through the fourth quarter.

Timberlake (1-7, 0-1 IML) hosts Bonners Ferry in IML play next Friday to conclude the regular season. It was the regular season finale for Moscow (6-3, 1-1), which lost to the Badgers on Oct. 10 in Bonners Ferry. 

“Our only possibility of making the playoffs is winning next week to force a three-way tie,” Amos said. “Losing tonight makes it a hard deal, but in a league of three, it’s tough to make it easy when you lose a game.” 

Timberlake    0    7    0    6    —    13

Moscow    20    7    0    0    —     27 

First quarter 

Mos — unknown 35 pass from Wyatt Cross (kick failed) 

Mos — Ryle Chaney 10 pass from Cross (kick good) 

Mos — unknown 8 run (kick good) 

Second quarter 

Mos — unknown 8 run (kick failed) 

TL — Westin Herbert 15 run (Tyler Sells kick) 

Fourth quarter 

TL — Herbert 23 run (Sells kick) 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 

RUSHING — TL, Herbert 24-142, Torr 9-48, Vallieres 2-4, Brennan 6-(-21). Mos, Cheney 1-18, Stott 2-16, Cross 1-0, Pike 1-(-1). 

PASSING — TL, Brennan, 9-19-1-81. Mos, Cross, 13-24-3-175. 

RECEIVING — TL, Haines 1-30, Herbert 4-29, Torr 1-8, Vallieres 1-5. Mos, Chaney 3-40, Pike 1-9. 

Priest River 16 

St. Maries 15 

PRIEST RIVER — Junior Kris Brusseau scored on a 1-yard run with 8:42 remaining in the third quarter for the Lumberjacks, who fell short to the Spartans in a Central Idaho League game at Priest River High. 

Junior Colton Kuprienko ran for 109 yards and a touchdown for Priest River (4-4, 3-0 CIL), which travels to Kellogg to conclude the regular season next Friday. 

Senior quarterback Jack Barta threw for 172 yards for St. Maries (3-5, 1-2), which visits Orofino next Friday. 

St. Maries    0    7    8    0    —    15 

Priest River    8    8    0    0    —    16 

First quarter 

PR — Nate Fegert 5 run (Colton Kuperienko run), 2:53. 

Second quarter 

SM — Aiden Yearout 1 run (Greysun DeLong kick), 11:11. 

PR — Kuprienko 8 run (Kuprienko run), 4:23. 

Third quarter 

SM — Kris Brusseau 3 run (Yearout pass from Jack Barta), 8:42. 

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 

RUSHING — SM, Yearout 12-29, J. Barta 3-21, Harold 1-12, Brusseau 3-8, Wilcox 2-4. PR — Kuprienko 32-109, Fegert 10-33, Goins 2-7. 

PASSING — SM, J. Barta, 14-29-2-172. PR, Matthews, 11-14-0-96. 

RECEIVING — SM, Gustaffe 4-77, B. Barta 8-76, Harold 2-19. PR, Goins 5-56, Leach 4-27, Kuprienko 1-13, Leach 1-0.

Coeur du Christ 38 

Wallace 18 

SILVERTON — Junior running back Jon Denke ran for three touchdowns, two in the first quarter for the Saints in a North Star League win over the Miners at the Sather Field Athletic Complex. 

Denke scored on runs of 19 and 2 yards in the first quarter for Coeur du Christ (6-1, 2-0 NSL), which is in its second year as a program. He also scored on a 65-yard run in the fourth quarter. 

Sophomore quarterback Cooper Miller ran for two touchdowns and ran for another for Wallace (6-2, 1-1), which hosts Lakeside next Friday. 

Coeur du Christ travels to Clark Fork next Friday to conclude the regular season, with a chance to wrap up the league title. 

Coeur du Christ        16    8    0    14    —    38 

Wallace            6    12    0    0    —    18 

First quarter 

CdC — Jon Denke 19 run (conversion successful) 

Wall — Cooper Miller 42 run (conversion failed) 

CdC — Denke 1 run (conversion successful) 

Second quarter 

Wall — Miller 1 run (conversion failed) 

CdC — Beckett Beyer 16 pass from Grant Clemens (conversion successful) 

Wall — Lennox Radford 36 pass from Miller (conversion failed) 

Fourth quarter 

CdC — Beyer 31 pass from Clemens (conversion failed) 

CdC — Denke 65 run (conversion successful) 

Clark Fork at

Lakeside

WORLEY — No information was available.