PREP VOLLEYBALL: Coeur d'Alene ousts Lake City at districts

COEUR d'ALENE — The Coeur d'Alene Vikings weren't sure if their season would have ended with a loss on Tuesday night. 

So the Vikings didn't take any chances. 

Third-seeded Coeur d'Alene traveled to second-seeded Lake City and beat the Timberwolves 25-17, 25-23, 19-25, 25-20 in the first round of the 6A District 1 volleyball tournament.  

"It would have been a little tougher," Coeur d'Alene coach Carly Curtis said. "I think we would have been out of contention (for a play-in berth). A win at least puts us in the conversation." 

Coeur d'Alene (23-7), ranked 10th in 6A by MaxPreps, advances to play top-seeded Post Falls on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the first match of a best-of-3 series for the district title. 

Lake City (19-10), ranked ninth in 6A by MaxPreps, will find out if its seed is good enough to land a state play-in match on Saturday. 

Senior Jovie Le had 11 kills and six blocks, and senior Hannah Shafer had 20 assists and 19 digs. 

Embree McKeown had 29 digs, Emily Hackett 16 digs, 12 assists and two aces, Eva Callari nine kills, Maren Larson seven kills and four blocks. 

"We've seen glimpses of it all season," Curtis said. "A big thing tonight was to come out with a lot of energy. We just came out firing on offense, and our defense was super scrappy." 

For Lake City, Camryn Woodman had 17 kills and nine digs, Ella Jeanselme 12 kills, eight digs and three aces, Kate Moglia 47 assists and 23 digs, Sonia-Rei Fong 30 digs. 

"Props to Coeur d’Alene, they had an effective plan and made it really challenging for us to score," Lake City coach Michelle Kleinberg said. "We are in a weird spot waiting to see how our ranking holds up, but we’ll keep our fingers crossed and use our time wisely so we’re ready for any scenario. This one is tough but congratulations to CHS, they were the better team tonight." 

Sandpoint d. 

Lakeland 

SANDPOINT — With a chance to wrap up the 5A Inland Empire League title, the visiting Hawks stumbled in a 25-22, 6-25, 25-10, 15-25, 15-13 loss to the Bulldogs at Les Rogers Court. 

Jolie Warren had 15 kills, Maddi Justesen 10 for Lakeland (13-13, 4-1 5A IEL). Anabel Bowie had four aces and two blocks, Ella Cook two blocks, Emma Beaty 19 digs, Jaeli Hoffman 21 assists. 

"Not our best night on the court," Lakeland coach Kelsie Badger said. "We struggled to find our rhythm, and Sandpoint took advantage of that. We know what we’re capable of, and we’ll learn from tonight, get back to work, and continue to grow as a team." 

Sandpoint is 8-9, 3-2, tied for second with Lewiston (12-11, 3-2) 

Lakeland travels to Moscow (2-13, 0-5) on Thursday to wrap up the regular season. 

Kellogg d. 

St. Maries  

KELLOGG — The top-seeded Wildcats swept the fourth-seeded Lumberjacks 25-6, 25-20, 25-5 in an opening round match in the 3A District 1-2 tournament at Andrews Gymnasium. 

Kellogg (17-1) advances to the district championship game against second-seeded Priest River (14-3) on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Bear Den in Moscow. The Spartans defeated third-seeded Orofino 21-25, 25-9, 25-20, 22-25, 15-9 in the other semifinal at Priest River High. 

St. Maries (8-13) will face Orofino (5-11) in a loser-out match at 5 in Moscow, with a second-place match at 7. 

Coeur du Christ d. 

Kootenai 

COEUR d’ALENE — The second-seeded Saints defeated the third-seeded Warriors 25-21, 25-10, 25-13 in a semifinal match in the 1A District 1 tournament at North Idaho College’s Christianson Gymnasium. 

Further details were not available. 

Coeur du Christ (13-4) faces top-seeded Clark Fork (16-0) in the championship match on Thursday at 5 p.m. 

Kootenai finishes 6-11. 

Lakeside d.

Genesis Prep, forfeit

COEUR d'ALENE — The second-seeded Knights advanced to the championship game of the 2A District 1 tournament after the Jaguars did not have enough players to field a team.

Lakeside (8-11) will face Wallace (11-10) in the district championship match at North Idaho College's Christianson Gymnasium on Thursday at 7 p.m.