PREP ROUNDUP: Lady Spartans volleyball stays hot with sweep of Newport

VOLLEYBALL

Priest River 3, Newport 0

PRIEST RIVER — At Priest River High, sophomore Raygn Turner had a team-high nine kills and contributed six digs, junior Jayda Storro a game-high five aces and 13 assists, and the Lady Spartans swept cross-border rival Newport (25-23, 25-23, 25-8) on Saturday to push their winning streak to three games.

The visiting Grizzlies, down as much as seven points in the second set, rallied to take a 22-20 lead, but Priest River pulled out their second consecutive 25-23 set win to gain a 2-0 edge. The Lady Spartans dominated the entire way in the third set, taking it by 17 points, their largest set win this year.

“Our team decided to pick it up competitively at the end when it mattered most,” Priest River High head coach Katlyn Ward said. “The girls just kept their heads up the whole game.”

On defense, junior Toni Marinello had a team-high 10 digs while junior Aleigha Jensen and senior Desi Humphrey had one block each.

Priest River (3-0) hosts Riverside on Monday.

Sandpoint takes two at Judy Fong

LEWISTON — The Lady Bulldogs picked up their first tournament wins of the season, defeating Logos (25-22, 25-22) and Timberline (25-17, 25-9) at the Judy Fong Memorial Tournament held Saturday at Lewiston High.

With the two wins, which included a loss to Troy (22-25, 11-25), Sandpoint reached the gold bracket but was outed by Lewiston (13-25, 19-25) after the first round. Senior Audrey Petruso totaled 32 digs and was the team’s leading serve receiver. Junior Hazel Pierce had a team-high 18 kills on the day.

“Her timing and power clicked and she had some amazing swings,” Sandpoint High head coach Piper Wahlin said of Pierce. “We did some positive things; it’s always good to get some wins.”

Sandpoint (0-5) hosts Lake City on Tuesday.

CROSS COUNTRY

Lamanna continues to perform well

ATHOL — After breaking the school record last week, Priest River High senior Brayden Lamanna led all area runners at the Timberlake-Farragut Invitational held Saturday, finishing 20th out of 223 runners with a 5,000-meter time of 16 minutes and 48 seconds.

Sophomore Jack Lovin finished 54th with a time of 17 minutes and 39 seconds for Sandpoint, which finished 16th out of 30 scoring teams. On the girls’ side, Sandpoint High sophomore Sienna Todd-Murray finished 77th out of 168 runners with a time of 22 minutes and 50 seconds to lead the Lady Bulldogs, which placed 17th out of 25 scoring teams.

Sandpoint returns to action on Sept. 21 at the Thompson Falls Invite. Priest River will head to the Bonners Ferry Invite on Sept. 14.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur D'Alene 41; 2, Mt. Spokane 77; 3, Lewis and Clark 94; 4, Cheney 141; 5, Meridian (ID) 232; 6, Borah 238; 7, Bishop Kelly 294; 8, University 299; 9, Valley Christian 369; 10, Lake City 369; 11, Lakeland 376; 12, Capital 378; 13, North Central 382; 14, Shadle Park 409; 15, Moscow 413; 16, Sandpoint 421; 17, McCall-Donnelly 435; 18, Kuna 455; 19, Timberlake 469; 20, Medical Lake 491; 21, Logos 511; 22, Post Falls 541; 23, Lewiston 546; 24, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 573; 25, Colville 600; 26, Loyola-Sacred Heart 692; 27, Ridgeline 719; 28, Bonners Ferry 815; 29, Deer Park 909; 30, Troy 927.

Winner, top locals — 1, Maximus Cervi-Skinner, Coeur d’Alene, 15:12.68; 54, Jack Lovin, Sandpoint, 17:39; 56, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 17:41; 70, Wyatt Lemon, Sandpoint, 17:57; 123, Trace Evans, 19:08; 140, Julian Knight, 19:28.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Capital 70; 2, Gonzaga Prep 119; 3, Coeur d'Alene 122; 4., Mt. Spokane 150; 5, Bishop Kelly 188; 6, Borah 206; 7, Timberlake 208; 8, Lake City 237; 9, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 278; 10, Meridian (ID) 278; 11, Post Falls 312; 12, Ridgeline 342; 13, Medical Lake 352; 14, McCall-Donnelly 372; 15, Moscow 390; 16, Cheney 424; 17, Sandpoint 431; 18, Bonners Ferry 452; 19, Lakeland 479; 20, Logos 510; 21, Kuna 524; 22, Valley Christian 534; 23, Lewiston 556; 24, Colville 569; 25, Shadle Park 588.

Winner, top locals — 1, Paisley Taylor, Meridian, 18:35.06; 77, Sienna Todd-Murray, Sandpoint, 22:50; 78, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint 22:50; 85, Hannah Ricks, 23:00; 91, Abby Eldore, 23:09; 107, Delaney Barron, 23:59.

BOYS SOCCER

Bulldogs come up just short

Vallivue 4, Sandpoint 3

VALLIVUE — At Vallivue High on Saturday, three different players scored for Sandpoint, which fell 4-3 in a non-league match to the Falcons, who have 14 seniors on their roster.

In a game that saw temperatures reach the mid-90’s and was a bit smokey, the Bulldogs went into halftime trailing 2-1 after junior Huxley Hall sunk a penalty kick during the 29th minute. Sandpoint High head coach Dan Anderson said the team went into halftime, regrouped, and changed some things around. 

In the second half, senior Bridger Cudmore sent a through ball to senior Luke Leavitt who scored after a one-on-one with the Falcons’ goalkeeper. Sandpoint conceded two more goals in the 50th and 52nd minute before junior Asher Hazen was able to score a header, assisted by Knox Williams, during the 76th minute.

“Overall I’m happy with the performance,” coach Dan Anderson said. “We played a very fast and skillful team and I’m glad we had the opportunity to get a longer road trip under our belts. Once the boys realized they could hang with them, they responded well and I’m pleased with the grit the boys showed today.”

Sandpoint (2-2-1) travels to Lakeland on Tuesday.

1st half — 1, VAL, #8, 6’. 2, SPT, Huxley Hall (penalty kick), 29’. 3, VAL, #22, 39’. 2nd half — 4, SPT, Luke Leavitt (Bridger Cudmore), 44’. 5, VAL, #22, 50’. 6, VAL, #22, 52’. 7, SPT, Asher Hazan (Knox Williams), 76’.

Shots on goal — Sandpoint 6. Vallivue 11.

Saves: SPT — Gavan Miles 7. VAL — Unknown 3.

Grangeville 1, Priest River 0

GRANGEVILLE — At Grangeville High, the host Bulldogs defeated the visiting Spartans in a 3A Central Idaho League match. 

Junior goalkeeper Baylor White had 14 saves for Priest River (3-1) who hosts Bonners Ferry on Friday.

No more information was available.

GIRLS SOCCER

Grangeville 4, Priest River 1

GRANGEVILLE — Senior Lizzie McCracken scored the Lady Spartans’ lone goal, her fourth in three games ,and Priest River fell by three goals in a 3A Central Idaho League Match held Saturday at Grangeville High.

McCracken and fellow senior Clara Kennedy said the girls fought hard, but weren’t as consistent in their defensive and offensive gameplans as usual. The two said they expect Priest River to take home a win in their next match against the Bulldogs on Sept. 28 at home.

Priest River (0-3) hosts Bonners Ferry on Friday.

Box score not available.

SWIMMING

Sandpoint boys second in season-opener

MOSCOW — Freshman Lou Foust and juniors Kai Leavitt, McCoy Jensen and Kale Wright took home gold in the 200 freestyle relay and the Bulldogs took second as a team, defeating two 6A schools and all their league opponents in the process, at the IEL Icebreaker Invitational held Saturday at the University of Idaho.

On the girls' side, Sandpoint was third as sophomore Reina Montecchi won the 50 freestyle and senior Ava de Leeuw the 500 freestyle.

Sandpoint will be back in action Sept. 14 at the Kroc Center for a meet hosted by Post Falls.

BOYS TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 168. 2, Sandpoint 112. 3, Post Falls 72. 4, Lewiston 53. 5, Lake City 50. 6, Lakeland 35. 7, Moscow 26. 8, Timberlake 2.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES — 1, Lake City 177. 2, Coeur d’Alene 147. 3, Sandpoint 91. 4, Lewiston 42. 5, Moscow 41. 6, Post Falls 16. 7, Lakeland 4.

BOYS

200-yard medley relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Dawson Cushman, Jackson Oswald, Owen Keith, Isaac Thorpe), 1:49.90. 2, Lewiston, 1:52.24. 3, Post Falls, 1:54.87. 

200 freestyle — 1, Andrew Davis, Coeur d’Alene, 1:52.88. 2, Chance Seeds, Post Falls, 1:55.52. 3, Kai Leavitt, Sandpoint, 2:04.70. 

200 IM — 1, Zach Linford, Lake City, 2:09.49. 2, Jace Voeller, Coeur d’Alene, 2:10.73. 3, McCoy Jensen, Sandpoint, 2:12.09.

50 freestyle — 1, Noah Crossler, Moscow, 22.39. 2, Eli Shaw, Lake City, 24.02. 3, Kale Wright, Sandpoint, 24.41. 

100 freestyle — 1, Isaac Thorpe, Coeur d’Alene, 49.80. 2, Kale Wright, Sandpoint, 53.94. 3, Kai Leavitt, Sandpoint, 54.86. 

500 freestyle — 1, Andrew Davis, Coeur d’Alene, 5:08.06. 2, Chance Seeds, Post Falls, 5:14.13. 3, Joshua Dimitri, Coeur d’Alene, 5:27.79. 

200 freestyle relay — 1, Sandpoint (Lou Foust, Kai Leavitt, McCoy Jensen, Kale Wright), 1:36.43. 2, Post Falls, 1:40.90. 3, Coeur d’Alene, 1:41.29.

100 backstroke — 1, Zach Linford, Lake City, 57.13. 2, Dawson Cushman, Coeur d’Alene, 57.62. 3, Bodi Demmons, Sandpoint, 1:04.98.

100 breaststroke — 1, Noah Crossler, Moscow, 1:07.38. 2, Filippo Greggio, Lewiston, 1:09.31. 3, McCoy Jensen, 1:09.32.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Dawson Cushman, Jace Voeller, Andrew Davis, Isaac Thorpe), 3:30.63. 2, Sandpoint, 3:50.09. 3, Lakeland, 4:04.70.

GIRLS 

200-yard medley relay — 1, Lake City (Erin Griffith, Quinn Taylor, Taylor Young, Sylvia Strow), 1:58. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 1:58.49. 3, Lake City, 2:03.58.

200 freestyle — 1, Tillie Sobek, Lake City, 2:00.05. 2, Ava de Leeuw, Sandpoint, 2:06.77. 3, Trista Slife, Lake City, 2:07.39.

200 IM — 1, Quinn Taylor, Lake City, 2:21.42. 2, Erin Griffith, Lake City, 2:25.94. 3, Ainsley Kuhne, Coeur d’Alene, 2:30.98. 

50 freestyle — 1, Reina Montecchi, Sandpoint, 26.18. 2, Camden Cotant, Coeur d’Alene, 26.40. 3, Sylvia Strow, Lake City, 26.73. 

100 butterfly — 1, Tillie Sobek, Lake City, 1:03.19. 2, Reagan Greiner, Coeur d’Alene, 1:04.15. 3, Daisy Whitney, Post Falls, 1:06.82.

500 freestyle — 1, Ava de Leeuw, Sandpoint, 5:36.64. 2, Reagan Greiner, Coeur d’Alene, 5:40.57. 3, Quinn Taylor, Lake City, 5:49.12. 

200 freestyle relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Camden Contant, Alena Gonzalez, Ainsley Kuhne, Karsten Towery), 1:48.24. 2, Lake City, 1:48.52. 3, Sandpoint, 1:54.09.

100 backstroke — 1, Alena Gonzalez, Coeur d’Alene, 1:02.91. 2, Erin Griffith, Lake City, 1:04.12. 3, Taylor Young, Lake City, 1:06.92.

100 breaststroke — 1, Trista Slife, Lake City, 1:11.32. 2, McKenna Sept, Moscow, 1:16.42. 3, Mia Driggs, Sandpoint, 1:16.52. 

400 freestyle relay — 1, Lake City (Sylvia Strow, Erin Griffith, Tillie Sobek, Quinn Taylor), 3:49.22. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 3:59.96. 3, Sandpoint, 4:03.61.

FOOTBALL

Staudt impressive in season-opener

Grangeville 36, Priest River 8

GRANGEVILLE — Senior Sawyer Staudt carried the pigskin 25 times for 136 yards and a touchdown as Priest River fell to the host Bulldogs on Friday night.

“Grangeville is a really good football team,” Priest River High head coach Alex Zepeda said. “The boys played really well through the first three quarters, but unfortunately we got gassed at the end.”

On defense, junior Gavin Griesemer had six tackles, including one for a loss. Sophomore Colton Kuprienko had eight tackles, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. Freshman Layton Goins added six tackles for Priest River (0-1) which travels to Newport on Friday.

    Priest River High junior Aleigha Jensen blocks a Griz attacker during Saturday night's game.
  

    Priest River High sophomore Raygn Turner looks to block a Newport attacker during Friday night's game.