St. Maries ends Bonners Ferry's season
Ellie Rutherford during the Oct. 8 home game.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Emma Pinkerton.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Jennifer Schmitz.
Lily Blackmore dribbles the ball upfield against Timberlake.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Jennifer Schmitz.
Photos by MANDI BATEMAN Emma Pinkerton (12) maneuvers between players during the Badgers’ 5-0 loss to Timberlake on Oct. 8.
Photo by MANDI BATEMAN Marisa Shottanana-Ponce.
POST FALLS — St. Maries’ Bianney Ventura scored just before intermission to break a scoreless tie, then assisted on Kassidy Suchoski’s second-half goal to lead the fourth-seeded Lumberjacks past the fifth-seeded Badgers 2-0 on Monday in the opening game of the 3A Intermountain League district tournament.
“(Bonners Ferry) is a young team and they came out very hard, but our girls have really been improving all season, and it showed today,” St. Maries coach Amber Morris said.
Jenna Holder had seven saves in the shutout, advancing the Lumberjacks (5-7-2) into Friday’s matchup with three-time defending champion Coeur d’Alene Charter (13-1).
“Like I told the girls, we’ve been playing well, and any team can win on any given day,” Morris said. “We’ll give it our best shot.”
Bonners Ferry senior Emily Sanchez had four saves for the Badgers (4-7-3).
“The girls played really well; the ball was in our possession for much of the game,” BFHS coach Emily Winebark said. “Morgan Burt and Emma Pinkerton had two quality shots on goal, but their keeper made the saves.”
First half — 1. SM, Bianney Ventura (unassisted) 40:00. Second half — 2. SM, Kassidy (Ventura), 52:00.
Shots on goal — BF 10, SM 10
Saves — BF, Emily Sanchez 4; SM, Jenna Holder 7, Macie Rimel 3.