SOCCER: Blackmore and Hart with hat tricks over Lumberjacks, rankings
Lincoln Hymas goes for ball and is tackled by Post Falls player on Monday.
(Photo By: EMILY BONSANT)
BOYS
Bonners Ferry 6, St. Maries 0
ST. MARIES — Eli Blackmore recorded a hat trick for the Badgers in an Intermountain League win over the Lumberjacks at PotlatchDeltic Field.
St. Maries (0-10, 0-9 IML) travels to Grangeville on Friday.
The Badger (10-3-1, 9-0-1) are ranked second in league behind Coeur d’Alene Charter 7-0-1.
First half — 1, BF, Eli Blackmore (unassisted), 2:00. 2, BF, Trevor Festini (unassisted), 3:00. 3, BF, Blackmore (unassisted), 14:00. 4, BF, Nik Rawson (unassisted), 25:00. 5, BF, Blackmore (unassisted), 32:00. 6, BF, Justin Swanson (unassisted), 36:00. Second half — none.
Shots on goal — BF 30, SM 0.
Saves — BF, Kordale Burt 0, Cardon Pluid 0; SM, Kody Tefft 23.
The Badgers will play CDA Charter at home on Wednesday and round out league on Oct. 12 with Grangeville. League rankings will them determine district bracket.
GIRLS
Bonners Ferry 6, St. Maries 1
ST. MARIES — Junior forward Maddie Hart earned a hat trick for the Badgers against the Lumberjacks at Potlatch Deltic Field.
The Badgers scored four goals in the first half leading 4-0 and added another two goals.
Alexys Meirke, junior forward, added two goals and an assist. Ocka Stroemer had a goal and Nollie Hiatt added an assist.
The Badgers had six saves in goal with Alexys Madrid, Brooke Petesch and Hallie Thomson with two saves each.
Bonners (7-6,5-3) is ranked third in league behind CDA Charter (6-0-1) and Timberlake (6-1-1).
Badgers will play CDA Charter at home on Wednesday and round out league on Oct. 12 with Grangeville. League rankings will them determine district bracket.
BOYS
Post Falls 5, Bonners Ferry 1
BONNERS FERRY — It was a physical, full throttle 80 minute match against the visiting Trojans.
Senior Malachi Chafin scored a hat trick for Post Falls (3-7-2) and beat the Badgers in nonleague play on Monday.
Bonners Ferry (9-3-1) had some good looks on goal, but only Dominic Solum, a freshman forward, was able to score in the 66th minute.
“We played better than what the scores says,” Bonners Ferry head coach Paul Bonnell said. “We had some good looks on goal and they capitalized on theirs. We missed a couple of ours that were right there and got a hand card at the end that let to them scoring a PK.”
Bonnell said he appreciated how the Badgers kept their cool, despite the physical nature of the game.
Badger senior defender, Jesse Fess, stopped over a dozen Trojan advances, and ended up on the group nearly as many times.
Badger top scores, midfielder Eli Blackmore and striker Nik Rawson were also regularly seen rolling out of tackles and running through Trojans to attack the goal.
“Solid 80 minutes of go for it soccer,” Bonnell said, adding that the intensity all game is needed looking to districts.
BOYS
Sept. 25
Cd’A Charter 2, Bonners Ferry 0
POST FALLS — Owen Sharp and Elliot Engles scored first half goals for the Panthers in an Intermountain League win over the Badgers at The Fields.
The match was called seven minutes into the second half due to lightning in the area.
Coeur d’Alene Charter (9-0-1, 7-0 IML) hosts Grangeville on Friday at The Fields.
Bonners Ferry (9-2, 8-1)
First half — 1, Charter, Owen Sharp (Isaac Hines), 23:00. 2, Charter, Elliot Engles (Treffen McCord), 25:00. Second half — none.
Shots on goal — BF 6, Charter 10.
Saves — BF, Cardon Pluid 4; Charter, Taylor Smith 4.
GIRLS
Cd’A Charter 2, Bonners Ferry 1
POST FALLS — Reagan Meine gave the Panthers the lead in the 45th minute before the Intermountain League match was called off due to lightning three minutes later at The Fields.
According to Idaho High School Activities Association rules, if the second half of a match has started, and is delayed due to lightning, the match can be called at that point by a referee’s decision.
Coeur d’Alene Charter athletic director Aaron Lippy said the teams waited out the storm indoors at The Courts until 7:15 p.m. before another bolt was seen in the area as the teams were warming up to resume play.
“We really struggled to play any type of possession game most of the first half,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Stacy Smith said. “We just looked to get rid of it without trying to build anything. We’ve been our own worst enemy lately in that regard. We finally had some good soccer moments toward the end of the first and beginning the second half, we started to string together some connecting passes.”
Coeur d’Alene Charter (5-2-2, 5-0-1 IML) hosts Grangeville on Friday.
Bonners Ferry is 6-6, 4-3.
“Bonners Ferry played with a lot of fire,” Smith said. “I would have liked to have seen what we could have strung together in the second half on our home field.”
First half — 1, BF, unknown, 18:00. 2, Charter, own goal, 17:00. Second half — 3, Charter, Reagan Meine (Sierra Shepard), 45:00.
Shots on goal — BF 3, Charter 4.
Saves — BF, unknown 3; Charter, Adysen Robinson 2.