State soccer: A golden goal sends Timberline to the semis; two perfect teams fall
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Timberline 2, Lake City 1 (2 OT): The Wolves qualified for state with a golden goal. And they scored another one Thursday to advance to the state semifinals.
Junior Hayden Wilsey scored the walk-off goal in the 95th minute. London Carter stole the ball from a Lake City defender off a goal kick. She fed Wilsey, who then beat a center back one-on-one with a run down the right side.
Wilsey snuck a shot past the goalkeeper and into the far-side netting to continue Timberline’s dramatic run.
Lake City continually played the ball out wide on goal kicks, so Timberline coach Ross Schultz said they planned a trap between halftime periods. The trap worked to perfection to set up the golden goal.
“If you don’t take a couple risks, you don’t get a reward,” Schultz said. “We took a couple risks and got a reward.”
The Wolves (9-3-0) advance to face Rocky Mountain at 3 p.m. Mountain Time on Friday in the semifinals at Lake City High.
Rocky Mountain 12, Madison 0: The two-time defending state champions started the tournament with a bang.
Tryne Tamminga netted a hat trick, and Kelsey Oyler scored twice and added three assists. Oyler passed Raimee Sherle as the program’s career leader in assists in the victory. She now has 65.
Nadia Kincaid (two goals, two assists), Larissa Wegner (two goals), Mylee Carver (one goal, one assist), Kaityln Slocum (one goal) and Violet Rademacher (one goal, one assist) all found the back of the net for the Grizzlies (13-1-0).
Boise 2, Mountain View 0: Madeline Colborn and Kendra McDaniel both scored in the first half, and the Brave held on to return to the state semifinals.
Sophomore goalkeeper Sophie Hills stopped three shutouts to ensure the shutout for Boise (12-0-0), which next faces Highland at 12:30 p.m. MT on Friday at Lake City High.
Highland 7, Kuna 1: Lexy Haws scored the only goal on a Jayla Ponce assist for the Kavemen (5-6-4), who received a rude welcome to their first 5A state tournament.
Grace Fisher tallied three assists for Highland (14-2-0), which saw six different players score. Saydree Bell was the only one to score twice.
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Middleton 3, Moscow 0: The Vikings rode two Addi Wyatt goals to their first first-round victory at state since 2014.
Kelsey Severa drew first blood in the 18th minute for Middleton, which needed to win a play-in game just to make it to state. Wyatt took over from there, boosting her season total to 15 goals in 13 games.
Dylan Davis stopped eight shots to post a shutout.
The Vikings (10-3-1) face Twin Falls (13-0-1) at 1 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest High in Ammon in the state semifinals. A win would put Middleton in the 4A championship game for the first time in program history.
Columbia 4, Skyline 1: Peyton Dion scored twice to lead the Wildcats to their first state tournament win since 2008.
Yessenia Morales and Andrea Gutierrez also scored for Columbia (8-2-0), which already set a new program record by finishing second at the district tournament last week.
The Wildcats advance to the state semifinals for the second time in history. A win over Preston (9-6-0) at 3 p.m. Friday would lift the Wildcats into their first state final.
Twin Falls 3, Bishop Kelly 2: Freshman Sophie Schmautz scored twice, but it wasn’t enough for the Knights, who fell in a first-round matchup of the 4A classification’s only undefeated teams.
Bishop Kelly (10-1-0) faces Moscow at 9 a.m. Friday in a loser-out game.
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McCall-Donnelly 4, Teton 0: The Vandals (10-0-0) advanced to face Marsh Valley in the semifinals. No details were reported.
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Rocky Mountain 1, Centennial 0: Caden Zierenberg converted a penalty kick in the first half, and the Grizzlies held on to beat Centennial for the fourth time this year.
Sophomore defender Austin Sharp made the lone goal stand when he cleared a ball heading for Rocky Mountain’s net off the line in the second half, Rocky Mountain coach Bill Taylor said.
Rocky Mountain (13-1-1) faces Thunder Ridge (13-2-2) in the semifinals Friday.
Boise 2, Post Falls 0: After a scoreless first half, Boise broke the game open in the second half.
Calvin Warren broke the tie in the 42nd minute off a Sawyer Luthy assist. Toby Caldara then added an insurance goal in the 60th minute thanks to a Chase Kluksdal assist.
Boise’s Alec Martin made the only save he needed to to preserve a clean sheet.
Boise (9-2-0) faces Eagle in an all-SIC semifinal Friday.
Eagle 3, Madison 0: The defending state champ rolled to a first-round win.
Ben Denton spotted Eagle (10-2-2) a 1-0 halftime lead off a Tyler Smith assist. Colton Webb and Grant Embree then added second-half goals as the Mustangs ran away.
Goalkeeper Tristan Schmitt made seven saves for the shutout.
Thunder Ridge 4, Timberline 1: The Wolves (6-5-1) fell and will face Centennial (10-6-0) in an elimination game Friday. No details were reported.
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Vallivue 2, Sandpoint 0: Raoul Barragan and Eduardo Huitron both scored as the Falcons continued their late-season run.
Vallivue (10-3-0) needed to win a play-in game just to qualify for the state tournament. Now it will face Jerome (13-2-0) at 1 p.m. Friday at Bonneville High for a spot in the 4A state championship game.
Isidro Bermudez stopped three shots on goal to preserve the shutout for Vallivue.
Jerome 3, Bishop Kelly 0: The Knights saw their undefeated season spoiled in the first round of the state tournament. The Knights (10-1-0) face Sandpoint (5-5-3) in a loser-out game at 9 a.m. Friday.
Blackfoot 3, Caldwell 1: The Cougars’ quest for a third straight state title came to an end Thursday as Frankie Garcia scored twice and Gabe Batacan also found the back of the net for Blackfoot (15-1-0).
Caldwell (8-4-1) takes on Century (10-2-2) in a loser-out game Friday.
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Weiser 0, Sugar-Salem 0: The Wolverines (5-5-0) prevailed in a sudden-death shootout after 100 scoreless minutes.
Weiser topped Sugar-Salem 8-7 in penalty kicks. It will face Gooding (11-1-1) in the state semifinals at 3 p.m. Mountain Time Friday in Post Falls.
Coeur d’Alene Charter 2, McCall-Donnelly 1: The Vandals (6-2-0) fell in the opening round. No details were reported.
This story was originally published October 22, 2020 at 8:35 PM.
