AREA ROUNDUP: Eggleston comes in clutch, Asotin Panthers pull out football debut

ASOTIN — Senior captain Peter Eggleston had perhaps the greatest minute of play in his high school career to pull a season-opening football battle out of the fire for the Asotin Panthers on their home field Saturday against Tri-Cities Prep of Pasco, Wash.

The Panthers prevailed 34-29 in a game which saw a half-dozen lead changes.

Eggleston ran a 65-yard interception return with about a minute remaining in regulation to put Asotin ahead 28-21 in the seesaw contest, only for the visitors to respond with a score and two-point conversion with 23 seconds left on the clock. The Panther running back then found more magic, responding with a 70-yard kickoff return that gave his team its winning edge with 9.1 seconds to spare.

Eggleston totaled more than 200 all-purpose offensive yards for the game. Cody Ells added 113 yards rushing, including one touchdown, and made a 62-yard touchdown pass to Wyatt Caldwell.

“Just really proud of how we competed and showed a lot of resiliency tonight,” Asotin coach Jim Holman said.

Tri-Cities Prep 7 0 14 8—29

Asotin 6 7 7 14—34

Asotin — Colt Kelley 5 run (kick failed)

Tri-Cities Prep — Aidan McCabe 65 pass from Jarrett Garza (Zion Hopstad kick)

Asotin — Wyatt Caldwell 62 pass from Cody Ells (Morgan Bunch kick)

Tri-Cities Prep — Jacob Sherfey 3 run (kick failed)

Asotin — Ells 56 run (Kelley run)

Tri-Cities Prep — McCabe 21 pass from Garza (Elijah Mendoza pass from Garza)

Asotin — Peter Eggleston 65 interception return (Bunch kick)

Tri-Cities Prep — McCabe 6 pass from Garza (Colton Vincent run)

Asotin — Eggleston 70 kickoff return (run failed)

Kendrick 74, Oakley 8

HOMEDALE, Idaho — Kendrick posted the most dominant victory yet of its ongoing nonleague rivalry with Oakley, leading 58-0 at halftime and shutting out the Hornets until the final quarter in a game played at a catch site in Homedale.

Quarterback Maddox Kirkland went 7-of-9 passing for 181 yards and four touchdowns while reaching the end zone on foot twice as well to lead the Tigers (2-0). Sawyer Hewett had a remarkable four touchdowns from five rushes with 119 yards, Ralli Roetcisoender made two receiving touchdowns for 85 total yards, and Nathan Tweit had two scoring receptions of his own for 63.

“Oakley is perennially a powerhouse in 8-man football,” Kendrick coach Zane Hobart said. “I think they are down a little bit this year, which happens in small schools, but I thought our kids played really well.”

Oakley 0 0 0 8—8

Kendrick 32 26 8 8—74

Kendrick — Sawyer Hewett 11 run (Xavier Carpenter run)

Kendrick — Nathan Tweit 44 pass from Maddox Kirkland (Hewett pass from Kirkland)

Kendrick — Ralli Roetcisoender 70 from Kirkland (Carpenter run)

Kendrick — Hewett 48 run (Tweit pass from Kirkland)

Kendrick — Kirkland 1 run (run failed)

Kendrick — Hewett 7 pass from Kirkland (Cade Silflow pass from Kirkland)

Kendrick — Kirkland 20 run (run failed)

Kendrick — Hewett 47 run (pass failed)

Kendrick — Tweit 19 pass from Kirkland (Orion Stewart run)

Oakley — Tim Short 22 pass from Jackson Rice (Dallin Hardy pass from Rice).

Kendrick — Nathan Kimberling 65 run (Landon Sneve pass from Blake Morgan)

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Trojans top Fong Memorial field

Unbeaten Troy made a clean 6-0 run through small-and-big school teams alike en route to the Judy Fong Memorial Tournament title at Lewiston High School.

The Trojans first defeated Timberline of Weippe, Logos of Moscow and Sandpoint in pool play — all in straight sets under the event’s best-of-three format. Advancing to the championship Gold bracket, Troy then swept Potlatch and Moscow in two and went to three sets before prevailing against host Lewiston in the final.

“This was such a long tournament that it really pushed my girls to the max,” Troy coach Deborah Blazzard said. “Potlatch, Moscow and Lewiston, we were all down early, so all three of them we just battled back. I just feel like the girls showed a lot of perseverance and they just never got down.”

Blazzard added that Teagan Gale and Tessa Stoner “hit really well for us” and Emma Wells had an “excellent night serving.”

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

Crawford, Clements lead area efforts

ATHOL, Idaho — Cora Crawford of Moscow and Lucas Clements of Lewiston led area athletes on the girls and boys sides, respectively, at the 30-team Timberlake Farragut Invitational meet.

Crawford ran a 5-kilometer time of 20 minutes, 22.2 seconds to place 15th in her field, while Clements came in 34th among boys with a time of 17:12.36, closely followed by Logos of Moscow’s John Henry Crapuchettes at a 36th-place 17:16.59.

No area athletes or teams placed in the top 10 at the large event.

BOYS

Team scores — 1. Coeur d’Alene 41; 2. Mt. Spokane 77; 3. Lews & Clark 94 ... 15. Moscow 413 ... 21. Logos 511 ... 23. Lewiston 546 ... 30. Troy 927.

GIRLS

Team scores — 1. Capital 70; 2. Gonzaga Prep 119; 3. Coeur d’Alene 122; 15. Moscow 390; 20. Logos 510; 23. Lewiston 556.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER

Post Falls 2, Lewiston 1

POST FALLS — Visiting Lewiston did not manage to get on the board in a nonleague defeat to Post Falls.

The Bengals fall to 0-4-1 on the season, while Post Falls moves to 2-2-2.

Complete information was not available.

Lewiston 0 0—0

Post Falls 1 1—2

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Warriors win in straights

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Lewis-Clark State scored a 25-11, 25-15, 25-14 Cascade Conference victory over host Evergreen State to cap off its Washington road trip.

Juliauna Forgach Aguilar continued to lead the offense for the Warriors (6-3, 3-1) with 14 kills, while Natany Felix Guimares held down the back row with 14 digs and Esther Kailiponi supplied 20 assists.

Vandals vanquished in three

CEDAR CITY, Utah — Idaho is still in search of its first win of the season after falling to Southern Utah 25-14, 25-20, 25-11.

The Vandals (0-6) had the benefit of seven kills by Madu Fontes, 13 assists courtesy of Miya Carmichael and nine Ada Isik digs.