BRIEFLY

Panther picks up speed at Ivan Benson Invite

PRIEST RIVER – Cusick High School’s varsity runner Richard Sandwick did well for himself at the annual cross-country Ivan Benson Invite, hosted at Priest River Lamanna High School on Saturday, Sept. 28. Sandwick, a sophomore, won fifth place out of 31 runners with a time of 19:48.

Cusick competed in the NE1B/2B Meet No. 2 on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 49 Degrees North after the newspaper’s deadline. Results from that event will be in next week’s newspaper. Next up the Panthers will travel to the Spokane Polo Grounds for the 7th Annual Battle for the 509 on Saturday, Oct. 5.

Cusick gets second league win

SPRINGDALE – The Cusick Panthers football team got its second league win of the season with a 44-34 win over Springdale Friday, Sept. 27. No other information was available. The Panthers are home Friday, Oct. 4, against Inchelium at 7 p.m.

Spartans battle St.

Maries to tie

PRIEST RIVER – The Priest River girls soccer team played twice last week, getting a 3-3 tie with St. Maries Monday, Sept. 23 and losing 4-2 to Grangeville Saturday. Both were home games.

Against St. Maries Spartan assistant coach Nick Tucker says goalkeeper Kylee Swoboda played well, with two saves and headed off other attempts before a shot could be made.

“She came out of the net and stopped plays before they had a chance to shoot,” he says.

Lizzie McCracken got a hat trick, scoring three goals. Priest River was ahead until late in the second half when St. Maries scored the goahead goal. McCracken also scored the Spartan’s only two goals against Grangeville Saturday in the 4-2 loss. The previous times the teams played Grangeville won 4-1.

Tucker said the Grangeville contest was a physical game.

The Spartans played Timberlake at Spirit Lake Tuesday, Oct. 1. Monday, Oct. 7, Priest River will travel to Sandpoint to play their junior varsity, with the game starting at 5 p.m.

Odessa slams Selkirk

IONE – The Selkirk Rangers football team was shut out by Odessa Friday night at Selkirk, losing 52-0.

“Odessa has a very good team and controlled the game,” Selkirk coach Kelly Cain says. Even with the loss, Cain said he was satisfied with the Ranger’s effort. “I was happy with our effort and the fact that we cleaned up our play from the week before.”

The team fought hard and improved during the game.

Odessa remains undefeated this year. Selkirk (1-2, 1-3) next goes to Wellpinit Friday, Oct. 4, for a game that starts at 7 p.m.