PREP ROUNDUP: Bracing for the run ahead

• TRACK AND FIELD

POST FALLS — On Oct. 19, returning a kickoff during the Trojans' final regular season game against Lake City High, Post Falls High senior Dylan Wolfe thought it was over.

No high school football playoffs in his final year, and it looked like track wasn’t going to happen either.

Wolfe was tackled awkwardly during the game and later discovered he’d completely torn the ACL and MCL in his right knee.

“It was in our last regular season game this year,” Wolfe said. “ And I had surgery on Nov. 13, so it’s been almost six months, but I’m getting there.”

Typically, the recovery time for that kind of injury can be anywhere from 8 to 10 months.

“My doctors told me there’s no way that you’re going to be running track this season,” Wolfe said. “But my physical therapist Dave (Andrews) believed in me. But my doctors told me, ‘I hate to break it to you, but you’re probably not going to run track.’ But I wanted to prove them wrong and that I could still run.”

Wolfe, who won the 100 and 200 meters at the 2023 District 1 All-Star Meet, went to physical therapy and immediately got back on track to compete.

“I really tackled PT and was there every day for four straight months,” Wolfe said. “I got back to what I love doing, and I’m proud to be back.”

Wolfe returned to competition in the Trojans’ first meet against Lakeland on April 9 for a dual between the schools.

“It’s been a month since I've come back,” Wolfe said. “Right now, it’s a confidence thing. And it sucks to be the kid with a brace on, and everyone’s looking at me like ‘Who’s this dweeb?’, but I’m just trying to conquer it like I did my PT.”

In Thursday’s District 1 All-Star Meet at Post Falls High, Wolfe, along with teammates Gio Carlino, Tallan McCracken and Cobe Cameron set a meet record in the 4x200-meter relay, finishing in 1 minute, 29.62 seconds, beating the previous mark set by Lake City in 2014 of 1:30.32.

“When I came back, even if I was on JV, I was happy to be back running,” Wolfe said. “Surprisingly, I’m on varsity and it’s a great feeling. It’s been a battle for sure and I’m aching sometimes, but it’s worth it.”

Wolfe, who also placed fourth in the 200 and fifth in the 400 on Thursday, competes with a metal brace, knee sleeve and has his knee taped to avoid injury.

“It’s definitely something I’ve had to get used to,” Wolfe said. “I’ve got pre-wrap, tape and the whole shebang down there. It’s hard, and I had to change my form a lot to get back. But I’m getting better each day.”

“Dave Andrews has done a great job of getting me back,” Wolfe added. “Dave was on the side of thinking I could run, but told me it was going to be hard. I told him that I wanted to show everyone that I could run and want to finish my senior year. I’m going to college for football and track, so I wanted to get something in before I leave.”

Wolfe signed to play football and run track in March at NAIA College of Idaho in Caldwell.

“College of Idaho told me they were all for it,” Wolfe said of competing in track and field this spring. “They told me they were all for it, but just be safe.”

St. Maries senior Alexzander Lambson leads the 2A classification in the discus with a throw of 159 feet, 9 inches.

As for Thursday's meet, which featured the top 16 times and marks in District 1 in each classification, Lambson won the discus with a season-best throw of 161-1.

“It’s an eye-opener to be in this meet,” Lambson said. “There’s a lot of guys that can throw further than me here. But being here, it can really help me prepare for how to adjust my throws at state and regionals.”

As for having the target on his back this year, Lambson knows it will be a challenge, no matter what happens.

“I’ve just got to stay focused,” Lambson said. “I’ve just gotta keep going for the stars and pushing on.”

Team scores were not kept.

Coeur d’Alene Charter senior Nathan Russell set a meet record in the boys 800-meter run, finishing in 1 minute, 54.64 seconds. The previous mark was held by Lake City’s John Coyle, who won in 1:57.33 in 2007.

Early in the meet, after the boys 4x200 relay, meet organizers inducted former Sandpoint High athletic director and track and field coach Dave DeMers, former Post Falls thrower Matt Wardell and former Priest River runner AshLee Rey into the meet’s Hall of Fame.

BOYS

100 — 1, Weston Saputski, Lakeland, 11.29. 2, Kofi Appiah, Mullan, 11.36. 3, Caden Tony, Lake City, 11.37. 200 — 1, Cobe Cameron, Post Falls, 22.37. 2, Weston Saputski, Lakeland, 22.69. 3, Gio Carlino, Post Falls, 22.93. 400 — 1, Cobe Cameron, Post Falls, 50.15. 2, Trenton McLean, Post Falls, 50.87. 3, Jett Longanecker, Sandpoint, 51.04. 800 — 1, Nathan Russell, Cd’A Charter, 1:54.64 (meet record; previous John Coyle, Lake City, 1:57.33, 2007).. 2, Lachlan May, Coeur d’Alene, 1:55.52. 3, Max Cervi-Skinner, Coeur d’Alene, 1:56.26. 1,600 — 1, Nathan Russell, Cd’A Charter, 4:22.19. 2, Jacob Barnhart, Timberlake, 4:24.44. 3, Nolan Oyler, Cd’A Charter, 4:24.61. 3,200 — 1, Paul Kent, Sandpoint, 9:58.38. 2, Daniel Ricks, Sandpoint, 10:15.60. 3, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 10:17.14. 

110 hurdles — 1, Taycen Genatone, Post Falls, 15.30. 2, Caius Tebbe, Timberlake, 15.35. 3, Camden Johnson, Coeur d’Alene, 16.28. 300 hurdles — 1, Taycen Genatone, Post Falls, 40.66. 2, Caius Tebbe, Timberlake, 40.90. 3, Camden Johnson, Coeur d’Alene, 42.26. 4x100 relay — 1, Post Falls (Taycen Genatone, Jacob Smith, Caden Smith, Gio Carlino), 43.72. 2, Lake City, 43.75. 3, Sandpoint, 44.10. 4x200 relay — 1, Post Falls (Gio Carlino, Dylan Wolfe, Tallan McCracken, Cobe Cameron), 1:29.62 (meet record; previous, Lake City, 1:30.32, 2014). 2, Sandpoint, 1:32.94. 3, Lake City, 1:34.05. 4x400 relay — 1, Post Falls (Trenton McLean, Tallan McCracken, Dylan Wolfe, Cobe Cameron), 3:29.73. 2, Timberlake, 3:37.11. 3, Lakeland, 3:40.95. Sprint medley — 1, Kellogg (Coleman Blalack, Ayden Garry, Jackson Stepro, Ryken White), 3:43.18 (meet record; previous, Timberlake, 3:44.15, 2019). 2, Post Falls, 3:44.25. 3, Timberlake, 3:50.60. 

Shot put — 1, Brayden Carrel, Lakeland, 47-3 ½. 2, Scott Sotin, St. Maries, 46-10 ½. 3, Jackson Kiehn, Post Falls, 45-8. Discus — 1, Alexzander Lambson, St. Maries, 161-1. 2, Jackson Kiehn, Post Falls, 142-6. 3, Dillon Throckmorton, Lake City, 138-3. Javelin — 1, Gavin Griesmer, Priest River, 144-4. 2, Isaac McKeown, Post Falls, 137-11. 3, Aidan Hendricks, Lake City, 129-9. High jump — 1, Trenton McLean, Post Falls, 6-3. 2, Julian Davis, Wallace, 5-10. 3, Asher Williams, Bonners Ferry, 5-10. Pole vault — 1, Klein Fragoso, Sandpoint, 14-0. 2, Brandon Decker, Lake City, 13-6. 3, Kros O’Brien, Lakeland, 12-0. Long jump — 1, Taycen Genatone, Post Falls, 20-11 ½. 2, Caius Tebbe, Timberlake, 20-10. 3, Carter Korff, Priest River, 20-0 ½. Triple jump — 1, Jaxon Lynse, Post Falls, 41-9 ½. 2, Austin Rutherford, Post Falls, 40-1. 3, Sam Genys, Bonners Ferry, 39-7 ½. 

GIRLS

100 — 1, Sapphire Ruelle, Lakeland, 12.87. 2, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 12.95. 3, Raevyn Yearout, St. Maries, 13.00. 200 — 1, Kinlee McLean, Post Falls, 26.25. 2, Sapphire Ruelle, Lakeland, 26.46. 3, Annabelle Carr, Cd’A Charter, 26.55. 400 — 1, Annabelle Carr, Cd’A Charter, 57.60. 2, Kinlee McLean, Post Falls, 57.77. 3, Kailey Walton, Post Falls, 1:01.00. 800 — 1, Hazel Kunkel, Lake City, 2:20.11. 2, Helen Oyler, Cd’A Charter, 2:22.56. 3, Olivia May, Coeur d’Alene, 2:23.15. 1,600 — 1, Annabelle Carr, Cd’A Charter, 5:07.45. 2, Hazel Kunkel, Lake City, 5:17.60. 3, Dakota Keyworth, Coeur d’Alene, 5:22.39. 3,200 — 1, Natalie Romero, Post Falls, 12:41.84. 2, Maddison Chapple, Lakeland, 12:45.58. 3, Sydney Beckle, Bonners Ferry, 12:51.90. 

100 hurdles — 1, Maddie Mitchell, Coeur d’Alene, 15.69. 2, Ani Vick, Sandpoint, 16.41. 3, Reagan Meine, Cd’A Charter, 16.42. 300 hurdles — 1, Maddie Mitchell, Coeur d’Alene, 46.42. 2, Ani Vick, Sandpoint, 47.31. 3, Reagan Meine, Cd’A Charter, 48.92. 4x100 relay — 1, Lakeland (Regan Wright, Melia Gilbert, Karstyn Kiefer, Sapphire Ruelle), 49.83. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 50.76. 3, Post Falls, 50.79. 4x200 relay — 1, Post Falls (Trinity Byrne, Chloe Van Volkinburg, Tiffany Foxx, Kinlee McLean), 1:46.54. 2, Lakeland, 1:47.55. 3, Sandpoint, 1:47.72. 4x400 relay — 1, Post Falls (Kailey Walton, Trinity Byrne, Finley Carpenter, Kinlee McLean), 4:15.27. 2, Cd’A Charter, 4:18.72. 3, Timberlake, 4:23.40. Sprint medley — 1, Post Falls (Reagan Hutchinson, Finley Carpenter, Kailey Walton, Brooklynn Brennan), 1:55.14. 2, Cd’A Charter, 1:56.31. 3, Bonners Ferry, 1:57.06. 

Shot put — 1, Ivy Smith, Sandpoint, 41-10. 2, Asha Abubakari, Bonners Ferry, 41-4. 3, Helene Rae, Bonners Ferry, 40-6 ½. Discus — 1, Asha Abubakari, Bonners Ferry, 136-8. 2, Ivy Smith, Sandpoint, 122-4. 3, Kelsey Carroll, Coeur d’Alene, 120-1. Javelin — 1, Alexandra David, Sandpoint, 110-6. 2, Jetta Thate, Sandpoint, 105-7. 3, Chase Smith, Priest River, 95-4. High jump — 1, Diana Nelson, Timberlake, 5-0. 2, Trieste Marek, Kellogg, 4-10. 3, Eva Willis, Bonners Ferry, 4-10. Pole vault — 1, Rihanna Legler, Post Falls, 9-6. 2, Ellie Reardon, Post Falls, 9-6. 3, Izzy Davidson, Sandpoint, 9-0. Long jump — 1, Maddie Mitchell, Coeur d’Alene, 16-7. 2, Lola Baine, Lake City, 15-10. 3, Evey McGraw, Coeur d’Alene, 15-5. Triple jump — 1, Evey McGraw, Coeur d’Alene, 35-2. 2, Ziya Munyer, Lakeland, 34-2. 3, Payton Young, Timberlake, 32-5 ½. 

• GOLF

Coleman, Paul, Miller 

medalist at Wallace invite

BIG CREEK — Stephen Paul of Wallace won on the second hole of a playoff to earn medalist honors at the Wallace Invitational at Shoshone Golf Club. 

Paul and Priest River’s Palmer Coleman each shot even-par 72s.

Genesis Prep won the boys team title with a 345, with Kellogg second with a 348.

Timberlake’s Malia Miller was the girls medalist with a 100.

Priest River won the girls team title with a 457.

Up next is the 2A District 1-2 tournament at Circling Raven Golf Club in Worley on Tuesday starting at 11 a.m.

BOYS

Par 72

6,943 yards

TEAM SCORES — 1, Genesis Prep 345. 2, Kellogg 348. 3, St. Maries 357. 4, Bonners Ferry 366. 5, Wallace 379. 6 (tie), Lakeside, Priest River 385. 8, Timberlake 434. 9, Mullan 454.

MEDALIST — Palmer Coleman, Priest River, Stephen Paul, Wallace, 72.

GENESIS PREP — Bryon Hammett 76, Brady Rubert 84, Gabe Missamore 85, Isaiah Bateman 100, William Hernas 111. 

KELLOGG — Johnny Stovern 75, Easton Towne 83, Brodie Robinson 84, Boden Glindeman 97, Ben Frohlich 105.

ST. MARIES — Seth Swallows 75, Brayden Buell 94, Allen Wise 91, Trace Chatigny 113, Zeke Watts 97.

BONNERS FERRY — Chago Jimenez 87, Eli Blackmore 87, Tyson Tadlock 94, Jacob Bliss 98, Payton Hinthorn 102.

WALLACE — Stephen Paul 72, Jordan Guardipee 92, Caiden Sabala 91, Landon Therrian 124, Tyler Wuerfel 136.

LAKESIDE — Beau Jones 80, Tsones Nomee 90, Tyson Charley 112, Liam Hendrickx 103, Lucky Matt 119.

PRIEST RIVER — Palmer Coleman 72, Nate Fegert 91, Jade Best 107, Braxton Knaack 117, Hunter Paterson 115.

TIMBERLAKE — Payden DeVore 89, Harry Hunter 101, Tyler Sells 118, Caden Bates 126.

MULLAN — Steve Petit 115, Logan Petit 92, Alex Trogden 126, Zeke Hess 121, Josh Houston 128.

GIRLS 

Par 72

6,943 yards

TEAM SCORES — 1, Priest River 457. 2, St. Maries 478. 3, Kellogg 481.

MEDALIST — Malia Miller, Timberlake, 100.

PRIEST RIVER — Pavin Coleman 103, Brooklyn Best 108, Aleigha Jensen 115, Paityn Yount 131.

ST. MARIES — Jaelyn Barden 116, Addy Crane 123, Kylie Boutillier 129, Paige Offerman 132, Tayla Janssen 110.

KELLOGG — Kendra Korasick 104, Kadimay Hart 108, Faith Shorey 126, Gemma Miller 143.

TIMBERLAKE — Malia Miller 100, Ashley Wilson 124, Kristyn Edelblute 126.

LAKESIDE — Dahyitihi White 119.

WALLACE — Kayden Stutzke 130, Grace Delano 143.

• TENNIS

Coeur d’Alene 10

Lake City 2

The Vikings swept in boys singles, boys doubles, girls doubles and mixed doubles to top the Timberwolves.

Lake City is scheduled to host Coeur d’Alene Charter on Tuesday.

Coeur d’Alene travels to Sandpoint on Tuesday.

BOYS SINGLES — No. 1, Connor Judson, Coeur d’Alene, d. Lincoln Stowell, 6-1, 6-0. No. 2, Grant Johnson, Coeur d’Alene, d. Tucker Rosenau, 6-1, 6-1. No. 3, Samuel Mandel, Coeur d’Alene, d. Matthew Nesbit, 6-1, 6-0. 

GIRLS SINGLES — No. 1, Maddy Nesbit, Lake City, d. Maddie Hunt, 6-1, 6-0. No. 2, Caitlin Combes, Coeur d’Alene, d. Whitlee Sudol, 6-2, 6-0. No. 3, Eleanor Walsh, Lake City, d. Eden Stephens, 6-4, 6-2.

BOYS DOUBLES — No. 1, Luke May/Aiden Antal, Coeur d’Alene, d. Cayden Brown/Nathan Edmonds, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2, Cooper Irwin/Payson Irwin, Coeur d’Alene, d. Eli Scarola/Josh Atwood, 6-2, 6-2.

GIRLS DOUBLES — No. 1, Kalli DeLeonard/Katie Shell, Coeur d’Alene, d. Reese Merk/Josie Hocking, 6-0, 6-2. No. 2, Julia Johnson/Camden Cotant, Coeur d’Alene, d. Talia Smith/Daphne Neeley, 6-4, 6-2.

MIXED DOUBLES — No. 1, Elijah Rabel/Ella Morton, Coeur d’Alene, d. Luke Rodgers/Greta Nace, 6-2, 6-2. No. 2, Nathan Pulsipher/Grace Priest, Coeur d’Alene, d. Jaden Ross/Drew Merk, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press St. Maries senior Alexzander Lambson prepares to launch an attempt during the boys javelin at the District 1 All-Star Meet at Post Falls High on Thursday. The javelin, in its first year in the state, is an exhibition event this season, and will not be scored at the state meet until 2025.
  

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Post Falls High track and field coach Wade Quesnell hugs former Trojan thrower Matt Wardell during his induction to the District 1 All-Star Meet Hall of Fame on Thursday. Wardell, who won the 2011 state 5A shot put title, was inducted along with former Sandpoint athletic director and track and field coach Dave DeMers and Priest River runner AshLee Rey.