Coeur d’Alene sweeps 6A district titles as Timberlake stays dominant

At Lewiston High, Coeur d’Alene turned the final day of the 6A District 1 meet into another display of program depth, with senior Camden Johnson and freshman Alexis Hoss each sweeping the 110-meter hurdles and 300 hurdles. The Vikings left no doubt about the team race, as the boys won with 111.33 points and the girls finished with 97, pushing both squads through another district sweep.

That kind of repeat success has become the story for Coeur d’Alene. The Vikings also swept the team titles in 2025, their first sweep since 2013, and the 2026 finish made it back-to-back district sweeps. Coach Shawn Amos said the boys scored in all 19 events and the girls scored in 18 of 19, a sign that the Vikings were not leaning on a few stars but stacking points across the meet from the first event to the last.

The team standings showed the separation. Post Falls finished second in both races with 53.33 points on the boys side and 54 on the girls side, while Lake City was third with 32.33 boys points and 45 girls points. For Coeur d’Alene, the margin came from balance as much as headline wins, with points spread across sprints, distance races and relays.

Johnson’s hurdle double gave the Vikings one of the meet’s sharpest individual performances, but Coeur d’Alene also won beyond the track’s most visible races. Wyatt Carr won the boys 3,200 in 9:26.53, Mitchell Rietze took the boys 800 in 1:58.61 and the boys 4x800 relay won in 8:21.67. On the girls side, Olivia May won the 800 in 2:16.88 and Anna Christman won the 3,200 in 11:08.81. Together, those results showed a roster built to score from multiple event groups rather than rely on one part of the program.

Timberlake’s girls added another marker of sustained excellence on the county track scene. The Tigers claimed their 11th district title in 12 seasons and scored 89.5 points at Timberlake High in Spirit Lake, a run that puts the program in rare company among Idaho schools. In Kootenai County, that kind of consistency has become its own standard.

For both Coeur d’Alene and Timberlake, district titles were only the gateway. Coeur d’Alene had already qualified 27 athletes for state after the first day, and the district results sent another large group of local performers toward the next benchmark. The sweep in Lewiston did more than fill a trophy case, it reinforced that the programs setting the pace in Kootenai County are built to keep doing it when the competition rises.