CALDWELL — It took two matches, but Nampa Christian won the District-III 2A championship Thursday night, defeating Parma in four sets, 25-20, 14-25, 25-18, 25-18 at Vallivue High School.

Both teams advance to the state tournament.

"It was the hardest fought battle we've had all season," Nampa Christian coach Leslie Hughes said. "Parma is tough. They always seem to peak when it counts the most."

The Panthers swept Cole Valley Christian earlier in the day, 25-20, 25-15, 25-13. That placed them into a matchup with Nampa Christian. The Trojans just needed one win for the district title, while the Panthers needed two.

Parma won the opening match in five sets (25-21, 25-17, 21-25, 22-25, 15-11), but then fell in the sequel.

Leading Nampa Christian during the two matches was Kayla VanderStelt (63 kills), Jessica Bartlow (80 assists) and Ashley Crooks (32 digs).

Leading Parma was Kali Roche (47 kills, 49 digs, 20 blocks), Alli Nielsen (39 kills) and Alysha Rohrbacher (71 assists).

Timberline 3, Mountain View 1

MERIDIAN — Mariah Smith had 15 kills and three aces and Rachel Montgomery added 42 assists, as the Timberline volleyball team beat Mountain View 25-18, 22-25, 25-13, 25-11 in the District III-5A tournament. Timberline advances to the state play-in game. Jess Smith had 17 digs and three aces for the Wolves (19-12, 10-4).

Mountain View (13-16, 7-7) was led by Rachel Curtis, who had seven kills, one block, nine digs and two aces.

Football

Capital 49, Lewiston 27

BOISE — Beau Kerns threw an 80-yard touchdown pass on the opening play for the Lewiston Bengals before the Capital Eagles took control and rolled to a nonconference football win at Bronco Stadium.

Jeremy Powers answered with a 33-yard scoring toss to Kyle Sosnowski, then Charlie McMartin and Patrick Carter added touchdown runs for the Eagles (8-0), who led 21-6 after the first quarter.

Powers tacked on a pair of scoring runs, and Mo Hyland added another before halftime, giving Capital a 42-6 edge.

McMartin ran for 104 yards on eight carries, leading a Capital ground assault that churned out 380 yards on 61 carries, while Powers added 111 yards on 10-of-12 passing for the Eagles.

Kerns led Lewiston (4-4), completing 11-of-21 passes for 236 yards and three TDs.

Cross Country

BOISE — The Bishop Kelly boys and girls cross country teams won District-III 4A titles on Thursday at Eagle Island State Park.

The Bishop Kelly girls were led by medalist Emily Nist (18:41.21), who was followed by teammates Lara Tuthill (19:09.53) and Rebecca Lassere (19:43.12), who finished second and third, respectively.

On the boys side, Daniel Williams earned medalist honors in 16:20.49. Finishing second was Columbia's Zach Burney (16:24.02), followed by Bishop Kelly's Travis Milburn (16:29.54).