Lake City boys win opener
SPOKANE - Seniors Chris Wheelock and Mark Smyly scored 16 points apiece as the Lake City Timberwolves defeated the North Central Indians 51-48 in the nonleague opener for both teams Tuesday night.
"It was a physical first game for us," Lake City coach Jim Winger said. "We learned some things about ourselves. For a first game, we played well defensively and played well in spurts on offense. Some things we did good, other we need to work on."
Brady Smith scored eight points for Lake City, which hosts Enumclaw on Friday.
Isaiah Hollister had 12 points for North Central.
Lake City 17 4 8 22 - 51
North Central 6 15 6 19 - 48
LAKE CITY - Bevacqua 0, B. Smith 8, Mitchell 0, Wheelock 16, Carlson 3, Turner 1, Hartz 0, Smyly 16, Mitchell 2, Guice 6.
NORTH CENTRAL - Antonie 6, Swagger 6, Degon 4, Duesterhoff 0, Isaiah Hollister 12, Hill 7, McDuffie 3, Smith 10.
Sandpoint 58
Timberlake 29
SANDPOINT - Jackson Olin scored 21 points for the Bulldogs in the nonleague opener for both schools at Les Rogers Court.
Cooper Simpson had 14 points for Timberlake, which hosts Pullman on Saturday.
Timberlake 10 7 8 4 - 29
Sandpoint 15 12 24 7 - 58
TIMBERLAKE - Cronnelly 7, Chamberlin 1, Hayden 2, Masterson 2, Page 0, Zanoni 3, Simpson 14.
SANDPOINT - Williams 6, Hawkins 3, Nikssarian 0, Kennedy 3, Rains 2, Olin 21, Lewis 0, Shultz 8, Fuhrman 8, Carrothers 7, Gavin 0.
St. Maries 67
Kootenai 18
ST. MARIES - Zach Lehman scored 13 points to lead the Lumberjacks past the Warriors in the nonleague opener for both schools.
"It was just a good overall team effort," first-year St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said. "We played good overall team defense and turned some turnovers into some transition points. It was a good game to get under our belts."
Jake Mercer scored 10 points for St. Maries, which hosts Orofino on Thursday.
Jake Zarpentine scored seven points for Kootenai, which competes in the North Star League tournament on Dec. 10 in Wallace.
Kootenai 5 6 0 7 - 18
St. Maries 17 19 16 15 - 67
KOOTENAI - Zarpentine 7, Wallace 1, Myhre 3, Willms 0, Whipple 0, Carman 6, Pfeiffer 0, Sheppard 2, Bornitz 0.
ST. MARIES - Joiner 9, Schetzle 9, Sampson 3, Lehman 13, Mercer 10, Anderson 3, Kennelly 0, Heath 6, Linnemeyer 6, Cordell 8.
N.I. Christian 39
Genesis Prep 14
POST FALLS - Sebastian Jara scored 17 points for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win over the Jaguars at the Real Life Ministries.
North Idaho Christian travels to St. Michaels of Spokane on Thursday.
N.I. Christian 12 4 12 11 - 39
Genesis Prep 6 0 4 4 - 14
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Jara 17, Thompson 6, Haag 4, Smeltzer 4, Lafollett 6, Kuetemeyer 2.
GENESIS PREP - Christensen 4, Darrow 4, McDonald 4, Brands 2.
Mead at
Post Falls, ppd.
POST FALLS - No makeup date has been set.
Riverside at
Lakeland, ppd.
RATHDRUM - No makeup date has been set.
Lake City 42
North Central 39
SPOKANE - Jenna Lewis hit a pair of free throws late in the fourth quarter to lift the Timberwolves past the Indians in nonleague play.
"Our defense kept us in the game in the second half after a cold-shooting first half," Lake City coach Royce Johnston said. "We got down 31-14 in the third quarter and started to hit some shots and cut it to five in the fourth quarter. Our seniors willed us to win tonight."
Sydney Butler had 15 points, three assists and four steals and Dailyn Ball and Katie Rowe had seven rebounds for Lake City (3-0), which hosts University on Friday.
Riley Holsinger had 11 points for North Central.
Lake City 4 10 13 15 - 42
North Central 11 18 3 7 - 39
LAKE CITY - J. Butler 0, S. Butler 15, Kacalek 2, Lewis 7, Smith 3, Rowe 5, Ball 7, Kerr 0, Mitchell 3.
NORTH CENTRAL - Schaefer 3, Markham-Patti 3, Holsinger 11, Via 3, Harris 8, VanWeerdhuizen 9, Rypien 2.
Cd'A Charter 43
Valley Christian 20
COEUR d'ALENE - Lexi Turkenburg had 15 points, nine rebounds and seven steals to lead the host Panthers in the nonleague game at Holy Family Catholic School.
Paige Kelly had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Coeur d'Alene Charter (3-1), which plays host to Clark Fork on Thursday.
Valley Christian 5 2 3 10 - 20
Cd'A Charter 18 10 6 9 - 43
VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Ryn 0, Segall 0, Tabish 0, Heden 9, Westberg 6, Bogart 3, Walder 2.
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Turkenburg 15, Uribe 4, Goodsen 6, Urbaniak 0, Kelly 18, Arts 0, Winzer 0, Babich 0.
N.I. Christian 64
Genesis Prep 15
POST FALLS - Amanda Hobson scored 17 points as the Royals defeated the Jaguars in their season and Mountain Christian League-opening game at Real Life Ministries.
North Idaho Christian travels to St. Michaels of Spokane on Tuesday.
N.I. Christian 20 19 19 6 - 64
Genesis Prep 2 3 7 3 - 15
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Kramer 10, Hobson 17, Shanley 5, Kaschmitter 2, Gjevere 2, Bassett 8, Goodwin 8, Smith 4, Murison 2, Fisher 2, Gwin 4.
GENESIS PREP - Nichols 1, Newman 3, Grossglauser 3, Scherrer 6, Barnett 2.
Lewiston at
Coeur d'Alene, ppd.
COEUR d'ALENE - The 5A Inland Empire League game was rescheduled for Dec. 9.
Mead at
Post Falls, ppd.
POST FALLS - No makeup date has been set.
Riverside at
Lakeland, ppd.
RATHDRUM - No makeup date has been set.
Lakeside at
Clark Fork, ppd.
CLARK FORK - No makeup date has been set.
LATE MONDAY
Mullan 42
Cd'A freshmen 31
COEUR d'ALENE - Junior Morgan Koenig had 29 points to lead the Tigers past the Viking freshmen at Elmer Jordan Court.
Cami Egan had 11 points for Coeur d'Alene.
Mullan (1-4) hosts Lakeside on Tuesday.
Mullan 10 12 7 13 - 42
Coeur d'Alene 10 10 2 9 - 31
MULLAN - Richey 4, Gribble 0, McKinnon 0, S. Koenig 1, Axtman 8, M. Koenig 29.
COEUR d'ALENE FRESHMEN - Egan 11, Ferraro 6, Green 0, Matheson 2, Gould 6, Sasselli 4, Phillips 2, Halliday 0.