NSL-leading Wallace trips Mullan
- BOYS BASKETBALL
MULLAN - Zack St. Clair scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the North Star League-leading Wallace Miners beat the Mullan Tigers 52-46 on Friday night at the Pavilion.
Trevor Henderson scored 17 points for Mullan (6-9, 2-6 NSL), and Casey McKinnon had 16 points and 12 rebounds.
"We outrebounded them and shot better, but they just made the right baskets at the right times," Mullan coach Mike Smith said.
Dylan Hill added 11 points for Wallace (8-9, 5-0), which plays at Kootenai on Monday.
Mullan plays host to the Lake City freshmen on Monday.
Wallace 16 7 16 13 - 52
Mullan 10 10 8 18 - 46
WALLACE - Vester 7, Drews 7, Hill 11, Heinig 6, St. Clair 18, Bennett 0, Montano 0.
MULLAN - Henderson 17, Walton 4, Trogden 0, McKinnon 16, Garitone 4, Scheel 5.
Christian Center 92
N.I. Christian 65
POST FALLS - Colin Burgeson scored 24 points, Jesse Welch added 22 and Christian Center defeated North Idaho Christian in Mountain Christian League play at Post Falls Middle School.
Seth Howard had nine points and 15 assists, Dennis Chekota 16 points and 14 rebounds for Christian Center (14-5, 12-4), which plays in the Mountain Christian League tournament starting Thursday at Spokane.
North Idaho Christian (5-13, 5-8), which plays at The Oaks in Spokane on Monday, was led by John Hardy's 19 points.
N, Idaho Christian 14 17 17 17 - 65
Christian Center 30 20 21 21 - 92
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Pearl 4, C. Thompson 15, G. Thompson 2, Sheetz 4, Hardy 19, Lafollett 17, Lambert 0, Andersen 0, Haag 4.
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Glasscock 0, A. Howard 6, Chekota 16, Mcleod 0, S. Howard 9, Burgeson 24, Storm 13, Welch 22, Hanson 2.
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Wallace 41
Mullan 17
MULLAN - Emily Vester scored 10 points, leading Wallace past Mullan in North Star League play.
Wallace (7-13, 4-4) plays at Lakeside on Wednesday for the 1A Division I District 1 title and a berth to a state play-in game.
Freshman Kami McKinnon had eight rebounds and five steals for Mullan (6-12, 2-6), which hosts Kootenai on Wednesday in the first game of the 1A Division II District 1 tournament.
Wallace 11 19 3 8 - 41
Mullan 5 4 5 3 - 17
WALLACE - Vester 10, Lemieux 6, Pasley 2, M. Snyder 4, Dyer 4, Jennings 7, S. Snyder 0, Pehan 0, Dodge 6, McGee 2.
MULLAN - Richey 2, Peite 0, Elliott 0, McKinnon 2, Chambers 1, Kotschevar 0, Axman 6, Beck 4, Koenig 2.
Grangeville 37
Kamiah 30
GRANGEVILLE - The host Bulldogs (12-7) advanced to the title game of the 2A District 1-2 tournament.
Kamiah (17-4), ranked third in 2A, will play Coeur d'Alene Charter (10-11) on Monday at 6:30 at Genesee High in a loser-out game. The winner will play Grangeville in the championship game Wednesday.
N.I. Christian 53
Christian Center 19
POST FALLS - Sophomore Amanda Hobson grabbed 15 rebounds to go with seven points and four assists at Post Falls Middle School as the visiting Royals wrapped up their third straight Mountain Christian League title.
Danielle Shanley scored 17 points for North Idaho Christian (18-6, 11-0 MCL), which concludes the regular season Monday at The Oaks in Spokane.
Lindsey Howard scored 10 points for Christian Center (7-8, 5-7), which next plays at the Mountain Christian League tournament beginning Thursday at The Oaks.
N.I. Christian 17 14 12 10 - 53
Christian Center 3 9 3 4 - 19
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - D. Shanley 17, Haag 6, K. Shanley 4, Link 4, Kramer 5, Hobson 7, Kuetemeyer 4, McCauley 2, Mowry 2, Canale 2.
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Van Ostrand 1, Hawkins 0, Howard 10, Kramer 0, Storm 0, L. Harryman 0, B. Harryman 0, G. Lund 2, Angerman 6.