Bengals dump cold-shooting T-Wolves
COEUR d'ALENE - Justin Podrabsky had 16 points and 21 rebounds to lead the Lewiston Bengals past the Lake City Timberwolves 69-58 in a 5A Inland Empire League game Saturday.
"We didn't play with a lot of energy," Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. "We broke down all over the place. You've got to give Lewiston credit, they shot the ball well and executed."
Lake City was 20 of 61 from the floor.
Mark Smyly had 13 points and nine rebounds for Lake City (10-8, 3-3 5A IEL), which hosts Sandpoint on Wednesday.
Conner Imel had 23 points for Lewiston (8-8, 1-3), which travels to Post Falls on Monday.
Lewiston 14 12 15 28 - 69
Lake City 13 13 7 25 - 58
LEWISTON - Merica 8, Imel 23, Waltermire 2, Hall 0, Kalbfleisch 14, Podrabsky 16, Taylor 0, Cuddy 0, Schrette 2, Fuentes 4, Beck 0.
LAKE CITY - Beusan 8, Smith 12, Wheelock 8, Carlson 0, Smyly 13, Philp 5, Stoddard 8, Hartz 4.
Post Falls 79
Sandpoint 72
SANDPOINT - Marcus Colbert scored 20 points and had six assists, and Shawn Reid added 19 points and six rebounds as Post Falls, ranked No. 2 in 5A, overcame another stellar night from Stefan Buratto of Sandpoint at Les Rogers Court.
Buratto erupted for 35 points on 11-of-14 shooting, after he went off for a school-record 42 points in the previous meeting against the Trojans (15-2).
"Buratto's the most difficult guy in the league for us to stop - a legitimate scorer," said Post Falls coach Mike McLean, who had high praise for the play of Jared Kennedy and Matt Lickfold off the bench.
Jackson Olin, Cole Fuhrman and Skyler Tucker each added eight for the Bulldogs (6-11).
"If you're going to double Stefan, our guys are saying 'reverse it to me and I'm going to stick it,'" Sandpoint coach Tyler Haynes said. "They (the Trojans) have us outnumbered at every position except one."
Buratto, Tucker, Brandon Lawrence, Bridger Paull and A.J. Smith were each honored as part of senior night. On Monday, the Bulldogs play at Priest River, and Post Falls plays host to Lewiston.
Post Falls 19 24 12 24 - 79
Sandpoint 23 10 19 20 - 72
POST FALLS - Gonzales 0, Hill 18, Reid 19, Mar. Colbert 20, Lickfold 12, Anderson 4, Kennedy 4, Cragin 0.
SANDPOINT - Paull 0, Tucker 8, Lawrence 4, Buratto 35, Olin 8, Hawkins 3, Shultz 6, Fuhrman 8.
Coeur d'Alene 60
Moscow 51
COEUR d'ALENE - Senior Connor White scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter to give the Vikings a win over the Bears at Elmer Jordan Court.
"I though we played real solid defense throughout the game," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Steve Bourgard said. "Late in the game, we executed our offense really well, but the key was playing solid defense."
Deon Watson added 17 points for Coeur d'Alene (13-5), which travels to Lewiston on Wednesday.
Coeur d'Alene played without leading scorer Devon Austin, who quit the team earlier this week, citing personal reasons, coach Kent Leiss said.
Mac Stannard scored 18 points for Moscow (13-5), which will host Post Falls on Wednesday.
Moscow 13 8 18 12 - 51
Coeur d'Alene 9 13 15 23 - 60
MOSCOW - Stannard 18, Clyde 8, Fritz 3, Deringer 2, Weaver 4, Ja. Helbling 13, Humble 0, Bla. Brooks 2.
COEUR d'ALENE - Matheson 4, Davis 0, Chalich 8, White 21, Loy 0, Reno 2, Watson 17, Stevens 2, Williams 6.
Priest River 69
Timberlake 33
SPIRIT LAKE - Jake Weimer scored 15 of his 23 points in the third quarter to lead the Spartans, ranked No. 1 in 3A, past the Tigers in Intermountain League play.
Eric Holbrook added 10 points for Priest River (13-3, 5-0 IML), which plays host to Sandpoint on Monday.
Derek Tymesen scored 14 points for Timberlake (8-10, 1-5), which returns to action Feb. 16 at Kellogg.
Priest River 15 18 28 8 - 69
Timberlake 4 9 11 9 - 33
PRIEST RIVER - Barrett 8, Simpkins 0, Douglas 5, Bach 8, Salesky 4, Collins 0, Holbrook 10, Weimer 23, Yount 7, Payment 4.
TIMBERLAKE - Porter 6, Cronnelly 0, Puckett 4, Sacksteder 1, Chamberlin 8, Tymesen 14, Page 0, Simpson 0, Kriz 0.
St. Maries 50
Kellogg 46 (OT)
ST. MARIES - Zach Lehman had 22 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Lumberjacks past the Wildcats in an IML game.
St. Maries outrebounded Kellogg 30-18.
"Both teams played well," St. Maries coach Jeff Mercer said. "It was our (Brawl for the Ball) rivalry game - so we knew it was going to be tough. I'm proud of our boys to win a close one. We're most likely going to play them a couple more times during the district tournament."
Cody Lewis had 20 points for Kellogg (11-7, 3-3 IML), which travels to Priest River on Friday.
Jake Mercer added 10 points for St. Maries (8-6, 4-2), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Friday.
Kellogg won the Brawl for the Ball spirit trophy.
Kellogg 9 9 7 15 6 - 46
St. Maries 10 8 7 15 10 - 50
KELLOGG - Serrano 11, Jerome 3, Bebout 1, Bren 5, Groth 0, Lewis 20, Wendt 2, Morgan 2.
ST. MARIES - Sampson 5, Lehman 22, Guidry 3, Patzer 4, Mercer 10, Appel 0, Heath 6, Cordell 0.
Kootenai 59
Clark Fork 39
HARRISON FLATS - Dillon Zarpentine had 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists to lead the Warriors past the Wampus Cats in a North Star League game.
Nate Nesbitt had 18 points for the Wampus Cats (0-17, 0-7 NSL), who host Wallace on Feb. 16.
Jake Zarpentine had 13 points and eight rebounds, Taylor Dodson 17 points for Kootenai (10-9, 5-2), which hosts Wallace on Monday.
Clark Fork 2 11 14 12 - 39
Kootenai 14 14 18 13 - 59
CLARK FORK - Berkley 12, N. Nesbitt 18, Klein 3, Va. Walker 0, Anderson 3, Vi. Walker 3, Barnett 0.
KOOTENAI - J. Zarpentine 13, D. Zarpentine 14, Myhre 0, Wallace 0, Dodson 17, Carman 0, Wiedmer 0, Kraack 8, Reynolds 2, Law 3, Sheppard 2.
Cd'A Charter 62
Grangeville 44
GRANGEVILLE - Bob Schrack had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Panthers past the Bulldogs in a Central Idaho League game.
Charlie Redline added a career-high 11 points and 12 rebounds for Coeur d'Alene Charter (12-8, 2-2 CIL), which will face Grangeville in the 2A District 1-2 tournament next.
The tournament will consist of three teams, after Project CDA pulled out of the tournament Friday, according to Charter coach Brian Childs.
David Stewart had 13 points for Grangeville (5-12, 0-3).
Cd'A Charter 18 8 13 23 - 62
Grangeville 8 12 9 15 - 44
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Schrack 20, Pederson 0, Francovich 6, Ruskovich 7, Arstanbekov 0, Leifheit 2, Peters 0, C. Redline 11, Billingslea 10, Hallett 4, Shapiro 0, Smith 0, Roman 2.
GRANGEVILLE - Blackmer 9, Clark 0, Bailey 0, Aiken 0, Dreadfulwater 12, Hartman 2, Brown 2, Anderson 2, Stewart 13, Rau 4.