Priest River topples No. 2 Timberlake
SPIRIT LAKE - Taylor Stewart and Melissa Troudt scored 12 points apiece as the Priest River Spartans defeated the Timberlake Tigers, ranked second in 3A, 54-45 on Saturday in the Intermountain League finale for both schools.
"We had a rough shooting night," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "We didn't shoot that well, from the floor or the foul line. Priest River did and played a solid game."
Cassie Thompson had 25 points for Timberlake (16-2, 7-1 IML), which enters the 3A District 1 tournament at Lakeland High as the top seed. No. 4 Orofino plays No. 5 Bonners Ferry on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Timberlake plays the winner Wednesday at 7:30.
Priest River (14-6, 6-2) is the No. 2 seed. No. 3 Kellogg plays No. 6 St. Maries on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Priest River plays the winner Wednesday at 6.
Priest River 15 13 10 16 - 54
Timberlake 10 10 12 13 - 45
PRIEST RIVER - Troudt 12, T. Stewart 12, Trost 0, Pavey 2, M. Stewart 6, Stokes 5, Hopkins 11, Halcro 4, Hirst 0.
TIMBERLAKE - Wenstrom 16, Sanders 0, Gill 0, Madsen 2, Kistler 0, Nichols 0, Thompson 25, Kirby 2.
Lakeland 59
Sandpoint 39
RATHDRUM - Emily Stecker and Neena Buchman scored 11 points apiece for the Hawks in a win over the Bulldogs in a 4A Region 1 tournament loser-out game at Hawk Court.
"Offensively, we came out strong in the first half," Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. "Both teams played well in the first half. We did a better job defensively in the second half to hold them to five points in the third quarter. It was a good balanced team effort. Everyone played quite a few minutes."
Christina Johnson had 18 points for Sandpoint (1-21).
Lakeland (9-14) travels to Moscow on Tuesday for the championship game. The Hawks have to defeat the Bears twice to advance to state.
Sandpoint 15 11 5 8 - 39
Lakeland 19 17 13 10 - 59
SANDPOINT - Speelmon 2, Van Ooyen 0, S. Roop 0, Johnson 18, Jones 2, James 2, Chatburn 2, Kirscher 7, Heer 4, N. Roop 2, Logan 0.
LAKELAND - Quillin 0, Murray 9, Coder 4, Watson 0, Reed 8, Davis 2, Stecker 11, Buchman 11, Close 8, Winslow 2, Ranberg 4, Babor 0, Wendle 0.
Kellogg 50
St. Maries 12
ST. MARIES - Kirsten Viche and Ryder Ashcraft had 12 points and three steals apiece to lead the Wildcats past the Lumberjacks in the IML finale for both schools.
Shayna Waechter added eight points and seven rebounds for Kellogg (13-7, 5-3).
Dusti Huddleston and Alyson Buell had five points apiece for St. Maries (4-13, 0-8).
The two teams will play again Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in a 3A District 1-2 tournament loser-out game at Lakeland High.
Kellogg 20 14 11 5 - 50
St. Maries 5 2 2 3 - 12
KELLOGG - Viche 12, Young 4, R. Ashcraft 12, M. Aschraft 7, Morgan 4, Huber 2, Sheppard 0, Day 0, Fuller 1, Waechter 8, Reed 0.
ST. MARIES - Reid 2, Sines 0, A. Buell 5 3, Asbury 0, K. Buell 0, Hudson 0, Masterson 0, Huddleston 5, Taut 0, Gladden 2.
Clark Fork 51
Kootenai 21
HARRISON FLATS - Dimi Kailang had 14 points to lead the Wampus Cats past the Warriors in the North Star League finale for both schools.
Olivia Kincheloe had seven points for Kootenai (0-17, 0-8 NSL), which travels to Mullan in a 1A Division II District 1 tournament game Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Brocklynn Thornton had nine points for Clark Fork (14-5, 8-0), which faces Wednesday's winner on Saturday at Clark Fork in the championship game.
Clark Fork 7 16 12 16 - 51
Kootenai 6 7 4 4 - 21
CLARK FORK - Palmer 9, Vogel 0, McMahon 6, Kailang 14, Macumber 6, Komanec 7, Thornton 9, Johnson 0.
KOOTENAI - Kincheloe 7, Palmiter 2, Griggs 0, Schultz 3, Scheffelmaier 4, Benson 2, Mabbutt 2, Parker 1.