Tigers advance to title game

RATHDRUM - Cassie Thompson had 15 points to lead the second-ranked Timberlake Tigers past the Bonners Ferry Badgers 53-36 in a semifinal game of the 3A District 1-2 tournament at Lakeland High.

"I thought we played well," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "Especially in the second half - we had a real balanced attack tonight with three players in double-figures. They played a box-and-one on Cassie early on and the other girls stepped up and hit some shots."

Jordan Porter had seven points for Bonners Ferry (9-13), which faces Kellogg on Friday in a loser-out game at 6 p.m.

Kara Wenstrom and Amanda Kirby added 11 points apiece for Timberlake (17-2), which faces Priest River in the tournament title game on Friday.

Bonners Ferry 10 12 4 10 - 36

Timberlake 13 13 11 16 - 53

BONNERS FERRY - Stippich 0, Erickson 6, Pauls 2, Andrews 5, Hiatt 4, Payne 6, Newmeyer 2, Gust 2, Taggert 0, Wall 0, Porter 7, Merz 2.

TIMBERLAKE - Wenstrom 11, Sanders 0, Gill 2, Madsen 9, Kistler 2, Malloy 0, George 0, Nichols 3, Thompson 15, Peters 0, Kirby 11.

Priest River 37

Kellogg 34

RATHDRUM - Melissa Hopkins had 15 points to lead the Spartans past the Wildcats in a 3A District 1-2 semifinal game at Lakeland High.

"We had them beat," Kellogg coach Jeff Lambert said. "We just didn't take care of the ball in the second half. We had too many lost possessions."

Chelsea Morgan had 13 points for the Wildcats (14-8).

Taylor Stewart had six points for Priest River (15-6).

Kellogg 6 13 9 6 - 34

Priest River 6 11 9 11 - 37

KELLOGG - Viche 2, Young 2, R. Ashcraft 9, M. Ashcraft 4, Morgan 13, Huber 1, Fuller 2, Waechter 1.

PRIEST RIVER - T. Stewart 6, Troust 2, Pavey 2, M. Stewart 2, Stokes 2, Hopkins 15, Halcro 4, Trover 4.

Lakeside 41

Wallace 34

PLUMMER - Tah-wy-ah Davis had 12 points to lead the Knights past the Miners in their 1A District I Division 1 playoff game.

"I think both teams played tight early on," Lakeside coach Ron Miller said. "It was close the entire way. Every basket mattered tonight. There was never a relaxed time in the game."

Michelle Whaley had seven assists for Lakeside (9-10), which will face either Troy or Genesee on Saturday at 2 p.m. in a 1A Division 2 state play-in game at Lakeland High.

Courtney Jennings had 11 points for Wallace, which finished its season 7-14.

Wallace 4 12 8 10 -34

Lakeside 6 15 10 10 -41

WALLACE - Vester 0, Lemieux 4, Pasley 4, M. Snyder 0, Dire 5, Jennings 11, S. Snyder 4, Pehan 4, Dodge 2, McGee 0.

LAKESIDE - McCully 0, Shamburg 0, Louie 2, Gaudy 5, Davis 12, Garcia 6, Whaley 1, J. Miller 7, S. Miller 8.

Mullan 32

Kootenai 29

MULLAN - Sydni Kotschevar had eight points and four blocks to lead the Tigers past the Warriors in the 1A District I Division 2 tournament game at the Mullan Pavilion.

Mullan took a four-point lead on two free throws by Kayla Elliott, who came into the game for Morgan Koenig after she was injured with 15 seconds remaining in the game.

Ana Parker had 12 points for Kootenai, which finishes the season 0-18.

Koenig had 11 rebounds and six points for the Tigers (7-12), who face Clark Fork on Friday at 6 p.m. in the championship game at Clark Fork.

Kootenai 6 2 5 16 - 29

Mullan 7 4 12 9 - 32

KOOTENAI - Kincheloe 0, McGuire 0, Palmiter 10, Griggs 0, Nelson 0, Schultz 5, Scheffelmaier 2, Benson 0, Mabbutt 0, Simpson 0, Parker 12.

MULLAN - Richey 5, Peite 0, Elliott 2, McKinnon 1, Chambers 2, Kotschevar 8, Axtman 4, Beck 4, Koenig 6.

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in a nonleague game at Bear Den.

"Moscow is the most difficult place to play in the IEL in my opinion," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "We kind of wore them down in the second half and our bench stepped up again. (Justin) Mikkelson had a great game defensively for us again. We made enough plays down the stretch to get the win."

Mac Stannard had 14 points for Moscow (13-6).

Connor Hill added 15 points for Post Falls (18-2).

Post Falls 13 17 16 17 - 63

Moscow 18 8 19 9 - 62

POST FALLS - Anderson 0, Gonzales 2, Hill 15, Reid 19, Muncey 2, Mal. Colbert 9, Mar. Colbert 12, Mikkelson 0, Lickfold 0, Kennedy 2, Cragin 3.

MOSCOW - Stannard 14, Clyde 5, Fritz 7, Deringer 2, Weaver 13, Ja. Helbling 11, La. Brooks 0.