Vikings roll in tourney opener
BEAVERTON, Ore. - Coming off a tough loss at Lewiston on Tuesday, the Coeur d'Alene Vikings looked to fix some mistakes, but weren't tested in a 61-26 romp over Wilsonville (Ore.) on Thursday on the first day of the Nike Northwest Invitational at Southridge High.
"We played more like we played against Post Falls - not so tentative. ... we did cut down on our turnovers," Coeur d'Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said.
Poffenroth was able to give everybody playing time, and sophomore reserve Brittany Tackett finished with a game-high 14 points for Coeur d'Alene (4-1), ranked No. 2 in 5A in Idaho.
"She got five breakaway layins," Poffenroth said. "She's just fast; she just outran everybody."
Erin Legel added 11 points, Kyeli Parker 10 for Coeur d'Alene, which tonight at 8:30 faces defending Oregon 5A champion Springfield High, which is ranked No. 1 in this year's preseason poll and features 6-foot-5 junior center Mercedes Russell, who is already attracting recruiting interest from UConn and Tennessee, among others.
The Vikings don't have much size in the post this season.
"We'll try to jam the passer, double (Russell) when we can," Poffenroth said. "A lot of it depends on how good her supporting cast is. If her supporting cast is good, I don't know if we can defend her."
Wilsonville 4 7 10 5 - 26
Coeur d'Alene 16 17 18 10 - 61
WILSONVILLE - Gearhart 1, Clark 5, Lio 3, Kir. Marsten 0, Kaub 6, Cosgrove 6, Bennett 8, Settlemeyer 0.
COEUR d'ALENE - S. Parker 2, Sumner 4, Chalich 0, Orlandi 2, C. Williams 2, K. Parker 10, Tackett 14, Legel 11, Higbie 0, Brainard 7, Wellsandt 5, S. Williams 4.
Lakeland 55
Timberlake 37
RATHDRUM - Darby Murray had 14 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals as the Hawks beat the Tigers in a nonleague game at Hawk Court.
"Darby played a great game for us tonight," Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. "We were able to generate some turnovers out of the half-court defense."
Kacie Derby had 13 points and 13 rebounds and Cieana Close had 10 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Lakeland (3-3), which finished with 40 rebounds.
"Our girls did a good job of battling for every rebound tonight," Seymour said.
Sydnie Malloy scored 11 points for Timberlake (1-2), which travels to Medical Lake on Saturday.
Lakeland travels to Riverside on Tuesday.
Timberlake 12 5 8 12 - 37
Lakeland 11 14 12 18 - 55
TIMBERLAKE - Wenstrom 9, George 3, Malloy 11, Mason 1, Hoffman 0, Madsen 6, Posch 5, Norlander 0, Gibson 2.
LAKELAND - Tapplin 4, Murray 14, Bayley 2, Ward 0, Coder 0, Wendle 3, Duffey 6, Close 10, Jewell 3, Ka. Derby 13.
Clark Fork 43
Cd'A Charter 27
COEUR d'ALENE - Brocklynn Thornton scored 21 points to lead the Wampus Cats past the Panthers in a nonleague game at Holy Family Catholic School.
"They've got some kids that can shoot from the outside," said Coeur d'Alene Charter coach Logan Grant of Clark Fork. "Thornton hit a few shots with a hand in her face and played really well for them tonight."
Lexi Turkenburg had 13 points for Coeur d'Alene Charter (1-5), which travels to Wallace on Tuesday.
Clark Fork 14 4 10 15 - 43
Cd'A Charter 5 8 6 8 - 27
CLARK FORK - Thornton 21, McMahon 2, Driver 10, Van Buren 0, Fraiser 0, Vogel 3, Kailang 10.
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Turkenburg 13, Verhaeghe 4, Babich 0, Johnson 10, Haman 0, Rinaldi 0, Polyhar 0, Hathaway 0.