Post Falls opens with victory

POST FALLS - Senior guard Marcus Colbert had 21 points and three assists for the top-ranked (5A) Post Falls Trojans in a 64-45 win over the Mt. Spokane Wildcats in the nonleague season-opening boys basketball game for both schools at The Arena.

"I thought it was a game of runs for us," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "We'd have some runs on offense and then let up. I thought Mt. Spokane did a good job of muddying up the game and running some extended zones to take us out of our rythmn. I was glad they did so we could work on some things."

Seth Anderson had 12 points and five rebounds and Michael Hillman had 10 rebounds for Post Falls, which hosts Pullman next Friday.

"We were able to play 10 guys pretty evenly tonight," McLean said. "It was a good night for us and now we've got some film to watch."

Stu Stiles scored 28 points for Mt. Spokane.

Mt. Spokane 12 10 12 11 - 45

Post Falls 18 19 11 16 - 64

MT. SPOKANE - Stiles 28, Reis 2, Kissinger 9, R. Drumheller 2, Larson 2, T. Drumheller 2.

POST FALLS - Davenport 2, Anderson 12, Valente 2, Thoreson 7, Jackson 7, Colbert 21, Benner 2, Hillman 4, Koski 7, Shelton 0.

Lake City 72

North Central 47

COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Kyle Guice had 16 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks as the Timberwolves beat the Indians in a nonleague game.

“Kyle’s been playing outstanding on both ends of the floor,” Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. “He’s really becoming a presence in the paint and been awesome in the first three games.”

Justin Pratt scored 13 points for Lake City (3-0), which faces University today at Gonzaga Prep in the Coaches vs. Cancer Tip Off Classic at 4:15 p.m.

“Justin has provided outstanding leadership and done outstanding in his first three games as a starter,” Reed said. “He’s been getting us into the offense and defense we need and done an outstanding job. We were able to play everyone tonight and each of them played well in their spots. It was a nice overall team win.”

North Central 14 8 8 17 — 47

Lake City 25 16 17 14 — 72

NORTH CENTRAL — McDuffie 8, Saugen 3, Pelton 0, Wertman 3, Yates 0, Hauenstein 6, George 6, Foster 14, Overall 2, Rhodes 5.

LAKE CITY — Lake 4, Traverse 1, Pratt 13, Bevacqua 6, Redal 5, Murphy 4, Ross 3, Ness 8, Moreen 6, Guice 16, Winger 6.

Logos 66

Grace Bible 53

LIBERTY LAKE — Isaac Schaefer had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Warriors in a Mountain Christian League loss to the Knights at the HUB Sports Center.

Ben Thruman scored 18 points for Grace Bible (0-2, 0-2 MCL), which hosts Kootenai Thunder tonight at the HUB at 6.

Logos 20 15 11 20 — 66

Grace Bible 14 18 14 7 — 53

LOGOS — Shaw 16, Whitling 19, Spencer 4, Rosendahl 26, Stanton 1.

GRACE BIBLE — Connolly 3, Thruman 18, Norhausen 2, Schaefer 20, Collier 4, Madsen 2, Peabody 4.