Kellogg romps to Silver Valley title

MULLAN - Garret Wendt went off for 14 points, Ryan McDonald added 12 and the Kellogg Wildcats cruised past the Wallace Miners 73-22 in the championship game of the Silver Valley tournament Saturday night at The Pavilion.

Tony Branz scored nine points to lead the Miners (1-1).

"We played really well," Kellogg coach Jeff Lambert said. "We put out a really good effort and played great defense right from the start."

Wallace competes in the North Star League tournament beginning Friday at Lakeside High in Plummer.

The Wildcats (3-0) host Lakeland on Thursday.

No report was received from the third-place game between Clark Fork and Mullan.

Kellogg 23 23 20 7 - 73

Wallace 4 6 8 4 - 22

KELLOGG - Seaton 0, Garner 0, Wendt 14, Hulstrom 6, Reed 5, Beggerly 12, Serrano 10, Stull 2, Morgan 10, McDonald 12, Watson 2.

WALLACE - Brackenbush 2, Beard 2, Zanetti 0, Brady 1, Arthun 4, McKinnon 0, Branz 9, Dellinger 0, Wilburn 0, Gavin Rasmussen 0, Griff Rasmussen 4.

University 74

Lake City 45

SPOKANE - The Titans, picked to win the Greater Spokane League, jumped to an 18-1 lead in the first quarter and went on to win big in the Coaches vs. Cancer Tip Off Classic at Gonzaga Prep.

"They are really good," Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said of senior-laden University, which was playing its season opener. "They're deep, they all shoot the ball well, they're very physical and well-coached. Combine that with, we came out intimidated for some reason. It was the first time all season I've seen us in defense mode."

Sophomore Kyle Guice had 19 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots for Lake City (3-1), which has just two seniors on the squad. Sophomore point guard Justin Pratt added 11 points.

"Getting beat like that is going to happen sometimes," Reed said. "Hopefully we'll learn from that and move on."

Junior Brett Bailey led University with 16 points.

Lake City plays host to Clarkston on Tuesday.

Lake City 7 14 15 9 - 45

University 20 23 13 18 - 74

LAKE CITY - Lake 0, Traverse 2, Pratt 11, Bevacqua 6, Redal 0, Murphy 2, Ross 0, Ness 3, Moreen 2, Guice 19, Winger 0.

UNIVERSITY - Smith 6, Miller 12, Chase 0, Flynn 4, Bruce 11, Carrieres 3, Bailey 16, Johnson 5, Moore 2, Martin 6, McDonald 9.

Ferris 75

Sandpoint 38

SPOKANE - Chase Haack scored a game-high 22 points to lead perennial Washington power Ferris over Sandpoint in nonleague play.

Adam Couch led the Bulldogs (0-3) with eight points, and Ryan Schwartz and Nick Nelson added six apiece in defeat.

"We battled hard," said Bulldogs coach Tyler Haynes, whose team is still searching for its identity with mostly new varsity players. "We played a full game and we're looking to build on this."

Sandpoint hosts Priest River on Tuesday.

Complete results were unavailable.

Timberlake 51

Medical Lake 47

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. - Posts Trevor Masterson and Brian Cronnelly combined for 25 points for the visiting Tigers in the nonleague game.

Masterson, a junior, had 14 points and Cronnelly, a senior, added 11 points and nine rebounds for Timberlake (2-0), which maintained a slim lead throughout the game.

"We got the ball inside a lot, and we got to the free throw line a lot," Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said.

Masterson hit 8 of 9 free throws for Timberlake, which was 17 of 28 from the line. Medical Lake was 6 for 13.

After Medical Lake hit a 3-pointer to cut Timberlake's lead to three with 20 seconds left, the Tigers' Johnny Hayden made 1 of 2 free throws to make it a two-possession game.

Austin Francis led Medical Lake with 13 points.

Timberlake plays Coeur d'Alene Charter on Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Timberlake 16 12 11 12 - 51

Medical Lake 13 14 8 12 - 47

TIMBERLAKE - Rice 1, Cronnelly 11, Masterson 14, Hayden 3, Blayne 0, Scott 9, Page 6, Allen 0, Thompson 5, Cramer 2.

MEDICAL LAKE - Garza 7, Wesselman 3, Butorac 6, Velazquez 0, Dunn 6, Teshome 2, Parker 8, Paulson 0, Francis 13, Kelley 0.

The Oaks 62

N.I. Christian 28

COEUR d'ALENE - Cory Lafollett had 11 points and three assists for the Royals, which lost their season and Mountain Christian League opener at Canfield Middle School.

Carson Schlect scored a game-high 15 points for The Oaks.

Nick Pearl had six rebounds for North Idaho Christian, which plays Genesis Prep on Monday at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls.

The Oaks 12 15 18 17 - 62

N.I. Christian 0 13 10 5 - 28

THE OAKS - Ansett 11, Schlect 15, Card 11, N. Potter 7, K. Potter 0, Yates 8, Kim 4, Fisher 8.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Lafollett 11, Smeltzer 5, Sheetz 2, Kuchenski 2, Pearl 4, Williams 4, Burke 0, Laws 0, Jesensky 0.

Grace Bible 49

Koot. Thunder 27

LIBERTY LAKE - Ben Thruman scored 20 points to lead the Warriors past the Thunder in Mountain Christian League play at the HUB Sports Center.

Colin Nordhausen added nine points, Isaac Schaefer had eight points, 11 rebounds and six assists, and Nathan Collier had six assists for Grace Bible Academy (1-2, 1-2 MCL), which plays at The Oaks on Tuesday.

Koot. Thunder 0 11 7 9 - 27

Grace Bible 12 11 14 12 - 49

KOOTENAI THUNDER - T. Tensen 12, Wheeler 8, Soderberg 4, S. Tensen 2, Crosby 1.

GRACE BIBLE - Thruman 20, Nordhausen 9, Schaefer 8, Collier 6, Connelly 4, Peabody 2, M. Madsen 0, R. Madsen 0, Chersin 0.