Litalien paces Trojans in victory over Cheney
CHENEY - Junior Brooke Litalien had 16 points and six rebounds as the Post Falls Trojans beat the Cheney Blackhawks 74-43 in a nonleague girls basketball game on Wednesday night.
"We did a good job of forcing turnovers tonight," Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. "That allowed us to shoot the ball a little bit better tonight than we have in the last couple games."
Danielle Failor had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Whitney Gonzales had 14 points for Post Falls (5-3), who travel to Moses Lake on Tuesday.
"Whitney was 8 of 10 from the foul line tonight," Allert said. "She played really well on both offense and defense."
Allie Brown scored 20 points for Cheney.
Post Falls 23 13 22 16 - 74
Cheney 13 7 8 15 - 43
POST FALLS - Waller 3, Gonzales 14, King 5, Franklin 13, Hedge 2, Smith 4, Litalien 16, Runkle 2, Failor 14, Perrin 0.
CHENEY - Peterson 2, McDowell 10, C. Brown 2, Sewright 2, Vergo 0, Lake 0, Ward 6, Labish 1, A. Brown 20.
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Lakeland 68
Riverside 41
CHATTAROY, Wash. - Senior Eric Cooper scored a team-high 17 points to lead the Hawks past the Rams in a nonleague boys game.
"I thought we did a good job," Lakeland coach Dave Stockwell said. "Wood hit four 3-pointers in the first half, but only got one look in the second. We got a little better after halftime and more aggressive."
Brice Frank added 12 points for Lakeland (1-1), which travels to Kellogg tonight.
"He hit some key shots to get us the lead," Stockwell said. "He's been a pleasant surprise in his first year on varsity. We really passed well as a team in the second half."
Lakeland 20 15 18 15 - 68
Riverside 18 9 8 6 - 41
LAKELAND - Spencer 15, Piva 0, Carr 2, Derrick 5, Black 6, Stanford 2, Horne 3, Cooper 17, Simpson 2, Johnson 2, Frank 12, Schweikert 2.
RIVERSIDE - Reisenauer 1, Zanoni 3, Shuler 0, Wood 18, Owens 0, Kramer 2, Axtell 8, Dorris 9, Reed 0, Roland 0.
Lakeside 65
Post Falls JV 61 OT
PLUMMER - Lamont Higgins had 20 points, eight rebounds and five steals to lead the Knights past the Trojans junior varsity in a nonleague boys game.
Dalton Thompson led the Post Falls junior varisty with 26 points.
Jordan Brown had 23 points and 11 rebounds for Lakeside (2-0), which faces Mullan in the opening round of the North Star League tournament on Friday in Plummer.
Post Falls JV 17 10 6 21 7 - 61
Lakeside 17 11 19 7 11 - 65
POST FALLS JV - Hall 8, Mckeown 0, Morris 3, Gomer 6, Mueller 10, Liebergot 2, Thompson 26, Gibson 2, Failor 4.
LAKESIDE - Higgins 20, Flemming-Soto 0, Chapman 12, Nomee 5, Gallegos 0, Meshell 0, Smith 5, Brown 23.