Thoreson, Hillman lead Post Falls at Reno

RENO, Nev. - Luke Thoreson had 16 points and four assists, Michael Hillman added 14 points and seven rebounds, and Post Falls defeated Galena of Reno 47-31 at the Wild West Shootout on Friday.

"Galena is known down here as a methodical team, one that picks you apart," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "I was pleased by our defensive effort - it was our best of the season."

Marcus Colbert had 10 points and four assists for the Trojans (5-0), who are 3-0 in the tournament, and finish the tourney with a game vs. North Valleys (Reno) today at 10:30 a.m.

Caleb Wood of Galena (2-3) hit three 3-pointers in the opening minutes, but McLean said the Trojans adjusted and held him to three points the rest of the game.

"Galena had a couple big kids and I thought Hillman, (Seth) Anderson and (Tyler) Shelton did a good job on interior defense," McLean said. "Colbert led us on the fast break and we took them out of the game by pressing the ball up court."

Post Falls 13 9 17 8 - 47

Galena 11 2 8 10 - 31

POST FALLS - Davenport 0, Anderson 3, Valente 0, Thoreson 16, Jackson 0, Colbert 10, Benner 0, Hillman 14, Koski 2, Shelton 2.

GALENA - Poulsen 4, Wood 12, Smith 2, Shively 5, Gunderson 3, Copenhaver 2, Erickson 3.

Lincoln 43

Coeur d'Alene 40

TACOMA, Wash. - Coeur d'Alene tied it at 40 with a 7-0 run late in the fourth quarter, but Ar'mond Davis of host Lincoln hit a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left for the winning points in the nonleague game.

Deon Watson, who scored 12 points for Coeur d'Alene (2-2), scored the basket to cap the run and tie the score late.

"It was a real defensive battle, a great defensive game," Coeur d'Alene High assistant coach Steve Bourgard said. "I thought we played really well defensively."

Ty Higbie scored 16 points to lead Coeur d'Alene, ranked No. 1 in 5A in Idaho, which plays host to Flathead of Kalispell, Mont., on Thursday.

Tre'shaun Lexing scored a game-high 20 points for Lincoln (5-1).

Coeur d'Alene 10 7 10 13 - 40

Lincoln 10 11 12 10 - 43

COEUR d'ALENE - Tackett 0, Roletto 2, Neirinckx 6, Loy 3, Moore 1, Higbie 16, Blakley 0, Watson 12.

LINCOLN - Barsh 4, Moore 3, Campbell 0, Lexing 20, Williams 4, Eckwood 4, Davis 3, McCane 0, Q. Satterwhite 0, Holiday 5.

Clarkston 56

Lake City 53

CLARKSTON — The visiting Timberwolves had a couple of shots at a tie in the closing seconds, but couldn’t get them to fall in a nonleague loss to the Bantams at Kramer Gym.

Kyle Guice had 14 points and 16 rebounds for Lake City (3-3), which lost 59-51 at home last week to Clarkston, but gave a better effort in the rematch, Timberwolves assistant coach Kelly Reed said.

“The kids played extremely hard; the effort was outstanding,” he said. “The ball just didn’t go in as much as we needed it to.”

Drew Adams scored a game-high 22 points for Clarkston (6-1).

Mitch Bevacqua scored 10 points for Lake City, which travels to Glacier of Kalispell, Mont., on Thursday.

Lake City 11 12 16 14 — 53

Clarkston 17 14 12 13 — 56

LAKE CITY — Traverse 4, Pratt 9, Bevacqua 10, Murphy 0, Ness 7, Moreen 6, Guice 14, Winger 3.

CLARKSTON — Sobotta 6, Whittaker 4, Dywer 2, Hill 0, D. Adams 22, R. Adams 6, Blunt 4, DeVleming 2, Hopkins 2, Holman 2, Sperry 6.

N.I. Christian 66

Christian Heritage 41

COEUR d’ALENE — Cory Lafollett scored a game-high 27 points and North Idaho Christian defeated Christian Heritage of Edwall, Wash., in Mountain Christian League play at Canfield Middle School.

Ty Huntwork led Christian Heritage with 22 points.

Zach Smeltzer scored 15 points for North Idaho Christian (2-5, 2-4), which plays House of the Lord tonight at 5:30 in Priest River.

Christian Heritage 6 13 9 13 — 41

N. Idaho Christian 22 15 11 18 — 66

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — Huntwork 22, Ricketts 2, Wagner 4, Cousins 7, Herron 2, Rossey 4, Christian 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Lafollett 27, Smeltzer 15, Pearl 8, Sheetz 6, Booth 4, Williams 0, Jesensky 0, Laws 4, Burke 2.

Clarkston 47

Lake City 30

CLARKSTON — Jansen Butler hit a 3-pointer early in the third quarter to boost Lake City’s lead to 27-15, but the Timberwolves went 14 minutes without a point and dropped the nonleague game to the Bantams at Kramer Gym.

“We played exceptionally well in the first half defensively,” Lake City coach Royce Johnston said. “In the second half we got tentative, they got the momentum and we never got it back.”

Jamie Weisner, who has verbally committed to Oregon State, scored 13 of her game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter for Clarkston (6-1), which won 53-47 at Lake City last week.

Hailey Jackson had 12 points for Lake City (4-4), which committed 22 turnovers.

Lake City travels to West Valley on Tuesday.

Lake City 12 12 3 3 — 30

Clarkston 7 8 15 17 — 47

LAKE CITY — Jackson 12, Butler 9, Smith 3, Torres 0, Hawkes 1, Heidenreich 5, Wheelock 0, Gay 0.

CLARKSTON — McConnell 11, Weisner 18, Folsom 2, Meyers 2, Higheagle 10, Hines 4.

N.I. Christian 47

Christian Heritage 38

COEUR d’ALENE — Amanda Hobson totaled 18 points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots to lead the Royals past the visitors from Edwall, Wash., in Mountain Christian League play at Canfield Middle School.

Alex Gwin added 10 points for North Idaho Christian (6-2, 2-2 MCL). Sarah Kaschmitter had eight points and 11 rebounds, and Kana Shanley had nine assists and three steals.

Michaela Yoder led Christian Heritage with 15 points.

North Idaho Christian plays House of the Lord today at 4 in Priest River.

Christian Heritage 9 3 15 11 — 38

N.I. Christian 14 10 10 13 — 47

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — Klein 13, Yoder 15, Stone 6, Wilkerson 0, Hogreen 0, Knotts 2, Larkin 2.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Hobson 18, Shanley 5, Kaschmitter 8, Gjevre 0, Gwin 10, McCauley 6, Haag 0, Ward 0.

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