Baker leads Cards in tourney title game
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
LONGVIEW, Wash. - Korina Baker had 11 points, five steals and four assists to lead North Idaho College past Whatcom Community College 63-43 in the championship game of the Lower Columbia College tournament Friday night.
Baker was named MVP of the tournmanent and teammate Julia Salmio, who had seven points and five rebounds against Whatcom, was named to the all-tournament team.
"I thought we were in for a good battle early; Whatcom is a solid team," North Idaho College coach Chris Carlson said. "Baker ripped through their defense and had one of the best games I've seen her play."
Katie Buskey scored 11 points and Mollie Kramer added nine for the Cardinals (10-2), who host undefeated Columbia Basin on Monday night.
"This tournament was really good for us because we start conference play Thursday," Carlson said. "We were coming off a 10-day break, so playing three games gets us back into game shape as quick as we can."
NORTH IDAHO
Angela Woods 3-11 0-0 6, Katie Buskey 5-9 0-4 11, Tori Davenport 0-4 0-0 0, Hailey Petit 0-0 0-0 0, Korina Baker 5-10 1-1 11, Dani Kastrava 1-3 0-0 2, Aimee Durbridge 0-0 0-0 0, Julia Salmio 3-7 1-1 7, Mollie Kramer 4-7 0-0 9, Hannah Love 4-8 0-0 8, Danika Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Ashleigh Kelman-Poto 2-5 3-4 7. Totals 28-66 5-10 66.
WHATCOM
Allie Holtermann 5-9 3-4 13, Alexis Wolf 2-6 0-0 5, Kariah Kussman 2-5 0-0 5, Alisha Friberg 0-4 1-2 1, Erika Locker 1-6 2-4 5, Cambie Edwards 2-7 0-0 4, Margaret Redelinghuis 0-1 0-0 0, Kellie Fluit 5-8 0-0 10. Totals 17-46 6-10 43.
Halftime - NIC 25-19. 3-point goals - NIC 2-20 (Woods 0-6, Buskey 1-4, Davenport 0-2, Baker 0-4, Salmio 0-1, Kramer 1-3), WCC 3-5 (Wolf 1-2, Kussman 1-2, Locker 1-1). Rebounds - NIC 30 (Kelman-Poto 6), WCC 40 (Edwards 15). Assists - NIC 11 (Buskey 3), WCC 10 (Edwards 3). Team fouls - NIC 12, WCC 12. Fouled out - none.
PREP WRESTLING
Lakeland 60
Priest River 18
PRIEST RIVER - Tanner Wright (120 pounds), Chad Miller (132), Will Putman (138), David Nelson (152), Chase Campbell (160) and Josh Kaplan (285) each won on pins for the Lakeland Hawks, who defeated Priest River in a nonleague dual late Thursday.
"The kids wrestled hard, especially just coming off Christmas break," Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. "This dual helps us to get ready for the new year with a young group of guys that can hopefully wrestle up to their potential."
Lakeland travels to the Cheney tournament Jan. 7.
98 - Double forfeit. 106 - Isaac Ward, LL, by forfeit. 113 - Kyle Palfrey, PR, by DQ over Tyson Hendricks. 120 - Tanner Wright, LL, p. Luke Soumas, 4:29. 126 - Tyler Popkin, PR, d. Dustin Hannawalt, 8-2. 132 - Chad Miller, LL, p. Chance Stokes, :55. 138 - Will Putman, LL, p. Dallas Hopkins, 4:32. 145 - Kole Akre, PR, d. Brandon Yount, 9-3. 152 - David Nelson, LL, p. Cory Coleman, 2:45. 160 - Chase Campbell, LL, p. Joe Snider, 1:23. 170 - Brian Fink, PR, p. Delvin Neilson, :38. 182 - Tanner Reed, LL, by forfeit. 195 - Connor Sheppard, LL, by forfeit. 220 - Eli Schaffner, LL, by forfeit. 285 - Josh Kaplan, LL, p. Josh Karkoski, 1:15.