Viking boys topple Lewiston
COEUR d'ALENE - After a sloppy first quarter, Coeur d'Alene took better care of the ball and pulled away from Lewiston 74-62 in 5A Inland Empire League boys basketball action Thursday night at Elmer Jordan Court.
Coeur d'Alene (12-7, 2-3) committed eight turnovers in the first quarter, but still led 17-11.
"After the first quarter we took care of the ball; we only had one turnover in the second and third quarter," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Bill Hughes said.
Deon Watson scored 17 points, Jake Matheson 16 for Coeur d'Alene, which outscored Lewiston 23-12 in the third quarter.
Matt Kalbfleisch and Sam Heitzman scored 12 points each for Lewiston (9-8, 2-3).
Coeur d'Alene travels to Post Falls next Thursday.
Lewiston 11 15 12 24 - 62
Coeur d'Alene 17 14 23 20 - 74
LEWISTON - Fuentes 2, Imel 8, Hansen 0, Kalbfleisch 12, Gaskill 0, Thomason 11, Mai 4, Bernatz 2, Havens 0, McIntosh 3, Heitzman 12, Beck 8.
COEUR d'ALENE - Tackett 2, Matheson 16, Chalich 8, Roletto 12, Loy 2, Sutton 2, Higbie 8, Baracco 7, Watson 17.
Post Falls 78
Sandpoint 61
SANDPOINT - Connor Hill and Marcus Colbert scored 18 points each as the Trojans, ranked second in 5A, beat the 4A Bulldogs in nonleague action at Les Rogers Court.
Post Falls (15-2) returns to 5A Inland Empire League play Tuesday at home vs. Lewiston.
Cole Fuhrman scored 16 points, Christian Kennedy 14 for Sandpoint (9-8), which hit four 3s in the first quarter in jumping out to a 22-17 lead.
Post Falls 17 23 20 18 - 78
Sandpoint 22 12 13 14 - 61
POST FALLS - English 7, Gonzales 2, Hill 18, Anderson 7, Valente 2, Thoreson 6, Colbert 18, Benner 2, Hillman 2, Lickfold 8, Shelton 6.
SANDPOINT - Williams 2, Hawkins 4, Nikssarian 3, Kennedy 14, Rains 3, Olin 3, Lewis 0, Shultz 7, Fuhrman 16, Carothers 7, Gavin 2.
Lake City 62
Moscow 46
COEUR d'ALENE - Chris Wheelock had 15 points and five assists as the Timberwolves defeated the Bears in a nonleague game.
"I thought our kids played pretty well tonight," Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. "Coming off the game the other night, we could have expected an emotional letdown, but the kids pulled together and got a good win at home."
Mark Smyly had 14 points and seven rebounds, Kyle Guice 11 points and seven rebounds for Lake City (13-5), which hosts Sandpoint on Thursday.
Roby Jung and Josh Helbling scored 13 points apiece for Moscow (5-11).
Moscow 13 12 10 11 - 46
Lake City 18 16 10 18 - 62
MOSCOW - Pennington 0, Brooks 11, Lewis 3, Jung 13, Langfield 0, Perkins 4, Wilder 2, McGurkin 0, Donaldson 0, Helbling 13.
LAKE CITY - Bevacqua 2, Smith 1, A. Mitchell 3, Wheelock 15, Carlson 8, Turner 3, Hartz 4, Smyly 14, K. Mitchell 1, Moreen 0, Guice 11.
Kootenai 46
Cd'A Charter 44
HARRISON FLATS - Senior Greg Wallace grabbed a missed free throw and scored with eight seconds remaining to break a 44-all tie and give the Warriors a nonleague win over the Panthers.
"This was our best game of the season against a very good Charter team," Kootenai coach Andrew Whipple said.
Tyrell Peters scored 13 points for Coeur d'Alene Charter (13-3), which hosts Wallace on Wednesday at Holy Family Catholic School.
Jake Zarpentine had 15 points, 10 rebounds and four assists and Wallace had 15 points and nine rebounds for Kootenai (4-9), which hosts Mullan tonight.
Cd'A Charter 9 15 14 6 - 44
Kootenai 10 10 9 17 - 46
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Pederson 3, Crandall 4, Peters 13, Roman 7, Redline 3, Shapiro 4, Smith 10, Simon 0.
KOOTENAI - Zarpentine 15, Wallace 15, Myhre 5, B. Whipple 3, Carman 4, Pfeiffer 0, Kraack 4.
N.I. Christian 55
Classical Christian 26
HAYDEN - Shawn Thompson had 17 points and four blocked shots as the Royals defeated the Centurions in a Mountain Christian League game at North Idaho Christian School.
Sebastian Jara scored 10 points for North Idaho Christian (7-15, 3-13 MCL), which hosts Immaculate Conception tonight in Hayden.
Classical Christian 1 3 9 13 - 26
N.I. Christian 14 9 18 14 - 55
CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN - T. Darrow 6, J. Darrow 8, Christianson 5, B. Brands 2, J. Brands 0, Bosse 2, Grossglauser 3.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Thompson 17, Haag 6, Jara 10, LaFollett 6, Smeltzer 6, Kuetemeyer 2, Andrews 6, Holmes 2, Booth 0, Burke 0.
N.I. Christian 61
Genesis Prep 19
HAYDEN - Kana Shanley scored 13 points and Amanda Hobson had 10 points and eight rebounds as the Royals won their fourth straight Mountain Christian League title with a win over the Jaguars at North Idaho Christian School.
Kylee Kramer had 12 points, five assists and four steals for North Idaho Christian (16-8, 10-2 MCL), which faces Kootenai on Saturday at Canfield Middle School.
Genesis Prep 2 5 2 10 - 19
N.I. Christian 23 12 12 14 - 61
GENESIS PREP - Garca 13, Nichols 2, Zinke 0, Barnett 0, Lay 4.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Shaw 2, Murison 4, Shanley 13, Hobson 10, Kaschmitter 4, Bassett 4, Smith 2, Fisher 2, Gwin 6, Vernon 2, Kramer 12.