Vikings knock off No. 1 Trojans
BOYS BASKETBALL
POST FALLS - Deon Watson led three players in double figures with 21 points as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings knocked off the 5A Inland Empire League champion Post Falls Trojans 70-65 on senior night Thursday night at The Arena.
Jake Matheson added 18 points, Chad Chalich 15 for Coeur d'Alene (13-7, 3-3), which opened up a 14-point lead after three quarters.
"They outplayed us for three quarters; that third quarter was a big one," said Post Falls coach Mike McLean, whose team shot 19 for 51 from the field. "Coeur d'Alene shot the ball well tonight. We just had too many unforced turnovers and missed shots to beat a team like Coeur d'Alene."
Marcus Colbert scored 22 points, Connor Hill scored 21, and Michael Hillman grabbed seven rebounds for top-ranked Post Falls (16-3, 4-2), which travels to Moscow on Saturday.
The seeds were already set prior to Thursday for the 5A Region 1 tournament, which tips off next Friday at Post Falls. No. 2 Lake City plays No. 3 Coeur d'Alene at 5:45 p.m., and No. 1 Post Falls plays No. 4 Lewiston at 7:30.
Coeur d'Alene 17 16 21 16 - 70
Post Falls 13 14 13 25 - 65
COEUR d'ALENE - Tackett 0, Matheson 18, Chalich 15, Roletto 0, Loy 3, Higbie 6, Baracco 7, Watson 21.
POST FALLS - English 2, Gonzales 0, Hill 21, Anderson 10, Valente 0, Thoreson 2, Colbert 22, Hillman 3, Lickfold 5.
Lake City 71
Sandpoint 46
COEUR d'ALENE - Senior Mark Smyly hit 7 of 11 3-point shots and scored a career-high 32 points on senior night as the Timberwolves routed the Bulldogs.
Smyly made his first six 3s and scored 21 of his points in the first half for Lake City (14-5). He finished 10 of 16 from the field, 5 of 5 from the line. Senior Chris Wheelock added eight points and seven assists, and senior Brady Smith had nine points and seven rebounds.
"All the seniors played great on senior night, and Mark was fabulous," Lake City coach Jim Winger said. "This group of seniors as a whole, I've never had any better as an entire group. They're just good, solid kids. We haven't had one issue, and they're all academically at the top of their class."
Cole Fuhrman scored 18 points for Sandpoint (9-10).
Lake City wraps up the regular season Saturday at Lakeland.
Sandpoint 14 10 11 11 - 46
Lake City 26 15 10 20 - 71
SANDPOINT - Williams 2, Hawkins 5, Kennedy 2, Rains 8, Olin 11, Furhman 18, Nikssarian 0, Carothers 0, Gavin 0.
LAKE CITY - Bevacqua 0, Smith 9, A. Mitchell 6, Wheelock 8, Carlson 5, Turner 5, Hartz 2, Smyly 32, K. Mitchell 0, Guice 4.
WRESTLING
Ashby's win lifts
Viks over Lewiston
COEUR d'ALENE - Sophomore Austin Ashby won the final match of the night at 112 pounds, and the Vikings won the final four matches to edge the Bengals 31-30.
Ashby put John Kenyon on his back for a four-point move with 10 seconds left to score a 6-5 victory.
"The little guy wrestled his tail off and found a way to win," Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat said.
Shaun Duffy (215), Drew Moreno (285) and A.J. Konda (103) won for the Vikings just prior to Ashby's match.
"Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good," said Moffat, whose team beat Bonners Ferry 69-9 in the first dual. "Overall we didn't wrestle very well."
Coeur d'Alene next gears up for the 5A Region 1 tournament Feb. 18-19 at Lakeland High.
COEUR d'ALENE 69, BONNERS FERRY 9
112 - Steve Price, Cd'A, by forfeit. 119 - Brenden Northington, Cd'A, by forfeit. 125 - Hudson Staub, Cd'A, tf. Tyson Borman 16-0. 130 - Reed Borman, BF, by default over Kyle Siegwarth. 135 - E.G. Lunceford, Cd'A, md. Parker Davis, 11-2. 140 - Kenny Staub, Cd'A, by forfeit. 145 - Trevor Hampton, BF, d. Jake Graham 6-3. 152 - Gabe Ross, d. Brandon Schmitz, inj. def. 160 - Colin Comack, Cd'A, p. Brad Cox, 1:59. 171 - Garrett Demers, Cd'A, p. Zach Heigel, 1:26. 189 - Matt Howard, Cd'A, p. Carmen Krichbaum, 5:28. 215 - Thomas Tucker, Cd'A, p. John Gaspar, :39. 285 - Drew Moreno, Cd'A, p. William Gaspar, :31. 103 - Chase Lincoln, p. Riley Wall, 1:20.
COEUR d'ALENE 31, LEWISTON 30
119 - Josh Carlton, Lew, p. Graison Le, 5:59. 125 - Hudson Staub, Cd'A, d. Drew Randall, 5-0. 130 - Joe Vallee, Lew, by forfeit. 135 - Ryland Vandevender, Lew, p. E.G. Lunceford, 3:31. 140 - Kenny Staub, Cd'A, d. Zane Magruda, 3-0. 145 - Casey George, Lew, by forfeit. 152 - Sam Metz, Lew, d. Jake Graham, 5-4. 160 - Johnny Peregrina, Cd'A, d. Casey Yates, 5-4. 171 - Trenton Hunter, Lew, d. Garrett DeMers, 3-0. 189 - Caleb Davis, Lew, d. Ryan Rigney, 3-2. 215 - Shaun Duffy, Cd'A, p. D.J. Maurer, 1:17. 285 - Drew Moreno, Cd'A, d. Willie Royals, :30. 103 - A.J. Konda, Cd'A, md. Troy Snyder, 13-0. 112 - Austin Ashby, Cd'A, d. John Kenyon, 6-5.
Priest River 58
St. Maries 21
PRIEST RIVER - The host Spartans won the first nine matches to build a 39-0 lead and went on to finish 2-2 in Intermountain League duals.
Tony Appel (285) recorded a 33-second pin and Colton Derry (112) came from behind to score a 7-5 decision for St. Maries (1-3 IML).
Next for both teams is the 3A District 1 tournament Feb. 18-19 at Lakeland High.
125 - Tyler Popkin, PR, by forfeit. 130 - James Hegge, PR, p. Reid Ryle, 1:26. 135 - Kole Akre, PR, p. Ray Flowers, :51. 140 - Thomas Kissinger, PR, d. Joe Bloomsburg, 8-6. 145 - Chris Pooley, PR, p. Cody Yearout, :20. 152 - Joe Snider, PR, d. Ashton Stepenson, 9-5. 160 - Cody Rabidue, PR, p. Derek Charles, 3:12. 171 - Tanner Rogers, PR, by forfeit. 189 - Jarrod Gloe, PR, d. Jesse Johnson, 3-2. 215 - Double forfeit. 285 - Tony Appel, SM, p. Manuel Perez, :33. 103 - Diamond Robinson, PR, by forfeit. 112 - Colton Derry, SM, d. Luke Soumas, 7-5. 119 - Aaron Kolar, SM, by forfeit.