Post Falls rolls past Moscow

MOSCOW - Junior Marcus Colbert scored 18 points to lead the top-ranked (5A) Post Falls Trojans past the 4A Moscow Bears 81-52 in the regular season finale for both Saturday at Bear Den.

"Our depth just wore them down in the fourth quarter," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "Things really got rolling for us. Moscow came out with a lot of emotion, but our guys turned it on after the first quarter. I was very happy with our guys."

Connor Hill scored 17 points, Luke Thoreson had 13 points and eight rebounds for Post Falls (17-3), which hosts Lewiston in the opening round of the 5A Region 1 tournament on Friday at the Arena.

Post Falls 11 22 17 31 - 81

Moscow 14 14 10 14 - 52

POST FALLS - English 3, Gonzales 9, Hill 17, Anderson 0, Valente 6, Thoreson 13, Colbert 18, Benner 2, Hillman 0, Lickfold 11, Shelton 2.

MOSCOW - Pennington 0, Brooks 13, Lewis 11, Jung 15, Langfield 2, Parkins 4, Wilder 2, McGurkin 2, Donaldson 0, Helbling 3.

Lake City 64

Lakeland 36

RATHDRUM - Senior Mark Smyly scored 16 points on 2 of 5 from beyond the 3-point line as the Timberwolves defeated the Hawks in the regular season finale for both at Hawk Court.

"Lake City does a good job on defense," Lakeland coach Trent Derrick said. "They're long and very disciplined and just executed things very well. We struggled to stop them in the first quarter and they created 20 turnovers in the first half."

Hunter Arno had 11 rebounds and six points for Lakeland (4-16), which opens the 4A Region 1 tournament at Sandpoint on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Brady Smith scored 11 points for Lake City (15-5), which faces Coeur d'Alene on Friday in the opening round of the 5A Region 1 tournament at Post Falls High at 5:45 p.m.

Lake City 20 11 17 16 - 64

Lakeland 5 7 12 12 - 36

LAKE CITY - Bevacqua 2, Smith 11, A. Mitchell 5, Wheelock 7, Carlson 4, Turner 4, Hartz 4, Smyly 16, K. Mitchell 2, Moreen 5, Guice 6.

LAKELAND - Arno 6, Derrick 6, Cooper 6, Whitesitt 5, Spencer 4, Opland 2, Black 2, Hendrickson 2, Maland 2.

Lewiston 71

Sandpoint 40

SANDPOINT - It took all of one quarter for Lewiston to dampen the spirit of Sandpoint's senior night, as the Bengals scored 27 first-quarter points at Les Rogers Court.

Matt Kalbfleisch scored 20 points to lead three Bengals (11-9) in double figures, scoring many of his points on easy buckets in transition. The Bengals built a commanding 47-21 halftime lead.

Eric Nikssarian, Evan Rains, Jackson Olin and Cole Fuhrman each scored six to lead the Bulldogs (9-11), who struggled offensively as leading scorer Blaine Shultz missed another game with concussion issues.

The Bulldogs now turn their attention to the 4A Region 1 tournament opener on Tuesday, when they host Lakeland.

Lewiston 27 20 18 11 - 71

Sandpoint 13 8 11 8 - 40

LEWISTON - Fuentes 0, Imel 5, Hansen 0, Kalbfleisch 20, Gaskill 0, Thmason 14, Mai 1, Bernatz 0, Havens 0, McIntosh 2, Heitzman 12, Beck 7.

SANDPOINT - Williams 2, Hawkins 5, Nikssarian 6, Kennedy 2, Rains 6, Olin 6, Lewis 5, Fuhrman 6, Carothers 2, Gavin 0.

Royals sixth at

MCL tournament

MOSCOW - Sebastian Jara scored 11 points as the Royals fell to Grace Bible 64-44 in the game for fourth and sixth places at the Mountain Christian League tournament at Logos School.

Earlier, Shawn Thompson scored 18 points for North Idaho Christian in a 66-50 win over Christian Heritage in a loser-out game. Jara added 21 points against the Patriots.

The Royals finished the season 9-17.

FOURTH- SIXTH-PLACE GAME

N.I. Christian 17 0 13 14 - 44

Grace Bible 12 18 12 22 - 64

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Thompson 8, Jara 11, Smeltzer 10, LaFollett 9, Kuetemeyer 3, Williams 3, Booth 0.

GRACE BIBLE - Dorr 13, White 7, Truman 15, Nordhausen 6, Madsen 5, Schaefer 8, Peabody 8, Chase 2.

LOSER-OUT GAME

N.I. Christian 18 13 18 17 - 66

Christian Heritage 11 9 15 15 - 50

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Thompson 18, Haag 2, Jara 21, Smeltzer 7, LaFollett 12, Kuetemeyer 2, Williams 2, Booth 2.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Bodeau 28, Klein 13, Mayer 6, Reagan 1, Huntwork 2, Wagner 0, Cousins 0.