Northwest Notes February 22, 2011

| February 22, 2011 8:00 PM

Coeur d'Alene hosts Lewiston tonight for 5A boys regional title

Coming in as the No. 3 seed, the Coeur d'Alene High boys basketball team needed a good game and some help to be able to host the 5A Region 1 championship game.

The Vikings took care of the good game with a 66-52 victory over No. 2 Lake City last Friday, then watched as No. 4 Lewiston surprised No. 1 Post Falls 72-64 in the second game.

That means Coeur d'Alene (14-7) will play host to Lewiston (12-9) tonight at 7 for the regional championship. The winner advances to state March 3-5 at the Idaho Center in Nampa.

"We're one game away from the state tournament, and we'll be ready to go," Coeur d'Alene coach Kent Leiss said. "We've played very well against Lewiston, Post Falls and Lake City in our last three games, we've had double-digit leads in all three games. We're playing our best; hopefully that carries over one more time."

Also tonight at 7, Post Falls (17-4), the defending state champion, plays host to Lake City (15-6) in a loser-out game. Lake City was the other state qualifier from Region 1 last year, but played uptight in the loss to Coeur d'Alene, Timberwolves coach Jim Winger said.

"That can't happen again," he said.

Said Post Falls coach Mike McLean: "On Tuesday the challenge will be emotionally and psychologically, who's going to bounce back. Who's going to compete and do what it takes to get to one more game to get in."

The Coeur d'Alene-Lewiston loser will play the Lake City-Post Falls winner on Friday for the region's second berth to state.

Defending champ Ost lone local top seed for state wrestling

Here are the local 5A wrestlers (and records) seeded in the top four of their weight classes for the 54th state high school wrestling tournament, scheduled for Thursday through Saturday at the Idaho Center in Nampa. No locals were seeded in the top four in the 4A, 3A and 2A tournaments. Complete brackets are at www.IdahoWrestlingNews.com.

103 - 3, A.J. Konda (27-8), Coeur d'Alene.

112 - 2, Mitch Crain (26-9), Post Falls.

119 - none.

125 - none.

130 - none.

135 - 1, James Ost (31-3), Post Falls.

140 - 2, Tyler Booth (42-3), Post Falls. 3, Kenny Staub (35-10), Coeur d'Alene.

145 - 2, Austin Wilson (25-6), Post Falls. 4, Jake Graham (29-12), Coeur d'Alene.

152 - 2, Nathan McLeod (32-6), Post Falls.

160 - 2, Johnny Peregrina (23-7), Coeur d'Alene. 3, Kendall Nuss (36-8), Post Falls. 4, Colin Comack (20-8), Coeur d'Alene.

171 - 4, Cole Jesienouski (36-6), Post Falls.

189 - 2, Caleb Davis (30-10), Coeur d'Alene.

215 - none.

285 - none.