Viking girls fall to Lewiston again

LEWISTON - Savannah Blinn scored 12 points and the Lewiston Bengals held the Coeur d'Alene Vikings without a field goal in the first quarter in a 41-33 win at Booth Hall in a 5A Inland Empire League contest Tuesday night.

"Both teams were really good on defense tonight," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Apryl Brainard said. "They came out and scored five field goals in the first quarter and then we held them to five the rest of the game."

Lewiston went 17 of 27 from the foul line, while Coeur d'Alene went 6 of 12 in the game.

"They just made a lot of free throws in the fourth quarter," Brainard said. "We held them to two field goals, but they had 12 points on free throws in the fourth quarter."

Sophomore Kendalyn Brainard, who suffered a torn ACL last summer, had six points and six rebounds in her first game of the season for Coeur d'Alene (9-4, 1-2 5A IEL), which travels to Lake City on Friday for the Fight for the Fish game.

"She played well in a reserve role," Coach Brainard said. "She didn't play tentative and played some key minutes. She just needs to work her way back into the rotation."

Kyeli Parker added seven points, Heather Baughman six rebounds for Coeur d'Alene.

Lewiston (9-2, 2-0) played without starting point guard Karlee Wilson, who was out with an ankle injury.

Coeur d'Alene 1 12 11 9 - 33

Lewiston 12 10 3 16 - 41

COEUR d'ALENE - Baughman 1, Orlandi 6, K. Parker 7, Legel 3, Petit 0, Rosenthal 6, S. Parker 0, Brainard 6, S. Williams 4.

LEWISTON - Bernatz 0, Hansen 6, Johnson 2, Phillips 8, Blinn 12, Fuller 8, Waters 5.

Lake City 62

Moscow 59

MOSCOW — Alyssa Kacalek hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the third quarter to help the visiting Timberwolves dig out of a nine-point hole and rally to the victory at Bear Den.

Jenna Lewis hit five 3-pointers, four in the first half and finished with 17 points for Lake City (12-2). Sydney Butler hit 10 of 12 free throws and added 16 points. Kacalek finished with 13.

“We found a way to win tonight,” Lake City coach Royce Johnston said. “We made free throws down the stretch.”

Lake City played without Katie Rowe, who suffered a knee injury last week vs. Post Falls. Johnston said he thought Rowe would be able to play Friday, when the Timberwolves host Coeur d’Alene in the Fight for the Fish game.

Lake City is already without junior point guard Jasmyn Smith, out for the season with a torn ACL.

Abi Quinnett scored a game-high 21 points for Moscow (3-12).

Lake City 17 10 23 12 — 62

Moscow 12 20 11 16 — 59

LAKE CITY — J. Butler 0, S. Butler 16, Kacalek 13, Lewis 17, Ball 6, Kerr 6, Mitchell 4.

MOSCOW — Davis 0, Gorton 2, Redinger 8, Sprenger 5, Olmstead 9, Greear 3, Quinnett 21, Anderson 11.

St. Maries 47

Priest River 40

ST. MARIES — Dusti Huddleston scored a game-high 16 points as the Lumberjacks defeated the Spartans in an Intermountain League contest.

“We came out and played more aggressive in the second half,” St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. “Our girls played really well and Kaytrin (Thaut) played her best game of the year and was the difference in the game.”

Thaut had 13 points and 10 rebounds for St. Maries (3-8, 1-1 IML), which hosts the Lake City junior varsity Jan. 13.

Holly Hirst had 14 points for Priest River (3-7, 0-1).

Priest River 12 12 4 12 — 40

St. Maries 7 9 14 17 — 47

PRIEST RIVER — Lucky 0, Wiemer 4, Troust 2, Pavey 5, Stewart 0, Oscarson 6, Bradbury 3, Doolittle 0, Halcro 6, Hirst 14.

ST. MARIES — Waddell 0, Asbury 10, Buell 4, Hudson 4, Anxo 0, Huddleston 16, K. Thaut 13.

Timberlake 50

Bonners Ferry 18

SPIRIT LAKE — Cassie Thompson scored 21 of her game-high 27 points in the first half as the Tigers defeated the Badgers in an Intermountain League contest.

“We played really, really well on both sides of the ball,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “Our girls did a great job of distributing the ball to Cassie and she did a good job of finishing. We got out to a 14-0 lead and took care of business.”

Caitlyn Nichols scored eight points for Timberlake (10-3, 3-0), which hosts Priest River on Jan. 15.

Bonners Ferry 3 4 5 6 — 18

Timberlake 17 16 12 5 — 50

BONNERS FERRY — Tucker 0, Andrews 7, Merrifield 2, Porter 0, Riley 1, Taggart 0, Acord 2, Wasmer 6.

TIMBERLAKE — Wenstrom 5, Malloy 4, Mason 2, Hoffman 0, Nichols 8, Thompson 27, Peters 2, George 2.

Cd’A Charter 40

Lakeside 36 (OT)

PLUMMER — Paige Kelly shot 9 of 9 from the free-throw line for 23 points, including 4 of 4 in overtime as the Panthers defeated the Knights in a nonleague game.

“Neither team really got it going tonight,” Lakeside coach Ron Miller said. “We just couldn’t make a basket. We shot 18 of 69 from the floor and 0 for 9 from the foul line. You can’t win a game doing that.”

Shannon Miller scored 12 points for Lakeside (7-2), which travels to Clark Fork tonight.

Lexi Turkenburg grabbed 19 rebounds for Coeur d’Alene Charter (10-4), which faces North Idaho Christian on Friday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Cd’A Charter 8 0 16 10 6 — 40

Lakeside 8 10 10 6 2 — 36

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Goodsen 0, Rinaldi 0, Uribe 4, Urbaniak 4, Kelly 23, Winzer 2, Turkenburg 7.

LAKESIDE — Chittenden 2, Louie 0, Duncan 8, Davis 2, Whaley 2, Brown-Sonder 4, J. Miller 4, S. Miller 12, Gauthier 0, Hendrickx 2.

N.I. Christian 45

Kootenai Thunder 25

COEUR d’ALENE — Amanda Hobson had 22 points and 15 rebounds for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League game against the Thunder at Canfield Middle School.

Kylee Kramer had nine steals and six assists for North Idaho Christian (9-5, 4-1), which faces Coeur d’Alene Charter on Friday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Kootenai Thunder 2 10 4 9 — 25

N.I. Christian 8 12 10 15 — 45

KOOTENAI THUNDER — K. Blair 4, Truppe 10, Jensen 2, J. Blair 4, Kuhn 1, Plohar 2, Saganski 2.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Kramer 7, Hobson 22, Shanley 3, Kaschmitter 5, Jeffries 1, Goodwin 0, Fisher 2, Gwin 5.

Coeur d’Alene 53

Lewiston 44

LEWISTON — Chad Chalich scored a career-high 22 points as the Vikings defeated the Bengals in the 5A Inland Empire League opener for both at Booth Hall.

“I thought we played hard and defended well,” Coeur d’Alene coach Kent Leiss said. “We didn’t play that well offensively, but Chad (Chalich) had an outstanding game.”

Senior guard Jake Matheson missed Tuesday’s game with a badly sprained ankle suffered in Thursday’s game against Lake Stevens (Wash.) at North Idaho College.

Ty Higbie scored 11 points for Coeur d’Alene (7-3), which travels to Lake City on Friday in the Fight for the Fish game.

Jay Thompson had 11 points for Lewiston.

Coeur d’Alene 12 17 9 15 — 53

Lewiston 12 8 14 10 — 44

COEUR d’ALENE — Tackett 0, Chalich 22, Roletto 0, Loy 5, Moore 0, Higbie 11, Baracco 8, Watson 7.

LEWISTON — Fuentes 4, Imel 8, Hansen 3, Kalbfleisch 9, Thompson 11, Mai 4, Bernatz 0, McIntosh 0, Heitzman 2, Beck 3.

Lake City 36

Moscow 34

MOSCOW — Senior guard Chris Wheelock hit a jumper with just over a minute remaining to give the Timberwolves the nonleague win over the Bears at Bear Den.

“It was a typical game at Moscow,” Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. “Moscow did a good job of taking care of the ball and had some extended possessions. We didn’t shoot the ball well, but we found a way to get it done in the end.”

Wheelock, Mark Smyly and Colton Carlson had eight points each for Lake City (9-2), which hosts Coeur d’Alene in the Fight for the Fish game on Friday.

Lake City 9 6 11 10 — 36

Moscow 6 5 15 8 — 34

LAKE CITY — Smith 2, Wheelock 8, Carlson 8, Turner 2, Hartz 4, Smyly 8, Guice 4.

MOSCOW — Brooks 4, Charge 6, Langfield 4, Parkins 4, Wilder 4, McGurken 0, Donaldson 7, Helbling 9.

St. Maries 61

Kootenai 29

HARRISON FLATS — Zach Lehman scored 15 points and 10 players scored in all for the visiting Lumberjacks in the nonleague game.

Ian Heath added 11 points for St. Maries (9-2), which travels to Orofino on Friday.

“That’s probably the best St. Maries team I’ve seen since I’ve been here ... they’ve got the whole package,” fourth-year Kootenai coach Andrew Whipple said.

Jake Zarpentine, Greg Wallace and Ben Whipple scored eight points each for Kootenai (2-3), which plays host to Kellogg on Thursday.

St. Maries 25 16 15 5 — 61

Kootenai 8 15 3 3 — 29

ST. MARIES — Joiner 8, Schetzle 5, Sampson 2, Lehman 15, Guidry 4, Mercer 9, Semple 4, Kennelly 1, Heath 11, Cordell 2.

KOOTENAI — Zarpentine 8, Wallace 8, Mhyre 0, Willms 0, B. Whipple 8, Carman 0, Pfeiffer 0, Kraack 5, Napierala 0, D. Whipple 0.

Cd’A Charter 49

Lakeside 39

COEUR d’ALENE — Greg Roman had 16 points and 12 rebounds, Bryan Smith scored 13 points and Coeur d’Alene Charter defeated Lakeside in nonleague play at Holy Family Catholic School.

“We were very lethargic in the first half, but we were able to find a spark in the second half to pull away,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Brian Childs said. “Give Lakeside credit, they made us work in the first half. Roman really stepped up for us in the second half.”

Lakeside (4-3), which had 12 points from Jamie Flemming, hosts Wallace on Thursday.

Coeur d’Alene Charter (9-2) plays at Timberlake on Friday.

Lakeside 7 10 9 13 — 39

Cd’A Charter 10 7 16 16 — 49

LAKESIDE — J. Flemming 12, Higgins 7, McCully 5, Weaselhead 7, Chapman 3, Louie-McGee 2, Smith 1, D. Flemming 2.

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Pedersen 7, Bowlin 0, Rinaldi 0, Crandall 2, Hallett 0, Peters 5, Roman 16, Mondragon 2, Smith 13, Simon 2, Leake 2.

Kootenai Thunder 45

N.I. Christian 38

COEUR d’ALENE — Shawn Thompson scored 15 points for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League loss to the Thunder at Canfield Middle School.

Jake Childers scored 11 points for North Idaho Christian (2-7, 1-6 MCL), which travels to Stillwater Christian of Kalispell on Friday.

Kootenai Thunder 8 4 21 12 — 45

N.I. Christian 2 10 11 15 — 38

KOOTENAI THUNDER — Ringhand 19, T. Jensen 6, Currie 5, S. Jensen 2, Crosby 1, Gould 1, Gold 7, Soderberg 4.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Thompson 15, Jara 2, Smeltzer 3, LaFolette 7, Haag 0, Childers 11, Kuetemeyer 0.

Christian Center 77

Immac. Concept. 44

POST FALLS — Colin Burgeson scored 31 points to lead the Lions past Immaculate Conception in a Mountain Christian League game at River City Middle School.

Seth Howard had 11 points and 11 assists for Christian Center (7-2, 6-1), which hosts The Oaks on Thursday at River City Middle School.

Immac. Conception 5 13 14 12 — 44

Christian Center 20 18 20 19 — 77

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — White 12, Lowf 6, Ramirez 5, J. Wilson 4, M. Wilson 2, Spradley 9, Copac 2, Gillan 4.

CHRISTIAN CENTER — S. Howard 11, Welch 2, Burgeson 31, Storm 13, Chekota 8, McLeod 2, T. Howard 4, Hansen 6, Laws 0.