Buchmann shines on offense, defense for Lakeland girls
RATHDRUM - Neena Buchmann came through at both ends of the floor as the Lakeland Hawks scratched out a 39-33 victory over the Sandpoint Bulldogs in 4A Inland Empire League play Friday night at Hawk Court.
Buchmann, a senior, scored 18 points and held Sandpoint's top scorer, Maggie Kirscher, to six.
"Neena Buchman, I thought, played a great game," Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. "She hit some big shots and she played great defense on Maggie Kirscher."
Jenna Davis scored nine points and Darby Murray had five steals for Lakeland (10-9, 3-1 4A IEL), which plays host to West Valley on Tuesday.
Hailey Olin scored 10 points for Sandpoint (7-11, 0-4), which scored seven baskets and hit 17 of 25 from the foul line.
Sandpoint, the No. 3 seed, will travel to No. 2 seed Lakeland on Feb. 1 in the first round of the 4A Region 1 tournament. Moscow is the No. 1 seed.
Sandpoint 8 8 9 8 - 33
Lakeland 10 7 10 12 - 39
SANDPOINT - Speelmon 2, Bruce 2, Van Ooyen 0, Tucker 0, Neumann 4, Olin 10, Chatburn 3, Oyharsabal 0, S. Roop 0, Kirscher 6, N. Roop 6.
LAKELAND - Babor 2, Murray 2, Coder 2, Reed 3, Davis 9, Buchmann 18, Close 3, Tapplin 0, Wendle 0.
Coeur d'Alene 51
Moscow 11
COEUR d'ALENE - Kyeli Parker totaled 13 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals for the Vikings, ranked fifth in 5A, at Elmer Jordan Court.
Kendalyn Brainard had nine points and six rebounds, Carli Rosenthal had 10 points and four assists and Hailey Petit had six rebounds for Coeur d'Alene (14-4), which plays host to Lewis and Clark tonight at 7:30.
Moscow (5-13) scored three baskets, all in the first quarter, and was shut out in the middle two quarters.
Moscow 8 0 0 3 - 11
Coeur d'Alene 22 9 20 0 - 51
MOSCOW - Davis 0, Gordon 0, Redinger 2, Sprenger 0, Olmstead 1, Bigler 2, Greear 0, A. Quinnett 4, Anderson 2, C. Quinnett 0.
COEUR d'ALENE - Baughman 2, Sumner 0, Orlandi 7, C. Williams 0, K. Parker 13, Legel 6, Petit 0, Rosenthal 10, S. Parker 0, Brainard 9, S. Williams 4.
Lake City JV 41
St. Maries 38
ST. MARIES - Amber Hawkes scored 16 of her game-high 22 points in the second half as the visiting Timberwolf junior varsity rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit.
Kaytrin Thaut scored 10 points, Dusti Huddleston had seven points, nine rebounds, five steals and four assists, and Tia Asbury had eight points and four steals for St. Maries (3-11), which hosts Bonners Ferry today at 2.
Lake City JV 4 9 17 11 - 41
St. Maries 16 8 10 4 - 38
LAKE CITY JV - Jackson 5, Carlson 0, Kraack 6, Little 0, Miller 2, Allen 0, Gewecke 3, Asper 0, Hawkes 22, Torres 2, Farrell 1.
ST. MARIES - Waddell 0, Asbury 8, Buell 7, Hudson 2, Anxo 0, Huddleston 7, Thaut 10, Auer 4.
Christian Center 44
N.I. Christian 40
POST FALLS - Brynn Kuetemeyer scored 14 points, Lindsey Howard added 13 and Christian Center School defeated North Idaho Christian in Mountain Christian League play at River City Middle School.
Amanda Hobson scored 15 points, Kana Shanley 11 for North Idaho Christian (11-9, 6-2), which plays at Pullman Christian on Tuesday.
Christian Center (7-3, 6-3) plays at Kootenai Thunder on Monday.
N.I. Christian 7 2 19 12 - 40
Christian Center 11 13 6 14 - 44
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Kramer 6, Hobson 15, Shanley 11, Kaschmitter 0, Gjevre 4, Bassett 0, Murison 0, Gwin 4.
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Howard 13, Lund 5, Harryman 8, Kramer 0, Kuetemeyer 14, VanOstrand 4.
Sandpoint 48
Lakeland 46
RATHDRUM - Blaine Shultz hit a jumper with 11 seconds remaining to give the Bulldogs the victory over the Hawks in a 4A Inland Empire League game at Hawk Court.
Lakeland attempted to drive the length of the court, but could not get a good shot off to tie the game.
"I chose not to call a timeout because our transition offense had been working," Lakeland coach Trent Derrick said. "We didn't get a good shot off and I probably should have called a timeout. Sandpoint did a good job of executing late. Our kids did a good job tonight and are coming along pretty well."
Hunter Arno and Aaron Spencer had 11 points apiece, Arno eight rebounds for Lakeland (3-13, 0-3 4A IEL), which hosts West Valley on Tuesday.
Jackson Olin scored 12 points for Sandpoint (8-6, 2-0).
Sandpoint 18 10 12 8 - 48
Lakeland 14 18 6 8 - 46
SANDPOINT - Williams 2, Hawkins 2, Nikssarian 0, Kennedy 7, Rains 2, Olin 12, Lewis 2, Shultz 19, Fuhrman 2, Carothers 2.
LAKELAND - Spencer 11, Black 0, Whitesitt 8, Cooper 2, Arno 11, Gray 0, Derrick 7, Opland 7.
Coeur d'Alene 68
Moscow 46
COEUR d'ALENE - A pair of dunks from Deon Watson highlighted Coeur d'Alene's 21-0 run to start the second half, and the 5A Vikings defeated 4A Moscow in nonleague play at Elmer Jordan Court.
Chad Chalich scored a game-high 20 points for the Vikings, who had 16 from Watson and 13 from Jake Matheson.
"We shared the ball really well and made some good passes," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Bill Hughes said. "We scored a lot of points off the fast break, which was created by playing some really good defense."
Coeur d'Alene (11-5) hosts Lake City on Thursday.
Roby Jung scored 18 points for Moscow (4-9).
Moscow 10 15 7 14 - 46
Coeur d'Alene 14 14 23 17 - 68
MOSCOW - Pennington 4, Brooks 5, Lewis 8, Jung 18, Langfield 4, Perkins 0, Wilder 0, McGurkin 4, Randall 0, Helbling 3.
COEUR d'ALENE - Tackett 0, Matheson 13, Chalich 20, Roletto 4, Loy 3, Sutton 0, Higbie 4, Baracco 8, Watson 16, Hunter 0.
St. Maries 43
Lake City JV 42
COEUR d'ALENE - Jake Mercer's free throw with 3.3 seconds left lifted the visiting Lumberjacks past the Timberwolf junior varsity at Lake City High.
Mercer finished with 14 ponts and five assists for St. Maries (12-2), which plays host to Bonners Ferry today at 3:30. Ian Heath added 10 points and nine rebounds.
Justin Pratt scored a game-high 18 points for the Lake City JV.
St. Maries 11 8 11 13 - 43
Lake City JV 8 8 9 17 - 42
ST. MARIES - Joiner 6, Schetzle 7, Guidry 4, Mercer 14, Kennelly 0, Heath 10, Linnemeyer 0, Cordell 2.
LAKE CITY JV - Luke 4, Traverse 2, Pratt 18, Hocking 0, Redal 0, Ross 0, Sanchez 0, Murphy 0, Bevacqua 10, Ness 0, Moreen 8.
Lakeside 70
Kootenai 53
HARRISON FLATS - Nate Weaselhead had 23 points and 18 rebounds as the visiting Knights defeated the Warriors in a North Star League contest.
"Nate took over," Lakeside coach Bill Brebner said.
Jake Zarpentine scored 15 points for Kootenai (3-8, 2-2 NSL), which hosts Wallace on Tuesday.
Jamie Flemming scored 18 points for Lakeside (7-4, 4-0), which travels to Clark Fork on Tuesday.
Lakeside 12 21 16 21 - 70
Kootenai 4 18 18 13 - 53
LAKESIDE - Flemming 18, Higgins 9, McCully 3, Weaselhead 23, Chapman 13, Boyd 4, Louie-McGee 0, Smith 0, Flemming-Soto 0.
KOOTENAI - Zarpentine 15, Wallace 12, Myhre 6, Whipple 0, Carman 10, Pfeifer 2, Kraack 8.
Christian Center 70
N.I. Christian 39
POST FALLS - Seth Howard had 17 points and six assists, and Dennis Chekota added 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Lions in the Mountain Christian League game at River City Middle School.
Colin Burgeson scored 15 points for Christian Center (14-3, 11-2 MCL), which plays at Kootenai Thunder on Monday.
Cory LaFollett scored 15 points for North Idaho Christian (6-11, 2-9), which plays at Pullman Christian on Tuesday.
N.I. Christian 13 1 10 15 - 39
Christian Center 22 26 12 10 - 70
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - LaFollett 15, Haag 7, Jara 5, Andrews 5, Thompson 4, Childers 3, Smeltzer 0.
CHRISTIAN CENTER - S. Howard 17, Chekota 12, Kuchenski 2, Storm 10, Burgeson 15, Welch 2, McLeod 4, Hansen 8, A. Howard 0, Laws 0.