No. 4 Coeur d'Alene takes down No. 1 Post Falls
WRESTLING
POST FALLS - The fourth-ranked (5A) Coeur d'Alene Vikings earned pins in the first three matches Thursday on the way to a 41-23 win over the top-ranked Post Falls Trojans in an Inland Empire League dual on Thursday at The Arena.
"Getting three pins to start it really set the pace for us tonight," Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. "I thought it was a big win for us tonight. We took the mindset that we expected to win and I thought we wrestled well in some spots and others we didn't. Our kids responded well and overall I'm real happy with the win."
Hudson Staub (125 pounds) and Johnny Peregrina (160) won by decision for Coeur d'Alene, which hosts the inaugural Coeur d'Alene Invitational today.
"It was a tough loss for us," Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. "We're facing a little bit of adversity in our program right now with some illness. It's tough to win against a team like that with a couple of guys out. We'll use this as motivation to finish the season strong and the right way."
Post Falls was without James Ost and Mitch Craine, who were both out with illnesses. Both will also miss this weekend's Coeur d'Alene Invitational starting today at Coeur d'Alene High.
Tanner Riekenaw (119) and Cole Jesienouski (171) had major decision wins for Post Falls.
285 — Drew Moreno, Cd’A, p. Shane Tatom, 1:04. 103 — Chase Lincoln, Cd’A, p. Josiah Hoffman, 2:33. 112 — Austin Ashby, Cd’A, p. Brendon Grimm, 1:02. 119 — Tanner Riekenaw, PF, md. Graison Le, 12-0. 125 — Hudson Staub, Cd’A, d. Chadd Webster, 6-4. 130 — Kyle Siegwarth, Cd’A, tf. Justin Bushnell, 15-0. 135 — Tyler Mahal, PF, d. EG Lunceford, 9-7. 140 — Tyler Booth, PF, d. Kenny Staub, 2-0. 145 — Austin Wilson, PF, d. Jake Graham, 6-1. 152 — Nathan McLeod, PF, p. Gabe Ross, 2:41. 160 — Johnny Peregrina, Cd’A, d. Kendall Nuss, 9-4. 171 — Cole Jesienouski, PF, md. Garrett DeMers, 16-5. 189 — Caleb Davis, Cd’A, p. Cody Johnson, 1:30. 215 — Shaun Duffy, Cd’A, p. Jerrid Quinn, 1:23.
n The inaugural Coeur d’Alene Invitational, consisting of 12 teams, unfolds today and Saturday at Coeur d’Alene High.
Pod matches are today beginning at 4 p.m. Wrestling resumes Saturday at 9 a.m., with the semifinals around 11 a.m. and the finals around 4:30 p.m.
The tourney essentially replaces the George Wild Invitational, which ran for years on this weekend in Kellogg. That tournament was in jeopardy last year, when it was feared Kellogg High would not be able to field sports teams this year. Area teams did not want to lose a tournament on this weekend, so Coeur d’Alene High offered to take it over.
Following pod matches today, eight wrestlers in each weight will advance to Saturday’s championship bracket, and four will compete in the “B” bracket.
Here is today’s dual schedule:
4 p.m. — Bonners Ferry vs. Lakeland, St. Maries vs. Timberlake, Kellogg vs. Post Falls, Wallace vs. Lake City.
Approx. 6 p.m. — Bonners Ferry vs. American Falls, St. Maries vs. Coeur d’Alene, Kellogg vs. Sandpoint, Wallace vs. Priest River.
Approx. 8 — Lakeland vs. American Falls, Timberlake vs. Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls vs. Sandpoint, Lake City vs. Priest River.
Sandpoint 40
Lakeland 39
SANDPOINT — Sandpoint’s Kyle Csizmar scored a pin of Nick Wright at 140 pounds to give the Bulldogs a win over the Hawks in a dual between 4A Inland Empire League squads.
With the Bulldogs trailing 39-33 heading into the final match, Csizmar’s pin evened the match and gave the host school the victory after the second tie-breaking criteria of most takedowns.
Chase Campbell (160), Michael Garitone (125) and J.R. Ramos (135) had pins for Lakeland, which travels to the Coeur d’Alene Invitational today.
145 — Mike Fowler, Spt, d. Karsen Walker, 8-2. 152 — David Nelson, LL, by forfeit. 160 — Chase Campbell, LL, p. Josh Allen, :58. 171 — Josh Wren, Spt, p. Scott Cowdry, 1:19. 189 — Adam Weindl, Spt, by forfeit. 215 — Justin Pepperdine, Spt, p. Buzz Hylton, 2:52. 285 — Josh Kaplan, LL, by forfeit. 103 — Austin Hoobler, LL, d. Jerad Fowler, 7-2. 112 — Peyton Dillon, Spt, p. Tyson Hendricks, 1:55. 119 — Garret Belgarde, Spt, p. Dustin Hannawalt, 1:01. 125 — Michael Garitone, LL, p. Dakota Blaese, 1:20. 130 — Brandon Yount, LL, by forfeit. 135 — J. R. Ramos, LL, p. Troy Goodman, 1:43. 140 — Kyle Czismar, Spt, p. Nick Wright, 2:49.
n BOYS BASKETBALL
St. Maries 59
Timberlake 41
ST. MARIES — Ian Heath had 14 points and six rebounds to lead the Lumberjacks past the Tigers in an Intermountain League contest.
St. Maries opened a 30-19 halftime lead as they played without starting guard Zach Lehman for the third straight game.
Warren Joiner had 12 points and seven rebounds for St. Maries (13-2, 4-0 IML), who travel to Priest River on Saturday.
John Hayden scored nine points for Timberlake (2-13, 0-4), which travels to Bonners Ferry on Saturday.
Timberlake 8 11 9 13 —41
St. Maries 9 21 11 18— 59
TIMBERLAKE — Cronnelly 6, Paulsen 2, Chamberlin 1, Hayden 9, Masterson 2, Page 9, Zanoni 5, Simpson 7.
ST. MARIES — Joiner 12, Schetzle 6, Sampson 0, Guidry 2, Mercer 11, Sempel 0, Anderson 4, Kennelly 2, Heath 14, Linnemeyer 4, Cordell 4.
Lakeside 54
Mullan 10
PLUMMER — Andrew Boyd scored 11 points as the Knights rolled past the Tigers in a North Star League game.
Nate Weaselhead scored 10 points for Lakeside (9-4, 6-0 NSL), which forced 37 turnovers.
Lakeside hosts Logos on Monday.
Mullan 2 2 5 1 — 10
Lakeside 23 7 12 12 — 54
MULLAN — Litz 0, Johnson 0, Tr. Henderson 0, Kotschevar 2, Ty. Henderson 1, Garitone 2, Scheel 4, Hirst 1, Trogden 0.
LAKESIDE — Flemming 4, Higgins 4, Weaselhead 10, Gallegos 0, Chapman 2, Boyd 11, Louie-McGee 3, Smith 6, Flemming-Soto 4, Trahant 5, Brown 5.
Logos 58
N.I. Christian 35
MOSCOW — Jed Witling scored 17 points to lead the Knights past the Royals in a Mountain Christian League game.
Shawn Thompson scored nine points for North Idaho Christian (6-13, 2-11 MCL), which faces Pullman Christian today at The Hub in the Spokane Valley.
N.I. Christian 8 10 10 7 — 35
Logos 19 23 9 7 — 58
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Thompson 9, Smeltzer 3, Haag 8, Jara 6, Lafolette 4, Williams 4, Booth 1.
LOGOS — T. Witling 17, Wintz 4, Shaw 12, C. Witling 8, Kline 2, Courtney 1, Rosenbahl 4, Spencer 10.
n GIRLS BASKETBALL
Timberlake 42
Sandpoint 23
SPIRIT LAKE — Senior Cassie Thompson scored 16 points to lead the 3A Tigers past the 4A Bulldogs in a nonleague game.
Sandpoint shot 9 of 50 from the floor.
Kara Wenstrom and Ashley Peters scored 10 points apiece for second-ranked Timberlake (15-3), which travels to Bonners Ferry on Saturday.
Hailey Olin and Maggie Kirscher scored eight points apiece for Sandpoint (7-12).
Sandpoint 3 7 11 2 —23
Timberlake 9 10 14 9 —42
SANDPOINT — Speelmon 3, Bruce 0, Van Ooyen 0, Tucker 0, Newman 0, Olin 8, Chatburn 4, Kirscher 8, N. Roop 0, Oyharsabal 0.
TIMBERLAKE — Wenstrom 10, Malloy 0, Mason 3, Hoffman 0, Nichols 5, Peters 10, George 0, Thompson 16.
Lakeside 59
Mullan 37
PLUMMER — Joelle Miller scored 20 points to lead the Knights past the Tigers in a North Star League game.
Shannon Miller scored 16 points for Lakeside (12-5, 4-2 NSL), which travels to Kootenai on Tuesday. Kami McKinnon scored 20 points for Mullan (5-9, 1-4), which travels to Wallace on Monday.
Mullan 6 9 18 4 —37
Lakeside 19 11 10 19 —59
MULLAN — Gribble 0, McKinnon 20, Kotschevar 4, S. Koenig 3, Axtman 10.
LAKESIDE — Chittenden 2, Louie 2, Duncan 0, Davis 6, Whaley 0, Brown-Sonder 7, J. Miller 20, S. Miller 16, Gauthier 4, Hendrickx 2.
Clark Fork 43
Kootenai 27
CLARK FORK — Zara Palmer had 10 points and 11 steals to lead Clark Fork (10-7, 5-2) past Kootenai in North Star League play.
Ana Parker had 14 points for Kootenai (0-11, 0-5), which plays at Wallace on Saturday.
Kootenai 2 6 5 14 — 27
Clark Fork 11 7 10 15 — 43
KOOTENAI — K. Walton 3, Griggs 1, Shultz 3, Benson 2, Kincheloe 2, Maybit 2, Ana Parker 14.
CLARK FORK — Palmer 10, McMahon 4, Vogel 7, Komanec 10, Thornton 12.
Christian Center 49
C.R. Christian 30
HAYDEN — Carlina Kramer and Bethany Harryman scored 12 points apiece for the Lions in a nonleague win over Columbia River Christian at North Idaho Christian School.
Christian Center (9-3) faces Genesis Prep on Tuesday at River City Middle School in Post Falls.
Columbia River 12 2 7 9 — 30
Christian Center 10 12 14 13 — 49
COLUMBIA RIVER — names not reported.
CHRISTIAN CENTER — Lund 6, Kramer 12, Harryman 12, Linn 1, Curson 10, Shields 6, Purvis 2.