Sydney Williams sparks Viking girls in season opener

COEUR d'ALENE - Sydney Williams scored a game-high 22 points as the top-ranked 5A Coeur d'Alene Vikings beat the Moscow Bears 65-32 in their season opener on Tuesday at Elmer Jordan Court.

"It was a pretty balanced night," Coeur d'Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said. "Kyeli (Parker) went 4 for 4 from the floor with two steals and four assists, but nobody had any huge stats, which is good and kind of the way it has to be."

Erin Legel and Caelyn Orlandi had 10 points apiece for Coeur d'Alene, which travels to Post Falls on Thursday in a game moved up a night to accommodate the Vikings' state 5A championship football game.

"It was a good start for us," Poffenroth said. "I thought everyone played well and life after (Carli) Rosenthal started really well."

Abi Quinnett, who signed with Idaho, scored 16 points for Moscow.

Moscow 6 11 13 2 - 32

Coeur d'Alene 15 19 19 12 - 65

MOSCOW - Davis 0, Gorton 2, Landeck 2, B. Sprenger 2, Olmstead 0, K. Sprenger 0, A. Quinnett 16, Anderson 8, C. Quinnett 2.

COEUR d'ALENE - S. Parker 1, Sumner 2, Orlandi 10, C. Williams 4, K. Parker 8, Legel 10, Brainard 8, Wellsandt, S. Williams 22.

Post Falls 60

Sandpoint 34

POST FALLS — Dani Failor went 7 for 8 from the field and scored 17 points in the Trojans’ season-opening win over the Bulldogs at The Arena.

“She is six foot and extremely athletic,” first-year Trojans coach Marc Allert said of Failor. “She gets back in transition so well.”

The Trojans (1-0) had a balanced scoring attack behind Failor. Lexi Smith scored eight, and Brooke Litalien, Sam Runkle and Rai Franklin each had six.

“I think for our first game we did well,” Allert said. “Our defense did a good job pressing and causing turnovers leading to easy baskets.”

Maggie Kirscher led the Bulldogs with 17 points. Hailey Olin had 12.

“Olin and Kirscher do a good job of getting open and making shots,” Allert said. “I think they (Sandpoint) are going to be good. They are going to get better.”

Post Falls welcomes Coeur d’Alene on Thursday.

Sandpoint 15 5 0 14 — 34

Post Falls 13 19 20 8 — 60

SANDPOINT — Kirscher 17, Olin 11, Speelmon 2, Alamillo 1, Young 2.

POST FALLS — Gonzales 5, King 1, Franklin 6, Hedge 5, Smith 8, Litalien 6, Runkle 6, Failor 17, Perrin 6, Waller 0.

Lakeland 45

Priest River 35

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Cieana Close scored a game-high 11 points to help lead the Hawks over the Spartans in nonleague play.

Lakeland (1-1) saw 10 of its 11 players score in the game while limiting the Spartans’ attempts after full-court pressure forced Priest River into numerous turnovers.

“That was the game plan. To play up-tempo and put as much pressure on as we could,” Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. “We had contributions from a lot of different kids and worked hard tonight.”

Josie Coder scored nine points and point guard Darby Murray added six assists and five steals despite foul trouble for the Hawks, who host Kellogg on Saturday.

Liz Halcro and Melissa Trost had 10 points apiece for Priest River (1-1), which hosts Coeur d’Alene Charter on Thursday.

Lakeland 10 13 14 8 — 45

Priest River 4 13 8 10 — 35

LAKELAND — Tapplin 3, Murray 1, Bayley 0, Ward 4, Coder 10, Wendle 4, Duffey 1, Young 4, Close 11, Jewell 4, Derby 3.

PRIEST RIVER — Weimer 4, Trost 10, Pavey 2, Endicott 1, Douglas 3, Deal 0, Bradbury 0, Doolittle 4, Halcro 10, Fink 1.

Timberlake 49

Wallace 17

SPIRIT LAKE — Kara Wenstrom led a balanced attack with 10 points as the 3A Tigers opened their season with a victory over the 1A Division I Miners (1-2).

Eight players scored for Timberlake, which travels to Sandpoint on Thursday.

“We shared the ball well,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “I thought we played hard, and it was nice to see everybody chip in.”

Courtney Jennings led Wallace with seven points.

Wallace 2 5 3 7 — 17

Timberlake 16 14 10 9 — 49

WALLACE — Hill 3, Woody 2, Dire 0, Jennings 7, Bayer 0, Nelson 0, Pehan 0, J. Simmons 0, Denson 3, Browning 2, K. Simmons 0.

TIMBERLAKE — Wenstrom 10, George 2, Malloy 3, Mason 9, Hoffman 0, Madsen 7, Posch 6, Norlander 6, Gibson 6, Johnson 0.

Kellogg 42

Lakeside 30

KELLOGG — McKenna Stewart and Taylor Sheppard each scored 10 points in the Wildcats’ nonleague win over the Knights.

“I’m excited,” Kellogg coach Patricia Hoeck said. “The girls are getting better every game. Our defense is stepping up, but our offense needs some work.”

Erin Garner added seven points for the Wildcats (3-0). Francine Hendrickx led the Knights (0-1) with 11 points.

Kellogg visits Lakeland on Saturday. Lakeside travels to Wallace for the North Star League tournament, which runs Friday and Saturday.

Lakeside 5 7 10 8 — 30

Kellogg 8 15 7 12 — 42

LAKESIDE — Louie 0, Duncan 3, Davis 0, Whaley 2, Hendrickx 11, Haynes 0, Miller 2, Nilson 0, Wakan 8, Brown-Sonder 4.

KELLOGG — Garner 7, Pouttu 0, Flores 0, Gibbons 3, Stewart 10, Rainio 3, Sheppard 10, Carter 5, Arthur 4, Cooper 0, Gabel 0, Hadley 0.

Lake City JV 47

St. Maries 30

COEUR d’ALENE — The host Lumberjacks committed 41 turnovers in their season-opening loss to the Timberwolf junior varsity.

“We turned the ball over a lot,” St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. “Lake City played a tough man-to-man defense and we shot very poorly from the field.”

Dusti Huddleston had nine points and six rebounds, and Kendra Buell had seven rebounds for St. Maries, which hosts Orofino on Nov. 26.

Lake City JV 17 4 9 17 — 47

St. Maries 7 6 6 11 — 30

LAKE CITY JV — Wilson 4, Hall 5, D. Wilson 6, Little 7, Kinson 0, Smith 11, Strontz 2, Watson 10, Whittaker 2.

ST. MARIES — McQueen 3, Aguirre 0, Sines 0, Waddell 0, Buell 4, Scott 0, Anxo 6, Huddleston 9, Auer 2, Thaut 6.

Cd’A Charter 44

Kootenai 34

COEUR d’ALENE — Lexi Turkenburg’s 24 points fueled Coeur d’Alene Charter to their first victory of the season, defeating Kootenai at Holy Family Catholic School.

“Lexi is an excellent player,” Cd’A Charter coach Logan Grant said. “I am very fortunate to have a girl with her talent. For her to score 24 points when the defense is keying on her is great.”

Kirsten Scheffelmaier had seven points for Kootenai in the loss.

“Kootenai has a good bunch of girls and they will be tough down the stretch,” Grant said. “But this win is really good. We are really young and it was good to see the girls go out and play strong from the get-go.”

Cd’A Charter (1-2) travels to Priest River on Thursday. Kootenai (0-1) is off until Dec. 5 when it welcomes Kellogg.

Kootenai 7 7 11 9 — 34

Cd’A Charter 13 9 9 13 — 44

KOOTENAI — Walton 3, Griggs 1, McInturff 7, Scheffelmaier 7, Benson 10, Andersen 0, Martin 2, Dalton 2, Goodson 2,

Cd’A CHARTER — Turkenburg 24, Goodsen 2, Verhaeghe 9, Babich 4, Haman 2, Johnson 0, Rinaldi 3.