PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Balanced effort helps Post Falls improve to 6-0

POST FALLS - Brooke Litalien and Danielle Failor had 17 points each as the Post Falls Trojans beat the Kennewick Lions 74-15 on Tuesday night in a nonleague game at The Arena.

"It was a total team effort," Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. "Everyone contributed and did some good things. I was happy with how we shared the ball."

Failor had eight rebounds and four blocks, Hallie Gennett had 14 points, nine rebounds and five assists and Katie King had six assists and three steals for Post Falls (6-0), which hosts Richland (Wash.) on Friday.

Kennewick 3 7 3 2 - 15

Post Falls 18 17 25 14 - 74

KENNEWICK - Osmundson 1, Valerio 0, Marta 0, Hichs 0, Sanders 5, Kump 3, Lester 0, Nelson 0, Albertin 0, Tiamami 6.

POST FALLS - Allert 9, Gonzales 4, King 4, Meehan 0, Smith 9, Litalien 17, Gennett 14, Runkle 0, Failor 17, Perrin 0.

Northwest Christian 38

Lake City 29

COEUR d'ALENE - Madi Farrell had 13 points and seven rebounds for the Timberwolves, who fell to the Crusaders (2-0), a Washington class 2B team from just north of Spokane, in a nonleague game.

"Offensively, we were rushing shots tonight," Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. "We had a lot of good looks, but couldn't throw it in the ocean tonight. We weren't ready to play tonight and I need to do a better job of getting us going."

Natalie Wheelock had four assists for Lake City (4-2), which travels to Kennewick (Wash.) on Friday.

Hannah Dietzer had 16 points for Northwest Christian.

Northwest Christian 12 8 6 12 - 38

Lake City 3 13 12 1 - 29

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Dietzen 16, McFaul 0, Ma. Guske 4, C. Gray 7, Farmer 9, Knight 2, Bozlee 0. M. Gray 0.

LAKE CITY - Jackson 6, J. Wilson 0, Horton 1, Wheelock 5, Farrell 13, Torres 1, Hawkes 0, Smith 3.

West Valley 58

Lakeland 45

RATHDRUM - Josie Coder had 12 points and four assists and the Hawks lost to the Eagles in a nonleague game at Hawk Court.

"We just couldn't corral a lot of rebounds offensively and defensively," Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. "We're showing improvement in some areas and we regress in others a little bit. I still think once we're able to improve in all areas on one night, we can be good. We're showing in certain phases we can be good, but we've yet to put it all together."

Lakeland (2-7) hosts East Valley on Tuesday.

Natalie Noble scored 18 points for West Valley.

West Valley 15 16 18 9 - 58

Lakeland 15 11 11 8 - 45

WEST VALLEY - Ashley-Meek 5, K. McGlothlen 12, Wilhelm 0, Muhns 3, Noble 18, Higbie 13, Finn 5, R. McGlothlen 2.

LAKELAND - Vanderhoof 1, St. Mark 0, Pote 2, Ward 8, Coder 12, Derby 8, Rotchford 0, Seymour 3, Kelsey 4, Pruitt 3, Ramus 4.

Riverside 45

Timberlake 33

CHATTAROY, Wash. - Jessica Norlander scored 11 points and the shorthanded Tigers lost to the Rams in a nonleague game.

Starters Ashly George and Jenna Hoffman sat out Tuesday's game with injuries for Timberlake (1-3), which hosts East Valley on Friday.

"We just had a hard time on the boards without those two," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said.

Timberlake 6 9 9 9 - 33

Riverside 13 10 17 5 - 45

TIMBERLAKE - Brillon 0, Malloy 5, Rhodes 2, Owen 4, Fitzmorris 6, Hardy 0, Norlander 11, Gibson 5.

RIVERSIDE - Dykeman 0, Workman 2, LaJiness 2, Supainchick 3, Hardy 2, Holm 3, M. Pace 10, H. Pace 1, McDonald 2, Davis 20.

Cd'A Charter 43

Wallace 30

WALLACE - Anna Verhaeghe scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Panthers past the Miners in a nonleague game at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Lexi Turkenburg had 12 points and 10 boards for Coeur d'Alene Charter (3-1), which hosts St. Maries on Thursday in the Central Idaho League opener for both at Holy Family Catholic School.

Jacklyn Jensen had 10 rebounds and seven blocked shots for Charter.

"Her presence inside makes them adjust a lot of shots," Charter coach Doug Grant said.

Emily Nelson had 12 points, seven rebounds and three steals for Wallace (2-5), which travels to Kootenai on Tuesday.

Cd'A Charter 11 15 6 11 - 43

Wallace 8 7 10 5 - 30

COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Ramb 0, Ployhar 0, Baxter 0, Verhaeghe 17, Turkenburg 12, Haman 6, Jensen 5, Babich 2, Bartlett 1, Zasadny 0.

WALLACE - Farkas 0, Woody 0, Nelson 12, Brackebusch 6, Browning 5, S. Hill 4, Denson 2, M. Hill 1, Simmons 0, Waters 0.

Lakeside 54

Kootenai 38

PLUMMER - Sydney Wakan had 10 points and nine rebounds for the host Knights in the North Star League game.

"She came off the bench and gave us some good scoring," Lakeside coach Stacey Sonder said. "But we need to knock down our free throws."

Lakeside made just 2 of 20 from the line.

Kim Duncan-Hall had 12 points and seven steals, Francine Hendrickx nine points and five assists for Lakeside (4-1, 2-0 NSL), which plays host to North Idaho Christian on Thursday.

Katey Mae McInturff scored 18 points for Kootenai (1-7, 0-1), which plays North Idaho Christian on Saturday at Canfield Middle School in Coeur d'Alene.

Kootenai 5 10 10 13 - 38

Lakeside 8 16 14 16 - 54

KOOTENAI - Goodson 3, Keogh 0, Carman 3, Schultz 2, Andersen 4, Raudebaugh 0, McIntuff 18, Martin 5, Dutton 3, Grubham 0.

LAKESIDE - Seim 0, Duncan-Hall 12, Dorhman 2, Hendrickx 9, Haynes 3, T. Hendrickx 0, Crowe 1, Louie 0, Nilson 9, Shamburg 0, Wakan 10, Brown-Sonder 8.