PREP ROUNDUP: Roletto lifts Viks past Lewiston
* BOYS BASKETBALL
LEWISTON - Joe Roletto scored all 12 of his points in the second half as Coeur d'Alene, ranked second in 5A, outscored Lewiston 35-18 in the second half to pull away for a 58-37 victory in 5A Inland Empire League boys basketball Thursday night at Booth Hall.
"We just executed and shot the ball better in the second half," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Steve Bourgard said. "We just made too many mistakes in the first half."
Deon Watson added 14 points, Jared Moore 10 for Coeur d'Alene (13-4, 4-1 5A IEL), which can clinch the top seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament starting Feb. 17 with a victory Wednesday at Post Falls (16-2, 3-2). A loss to the Trojans could cause a three-way tie for first place between Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Lake City (9-7, 3-2).
Randon Fuentes scored 10 points for Lewiston (7-11, 0-5), which hosts Lake City in a makeup game Tuesday.
Coeur d'Alene 11 12 11 24 - 58
Lewiston 6 13 6 12 - 37
COEUR d'ALENE - Tackett 8, Roletto 12, Chalich 5, Daniels 0, Loy 0, Moore 10, Higbie 8, Watson 14, Blakley 0.
LEWISTON - Fuentes 10, Pederson 0, Madsen 6, Scott 0, Gaskill 3, Larson 8, Hewitt-Steiger 3, Havens 0, Baerlocher 4, Boyer 2.
Post Falls 48
Sandpoint 41
POST FALLS — Seth Anderson had 18 points and eight rebounds to lead the Trojans, ranked third in 5A, past the Bulldogs in a nonleague game at The Arena.
“I thought our execution in the third quarter was a lot better,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “We played a sloppy game for three quarters and I was disappointed with our guys’ execution. This wasn’t our best game of the season by far.”
Michael Hillman had 11 points and eight rebounds for Post Falls (16-2), which hosts Coeur d’Alene on Wednesday.
Ryan Schwartz scored 11 points for Sandpoint (7-11), which hosts Moscow on Saturday.
Sandpoint 12 12 7 10 — 41
Post Falls 10 13 17 8 — 48
SANDPOINT — Rodriguez 1, N. Schwartz 2, Burgstahler 2, Nitcy 4, R. Schwartz 11, Olin 8, Hawk 7, Couch 6.
POST FALLS — Davenport 0, Pfennigs 2, Anderson 18, Valente 2, Thoreson 4, Colbert 9, Benner 2, Hillman 11, Koski 0, Mueller 0, Shelton 0.
Cd’A Charter 58
Kootenai 30
HARRISON FLATS — Bryan Smith scored 18 of his 24 points in the first half — 11 of those in the second quarter — to lead the visiting 2A Panthers past the 1A Division II Warriors in nonleague play.
R.J. Hallett added 10 points for Coeur d’Alene Charter (10-7), which plays host to Wallace next Wednesday.
“They were aggressive defensively and flying all over the place creating turnovers,” interim Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. Napierala, the athletic director and formerly the Kootenai girls basketball coach, is replacing Andrew Whipple, who resigned Monday for an undisclosed reason, Napierala said. Whipple was in his fifth season as head coach.
Graydon Myhre scored eight points for Kootenai (4-10), which travels to Mullan tonight.
Cd’A Charter 17 18 15 8 — 58
Kootenai 7 5 14 4 — 30
COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Pedersen 5, Johnson 0, May 0, Trogstad 0, Hallett 10, Culp 0, Hjeltness 0, Redline 9, Shapiro 6, Smith 24, Simon 4.
KOOTENAI — Ma. Willms 2, Myhre 8, D. Whipple 2, Benson 2, B. Whipple 3, Pfeiffer 7, Schultz 0, Mo. Willms 0, Carman 6.
Lakeside 48
Troy 44
PLUMMER — Jordan Brown scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, and Lakeside rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to defeat Troy in nonleague play.
“We were not focused at all in the first half,” Lakeside coach Bill Brebner said. “In the second half everyone stepped up with an outstanding defensive effort and we absolutely shut them down.”
Joseph Chapman added 12 points, four steals, four rebounds and three assists for Lakeside (11-6), which plays at Clark Fork on Wednesday.
Troy 18 16 8 2 — 44
Lakeside 14 9 13 12 — 48
TROY — Menter 0, Illi 6, Nelson 12, Memmott 7, Malm 9, Felf 8, Wright 0, Hoskins 2.
LAKESIDE — Higgins 7, Chapman 12, Nomee 1, Gallegos 0, Meshell 2, Smith 3, Brown 23.
N.I. Christian 58
Christian Heritage 49
EDWALL, Wash. — Zach Smeltzer had 20 points, 13 rebounds and six steals to lead the Royals past the Patriots in a Mountain Christian League game.
Cory Lafollett added 19 points and 12 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (6-11, 6-10 MCL), which faces Christian Center today at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.
N.I. Christian 10 22 11 15 — 58
Christian Heritage 13 10 14 12 — 49
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Lafollett 19, Smeltzer 20, Pearl 1, Sheetz 2, Kuchenski 8, Booth 2, Williams 6.
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — Huntwork 12, Ricketts 5, Wagner 14, Cousins 6, Harron 4, Rossey 8.
Grace Bible 63
Genesis Prep 34
LIBERTY LAKE — Isaac Schaefer had 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Warriors past the Jaguars in a Mountain Christian League game at the HUB Sports Center.
Nathan Collier added 11 for Grace Bible (11-6, 11-5 MCL), which faces House of the Lord at Priest River Middle School on Saturday.
Genesis Prep 4 9 8 13 — 34
Grace Bible 18 14 17 14 — 63
GENESIS PREP — Mort 11, Zier 8, T. Darrow 4, MacDonald 4, Hash 3, Brown 2, Lloyd 2, Chisum 0, Christensen 0, Dahl 0, J. Darrow 0, Howard 0, Whetstone 0.
GRACE BIBLE — Schaefer 20, Collier 11, Thruman 8, Connelly 7, Peabody 7, Chursion 4, M. Madsen 2, R. Madsen 2, Norhausen 2.
• WRESTLING
Vikings defeat Badgers, Bulldogs
COEUR d’ALENE — Garrett DeMers (195 pounds) won both his matches by pin as the host Vikings beat the Bonners Ferry Badgers 69-9 and Sandpoint Bulldogs 49-31 in nonleague wrestling duals.
Coeur d’Alene won eight matches via pin against Bonners Ferry.
“I think we just got on a roll and got a lot of wins,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “We came out aggressive and did a lot of good things.”
Vince Marmon (145), Hudson Staub (138), Shawn White (152) and Matt James (220) also had pins against Sandpoint for Coeur d’Alene, which travels to Lewiston next Thursday.
“We didn’t wrestle great, but they’re much improved,” said Moffat of Sandpoint. “After last night, to have an emotional match against Lake City, we wrestled all right. I was just happy to get through it without any injuries. We’re headed in the right direction.”
Josh Allen (160) and Adam Weindl (170) had pins for Sandpoint against Coeur d’Alene.
COEUR d’ALENE 69, BONNERS FERRY 9
98 — Anthony Price, Cd’A, p. Aaron Smith, 1:18. 106 — Drew Goring, Cd’A, p. Jacob Nelson, 1:20. 113 — A.J. Konda, Cd’A, by forfeit. 120 — Steve Price, Cd’A, by forfeit. 126 — Brenden Northington, Cd’A, p. David Chapman, 9-8. 132 — Blaine Invernon, BF, p. Colton Johnson, :39. 138 — Hudson Staub, Cd’A, p. Parker Davis, 1:47. 145 — Zack Wilson, BF, d. Vince Marmon, 5-2. 152 — Shawn White, Cd’A, d. Anthony Skeen, 6-4. 160 — Gabe Ross, Cd’A, p. Glen Cummings, 3:43. 170 — Phoenix Duncan, Cd’A, p. Travis Beck, :50. 182 — Darian Robinett, Cd’A, by forfeit. 195 — Garrett DeMers, Cd’A, p. Carmen Krichbaum, 1:38. 220 — Matt James, Cd’A, d. Will Gaskar, 8-2. 285 — Dakota Groves, Cd’A, p. Morris McCallister, 2:56.
COEUR d’ALENE 49, SANDPOINT 31
98 — Anthony Price, Cd’A, by forfeit. 106 — Drew Goring, Cd’A, d. Tanner McNelley, 5-3. 113 — A.J. Konda, Cd’A, by forfeit. 120 — Peyton Dillon, Spt, d. Steve Price, 9-2. 126 — Tristan Dunn, Cd’A, md. Lewis Dunton, 12-4. 132 — Troy Goodman, Spt, p. Colton Johnson, 1:37. 138 — Hudson Staub, Cd’A, p. Damon Rodriguez, 1:42. 145 — Vince Marmon, Cd’A, p. Alex Guece, 1:47. 152 — Shawn White, Cd’A, p. Colton Redding, 1:57. 160 — Josh Allen, Spt, p. Gabe Ross, 3:35. 170 — Adam Weindl, Spt., p. Phoenix Duncan, 5:54. 180 — Brandon Williams, Spt, tf. Darian Robinett, 17-0. 195 — Garrett DeMers, Cd’A, p. Justin Pepperdine, 1:55. 220 — Matt James, Cd’A, p. Josh Travers, 5:42. 285 — Matt Lockey, Spt, d. Dakota Groves, 11-3.
Kellogg 60
St. Maries 30
KELLOGG — The host Wildcats won eight matches by pin to defeat the visiting Lumberjacks in an Intermountain League dual at Andrews Gymnasium.
Sheldon Dittman (126 pounds), Joe Bloomsburg (152), Ashton Stephenson (160) and J.D. Reid (215) had pins for St. Maries, which travels to Timberlake on Wednesday.
98 — Logan Dittman, SM, by forfeit. 106 — Tucker Figueroa, Kell, by forfeit. 113 — Blake Ivie, Kell, p. Josh Richmond, 3:14. 120 — Tristen O’Brien, Kell, p. Colton Mitchell, :54. 126 — Sheldon Dittman, SM, p. James Red, time not reported. 132 — Chris Vergobbi, Kell, p. Aaron Kolar, 1:12. 138 — Cole Jerome, Kell, p. Reid Ryle, time not reported. 145 — Cody Stewart, Kell, p. Isaac Walters, 4:15. 152 — Joe Bloomsburg, SM, p. Matt O’Neil, 2:08. 160 — Ashton Stephenson, SM, p. Justin Kitchen, 4:56. 170 — Davin Wadsworth, Kell, p. Brandon Avalos, 2:45. 182 — Pierce Otto, Kell, p. James Swisher, 1:15. 195 — Jacob Harris, Kell, p. Jesse Harvey, :51. 215 — J.D. Reid, SM, p. Wyatt Hopper, 1:16. 285 — Ricky O’Brien, Kell, by forfeit.