PREP ROUNDUP: Ness helps Lake City rally past Moscow
* BOYS BASKETBALL
MOSCOW - Luke Ness hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, and Lake City rallied from 13 points down in the third quarter to beat Moscow 51-48 on Friday night at Bear Den in a nonleague game.
Ness sank a 3 with 2 minutes left to give Lake City (10-7) the lead for good at 48-47.
"Luke's a clutch kid. We've been to Moscow a thousand times," longtime Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said, only seemingly slightly exaggerating, "and this is one of the best wins we've had down there. To have a young team, and watch them suck it up like that is encourging."
Justin Pratt had 11 points and Mitch Bevacqua had six rebounds for Lake City, which visits Lewiston in a game tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, but could be moved to avoid conflict with a 5A Region 1 girls basketball tournament game scheduled there that night.
Lane Brooks scored 12 points for Moscow (7-9).
Lake City 12 5 17 17 - 51
Moscow 8 15 16 9 - 48
LAKE CITY - Traverse 2, Pratt 11, Bevacqua 5, Ness 18, Moreen 8, Guice 6, Winger 1.
MOSCOW - Pennington 8, Snyder 2, Brooks 12, Donaldson 9, D. McGurkin 7, Helbling 6, Randall 0, Martin 0, Ellison 4.
Kootenai 61
Mullan 35
MULLAN - Ben Whipple scored 16 points, Graydon Myhre 12 and Jake Pfeiffer 10 as the visiting Warriors eased away from the Tigers in North Star League play at the Pavilion.
Kootenai (5-10, 3-3 NSL) travels to Clark Fork on Tuesday.
Hunter Kotschevar scored 11 points for Mullan (0-15, 0-8), which plays host to the Post Falls freshmen on Monday.
Kootenai 10 19 15 17 - 61
Mullan 3 11 11 10 - 35
KOOTENAI - Ma. Willms 4, Myhre 12, Carman 8, B. Whipple 16, Pfeiffer 10, Naperiala 0, D. Whipple 2, Benson 2, Schultz 5, Mo. Willms 2, Jones 2.
MULLAN - Henderson 8, Kotschevar 11, Placencio 2, Sadler 4, Martin 2, P. Johnson 4, Dykes 0, C. Johnson 0, Jaster 4.
N.I. Christian 49
Christian Center 34
LIBERTY LAKE - Aaron Kuchenski scored eight of his 11 points in the fourth quarter as the Royals outscored the Lions 24-4 to win the Mountain Christian League game at the HUB Sports Center.
Cory Lafollett had 22 points, six steals and four assists, and Zach Smeltzer added 14 points, nine rebounds and six steals for North Idaho Christian (7-11, 7-10 MCL), which plays host to House of the Lord on Monday.
Ransom Storm scored 10 points for Christian Center, which visits Logos today.
Christian Center 9 11 10 4 - 34
N.I. Christian 7 12 7 24 - 49
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Kondryszyn 8, Chekota 8, Hansen 3, Kuetemeyer 3, Sovereign 0, Yetter 2, Kile 0, Storm 10.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Lafollett 22, Smeltzer 14, Pearl 2, Sheetz 0, Kuchenski 11, Booth 0, Williams 0, Jesensky 0.
* GIRLS BASKETBALL
Mullan 47
Kootenai 41
MULLAN - Kami McKinnon totaled 25 points and 11 rebounds as the Tigers beat the Warriors in North Star League play at the Pavilion.
After the game, Mullan also won the coin flip, and will host Kootenai on Thursday at 6 p.m. in the semifinals of the 1A Division II District 1 tournament. The winner travels to Clark Fork next Saturday at 1 p.m. in the championship game for a berth to state.
Sydney Koenig had 18 rebounds, Robbyn Trogden seven steals for Mullan (3-12, 1-7 NSL).
Katey Mae McInturff had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Brie Benson had 11 boards for Kootenai (3-15, 1-7), which plays host to North Idaho Christian on Monday.
Kootenai 7 10 11 13 - 41
Mullan 14 14 6 13 - 47
KOOTENAI - Walton 5, Griggs 6, Carman 0, McInturff 12, Scheffelmaier 2, Benson 3, Martin 2, Dutton 2, Goodson 7, Donohoe 2.
MULLAN - Trogden 9, Kai. Gribble 2, Kay. Gribble 0, McKinnon 25, Ploharz 1, Kotschevar 2, Koenig 8.
Wallace 44
Lakeside 41 (2OT)
WALLACE - Francine Hendrickx forced overtime with a free throw with 2 seconds to go, but the host Miners won in overtime to avenge an earlier North Star League loss to the Knights.
Lakeside, however, won the coin flip after the game, and will host Wallace on Tuesday at 6 p.m. for the 1A Division I District 1 title. That winner advances to a state play-in game Feb. 11 at St. Maries.
Jordan Browning scored 13 points, Amanda Pehan 12 for Wallace (11-9, 5-3).
Christina Nilson scored a game-high 15 points for Lakeside (8-9, 5-3).
Lakeside 6 7 11 10 4 3 - 41
Wallace 12 10 7 5 4 6 - 44
LAKESIDE - Davis 7, Whaley 4, Louie 2, Miller 11, Hendrickx 1, Nilson 15.
WALLACE - Hill 6, Woody 5, Dire 6, Nelson 4, Pehan 12, Denson 1, Browning 13, Simmons 4.
Christian Center 39
N.I. Christian 28
LIBERTY LAKE - A third-quarter surge, sparked by the hot shooting of Lindsey Howard, helped the Lions clinch the Mountain Christian League title at the HUB Sports Center.
Howard sank five 3-pointers en route to 17 points for Christian Center (19-1, 14-0 MCL), which travels to Logos today at 1.
Bethany Harryman had 14 rebounds for the Lions, and Howard added six assists.
Kana Shanley had 12 points and four assists for North Idaho Christian (20-5, 13-3), which plays at Kootenai on Monday. Alex Gwin added seven points and six steals.
Christian Center 5 10 13 11 - 39
N. Idaho Christian 13 5 2 8 - 28
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Howard 17, Purvis 6, Harryman 4, Kuetemeyer 9, Dixon 3, Secrest 0, Engels 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hobson 2, Shanley 12, Kaschmitter 2, Gjevere 0, Gwin 7, McCauley 2, Haag 0, Shaw 0, Ward 3.
* WRESTLING
Timberlake 45
Bonners Ferry 38
BONNERS FERRY - Heavyweight Allan Foote recorded a pin in the final match of the night to give the Tigers an Intermountain League victory over the Badgers.
Tristan Roth of Timberlake (2-0 IML) was leading by 10 points at 145 when he twisted his ankle and had to injury default.
Timberlake (11-2 overall) returns to Bonners Ferry today for the Bonners Ferry Invitational.
98 - Dailyn Johnson, TL, p. Aaron Smith, 2nd. 106 - Cam Raynor, TL, tf. Jacob Wilson, 16-1. 113 - Scott Larson, TL, by forfeit. 120 - Brock Herbert, TL, by forfeit. 126 - Cody Hongslo, TL, p. Matt Tucker, 1st. 132 - Blaine Invernon, BF, tf. Tyler Baertscher, 16-1. 138 - Parker Davis, BF, d. Preston Rowe 16-12. 145 - Zach Wilson, BF, d. Tristan Roth, inj. def. 152 - Anthony Skeen, BF, p. Quinton Reese, 2nd. 160 - Forrest Herring, TL, md. Quinn Cummings, 11-2. 170 - Zach Heigel, by forfeit. 182 - Christian Heth, TL, by forfeit. 195 - Carmen Krichbaum, BF, by forfeit. 220 - Will Gaspar, BF, p. Drew Johnson, 2nd. 285 - Allan Foote, TL, p. Rankin Langley, 1st.