PREP ROUNDUP: Lake City battles before falling in regional loser-out game

* GIRLS BASKETBALL

LEWISTON - Lake City had a shot - three of them, actually - at eliminating the defending state champions.

But none of them fell, and the Timberwolves lost to the Lewiston Bengals 40-35 in a loser-out game at the 5A Region 1 girls basketball tournament at Booth Hall.

Hailey Jackson, who scored a season-high 16 points, hit a 3-pointer with just over 5 minutes left in the game to put Lake City up 33-32.

Lewiston scored to take a 34-33 lead, "and then we got three good looks on three consecutive possessions, and should have taken the lead," Lake City coach Royce Johnston said.

Lewiston (18-4), still playing without ailing Gonzaga signee Chelsea Waters, made 4 of 4 free throws in the final 30 seconds to hold off the Timberwolves.

Jasmyn Smith added 10 points for Lake City, which finished 10-12. Jackson hit three 3-pointers.

"It was a great effort on our part ... we had every opportunity in the world to win that game," Johnston said. "I couldn't praise Hailey Jackson more; she really stepped up tonight."

Lake City 11 9 10 5 - 35

Lewiston 13 10 9 8 - 40

LAKE CITY - Jackson 16, Butler 0, Smith 10, Wheelock 5, Torres 0, Heidenreich 4.

LEWISTON - K. Wilson 14, L. Wilson 4, Schlader 6, Hansen 4, Hobart 0, Wells 2, Phillips 10.

Timberlake 46

Bonners Ferry 40

RATHDRUM - Sydnie Malloy hit a 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter and finished with a team-high 14 points to lead the Tigers past the Badgers in a semifinal game in the 3A District 1 tournament at Lakeland High.

"Sydnie had a really good game throughout," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "It was a close battle throughout. It was a hard-fought battle. Both teams played extremely hard."

Timberlake (12-9) faces Priest River, which defeated St. Maries earlier on Tuesday, in the championship game on Thursday at 8 p.m.

Aubree Wasmer scored 16 points for Bonners Ferry (8-12), which faces St. Maries in a loser-out game at 6 p.m. on Thursday.

Bonners Ferry 8 9 13 12 - 40

Timberlake 9 11 10 16 - 46

BONNERS FERRY - Skeen 2, Tucker 2, Woods 2, Wasmer 16, Merrifield 1, Hill 5, Gust 6, Porter 6.

TIMBERLAKE - Wenstrom 12, George 1, Malloy 14, Mason 2, Hoffman 0, Madsen 11, Posch 2, Norlander 0, Gibson 4.

Priest River 44

St. Maries 39

RATHDRUM — Liz Halcro scored a game-high 15 points to lead the top-seeded Spartans past the fifth-seeded Lumberjacks in the 3A District 1 tournament at Lakeland High.

“We stuck close,” St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. “We’d get down and come back to get within four or five points, but we just didn’t have an answer for Halcro tonight. She pretty much controlled the inside on offense for them tonight.”

Kaytrin Thaut had nine points and seven rebounds for St. Maries (6-14), which faces Bonners Ferry in a loser-out game on Thursday.

Priest River (15-5) will face Timberlake (12-9) in the championship game on Thursday.

St. Maries 11 10 7 11 — 39

Priest River 14 14 5 11 — 44

ST. MARIES — McQueen 0, Sines 8, Schraum 3, Waddell 2, C. Thaut 0, Anxo 7, Huddleston 7, Auer 3, K. Thaut 9.

PRIEST RIVER — Weimer 9, Trost 2, Pavey 9, Douglas 3, Bradbury 6, Doolittle 0, Halcro 15, Fink 0.

ALL-INTERMOUNTAIN LEAGUE

PRIEST RIVER — Steffie Pavey, jr. (MVP); Liz Halcro, sr.; Jill Weimer, so. BONNERS FERRY — Aubree Wasmer, so.; Jordan Porter, sr. TIMBERLAKE — Kara Wenstrom, sr.; Kelly Madsen, sr. ST. MARIES — Dusti Huddleston, sr.; Kaytrin Thaut, sr. KELLOGG — Taylor Sheppard, jr.

COACH OF THE YEAR — Matt Miller, Timberlake.

Lakeside 53

Wallace 19

PLUMMER — After a one-point win and a double-overtime loss in their last two meetings, the host Knights routed the Miners to win the 1A Division I District 1 championship, and earned a berth in a state play-in game Saturday at St. Maries.

Tah-Wy-Ah Davis scored 13 points for Lakeside (9-9), which outscored Wallace 47-14 over the final three quarters. Shannon Miller had seven points, eight rebounds and four assists, and Sydney Wakan had six rebounds.

Wallace finished 11-10.

“I’m just really pleased; it was our best game of the year by far,” Lakeside coach Ron Miller said. “I’m glad we put it all together on a night where it really counted.”

Jordan Browning scored 5 points for Wallace, which won two of the first three meetings between the two teams.

“(Michelle) Whaley and (Kim) Duncan just played outstanding defense on their guards,” Miller said. “They just basically took their guards out of the game. We played good defense, forced them to take shots they didn’t want to take, and we were patient on offense.”

Lakeside will play the District 2 runner-up for the berth to state.

Wallace 5 7 3 4 — 19

Lakeside 6 15 14 18 — 53

WALLACE — Hill 2, Woody 0, Dire 4, Nelson 4, Pehan 0, J. Simmons 0, Denson 3, Browning 5, K. Simmons 1.

LAKESIDE — Duncan-Hall 3, Davis 13, Whaley 6, Hendrickx 4, R. Haynes 2, Miller 7, Nilson 7, Shamburg 0, Louie 5, Wakan 6.

• BOYS BASKETBALL

Coeur d’Alene JV 70

St. Maries 62 (OT)

ST. MARIES — Austin Paulsen scored 20 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to lead the Viking junior varsity past the Lumberjacks.

“Paulsen was the difference in the game,” St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said. “We just didn’t play any defense. We got outplayed in all areas of the game. They were ready to play and we weren’t.”

Tony Naccarato added 13 points for the Coeur d’Alene JV (13-4).

Warren Joiner scored 24 points for St. Maries (13-4), which is ranked No. 2 in 3A, and travels to Priest River on Friday.

Coeur d’Alene JV 10 10 13 20 17 — 70

St. Maries 9 21 8 15 9 — 62

COEUR d’ALENE JV — Daniels 8, Paulsen 22, Carpenter 2, Sutton 8, Naccarato 13, Kluss 2, Tripp 2, Walde 3, Hancock 10.

ST. MARIES — Joiner 24, Stapleton 0, Sampson 0, Schetzle 13, Kennelly 2, Ryle 9, Linnemeyer 2, Cordell 6, McMaster 6.

Kootenai 57

Clark Fork 50

CLARK FORK — Graydon Myhre scored 17 second-half points, including a 3-pointer and four free throws late, as the Warriors beat the Wampus Cats in North Star League play.

Kootenai (6-10, 4-3 NSL) clinched a bye until the championship game of the 1A Division II District 1 tournament Feb. 25 in Harrison Flats. The Warriors will take on the Mullan-at-Clark Fork winner for a berth to state.

Greg Boudousquie had 10 points and 13 rebounds for Clark Fork (3-10, 2-4).

Kootenai closes out the regular season Feb. 16 at home vs. Lakeside.

Kootenai 15 11 14 17 — 57

Clark Fork 16 12 12 10 — 50

KOOTENAI — Ma. Willms 7, Napierala 1, Myhre 17, D. Whipple 0, Benson 4, Carman 8, B. Whipple 6, Pfeiffer 14.

CLARK FORK — Bowen 0, Berkley 15, Nesbitt 12 (2 3s), Anderson 5, Klein 8, G. Boudousquie 10, Bristol 0.

• WRESTLING

Lake City drops

pair of duals

COEUR d’ALENE — Lake City lost 49-24 to Lewiston and 44-36 to Sandpoint in a pair of duals at Lake City.

Lewiston is ranked No. 1 in 5A by IdahoWrestlingNews.com.

“Against Lewiston, I thought we wrestled them really well tonight — most of the close matches we won,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said. “Dakota Schnall (145) and Nate Partenfelder (152) wrestled really well — they got wins vs. state placers from Lewiston, and got pins vs. Sandpoint.”

Owen said he had his team pumped up vs. Lewiston, and they had a hard time maintaining that energy vs. Sandpoint. Still, he praised the improving Bulldog program.

“They’re getting better every year,” said Owen, in his fourth year at Lake City. “I’m impressed with what (coach) Mike (Randles) is doing; each year it’s gotten a little closer. This is the first time I’ve lost to them.”

Lake City travels to second-ranked Post Falls on Thursday.

LEWISTON 49, LAKE CITY 24

106 — Marshall Bowen, Lew, p. Logan McRoberts, 2:47. 113 — Jordan Ball, Lew, by forfeit. 120 — Drake Randall, Lew, d. Michael Carr, 11-0. 126 — Cory Wells, LC, d. Troy Snyder, 5-2. 132 — Justin Rogers, Lew, d. Nick Wells, 5-4. 138 — Ryan Klemp, Lew, p. Darick Sharidan, 5:34. 145 — Dakota Schnall, LC, d. Zane Madruga, 6-5. 152 — Nate Partenfelder, LC, d. Drew Randall, 6-0. 160 — Brant Baldwin, LC, won by inj. def. over Reece Baldwin. 170 — Travis Huffman, Lew, by forfeit. 182 — Justis Balison, LC, d. Quinton Grimmage, 2-1. 195 — Troy Zolman, Lew, by forfeit. 220 — Ryan Rigney, Lew, p. Alfredo Reyes, 1:09. 285 — D.J. Maurer, Lew, p. Austin Porter, :41. 98 — Killian Konda, LC, p. Ryan Knapp, 3:43.

SANDPOINT 44, LAKE CITY 36

113 — double forfeit. 120 — Peyton Dillon, Spt, tf. Michael Carr, 18-1. 126 — Lewis Duntan, Spt, p. Cory Wells, 3:31. 132 — Nick Wells, LC, by forfeit. 138 — Darick Sharidan, LC, by forfeit. 145 — Jared Lambert, LC, p. Alex Geise, 2:47. 152 — Dakota Schnall, LC, p. Colton Redding, 4:43. 160 — Nate Partenfelder, LC, p. Josh Allen, 2:50. 170 — Adam Weindl, Spt, p. Brant Baldwin, :54. 182 — Justin Pepperdine, Spt, d. Justis Balison, 9-4. 195 — Brandon Williams, Spt, by forfeit. 220 — Josh Traverse, Spt, p. Alfredo Reyes, 3:51. 285 — Matt Lockey, Spt, p. Austin Porter, 1:13. 98 — Killian Konda, LC, by forfeit. 106 — Tanner McNeely, Spt, p. Logan McRoberts, 2:40.

Kellogg 42

Timberlake 36

SPIRIT LAKE — Kellogg won the first three matches of the night on the way to an Intermountain League dual win over Timberlake.

Drew Hill (132 pounds), Tristan Roth (160), Forrest Herring (170), Drew Johnson (220) and Alan Foote (285) each recorded pins for Timberlake, which hosts Lakeland tonight at 6.

“There were a couple heartbreakers tonight where the swing in points could’ve been the difference, but the guys gave a much better effort than we showed this past weekend,” Timberlake coach Ryan Montang said. “We gave up some pins in some places where we were up late and there were spots where we could have saved some points, but we competed hard and stepped up our effort as a team.”

98 — Mike Hyndman, Kel, d. Dillon Grafton, 10-9. 106 — Bryson Vergobbi, Kel, p. Kam Raynor, 5:00. 113 — Blake Ivie, Kel, tf. Shelton Sharp, 19-1. 120 — Kody Hongslo, TL, d. Tristan O’Brien, 5-2 126 — Casey Jerome, Kel, p. Scott Larson, 1:00. 132 — Drew Hill, TL, p. James Red, 2:35. 138 — Cole Jerome, Kel, md. Tyler Boddiger, 14-3 145 — Cody Stewart, Kel, p. Richard Mervin, 1:39. 152 — Preston Rhodes, TL, d. Matt O’Neal, 2-0. 160 — Tristan Roth, TL, p. Kenneth Varey, :35. 170 — Forrest Herring, TL, p. Gavin Wadsworth, 1:06. 182 — Pierce Otto, Kel, p. Christian Heth, 5:29. 195 — Jacob Harris, Kel, p. Nick Fuchs, 1:57. 220 — Drew Johnson, TL, p. Wyatt Hopper, :38. 285 — Alan Foote, TL, p. Ricky O’Brien, 1:42.