PREP ROUNDUP: Kootenai girls advance to district championship game
* GIRLS BASKETBALL
MULLAN - Katey Mae McInturff scored 14 points and the Kootenai Warriors outscored Mullan 14-6 in the fourth quarter to scratch out a 41-35 victory in the loser-out first round of the 1A Division II District 1 tournament Thursday night.
Kootenai (4-16) travels to No. 1 seed Clark Fork (12-6) on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the championship game for the district's lone berth to state.
Miranda Griggs added 10 points for Kootenai, and Brie Benson had seven points and nine rebounds.
Kami McKinnon scored 12 points for Mullan (3-13).
Kootenai 11 7 9 14 - 41
Mullan 6 12 11 6 - 35
KOOTENAI - Walton 2, Griggs 10, Carman 0, McInturff 14, Benson 7, Martin 0, Goodson 4, Donohoe 4.
MULLAN - Trogden 4, Kai. Gribble 0, Kay. Gribble 0, McKinnon 12, Ploharz 2, Kotschevar 8, Koenig 9.
* BOYS BASKETBALL
Lake City 72
Sandpoint 40
SANDPOINT - Sandpoint senior Jackson Olin and Lake City sophomore Justin Pratt waged a first-half scoring duel before the Timberwolves rode a hot-shooting second half to a win over the Bulldogs in nonleague play at Les Rogers Court.
Olin scored all of his team-high 20 points in the first half, including four 3-pointers and a rare four-point play, as the Bulldogs (7-13) trailed 31-25 at the half.
Pratt, who drained four 3-pointers in the first half en route to a 25-point night, added five rebounds and three assists. Luke Ness (13 points) and Mitch Bevacqua (10) also hit double figures for the hot-shooting Timbervolves (12-7).
"He (Pratt) played super. We've been saying from Day 1 that we've got some good shooters, but it's been a while since we put it all together," said Lake City coach Jim Winger, who had his defense switch to a box-in-one on Olin in the second half. "We tried to throw Olin out of his rhythm. I'm a big fan of his. We don't chase a lot of kids, so it's a compliment to him."
Lake City hosts Lakeland tonight to conclude the regular season.
Lake City 20 11 22 19 - 72
Sandpoint 9 16 10 5 - 40
LAKE CITY - Traverse 5, Pratt 25, Bevacqua 10, Redal 2, Ross 6, Ness 13, Moreen 8, Guice 0, Winger 3.
SANDPOINT - Burgstahler 0, N. Schwartz 0, Nitcy 0, Rodriguez 4, R. Schwartz 6, Nelson 2, Myers 0, Olin 20, Howk 8, Couch 0, Litzell 0.
5A, 4A boys coin flip for seeding
Coeur d'Alene won a three-team coin flip with Lake City and Post Falls for the No. 1 seed to the 5A Region 1 boys basketball tournament, and will host the first night of tourney play Feb. 17.
The three teams tied for the 5A Inland Empire League title.
Coeur d'Alene will play No. 4 seed Lewiston at 7:30, after Lake City and Post Falls play at 5:45. The winner of the Lake City-Post Falls game will be the No. 2 seed through the remainder of the tournament.
* Lakeland won a coin flip with Sandpoint for the No. 2 seed, and will play host to the Bulldogs in the first round of the 4A Region 1 boys basketball tournament next Tuesday in Rathdrum.
The winner will travel to No. 1 Moscow on Thursday.
* WRESTLING
Post Falls 66
Lake City 12
POST FALLS - Seniors Chadd Webster (132 pounds) and Tyler Booth (152) shined on senior night as the Trojans, ranked No. 2 in the dual team ranking by IdahoWrestlingNews.com, wrapped up an 18-1 dual season.
Webster gave up the first takedown, then went on to beat Nick Wells, who is ranked third in 5A. Booth, ranked No. 1 at his weight, downed No. 2 Nate Partenfelder 9-3.
"We're just really proud of our seniors," Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. "It was a great night for them. Our team wrestled really well."
"We just wrestled probably the best team in the state of Idaho - Post Falls showed up tonight and they're a great team," Lake City coach Corey Owen said. "I feel good about the way my juniors and seniors are wrestling (heading into regionals). We are still wrestling hard every night, but we're just not winning the tough matches right now."
Next up for both teams is the 5A Region 1 tournament Feb. 17-18 at Lakeland High.
120 - Mitch Crain, PF, tf. Mike Carr, 16-0. 126 - Cory Wells, LC, p. Jorge Nunez, 2:35. 132 - Chadd Webster, PF, md. Nick Wells, 11-2. 138 - Tanner Riekena, PF, p. Darick Sharidan, 2:53. 145 - James Ost, PF, d. Dakota Schnall, 7-3. 152 - Tyler Booth, PF, d. Nate Partenfelder, LC, 9-3. 160 - Austin Wilson, PF, p. Brant Baldwin, 2:13. 170 - Auston May, PF, by forfeit. 182 - Cole Jesienouski, PF, by forfeit. 195 - Justis Balison, LC, p. Billy Vigil, 3:58. 220 - Justin Farnsworth, PF, p. Alfredo Reyes, 1:52. 285 - Eugene Thompson, PF, p. Austin Porter, :41. 98 - Lucas Bolser, PF, d. Killian Konda, LC, 8-2. 106 - Drake Foster, PF, by forfeit. 113 - Peter Berger, PF, by forfeit.
Lewiston 51
Coeur d'Alene 21
LEWISTON - With five starters out with illnesses, Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat was just happy to see his Vikings get out of their match healthy vs. Lewiston, ranked No. 1 in the dual team ranking in 5A by IdahoWrestlingNews.com.
Gabe Ross (160), Garrett DeMers (195) and Anthony Price (98) had pins for Coeur d'Alene, which is idle until the 5A Region 1 tournament Feb. 17-18 at Lakeland.
"They had 13 seniors in their lineup; we had one," Moffat said. "For as young as we are, I thought we battled hard."
113 - A.J. Konda, Cd'A, d. Drake Randall, 9-4. 120 - Jake Carlton, Lew, d. Steven Price, 8-2. 126 - Colby Marsh, Lew, d. Tristin Dunn, 16-8. 132 - Josh Carlton, Lew, p. Colton Johnson, :54. 138 - Jake Lohman, Lew, d. Austin Lattin, 3:30. 145 - Adam Hart, Lew, p. Eric Rhoades, 1:34. 152 - Zane Madruga, Lew, d. Sean White, 7-2. 160 - Gabe Ross, Cd'A, p. Adam Glasser, 3:23. 170 - Travis Huffman, Lew, tf. Phoenix Duncan, 16-1. 182 - Quinton Grimmage, Lew, md. Darrian Robnett, 9-0. 195 - Garrett DeMers, Cd'A, p. Troy Zolman, 1:18. 220 - Ryan Rigney, Lew, p. Matt James, 2:46. 285 - D.J. Maurer, Lew, p. Dakota Groves, 3:31. 98 - Anthony Price, Cd'A, p. Ryan Knapp, 3:53. 106 - Marshall Bowen, Lew, by forfeit.
The Spartans defeated the Grizzlies in the consolation championship game last year.
Timberlake (12-10) will face fifth-seeded St. Maries (7-14) tonight at 6 at Lakeland for the district's second berth to state. St. Maries eliminated third-seeded Bonners Ferry 48-44 earlier on Thursday.
Liz Halcro scored a game-high 14 points for Priest River.
"In our first (district) game against St. Maries, I thought we came out flat," Priest River coach Gary Stewart said. "We just tried to match what they were doing tonight. I knew they'd come out aggressive."
Priest River jumped out to a 34-21 halftime lead and led 46-34 before an 11-0 run put Timberlake back in the game.
"We couldn't have asked for a better first half from our kids," Stewart said. "But it looked like we used too much energy in the first half."
Timberlake got 3-pointers from Kara Wenstrom and Kelly Madsen to cut the deficit to 46-40 before five straight points from Ashly George cut the lead to 46-45 with 1:30 remaining.
"If you give them space, they're going to knock down shots," Stewart said.
A tying 3-point attempt at the buzzer by Wenstrom went off the front of the rim, and Priest River celebrated its second district title in three seasons.
"We just started hitting some shots," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "If you don't hit your shots, you're not going to win against a good team like Priest River. Defensively, we started playing with more energy."
Timberlake, which advanced to the state title game last year, has beaten St. Maries in both games this season.
"They're on a roll right now," Miller said of St. Maries. "If anyone's going to overlook them - they've got another think coming. They're playing great right now and their confidence is sky high. They're playing good basketball."
Timberlake 8 13 8 16 - 45
Priest River 18 16 8 6 - 48
TIMBERLAKE - Wenstrom 10, George 12, Malloy 3, Mason 0, Hoffman 5, Madsen 12, Posch 2, Norlander 0, Gibson 0.
PRIEST RIVER - Luckey 4, Weimer 8, Trost 5, Pavey 8, Endicott 2, Douglas 0, Bradbury 3, Halcro 14, Fink 4.
St. Maries 48, Bonners Ferry 44: Dusti Huddleston scored a game-high 17 points as the Lumberjacks rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to beat the Badgers (8-13) in a loser-out game.
"We got down and didn't play hard in the first two quarters," St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. "The girls really pulled it together after halftime."
Kaytrin Thaut and Lakin Anxo added nine points apiece for St. Maries.
"We've been improving all year," Sines said. "We've played with each team in spurts, but need to put a whole game together. We're right where we want to be and gave ourselves a chance."
Abby Skeen scored 12 points for Bonners Ferry.
St. Maries 7 4 17 20 - 48
Bonners Ferry 8 11 11 14 - 44
ST. MARIES - McQueen 0, Sines 8, Schaum 0, Waddell 1, Anxo 9, Huddleston 17, Auer 4, Ka. Thaut 9.
BONNERS FERRY - Skeen 12, Tucker 4, Gray 0, Woods 0, Wasmer 9, Merrifield 2, Payne 0, Riley 2, Gust 2, Porter 7.