ROUNDUP: Timberlake advances to state
* GIRLS
RATHDRUM - Kara Wenstrom scored 25 points and the Timberlake Tigers pulled away in the second quarter en route to a 42-34 victory over the St. Maries Lumberjacks on Friday night to capture the second berth to state from the 3A District 1 girls basketball tournament at Lakeland High.
Timberlake (13-10), which finished second at state last year but lost four senior starters, will play District 6 champion Salmon (13-8) in its first-round game at state next Thursday at 12:15 p.m. PST at Middleton High.
"It's really neat to do it with this group, and Kara had a tremendous game," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said.
Wenstrom, the lone returning starter, hit 11 of 17 from the field, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range.
Timberlake outscored St. Maries (7-15) 16-9 in the second quarter to open up a 25-16 halftime lead.
"Late in the second quarter we forced some turnovers from the press and got some easy baskets, which helped," Miller said. "They (the Lumberjacks) hung around most of the game; they had a great tournament."
Dusti Huddleston led St. Maries with 15 points.
St. Maries 7 9 10 8 - 34
Timberlake 9 16 12 5 - 42
ST. MARIES - McQueen 0, Sines 2, Schaum 0, Waddell 0, C. Thaut 0, Anxo 1, Huddleston 15, Auer 8, K. Thaut 8.
TIMBERLAKE - Wenstrom 25, George 0, Malloy 0, Mason 2, Hoffman 7, Madsen 6, Posch 2, Norlander 0, Gibson 0.
• BOYS
Lake City 45
Lakeland 29
COEUR d’ALENE — Mitch Bevacqua scored eight of his 10 points in the decisive third quarter as the host Timberwolves, playing their third game in three nights — and in three different counties — beat the Hawks in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Lake City (13-7) outscored Lakeland (4-16) 25-6 in the third quarter to break away from a 15-all halftime tie.
“We picked up the intensity a ton in the third quarter,” Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. “In the second half we had a completely different mentality — we went into attack mode and played much better.”
J.J. Winger added nine points, including two 3-pointers in the third quarter for Lake City, which won at Lewiston on Wednesday night and at Sandpoint on Thursday night. Kyle Guice scored all six of his points in the third, and he also finished with nine rebounds and three blocks.
Derek Bayley led Lakeland with nine points.
Lakeland plays host to Sandpoint on Tuesday in the first round of the 4A Region 1 tournament.
Lake City plays Post Falls next Friday at Coeur d’Alene High in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tourney.
Lakeland 2 13 6 8 — 29
Lake City 9 6 25 5 — 45
LAKELAND — Spencer 0, Carr 3, Derrick 0, Black 6, Home 0, Bayley 9, Cooper 7, Simpson 4.
LAKE CITY — Traverse 3, Pratt 7, Bevacqua 10, Lake 0, Redal 0, Murphy 0, Ross 2, Ness 8, Guice 6, Winger 9.
St. Maries 68
Priest River 42
PRIEST RIVER — Satchel Schetzle scored a game-high 23 points to lead the second-ranked 3A Lumberjacks past the Spartans in an Intermountain League game.
“I thought we played a much better second half,” St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said. “Our intensity and energy really amped up and our defense provided good pressure, which got us some easy transition baskets. We’re getting back to business.”
Warren Joiner had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds for St. Maries (14-4, 6-1 IML), which hosts the Lake City junior varisty Tuesday.
Dalton Sommer scored 12 points for Priest River (6-12, 1-5 IML), which travels to Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.
St. Maries 10 17 22 19 — 68
Priest River 7 9 13 13 — 42
ST. MARIES — Joiner 17, Stapleton 1, Sampson 2, Schetzle 23, Ryle 6, Aguirre 0, Linnemeyer 7, Cordell 8, McMaster 4.
PRIEST RIVER — Sommer 12, Reynolds 0, Stelow 7, Glazier 7, Koch 7, Barber 3, Huddleston 6, Duley 0.
Cd’A Charter 78
Clark Fork 36
CLARK FORK — Bryan Smith scored 18 points, John Simon 14 to lead the hot-shooting Panthers past the Wampus Cats in nonleague play.
The 2A Panthers (12-7) shot better than 60 percent from the field as a team, and built a commanding 45-13 lead after a torrid shooting first half, where they scored from inside and out.
Charter hit nine 3-pointers, three each by Smith and R.J. Hallett.
Sophomore Zach Nesbitt had nine points and eight rebounds to lead the Wampus Cats (3-13).
Charter plays host to Orofino tonight at 6 at Holy Family Catholic School to close out the regular season.
Cd’A Charter 27 18 24 9 — 78
Chark Fork 6 7 7 18 — 36
COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Pedersen 7, Johnson 2, Trogstad 3, Hallett 11, Culp 5, Smith 4, Redline 10, Shapiro 4, Smith 18, Simon 14.
CLARK FORK — Berkley 9, G. Boudousquie 2, Klein 6, Nesbitt 9, Bristol 2, Bowen 0, Stevens 0, J. Boudousquie 2, Frank 0, Blankenship 0.
Wallace 52
Lakeside 41
WALLACE — Andrew Brackebush totaled 16 points and eight rebounds, and Tony Branz scored 11 points and put the game away from the free-throw line in the final minute as the Miners knocked off the North Star League-leading Knights at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Casey McKinnon added 12 points and 14 rebounds for the Miners (9-8, 6-1), who pulled into a first-place tie with Lakeside (12-7, 6-1) with one league game left apiece.
The teams play again Feb. 21 for the 1A Division I District 1 title and a berth in a state play-in game. If the teams finish tied in league, a coin flip will determine the site of the district title game.
“We kept to our plan, we played some good defense, which set us up with some real easy offense,” Wallace coach Bruce Bailey said. “I’m proud of how hard they fought. After tonight, I think we’re peaking at the right time.”
Jordan Brown led Lakeside with 14 points.
“They definitely outrebounded us on both ends,” Lakeside coach Bill Brebner said. “They did a great job of boxing out and pushing the pace. I thought we looked tired at the end, which we haven’t done all season. We’ll need to pick up our defensive intensity and try to control the boards a little better next time.”
Lakeside travels to Kootenai on Thursday to wrap up the regular season.
Wallace 12 13 8 19 — 52
Lakeside 10 9 13 9 — 41
WALLACE — Brackebusch 16, Beard 2, Arthun 10, McKinnon 12, Branz 11, Wilburn 1.
LAKESIDE — Higgins 8, Chapman 2, Nomee 5, Gallegos 3, Meshell 2, Smith 6, Brown 14.
Grace Bible to play for third
Grace Bible Academy beat North Idaho Christian 65-38 in the first round, then lost to The Oaks of Spokane Valley 50-35 in the semifinals of the Mountain Christian League tournament in the palouse.
Grace Bible (14-6) plays Pullman Christian today at 3 p.m. at Logos School in Moscow for third and fifth places. The Oaks plays Logos in the championship game.
In the first game, Isaac Schaefer had 23 points and 18 rebounds for Grace Bible in the win over North Idaho Christian at Logos School. Cory Lafollett and Aaron Kuchenski each scored 11 in the loss.
Later, Colin Nordhausen scored 10 points for Grace Bible in the loss to The Oaks at Pullman Christian. Schaefer and Aaron Peabody each had eight rebounds.
GRACE BIBLE 65, N.I. CHRISTIAN 38
N.I. Christian 11 8 19 10 — 38
Grace Bible 10 18 24 13 — 65
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Lafollett 11, Kuchenski 11, Smeltzer 7, Pearl 6, Sheetz 3, Booth 0, Burke 0, Laws 0, Jesensky 0, Williams 0.
GRACE BIBLE — Schaefer 23, Connelly 12, Nordhausen 11, Thruman 6, Collier 5, Peabody 5, R. Madsen 3, Bryan 0, Chersin 0, M. Madsen 0.
THE OAKS 50, GRACE BIBLE 35
Grace Bible 11 6 6 12 — 35
The Oaks 13 9 14 14 — 50
GRACE BIBLE — Nordhausen 10, Schaefer 8, Peabody 6, Connelly 5, Thruman 4, Collier 2, R. Madsen 0.
THE OAKS — J. Potter 14, Schlect 14, Ansett 6, Card 4, Yates 4, Szymanowski 4, N. Potter 2, Fisher 2.