PREP ROUNDUP: Troy beats Lakeside for state berth

* GIRLS

ST. MARIES - Madisen Yuckey scored 17 points to lead the Troy Trojans past the Lakeside Knights 57-31 in a girls state 1A Division I basketball tournament play-in game at St. Maries High on Saturday.

Troy (19-5) made 6 of 12 from beyond the 3-point line in the game, including five in the first half.

"They really got us shooting 3s," Lakeside coach Ron Miller said. "We just couldn't covert in the first half and couldn't make a basket for anything. They just made a lot less mistakes than we did. We didn't finish well in the first half. We had some chances to keep it close, but didn't put the ball in the basket."

Kim Duncan and Shannon Miller scored eight points apiece for Lakeside, which finishes 9-10.

Lakeside 5 3 11 12 - 31

Troy 11 16 18 12 - 57

LAKESIDE - Duncan 8, Davis 2, Whaley 0, Hendrickx 4, R. Hayes 0, Miller 8, A. Haynes 0, Nilson 7, Shamburg 0, Wakan 2.

TROY - Palseth 2, Yuckey 17, Pearson 10, Bow 3, Case 4, Knott 12, Bedard 0, Johnson 9.

Mountain Christian League tourney

After being upset on Friday, North Idaho Christian came back to finish fourth at the league tournament in the Palouse.

In the game for fourth and sixth place, at Logos School in Moscow, the Royals defeated the Kootenai Thunder 33-23.

Amanda Hobson had 11 points and nine rebounds for North Idaho Christian, which set a school record for wins in finishing 23-4. The Royals had won the last five Mountain Christian League tournaments.

But on Friday, the second-seeded Royals were upset by No. 7 seed Logos 31-30. North Idaho Christian beat The Oaks 36-23 later Friday.

Kootenai 4 9 2 8 - 23

N.I. Christian 14 6 10 3 - 33

KOOTENAI THUNDER - Tupper 10, K. Blair 3, Jensen 2, J. Blair 8, Saganski 0, Osman 0, Murray 0, Aller 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hobson 11, Shanley 11, Kaschmitter 2, Gjevre 2, Gwin 4, McCauley 1, Murison 0, Haag 0, Shaw 2, Ward 0.

* BOYS

Moscow 50

Post Falls 46

POST FALLS - The loss itself was bad enough. The repercussions were worse for the host 5A Trojans, who fell to the 4A Bears in the regular season finale for both teams at The Arena.

With the loss to Moscow, Post Falls (17-3) is now the third seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament which begins Friday at Coeur d'Alene High. Post Falls, Coeur d'Alene and Lake City tied for the 5A Inland Empire League title, and Coeur d'Alene won the coin flip for the No. 1 seed.

Post Falls will play Lake City (13-7) in the first game Friday at 5:45 p.m. Originally, the winner of that game would have assumed the No. 2 seed throughout the rest of the tournament, but Post Falls' loss to Moscow means Lake City will be the No. 2 seed, Post Falls No. 3, as one of the tiebreakers involves games played vs. 4A IEL schools like Moscow. Post Falls was the only 5A team of the three to lose to the Bears.

"We don't deserve anything more than that (a No. 3 seed) after a game like this," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said.

Moscow (10-9), the 4A IEL champs, jumped out to a 21-10 lead early in the second quarter. The Bears made seven 3-pointers, three by Lane Brooks, who led Moscow with 20 points, and four by Derek Pennington, who added 14 points.

"We fell behind big early, and Moscow did a good job of keeping us from getting back into it," McLean said. "We had a hard time defending the 3. Our defensive effort and focus was completely unacceptable."

Marcus Colbert scored a game-high 21 points for Post Falls.

Moscow 16 8 10 16 - 50

Post Falls 10 12 13 11 - 46

MOSCOW - Pennington 14, Snyder 5, Brooks 20, Donaldson 0, McGurkin 11, Randall 0, Ellison 0.

POST FALLS - Davenport 0, Pfennigs 0, Anderson 5, Valente 2, Thoreson 11, Colbert 21, Benner 0, Hillman 5, Koski 0, Mueller 2, Shelton 0.

Coeur d'Alene 63

Kellogg 41

COEUR d'ALENE - The host Vikings, ranked No. 2 in 5A, hit seven 3-pointers and routed the Wildcats, ranked No. 2 in 3A, at Elmer Jordan Court.

Deon Watson scored 16 points, Ty Higbie 12 to lead Coeur d'Alene (14-5). Five different Vikings made 3s, led by Devon Loy and Jared Moore with two each.

"We got off to a good start," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Bill Hughes said. "We did a good job shooting the ball."

No. 1 seed Coeur d'Alene faces No. 4 seed Lewiston (7-13) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tournament at Coeur d'Alene High.

Ryan McDonald scored 16 of his 20 points in the first half for Kellogg (14-4), which plays host to Timberlake on Tuesday.

Kellogg 5 16 10 10 - 41

Coeur d'Alene 18 19 22 4 - 63

KELLOGG - Garner 0, Watson 0, Wendt 6, Hulstrom 3, Reed 0, Beggerly 8, Serrano 0, Stull 0, Morgan 4, McDonald 20.

COEUR d'ALENE - Tackett 8, Roletto 3, Chalich 3, Daniels 0, Loy 9, Moore 8, Higbie 12, Watson 16, Blakley 4, Walde 0.

Cd'A Charter 60

Orofino 44

COEUR d'ALENE - Bryan Smith scored 14 points to lead the Panthers past the Maniacs in the nonleague finale for both schools at Holy Family Catholic School.

With the win, Coeur d'Alene Charter (13-7), earned the No. 3 seed, and will face No. 2 Grangeville to open the 2A District 1-2 tournament on Wednesday at Lapwai High. No. 4 Orofino plays at No. 1 Kamiah.

“We were a little sluggish getting started tonight,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Brian Childs said. “It took us a while to get going, but we had a much better effort in the second half and were able to create some opportunities off our defense and found another gear in the third quarter.”

Christian Pederson added 12 points for Coeur d’Alene Charter.

Orofino 8 15 6 15 — 44

Cd’A Charter 10 19 19 12 — 60

OROFINO — Pippenger 7, Judd 10, Goodrich 8, Turner 3, Lee 3, Schlepper 3, Brink 3, Kuykendall 5.

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Pederson 12, Johnson 6, May 0, Trogstad 2, Hallett 8, Culp 0, T. Smith 0, Redline 8, Shapiro 3, B. Smith 14, Simon 7.

Mountain Christian League tourney

Christian Center School finished fourth and North Idaho Christian School came in sixth at the league tournament in the Palouse.

Grace Bible finished fifth, losing 50-47 to Pullman Christian in the third-place game.

Christian Center beat North Idaho Christian 67-33 in the fourth-place game at Pullman Christian. Ransom Storm led Christian Center with 22 points and Dennis Chekota added 15.

Cory Lafollett had 12 points and Zach Smeltzer had eight rebounds and five steals for North Idaho Christian, which finished 9-13.

Earlier Saturday, North Idaho Christian beat the Kootenai Thunder 53-42 in overtime. Lafollett scored 15 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter for the Royals, who trailed by 14 points with 5 minutes to go. Smeltzer had 12 rebounds, Lafollett seven.

Taylor Jensen scored 14 points, Tucker Davis 13 for the Thunder.

Ben Thruman scored 17 points for Grace Bible in the loss to the Eagles.Isaac Schaefer had seven points and 10 rebounds for Grace Bible, which finishes 14-7.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN 53,

KOOTENAI THUNDER 42, OT

Kootenai 13 9 7 10 3 — 42

N.I. Christian 10 2 7 20 14 — 53

KOOTENAI THUNDER — Jensen 14, Davis 13, Silberman 6, Wheeler 2, Jo. Soderberg 2, Crosby 4, Ji. Soderberg 1.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Lafollett 23, Smeltzer 6, Pearl 8, Sheetz 5, Kuchenski 6, Booth 2, Williams 0, Jesensky 3.

CHRISTIAN CENTER 67,

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN 33

N.I. Christian 15 5 7 6 — 33

Christian Center 14 13 15 25 — 67

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Lafollett 12, Smeltzer 2, Pearl 9, Sheetz 0, Kuchenski 0, Booth 0, Williams 6, Burke 2, Laws 2, Jesensky 0.

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Chekota 15, Storm 22, Kondryszyn 8, Yetter 3, De. Hansen 10, Sovereign 0, Kuetemeyer 0, Dr. Hansen 2, Kile 4, Howard 3.

PULLMAN CHRISTIAN 50,

GRACE BIBLE 47

Pullman Christian 11 5 23 11 — 50

Grace Bible 11 4 15 17 — 47

PULLMAN CHRISTIAN — Schaffer 18, Weaver 12, Mitchell 8, Simanson 7, Wofford 2, Lagerquist 0.

GRACE BIBLE — Thruman 17, Collier 10, Schaefer 7, Connelly 4, Nordhausen 4, Peabody 0.