Vikings, Trojans vie for 5A Region 1 title
Third-seeded Post Falls (18-3) travels to top-seeded Coeur d'Alene (15-5) tonight at 7 for the championship game of the 5A Region 1 boys basketball tournament.
The winner advances to the state tournament March 1-3 at the Idaho Center in Nampa.
Also tonight at 7, second-seeded Lake City (13-8) plays host to fourth-seeded Lewiston (7-14) in a loser-out game.
The two remaining teams will meet Friday at the higher seed for the region's second berth to state.
Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene split their two meetings in 5A Inland Empire League play. Coeur d'Alene won 51-48 in overtime at home on Jan. 13, and Post Falls won 40-29 at home on Feb. 8.
"I think it'll be a much better game than the last time," said Coeur d'Alene coach Kent Leiss, whose Vikings are ranked third in 5A. "I don't think there'll be as much of the chippy nonsense that was going on during that game."
"Each game in this league is going to be a war and a battle," said Post Falls coach Mike McLean, whose Trojans are ranked second. "I'd probably get there early and get a good seat."
• Lakeland (5-17) travels to Moscow (11-10) tonight at 7 in the championship game of the 4A Region 1 boys basketball tournament. If Moscow wins, the Bears advance to state March 1-3 at Borah High in Boise. If Lakeland wins, the teams would play a second championship game Thursday at Moscow. Moscow is 1-0 in the double-elimination tournament, Lakeland is 1-1.
• No. 4 Bonners Ferry (7-11) plays No. 5 Priest River (6-14) in the loser-out first round of the 3A District 1 boys basketball tournament at Lakeland High in Rathdrum.
The winner plays No. 1 seed St. Maries (16-4) on Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. Timberlake (14-6) and Kellogg (16-4), which tied for second in the Intermountain League, play Wednesday at 6.
Wednesday's winners play Thursday at 8 p.m. for the district title and a berth to state March 1-3 at Meridian High. Wednesday's losers play Thursday at 6 in a loser-out game.
The two remaining teams play Friday at 6 p.m. for the district's second berth to state.
• Lakeside (13-7) won a coin flip with Wallace (10-10), and will play host to the Miners tonight at 6 in the 1A Division I District 1 boys basketball championship game in Plummer.
The teams split their two regular-season North Star League meetings.
The winner advances to a state play-in game Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. Maries High vs. the third-place finisher from the District 2 tournament. That winner advances to state March 1-3 at Vallivue High in Caldwell.
• Mullan (0-16) travels to Clark Fork (3-14) on Thursday at 6 p.m. in the semifinals of the 1A Division II District 1 boys basketball tournament. The winner plays at Kootenai (6-12) on Saturday at 1 p.m. for the district's lone berth to state March 1-3 at Caldwell High.