PREP BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Lakeland boys' season comes to end at Moscow

MOSCOW - Derek Pennington and Lane Brooks scored 14 points apiece and Moscow advanced to the state tournament with a 45-35 win over Lakeland in the 4A Region 1 championship game Tuesday night at Bear Den.

Lakeland, which finishes the season 5-18, had 13 points and six rebounds from Eric Cooper and 11 points from Tyrel Derrick.

Lakeland led 16-13 at the half before the Hawks were outscored 32-19 in the second half by Moscow (12-10), which advances to state March 1-3 at Borah High in Boise.

"In the first half we stuck to our game plan pretty well - we kept the ball in our hands and out of theirs," Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. "They came out in the second half and shot the ball really well.

"I think these kids worked really hard to prove themselves this year. From the beginning to now we saw a lot of growth and we became a team of solid ball players. They bought in to what we were teaching them and gave us a shot to get this far."

Lakeland 9 7 7 12 - 35

Moscow 5 8 15 17 - 45

LAKELAND - Spencer 7, Carr 0, Derrick 11, Black 4, Bayley 0, Stanford 0, Horne 0, Cooper 13, Simpson 0.

MOSCOW - Pennington 14, Snyder 5, Brooks 14, Donaldson 1, McGurkin 11, Martin 0, Ellison 0.

Lakeside 49

Wallace 45

PLUMMER - Lamont Higgins had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Jordan Brown added 13 points, seven rebounds and three blocks, and Lakeside defeated Wallace in the 1A Division I District 1 championship game.

Lakeside (14-7) will play the third-place team from District 2 on Saturday at 6 p.m. at St. Maries in a state tournament play-in game.

Joseph Chapman added 11 points for Lakeside, which trailed by one at the half, but led by as many as 10 in the second.

"At the half we reminded them to take care of the ball and get it to our bigs," Lakeside coach Bill Brebner said. "In the second half our defensive intensity picked up and won the game for us."

Casey McKinnon scored 14 points for Wallace, which finishes the season 10-10.

Wallace 8 13 7 17 - 45

Lakeside 9 11 13 16 - 49

WALLACE - Brackenbush 6, Beard 6, Brady 3, Arthun 6, McKinnon 14, Branz 8, Wilburn 0, Ga. Rasmussen 2, Gr. Rasmussen 0.

LAKESIDE - Higgins 17, Chapman 11, Nomee 2, Gallegos 2, Meshell 0, Smith 4, Jor. Brown 13.

Bonners Ferry 58

Priest River 44

RATHDRUM - Andre Zarate scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Badgers past the Spartans in a loser-out game in the 3A District 1 tournament at Lakeland High.

Garrett Skeen added 15 points for Bonners Ferry (9-11), which faces top-seeded St. Maries tonight at 7:30.

Cole Stelow scored 12 points for Priest River, which concludes the season 6-15.

A full box score was unavailable.