St. Maries beats Timberlake for second berth to state

RATHDRUM - Satchel Schetzle recorded a game-high 27 points, and also had six rebounds and five assists, to lead the top-seeded St. Maries Lumberjacks past the second-seeded Timberlake Tigers 75-70 in the 3A District 1 tournament second-place game Friday night at Lakeland High and into next week's state tournament at Meridian High.

St. Maries (19-5) will face Sugar-Salem (17-6) in the opening round on Thursday at 12:15 p.m. PST. It is the Lumberjacks' fourth consecutive trip to the state tournament.

"It was a hard-fought game by both schools," St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said. "Satchel was taking the ball hard to the basket tonight."

Schetzle made his first 17 free-throw attempts before missing four straight in the final minute.

Kyl McMaster had 15 points and 10 rebounds for St. Maries.

Mason Cramer scored 17 points for Timberlake, which finishes 15-8.

"They played hard," Wicks said. "Coach (Tony) Hanna has done a great job with those kids. They were competitive the entire night and kept extending the game. My hats off to them. They played hard."

Timberlake 13 21 14 22 - 70

St. Maries 19 16 16 24 - 75

TIMBERLAKE - Cronnelly 17, Masterson 7, Hayden 13, Scott 6, Page 8, Thompson 2, Cramer 17.

ST. MARIES - Joiner 10, Stapleton 2, Sampson 1, Schetzle 27, Kennelly 0, Ryle 3, Linnemeyer 11, Cordell 6, McMaster 15.