Tackett gets starting nod, sparks Vikings

COEUR d'ALENE - Senior Travis Tackett, moved into the starting lineup on Tuesday night because three starters were benched for disciplinary reasons, responded with 13 points as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings, ranked No. 1 in 5A, beat the Lewiston Bengals 55-41 in the 5A Inland Empire League boys basketball opener for both teams at Elmer Jordan Court.

With Tackett and two other reserves getting the start, Coeur d'Alene (6-3) jumped out to a 15-5 lead after four minutes.

"They played with a lot of energy," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Bill Hughes said. "Tackett had an excellent game, a good defensive game."

Two of the benched starters played in a reserve role Tuesday night, and a third starter did not play.

Ty Higbie also scored 13 points for Coeur d’Alene, which plays host to Lake City on Friday in the Fight for the Fish game.

Randon Fuentes of Lewiston (4-5) scored a game-high 15 points.

Coeur d’Alene senior post Chad Chalich, who hasn’t played since breaking his foot during football season, had his protective boot removed from his right foot Tuesday, Hughes said. Chalich can begin light workouts as soon as today, and could see his first game action in as soon as 10-14 days, Hughes said.

Lewiston 17 6 4 14 — 41

Coeur d’Alene 17 12 13 13 — 55

LEWISTON — Fuentes 15, Peterson 0, Madsen 2, Scott 2, Gaskill 5, Heitzman 11, Larson 4, Hewett-Steiger 2.

COEUR d’ALENE — Tackett 13, Roletto 6, Daniels 6, Loy 7, Higbie 13, Blakley 2, Watson 8.

Lake City 58

Moscow 41

COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Kyle Guice had 19 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks for the Timberwolves in a nonleague win over the Bears.

“We got out of the chute quick tonight,” Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. “We had a good start and carried it for the rest of the night. It was a solid defensive effort.”

Riley Moreen had 12 points and five rebounds for Lake City (6-5), which travels to Coeur d’Alene for the Fight for the Fish game on Friday.

Derek Pennington scored 11 points for Moscow (4-5).

Moscow 9 10 4 18 — 41

Lake City 20 14 11 13 — 58

MOSCOW — Pennington 11, Snyder 0, Brooks 9, Donaldson 2, D. McGurkin 3, Helbling 6, Randall 6, Martin 0, Ellison 4.

LAKE CITY — Traverse 6, Pratt 8, Bevacqua 2, Redal 2, Murphy 4, Ross 1, Ness 4, Moreen 12, Guice 19, Winger 0.

Post Falls 59

Moses Lake 45

POST FALLS — Taylor Valente, Braden Davenport and Tyler Shelton earned kudos for their play as the Trojans, ranked No. 3 in 5A, downed the visiting Chiefs in nonleague play at The Arena.

“Taylor Valente played a great game for us,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “This is the fourth game in a row where he’s played very well. He did a good job defending the guys we asked him to. Moses Lake tried to slow the game down with a 2-3 zone, and he did a great job moving the ball.”

Valente finished with six points. Marcus Colbert had a game-high 15 points for Post Falls (10-0), Luke Thoreson added 10 points, and Michael Hillman had eight points and eight rebounds.

“Braden Davenport and Tyler Shelton gave us real good minutes off the bench — Shelton inside, and Braden on the perimeter,” McLean said. “This was a game we were worried about (coming after winning the Coeur d’Alene Inn-vitational, and just before the Trojans open 5A IEL play). We survived and moved on.”

Post Falls plays host to Lewiston on Saturday in its league opener.

Moses Lake 13 9 14 9 — 45

Post Falls 14 19 9 17 — 59

MOSES LAKE — Rubio 1, Sutherland 2, Hirz 8, Perez 12, Phillips 14, Baker 4, Ulyanchuk 1, Bennett 3.

POST FALLS — Davenport 4, Anderson 7, Valente 6, Thoreson 10, Jackson 2, Colbert 15, Benner 2, Hillman 8, Koski 3, Shelton 2.

Sandpoint 64

St. Maries 54

ST. MARIES — Jackson Olin scored a team-high 19 points to lead the Bulldogs (4-6) past the Lumberjacks in a nonleague game.

“They were more aggressive than we were,” St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said. “They were ready to play tonight and we weren’t.”

Satchel Schetzle scored 21 points for St. Maries (5-2), which hosts the Post Falls junior varsity on Friday.

Sandpoint 11 20 20 11 — 64

St. Maries 10 18 10 16 — 54

SANDPOINT — N. Schwartz 7, Burgstahler 11, Nitcy 0, R. Schwartz 6, Nelson 9, Myers 0, Olin 19, Hawk 2, Couch 10, Litzell 0.

ST. MARIES — Joiner 16, Stapleton 2, Sampson 0, Schetzle 21, Kennelly 7, Ryle 4, Cordell 4.

Cd’A Charter 61

Lakeside 29

COEUR d’ALENE — Bryan Smith scored 26 points to lead the Panthers past the Knights in a nonleague game at Holy Family Catholic School.

“We came out and shot the ball really well to start the game and in the second half,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Brian Childs said. “We were able to create some opportunites off some chances ... Lakeside had been scoring a lot of points, but to hold them to 29 was a real good defensive effort for us.”

Damon Flemming-Soto scored 13 points for Lakeside (6-4), which hosts Wallace on Saturday.

Christian Pederson added 12 points for Coeur d’Alene Charter (6-4), which travels to Timberlake on Friday.

Lakeside 2 14 4 9 — 29

Cd’A Charter 18 14 23 6 — 61

LAKESIDE — Higgins 0, Flemming-Soto 13, Chapman 7, Nomee 4, Gallegos 2, Meshell 1, Smith 2, Juneau 0.

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Pederson 12, Johnson 2, May 0, Trogstad 0, Hallett 8, Culp 0, Adams 2, T. Smith 0, Redline 7, Shapiro 0, B. Smith 26, Simon 4.

N.I. Christian 45

Kootenai Thunder 42

HAYDEN — Cory Lafollett scored 19 points to lead the Royals past the Thunder in a Mountain Christian League game at North Idaho Christian School.

Zach Smeltzer scored 14 points for North Idaho Christian (4-5, 4-4 MCL), which travels to The Oaks in the Spokane Valley on Tuesday.

Kootenai 9 9 13 11 — 42

N.I. Christian 8 16 4 17 — 45

KOOTENAI THUNDER — T. Jensen 16, S. Jensen 4, Silverman 16, Soderberg 2, Crosby 4, Maynard 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Lafollett 19, Smeltzer 14, Pearl 2, Sheetz 8, Booth 0, Williams 2, Jesensky 0.

Grace Bible 55

Christian Heritage 30

LIBERTY LAKE — Colin Nordhausen scored 18 points to lead the Warriors to the Mountain Christian League victory at the HUB Sports Center.

Nathan Collier added 10 points, and Isaac Schaefer had eight points and 11 rebounds for Grace Bible Academy (4-4, 4-3 MCL), which plays Christian Center School on Saturday at the HUB.

Christian Heritage 4 4 14 8 — 30

Grace Bible 18 11 10 16 — 55

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — Huntwork 12, Heron 13, Wagner 3, Rossey 2, Ricketts 0, Cousins 0.

GRACE BIBLE — Nordhausen 18, Collier 10, Schaefer 8, Peabody 8, Connelly 7, Chersin 4, Bryant 0, M. Madsen 0, R. Madsen 0, Thruman 0.

Logos 60

Christian Center 50

LIBERTY LAKE — Dennis Chekota had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Lions in a Mountain Christian League loss to the Knights at the HUB Sports Center. Christian Center (3-3, 3-3 MCL) hosts Grace Bible on Saturday at River City Middle School in Post Falls.

Logos 15 15 5 25 — 60

Christian Center 13 13 8 16 — 50

LOGOS — Shaw 12, C. Whitling 0, Rosendahl 16, J. Whitling 14, Spencer 7, Stanton 11.

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Konderyszyn 11, Chekota 17, Hanson 2, Kuetemeyer 6, Yetter 0, Storm 14.