Winger leads T-Wolves past Bengals
COEUR d'ALENE - Sophomore J.J. Winger hit four 3-pointers in the second quarter and finished with a game-high 15 points as the Lake City Timberwolves beat the Lewiston Bengals 62-48 on Friday night in a 5A Inland Empire League game at Lake City High.
"J.J. was a big turning point for us," Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. "Those shots helped extend our lead. It was a great overall team win. Everyone got to play and we were able to get a lot of guys a lot of minutes. We came out in the third quarter with a little more energy and took control of the game."
Mitch Bevacqua had 11 points and eight rebounds, and Justin Pratt had seven points and nine assists for Lake City (8-6, 2-1 5A IEL), which travels to Lewiston next Friday.
Rafa Hewitt-Steiger scored 13 points for Lewiston (5-9, 0-3).
Lewiston 8 17 4 19 - 48
Lake City 12 23 12 15 - 62
LEWISTON - Fuentes 10, Pedersen 9, Madsen 2, Scott 3, Heitzman 4, Larson 3, Hewitt-Steiger 13, Havens 2, Bearlocher 0, Boyer 2.
LAKE CITY - Lake 0, Traverse 4, Pratt 7, Bevacqua 11, Redal 2, Murphy 0, Ross 3, Ness 6, Moreen 8, Guice 6, Winger 15.
Wallace 71
Kootenai 38
WALLACE - Andrew Brackebusch and Tony Branz had 22 points each as the Miners beat the Warriors in a North Star League game at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Brandon Carman had 11 points and Graydon Myhre had eight points for Kootenai (4-6, 2-1 NSL), which travels to the Kellogg JV on Wednesday.
Tyler Beard had 13 points for Wallace (5-6, 2-1), which hosts Coeur d'Alene Charter on Thursday.
Kootenai 13 12 11 2 - 38
Wallace 17 19 17 18 - 71
KOOTENAI - Ma. Willms 5, Myhre 8, Benson 2, Carman 11, Pfeiffer 8, Schultz 2, Mo. Willms 2.
WALLACE - Brackebusch 22, Beard 13, Zanetti 1, Arthun 6, McKinnon 4, Branz 22, Ga. Rasmussen 1, Wilburn 2.
Pullman Christian 53
N.I. Christian 48
HAYDEN - Grant Shirey scored 19 point to lead the Eagles past the Royals in a Mountain Christian League game.
Cory Lafollett had 17 points and four steals, and Zach Smeltzer added 13 points and nine rebounds for North Idaho Christian (4-7, 4-6 MCL), which faces Grace Bible today at Canfield Middle School.
Pullman Christian 10 17 13 13—53
N.I. Christian 8 13 18 9 — 48
PULLMAN CHRISTIAN — Weaver 13, Wofford 3, Shaffer 14, Simonson 4, Lagerquist 0, Shirey 19.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTAN — Lafollet 17, Smeltzer 13, Pearl 4, Sheetz 5, Booth 2, Williams 0, Jesensky 7.
Lewiston 48
Lake City 29
COEUR d’ALENE — Chelsea Waters scored six of her game-high 16 points in the third quarter to lead the second-ranked Bengals past the Timberwolves in a 5A Inland Empire League game.
“We should have been up at halftime,” Lake City coach Royce Johnston said. “They just outscored us (18-5) in the third quarter and that was the difference in the game.”
Jansen Butler had eight points for Lake City (9-8, 0-4 5A IEL), which hosts Sandpoint on Tuesday.
Tisha Phillips scored 15 points for Lewiston (14-2, 3-1), which hosts Post Falls on Tuesday.
Lewiston 11 8 18 11 — 48
Lake City 6 11 5 7 — 29
LEWISTON — K. Wilson 2, L. Wilson 3, Schlader 4, Bernatz 0, Hansen 2, Hobart 0, Wells 6, Phillips 15, Hastings 0, Waters 16.
LAKE CITY — Jackson 6, Butler 8, Smith 5, Little 0, Wheelock 3, Torres 1, Hawkes 3, Heidenreich 3.
Coeur d’Alene 55
Post Falls 42
COEUR d’ALENE — Erin Legel had 16 points, six rebounds, two steals and two assists as the top-ranked Vikings beat the Trojans in a 5A Inland Empire League game at Elmer Jordan Court.
Danielle Failor had a game-high 21 points for Post Falls (9-6, 2-3 5A IEL), which travels to Lewiston on Tuesday.
“Post Falls played really hard,” Coeur d’Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said. “I thought they played pretty well and did a lot of good things. We got a little complacent at times in the second half. We had a pretty good flow in the first half.”
Caelyn Orlandi had 11 points and seven assists for Coeur d’Alene (15-2, 4-1), which travels to Moscow on Friday.
Post Falls 8 10 13 11 — 42
Coeur d’Alene 17 11 17 10 — 55
POST FALLS — Gonzales 4, King 1, Franklin 8, Smith 2, Litalien 6, Runkle 0, Failor 21, Perrin 0.
COEUR d’ALENE — S. Parker 2, Sumner 0, Orlandi 11, K. Parker 8, Legel 16, Brainard 6, Wellsandt 1, S. Williams 11.
N.I. Christian 46
Pullman Christian 22
HAYDEN — Amanda Hobson had seven rebounds and seven blocks to lead the Royals past the Eagles in a Mountain Christian League game.
Alex Gwin had 13 points and six steals and Kana Shanley added 17 points for North Idaho Christian (14-3, 8-2 MCL), which faces Lakeside tonight at Canfield Middle School.
Pullman Christian 7 4 7 4—22
N.I. Christian 12 9 11 13 — 46
PULLMAN CHRISTIAN — Hancock 9, Peppel 0, J. Sapp 0, T. Shirley 3, Gaylinn 2, A. Shirley 2, C. Sapp 6.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Hobson 4, Shanley 17, Kaschmitter 2, Gjevre 2, Gwin 13, McCauley 2, Murison 0, Haag 2, Shaw 2, Ward 2, Canale 0.