Hawks rally past Eagles

| January 26, 2012 8:15 PM

* GIRLS BASKETBALL

SPOKANE - Cieana Close scored 17 points and Darby Murray added 16 as the Lakeland Hawks rallied to defeat the West Valley Eagles 58-54 in a nonleague game Wednesday.

"I think we were ready to play in the first quarter, but didn't very well," Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. "West Valley made everything they looked at, but we played really, really well in the second, third and fourth quarter. This was a big win, considering it's finals week. It was a real gutsy win on the road."

Christine Wendle had six rebounds, Murray five assists and Jordan Ward eight points and four steals for Lakeland (10-9), which travels to Sandpoint on Friday.

Cassie Finn scored 17 points for West Valley.

Lakeland 5 22 18 13 - 58

West Valley 15 14 10 15 - 54

LAKELAND - Tapplin 4, Murray 16, Bayley 5, Ward 8, Coder 4, Wendle 0, Duffey 3, Close 17, Jewell 0, Derby 1.

WEST VALLEY - Meek 10, McGlothlen 8, Wilhelm 7, Martin 0, Munns 0, Hossfeld 2, Noble 10, Finn 17.

* BOYS BASKETBALL

West Valley 47

Lakeland 41

SPOKANE - Senior guard Jordan Gassman scored a game-high 23 points to lead the West Valley Eagles past the Lakeland Hawks in a nonleague game.

"I was pretty pleased and couldn't be happier with our progression," Lakeland coach Dave Stockwell said. "We put together a good game against a really good team, but West Valley shot the ball pretty well when they needed to."

Matt Horne scored nine points for Lakeland (3-13), which travels to Sandpoint on Friday.

Lakeland 10 13 8 10 - 41

West Valley 14 10 6 17 - 47

LAKELAND - Spencer 5, Carr 2, Derrick 3, Black 6, Bayley 0, Stanford 0, Horne 9, Cooper 8, Simpson 8.

WEST VALLEY - Gassman 23, Ellsworth 0, Fay 0, Bergman 1, Davis 7, Wells 0, Stavnes 3, Love 13, Wells 0.

Immaculate Conception Academy 57

Christian Center School 54

SPOKANE VALLEY - Dennis Chekota had 23 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks for Christian Center School in a loss to Immaculate Conception Academy.

Jens Kuetemeyer added 13 points for Christian Center (8-7, 8-6 Mountain Christian League), which plays House of the Lord on Saturday at Priest River.

Christian Center 12 13 15 14 - 54

Immaculate Conception 9 23 11 14 - 57

CHRISTIAN CENTER - Kondryszyn 7, D. Hansen 6, Kuetemeyer 13, Kile 0, Yetter 5, Chekota 23.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - Gillilan 6, Angele 22, Wilson 13, Kersh 5, Kramer 4, Ruter 0, Beam 7.

* WRESTLING

The Intermountain League match between visiting Timberlake and St. Maries was postponed due to slick roads.

It was rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 13.