Trojan wrestlers beat Viks for first time in 9 years
<p>Coeur d'Alene High's Steve Price gives a grimace of pain as Post Falls High's Mitch Crain applies pressure to his arm and shoulder in the 120-pound match Crain won by decision Thursday.</p>
<p>Coeur d'Alene High's Dakota Groves maintains control of Eugene Thompson from Post Falls as he works his way into position for the pin in the 285-pound match.</p>
* WRESTLING
COEUR d'ALENE - The visiting Post Falls Trojans got six pins and went on to beat the Coeur d'Alene Vikings 56-27 on Thursday night, the first dual victory for the Trojans over the Vikings since Jan. 28, 2003.
"I never like getting beat, but they've got a great, outstanding lineup," Coeur d'Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. "From 98 (pounds) to 182 is a murderer's row for them. We battled as hard as we could and are getting better for as young as we are."
Chadd Webster (126 pounds), Taylor Abbott (132), James Ost (145), Tyler Booth (152), Lucas Bolster (98) and Drake Foster (105) all had pins for Post Falls, which improves to 17-0 in duals this season.
"They're an outstanding team," said Moffat, whose Vikings won the last two state 5A championships. "We can't expect a miracle, but we battled our butt off. I don't see any reason why they can't win a state title this year."
Hudson Staub (138), Garrett DeMers, Dakota Groves (285) and A.J. Konda (113) won by pin for Coeur d'Alene.
Both teams will compete in the 12-team North Idaho Rumble starting today at 4:30 p.m. at Coeur d'Alene High and continuing Saturday at 9 a.m.
Finals are scheduled to begin Saturday around 3 p.m.
126 - Chadd Webster, PF, p. Tristan Dunn, 1:24. 132 - Taylor Abbott, PF, p. Brendan Northington, 3:21. 138 - Hudson Staub, Cd'A, p. Tanner Riekena, 5:32. 145 - James Ost, PF, p. Brendan Mandas, 4:25. 152 - Tyler Booth, PF, p. Shawn White, :57. 160 - Austin Wilson, PF, tf. Gabe Ross, 15-0. 170 - Cole Jesienouski, PF, tf. Phoenix Duncan, 18-3. 182 - Nate McLeod, PF, by forfeit. 195 - Garrett DeMers, Cd'A, p. Cody Johnson, 3:05. 220 - Matt James, Cd'A, md. Justin Farnsworth, 11-3. 285 - Dakota Groves, Cd'A, p. Eugene Thompson, 2:26. 98 - Lucas Bolster, PF, p. Anthony Price, 2:58. 105 - Drake Foster, PF, p. Drew Gorings, 1:51. 113 - A.J. Konda, Cd'A, p. Peter Berger, 5:59. 120 - Mitch Crain, PF, md. Steven Price, 10-0.
* BOYS BASKETBALL
Timberlake 82
St. Maries 80
ST. MARIES - Brian Cronnelly scored a game-high 30 points on 6-of-8 shooting from beyond the 3-point line, and Johnny Hayden added 29 points, as the Tigers beat the top-ranked (3A) Lumberjacks in an Intermountain League game.
"It was definitely a battle," St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said. "There's no easy game in our league. It's going to be a dogfight in our district tournament. It's not going to be easy for anybody."
Hayden also had five assists for Timberlake (11-4, 3-1 IML), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Saturday.
Satchel Schetzle had 26 points and six assists for St. Maries (9-3, 2-1), which hosts Priest River on Saturday.
Timberlake 19 23 15 25 - 82
St. Maries 17 28 15 20 - 80
TIMBERLAKE - Cronnelly 30, Masterson 4, Hayden 29, Blayne 0, Scott 3, Page 2, Allen 0, Thompson 6, Cramer 8.
ST. MARIES - Joiner 17, Stapleton 2, Sampson 0, Schetzle 26, Kennelly 9, Rhyle 6, Linnemeyer 11, Cordell 4, McMaster 5.
Priest River 51
Cd'A Charter 47
PRIEST RIVER - Dalton Sommer scored 13 points and dished out six assists for the host Spartans (6-7), who held on late to take the nonleague win over the Panthers.
Bryan Smith scored a game-high 16 points despite foul trouble for the Panthers (8-6), who erased an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter thanks to their 3-point shooting.
"We kept pecking away and hung around, they just hit timely shots and we ran out of time," Charter coach Brian Childs said. "For not playing over the past two weeks, I thought we gave a pretty good effort."
Charter travels to Wallace on Monday.
Cd'A Charter 8 15 8 16 - 47
Priest River 9 19 14 9 - 51
COEUR D' ALENE CHARTER - Pedersen 10, Johnson 0, Hallett 6, T. Smith 0, Redline 9, Shapiro 2, B. Smith 16, Simon 4.
PRIEST RIVER - Akre 3, Kurylo 6, Sommer 13, Stelow 10, Glazier 11, Koch 3, Barber 0, Riley 3, Huddleston 2.
Logos 50
N.I. Christian 22
MOSCOW - Josiah Rosendahl scored 24 points to lead the Knights past the Royals in a Mountain Christian League game.
Cory Lafollett scored 10 points for North Idaho Christian (4-9, 4-8 MCL), which hosts Genesis Prep tonight.
N.I Christian 5 8 9 0 - 22
Logos 11 13 8 18 - 50
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Lafollett 10, Smeltzer 8, Pearl 2, Kuchenski 2, Sheetz 0, Booth 0, Jesensky 0.
LOGOS - Rosendahl 24, Whitling 11, Shaw 10, Spencer 5, Stanton 0, Klein 0.
* GIRLS BASKETBALL
Timberlake 63
St. Maries 39
ST. MARIES - Kelly Madsen scored 13 points to lead the Tigers past the Lumberjacks in an Intermountain League game.
Timberlake took a 27-11 halftime lead after forcing 18 St. Maries turnovers in the first half.
Dusti Huddleston scored 19 points and Kaytrin Thaut had seven rebounds for St. Maries (4-10, 0-4 IML), which hosts Priest River on Saturday.
Kara Wenstrom added 12 points for Timberlake (9-8, 4-2), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Saturday.
Timberlake 12 15 16 10 - 63
St. Maries 5 6 14 14 - 39
TIMBERLAKE - Wenstrom 12, George 3, Malloy 3, Mason 5, Hoffman 3, Madsen 13, Posch 6, Norlander 0, Gibson 8.
ST. MARIES - Sines 4, Waddell 0, Scott 0, C. Thaut 2, Anxo 4, Huddleston 19, Auer 4, K. Thaut 6.
Clark Fork 45
Kootenai 24
HARRISON FLATS - Brocklynn Thornton scored nine points to lead the Wampus Cats past the Warriors in a North Star League game.
Clark Fork (10-4, 7-0 NSL) travels to Mullan on Wednesday.
Brie Benson had 10 points and 13 rebounds for Kootenai (3-11, 1-3), which travels to Wallace on Saturday.
Clark Fork 4 18 12 11 - 45
Kootenai 5 7 4 8 - 24
CLARK FORK - Kiebert 1, McMahon 4, Vogel 7, Kailang 4, Driver 8, Komanec 6, Thornton 9, Van Buren 6, Wurm 0.
KOOTENAI - Walton 4, Griggs 4, Carman 0, MacInturff 4, Scheffelmaier 0, Benson 10, Martin 0, Dutton 1, Goodson 0, Donahoe 1.
Wallace 43
Cd'A Charter 29
COEUR d'ALENE - Mackenzie Dire and Emily Nelson each scored eight points in the first quarter as the visiting Miners jumped out to a 21-3 lead after one quarter in the nonleague victory over the Panthers at Holy Family Catholic School.
Dire finished with 17 points for Wallace (8-9), which plays host to Kootenai on Saturday.
Lexi Turkenburg scored a game-high 21 points for Coeur d'Alene Charter (6-13), which concludes the regular season Monday at home vs. Orofino. The Panthers then begin play in the 2A District 1-2 tournament Wednesday at Lapwai.
Wallace 21 3 12 6 - 43
Cd'A Charter 3 9 12 5 - 29
WALLACE - Hill 5, Woody 1, Dire 17, Nelson 8, Pehan 4, Benson 0, Browning 1, K. Simmons 6.
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Turkenburg 21, Verhaeghe 0, Johnson 0, Babich 3, Haman 3, Rinaldi 2, Polyhar 0.
N.I. Christian 30
Logos 12
MOSCOW - Amanda Hobson had eight points, eight rebounds and five blocks as the Royals beat the Knights in a Mountain Christian League game.
Hannah McCauley had seven points and eight rebounds for North Idaho Christian (16-4, 10-2 MCL), which hosts Genesis Prep tonight.
N.I. Christian 6 7 7 10 - 30
Logos 1 7 0 4 - 12
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hobson 8, Shanley 6, Kaschmitter 2, Gjevre 2, Gwin 4, McCauley 7, Ward 1.
LOGOS - A. Gray 4, Page 0, Miller 2, Kim 4, Kline 2, R. Gray 0.