Warriors fall to Panthers in opener

| March 2, 2012 8:00 PM

CALDWELL - Chance Chavez scored a game-high 15 points to lead the Carey Panthers past the Kootenai Warriors 58-38 on Thursday in the opening round of the state 1A Division II tournament at Caldwell High.

Kootenai (7-13) will face Sho-Ban (18-4) tonight at 7 p.m. (PST) in a loser-out game. Sho-Ban lost to Dietrich 58-55 earlier Thursday.

Marshall Willms scored 10 points on 4-of-10 shooting for Kootenai, which turned the ball over 21 times, compared to 14 for Carey.

Carey 20 11 11 16 - 58

Kootenai 8 6 16 8 - 38

CAREY - Rivera 0, Dilworth 2, Koudelka 0, Adamson 2, Hansen 0, Chavez 15, J. Cenarrusa 8, D. Cennarrusa 5, Barg 9, Thompson 0, Baird 7, Gamino 0, Lee 10. Totals 24-67 5-11 58.

KOOTENAI - Ma. Willms 10, Napierala 0, Myhre 6, Benson 2, Carman 3, B. Whipple 4, Pfeiffer 7, Schultz 2, Mo. Willms 4. Totals 14-46 9-18 38.