PREP BASKETBALL: No. 1 Vikings fall in opening game of Nike tourney
* GIRLS
BEAVERTON, Ore. - Point guard Jordan Reynolds, who has signed Tennessee, scored a game-high 24 points and Stanford signee Kailee Johnson, a post, added 21 to lead the Central Catholic Rams of Portland past the top-ranked Coeur d'Alene Vikings 68-52 in the opening round of the Nike Northwest Invitational on Thursday at Southridge High.
"Those kids are the real deal," Coeur d'Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said. "They had 45 of their 68 points and had one foul between them and besides those two, they were a fast team."
Caelyn Orlandi had 11 of her team-high 14 points in the fourth quarter for Coeur d'Alene (3-1), which faces Lebanon (Ore.) today at 3:30 p.m.
"We got into foul trouble early on and couldn't get out of it," Poffenroth said. "We didn't play so bad, but we got into foul trouble early and couldn't get out of it. Johnson is for real and we got outsized and outran."
Kendalyn Brainard had 12 points and eight rebounds and Orlandi had three assists for Coeur d'Alene.
"In the games I saw, all six teams have really good speed," Poffenroth said. "They've put together a good tournament and now we've got to step up."
Coeur d'Alene 9 15 9 19 - 52
Cen. Catholic 18 15 16 19 - 68
COEUR d'ALENE - Parker 2, Sumner 8, Chalich 2, Orlandi 14, Tackett 10, Brainard 12, Wellsandt 0, Williams 4.
CENTRAL CATHOLIC - Reynolds 24, Hatzien 5, Pahale 0, Cichoke 4, Criswell 2, Logan 2, Nizhich 0, Henderson 2, Johnson 21, Hood 8.
Lakeland 44
Timberlake 38
SPIRIT LAKE - Lakeland's Jordan Ward led a well-balanced scoring attack with nine points and the Hawks defeated Timberlake in nonleague play.
Jessica Norlander led Timberlake (1-2) with 12 points and nine rebounds.
"We had some good looks but nothing dropped in the first half," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "I'm proud that the kids fought back to make a game of it."
Lakeland (2-5) plays at Bonners Ferry on Saturday.
Ashly George had 10 points for the Tigers, who play at Riverside of Chattaroy, Wash., on Tuesday.
Lakeland 14 11 4 15 - 44
Timberlake 3 14 12 9 - 38
LAKELAND - Vanderhoof 7, St. Mark 0, Pote 0, Ward 9, Coder 6, Derby 6, Rotchford 2, Seymour 0, Kelsey 6, Pruitt 2, Ramus 6.
TIMBERLAKE - George 10, Malloy 5, Rhodes 3, Hoffman 1, Owen 0, Fitzmorris 3, Hardy 0, Norlander 12, Gibson 4.
Cd'A Charter 38
Kootenai 19
COEUR d'ALENE - Anna Verhaeghe had 14 points and 11 rebounds as the Panthers defeated the Warriors in a nonleague game at Holy Family Catholic School.
"We took care of the rebounding tonight," Coeur d'Alene Charter coach Doug Grant said. "We're still knocking the rust off the scoring, but we played better in the second half."
Lacy Goodson scored eight points and Katey Mae MacInturff seven points for Kootenai (1-6), which travels to Lakeside on Tuesday.
Lexi Turkenberg had 10 points and 10 rebounds and Jackie Jensen 12 rebounds for Coeur d'Alene Charter (1-1), which hosts Clark Fork on Saturday at Holy Family.
Kootenai 2 11 2 4 - 19
Cd'A Charter 4 13 10 13 - 38
KOOTENAI - Goodson 8, Carman 0, Schultz 2, Anderson 0, MacInturff 7, Keogh 0, Martin 2, Butts 0, Grubham 0.
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Ramb 0, Ployhar 3, Bartlett 0, Baxter 0, Haman 4, Zasadny 0, Turkenberg 10, Verhaeghe 14, Jensen 7.
* BOYS
Troy 65
Lakeside 35
PLUMMER - Brooks Malm had 22 points, seven assists and four steals to lead the Trojans past the Knights in a nonleague game.
"We're just playing tough teams," Lakeside coach Brad Calkins said. "We've got a tough schedule and we're playing the top teams in the White Pine League. We're young and inexperienced, but the kids played much better tonight."
Leighton Boyd had 12 points and Jordan Brown added six rebounds for Lakeside (0-2), which travels to Kendrick on Thursday.
Troy 24 12 17 13 - 65
Lakeside 7 12 12 4 - 35
TROY - Self 17, Nelson 8, Samdquist 2, Bry. Malm 2, Bro. Malm 22, Wright 14, Yenne 0, Schumacker 0.
LAKESIDE - Schotz 4, Kolar 5, Gauthier 0, Boyd 12, Nomee 6, Gallegos 2, Nielsen 0, Daman 0, Meshell 2, Brown 4, Mitchell 0.