PREP ROUNDUP: Viks win, see room for improvement
• BOYS BASKETBALL
COEUR d’ALENE — Despite winning by 15 points and staying in control during the entire game, first-year Coeur d’Alene coach Kurt Lundblad saw plenty of things to work on after the Vikings’ 64-49 nonleague win Friday over Chiawana of Pasco, Wash., at Elmer Jordan Court.
“They were scrappy and played hard all night,” Lundblad said. “They never gave up. Kudos to them. We didn’t play our best game. We had a lot of turnovers, a lot of missed shots and lot of fouls. They had 25 turnovers, we had 18 turnovers.”
Junior forward Devin Kluss led the Vikings with 16 points. Junior guard Ryan Walde finished with 11 points and five rebounds, Tony Naccarato and Colby Daniels each scored 11 points. Justin Carpenter scored nine points and grabbed eight rebounds.
“Hopefully you learn something when you win a game and you learn something when you lose a game,” Lundblad said. “We need to play with the same enthusiasm and energy every night. Because of this game, we’ll learn from it and get better.”
Coeur d’Alene (3-0) hosts Kennewick today at 4:30.
Chiawana 6 10 20 13 — 49
Coeur d’Alene 14 12 19 19 — 64
CHIAWANA — Mitchell 0, Harris 11, Singleton 2, Dorlon 0, Wren 12, Mendoza 1, Guardison 6, Koval 10, Henderson 6.
COEUR d’ALENE — Paulsen 1, Tripp 0, Daniels 11, Carpenter 9, Williams 0, Hicks 5, Walde 11, Sparks 0, Kluss 16, Naccarato 11.
Richland 83
Post Falls 57
POST FALLS — The visiting Bombers made five 3-pointers in a 29-point second quarter and led 51-28 at halftime of the nonleague game at The Arena.
Payton Radliff hit three 3-pointers and finished with 26 points for Richland. Jacob DeVries also sank three 3s and ended up with 20 for the Bombers, who made nine 3s in the game.
“They are a very good shooting team,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “They have a big guy you have to be concerned about, and four kids that can really shoot the 3. I thought they hurt us hitting 3s in transition.”
Corey Koski had 20 points and eight rebounds for Post Falls (2-2), which battled back to within 11 points late in the third quarter.
“Richland will be as good a team as we’ll play all year,” McLean said. “But I was very happy with our guys; in the third quarter, I thought we competed much better.”
Post Falls plays at Chiawana today at 3:45 p.m. in Pasco, Wash.
Richland 22 29 7 25 — 83
Post Falls 16 12 19 10 — 57
RICHLAND — DeVries 20, Torres 0, Nelson 1, McCullough 4, Beo 12, Radliff 26, Streufert 14, Miller 4.
POST FALLS — McKeown 0, Davenport 0, Pfennigs 3, Hillman 5, Gondo 2, Anderson 3, McCullough 10, Franklin 2, Thompson 10, Bowers 2, Koski 20.
Cd’A Charter 41
Alberton 27
ST. REGIS, Mont. — Christian Johnson scored 14 points, Chris Adams 10 as the Panthers beat Alberton, Mont., in the first round of the Tiger Tail Tournament for their first victory of the season.
“Julian Rubalcaba came in and sparked us in the second half with his defense,” first-year Charter coach Steve Bourgard said. “He had five steals in the second half.”
Andrew Lommen scored a game-high 25 for Alberton.
Coeur d’Alene Charter (1-5) plays Victor (Mont.) today at 1:30 p.m. PST to conclude the tournament. Victor beat St. Regis on Friday.
Alberton 8 6 6 7 — 27
Cd’A Charter 7 10 13 11 — 41
ALBERTON — Fanzano 5, J. Munsch 0, Stafford 4, Benson 0, Daillancourt 0, T. Munsch 2, Turnbull 0, Lommen 16.
COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Pennings 2, May 2, Putren 4, Johnson 14, Valov 0, Adams 10, Whealon 4, Rubalcada 5, Follini 0.
Lakeside 65
Kootenai 44
PLUMMER — Joe Brown had 18 points, five rebounds and three steals to lead the Knights past the Warriors in the opening round of the North Star League Tournament.
Jake Pfeiffer scored 17 points, Anthony Ausman 16 for Kootenai (1-2), which faces Clark Fork in the consolation game tonight at 6 p.m.
Doug Schatz had 17 points and six rebounds for Lakeside (3-1), which faces Wallace in the championship game tonight at 7:30 p.m. Wallace beat Clark Fork 63-45.
Kootenai 12 10 7 15 — 44
Lakeside 13 18 13 21 — 65
KOOTENAI — Keogh 4, Willms 4, Ausman 16, Love 3, Pfeiffer 17, Schultz 0, H. Whipple 0, Hall 0, J. Whipple 0.
LAKESIDE — Stensgar 0, Meshell 5, Schatz 17, Abrahamson 3, Kolar 5, Zahir 3, Daman 0, Nilson 14, Mitchell 0, Brown 18.
Chr. Heritage 50
Christian Center 47
LIBERTY LAKE — Dylan Herron scored 25 points to lead the Patriots past the Lions in Mountain Christian League play at the HUB Sports Center.
Drew Hansen scored 15 points, Chase Allen 14 for Christian Center (1-2, 0-2 MCL), which plays Immaculate Conception Academy on Monday at the HUB.
Christian Heritage 9 17 9 15 — 50
Christian Center 10 11 16 10 — 47
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — Ricketts 2, Reviejo 0, Smith 4, Cousins 4, Rossey 14, Herron 25, Cao 1, G. Hemenway 0, L. Hemenway 0.
CHRISTIAN CENTER — Howard 9, Allen 14, Harryman 5, Ryssel 0, Hansen 15, Engels 4.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL
Coeur d’Alene 57
Chiawana 49
PASCO, Wash. — Coeur d’Alene played shutdown defense to start the second half, as part of a 20-6 run that helped the visiting Vikings to a nonleague win over Chiawana.
Brittany Tackett finished with 16 points, nine rebounds and four steals for Coeur d’Alene. Sydney Williams scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Vikings (7-0), who trailed 27-17 at halftime. Sara Chalich added 13 points.
“We came out in the second half and moved the ball around on offense a lot more,” Coeur d’Alene assistant coach Lindsey Stark said.
Coeur d’Alene hosts Lewiston on Tuesday.
Coeur d’Alene 10 7 20 20 — 57
Chiawana 13 14 6 16 — 49
COEUR d’ALENE — Parker 4, Sumner 5, Chalich 13, Tackett 16, Hermesch 1, Williams 18.
CHIAWANA — D. Hodgins 12, Alserness 4, B. Hodgins 9, Sullivan 8, Caltwright 4, Winchester 7, Pink 5.
Lake City 59
Kennewick 36
COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore guard Whitney Meier scored 14 of her game-high 22 points in the first quarter in the Timberwolves’ nonleague rout of Kennewick (Wash.).
“Whitney came out and hit some big shots,” Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. “She hit some big shots in the first quarter and got us rolling.”
In the fourth quarter, Lake City outscored Kennewick 21-8, as the T-Wolves put on a full-court press which led to some steals that led to easy baskets. Freshman Halle Eborall and senior Dakota Wilson were among the girls who got the steals.
Camryn Wendlandt grabbed eight rebounds, Olivia Maryon seven for Lake City (5-1), which plays today at Hanford.
Kennewick 9 6 13 8 — 36
Lake City 18 14 6 21 — 59
KENNEWICK — Garcia 10, Templeton 7, Osmundson 5, Fiander 5, Deng 0, Kima 3, Silguero 2, Gulch 2, Norwood 2.
LAKE CITY — Meier 22, Carlson 6, Maryon 7, Smith 4, Wendlandt 7, Wheelock 7, Eborall 0, Wilson 4, Dvorak 2.
Richland 79
Post Falls 47
RICHLAND — Madison King scored a team-high 10 points and Kim Reynolds added eight points in the Trojans’ loss to the Bombers in nonleague action.
Post Falls (3-4) hosts Chiawana of Pasco today at 3:45 p.m. at The Arena.
Post Falls 10 7 18 12 — 47
Richland 18 25 17 17 — 79
POST FALLS — Allert 4, Ellison 1, Yarber 4, King 10, Smith 2, Anderson 5, Bodman 4, Runkle 4, Kyle 0, Reynolds 8, McDermott 0.
RICHLAND — McCormack 6, Catone 16, Perry 5, Camp 7, Vanoelhoffen 12, Corrigan 12, Sorn 2, Bower 3, Turner 20.
Christian Heritage 51
Christian Center 34
LIBERTY LAKE — Senior Hope Sasseli had 13 points, six rebounds and five steals for the Lions in a Mountain Christian League loss to the Patriots from Edwall, Wash., at the HUB Sports Center.
Junior Shannon Kempton added six points and seven rebounds, and Abi Sovereign had five assists.
Christian Center (1-1, 1-1 MCL) plays Tuesday at the HUB against Pullman Christian in league play.
Christian Heritage 16 13 14 8 — 51
Christian Center 10 5 10 9 — 34
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — Stone 2, Yoder 11, Klein 16, Hagreen 1, Phillips 0, Knotts 2, Rossey 9, Wollwever 10.
CHRISTIAN CENTER — Purvis 9, Sovereign 2, Kempton 6, Engels 0, Sasseli 13, Barnhart 4, Ryssel 0, Muskrat 0.
• WRESTLING
Post Falls leads
at Inland Empire Classic
SPOKANE — Post Falls moved 12 wrestlers into today’s quarterfinal round of the Inland Empire Classic, finishing the day with 88 points at Central Valley High.
Ciera Foster (106 pounds), Casey Benton (113), Drake Foster (120), Kyle Farnsworth (120), Alius De La Rosa (126), Steven Zettel (132), T.J. Wolf (145), Stephen Ost (152), Seth McLeod (170), Rhogen Clark (182), Ryan Failor (195) and Justin Farnsworth (285) went 2-0 to advance.
“Everybody wrestled really well,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “It was great to see them get a lot of pins. Even those that didn’t get a pin had some key wins.”
The semifinals are slated for today at noon, with the finals at 3 p.m.
Tyson Hendricks (120), Will Putman (145), Tuekota Vandever (152), Brandon Mailhot (160), Killian Estes (182) and Conor Shepherd (220) advanced to the quarters for Lakeland, which is 11th with 45.5 points.
TEAM SCORES — 1, Post Falls 88. 2, University 78. 3, Colville 77. 4, Moses Lake 74. 5, Mead 72. 6, Central Valley 63.5 7, Ellensburg 52.5. 8, East Valley 52. 9, Sandpoint 47. 11, Lakeland 45.5. 12, Chiawana 45. 13, Lewis and Clark 39. 14, Richland 36. 15, Ferris 34. 16, Shadle Park 31. 17, Rogers 30. 18, Eisenhower 29. 19, Cheney 27. 20, Eastmont 23. 21, Hanford 22.