PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake City falters late in loss at Lewiston

LEWISTON - Lake City led most of the game, but Sam Heitzman scored the go-ahead basket on a post move with 18 seconds left in the game, and the Lewiston Bengals upended the 5A Inland Empire League champion Timberwolves 48-46 on Saturday at Booth Hall.

Heitzman scored a game-high 17 points for Lewiston (5-14, 2-3 5A IEL), which moved into third place in the 5A IEL. Rafa Hewett-Steiger added 14 for the Bengals, who beat Coeur d'Alene at home on Tuesday.

"Really, we played well for 3 1/2 quarters; it was frustrating to see us not finish," Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. "As well as we've been playing, it was frustrating. But give them credit; they played very well."

Riley Moreen scored 16 points for Lake City (13-5, 5-1). Kyle Guice was limited by foul trouble and finished with four points.

Lake City plays host to Sandpoint on Tuesday. Lewiston can steal the No. 2 seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament with a win at Post Falls on Friday.

Lake City 13 15 11 7 - 46

Lewiston 12 9 14 13 - 48

LAKE CITY - Adams 5, Pratt 8, Murphy 2, Hocking 5, Guice 4, Louie-McGee 0, Moreen 16, Dahl 6, Winger 0.

LEWISTON - Charlo 0, Hasenoehrl 0, Rayner 2, Jackson 4, Heitzman 17, Dickeson 0, Hewett-Steiger 14, Brooks 11, Boyer 0.

Moscow 52

Sandpoint 36

MOSCOW - Jeremiah Gagnon scored 15 points for the Bulldogs, who were held to 17 points after the first quarter in a 4A Inland Empire League loss to the Bears at Bear Den.

"We came out and got a lot of rebounds and some good looks at the basket in the first quarter," Sandpoint coach Tyler Haynes said. "We got the same looks in the second half, but they just didn't drop."

Sandpoint (2-15, 0-4 4A IEL) travels to Lake City on Tuesday.

Nick Ellison scored 15 points for Moscow (12-4, 4-0).

Sandpoint 19 8 2 7 - 36

Moscow 8 15 16 13 - 52

SANDPOINT - Jurenka 0, Rodriguez 2, Couch 3, Schwartz 2, Nelson 0, Burgstahler 3, Gagnon 15, Edwards 5, Alsager 6, Lutz 0.

MOSCOW - Randall 11, Akey 3, Snyder 5, Levy 5, Gresch 9, Lunning 0, Martin 0, Adona 2, Ellison 15, McGurkin 8.

Kellogg 47

St. Maries 42

KELLOGG - Taylor Bircher and Garret Wendt scored 13 points each for the Wildcats in win over the Lumberjacks in the "Brawl for the Ball" spirit game at Andrews Gymnasium.

Wendt had nine rebounds for Kellogg (11-6), which hosts Lakeland on Tuesday. Kellogg also won the ball trophy.

"I thought our defensive effort was outstanding," Kellogg coach Jeff Lambert said. "They got ahead 15-4 at one point, but our effort came alive and we played defensive for three quarters."

Warren Joiner scored 15 points for St. Maries (10-6), which travels to Moscow on Tuesday.

St. Maries 9 14 8 11 - 42

Kellogg 4 12 18 13 - 47

ST. MARIES - Joiner 15, Stapleton 0, Bedwell 0, Ryle 3, Posselt 0, Feasline 6, Linnemeyer 12, Cordell 6, Gertje 0.

KELLOGG - Colburn 2, Seaton 10, Bircher 13, Lambert 0, Wendt 13, deYoung 0, Gust 2, Sauer 0, Waechter 7.

Wallace 53

Clark Fork 34

WALLACE - Brady Brantley scored 15 points to lead the Miners past the Wampus Cats in a North Star League game at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Joey Hazinsky had 13 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for Clark Fork (3-13, 3-3 NSL), which hosts Lakeside next Saturday.

"We played good defense in the first half and my guys played hard," Clark Fork coach Corey Vogel said. "In the third quarter, we didn't shoot the ball well and they were able to take the game away from us."

Gavin Rasmussen scored 11 points for Wallace (9-7, 5-1), which travels to Kootenai on Tuesday.

Clark Fork 14 9 9 2 - 34

Wallace 13 7 23 10 - 53

CLARK FORK - Bristol 5, Kline 10, Hazinsky 13, Bowen 0, Taylor 0, A. Anderson 0, Nesbitt 6, M. Anderson 0, Boudesquie 0, Bahr 0, Walker 0, Aguirre 0.

WALLACE - Owens 4, Zanetti 6, Wallace 0, Howell 0, Brantley 15, Arthun 8, Little 0, Jo. Dellinger 5, Ja. Dellinger 4, Rasmussen 11, Erickson 0.

Logos 50

Christian Center 35

LIBERTY LAKE - Paul Ryan scored 18 points to lead the Knights past the Lions in a Mountain Christian League game at the HUB Sports Center.

Gabe Johnson had 12 rebounds and eight points and Jens Kutemeyer had eight points, five assists and three steals for Christian Center (7-11, 7-8 MCL), which travels to Pullman Christian on Monday.

Logos 13 13 7 17 - 50

Christian Center 12 4 17 2 - 35

LOGOS - Engerbretson 1, Whitling 13, Ryan 18, Spencer 8, Morse 6, Wintz 0, Jones 0, Leithart 4.

CHRISTIAN CENTER - De. Hansen 6, Turner 0, Johnson 8, Kuetemeyer 8, Dr. Hansen 7, Allen 6.

N.I. Christian 49

Christian Heritage 22

COEUR d'ALENE - Paul Connelly had 11 points, five steals and three assists and the Royals finished the regular season with a victory over Christian Heritage at Canfield Middle School.

Nathan Osterberg added seven points and nine rebounds for North Idaho Christian (7-12, 6-10 Mountain Christian League), which plays in the Mountain Christian League tournament Feb. 7-9 at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

Christian Heritage 7 4 3 8 - 22

N. Idaho Christian 20 10 8 11 - 49

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Herron 3, Rossey 6, Cousins 6, Ricketts 2, Chin 3, Xu 2.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Osterberg 7, Sheetz 4, Booth 4, P. Connelly 11, J. Connelly 3, Kuchenski 7, Schreibeis 0, Jesensky 0, Chersin 4, Laws 9.