PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland nabs title at Bonners tourney
* WRESTLING
BONNERS FERRY - Justin Wright (106 pounds), Tyson Hendricks (113), Dustin Hannawalt (126) and Jesse Putman (152) each placed first in the respective weight brackets and the Lakeland Hawks won the team title at the two-day Bonners Ferry Invitational on Saturday.
Bonners Ferry finished second and St. Maries took third in the eight-school tournament.
Tyler Siegford (98), Austin Hoobler (120), Chad Miller (138), Brandon Yount (145), Karsen Walker (160), Killian Estes (170), Tanner Read (182) and Brandon Kurtz (285) each finished runner-up.
Will Putman (145), Brandon Mailhot (152), Kenny Zaken (160) and Josh Kaplan (195) all placed third.
Dan Behmer (106), Tanner Wright (138) and Conor Shepherd (220) all finished fourth.
Aaron Smith (98), Blaine Invernon (138), Quinn Cummings (160), Carman Krichbaum (195) and Morris McAlister (285) won titles for Bonners Ferry.
Other winners included Blake Ivie (120) of Kellogg, Aaron Kolar (132) and Matt Speelman (182) of St. Maries, Chris Vergobbi (145) of Kellogg, Brian Fink (170) of Priest River, and Curtis Dolson (220) of Wallace.
Lakeland hosts Timberlake on Thursday in its final dual before the 4A Region 1 tournament Feb. 16 at Lakeland.
"I think they all wrestled really well and it was a great weekend for us," Lakeland assistant Zack Horsley said. "The kids got some wins and had a lot of fun. If they wrestle like they did this weekend (at regionals), we will be in good shape."
TEAM SCORES - 1, Lakeland 214.5. 2, Bonners Ferry 144.5. 3, St. Maries 110. 4, Priest River 94. 5, Kellogg 79.5. 6, Lakeland JV 60.5. 7, Wallace 60. 8, Bonners Ferry JV 34. 9, Kootenai 23. 10, Priest River JV 20. 11, Timberlake 16. 12, Wallace JV 9. 13, Kellogg JV 6. 14, St. Maries JV 4. 15, Timberlake JV 0.
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
98 - Aaron Smith, Bonners Ferry, d. Tyler Siegford, Lakeland, 8-4. 106 - Justin Wright, Lakeland, p. Mike Hyndman, Kellogg, 2:19. 113 - Tyson Hendricks, Lakeland, tf. Cody Edwards, St. Maries, 15-0. 120 - Blake Ivie, Kellogg, p. Austin Hoobler, Lakeland, 1:37. 126 - Dustin Hannawalt, Lakeland, md. Joey Day, Priest River, 11-0. 132 - Aaron Kolar, St. Maries, St. Maries, d. Greg Fitzmorris, Priest River, 7-4. 138 - Blaine Invernon, Bonners Ferry, tf. Chad Miller, Lakeland, 23-8. 145 - Chris Vergobbi, Kellogg, d. Brandon Yount, Lakeland, 4-2. 152 - Jesse Putman, Lakeland, d. Joe Bloomsberg, St. Maries, 11-6. 160 - Quinn Cummings, Bonners Ferry, p. Karsen Walker, Lakeland, 1:52. 170 - Brian Fink, Priest River, md. Killian Estes, Lakeland, 9-1. 182 - Matt Speelman, St. Maries, p. Tanner Read, Lakeland, :42. 195 - Carman Krichbaum, Bonners Ferry, md. Nick Anderson, St. Maries, 17-5. 220 - Curtis Dolson, Wallace, p. Will Gaspar, Bonners Ferry, 1:49. 285 - Morris McAllister, Bonners Ferry, by injury default.
THIRD-FOURTH PLACE MATCHES
98 - Joe Irvine, Priest River, md. Jayce Hunt, 9-0. 106 - Hayden Humphrey, St. Maries, p. Dan Beahmer, Lakeland JV, 1:25. 113 - Brad Schaper, Priest River, via bye. 120 - Colton Mitchell, St. Maries, p. Austin Street, Wallace, 4:44. 126 - Josh Richmond, St. Maries, md. Luke Soumas, PRJV, 15-7. 132 - Jason Waters, Wallace, md. Tyler Curl, Wallace, 10-0. 138 - Tyson Boorman, Bonners Ferry JV, md. Tanner Wright, Lakeland JV, 12-3. 145 - Will Putman, Lakeland JV, md. Parker Davis, Bonners Ferry, 15-2. 152 - Brandon Mailhot, Lakeland JV, d. Anthony Skeen, Bonners Ferry, 9-2. 160 - Kenny Zacken, Lakeland JV, p. Nick Petek, Priest River JV, :50. 170 - Davin Wadsworth, Kellogg, p. Christian Speelman, Kootenai, 2:29. 182 - Bret Fink, Priest River, p. Jonathan O'Brien, Kellogg, 3:38. 195 - Josh Kaplan, Lakeland, p. Gabe Bellah, Priest River, 2:16. 220 - Jon Gaspar, Bonners Ferry JV, d. Conor Shepherd, Lakeland, 5-2. 285 - no match.
* GIRLS BASKETBALL
Kellogg 44
St. Maries 33
KELLOGG - Trailing by two points at halftime, the host Wildcats outscored the Lumberjacks 15-4 in the third quarter to take control in the girls "Brawl for the Ball" spirit game, a nonleague tilt at Andrews Gymnasium.
"We threw a junk defense at them, and our defense forced a lot of turnovers," Kellogg coach Eli Bourgard said.
McKenna Stewart scored 12 points to lead Kellogg (9-8), which will be the No. 3 seed to the 3A District 1 tournament, which begins Monday at Lakeland High in Rathdrum. Kellogg will play No. 2 Bonners Ferry (14-5) on Monday at 7:30 p.m., after No. 1 Priest River (13-7) plays No. 4 Timberlake (4-15) at 6.
Lakin Anxo scored eight points for St. Maries (6-14), which plays Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy (16-3) on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Coeur d'Alene High in the first round of the 2A District 1-2 tournament.
St. Maries 12 9 4 8 - 33
Kellogg 10 9 15 10 - 44
ST. MARIES - Schaum 2, Waddell 7, Brusseau 2, Thaut 4, Anxo 8, Cordell 7, Scott 0, Auer 2, Flach 1, Posselt 0.
KELLOGG - Stewart 12, Ta. Sheppard 0, Gibbons 3, Garner 6, Tr. Sheppard 0, Roberts 3, Wendt 2, Arthur 7, Custis 9, McDonald 2.
Clark Fork 48
Wallace 33
CLARK FORK - Mariah Miller scored 13 points as the Wampus Cats beat the Miners in a North Star League game to secure the No. 1 seed to the 1A Division II District 1 tournament.
"It feels great it didn't have to go to a coin flip," Clark Fork coach Dexter Vogel said. "It's much better to have won the game. It was a good game until the fourth quarter, but we were able to pull away at the end. Both teams played hard and it was a good game."
Tess Vogel, Annie Wurm and Alicia Heigis had nine rebounds each for Clark Fork (8-12, 5-3 NSL), which faces the winner of Monday's Kootenai-Mullan game in their district championship game on Thursday at Lake City High.
Jordan Browning scored 18 points for Wallace (11-9, 6-2), which faces Lakeside in the Game 1 of a best-of-3 series in the 1A Division I District 1 tournament on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Lake City.
Wallace 8 6 11 8 - 33
Clark Fork 10 8 11 19 - 48
WALLACE - Brackebusch 0, S. Hill 5, M. Hill 0, Farkas 2, Denson 0, Jackson 0, Woody 0, Majszak 0, Nelson 4, Browning 18, Waters 4.
CLARK FORK - Westphal 0, Frazier 0, Ly. Kiebert 8, Le. Kiebert 6, Vogel 9, Heigis 2, Miller 13, Wold 0, Wurm 9, Cala 2, Kailang 0.
N.I. Christian 38
Christian Heritage 42
COEUR d'ALENE - Alex Gwin scored 15 points for the Royals in a loss to Christian Heritage in Mountain Christian League play at Canfield Middle School.
Kana Shanley had seven points, eight rebounds, seven assists and four steals for North Idaho Christian (14-9, 10-5), which plays Genesis Prep on Monday at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls.
Christian Heritage 12 11 6 13 - 42
N. Idaho Christian 6 4 8 20 - 38
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Kline 14, Larkin 2, H. Knotts 2, Yoder 20, Stone 3, Phillips 1, Rossey 0, G. Knotts 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Canale 7, Andrews 5, Gwin 15, Prosch 4, Ward 0, Shanley 7.
Logos 34
Christian Center 28
LIBERTY LAKE - Lindsey Howard had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Lions in a loss to the Knights in a Mountain Christian League game at the HUB Sports Center.
Christian Center (11-4, 11-4 MCL) travels to Pullman Christian on Monday.
Logos 8 8 10 8 - 34
Christian Center 9 7 5 7 - 28
LOGOS - Gray 7, Lundgren 2, Page 4, Miller 13, Schlect 6, Klein 0, R. Gray 1, S. Miller 0, Kim 1.
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Howard 10, Purvis 3, Sovereign 5, Kempton 4, Ripatti 0, Hawkins 0, Greensides 4.