PREP BASKETBALL: Lewiston ends Lake City's season

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LEWISTON - Lake City's season of improvement came to an end Tuesday night with a 45-24 loss to Lewiston in a loser-out game of the 5A Region 1 tournament at Booth Hall.

"They zoned us most of the game and we couldn't hit shots," Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. "Give them credit; they knocked down shots. We took the Wilson sisters out of the game, and Emilee Schlader came in and hit buckets at key times."

Amber Hawkes led Lake City (10-12) with six points. Madi Farrell and Kassie Torres had seven rebounds each, and Hailey Jackson had four assists.

"I appreciated my girls' effort all season," said Kelly, who took over the program just days before preseason practice began last fall. "They never quit; they never backed down."

Schlader and Karlee Wilson each scored 10 points for Lewiston (16-6), which plays at Coeur d'Alene on Thursday in a loser-out, winner-to-play-in game.

Lake City 5 10 2 7 - 24

Lewiston 12 13 19 11 - 45

LAKE CITY - Jackson 3, Gewecke 3, Wheelock 2, Gay 2, Farrell 4, Torres 4, Hawkes 6, D. Wilson 0, J. Wilson 0, Smith 0.

LEWISTON - K. Wilson 10, Weeks 0, L. Wilson 6, K. Schlader 0, Teichmer 2, E. Schlader 10, Hobart 4, Wells 2, Lohman 0, White 6, Hastings 5.

Sandpoint 46

Lakeland 23

SANDPOINT — Managing just five second-half points, the No.3-seeded Hawks bowed out of the 4A Region 1 tournament with a loss to the No. 2 Bulldogs in a loser-out game at Les Rogers Court.

Josie Coder scored nine points to lead Lakeland, which shot 7 of 30 from the field and finished 3-18.

“I told (Sandpoint) coach (Bill) Bender I thought his kids were outstanding in the second half. Unfortunately, the better team won tonight,” Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. “Sandpoint’s effort and execution were much better than ours.”

Hailey Olin, who just recently switched to point guard, dropped in 15 points for Sandpoint (14-9), which shot 17 of 34 from the field, and travels to Moscow on Thursday in the championship round. Sandpoint has to beat Moscow twice to win the regional title; Moscow needs just one win over Sandpoint to advance to state.

Lakeland 11 7 2 3 — 23

Sandpoint 12 15 10 9 — 46

LAKELAND — Vanderhoof 4, St. Mark 0, Pote 0, Ward 2, Coder 9, Derby 2, Kelsey 5, Ramus 1.

SANDPOINT — Schoening 5, Corless 6, Liband 2, Young 4, Alamillo 7, Speelmon 6, Williams 0, Martin 0, Olin 15, Delgado 0, Couch 1, Chatburn 0, Mares 0, Bluemer 0.

• BOYS

Lake City 53

Sandpoint 26

COEUR d’ALENE — The Timberwolves held the visiting Bulldogs to just two baskets in the first half — both in the opening quarter — and built a 33-7 lead at intermission.

“We played great defense — kids were flying around, the energy level was great,” Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. “Defense turned into easy baskets at the offensive end.”

Riley Moreen led Lake City (14-5) with 11 points. Kyle Guice added seven points, 11 rebounds, three blocked shots and three assists.

On senior night, Lake City started all five seniors and two of them who normally come off the bench, Eric Redal and Evan Murphy, helped give the Timberwolves a spark early.

“Eric Redal and Evan Murphy started the game out with great energy and gave us a huge spark right from the start,” Reed said. “You could tell how much it meant to them; they played really hard.”

Thomas Edwards was the top scorer for Sandpoint (2-16) with six points.

Lake City closes out the regular season Saturday at Moscow.

Sandpoint 5 2 10 9 — 26

Lake City 13 20 8 12 — 53

SANDPOINT — Jurenka 4, Rodriguez 4, Silberman 0, Schwartz 0, Nelson 3, Burgstahler 2, Gagnon 2, Edwards 6, Alsager 4, Lutz 1.

LAKE CITY — Lake 0, Adams 4, Pratt 8, Redal 7, Murphy 6, Hocking 3, Guice 7, Louie-McGee 2, Moreen 11, Dahl 3, Winger 2.

Lakeland 45

Kellogg 42

KELLOGG — Lakeland’s Jack Millsap hit a 3-pointer with less than one minute remaining and the Hawks rallied past Kellogg in nonleague play.

Kellogg held a 42-40 with 40 seconds remaining, but the Wildcats turned the ball over and the Hawks (9-10) went ahead 43-40 on Millsap’s 3.

Matt Horne scored a game-high 12 points for Lakeland, which finishes the regular season Friday at Sandpoint.

Garret Wendt had 10 points, eight rebounds and four assists and Logan Sower added 10 points for Kellogg (11-7), which plays at Priest River on Saturday.

Lakeland 14 7 7 17 — 45

Kellogg 7 7 13 15 — 42

LAKELAND — Opland 7, Horne 12, Derrick 7, Millsap 6, Bayley 0, Stanford 0, Simpson 7, McCabe 6, Piva 0.

KELLOGG — Colburn 4, Seaton 8, Bircher 1, Lambert 6, Wendt 10, deYoung 0, Gust 0, Sauer 10, Waechter 3.

Moscow 59

St. Maries 57

ST. MARIES — Rhett Ryle made 6 of 7 3-point attempts, with the lone miss a desperation shot at the end of the game, and finished with a career-high 29 points for the Lumberjacks in the nonleague loss against the visiting Bears.

“It was a big improvement from the last time we played them (a 64-44 loss in Moscow on Jan. 10),” St. Maries coach John Bisson said. “They play a tenacious defense, and I thought we handled it well.”

Austin Linnemeyer scored nine points for St. Maries (10-7), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Friday.

Jack Akey scored 15 points for Moscow (13-4).

Moscow 13 10 24 12 — 59

St. Maries 8 20 13 16 — 57

MOSCOW — Randall 6, Akey 15, Snyder 10, Levy 2, Gresch 12, Lewis 0, Lunning 0, Martin 0, Adona 2, Ellison 5, McGurkin 7.

ST. MARIES — Joiner 8, Stapleton 7, Michael 0, Ryle 29, Posselt 0, Feasline 0, Linnemeyer 9, Cordell 3, Gertje 0.

Wallace 54

Kootenai 48

HARRISON FLATS — Brady Brantley scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, and hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers in the closing minutes, as the visiting Miners nudged past the Warriors in North Star League play.

Brock Arthun scored a game-high 22 points for first-place Wallace (10-7, 6-1 NSL), and his penetration set up Brantley’s big 3s.

“It was a great game from tip to finish,” Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said.

Jake Pfeiffer totaled 20 points and 12 rebounds for Kootenai (6-7, 3-3).

“We did a good job getting him the ball inside, and he was able to finish tonight,” Napierala said.

Boone Benson added 10 points and eight rebounds for Kootenai, which plays at Coeur d’Alene Charter on Saturday.

Wallace travels to Lakeside on Friday.

Wallace 8 17 9 20 — 54

Kootenai 13 13 8 14 — 48

WALLACE — Owens 0, Zanetti 4, Howell 0, Brantley 17, Arthun 22, Little 0, Jo. Dellinger 4, Ja. Dellinger 2, Rasmussen 5.

KOOTENAI — Butler 0, Napierala 0, Whipple 6, Mo. Willms 4, Benson 10, Ma. Willms 6, Pfeiffer 20, Schultz 2.