PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Stelow lifts Spartans with FTs
PRIEST RIVER - Cole Stelow was fouled with 1.8 seconds left and then knocked down two free throws to lift the Priest River Spartans past the St. Maries Lumberjacks 53-52 in a nonleague game on Tuesday at Spartan Arena.
Stelow, a senior, scored 15 points to go along with 11 rebounds for Priest River (10-9), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Thursday.
St. Maries guard Jordan Stapleton had a last-second heave from three-quarter court rim out as time expired.
"It was back and forth with both teams playing well," St. Maries coach John Bisson said. "The game came down to two good teams going at it and the team that made the least amount of mistakes won."
St. Maries (12-8) trailed by 10 points in the third quarter and came back late behind a clutch three-point basket and reverse lay-up on the baseline from Austin Linnemeyer.
Linnemeyer scored 15 points and Warren Joiner added 13 for St. Maries (12-8), which starts the 2A District 1-2 tournament against Orofino on Monday at Troy High.
Cameron Riley scored 13 points for Priest River.
St. Maries 13 11 17 11 - 52
Priest River 16 8 18 11 - 53
ST. MARIES - Joiner 13, Stapleton 4, Bedwell 9, Michael 3, Ryle 2, Lu. Feasline 2, Linnemeyer 15, Cordell 4, Gertje 0, Lo. Feasline 0.
PRIEST RIVER - Akre 5, Riley 13, Sommer 8, Reynolds 0, Stelow 15, Linton 0, Koch 7, White 0, Roland 5.
Timberlake 64
Wallace 42
SPIRIT LAKE - Johnny Hayden scored 17 points and Dakota Rice had eight rebounds for the Tigers in a nonleague win against the Miners.
"Our defense put some good pressure into them in the second quarter and we were able to get some transition baskets off turnovers," Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said. "Johnny hit two 3s and Keegan Scott hit another one to give us some separation in the second quarter."
Scott had 12 points for Timberlake (16-2), which travels to Kellogg on Thursday.
Brock Arthun scored 11 points for Wallace (10-9), which faces Lakeside in the first game of the best-of-3 1A Division I District 1 tournament Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Lake City High.
Wallace 10 5 16 11 - 42
Timberlake 19 20 23 0 - 64
WALLACE - Owens 0, Zanetti 0, Lemieux 0, Howell 5, Brantley 6, Arthun 11, Little 1, Jo. Dellinger 6, Ja. Dellinger 4, Rasmussen 7, Erickson 2.
TIMBERLAKE - Rice 3, Cramer 2, McNamera 4, Masterson 11, Hayden 17, Foster 2, Blayne 1, Scott 12, Allen 6, Thompson 6.
Clark Fork 58
Kootenai 54 OT
CLARK FORK — Joey Hazinsky scored 17 points to lead the Wampus Cats past the Warriors in a North Star League game.
Zack Klein scored 15 points and Tristin Bristol had 10 points and 14 rebounds for Clark Fork (6-13, 5-3 NSL).
“When we went into overtime, we were pretty down, but we picked the energy back up,” Clark Fork coach Corey Vogel said. “That was pretty cool to see them rise out of the ashes and win the game in overtime.”
Jake Pfeiffer scored a basket with two seconds remaining to send the game into overtime for Kootenai (6-9, 3-4), which faces Mullan in a loser-out game in the 1A Division II District 1 tournament on Monday at 6 p.m. at Lake City High.
Clark Fork will play the winner next Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the 1A Division II District 1 championship game.
Kootenai 9 14 13 14 4 — 54
Clark Fork 10 12 17 11 8 — 58
KOOTENAI — Butler 0, Whipple 14, Mo. Willms 11, Benson 14, Ma. Willms 3, Pfeiffer 12, Schultz 0.
CLARK FORK — Bristol 10, Klein 15, Hazinsky 17, Bowen 10, A. Anderson 8, Nesbitt 8, E. Anderson 0, Boudousquie 0, Bahr 0.