PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Knights take Round 1 from Wallace

COEUR d'ALENE - Doug Schatz and Leighton Boyd each had 14 points to lead the Lakeside Knights to a 42-36 win over the Wallace Miners in Game 1 of the best-of-3 series 1A Division 1 District 1 tournament at Lake City High.

Game 2 is set for Wednesday, also at LCHS, at 7:30 p.m. Game 3 will be Friday, if necessary.

"It was a very hard-fought, gritty win for us," Knights coach Brad Calkins said. "It was our first district game as a group and we showed a lot of mettle in closing out the game."

Calkins said the game was a two-or-three point contest most of the way, and that the Miners stepped up and played very well.

"It has been our normal duo (Schatz and Boyd) doing the job for us," Calkins said. "They both played real solid and each hit some key free throws down the stretch to close out the game."

Schatz grabbed 10 rebounds and Boyd added seven.

John Dellinger led Wallace (10-10) with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Lakeside (10-11) did most of its damage at the foul line, connecting on 16 of 28 attempts. They managed to hit only 13 of 42 shots from the floor.

"We knocked down our free throws to sustain the lead," Calkins said.

Lakeside 10 8 11 13 - 42

Wallace 11 8 9 8 - 36

LAKESIDE - Schatz 14, Kolar 0, Gauthier 0, Boyd 14, Nomee 0, Nilson 0, Meshell 6, Brown 8.

WALLACE - Rasmussen 5, Zanetti 0, Lemieux 0, Howell 8, Brantley 6, Little 4, Jo. Dellinger 13, Ja. Dellinger 0, Erickson 0, Wallace 0.

Kootenai 47

Mullan 42

COEUR d'ALENE - Mullan's Tyler Henderson was 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter, but Kootenai managed to fend off the Tigers to take a first round win in the 1A Division II District 1 tournament at Lake City High.

Kootenai (7-10) advances to play Clark Fork in the championship game on Wednesday at LCHS at 6 p.m.

Mullan finishes at 1-17.

"It was a good game," Warriors coach Doug Napierala said. "Both sides played really hard, and it was a tight first half."

Napierala said that Kootenai was able to run more and push the ball in the second half, stretching the lead to 12-15 points.

"Mullan was able to close it back up on foul shooting," he said.

TJ Placencio and Tyler Henderson hit 3-pointers to help narrow the gap near the end, but Napierala said his team forced some turnovers and "we just ran the clock out on them."

Napierala said Jake Pfeiffer did a good job inside and Ry Butler defended Placencio well.

Kootenai has beaten Clark Fork in 2 of their 3 meetings this season, with each team winning once in overtime.

No box score was available.

Timberlake 72

Bonners Ferry 58

RATHDRUM - The Badgers lived up to their nickname and fought to the finish, but fourth-quarter free throw shooting helped the Tigers hold on in a 3A district semifinal at Lakeland High School.

Senior John Thompson had a big game in the post for Timberlake, scoring 26 points and snaring 14 rebounds.

"He had a huge night for us," Tigers coach Tony Hanna said. "John's not typically one of our leading scorers, but he took it to them on offense and had a strong game at both ends of the court."

Timberlake (17-3) opened a double-digit lead before Bonners Ferry made a run in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, cutting the Tigers' lead to two points.

Led by Keegan Scott's 6-for-6 effort, Timberlake sank 10-of-12 fourth-quarter free throws to seal the win, Hanna said.

Scott and Trevor Masterson added 10 points apiece for the Tigers, who face Priest River (11-9) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday for the district title and a berth in the state tournament.

Bonners Ferry 14 14 19 11 - 58

Timberlake 19 17 18 18 - 72

BONNERS FERRY - Price 6, Bennett 0, Skeen 5, Ky. Rice 4, Pluid 6, Woods 16, Evans 0, Moe 11, Farrens 10, Ko. Rice 0.

TIMBERLAKE - Rice 1, Cramer 3, McNamara 7, Masterson 10, Hayden 6, Foster 0, Blayne 0, Scott 10, Johnson 0, Allen 9, Thompson 26, Cronnelly 0.

Priest River 56

Kellogg 47

RATHDRUM - Dalton Sommer finished with 23 points and Cam Riley added 14 to lift the Spartans past the Wildcats in the 3A District 1 tournament at Lakeland High School.

Priest River (11-9) advances to face Timberlake on Wednesday at Lakeland High.

Kellogg (12-9) will play Bonners Ferry on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Lakeland High in a loser-out game.

"We came out pretty hard and controlled the boards," Priest River coach Ryan Bodecker said. "We were able to maintain it for the most part from there."

The Wildcats chipped away at 13-point halftime deficit to make it a 7-point game. Priest River made some free throws to keep the lead around 10 points the rest of the way.

Kellogg 5 8 15 19 - 47

Priest River 16 10 16 14 - 56

KELLOGG - Colburn 4, Seeton 12, Bircher 6, Lambert 6, Wendt 8, deYoung 0, Gust 0, Sauer 9, Waechter 2.

PRIEST RIVER - Akre 2, Riley 14, Sommer 23, Reynolds 0, Steelow 11, Koch 4, Roland 2, Nunley 0.

St. Maries 55

Orofino 32

TROY - Rhett Ryle scored 20 points and Warren Joiner added 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Lumberjacks over the Maniacs in the first round of the 2A District 1-2 tournament at Troy High School.

St. Maries (13-8) advances to face Grangeville on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Troy High.

Orofino faces Coeur d'Alene Charter in a loser-out game on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at THS.

"We played pretty consistently," Lumberjacks coach John Bisson said. "We had a little letdown in the third, but we picked it back up.

"We played a lot of kids, got some tourney experience, and that'll help down the road."

Orofino 7 6 9 10 - 32

St. Maries 15 12 11 17 - 55

Orofino - Judd 7, Turner 8, Lee 8, Brink 6, Kelso 3, Kendall 0, Drake 0.

ST. MARIES -Joiner 16, Stapleton 4, Bedwell 4, Ryle 20, Posselt 2, Smith 0, Lu. Feasline 0, Linnemeyer 5, Cordell 0, Lo. Feasline 2, Gertje 2.

Grangeville 58

Coeur d'Alene Charter 51

TROY - No other information was available.