PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Lakeland falls at Moscow in 4A Region 1 title game
MOSCOW - Senior guard Matt Horne hit four 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 16 points for Lakeland, but the Hawks lost to the Moscow Bears 60-53 in the 4A Region 1 tournament championship game on Thursday at Bear Den.
Horne finished with six of the Hawks' 10 3-pointers on the night.
"Matt was pretty key for us there to take a three-point lead after the third quarter," Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. "It was kind of a back-and-forth game. We were down by a bit at halftime, but came out and played well in the third quarter."
Alex Opland had 15 points and four assists and Tyrel Derrick had 10 points for Lakeland, which finishes the season 12-12 after going 1 of 3 from the free-throw line Thursday night, compared to 9 of 15 for Moscow.
Dane Randall scored 14 points for Moscow (16-5), which advances to the state tournament beginning next Thursday at Borah High in Boise.
Lakeland 8 10 24 11 - 53
Moscow 13 11 15 21 - 60
LAKELAND - Opland 15, Horne 16, Carr 0, Derrick 10, Millsap 0, Stanford 0, Dove 0, Simpson 6, McCabe 6, Piva 0.
MOSCOW - Randall 14, Akey 6, Snyder 8, Levy 6, Gresch 6, Lunning 0, Martin 6, Adona 0, Ellison 12, McGurkin 2.
St. Maries 57
Cd'A Charter 33
HARRISON FLATS - Warren Joiner scored 16 points and Luke Feasline added 14 points and 11 rebounds off the bench as the Lumberjacks beat the Panthers in a loser-out game in the 2A District 1-2 tournament at Kootenai High.
St. Maries (14-9) will face defending state 2A champion Cole Valley Christian (18-5) in a state play-in game on Saturday at 5 p.m. in Grangeville.
"It just takes us one more step toward our goal of getting to state," St. Maries coach John Bisson said. "Cole Valley has been No. 1 in the poll and are the defending state champions, so we're going to have our hands full."
Austin Linnemeyer had 11 assists for St. Maries.
Bryan Smith scored 12 points and Christian Pedersen had 10 points for Coeur d'Alene Charter, which finishes 14-9.
"They were just cold from the field (in the second quarter)," Bisson said. "They're not a team that will score two points in a quarter very often. They're very much a threat from the outside, but just weren't hitting shots."
Cd'A Charter 12 2 8 11 - 33
St. Maries 13 13 22 9 - 57
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Pedersen 10, Pennings 0, Hallett 2, Johnson 0, Stellflug 0, Adams 9, Smith 12.
ST. MARIES - Joiner 16, Stapleton 6, Michael 0, Ryle 7, Posselt 0, Smith 3, Lu. Feasline 14, Linnemeyer 5, Cordell 6, Lo. Feasline 0, Gertje 0.
Kellogg 60
Priest River 49
RATHDRUM - Garret Wendt had 22 points and 10 rebounds as the third-seeded Wildcats defeated the second-seeded Spartans in a loser-out game of the 3A District 1 tournament at Lakeland High.
Taylor Bircher had 18 points, five rebounds and two steals for Kellogg (14-9), which advances to face Buhl (13-10) on Saturday in a state play-in game in McCall.
"We played well and got a big lead, but relaxed a little bit and let them come back," Kellogg coach Jeff Lambert said. "Taylor had a heck of a game with 18 points and five rebounds. It was a big win for us."
Dalton Sommer scored 14 points for Priest River, which finishes 11-11.
Kellogg 11 17 13 19 - 60
Priest River 6 17 11 15 - 49
KELLOGG - Colburn 3, Seaton 6, Bircher 18, Lambert 7, Wendt 22, de-Young 0, Gust 0, Sauer 2, Waechter 2.
PRIEST RIVER - Akre 5, Riley 8, Sommer 14, Reynolds 0, Stelow 13, Koch 5, Low 4, Duley 0, Roland 0.