PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Trojans overcome foul start at Lewiston

LEWISTON - The NFL will determine its conference champions this afternoon.

On Friday night, the 5A Inland Empire League girls basketball championship will be decided at The Arena in Post Falls.

Brooke Litalien scored 14 points and Danielle Failor had 10 points and 11 rebounds as the second-ranked Post Falls Trojans beat the fifth-ranked Lewiston Bengals 50-41 at Booth Hall on Saturday.

"We got into foul trouble in the first half," Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. "The fouls were 13-2 to start the game and we had three starters (Katie King, Brooke Litalien, Lexi Smith) play half a quarter, but the bench did a good job of keeping us close. We got some turnovers and transition baskets in the second half, but I'm proud of how they hung in there in the first half and played through it and did a good job."

The win by the Trojans (17-1, 4-1 5A IEL), along with Coeur d'Alene's 45-37 win on Friday against Lewiston, will set up a winner-take-all game at The Arena on Friday, with the winning team hosting the first night of the 5A Region 1 tournament on Feb. 1.

Karlee Wilson scored 13 points for Lewiston (13-5, 2-3), which hosts Sandpoint on Monday.

Post Falls 8 12 15 15 - 50

Lewiston 8 14 8 11 - 41

POST FALLS - Allert 6, Gonzales 6, King 6, Meehan 0, Smith 0, Litalien 14, Gennett 8, Runkle 0, Failor 10.

LEWISTON - K. Wilson 13, Weeks 0, L. Wilson 10, K. Schlader 0, Teichmer 0, E. Schlader 7, Hobart 3, Wells 6, Lohman 0, White 2, Hastings 0.

Moscow 48

Lakeland 28

MOSCOW - Chloe Quinnett scored 12 points as the Bears beat the Hawks in a 4A Inland Empire League game at Bear Den.

"It was kind of a close game in the first quarter," Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. "They put a run on us in the second quarter and we had issues putting the ball in the basket. It was a really rough road game."

Jordan Ward scored 11 points for Lakeland (3-15, 0-4 4A IEL), which travels to Kellogg on Friday.

Moscow (6-9, 3-0) hosts Sandpoint on Friday.

Lakeland 11 7 3 7 - 28

Moscow 12 18 6 12 - 48

LAKELAND - Vanderhoof 2, St. Mark 0, Pote 0, Ward 11, Coder 8, Derby 2, Seymour 3, Kelsey 0, Pruitt 0, Ramus 2.

MOSCOW - B. Davis 0, Gorton 8, Engberg 9, Smith 7, Stephens 6, Sprenger 5, Quinnett 12, D. Davis 1.

Bonners Ferry 50

Kellogg 39

BONNERS FERRY - The Badgers improved to 9-5, 2-2 Intermountain League with a win against the Wildcats (7-6, 2-2).

No other information was reported.

Priest River 38

Timberlake 32

SPIRIT LAKE - Kelsie Fink scored 13 points to lead the Spartans, who jumped out to an 18-4 lead after one quarter and went on to beat the Tigers in the annual Battle of the Buck spirit game.

"Priest River just had a good first quarter, and we had a bad first quarter," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "We came back and made it close, but just dug ourselves too big of a hole."

Jessica Norlander scored 10 points for Timberlake (2-14, 0-4 Intermountain League), which travels to St. Maries on Thursday.

"We just had a hard time finding the bucket tonight," Miller said. "It was Battle of the Buck, so I don't know if the emotion was a factor in the first quarter, but we couldn't hit a shot."

Priest River (11-7, 4-0) travels to Bonners Ferry on Thursday.

Priest River 18 5 8 7 - 38

Timberlake 4 6 5 17 - 32

PRIEST RIVER - Douglas 3, Luckey 2, Weimer 2, Trost 6, S. Pavey 7, Deal 0, Bradbury 0, Summers 5, Fink 13.

TIMBERLAKE - George 5, Malloy 6, Rhodes 2, Hoffman 2, Owen 0, Fitzmorris 2, Hardy 2, Norlander 10, Gibson 3, Gardham 0.

Grangeville 53

St. Maries 29

ST. MARIES - Lakin Anxo had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Lumberjacks, who fell to the Bulldogs in a Central Idaho League game.

"We've got to take care of the ball a little better," St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. "We had some trouble getting into our offense in the first half and need to be able to get the ball down the floor."

Kendall Brusseau had eight rebounds for St. Maries (4-12, 1-4 CIL), which travels to Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.

Lizz Forsmann scored 10 points for Grangeville (11-6, 4-0).

Grangeville 16 15 6 16 - 53

St. Maries 4 4 10 11 - 29

GRANGEVILLE - Key 17, Sullivan 9, Lutz 7, Forsmann 10, Kaschmitter 0, Fortin 0, Bieler 0, Bass 6, Brown 4.

ST. MARIES - McQueen 0, Schaum 0, Waddell 2, Brusseau 3, Thaut 0, Anxo 16, Cordell 2, Scott 0, Auer 6, Flach 0, Posselt 0.

Cd'A Charter 2

Orofino 0 (forfeit)

COEUR d'ALENE - The host Panthers won the Central Idaho League game by forfeit after the Maniacs folded their program earlier this week.

Coeur d'Alene (13-2, 4-1 CIL) travels to Valley Christian on Tuesday.

Lakeside 46

Kootenai 33

HARRISON FLATS - Avery Brown-Sonder had 15 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two assists to lead the Knights past the Warriors in a North Star League game.

"We played a good, consistent game," Lakeside coach Stacey Sonder said. "We put up a lot of shots, but are continuing to get better."

Francine Hendrickx had 10 points, seven steals and six rebounds in the Battle on the Trail spirit game for Lakeside (9-8, 3-2 NSL), which travels to Mullan on Tuesday.

Katey Mae McInturff had 13 points and nine rebounds for Kootenai (2-15, 0-5), which travels to Mullan on Thursday.

"We got down by eight in the first half and played them pretty even in the second half," Kootenai coach Mike LaFountaine said. "But we just didn't shoot the ball well, and Lakeside's a pretty good team."

Lakeside 14 10 9 13 - 46

Kootenai 8 8 8 9 - 33

LAKESIDE - Seim 2, Duncan-Hall 0, Dohrman 6, F. Hendrickx 10, Haynes 6, T. Hendrickx 0, Nilson 7, Shamburg 0, Sonder 15.

KOOTENAI - Goodson 0, Keogh 0, Carman 1, Schultz 7, Andersen 8, McInturff 13, Martin 2, Dutton 2, Grubham 0.

N.I. Christian 59

House of the Lord 15

COEUR d'ALENE - Kana Shanley had 12 assists, eight points and six steals for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win against the Panthers at Canfield Middle School.

Alex Gwin scored 14 points, Emily Prosch had 11 rebounds, Charlotte Woodward 10 for North Idaho Christian (12-6, 8-2 MCL), which travels to Logos on Thursday.

House of the Lord 3 0 4 8 - 15

N.I. Christian 15 10 22 12 - 59

HOUSE OF THE LORD - Queen 0, F. Young 0, Schultz 2, Schlotthauer 5, Low 0, S. Ellingburg 4, E. Young 4, H. Ellingburg 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Canale 8, Haag 2, Andrews 6, Gwin 14, Prosch 6, Ward 1, Shanley 8, Gjevre 2, Shaw 2, Settles 2, Woodward 8.