PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Hot-shooting Charter tops Grangeville

COEUR d'ALENE - Hot shooting trumped superior depth and size on Saturday afternoon, as Coeur d'Alene Charter sank 10 3-pointers en route to a 57-52 Central Idaho League win over Grangeville at Holy Family Catholic School.

The Panthers (10-5, 2-3 CIL) had six of their triples in the third quarter, with senior Bryan Smith canning three straight early in the period to put the hosts ahead for good.

A buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Christian Pedersen gave Charter a 44-33 lead with one quarter to play, and the Panthers used a zone defense to keep the Bulldogs largely in check.

"They just crushed us on the inside the first time we played them (a 63-43 loss on Dec. 28), so we wanted to force them to beat us from the outside," Charter coach Chris Pedersen said. "Bryan got really hot in the third quarter, and we fed off him."

Smith led all scorers with 29 points, including 4-for-9 shooting beyond the arc, while Pedersen added 17 points. Derek Brown led Grangeville (10-6, 3-2) with 17 points.

The Panthers host Wallace on Monday.

Grangeville 11 12 10 19 - 52

Cd'A Charter 12 11 21 13 - 57

GRANGEVILLE - Solberg 9, Lutz 6, Dame 0, Laufenberg 0, Brown 17, Schumacher 8, Alder 3, Parks 6, Kelley 0, Sabatino 0, Blankenship 3.

Cd'A CHARTER - Pedersen 17, Johnson 3, Adams 6, Moreno 2, Smith 29, Whealon 0.

Post Falls 63

Lakeland 55

POST FALLS - Nick Hall scored 17 points on five 3-pointers to lead the Post Falls Trojans past the Lakeland Hawks 63-55 in the "Prairie Pig" spirit game at The Arena.

Post Falls shot 11 of 15 from beyond the 3-point line and was 10 of 12 from the free throw line.

"Shooting the ball and our focus are things we've been working on in practice," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "We're looking at the season as a journey, and hopefully now things are clicking."

Matt Horne scored 18 points and Tyrel Derrick and Scott Simpson had 11 points apiece for Lakeland (7-9), which travels to Moscow on Tuesday.

"Lakeland plays really well," McLean said. "Coach (Dave) Stock(well) does a great job with them and I'm impressed with what that did in that environment. Tyrel really makes them go and is just so good with the ball and getting his guys their shot. As a coach, I could watch him play everyday."

Post Falls (7-9) travels to Lake City on Tuesday.

Lakeland 13 12 12 18 - 55

Post Falls 21 12 20 10 - 63

LAKELAND - Opland 0, Horne 18, Carr 2, Derrick 11, Millsap 6, Stanford 4, Simpson 11, McCabe 3.

POST FALLS - Hall 17, McKeown 0, Davenport 0, Pfennigs 1, Jackson 4, Hillman 2, Mueller 13, McCullough 2, Thompson 16, Corr 8.

Timberlake 70

Bonners Ferry 51

SPIRIT LAKE - Johnny Hayden scored 17 points to lead the Tigers past the Badgers in an Intermountain League game.

"We came out pretty hot from the floor and our defensive pressure got to them early in the first quarter," Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said. "We just picked up a little in each quarter, but they did a good job of hanging around and playing a good game. I thought our size was a problem for them."

Trevor Masterson had 12 points and nine rebounds and Keegan Scott 10 points for Timberlake (12-2, 4-0 IML), which travels to St. Maries on Tuesday.

Ryan Ferrens and Brenden Evans scored 13 points each for Bonners Ferry (5-11, 1-3).

Bonners Ferry 6 15 11 19 - 51

Timberlake 18 17 13 22 - 70

BONNERS FERRY - Price 0, Skeen 11, K. Rice 3, Pluid 4, Evans 13, Moe 7, Farrens 13, K. Rice 0.

TIMBERLAKE - Rice 8, Cramer 6, McNamera 5, Masterson 12, Hayden 17, Foster 0, Scott 10, Allen 6, Thompson 6.

Moscow 49

Coeur d'Alene 37

MOSCOW - Kyle Snyder scored 18 points to lead the Bears past the Vikings in a nonleague game at Bear Den.

"We fell behind 16-6 after the first quarter and they came out, pressured us and were physical," Coeur d'Alene coach Kent Leiss said. "We dug ourselves a hole, but cut the lead to four points in the second, but we got called for a technical and after that, they beat us pretty badly. We're just turning the ball over way too much and it was a big contributor to us only scoring 37 points. Defensively, it was OK, they had 49 - but scoring 37 was not."

Alajah Tripp scored 10 points for Coeur d'Alene (10-6), which travels to Lewiston for a 5A Inland Empire League game on Tuesday.

Moscow (9-4) hosts Lakeland on Tuesday.

Coeur d'Alene 6 16 10 5 - 37

Moscow 16 10 12 11 - 49

COEUR d'ALENE - Paulsen 0, Walde 7, Tripp 10, Daniels 2, Carpenter 6, Naccarato 7, Moore 0, Hancock 0, Kluss 5.

MOSCOW - Randall 6, Akey 3, Snyder 18, Leevy 6, Martin 1, Ellison 14, Gerkin 1, Lewis 0, Flemming 0, Haydon 0.

St. Maries 55

Orofino 26

OROFINO - Warren Joiner totaled 14 points and five rebounds, and the Lumberjacks jumped out to an 18-4 lead after one quarter en route to the Central Idaho League victory over the Maniacs.

And, when Grangeville lost at Coeur d'Alene Charter later in the day, St. Maries (10-4, 4-1 CIL) moved into sole possession of first place in the league.

"We had good energy," St. Maries coach John Bisson said. "Defensively we played solid; that was a real plus for us. Our halfcourt defense was much better today than we've had in the past, and we seemed to get into a good rhythm offensively."

Austin Linnemeyer added 10 points for St. Maries, and Rhett Ryle had four steals and three assists.

Orofino dipped to 8-10, 1-4.

St. Maries plays host to Timberlake on Tuesday.

St. Maries 18 19 10 8 - 55

Orofino 4 11 5 6 - 26

ST. MARIES - Joiner 14, Stapleton 6, Bedwell 3, Michael 0, Ryle 3, Posselt 0, Smith 2, Feasline 7, Linnemeyer 10, Cordell 6, Gertje 4.

OROFINO - Hayden 0, Brendon 1, Kalob 4, Scotty 5, Justin 4, Brinick 5, Skyler 3, Kuykendall 4.

Clark Fork 69

Lakeside 68 (OT)

PLUMMER - Joey Hazinsky made a free throw with 0.7 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Wampus Cats past the Knights in overtime in North Star League play.

Lakeside trailed by 18 in the second quarter, but rallied to take a lead late in the fourth quarter and overtime.

"Clark Fork played their buns off," Lakeside coach Brad Calkins said. "Our kids could have tanked it down 18, but we came from behind and battled back to shut them down. But they did a great job of taking care of the ball down the stretch."

Zack Klein scored 28 points on 8-of-11 shooting from beyond the 3-point line for Clark Fork (4-12, 3-2 NSL), which travels to Coeur d'Alene Charter on Thursday.

Jordan Meshell had 16 points, five rebounds and five assists and Sequioa Gallegos added 13 points and 15 rebounds for Lakeside (6-9, 3-1), which travels to Troy on Tuesday in a makeup game.

Clark Fork 17 16 14 13 9 - 69

Lakeside 11 15 17 17 8 - 68

CLARK FORK - Bristol 11, Klein 28, Hazinsky 16, Bowen 0, Nesbitt 3, Ax. Anderson 9, E. Anderson 0, Bahr 2.

LAKESIDE - Kolar 4, Gauthier 0, Boyd 16, Mitchell 0, Nomee 0, Gallegos 13, Nilson 0, Stensgar 2, Meshell 16, Brown 15, Davis 0.

N.I. Christian 50

Christian Center 42

COEUR d'ALENE - Logan Booth sank 4 of 4 free throws in the final minute to help the Royals secure the Mountain Christian League victory over the Lions at Canfield Middle School.

Booth finished with 11 points and seven rebounds for North Idaho Christian (5-11, 4-9 MCL). Paul Connelly led the Royals with 13 points, Nathan Osterberg had six blocked shots, Ethan Sheetz four steals for the Royals, who play the Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday in Kootenai.

Derek Hansen had 17 points, eight rebounds and six steals for Christian Center School (7-9, 7-6), which travels to Pullman Christian on Monday.

Christian Center 11 2 10 19 - 42

N.I. Christian 12 11 10 17 - 50

CHRISTIAN CENTER - Johnson 7, De. Hansen 17, Dr. Hansen 6, Turner 0, Kuetemeyer 10, Howard 0, Allen 2.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Osterberg 6, Sheetz 2, Jesensky 9, Booth 11, P. Connelly 13, J. Connelly 2, Kuchenski 2, Chersin 5.