NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinal men romp in tourney opener

SPOKANE - Jordan King had 27 points and eight rebounds and Djuan Piper added 26 points, leading the 21st-ranked North Idaho College Cardinals past the Everett (Wash.) Trojans in the opening game of the Bigfoot Classic 106-84 on Friday at Spokane Community College.

Braian Angola-Rodas had 14 points and five assists for NIC, which outrebounded Everett 49-39.

NIC (10-1) will play in a semifinal game tonight at 5 against Big Bend Community College (3-2) at Spokane Community College. Big Bend beat Lower Columbia 82-78 on Friday.

EVERETT

Noah Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Quadir Williams 4-7 1-2 9, Derek Brown Jr. 8-17 2-4 24, Said Hersi 4-8 2-3 12, Tyrone Sanderlin 1-2 0-1 2, Gurpinder Kang 1-2 0-0 3, Ryan Diggs 2-11 1-4 5, Brendan Jones 1-2 0-0 3, Luke DuChesne 3-10 0-0 9, Thomas Jones 0-4 0-0 0, Shawn Madigan 0-2 0-0 0, Jared Bartleson 1-1 0-2 2, Keanu Hamilton 0-1 2-2 2, Dominique McClendon 5-13 1-2 13. Totals 30-81 8-18 84.

NORTH IDAHO

Jamaal Robateau 3-8 4-9 12, Lucas Antunez 3-5 4-4 11, Djuan Piper 10-14 5-6 26, D'Adrian Allen 2-3 0-3 4, Braian Angola-Rodas 3-5 8-10 14, Fuquan Niles 0-0 0-0 0, Jordan King 9-16 6-6 25, Kyle Guice 4-8 0-0 8, Charlie Lockwood 0-0 2-4 2, Ty Higbie 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 35-60 29-43 106.

Halftime - NIC 58-39. 3-point goals - NIC 7-18 (Robateau 2-7, Antunez 1-2, Piper 1-2, Angola-Rodas 0-1, King 3-6), Eve 16-43 (Williams 1-2, Brown Jr. 6-13, Hersi 2-6, Kang 1-2, Diggs 0-2, Jones 1-2, DuChesne 2-8, McClendon 2-8). Rebounds - NIC 49 (King 8), Eve 39 (Diggs 11). Assists - NIC 14 (Angola-Rodas 5), Eve 8 (Williams, Jones, DuChesne, McClendon 2). Team fouls - NIC 23, Eve 29. Fouled out - Antunez

Booth, Wilson, Kornoely go 1-2 at Cliff Keen invite

LAS VEGAS - The North Idaho College wrestling team, while impressive in matches, failed to advance any wrestlers into the championship bracket of the 33rd annual Cliff Keen Invitational at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

"Overall, I was really pleased with the outcome of some of the guys," NIC coach Pat Whitcomb said. "Tyler Booth was in his consolation match until the very end, and we had some others that battled with some big name teams. I think they came away with some confidence in themselves."

Booth (149 pounds), Deondre Wilson (141) and Taylor Kornoely were the lone NIC wrestlers to win a match, each finishing 1-2.

"To come down here and get a win against a regional opponent (Western Wyoming on Thursday), I thought all in all the guys wrestled well."

NIC will host national runner-up Northwest College of Powell, Wyo., next Friday at 7 p.m.

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Coeur d'Alene 10 22 10 20 - 62

Central Valley 19 21 15 13 - 68

COEUR d'ALENE - J. Naccarato 17, Lundblad 8, Lynn 0, Daniels 3, Matheson 0, Bronson 0, Schuon 2, Sparks 4, Kluss 18, T. Naccarato 10.

CENTRALVALLEY - Sykes 11, Tucker 10, Simmons 10, Emerson 3, Daines 3, Bowden 0, Sloan 7, Thomas 8, Munyon 2, Hannon 14.

West Valley 54

Lake City 50

SPOKANE - The Timberwolves had a chance with eight seconds left to tie or take the lead, but could not quite finish the deal in a nonleague game.

West Valley led by 10 with 3 minutes left in the game, before the Timberwolves clawed back to trim the deficit to 52-50.

"We didn't capitalize and they made their free throws," Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. "The kids showed a lot of heart."

West Valley shot 36 free throws and Lake City shot eight, and the Timberwolves did not attempt a free throw in the second half.

"The difference was we hit a dry spell, we struggled to score at the end of the third quarter and beginning of the fourth," Reed said. "It's early and we have a lot of stuff to work on. But we battled back."

Senior wing Joe Pasquale led Lake City (2-0) with 15 points. Nick Hancock finished with eight points and seven rebounds.

The Timberwolves plays North Central at 5:45 today at West Valley in the Border Clash.

Lake City 8 16 9 17 - 50

West Valley 11 11 10 22 - 54

LAKE CITY - Louie-McGee 8, Goggin 0, Dotson 11, Hunter 4, Hughes 0, Pasquale 15, Colwell 0, Mitchell 4, Hancock 8.

WEST VALLEY - Yoakum 14, Foster 0, Rice 13, Hall 15, Ray 4, Stamey 0, Herford 4, Wee 0, Folkins 4, Toidenbaugh 0.

Deer Park 62

Timberlake 52

SPIRIT LAKE - Nate Guske scored 22 points for the Stags in a nonleague win against the Tigers in a nonleague game that featured 64 fouls.

Vance Kistler scored 14 points for Timberlake (0-3), which travels to Newport tonight at 7:30.

"We're improving," Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said. "We're definitely getting better with each game. It was a good first quarter and we got some buckets. Then we got into some foul trouble and had to dial the pressure back a little."

Deer Park 14 17 13 18 - 62

Timberlake 16 11 10 15 - 52

DEER PARK - Overton 6, Myers 0, Clowgh 4, Guske 22, Countryman 15, Paulson 1, Fletcher 9, Markahm 3, Wisinger 2, Talmic 0.

TIMBERLAKE - Somershoe 3, Smith 8, George 5, Hausladen 1, Kirby 2, Hauck 2, Baier 0, Jones 8, Menti 7, Zhang 2, Kistler 14.

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St. Maries

ST. MARIES - No report was received.

Kootenai 29

Kellogg JV 17

HARRISON FLATS - Jacob Love and Colson Schultz scored seven points apiece, leading the Warriors past the Wildcats junior varsity.

"It was a good defensive battle on both ends of the floor," Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. "Both defenses forced long possessions, resulting in frustration and not very high percentage shots. It was just a real good defensive battle on both ends."

Schultz had seven rebounds for Kootenai (2-0), which faces Lakeside in the opening round of the North Star League tournament next Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Ron Miller Court in Plummer.

Kellogg JV 2 1 6 8 - 17

Kootenai 5 10 8 6 - 29

KELLOGG JV - Sanabria 3, Nearing 3, Gibbons 4, Samuelson 0, Hammerberg 2, Bumgardner 0, Stovern 0, Jennings 2, Morgan 3, Kimberling 0.

KOOTENAI - J. Whipple 0, Willms 4, Keogh 6, H. Whipple 3, David 2, J. Keogh 0, Love 7, Schultz 7.

Wellpinit 55

Lakeside 40

WELLPINIT, Wash. - Jordan Nilson had 12 points, 12 rebounds, three assists and three steals for the Knights in a season-opening loss to the Redskins in the Wellpinit Holiday tournament.

"We looked a lot better tonight," said Lakeside coach Stacey Sonder, whose team played in a jamboree at St. Maries last Tuesday. "We've got some things to work on. We're young and inexperienced, but I'm happy to see what we've got going on."

Hunter Kolar scored 11 points for Lakeside, which faces Curlew today at 3:30 p.m. in a consolation game.

Lakeside 2 14 3 21 - 40

Wellpinit 7 17 17 14 - 55

LAKESIDE - Ju. Mitchell 2, Kolar 11, Jo. Mitchell 9, McDonald 2, Curley 0, Huber 0, Nilson 12, Abrahamson 4, Sanchez 4.

WELLPINIT - Running Craine 0, Brown 0, Andrews 1, Bowen 7, Sherwood 2, McCray 0, Holt 9, Brandon Flent 10, Salina 3, Andrews 11, Clayton Flett 12.

Genesis Prep 55

Mullan 44

MULLAN - Caleb Symons had 13 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Jaguars past the Tigers in the opening round of the Silver Valley Tournament at the Mullan Pavilion.

Elijah Schreibeis had 13 points and four rebounds and Tyler Hearon had eight rebounds for Genesis Prep (2-0), which faces Kellogg in the championship game tonight at 6:30.

T.J. Placencio scored 26 points for Mullan (0-1), which faces Wallace in the consolation game tonight at 5.

Genesis Prep 16 9 9 21 - 55

Mullan 9 14 9 11 - 43

GENESIS PREP - Schreibeis 13, Symons 13, Brearley 12, Schroeder 7, Shelton 4, Miles 2, Hearon 2, A. Reidt 2, M. Reidt 0, Birch 0, Morrow 0, Kim 0.

MULLAN - Placencio 26, D. Dykes 10, Ovineck 5, Johnson 2, Barnes 0, T. Dykes 0, Todd 0, Trogden 0.