PREP BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Post Falls opens with win

SPOKANE — Dalton Thompson had 18 points and five steals and the Post Falls Trojans opened their season with a 78-55 victory over the North Central Indians in the Border Clash on Friday at West Valley High.

“We got off to a good start, but I didn’t think we played a good second quarter,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “We were playing good, then we relaxed. In the second half, we tried to play more even and steady.”

Jake Blakney had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Post Falls, which plays host West Valley tonight at 7:30 p.m.

Riley Smith scored 17 of his game-high 22 points in the first half for North Central.

“He made some difficult shots in the first half,” McLean said. “We were able to contain him and play better defense in the second half.”

Post Falls 22 16 17 23 — 78

North Central 11 17 12 15 — 55

POST FALLS — McLean 5, W. Millsap 0, McCullough 9, Anderson 9, Flaa 4, English 0, Pfennigs 3, Thompson 18, Hillman 7, J. Millsap 12, Blakney 11.

NORTH CENTRAL — Hollister 3, Lawrence 3, Williams 0, Petfer 8, Higley 14, Smith 22, Scally 5.

Central Valley 68

Coeur d’Alene 62

SPOKANE VALLEY — Tony Naccarato had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Vikings in a nonleague loss to the Bears.

“Central Valley’s a tough place to play,” Coeur d’Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. “They’re a quality program and team. Our kids battled back and realistically, their defense affected our offense in the first half. We missed 13 free throws and some chippies around the rim, or it might have been a different game.”

Devin Kluss scored 18 points, Joey Naccarato added 17 and Colby Daniels had six rebounds for Coeur d’Alene (0-2), which travels to Eastmont High of Wenatchee today at 4.

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.

Priest River at

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.