Naccarato brothers power Viks to win

* BOYS

TUMWATER, Wash. - Sophomore Joey Naccarato had 26 points and nine rebounds and senior Tony Naccarato had 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Coeur d'Alene Vikings in an 81-63 win over the Tumwater Thunderbirds on Friday.

"The kids were super tonight," Coeur d'Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. "I thought it was our best 32 minutes of the year. The Naccarato brothers were super tonight and it was a great team effort."

David Cooper scored 34 points for Tumwater. "Cooper is a super player," Lundblad said. "He seemed to be everywhere for them tonight."

Brody Lundblad had 14 points and six assists for Coeur d'Alene (3-2), which faces W.F. West of Chehalis, Wash., today at 1.

Coeur d'Alene 19 20 20 22 - 81

Tumwater 16 16 15 17 - 63

COEUR d'ALENE - J. Naccarato 26, Lundblad 14, Webber 0, Lynn 2, Daniels 12, Matheson 0, Yankoff 0, Bronson 0, Schuon 4, Sparks 2, T. Naccarato 21, Plum 0.

TUMWATER - Snow 0, Gentry 4, Otton 0, DeBoiski 4, Dowers 8, Dowell 0, Cooper 34, Andrews 2, Gibbons 0, Yates 2, Vandenhazel 9.

Post Falls 71

Spanish Springs 50

SPARKS, Nev. - Blake McLean scored 12 points, Max McCullough added 11 points and Jack Millsap had 10, and the Trojans began their two-game Nevada road trip with by easing away from the Cougars.

"Our starters got us on the right track right off the bat," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "I was extremely happy with our guys who came off the bench, including Jake Blakney, Zach Hillman and Ryan English. I thought our full-court pressure took them out of what they wanted to do."

Ryan English had six rebounds, four on the offensive end, for the Trojans (3-0).

Marcus Loadholt scored 13 points for Spanish Springs, a state qualifier in the Nevada large-school state tournament last year.

"We have a hard time finding games," McLean said. "We're always finding ways to challenge our kids. It was a life lesson traveling as a team."

Post Falls plays at Douglas of Minden, Nev., today.

Post Falls 18 18 13 22 - 71

Spanish Springs 11 11 13 15 - 50

POST FALLS - McLean 12, W. Millsap 1, McCullough 11, Anderson 5, Flaa 3, English 6, Thompson 9, Hillman 7, J. Millsap 10, Blakney 7.

SPANISH SPRINGS - McCusker 4, Augustus 3, DeLong 5, Keady 0, Anderson 0, Barlow 12, Prizina 9, White 4, Loadholt 13, Abbie 0.

St. Maries 56

Coeur d'Alene JV 24

ST. MARIES - Jacob Greer had 13 points and four rebounds, leading the Lumberjacks past the Viking junior varsity.

"Jacob got us out to a good start with some transition stuff and a few steals," St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. "I was pretty impressed with Coeur d'Alene's JV. I was a little worried coming into the game, but the kids played with great intensity and got after it."

A.J. Becktel had 11 points, eight rebounds and seven blocked shots for St. Maries (3-0), which travels to Timberlake on Thursday.

Isaac Edwards scored six points for the Coeur d'Alene JV, which plays at Flathead High of Kalispell next Saturday.

Coeur d'Alene JV 7 2 5 10 - 24

St. Maries 13 19 14 10 - 56

COEUR d'ALENE JV - Kofmehl 0, Bonacci 2, Magee 5, Walde 0, Kloos 0, McDonald 2, Prickett 0, McElver 3, Edwards 6, Walker 4, Beggerly 2, Johnson 0, Grinde 0.

ST. MARIES - Martin 0, Lounsbury 8, Gibson 0, Seiler 0, Truscott 0, Greer 13, Wilson 3, Asbury 0, Burnett 2, Smith 11, Becktel 11, Gladden 8.

Lakeside 72

Kootenai 53

PLUMMER - Jordan Nilson had 22 points, 15 rebounds, two steals and an assist to lead the Knights past the Warriors in the opening round of the North Star League tournament at Ron Miller Court.

"We came out pretty good in the first half," said Lakeside coach Stacey Sonder, whose team led 38-23 at halftime. "Our young players are starting to play some good defense and do some key things for us."

Mike Huber had seven points, nine rebounds and five assists and Hunter Kolar had 19 points, nine rebounds and five assists for Lakeside (2-1), which faces Wallace in the championship game tonight at 7:30 p.m. Wallace beat Mullan 73-51.

Morgan Willms scored 15 points for Kootenai (2-1), which faces Mullan in the consolation game tonight at 6 p.m.

Kootenai 10 13 14 16 - 53

Lakeside 19 19 14 20 - 72

KOOTENAI - J. Whipple 5, Willms 15, Keogh 13, H. Whipple 7, David 0, Carman 0, Love 4, Schultz 9.

LAKESIDE - Brown 10, Sanchez 0, Ju. Mitchell 4, Kolar 19, Jo. Mitchell 2, Huber 7, Nilson 22, Abrahamson 8.

Christian Center 66

Classical Christian 10

LIBERTY LAKE - Chase Allen scored 16 points to lead the Lions past the Centurions in a Mountain Christian League game at the HUB Sports Center.

Noah Howard scored 14 points for Christian Center (3-0, 3-0 MCL), which travels to Upper Columbia Academy of Spangle, Wash., on Monday.

Classical Christian 0 2 4 4 - 10

Christian Center 14 16 17 19 - 66

CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN - Craddock 2, Broughton 0, Abby 0, A. Krause 4, N. Krause 4, Holland 0, Manuel 0, Coad 0, Schultz 0, Thomas 0, Bosse 0, B. Krause 0, Barrow 0, Davis 0.

CHRISTIAN CENTER - D. Hansen 4, Kuetemeyer 6, Howard 14, Heidt 2, Ryssel 4, D. Hansen 10, Harryman 4, Engals 6, Allen 16.

* GIRLS

Post Falls 51

King's 42

SEATTLE - Shayna Allert had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Trojans, down by 10 points late in the third quarter, outscored the Knights 22-3 the rest of the way for the nonleague win.

"We were down 39-29 late in the third quarter and then went on that run," Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. "We played kind of sluggish the first three quarters and they're a good team. We had a hard time scoring against them, but got some turnovers and some transition points in the fourth quarter and executed our offense a little better."

Melody Kempton had 10 points and 11 rebounds for Post Falls (6-1), which travels to Mountlake Terrace (Wash.) High today at 5 p.m.

Savanna Hanson, who has signed with Santa Clara, scored 14 points for King's.

"We held her to 1-for-10 shooting the second half," Marc Allert said. "We shut her down and got into our offense a little better."

Post Falls 11 12 9 19 - 51

King's 15 8 16 3 - 42

POST FALLS - Allert 20, O. Ellison 2, A. Ellison 0, Brennan 0, King 0, McComb 0, Anderson 3, Kempton 10, Runkle 8, Reynolds 8.

KING'S - Osborn 8, Kispert 8, Jones 0, H. Eschelbarger 2, A. Eschelbarger 4, Hanson 14, Friedline 6.

Timberlake 58

Cheney 26

SPIRIT LAKE - Shelby Starr scored 13 points to lead the Tigers past the Blackhawks in a nonleague game.

Timberlake, which trailed 11-6 after the first quarter, made 13 free throws in outscoring Cheney 23-3 in the second quarter to pull away.

"The big thing was we got to the foul line," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "We were cold shooting the ball to start the game. We started to make some shots in the second quarter and that changed things for us a lot. I was really happy with how we played defensively and thought we were really good on that side of the ball."

Payten Rhodes scored 12 points for Timberlake (7-1), which faces Moscow today at 6 p.m. at Moscow High School.

Kendyl Cone scored six points for Cheney.

Cheney 11 3 10 2 - 26

Timberlake 6 23 11 18 - 58

CHENEY - Draper 4, Cone 6, Smedley 2, K. Lemelin 4, Alec. Brooks 0, McCauley 0, H, Lemelin 5, Alex. Brooks 2, Hanson 0, Hunley 3.

TIMBERLAKE - Powell 0, Kelley 8, Rhodes 12, Mallet 5, Starr 13, Kirby 9, Simpson 9.