PREP BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: The road well worth it in Trojans' romp

MINDEN, Nev. - After traveling 851 miles south of Post Falls, the Trojans turned a 10-point lead into a healthy blowout of the host Douglas Tigers.

Max McCullough scored 14 points and Dalton Thompson added 11 points for Post Falls (4-0), which finished the game on a 31-8 run in the fourth quarter in a 74-41 win.

Douglas High, a Division I school with approximately 1,900 students, is 46 miles south of Reno, Nev., and 14 miles south of Nevada's capital city of Carson City.

The Trojans trailed 18-14 after the first quarter, but rebounded to lead 26-22 at halftime.

"I think our depth wore them down," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "In the entire second half, we played much better, with much more focus and we played the style we wanted to play. In the first half, it made the whole trip worthwhile. We learned a lot about ourselves, because of how poorly we played in the first half. These high schools would be in 5A in our state. We came here to get better and we did. We came a long way from home and this trip, we grew a lot as a team."

Post Falls plays Thursday at home against East Valley, before hosting Lakeland in the Prairie Pig spirit game on Friday.

Jake Blakney had nine points and eight rebounds, Luke Anderson grabbed six rebounds and Jack Millsap three steals.

Michael Johnson led Douglas in scoring with 11 points.

Post Falls 14 12 17 31 - 74

Douglas 18 4 11 8 - 41

POST FALLS - McLean 4, W. Millsap 4, McCullough 14, Anderson 5, Flaa 4, English 3, Pfennigs 6, Thompson 11, Hillman 5, J. Millsap 9, Blakney 9.

DOUGLAS - Lyons 8, Jackson 0, Tessmann 6, Evans 2, Johnson 11, Nolting 2, Hart 6, Broersma 2, Maurer 2, Kellar 2.

Coeur d'Alene 78

W.F. West 39

CHEHALIS, Wash. - The Vikings made the two-game, nearly-400-mile trip well worth it, using a dominant first half to beat the Bearcats.

W.F. West, a Washington class 3A school located 90 miles south of Seattle, trailed Coeur d'Alene at the half, 40-21.

"It was a long trip, it was good for the kids to play in a different environment," Coeur d'Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. "We had 14 kids play and contribute, so that was a bonus. We let some of our young guys play; it was a total team effort."

Tony Naccarato had eight rebounds and five assists, and Joey Naccarato finished with 16 points and seven rebounds for the Vikings (4-2), who have won four in a row. Point guard Brody Lundblad had six assists.

Dakota Hawkins scored 10 points for W.F. West.

Coeur d'Alene plays next Saturday at Flathead in Kalispell, Mont.

Coeur d'Alene 19 21 19 19 - 78

W.F. West 11 10 4 14 - 39

COEUR d'ALENE - J. Naccarato 16, Lundblad 13, Weber 4, Daniels 9, Matheson 2, Yankoff 7, Bronson 4, Hartwig 0, Schuon 5, Sparks 9, T. Naccarato 4, Lynn 1, Callahan 4.

W.F. WEST - Fisher 0, Dobyrs 0, Rose 2, Cavo 2, Cleary 0, J. Yarter 2, Schwartz 9, O'Hara 2, C. Yarter 6, N. Hawkins 2, D. Hawkins 10, Anglin 2, White 2.

Lakeland 64

Colville 38

RATHDRUM - Auston Henry scored 12 points to lead the Hawks past the Indians in a nonleague game at Hawk Court.

Tyrel Derrick scored eight of his 10 points in the first quarter for Lakeland, which had eight steals to jump out to a 19-6 lead.

"We were able to get some steals, which led to some nice, easy baskets," Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. "We were able to pass the ball well against their zone and moved the ball around to get the shots we wanted."

Slader Ray and Jay Plunkett combined for nine of the Hawks' 15 offensive rebounds.

Lakeland (5-0) hosts East Valley on Tuesday.

Colville 6 14 11 13 - 38

Lakeland 19 14 13 18 - 64

COLVILLE - Heinz 8, Artist 9, Martin 10, C. Sandaine 4, Strobel 1, T. Sandaine 0, Lembcke 4, Bumagay 2, Lindquist 0.

LAKELAND - Ramb 8, Cooper 7, Derrick 10, Roth 0, Henry 12, McDevitt 0, Zubaly 2, Plunkett 11, O'Neill 2, Ray 9, Knight 3.

East Valley 69

Sandpoint 54

SPOKANE - Skyler Speakman scored a team-high 12 points, but fatigue set in a bit for the Bulldogs in a nonleague loss to the Knights.

"We played six games in 12 days and it was a lot," Sandpoint coach Kent Leiss said. "So we were fatigued and our point guard, Matt Timothy, sprained his ankle in the first quarter."

Dane Clayton scored 16 points and Tanner Jacobs added 15 points for East Valley.

Sandpoint (1-5) travels to Bonners Ferry in the Moose Madness spirit game on Friday.

Sandpoint 12 13 11 18 - 54

East Valley 12 16 20 21- 69

SANDPOINT - Timothy 0, Bilyeau 0, Aguirre 8, Spalding 6, Norris 7, Sundquist 2, Kuzmich 4, Coppess 7, Mitton 2, Speakman 12, Collado 6.

EAST VALLEY - Gorman 2, Clayton 16, Jensen 2, Wallace 2, Brown 3, Grytdal 0, Ta. Jacobs 15, Bancroft 12, Beitz 2, Standifur 2, Milliard 7, Tr. Jacobs 2.

Cheney 54

Timberlake 28

SPIRIT LAKE - Ryan Smedley scored 11 of his game-high 16 points in the fourth quarter as the Blackhawks beat the Tigers in a nonleague game.

Timberlake trimmed the deficit to 33-28, but Cheney closed the game on a 21-0 run.

"We started pressing and they started knocking down some shots," Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said. "It was even for the most part."

Ryan Somershoe scored nine points for Timberlake (0-5), which hosts St. Maries on Thursday.

Cheney 7 15 10 21 - 54

Timberlake 7 8 8 5 - 28

CHENEY - Hardt 0, Graham 0, Williams 15, Wortham 5, Smedley 16, Whiteley 0, Hohrman 4, Wyborney 6, Gould 7.

TIMBERLAKE - Somershoe 9, Smith 8, George 2, Hausladen 4, Kirby 0, Beier 0, Hauck 2, Jones 3, Menti 0, Zhang 0, Kistler 0.

Wallace 54

Lakeside 52

PLUMMER - Brady Brantley scored 17 points as the Miners held off the Knights in the championship game of the North Star League tournament at Ron Miller Court.

Lakeside, which was without starting guard Jordan Nilson due to an ankle injury suffered in Friday's opener against Kootenai, went scoreless in the second quarter, allowing Wallace to take a 22-16 lead.

"They led by 13 in the second half and we started making our run and got it down to 1-point with a couple minutes left," Lakeside coach Stacey Sonder said. "In the last part of the game, we didn't block out good enough and had five shots to put the game away and didn't do it. It hurts when your best player is out."

Hunter Kolar had 31 points and eight rebounds, Briar Sanchez six rebounds and Mike Huber eight rebounds for Lakeside (2-2).

Dylan Browning scored 14 points for Wallace (4-1).

The teams are scheduled to play again in the North Star League opener for both on Monday at 7:30 in Plummer.

Wallace 6 16 16 16 - 54

Lakeside 16 0 15 21 - 52

WALLACE - Waters 10, Bayer 11, Little 2, Brantley 17, Browning 14, Gust 0.

LAKESIDE - Brown 8, Sanchez 3, Ju. Mitchell 6, Kolar 31, Jo. Mitchell 0, Curley 0, Huber 2, Abrahamson 2.

Kootenai 49

Mullan 36

PLUMMER - The Warriors (3-1) beat the Tigers (1-4) in the consolation game of the North Star League tournament at Ron Miller Court.

Further information was not reported.

Cd'A Charter JV 34

Alberton (Mont.) 18

ST. REGIS, Mont. - Jeffrey Kersh scored 11 points to lead the Panthers of Coeur d'Alene to a win over Alberton in the consolation game of the Tiger Tails tournament.

Coeur d'Alene Charter (2-5) hosts the Post Falls JV team on Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic School.

The Oaks 37

N.I. Christian 32

COEUR d'ALENE - John Connelly had 13 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League loss to The Oaks at Canfield Middle School.

North Idaho Christian (1-3, 0-3 MCL) travels to Pullman Christian on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

The Oaks 10 8 10 9 - 37

N.I. Christian 6 11 5 10 - 32

THE OAKS - N. Kim 8, Gray 6, Fisher 13, Potter 8, C. Kim 0, Higdon 0, Tate 2.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Jensensky 3, Lehosit 2, Connelly 13, Gabrielson 4, Beck 5, Cottier 0, White 2, Armstrong 0, Rosenthal 3.