PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Viking boys run past Flathead

* BOYS

KALISPELL, Mont. - It wasn't pretty on defense.

But that offense - that's another story.

Tony Naccarato had 29 points and nine rebounds, leading the Coeur d'Alene Vikings past the Flathead Braves 91-84 on Saturday.

"I'm not quite sure where that came from," said Coeur d'Alene coach Kurt Lundblad, whose team shot 34 of 62 in the game. "It wasn't either team's best night defensively. It was a fast-paced game. Both teams got a lot of shots up and it ended in high numbers."

Joe Naccarato scored 25 points and Elliott Sparks had 19 points for Coeur d'Alene (5-2), which opens the Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational on Dec. 29 against Ridgeview (Wash.) at 5:30 p.m. at Rolly Williams Court.

"It was a long bus ride and it felt like we were sitting around for hours," Lundblad said. "We didn't get it going until after halftime and didn't make a lot of good decisions, but we got out of Montana with a win."

Coeur d'Alene 14 23 25 32 - 94

Flathead 19 21 17 24 - 81

COEUR d'ALENE - J. Naccarato 25, Lynn 1, Daniels 7, Matheson 9, Yankoff 1, Schuon 4, Sparks 19, Plum 1, Naccarato 29.

FLATHEAD - Marshall 23, Adolf 7, Croymans 6, B. Johnson 6, White 3, Smith 0, Dugan 2, T. Johnson 21, Krantz 0, Wilson 5, Hable 8.

Post Falls 82

Pasco 37

POST FALLS - Joey Pfennigs scored a season-high 14 points and Max McCullough added another 14 points, as the Trojans remained undefeated with a nonleague victory over the Bulldogs at The Arena.

"I was pretty happy with our defense," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "We held them without a field goal in the fourth quarter. Pasco's a very athletic team. So it was a good game for us to go full court and their guards challenged us with their athleticism."

Post Falls (7-0) led by six after the first quarter and went on a 24-8 second-quarter run to put the game out of reach.

"Blake McLean and Wyatt Millsap with their ball pressure, it broke the game open," McLean said. "It was a team effort and we just wore them down."

Dalton Thompson had six rebounds for the Trojans, who play at 1:45 p.m. next Monday against Georges P. Vanier Secondary School of Courtenay, British Columbia, in the Coeur d' Alene Inn-vitational at North Idaho College.

Pasco 14 8 13 2 - 37

Post Falls 20 24 24 14 - 82

PASCO - Groce 7, Elizondo 2, Tate 6, Topete 4, Patrick 2, King 6, Correa 4, Gutierrez 6.

POST FALLS - McLean 5, W. Millsap 2, McCullough 14, Anderson 2, Flaa 6, English 10, Pfennigs 14, Thompson 8, Hillman 9, J. Millsap 4, Blakney 8.

West Valley 54

Sandpoint 30

SANDPOINT - Matt Timothy scored 11 points to lead the Bulldogs, who kept things close for a half before falling to the Eagles in nonleague game at Les Rogers Court.

The Bulldogs (2-6) trailed just 27-22 at half, but ice cold shooting proved their undoing, as they would make only one field goal and score eight points in the second half.

"We hung in there until halftime, but the second half was a struggle. We shot very poorly, missed a lot of short shots," said Bulldogs coach Kent Leiss. "Our defense wasn't bad, but we struggled on the offensive end putting the ball in the basket. One basket in the second half and you're not going to win."

Sandpoint faces Columbia River in the opening round of the Lake City Invitational on Dec. 29 at 3:30 p.m. at Lake City High.

Kellogg 61

Deer Park 44

KELLOGG - Gus Colburn had 15 points, five assists and four steals as the Wildcats beat the Stags in a nonleague game at Andrews Gymnasium.

Tucker Gust had 13 points and six rebounds and Ryan Martin 12 points, four assists and three steals for Kellogg (6-2), which travels to Lakeside on Jan. 6.

"We played really well and got after it on defense in the first half," Kellogg coach Jeff Lambert said. "Overall, it was a pretty good game."

Nate Guske scored 23 points for Deer Park.

Deer Park 2 10 17 15 - 44

Kellogg 8 21 12 20 - 61

DEER PARK - Overton 0, Myers 0, Clough 1, Lee 0, Guske 23, Countryman 7, Olson 8, Fletcher 0, Markham 5, Wisinger 0, Talmuch 0.

KELLOGG - G. Colburn 15, Martin 12, Jerome 5, Peterson 0, Easley 4, Waechter 3, Stott 0, Gust 13, T. Colburn 2, McDonald 7.

Liberty 74

St. Maries 64

SPANGLE, Wash. - Logan Feasline had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the Lumberjacks in a nonleague loss to the Lancers.

Match Burnham scored 35 points for Liberty.

"They're one of the better small schools teams in Washington," St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. "So I was proud of our kids effort. Burnham is 6-foot-8, but can really shoot the ball well. We battled back and got within striking distance late."

Jacob Greer had 11 points and seven rebounds for St. Maries (4-1), which travels to Troy on Jan. 3.

St. Maries 9 13 10 30 - 64

Liberty 23 18 15 15 - 74

ST. MARIES - Lounsbury 0, Gibson 6, Seiler 12, Greer 11, Truscott 0, Wilson 0, Asbury 8, Burnett 0, Smith 2, Feasline 23, Becktel 1, Gladden 2.

LIBERTY - Fleming 15, Match Burnham 35, Hoff 2, King 7, Hammon 0, Pottratz 1, C. Burnham 3, Duma 10, Redder 0.

Deary 38

Kootenai 37

HARRISON FLATS - Tyler Anderson hit the second of two free throws with 7.2 seconds left for the Mustangs to break a 37-all tie.

Before that, Kootenai had the ball with a chance to go ahead, but turned it over with 12 seconds left, and Anderson was fouled on a blocking call.

"It was a heckuva game for us," Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. "We played some great defense, Deary played some great defense. It was just one of those heartbreakers that you hate to lose."

Morgan Willms scored 13 points for Kootenai (3-3). Colson Schultz had nine points and 11 rebounds, Jake Love five boards, Hunter Whipple four assists.

Seth Winter led Deary with 10 points.

Kootenai returns to action Jan. 7 at the Kellogg junior varsity.

Deary 9 8 13 8 - 38

Kootenai 5 9 16 7 - 37

DEARY - Halen 2, Beyer 0, Thompson 0, Younger 0, Kirk 6, Stelck 6, Lundry 7, Winter 10, Anderson 7.

KOOTENAI - J. Whipple 2, Willms 13, A. Keogh 8, H. Whipple 0, David 0, Love 5, Schultz 9.

Lakeside 61

Omak 56

NEWPORT - Jordan Nilson had 21 points, 17 rebounds, three assists and two blocks as the Knights beat the Pioneers in the consolation game of the Newport Christmas tournament.

"We played a lot better than we did last night," said Lakeside coach Stacey Sonder, whose team lost 79-39 in the opener to Newport on Friday. "We came out and pushed the tempo the way we wanted to."

Briar Sanchez had 11 points, six rebounds and two steals and Hunter Kolar 18 points, six rebounds, four steals and two assissts for Lakeside (5-3), which hosts Logos on Dec. 29.

Newport beat Priest River 53-31 in the championship game.

Priest River beat Newport 52-32 in the girls title game.

Omak 10 7 17 22 - 56

Lakeside 9 25 9 18 - 61

OMAK - Wyatt 10, Ravenboyd 9, Peterson 22, Abrahamson 3, Lewis 3, W. Nutebacken 9.

LAKESIDE - Brown 0, Sanchez 11, Ju. Mitchell 0, Kolar 18, Jo. Mitchell 2, Huber 6, Nilson 21, Abrahamson 3.

N. I. Christian 42

Kootenai Thunder 36

KOOTENAI - Matt Gabrielsen scored nine points as the Royals beat the Kootenai Thunder in Mountain Christian League play at Kootenai Elementary.

Christian Jesensky and Drew Lehosit each scored seven points for NICS (3-4, 2-4 MCL).

Jimmy Sodeburg scored 13 points for Kootenai Thunder.

North Idaho Christian returns to action Jan. 9 at Stillwater Christian in Kalispell, Mont.

N. Idaho Christian 8 13 6 15 - 42

Kootenai Thunder 10 4 13 9 - 36

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Jesensky 7, Lehosit 7, Gabrielsen 9, Hunter 0, Connelly 6, Covey 0, Armstrong 0, Beck 5, Rosenthal 2, Cottier 0, White 6.

KOOTENAI THUNDER - J. Roop 5, Jensen 8, Osman 0, J. Sodeburg 13, Favor 2, P. Sodeburg 6, Bair 0, B. Roop 2, Murry 0, Christiansen 0.

* GIRLS

Coeur d'Alene 45

Flathead 33

KALISPELL, Mont. - Emily Callahan and Madisen Scholwinski combined for 24 points, helping the Vikings beat the Bravettes.

"We took care of the ball better this time," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Lindsey Stark said. "We created easy baskets for us. Our defense was good, we held them to 16 points in the first half."

Callahan finished with 14 points, four rebounds and two steals for Coeur d'Alene (7-3), which took control by leading 26-16 at halftime. Scholwinski added 10 points and seven rebounds.

Taryn Gutierez scored nine points for Flathead.

Coeur d'Alene plays Grangeville at 7 p.m. on Dec. 29 in the Christmas Winter Classic at Coeur d'Alene High.

Coeur d'Alene 12 14 8 11 - 45

Flathead 7 9 7 10 - 33

COEUR d'ALENE - Miller 4, Horvath 2, Hill 0, Callahan 14, Fagan 3, Rollins 8, Scholwinski 10, Hollibaugh 2, Conery 2.

FLATHEAD - Meredith 4, Moon 0, Wilson 7, Gillespie 0, Heaton 0, Clark 0, Johnson 7, Simmons 6, Gutierez 9.

Lake City 56

Timberline 28

BOISE - Keara Simpson had 13 points and seven rebounds and Lauren Rewers had seven points and seven rebounds, leading the Timberwolves past the Wolves, wrapping up the Timber-Lion tournament 3-0.

"Overall, it was a great effort," Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. "I thought they responded well and came out with some intensity."

Lake City (9-1) beat Highland of Pocatello 53-46 on Thursday and Borah of Boise 37-31 on Friday.

"This trip was a big step for us in the right direction," Kelly said. "To get to see some different teams from this area was great."

Olivia Maryon had six assists and Kate Maryon scored 10 points for Lake City, which faces Sandpoint in the opening round of the Coeur d'Alene Winter Classic at Elmer Jordan Court on Dec. 29 at noon.

Lake City 12 19 18 7 - 56

Timberline 5 4 14 5 - 28

LAKE CITY - Eborall 2, Dvorak 3, Carlson 0, K. Maryon 10, Wheelock 0, Vershum 2, Smith 9, O. Maryon 2, Rewers 7, Ruebke 0, Meier 8, Simpson 13.

TIMBERLINE - Speare 0, Stranzl 0, Frank 6, Bashaw 1, Briggs 0, Brand 0, Hurlbut 3, McKay 2, Gonser 1, Adams 12, Hunt 3.

Sandpoint 48

West Valley 46

SANDPOINT - Madi Schoening eclipsed 20 points for the seventh time this season, netting 21 points to go with four rebounds and three steals, helping lead the Bulldogs to a comeback win over the Eagles at Les Rogers Court.

The Bulldogs (7-4) fell behind by 12 points early in the game, but used a 20-7 third quarter spurt to turn things around and hold on for a big win, especially after winning in triple overtime the night before in Bonners Ferry.

"I think the key was the kids didn't give up," Sandpoint coach Duane Ward said. "They fought their way back from being down 14-2 in the first quarter. They kept their poise and showed good awareness of the game situation. It was a great team win."

Lily Martin scored 11 points and had a big three-point play to spur the second half comeback, and Elani Williams tallied six points and seven boards for the Bulldogs, who face Lake City in the opening round of the Coeur d'Alene Winter Classic on Dec. 29 at noon at Elmer Jordan Court.

West Valley 16 9 7 14 - 46

Sandpoint 5 10 20 13 - 48

WEST VALLEY - Nordriagen 8, Romes 4, Koppenstein 2, Higbie 24, Gabbert 0, Hossfeld 0, McGlothelen 8.

SANDPOINT - Williams 6, Schoening 21, Converse 1, Robertson 0, Ward 4, Martin 11, Couch 5, Bluemer 0.

Kellogg 54

Deer Park 27

KELLOGG - Janet Lo scored 16 points and Marley Chambers added 11 points for the Wildcats, who jumped all over the Stags 13-1 to open the game, on their way to a nonleague rout.

"I thought we handled their pressure really well," Kellogg coach Eli Bourgard said. "We had the fewest turnovers we've had all season. We did a better job rebounding and offensively, we did a lot of good things. We started to hit some shots."

Damaris Guske scored 13 points for Deer Park.

Kellogg (9-2) returns to action Jan. 6 at home vs. Timberlake.

Deer Park 1 10 8 8 - 27

Kellogg 13 8 14 19 - 54

DEER PARK - Keller 0, Sitton 4, Rose 1, J. Guske 3, D. Guske 13, Hallauer 2, Mataya 2, Bostic 0, Sunchild 2.

KELLOGG - Arthur 0, Wendt 2, Twidt 2, Golob 1, Lo 16, Zisk 2, Sheppard 8, Chambers 11, Bumgardner 2, Bircher 2, Miller 8.

Liberty 44

St. Maries 39

SPANGLE, Wash. - Kelsey Auer had 10 points, 11 rebounds, four steals and three assists for the Lumberjacks in a nonleague loss to the Lancers.

"The girls came out and played hard," St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. "We got down nine at halftime, but played a lot better in the third quarter. In the fourth, we were getting good looks, but couldn't put the ball in the hole."

Devyn Wilson had 10 rebounds and Kaylee Auer had eight rebounds for St. Maries (1-7), which travels to Orofino to open Central Idaho League play on Jan. 3.

St. Maries 12 4 19 4 - 39

Liberty 13 12 7 12 - 44

ST. MARIES - Sines 0, Hall 0, Ghramm 7, Womack 0, Cordell 4, Kel. Auer 10, Holder 3, Flach 8, Wilson 4, Kay. Auer 3.

LIBERTY - Correll 3, Flag 4, Danny 25, Pette 0, Rambo 4, Nelson 4, Hubbard 0, Carliss 8.

Cd'A Charter 47

Valley Christian 25

COEUR d'ALENE - Three players each had double-doubles for the Panthers, as they won

their fourth game in a row by beating Valley Christian in nonleague play at Holy Family Catholic School.

Charter junior post Amelia Lehosit scored a team-high 13 points and she grabbed 10 rebounds.

After trailing by one after the opening quarter, the Panthers (6-2) roared to a 20-6 run to stake a 32-19 halftime lead.

"We just came out a little bit flat," Charter coach Doug Grant said. "The girls worked through it and kept at it and came alive in the second quarter. It was a little bit of a hangover from the big win (Thursday over Kellogg)."

Senior guard Anna Verhaeghe 12 points and 10 rebounds. Junior post Jacklyn Jensen finished with 11 points, 13 rebounds and seven blocked shots.

Senior post Sarah Haman was out with a broken hand, but Grant said he hopes to have her back by the time Charter hosts Grangeville on Jan. 6 in a Central Idaho League game.

Valley Christian 13 6 0 6 - 25

Cd'A Charter 12 20 7 8 - 47

VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Segalla 2, Hayek 4, Valenti 3, Roth 0, Ka. Polk 2, Trigsted 2, Fields 8, Ke. Polk 2, Harding 2.

COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Alexander 8, Ricks 0, Berg 0, Bartlett 3, Lehosit 13, Taylor 0, Verhaeghe 12, Jacoby 0, Zollman 0, Jensen 11.

Kootenai 49

Deary 20

HARRISON FLATS - Katey Mae McInturff had 21 points and seven rebounds, leading the Warriors past the Mustangs in a nonleague game.

"We emphasize the defense and the girls played really good defense today," Kootenai coach Mike LaFountaine said. "We went into the gym and worked on shooting the ball a little better before the game today. They're an athletic bunch and starting to come together."

Lacy Goodson and Kaili Gentry had three assists for Kootenai (5-4), which travels to the Kellogg JV on Jan. 7.

Deary 2 8 7 3 - 20

Kootenai 9 10 11 19 - 49

DEARY - Br. Swanson 0, Brower 0, Rudiger 4, Ba. Swanson 4, Scott 1, Kinner 9, Titman 0, Stanton 2.

KOOTENAI - Goodson 5, Karpinski 0, Carman 6, LaFountaine 4, Dotson 2, G. McInturff 2, K. McInturff 21, Gentry 5, Short 4.

Lakeside-Omak

Priest River-Newport

N.I. Christian 60

Kootenai Thunder 14

KOOTENAI - Sophomore Erikah Palmer dominated inside the paint, finishing with 18 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks as the Royals won a Mountain Christian League game at Kootenai Elementary.

Palmer shot 8 for 13 from the field for North Idaho Christian (4-3, 4-2), which went up 21-1 after the first quarter.

Rebecca Hensley had 10 points, four assists and five steals for the Royals. Kaylee Prosch finished with 14 points.

North Idaho Christian plays Sunday at the HUB Sports Center against Flathead Valley.

N.I. Christian 21 13 17 9 - 60

Kootenai Thunder 1 8 3 2 - 14

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hensley 10, Prosch 14, Wood 2, Burke 1, Andrews 2, Haag 0, Lassen 3, Ralls 2, Mooney 8, Palmer 18.

KOOTENAI THUNDER - Jones 1, Osman 2, Smith 0, Montgomery 6, Soderberg 1, Beck 4.