PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Timberlake topples Lakeland
SPIRIT LAKE - Keelie Lawler scored 20 points to lead the Timberlake Tigers past the visiting Lakeland Hawks 56-47 in a nonleague game Thursday night.
"We had a good first quarter and then it was back and forth throughout the next three quarters," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "It was definitely a game of runs. Keelie did a good job offensively all night and Julie (Fitzmorris) did a good job inside."
Jessica Norlander scored 15 points for Timberlake (13-7), which has won six straight games entering the 3A District 1 tournament on Monday at North Idaho College.
Kelly Ramus and Kaidan Kelsey had 13 points apiece for Lakeland (3-17), which faces Moscow in a loser-out game in the 4A Region 1 tournament on Monday at 8 p.m. at North Idaho College.
Lakeland 8 13 14 12 - 47
Timberlake 17 15 14 10 - 56
LAKELAND - Vanderhoof 9, Price 0, Linehan 0, Kelsey 13, Fahlenkamp 8, Rotchford 6, Seymour 0, Bodak 0, Ramus 13.
TIMBERLAKE - Powell 2, Gardom 0, Rhodes 0, Kirby 6, Seubert 2, Fitzmorris 9, Norlander 15, Lawler 20, Mallet 2.
Kootenai 44
Cd'A Charter 31
HARRISON FLATS - Katey Mae McInturff scored nine of her 19 points in the fourth quarter as the Warriors beat the visiting Panthers in nonleague play.
Kootenai coach Mike LaFountaine said the Warriors used a zone defense to hold Charter post Jackie Jensen to five points. He also had praise for seniors Austin Andersen, Emily Martin and Savanna Dutton, who started on senior night, as well as for posts Grace McInturff and Ali Short off the bench.
Kootenai (7-9) returns to action next Wednesday in the championship game of the 1A Division II District 1 tournament at 6 p.m. at Lake City High in Coeur d'Alene. Kootenai will play the winner of Monday's Clark Fork-Mullan game.
Mae Alexander scored 16 points for Coeur d'Alene Charter (7-11), which plays at Valley Christian tonight at 6.
Cd'A Charter 4 6 7 14 - 31
Kootenai 8 12 12 12 - 44
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Alexander 16, Bartlett 0, Benefield 4, Haman 6, Zasadny 0, Overoye 0, Verhaeghe 0, Eilers 0, Jensen 5.
KOOTENAI - G. McInturff 2, Riley 0, Goodson 4, Keogh 0, Carman 5, LaFountaine 0, Andersen 2, Karpinski 0, K. McInturff 19, Martin 4, Dutton 2, Dotson 2, Short 4.
Lakeside 59
Mullan 18
PLUMMER - Avery Brown-Sonder had 13 points, eight rebounds and eight steals to lead the Knights past the Tigers in the North Star League finale for both schools.
Kim Duncan had eight points and five steals and Lilliam Rhea had seven points, six rebounds and three steals for Lakeside (9-11, 6-2 NSL), which faces Wallace on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the first game of the best-of-3 1A Division I District 1 tournament at Lake City High in Coeur d'Alene.
Sydney Koenig scored nine points for Mullan (5-11, 1-7), which faces Clark Fork in a loser-out game in the 1A Division II District 1 tournament on Monday at 6 p.m. at Lake City High.
Mullan 9 4 4 1 - 18
Lakeside 19 16 16 8 - 59
MULLAN - Gallaway 0, Kat. Gribble 0, Kay. Gribble 2, Auger 0, Ploharz 2, Trogden 4, Koenig 9, Stepro 1.
LAKESIDE - Rhea 7, Duncan 8, Chittenden 7, T. Hendrickx 10, Crowe 6, Dohrman 0, Haynes 0, Shamburg 7, Zachary 0, Brown-Sonder 13, Zahir 1.
N.I. Christian 46
Kootenai Thunder 17
SPOKANE - Erikah Palmer scored eight points and Kelly Boland had seven points to lead the Royals past the Kootenai Thunder in the opening round of the Mountain Christian League tournament at Valley Fourth Church.
Lindsay Haag had eight rebounds, Faith Woods six steals for North Idaho Christian (11-11), which faces Christian Center in the semifinals today at 4:40 p.m. at Valley Fourth Church.
Kootenai Thunder 2 6 2 7 - 17
N.I. Christian 14 14 12 6 - 46
KOOTENAI THUNDER - T. Osman 3, Murray 2, Aller 4, Beirsckon 2, A. Osman 2, Montgomery 2, Jones 2.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hensley 4, Wood 3, Burke 4, Andrews 2, Gwin 6, Hill 2, Haag 2, Murison 2, Shaw 6, Boland 7, Palmer 8.