PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Timberlake earns state berth

McCALL - Freshmen Keelie Lawler (15 points) and Allison Kirby (14 points) led the Timberlake Tigers to a 58-32 win against the Kimberly Bulldogs in a state 3A play-in game on Saturday at McCall-Donnelly High to advance to the state tournament.

Timberlake (16-8) will face Snake River (13-9) on Thursday at 5:15 p.m. PST at Middleton High.

"We got off to a great start and our defense came out and really created our offense," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "I'm really happy with how we played defensively and thought the kids did a great job considering how many games we've played this week."

For the Tigers, the District 1 runner-up, it was their fourth game in six days - three in four days in the District 1 tournament - before traveling to McCall on Friday for the play-in game.

"They played with a lot of energy and played well in the tough circumstances," Miller said.

Kimberly, the District 4 runner-up, finished 9-16.

Kimberly 11 10 4 7 - 32

Timberlake 22 11 15 10 - 58

KIMBERLY - Yamada 1, Beymer 2, Keller 7, M. Watts 5, Phillips 0, A. Watts 0, Hayes 2, Rongen 8, Schvaneveldt 2, Bright 0, Wadsworth 3, Laux 2.

TIMBERLAKE - Powell 0, Gardom 0, Rhodes 8, Kirby 14, Seubert 6, Fitzmorris 3, Norlander 8, Lawler 15, Mallet 4.

Lewiston 55

Lake City 37

LEWISTON - The visiting Timberwolves fell behind 10-0 and spent the rest of the game playing catch-up in a loss to the Bengals in the second-place game of the 5A Region 1 tournament at Booth Hall.

Lewiston (20-3) advances to state beginning Thursday at the Idaho Center in Nampa. Lake City finishes 11-12.

Lynzee Wilson, Emilee Schlader and Brett Hastings scored nine points each for Lewiston.

"We just couldn't get rolling," Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. "There's a reason they were the No. 1 team in the state for most of the year ... they make you do things we don't normally do."

Cierra Dvorak and Clarissa Smith scored nine points each for Lake City. Madi Farrell picked up two fouls in the first three minutes for the Timberwolves, but finished with 11 rebounds. Dakota Wilson had five rebounds, three assists and two steals.

"We've made some big strides the past couple of years, and the seniors on this team were a big part of that," Kelly said. "The future is bright; we've just got to keep working."

Lake City 8 7 12 10 - 37

Lewiston 16 17 12 10 - 55

LAKE CITY - Jackson 2, Dvorak 9, Wilson 2, Wheelock 0, Wendlandt 2, Smith 9, Maryon 2, Farrell 4, Meier 7.

LEWISTON - H. Weeks 1, B. Weeks 4, Wilson 9, Lohman 6, Schlader 9, Moscrip 3, Wells 6, White 7, Cornelia 1, Hastings 9.

* 1A DIVISION I

Genesee 50

Lakeside 44

ST. MARIES - Foul trouble and struggles at the free-throw line doomed Lakeside in a state 1A Division 1 play-in game vs. Genesee.

The Knights lost a four-point lead and were on the short end of the stick of a 21-11 fourth-quarter run by Genesee and its season ended at St. Maries High.

"We had 10 fouls against us to zero fouls for them," Lakeside coach Stacey Sonder said. "They were in the double bonus during the entire fourth quarter, that's what killed us."

Lakeside Avery Brown-Sonder fouled with two minutes left and Talia Hendrickx fouled out with one minute left. Deeanna Crowe grabbed seven rebounds and Sheyenne Shamburg had six.

Lakeside shot 8 for 25 from the free-throw line, Genesee 14 for 36.

"We tried to stop the clock and get the fouls," Sonder said. "They didn't shoot very well from the free-throw line, either."

The Knights, District 1 champions, finished 11-13.

"I thought our girls played really well and they played really hard," Sonder said. "We didn't expect to make it this far, but we did. We wanted to make it further, but unfortunately it didn't happen."

Sam Moser scored 15 points and Kaleigh Ranisati added 14 for Genesee, the third-place team from District 2.

Genesee 8 8 13 21 - 50

Lakeside 10 8 15 11 - 44

GENESEE - Ranisati 14, Correll 5, Mayer 2, Carter 7, Sperber 7, Moser 15, Linehan 0, Burt 0.

LAKESIDE - Duncan 3, Zahir 3, Chittenden 4, Hendrickx 3, Crowe 0, Dohrman 17, Shamburg 0, Zachary 7, Brown-Sonder 7.

* 1A DIVISION II

Kendrick 57

Kootenai 34

ST. MARIES - Abby Smith scored 17 points for the District 2 runner-up Tigers, which built a 28-7 halftime lead to beat the Warriors in a state 1A Division II play-in game at St. Maries High.

"They just came out and pressed us and we weren't able to make our close shots," Kootenai coach Mike LaFountaine said. "28-7 was a big hole to climb out of and we weren't able to create much offense."

Katey Mae MacInturff scored 10 points and Lacy Goodson added nine points for District 1 champion Kootenai, which finishes 8-10.

"I'm proud of these girls," LaFountaine said. "They were a fun group to coach. We're going to miss our three seniors, but we've got a lot of girls coming back."

Kendrick (19-6) opens the state 1A Division II tournament on Thursday against Rockland (20-3) at Nampa High.

Kendrick 15 13 14 15 - 57

Kootenai 3 4 12 15 - 34

KENDRICK - Lanier 0, Heinen 12, Cannon 2, Cope 6, Peters 0, Burger 0, Schroeder 0, Everden 0, Rickert 9, Smith 17, Taylor 11, Schelien 0.

KOOTENAI - Goodson 9, Carman 2, LaFountaine 2, Andersen 0, Karpinski 4, MacInturff 10, Martin 4, Dutton 3, Dodson 0, Short 2.