PREP BASKETBALL: Lake City boys get out to hot start, put away Moscow

* BOYS

MOSCOW - The Lake City Timberwolves jumped out to a 19-6 first quarter lead Friday, cruising on its way to a 67-58 nonleague win over the Moscow Bears on Friday night at Bear Den.

"We started the game exceptionally well," Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. "Moscow was outstanding, they shot the ball very well. It was a very solid team effort. We did a great job of finishing tonight."

Moscow cut the Timberwolves' lead to six points at 57-51, but finished strong the rest of the way to snap a three-game losing streak.

Lake City forward Kyle Guice finished with a double-double, scoring 14 points to go with 10 rebounds. Justin Pratt scored eight points and had seven assists for the Timberwolves (7-4).

Jack Akey scored 22 points for Moscow (2-6). Josh Ellison added 19 points and eight rebounds for the Bears in his season debut after being sidelined with a broken foot.

Lake City plays Tuesday in a 5A Inland Empire League game at Lewiston.

Lake City 19 17 21 12 - 67

Moscow 6 18 19 15 - 58

LAKE CITY - Adams 16, Pratt 8, Louie-McGee 2, Vetsch 0, Guice 14, Turner 2, Dahl 6, Winger 15, Mitchell 1, Hancock 3.

MOSCOW - Gresch 6, Martin 6, Akey 22, Stephens 0, Robertson 0, Verlin 3, Neihenke 0, Ochoa 0, Gartin 2, Ellison 19, Davis 0.

St. Maries 67

Coeur d'Alene JV 61

COEUR d'ALENE - Logan Feasline had 25 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Lumberjacks past the Viking junior varsity at Elmer Jordan Court.

"It was a close game most of the way," St. Maries coach John Bisson said. "They dominated us early on and we were able to keep the momentum late to get a win."

Jordan Bidwell scored 13 points for St. Maries (2-3), which hosts Orofino today in a Central Idaho League game.

Joe Naccarato scored 18 points and Austin Lee added 13 for the Coeur d'Alene JV.

St. Maries 8 17 20 22 - 67

Coeur d'Alene 11 20 17 20 - 61

ST. MARIES - Bedwell 13, Posselt 11, Michael 9, Wilson 0, Greer 4, Smith 0, Gjerte 5, Feasline 25.

COEUR d'ALENE JV - Kile 2, Lynn 6, Naccarato 18, Hirtle 2, Lundblad 9, Cassano 9, Schuon 3, Lee 13.

Lakeside 59

Wallace 49

WALLACE — Jordan Nilson had 10 points and seven rebounds to lead the Knights past the Miners in a North Star League game at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Doug Schatz had seven points, five rebounds and three steals for Lakeside, which shot 16 of 17 from the free throw line, including 10 of 11 in the fourth quarter.

Lakeside (9-3, 1-0 NSL) lost to Wallace 61-40 in the championship game of the North Star League tournament on Dec. 14 in Plummer.

“I thought we played much better than we played the first time,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We were able to push the ball and attack the basket. Last time we settled for jump shots, and they didn’t fall.”

Gavin Rasmussen and Brady Brantley scored 16 points each for Wallace (6-4, 1-1), which travels to Kootenai on Tuesday.

Lakeside travels to Mullan on Tuesday.

Lakeside 14 20 11 14 — 59

Wallace 10 16 15 8 — 49

LAKESIDE — Meshell 12, Stensgar 0, Pluff 7, Schatz 7, Kolar 9, Zahir 0, Daman 0, Nilson 10, Brown 14.

WALLACE — Owens 4, Little 0, Rasmussen 16, Lemieux 0, Brantley 16, Arthun 11, Browning 2.

Stillwater Christian 55

N.I. Christian 40

KALISPELL, Mont. - Peter Benman made 5 of 6 attempts from beyond the 3-point line, finishing with 21 points to lead the Cougars past the visiting Royals in a nonleague game.

North Idaho Christian (6-6) scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter to get within a 41-40 deficit.

Christian Jesensky scored 11 points, Paul Connelly had nine points and seven assists and Jeremiah Chersin had 12 rebounds for North Idaho Christian, which faces the Flathead Home School Association today at West Valley Elementary in Kalispell.

N.I. Christian 8 9 15 8 - 40

Stillwater Christian22 10 7 16 - 55

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - P. Connelly 9, J. Connelly 4, Jasensky 11, Chersin 7, Stedman 2, Schreibeis 7, Booth 0.

STILLWATER CHRISITAN - C. Hashley 3, Benman 21, Chang 0, Bach 9, J. Hashley 14, J. Newman 6, I. Newman 2, Fetveit 0.

* GIRLS

Lake City 48

Moscow 42

MOSCOW - Whitney Meier came off the bench and hit four straight 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with a team-high 14 points as the Timberwolves battled back from an early 11-2 deficit in the first quarter to beat the Bears in nonleague play at Bear Den.

"We came out really flat, so I put some of the reserves in the game looking for a spark," Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. "We need to keep working on getting better and on our focus starting games."

Hailey Jackson had 10 points and five rebounds and Olivia Maryon four assists for Lake City (9-6), which travels to Lewiston on Tuesday for a 5A Inland Empire League game.

Jayda Simpson scored 18 points for Moscow (0-13), which hosts Lakeland to open 4A Inland Empire League play on Tuesday.

Lake City 14 12 11 11 - 48

Moscow 14 7 15 6 - 42

LAKE CITY - Jackson 10, Dvorak 2, Wilson 0, Wheelock 3, Wendlandt 3, Smith 8, Maryon 0, Farrell 8, Meier 14.

MOSCOW - Meyer 0, McDaniel 4, Enberg 5, Burnett 8, Stephens 0, Hill 2, Sprenger 0, Simpson 18, Quinnett 3, Klocke 2.

Post Falls JV 41

Cd'A Charter 36

COEUR d'ALENE - America Ellison scored 15 points as the Trojan junior varsity beat the Panthers at Holy Family Catholic School.

Sarah Haman scored 12 points for Coeur d'Alene Charter (5-6), which committed 34 turnovers.

"We had trouble adjusting to their speed," Coeur d'Alene Charter coach Doug Grant said. "We got bit by the turnover bug tonight. We fought back and put on a man-to-man press and got it to within three, but ran out of gas."

Cd'A Charter plays Tuesday in a nonleague game at Bonners Ferry.

Post Falls JV 15 9 11 6 - 41

Cd'A Charter 14 6 5 11 - 36

POST FALLS JV - Haskew 0, Anderson 0, Harwood 9, Ellison 15, McComb 11, Anderton 2, Cysweski 0, Smith 2, Ter Matten 2.

COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Alexander 2, Ramb 5, Bartlett 6, Benefield 0, Haman 12, Zasadny 0, Verhaeghe 5, Jensen 6.

Stillwater Christian 46

N.I. Christian 21

KALISPELL, Mont. - Sarah Paolini scored 22 points to lead the host Cougars past the Royals in a nonleague game.

Emily Prosch had five points and 10 rebounds, Rayla Andrews eight rebounds for North Idaho Christian (5-7), which faces Flathead Valley Home School Association today at West Valley Elementary School in Kalispell.

N.I. Christian 4 8 5 4 - 21

Stillwater Christian 8 15 13 10 - 46

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Wood 2, Andrews 2, Gwin 4, Hill 2, Prosch 4, Ward 5, Murison 1, Shaw 0, Boland 0.

STILLWATER CHRISTIAN - Koch 6, Faulk 8, Small 6, Paolini 22, Hemp 2, Tamenill 2.