Derrick shoots Hawks to victory over 'Dogs

* BOYS

SANDPOINT - Tyrel Derrick drained three shots from beyond the arc in the first quarter en route to a 23-point night, leading the Lakeland Hawks to a hard-fought 60-52 win over the Sandpoint Bulldogs in 4A Inland Empire League boys basketball Thursday night at Les Rogers Court.

Lakeland (8-5, 1-1 4A IEL) was red hot from beyond the arc in the first half, nailing eight 3s to build a 38-27 halftime lead, before slowing things down and holding on for the win in the second half.

Hawks coach Dave Stockwell praised the play of Sandpoint, which cut the lead to two points with just under three minutes left in the game.

"They're very active, just a couple of bounces went our way. We were able to hit some free throws and keep that distance," said Stockwell, praising the play of Slader Ray, who scored eight key points. "I thought we got a great performance from Slater. He filled in at post after (Jacob) Plunkett got hurt early on."

Jeremiah Gagnon had the hot hand early, knocking down three 3-pointers and scoring 11 of his team-high 18 points in the first quarter. for Sandpoint (8-7, 0-2 4A IEL).

"They had some guys who aren't their best shooters step up and hit some shots," Sandpoint coach Tyler Haynes said of Lakeland. "We stuck together and made enough stops to make a run at them."

Lakeland plays host to Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday.

Lakeland 20 18 9 13 - 60

Sandpoint 16 11 14 11 - 52

LAKELAND - Ram 9, Nosworthy 8, Cooper 0, Derrick 23, Henry 8, Dove 0, Bayley 2, Plunkett 2, Ray 8.

SANDPOINT - Timothy 0, Jurenka 3, Rodriguez 6, Spalding 4, Kuzmich 0, Schwartz 4, Edwards 5, Burgstahler 3, Gagnon 18, Collado 9.

St. Maries 64

Priest River 47

PRIEST RIVER - Logan Feasline scored 18 points to lead the Lumberjacks past the Spartans in a nonleague game at Spartan Arena.

"They just really applied pretty good pressure in the second quarter and second half," Priest River coach Heath Hartwig said. "We didn't handle it well and they played really well in the second half."

Cody Posselt scored nine points for St. Maries (4-5), which travels to Orofino on Saturday.

Jimmy Koch scored 21 points for Priest River (1-14), which travels to St. Maries next Friday.

St. Maries 14 12 16 22 - 64

Priest River 13 7 11 16 - 47

ST. MARIES - Bedwell 8, Posselt 9, Michael 0, Da. Wilson 0, Greer 6, McGregor 2, Macumber 7, Dy. Wilson 1, Smith 6, Gjerte 7, Feasline 18, Beckdall 0.

PRIEST RIVER - Clark 0, Anselmo 0, Ja. Griffin 0, Linton 3, Nunley 6, Hartwig 11, McDonald 0, Koch 21, Je. Griffin 0, White 0, Slinger 0, Roland 6.

Kootenai 37

Kellogg JV 26

KELLOGG - Kootenai capitalized on a few turnovers by Kellogg's junior varsity team to outscore the Wildcats 18-8 in the third quarter to take a 29-12 lead.

Senior wing Jake Pfeiffer scored nine points for Kootenai (6-5).

Kellogg JV post Jordan Bebout scored 13 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter.

Kootenai returns to action Jan. 31 at Deary.

Kootenai 9 2 18 8 - 37

Kellogg JV 0 4 8 14 - 26

KOOTENAI - Shadley 0, Keogh 0, Willms 4, Jones 5, Ausman 8, Love 0, Pfeiffer 9, Schultz 9, Whipple 2, Hall 0.

KELLOGG JV - Sanabria 0, Dupron 0, Kitchen 3, Harris 4, Peterson 4, Stovern 0, Kimberling 0, Hernandez 2, Sauer 0, Bebout 13.

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Genesis Prep 55

Chr. Heritage 49

EDWALL, Wash. - Ty Brearley totaled 22 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals for the visiting Jaguars in the Mountain Christian League game.

Clayton Gifford had 10 rebounds for Genesis Prep (7-8, 5-7 MCL). Carter Howard had eight rebounds, Nate Buer five steals for the Jaguars, who play host to Immaculate Conception on Tuesday.

Jacob Rossey scored 22 points for Christian Heritage.

Genesis Prep 15 11 7 22 - 55

Chr. Heritage 11 5 13 19 - 49

GENESIS PREP - Miles 3, Brearley 22, Howard 4, Chisum 4, Harris 6, Hash 4, Buer 6, Gifford 6, Schroeder 0.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Rossey 22, Herron 16, Ricketts 6, Smith 4, Kent 2.

Christian Center 44

Kootenai Thunder 43

LIBERTY LAKE - Christian Center sophomore Chase Allen made the go-ahead layup with less than one minute remaining to cap a Mountain Christian League thriller at the HUB Sports Center.

Allen scored 18 points for the Lions (4-9, 3-9 MCL). Guard Drew Hansen scored 15 points and he had three steals.

Christian Center School plays Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School against North Idaho Christian School.

Kootenai Thunder 10 9 17 7 - 43

Christian Center 10 13 13 8 - 44

KOOTENAI THUNDER - Alsager 5, Jensen 9, Crosby 14, Roop 3, Couch 12, Sodenberg 0.

CHRISTIAN CENTER - Howard 3, Ryssel 0, Allen 18, Engels 0, Harryman 8, Dr. Hansen 15, Da. Hansen 0.

* GIRLS

Sandpoint 41

Lakeland 31

SANDPOINT - Despite their best defensive player missing the game with a head injury, the Bulldogs held off the Hawks in 4A Inland Empire League play at Les Rogers Court.

With Madi Schoening in street clothes, Nikole Alamillo and Karlee Williams each had strong games inside to help pick up the slack, as the Bulldogs (11-6, 3-0 4A IEL) remained perfect in league play.

Kaidan Kelsey scored a game-high 11 points to go with five boards, Emily Vanderhoof dished out four assists and Kelly Ramus pulled down five rebounds in for the Hawks (3-14, 0-3 4A IEL), who created lots of close looks but could not convert.

Lakeland plays host to Moscow on Saturday.

Lakeland 10 6 9 6 - 31

Sandpoint 13 11 13 4 - 41

LAKELAND - Vanderhoof 4, Linehan 4, Kelsey 11, Fahlenkamp 0, Rotchford 4, Seymour 0, Bodak 0, Ramus 8.

SANDPOINT - Couch 0, Williams 4, Liband 2, Olin 8, Chatburn 2, Martin 3, Delgado 10, Sundquist 0, Alamillo 9, Bluemer 3.

St. Maries 46

Priest River 39

PRIEST RIVER - Freshman post Kelsey Auer scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds and five blocks as the visiting Lumberjacks beat the Spartans in lonleague play.

Auer's older sister, senior post Kersten Auer, had eight points and seven rebounds for St. Maries (6-6).

Priest River was able to get within two points, trailing 41-39, with two minutes left in the game.

"We started out strong," Priest River coach Gary Stewart coach said. "St. Maries took it to us the second and third quarters. They led by as many as 12 points. Free throws finished the job on us."

Jill Weimer scored 16 points for Priest River (1-13).

St. Maries will play Saturday at Orofino.

St. Maries 8 15 10 13 - 46

Priest River 11 5 8 15 - 39

ST. MARIES - McQueen 3, Ghramm 8, Waddell 2, Brusseau 1, Kel. Auer 16, Thaut 1, Flach 5, Cordell 2, Ker. Auer 8.

PRIEST RIVER - Douglas 4, Trantum 2, Luckey 3, Weimer 16, Clark 2, Krampert 2, Carey 0, Williams 2, Summers 8, Warren 0.

Mullan 69

Post Falls frosh 46

MULLAN - Charli Sadler piled up 20 points, 16 rebounds, eight assists and eight steals as the host Tigers defeated the Trojan freshmen at the Pavilion.

Robbyn Trodgen added 18 points and 10 rebounds for Mullan (5-7). Sydney Koenig had 17 points and 12 boards, Bree Ploharz 10 rebounds.

Alexis Young and Kylie Soumas each scored 12 points for the Post Falls frosh.

"Post Falls worked really hard; my girls took care of the ball tonight," Mullan coach Sherry Leitz said. "We've been averaging 33 turnovers a game, and tonight we had 20."

Mullan plays at Wallace tonight.

Post Falls frosh 9 8 19 12 - 46

Mullan 14 20 16 19 - 69

POST FALLS FRESHMEN - Lacroix 2, Whitten 0, Johnson 0, Demery 5, Gomer 11, Finley 4, Erickson 0, Routh 0, Young 12, Edlund 0, Soumas 12.

MULLAN - Sadler 20, Galloway 5, Kat. Gribble 0, Ploharz 4, Trogden 18, Koenig 17, Kay. Gribble 4, Stepro 1.

Chr. Heritage 41

N.I. Christian 36

EDWALL, Wash. - Sophomore Rayla Andrews totaled 14 points and 13 rebounds as the visiting Royals gave the unbeaten Patriots all they could handle before falling in a nonleague game between the Mountain Christian League teams.

Alex Gwin added 10 points, 12 rebounds and four assists for North Idaho Christian (8-9), which plays host to Christian Center on Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Michaela Yoder scored 16 points for Christian Heritage (16-0), which leads the MCL with an 8-0 record.

N.I. Christian 14 2 6 14 - 36

Chr. Heritage 12 6 6 17 - 41

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Andrews 14, Gwin 10, Hill 0, Prosch 4, Ward 4, Murison 0, Shaw 4.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Stone 1, Yoder 16, Klein 11, Knotts 2, Rossey 6, Wollweber 5, Erke 0, Phillips 0.

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Christian Center 51

Kootenai Thunder 9

LIBERTY LAKE - Christian Center School senior guard Hope Sasseli scored 23 points and finished with seven rebounds, four assists and six steals, in a Mountain Christian League rout of the Thunder at the HUB Sports Center.

Jaicie Purvis added eight points for the Lions.

Christian Center (8-3, 6-1) plays North Idaho Christian School on Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Kootenai Thunder 0 4 4 1 - 9

Christian Center 20 13 14 4 - 51

KOOTENAI - T. Osman 5, Murray 0, Aller 0, A. Osman 0, McKenzie M. 0, Machaela M. 0, Jones 0, Bendickson 2, Smith 0, Keller 2, Jones 0.

CHRISTIAN CENTER - Purvis 8, Sovereign 4, Sasseli 23, Kempton 2, Engels 2, Barnhart 5, Ripatti 0, Muskrat 0, Ryssel 0, Wood 0, Smith 7.