Post Falls boys weather Akey's 40 in win over Bears

* BOYS BASKETBALL

POST FALLS - Dalton Thompson scored nine of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and the Post Falls Trojans overcame a 40-point outburst by Moscow's Jack Akey to beat the Bears 72-61 in nonleague play Tuesday night at The Arena.

Max McCullough added 14 points and three assists, and Corey Koski had 13 points and 18 rebounds for Post Falls (10-6), which took the lead for good early in the fourth quarter.

"I think it's the first time this season we didn't play well, but found a way to win," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said.

Akey scored 29 of his points in the second half for Moscow (5-7). He scored 21 of the Bears' 23 third-quarter points, and all but two of their points in the fourth. The son of former Idaho football coach Robb Akey hit five 3-pointers, four in the third quarter in the highest-scoring individual game against a McLean-coached team.

"That was as good a shooting as I've seen against us," McLean said. "Many of the shots were contested. I'm a big believer that one kid is not going to beat our team, but he pushed us to our limit."

Post Falls, which made 19 of 21 from the line, returns to action next Tuesday at home vs. Lake City.

Moscow 17 11 23 10 - 61

Post Falls 23 11 15 23 - 72

MOSCOW - Gresch 11, Marbin 0, Akey 40, Stephens 3, Robertson 0, Verlin 0, Meihenke 0, Schon 0, Gorton 0, Ellison 7, Davis 0.

POST FALLS - Hall 7, McKeown 5, Davenport 0, Pfennigs 8, Hillman 0, Gondo 0, Anderson 7, McCullough 14, Thompson 18, Koski 13.

St. Maries 66

Kootenai 40

HARRISON FLATS - Logan Feasline scored 16 points and the visiting Lumberjacks jumped out to a 23-7 lead after one quarter of the nonleague victory over the Warriors.

"We did an OK job tonight," Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. "The first quarter we succumbed to a little defensive pressure. After that first quarter we settled down, but they really controlled the boards with (Leighton) Gertje and Feasline, with second opportunities, sometimes third opportunities."

Jake Pfeiffer totaled 17 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two steals for Kootenai (6-6), which travels to Deary on Friday.

St. Maries (5-6) is home against Priest River on Friday.

St. Maries 23 12 12 19 - 66

Kootenai 7 14 9 10 - 40

ST. MARIES - Bedwell 7, Posselt 2, Michael 0, Truscott 2, Da. Wilson 7, Greer 3, McGregor 2, Macumber 7, Dy. Wilson 2, Smith 8, Gertje 10, Feasline 16, Becktel 0.

KOOTENAI - Shadley 0, H. Whipple 2, Keogh 0, Willms 8, Ausman 5, Love 6, Pfeiffer 17, Schultz 2, J. Whipple 0, Hall 0.

Kootenai Thunder 41

N.I. Christian 40

KOOTENAI - Kootenai Thunder center TJ Alsager made a lay-in with eight seconds left, which sent North Idaho Christian to a Mountain Christian League loss at Kootenai Elementary School.

Paul Connelly scored 18 points for North Idaho Christian (12-7, 9-3 MCL).

North Idaho Christian plays Thursday at Christian Heritage School in Edwall, Wash.

N.I. Christian 11 6 18 5 - 40

Kootenai Thunder 12 11 12 6 - 41

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Booth 2, P. Connelly 18, J. Connelly 10, Jesensky 4, Chersin 4, Schreibeis 2, Stedman 0, Hunter 0.

KOOTENAI THUNDER - Alsager 9, Couch 11, Jensen 5, Roop 5, Crosby 11, Soderberg 0, Smith 0.

Immac. Conception 60

Genesis Prep 54

POST FALLS - Carter Howard finished with 19 points and eight rebounds for Genesis Prep in the Mountain Christian League loss. Ty Brearley added 16 points and 12 rebounds. Clayton Gifford finished with six points and seven rebounds.

Drew Harris and Zack Miles each had three steals for the Jaguars.

Genesis Prep plays Thursday against the Kootenai Thunder at Kootenai Elementary.

Immac. Conception 17 14 14 15 - 60

Genesis Prep 4 19 14 17 - 54

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY - Kreimer 22, Wilson 13, Beam 12, Lyons 5, Wilhelm 4, Jones 2, Klocko 2.

GENESIS PREP - Howard 19, Brearley 16, Gifford 6, Harris 5, Miles 3, Buer 3, Chisum 2, Schroeder 0, Hash 0.

* GIRLS BASKETBALL

Post Falls 68

Moscow 52

MOSCOW - Shayna Allert hit three straight baskets, Olivia Ellison added a couple of hoops and Kim Reynolds sank some clutch free throws as the visiting Trojans pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Bears in nonleague play at Bear Den.

Allert scored 16 points, Sam Runkle 13 for Post Falls (10-9).

"We did a lot better job of getting out in transition," Trojans coach Marc Allert said. "We got a lot of steals and turnovers off our full-court pressure."

Jada Simpson and Natalie McDaniel each scored 10 points for Moscow (2-16).

Post Falls wraps up the regular season Thursday at Coeur d'Alene.

Post Falls 7 23 16 22 - 68

Moscow 7 17 14 14 - 52

POST FALLS - Allert 16, O. Ellison 10, A. Ellison 0, King 0, Smith 9, Anderson 3, Bodman 0, Runkle 13, Kyle 4, Reynolds 10, McDermott 3.

MOSCOW - Meyer 4, McDaniel 10, Enberg 8, Burnette 4, Stephens 7, Hill 0, Sprenger 4, Simpson 10, Davis 1, Klocke 4.

Timberlake 62

St. Maries 42

SPIRIT LAKE - Allison Kirby scored 19 of her 22 points in the first half to help the host Tigers open a double-digit lead in the first quarter of their nonleague win over the Lumberjacks.

"Offensively, I think we did a good job of attacking and getting good looks," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said.

Keelie Lawler added 14 points and Jessica Norlander added 12 for the Tigers (10-7), who travel to Bonners Ferry on Saturday.

The Auer sisters, Kerstin and Kelsey, led St. Maries with 16 and 15 points, respectively.

St. Maries (7-7) hosts Kootenai on Thursday.

St. Maries 6 20 12 4 - 42

Timberlake 20 12 16 14 - 62

ST. MARIES - McQueen 6, Eells 0, Ghramm 1, Waddell 0, Brusseau 2, Kel. Auer 15, Thaut 0, Cordell 2, Ker. Auer 16.

TIMBERLAKE - Powell 0, Gardon 3, Rhodes 5, Kirby 22, Seubert 3, Fitzmorris 3, Norlander 12, Lawler 14, Mallet 0.

N.I. Christian 55

Kootenai Thunder 28

KOOTENAI - North Idaho Christian grabbed a school-record 67 rebounds in a rout of the Kootenai Thunder in Mountain Christian League action at Kootenai Elementary.

Senior Alex Gwin scored 17 points for the Royals (9-10, 5-3 MCL). Senior Emily Prosch scored eight points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Freshman Erikah Palmer finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Kelly Keller scored 10 points for Kootenai.

North Idaho Christian plays at Christian Heritage School in Edwall, Wash. on Thursday.

N.I. Christian 14 15 23 3 - 55

Kootenai Thunder 4 9 7 8 - 28

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Wood 3, Andrews 2, Gwin 17, Hill 0, Prosch 8, Ward 6, Shaw 6, Boland 0, Palmer 11.

KOOTENAI THUNDER - Owen 6, Murrey 6, Avee 2, Olson 2, Jones 0, Smith 2, Keller 10.

* WRESTLING

Lakeland 67

Priest River 18

BONNERS FERRY - Tyler Siegford (113 pounds), Austin Hoobler (132), Tanner Wright (138), Will Putman (145), Tuekota Tate (170), Killian Estes (182), Tanner Read (195) and Conor Shepherd (22)) had pins for the Hawks.

Lakeland also faced a handful of wrestlers from Bonners Ferry and the Priest River junior varsity.

LAKELAND 67, PRIEST RIVER 18

98 - Logan Schultz, PR, by forfeit. 106 - Bryan Edelblute, LL, by forfeit. 113 - Tyler Siegford, LL, p. Brandon Evenson, :48. 120 - Tyson Hendricks, LL, md. Noah Jamison, 11-3. 126 - Starling Infante, PR, p. Justin Wright, 3:41. 132 - Austin Hoobler, LL, p. Tyler Chenoweth, PR, 3:20. 138 - Tanner Wright, LL, p. Hunter Golden, 4:24. 145 - Will Putman, LL, p. Ryan Hanson, :45. 152 - Austin Garitone, LL, by forfeit. 160 - Brandon Mailhot, LL, d. Gregory Fitzmorris, PR, 6-0. 170 - Tuekota Tate, LL, p. Ian Barnes, 2:50. 182 - Killian Estes, LL, p. Joseph Swartz, :59. 195 - Tanner Read, LL, p. Jeris Beaver, 1:58. 220 - Conor Shepherd, LL, p. Gab Bellah, 1:10. 285 - Triston Hudson, PR, by forfeit.

LAKELAND

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"It's a little different than anything anyone else plays, but it works for us because of our size," Stockwell added. "We're fairly quick, but do move the ball really well. If we can do that and get some shots to fall, we're pretty good."

Derek Bayley scored 17 points and Jake Ram added 16 for Lakeland (9-5), which travels to 5A Lake City on Friday.

"When we play at Lake City, we'll have played the same amount of games at Lake City (four) than we've played in our home gym," Stockwell said. "So in some ways, I think that's good because we just go to whatever gym we're supposed to and just play. I don't think it's hurt us at all and we'll get to finish at home."

After Friday, Lakeland will host four of its final five games, including 4A Inland Empire League games against Moscow next Tuesday and Sandpoint on Feb. 14.

"I think the biggest thing from tonight was getting over the mental portion of it," Stockwell said. "We're the smallest school in the IEL and to play a big dog like Coeur d'Alene and get a win - it doesn't happen all the time. So if we can translate that into a little more confidence, the better we'll play. This is the perfect time for us to do it."

Derrick scored 13 points of his 24 points in the fourth quarter.

"Our guys played hard defensively and that's what we've been working on at practice," Derrick said. "Getting the 50/50 balls is huge for us. Just getting over the hump and beating them was big for us. It really sets a precedence for our season and finally getting over that team."

Devin Kluss scored 16 points for Coeur d'Alene (11-3), which travels to Moscow on Saturday.

"The first quarter is the pace that we like to play at," said Coeur d'Alene coach Kurt Lundblad, whose team held a 22-21 lead after the first quarter. "We like to pick up the pace a little bit and get a few more possessions. Lakeland played really well, shot really well and we didn't have an answer for the Derrick kid. We've been a little dysfunctional the last week or so, so we've got to fix some things and get back on track. Hats off to Lakeland, they were super tonight. I thought they played a great game. Even though it was a fast-pace, but they knew when to slow it down and made some shots. They were just better than us tonight."

The Vikings are without one of their starters, guard Ryan Walde, who left the team last week, Lundblad said.

Saturday's game is the final regular season road game for Coeur d'Alene, which has four home games remaining.

"This is the best thing that could have happened to us," Lundblad said after a lengthy team meeting following the game. "We've been playing well and getting some wins. We didn't play well in the Fish game. Maybe it's a wakeup call to all of us and that we need to get better in some areas and play better - no matter who they put in front of us."

Coeur d'Alene 22 9 9 23 - 63

Lakeland 21 18 13 24 - 76

COEUR d'ALENE - Paulsen 3, Tripp 2, Daniels 12, Carpenter 13, Williams 1, Hicks 5, Kuetemeyer 0, Sparks 1, Kluss 16, T. Naccarato 0, Lundblad 3, J. Naccarato 7.

LAKELAND - Ram 16, Nosworthy 5, Cooper 2, Derrick 24, Henry 3, Bayley 17, Plunkett 5, Ray 4.