Vikings triumph in opener
<p>Coeur d’Alene High School’s Baylie Miller gets position on Lakeland’s Haley Rotchford while stealing a pass Thursday in the first quarter in Coeur d’Alene.</p>
<p>Lakeland High’s Costanza Piermattei dribbles around a Coeur d’Alene defender after coming down with a first half rebound.</p>
COEUR d’ALENE — Junior Emily Callahan had 19 points and five steals, leading the Coeur d’Alene Vikings past the Lakeland Hawks 59-25 in a nonleague game at Elmer Jordan Court on Thursday.
“Our defense was a little quicker than their offense, and our kids were quicker to the ball,” Coeur d’Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said. “They’re a much bigger team than we are, but we were just quicker to where we needed to be.”
Baylie Miller and Taryn Horvath had 13 points each, and Isabella Hollibaugh had seven rebounds and five steals for Coeur d’Alene (1-0), which visits St. Maries on Saturday.
“Everyone played well and played as a unit,” Poffenroth said. “Everyone that played contributed and if we can keep that up, that’s great.”
Kaidan Kelsey scored seven points for Lakeland (0-3), which travels to Kellogg on Saturday.
Lakeland 5 10 7 3 — 25
Coeur d’Alene 18 11 15 15 — 59
LAKELAND — Vanderhoof 0, Bunch 2, Linehan 3, Kelsey 7, Bodak 2, Kirk 0, Rotchford 3, Pruitt 0, Piermattei 0, Bilski 6.
COEUR d’ALENE — Miller 13, Horvath 13, Hill 0, Callahan 19, Ellison 2, Rollins 6, Hollibaugh 4, Conery 2.
Timberlake 70
St. Maries 28
ST. MARIES — Allison Kirby scored 19 points, leading the 3A Tigers past the 2A Lumberjacks in a nonleague game.
“They pretty much out-quicked us all game,” St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. “They’ve got a bunch of athletic girls, and we were a step behind on defense and couldn’t recover from that.”
Keelie Lawler scored 18 points for Timberlake (4-0), which visits East Valley on Dec. 2.
Kelsey Auer had 19 points and nine rebounds and Kaylee Auer had seven rebounds for St. Maries (1-2), which hosts Coeur d’Alene on Saturday.
Timberlake 24 25 19 2 — 70
St. Maries 6 6 8 8 — 28
TIMBERLAKE — Kelley 4, Rhodes 5, Mallet 12, Starr 4, Kirby 19, E. Powell 4, Simpson 4, Lawler 18.
ST. MARIES — Sines 0, Ghramm 2, Womack 0, Peet 0, Cordell 3, Kel. Auer 19, Holder 0, Flach 4, Wilson 0, Kay. Auer 0.