PREP BASKETBALL: McCullough, Pfennigs guide Trojans in opener
• BOYS BASKETBALL
SPOKANE — Max McCullough and Jake Pfennigs scored 19 points apiece for the Post Falls Trojans in a 73-46 win against the North Central Indians in the Border Clash on Friday night at West Valley High.
“Those two guys have some experience and played great,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “For a first game, I was really happy with our team effort. We moved the ball really well for the first game of the season. I was happy with our defensive pressure and we really wore North Central down.”
Zach Hillman had 11 points and seven rebounds and Blake McLean had seven points and four assists for Post Falls (1-0), which forced 11 turnovers in the game. The Trojans face West Valley tonight at 8.
North Central 6 11 17 12 — 46
Post Falls 18 18 19 18 — 73
NORTH CENTRAL — Charelton 2, Duncan 4, Carter 6, Smith 7, Ermitano 2, Tensley 14, McBeid 0, Sayers 11.
POST FALLS — McLean 7, Millsap 1, McKeown 3, McCullough 19, McCliment-Call 2, Bourgard 3, Pfennigs 19, Gering 7, Hillman 11, Trom 1.
West Valley 67
Lake City 46
SPOKANE — Kenny Louie-McGee and James Carlson had 11 points each for the Timberwolves in a season-opening loss to the Eagles in the Border Clash at West Valley High.
“We virtually had no varsity experience coming into the game,” Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. “The kids played hard, but didn’t execute very well at either end of the floor. We were pleased with the effort the kids gave.”
Colin Hunter, the team’s lone varsity returner, missed the game with a high ankle sprain for Lake City, which faces North Central tonight at 5:45 at West Valley High.
John Sage scored 16 points for West Valley (2-0).
Lake City 10 10 11 15 —46
West Valley 19 17 18 13 — 67
LAKE CITY — Louie-McGee 11, Wammelduff 8, Butler 3, Hartz 3, Carlson 11, Flolo 8, Cole 2, Pollow 0, Sells 0.
WEST VALLEY — Moore 0, Stavness 6, Yoakum 6, Sather 2, Whitney 14, Leifer 4, Wee 6, Folkins 14, Sage 16, Vermillion 0.
Central Valley 67
Coeur d’Alene 47
COEUR d’ALENE — Josh Thomas scored 21 points and Tanner Sloan added 14 for the Bears in a nonleague win against the Vikings at Elmer Jordan Court.
“We’re young and don’t have a lot of guys with varsity experience,” Coeur d’Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. “Central Valley just played really well and shot the ball well and took advantage of some of our breakdowns on defense. I thought our kids played hard, but didn’t play smart at times and played a little selfish at times, and it hurt us in the third. But we love playing quality opponents and we’re going to get better from this.”
Joey Naccarato had 15 points and eight rebounds and Brody Lundblad had 14 points and four assists for Coeur d’Alene (1-1), which hosts Eastmont High of Wenatchee today at 4 p.m.
Central Valley 14 17 19 17 — 67
Coeur d’Alene 13 13 10 11 — 47
CENTRAL VALLEY — Rehkow 4, Tucker 12, Simmons 4, Emerson 4, Daines 4, Munyon 2, Sloan 14, Edwards 0, Thomas 21.
COEUR d’ALENE — Lundblad 14, Lynn 0, Bonacci 0, Matheson 8, Bronson 4, McElver 6, Naccarato 15, Kofmehl 0, Edwards 0, MacDonald 0.
Kellogg 59
Genesis Prep 35
WALLACE — Toby Colburn had 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Wildcats past the Jaguars in the opening round of the Silver Valley tournament at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Chase Jerome and Ryan McDonald scored 10 points each for Kellogg (1-1), which faces Lapwai in the championship game tonight at 7:30. Lapwai beat Wallace 67-33.
Johnny Hillman scored 17 points and Caleb Symons added 10 points for Genesis Prep (0-1), which takes on tournament host Wallace in the consolation game tonight at 6.
Kellogg 22 14 12 11 — 59
Genesis Prep 7 5 12 12 — 35
KELLOGG — Gibbons 0, Martin 6, Jerome 10, Peterson 3, Mueller 3, Bumgarner 5, Kitchen 0, Easley 8, Morgan 2, Colburn 12, McDonald 10.
GENESIS PREP — Shelton 0, M. Reidt 0, Myles 2, Hearon 2, Hillman 17, Schreibeis 3, A. Reidt 2, Symons 10.
Yakima Tribal 76
Lakeside 61
WELLPINIT, Wash. — Justin Strom scored 27 points to lead the Yakima Tribal School of Toppenish, Wash., past the Knights in the Wellpinit tournament.
“They’re all really quick and it just kind of overwhelmed us a little bit,” Lakeside coach Butch Nomee said. “Their pressure snapped us with six turnovers really quick. We fought back in the fourth quarter, and all in all, the effort the boys put forth from the first part to the final part of the game was really good to see.”
Jacob Brown scored 16 points and Milo Bighead had 14 points for Lakeside (0-2), which faces Cusick in the consolation game today at 2 p.m.
Yakima Tribal 22 25 19 10 — 76
Lakeside 16 15 11 19 — 61
YAKIMA TRIBAL — I. Strom 12, Strong 0, Eagleheart 5, Pastrana 13, J. Strom 27, Billy 6, Wyena 6, McConnville 2, Canapo 5.
LAKESIDE — Dias 5, Sanchez 10, Brown 16, Mitchell 0, A. Bighead 7, M. Bighead 14, Whaley 0, Abrahamson 9.
Kootenai 59
Kellogg JV 37
HARRISON FLATS — Freshman Triston Usdrowski scored 16 points off the bench for the Warriors in a win over the Wildcats junior varsity.
“It was his first night with some big varsity minutes and he hit some free throws,” first-year Kootenai coach T.J. Hammond said. “We started to push the ball in transition and were able to build a lead. We played three games in three days, with only seven practices, so I was a little concerned about legs. We didn’t play great, but we played OK.”
Dylan Wright scored 15 points for Kootenai (2-1), which opens North Star League play next Friday against Genesis Prep at Post Falls Middle School.
Jake Hammerberg scored 10 points for the Kellogg JV.
Kellogg JV 7 10 12 8 — 37
Kootenai 10 17 15 17 — 59
KELLOGG JV — Keele 4, Nearing 7, Hammerberg 10, Heston 6, Jennings 3, Davis 5, Finlay 2.
KOOTENAI — J. Whipple 4, H. Whipple 4, A. Keogh 6, Wright 15, Maitland 2, Hammond 10, David 2, Usdrowski 16.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lake City 60
West Valley 22
SPOKANE — Lauren Rewers had eight points, seven rebounds and six blocked shots and Keara Simpson had nine points and seven rebounds, leading the Timberwolves past the Eagles in the Border Clash.
“I thought both Lauren and Keara played outstanding in the first half,” Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. “They played well from block to block and ran the floor really well. Our intensity was great in the first half. We shared the ball and made the extra pass when we needed to. I thought we did a good job of crashing the offensive boards.”
Whitney Meier and Nina Carlson had nine points each for Lake City (2-0), which faces North Central at West Valley High today at 2:15 p.m.
Lake City 27 10 9 14 — 60
West Valley 2 4 9 7 — 22
LAKE CITY — Dvorak 3, Carlson 9, K. Maryon 8, Rieken 6, Rewers 8, O. Maryon 8, Meier 9, Simpson 9, Barber 0, Vershum 0, Teets 0.
WEST VALLEY — Gertje 4, Sinclair 5, Romas 2, Phan 7, Sinner 4, Hossfeld 0, Taylor 0, Albright 0.
Post Falls 71
North Central 42
SPOKANE — Melody Kempton had 20 points, 10 rebounds and four steals to lead the Trojans past the Indians in the Border Clash at West Valley High.
Bayley Brennan scored 14 points and Aubree Johnson had eight rebounds for Post Falls (3-0), which faces West Valley today at 4 p.m.
“Bayley hit a couple of 3-pointers to really get us going,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “We just did some really good things at times, and did some really silly things at times. We’ve got a lot of sophomores, so that’s going to happen. All in all, defensively, to hold them to 27 points in three quarters, I thought we played really well.”
North Central 8 13 6 15 — 42
Post Falls 18 18 23 12 — 71
NORTH CENTRAL — Brandt 4, Kiourkas 2, Everman 3, Bayless 3, Dean 12, Ellenwood 4, McDeid 11.
POST FALLS — Ellison 9, Morris 2, Gennett 7, Brennan 14, McComb 4, Robinson 5, C. Johnson 6, Kempton 20, Parks 0, A. Johnson 2, Ter Matten 2.
Lakeside 44
Yakima Tribal 43
WELLPINIT, Wash. — Talia Hendrickx made 1 of 2 from the free-throw line with nearly one minute left in the game, scoring the go-ahead point for the Knights at the Wellpinit tournament.
Yakima Tribal missed a long 3-pointer with five seconds remaining and Hendrickx got the rebound and kept it to run out the clock. Lillian Rhea battled through late foul trouble, as she had four fouls but scored 23 points on 10-of-18 shooting.
“We didn’t play very well,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We were trailing the whole game. Talia steps up for us quite often. She is one of our key role players. Lillian had a good game overall.”
Kaleea Vick scored 14 points for Yakima Tribal.
Lakeside plays today against Wellpinit in the championship game.
Yakima Tribal 16 13 8 6 — 43
Lakeside 9 12 9 14 — 44
YAKIMA TRIBAL — N. Mills 7, W. Mills 7, Vick 14, John 4, T. Mills 8, Valdez 3.
LAKESIDE — Nomee 1, Palmer 0, Rhea 23, K. SiJohn 0, A. SiJohn 0, Danan 0, Hendrickx 5, Arthur 4, Dohrman 9, Lambert 0, Peone 2.
Kootenai 36
Kellogg JV 19
HARRISON FLATS — Grace McInturff nearly had a triple-double, scoring 12 points to go with nine rebounds with seven steals, leading the Warriors past the Wildcats junior varsity.
“She had a pretty good game for us,” Kootenai coach Mike LaFountaine said. “She was our floor leader for us, she did a lot of good things for us.”
The Warriors (2-0) also got nine points from Kaili Gentry and came out firing after leading 14-10 at halftime.
“It got kind of slow in that first half,” LaFountaine said. “We got into our tempo in the second half. We picked up our intensity on defense and got after it.”
Kootenai hosts Lakeside next Thursday.
Kellogg JV 8 2 3 6 — 19
Kootenai 12 2 11 11 — 36
KELLOGG JV — Bristow 4, Manty 2, Nusz 0, Zurran 0, Senteny 5, Casey 2, Noto 0, Miller 0, Cole 0, Ross 6.
KOOTENAI — Larson 0, Karpinski 0, Moore 1, Lamb 0, LaFountaine 4, Gentry 9, G. McInturff 12, A. Short 6, Whipple 2, M. Short 2.