COEUR d'ALENE WINTER CLASSIC: T-Wolves top Vikings

COEUR d’ALENE — On Wednesday, it was for third place in the second annual Coeur d’Alene High girls Winter Classic at Elmer Jordan Court.

With only the host school changing next Tuesday, it will mean a little more between the Lake City Timberwolves and Coeur d’Alene Vikings.

On that night, Lake City will open league play. Wednesday, they beat the Vikings 58-41 to finish third in the tournament for the second straight year.

Lake City 58, Coeur d’Alene 41: Lauren Rewers scored 14 points, Keara Simpson had 11 points and eight rebounds and Cierra Dvorak had nine points and four steals for Lake City (10-2), which travels to Eastmont High of Wenatchee on Friday.

“We just came out and tried to work on some things that we think we need to get better at,” Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. “Need to prepare for league, and it’s tough to turn around and play them again on Tuesday, but we tried not to do too much. Played a good first half, but we can’t foul that much. When we play Coeur d’Alene, we get a little amped up and play a little harder and get ourselves into some foul trouble. Need to do a better job of not doing that.

Lake City led Coeur d’Alene 33-16 at halftime. Tuesday will mark the 5A Inland Empire League opener, hosting Coeur d’Alene.

“It’s good for us to get up and down,” Kelly said. “Our season starts on Tuesday. These games are preparing us to get better and prepare for what we need to do.”

Lake City finished the tournament 2-1.

“It’s great to play as many games as we can heading into league and regional play,” Kelly said. “Playing these teams like Lake Stevens and Bothell, it’s going to help us in the long run.”

Emily Callahan scored 13 points, Kayla Fagan had 12 points and Jordyn Bojorquez had seven points for Coeur d’Alene (5-6), which is off until Tuesday’s game.

“We’ve got to do what we did in the second half the entire game to give ourselves a chance,” Coeur d’Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said. “We only took 28 shots for the game, and we’ve got to work on not being afraid to put some shots up.”

Lake City also beat Coeur d’Alene in the third place game last season.

“Second year in a row we wrap the tournament and face them here and again the following week,” Poffenroth said. “I don’t know what else you can do, but the games (Tuesday) were all really good. Play your nonleague games to get better. We’ve just got to get over the hump. Hopefully by the end of the season we’ll be able to do that and get some of these games.”

Lake City 17 16 11 14 — 58

Coeur d’Alene 6 10 6 19 — 41

LAKE CITY — Dvorak 9, Carlson 8, K. Maryon 4, Rieken 4, Vershum 0, Rewers 14, O. Maryon 4, Meier 6, Simpson 11.

COEUR d’ALENE — Miller 1, Horvath 4, Callahan 13, Fagan 12, Bojorquez 7, Louden 0, Hollibaugh 2, Horning 2.

Post Falls 51, Enumclaw 24: Sophomore Melody Kempton had 17 points, 10 rebounds and five steals for the Trojans, who beat the Hornets in the fifth/sixth place game.

“Bothell’s a good team, and I think we got better from that game,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “Which is kind of where we’re at, getting in better mode. Every game, we did some things better and better and did some good things. We’re still a work in progress and trying to figure things out as we go. But we’ve got some things to work on and we’re getting better.”

AubreAnna Johnson also had eight rebounds for Post Falls (8-5), which returns to play at Moses Lake on Tuesday.

Post Falls 8 11 15 17 — 51

Enumclaw 3 7 5 9 — 24

POST FALLS — Ellison 4, Morris 3, Gennett 2, Brennan 4, McComb 9, Robinson 0, C. Johnson 0, Kempton 17, Parks 5, A. Johnson 1, Ter Matten 6.

ENUMCLAW — Tinney 2, Engebretsen 0, Poulin 3, Bosik 8, Bursch 0, Putnam 5, Cerne 0, Clemens 2, Carlson 2.

Bothell 46, Sandpoint 35: Grace Kirscher and Madi Schoening scored 13 points each for the Bulldogs in a loss to the Cougars in the championship game.

Sandpoint (6-7) finished the game 9 of 36 from the field, but made 13 of 16 from the free throw line.

Schoening, Grace Hicks and Kirscher had four rebounds each for Sandpoint.

Taya Corosdale scored 16 points for Bothell (11-0), which beat Lake City 53-50 in overtime on Tuesday night.

Sandpoint 9 13 2 11 — 35

Bothel 13 10 9 14 — 46

SANDPOINT — Schoening 13, DuMars 0, Converse 0, Darrah 1, Ward 2, Couch 3, Hicks 3, Tomazich 0, Kaul 0, Kirscher 13.

BOTHELL — Cole 0, Burns 9, Corosdale 16, Cowan 4, Jones 8, B. Akoto 1, Gibson 0, Shelton 5.