PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Lake City pushes Lewiston until late

LEWISTON - Clarissa Smith had eight points and nine rebounds for the Lake City Timberwolves in a 43-32 loss to the Lewiston Bengals in the 5A Inland Empire League finale for both on Saturday at Booth Hall.

Lewiston, ranked second in this week's state 5A basketball media poll, led 19-9 at halftime, but Lake City cut the deficit to three points before the Bengals pulled away for the win.

"We shot 3 for 20 in the first half," Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. "We were getting good looks, but couldn't knock them down. We had them on their heels in the fourth quarter, but we had a couple of turnovers and they hit a couple 3-pointers, and then it was an eight-point game."

Keara Simpson had six points and five rebounds and Natalie Wheelock had six assists for Lake City (14-7, 2-4 5A IEL), which travels to Post Falls on Friday in the opening round of the 5A Region 1 tournament.

Emilee Schlader scored 18 points for Lewiston (19-1, 6-0), which hosts Coeur d'Alene on Friday at 7 p.m.

Lake City 3 6 14 9 - 32

Lewiston 8 11 8 16 - 43

LAKE CITY - Eborall 4, Dvorak 4, Carlson 0, K. Maryon 0, Wheelock 2, Smith 8, O. Maryon 3, Rewers 5, Simpson 6.

LEWISTON - Weeks 2, Randall 0, Wilson 3, Thomason 0, Bailey 0, Schlader 18, Moscrip 8, Cornelia 0, White 12, Roy 0, Havens 0, Johnson 0.

Moscow 41

Coeur d'Alene 37

MOSCOW - No other information was available.

St. Maries 51

Kellogg 40

KELLOGG - Kelsey Auer scored 13 points for the Lumberjacks, who rallied from a 26-18 halftime deficit to beat the Wildcats in the Brawl for the Ball spirit game at Andrews Gymnasium.

"I thought we came out ready to go," Kellogg coach Eli Bourgard said. "We led the game for most of the way, but give credit to St. Maries, they kept inching back into it. We just struggled to hit shots in the fourth quarter and couldn't get the momentum back. Both teams played really hard. It was a good game."

Shelby Holder scored eight points for St. Maries (7-10), which faces Coeur d'Alene Charter on Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d'Alene.

Janet Lo scored 13 points and Kayla Miller added 10 for Kellogg (10-7), which hosts Priest River on Thursday.

St. Maries 6 12 13 19 - 51

Kellogg 16 10 9 6 - 40

ST. MARIES - Sines 0, Paul 0, Ghramm 6, Peet 4, Cordell 6, Kel. Auer 13, Holder 8, Flach 4, Wilson 7, Kay. Auer 2.

KELLOGG - Twidt 0, Chambers 5, Golob 0, Zisk 0, Wendt 8, Shepperd 5, Lo 13, Bircher 0, Arthur 0, Bumgardner 0, Miller 10.

Lakeside 52

Clark Fork 31

CLARK FORK - Lillian Rhea scored 14 points to lead three players into double figures for the visiting Knights, who jumped out to a 35-14 halftime lead in the North Star League game.

Jordyn Nomee added 12 points, Jasmine Zahir 10 for Lakeside (8-9, 5-1 NSL).

"They play in-your-face defense, and without my point guard (due to injury), we really struggled moving the ball," Clark Fork coach Mark Stevens said of Lakeside.

Emily Garman led Clark Fork (1-11, 0-6) with eight points. Alicia Heigis had nine rebounds, Allison Warner four steals.

"She (Warner) played really well tonight," Stevens said. "She was really aggressive defensively. She was running the point tonight, because I was out of point guards, and she was aggressive driving to the basket."

Lakeside visits Wallace on Tuesday. Clark Fork hosts Wallace on Thursday for senior night.

Lakeside 16 19 15 2 - 52

Clark Fork 8 6 12 5 - 31

LAKESIDE - Nomee 12, Zahir 10, Daman 2, Hendrickx 2, Rhea 14, Arthur 8, Dohrman 2, Lambert 2, Speakman 0.

CLARK FORK - Garman 8, Kiebert 2, Heigis 5, Crumpton 3, Warner 5, Young 6.

N.I. Christian 63

Pullman Christian 24

COEUR d'ALENE - Alexis Ralls scored 16 points and Jenny Lassan had 16 rebounds and seven points for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win over the Eagles at Canfield Middle School.

Rayla Andrews had 11 points and 14 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (11-9, 8-3 MCL), which faces Genesis Prep on Tuesday at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls.

Linda Lindstrong scored eight points for Pullman Christian.

Pullman Christian 2 4 8 10 - 24

N.I. Christian 15 18 13 17 - 63

PULLMAN CHRISTIAN - Lindstrong 8, Grotz 2, Zimmerman 2, Liao 4, Heroff 2, Schaffer 2, Ayinda 4.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hensley 4, Prosch 4, Wood 6, Burke 0, Andrews 11, Haag 9, Lassan 7, Ralls 16, Palmer 6.

Genesis Prep 53

Kootenai Thunder 11

KOOTENAI - Ashley Hensley had 20 points, 10 rebounds, seven steals and nine blocked shots to lead the Jaguars past Kootenai Thunder at Kootenai Elementary.

Kailey Arnone had 18 points and eight rebounds and Becca Lee had six steals for Genesis Prep (12-8, 9-1 MCL), which hosts North Idaho Christian at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls on Tuesday.

Genesis Prep 12 17 8 16 - 53

Kootenai Thunder 2 3 3 3 - 11

GENESIS PREP - Hensley 20, Arnone 18, R. Cashen 5, K. Johnson 7, H. Johnson 3, Schindler 0, Lee 0, M. Cashen 0.

KOOTENAI THUNDER - Soderberg 1, Me. Montgomery 2, Ma. Montgomery 1, Smith 4, McArthur 0, Beck 3, Jones 0, Neres 0, K. Jones 0.

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