Lakeside girls earn top seed to districts

* GIRLS

PLUMMER - The Lakeside Knights earned the No. 1 seed to the 1A Division II District 1 tournament after a 48-41 North Star League win over the Mullan Tigers at Ron Miller Court on Thursday.

After tying Kootenai for first place in the league, Lakeside (9-10, 6-2 NSL) won a coin toss and the Knights received a first-round bye. Lakeside would have played Clark Fork in the first round, but Knights coach Chris Dohrman said the Wampus Cats had to cancel their season due to a shortage of players.

Lillian Rhea scored 16 points, Cailyn Dohrman added 15 and Jasmine Zahir had 13 points points.

"Jasmine Zahir probably had her best game of the year," Chris Dohrman said. "It was senior night for her. We were able to take control early in the game and we let them make a good run in the fourth quarter. We got it under control."

Charli Sadler finished with 23 points, 17 rebounds and five steals to lead Mullan (7-12, 3-5).

Lakeside plays at 6 p.m. Thursday at Kootenai, in the 1A Division II District 1 tournament championship game against the winner of Tuesday's game pitting Mullan at Kootenai.

Mullan 9 5 8 19 - 41

Lakeside 14 14 9 11 - 48

MULLAN - Sadler 23, Gallaway 0, Ploharz 2, Hirsch 10, Trogden 6, Gribble 0, Stepro 0.

LAKESIDE - Nomee 0, Zahir 13, Daman 0, Hendrickx 3, Rhea 16, Arthur 1, Dohrman 15, Lambert 0, Speakman 0.

Timberlake 63

St. Maries 40

SPIRIT LAKE - Allison Kirby scored 23 points to lead the Tigers past the Lumberjacks in the regular season finale for both schools.

Payten Rhodes added 16 points for Timberlake (17-3), which opens the 3A District 1 tournament against Kellogg on Monday at 6:15 p.m. at North Idaho College's Rolly Williams Court.

"Both Allison and Payten played really well," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "As a team, we had a good second half. Our defense got a little better in the second half and we did a better job of doing the little things."

Shanae Gladden scored nine points and Kaylee Auer scored seven points for St. Maries (8-11), which opens the 2A District 1-2 tournament on Saturday against Coeur d'Alene Charter at Genesee High.

"St. Maries did a good job on the boards," Miller said. "They battled tough and their height was tough for us. He did a good job of rebounding and getting second chances."

St. Maries 9 13 9 9 - 40

Timberlake 12 15 14 22 - 63

ST. MARIES - Sines 1, Ghramm 7, Womack 0, Peet 0, Borgman 0, Cordell 2, Kel. Auer 2, Holder 4, Flach 4, Wilson 4, Kay. Auer 7, Gladden 9.

TIMBERLAKE - Powell 5, Kelley 0, Rhodes 16, Mallet 7, Starr 5, Jezek 1, Kirby 23, Gardom 6, Simpson 0.

N.I. Christian 48

Kootenai Thunder 20

SPOKANE VALLEY - Kaylee Prosch had 12 points, eight steals and three assists for the Royals in a win over Kootenai Thunder in the opening round of the Mountain Christian League tournament at Valley Fourth Church.

Rayla Andrews had eight points, 10 rebounds and seven steals for North Idaho Christian (12-10), which faces Genesis Prep in the semifinals today at 4:40 p.m. at Valley Fourth Church.

Kootenai Thunder 0 0 10 10 - 20

N.I. Christian 14 16 6 12 - 48

KOOTENAI THUNDER - G. Jones 0, Osman 4, Smith 0, Maka. Montgomery 4, Soderburg 4, Beck 5, Macke. Montgomery 3.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hensley 2, Kailey Prosch 12, Wood 2, Burke 5, Andrews 8, Lassan 5, Rawls 3, Seeley 4, Whiteman 5, Haag 2.

Genesis Prep 54

Pullman Christian 9

SPOKANE VALLEY - Rebecca Cashen had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Jaguars, in a win over the Eagles in the opening round of the Mountain Christian League tournament at Valley Fourth Church.

Rebecca Lee had eight points and seven steals for Genesis Prep (14-8), which plays North Idaho Christian today at 4:40 p.m. in the semifinals at Valley Fourth Church.

Pullman Christian 0 5 2 2 - 9

Genesis Prep 12 18 17 7 - 54

PULLMAN CHRISTIAN - Liao 0, Heroff 0, Lindstrom 2, Zimmerman 3, Ayinde 0, Goetze 0, Combs 2, Shaffer 2.

GENESIS PREP - Hensley 12, Arnone 7, R. Cashen 13, K. Johnson 3, Schreibeis 7, H. Johnson 0, Schindler 4, Lee 8, M. Cashen 0.

* BOYS

Post Falls 69

Sandpoint 29

SANDPOINT - Dalton Thompson had 13 points and five rebounds and Max McCullough had 11 points and four assists to lead the Trojans, ranked No. 2 in 5A, past the 4A Bulldogs in a nonleague game at Les Rogers Court.

Post Falls (18-1) took a 35-8 halftime lead.

"I'm very happy with our effort," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "We came out focused and prepared, executing the things we want to do."

Troy Mitton and Davan Norris combined for 15 points to lead the Bulldogs (6-10), who never seemed to find an offensive rhythm against a really quick and relentless defense.

"Post Falls is really good. We were a little bit intimidated and got off to a slow start and never recovered," Sandpoint coach Kent Leiss said. "We struggled with their pressure. They're 18-1 for a good reason."

On Saturday, Post Falls hosts Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint travels to Moscow.

Post Falls 20 15 23 11 - 69

Sandpoint 4 4 11 10 - 29

POST FALLS - McLean 3, Millsap 5, McCullough 11, Anderson 9, Flaa 4, English 4, Pfennings 2, Thompson 13, Hillman 10, Blakney 8.

SANDPOINT - Timothy 2, Aguirre 2, Spalding 0, Norris 7, Sundquist 4, Kuzmich 2, Coppess 2, Mitton 8, Speakman 0, Collado 2, Perry 0.

Lakeside 74

Mullan 61

PLUMMER - Jordan Nilson had 21 points, 10 rebounds, seven steals and four assists for the Knights in a North Star League win against the Tigers at Ron Miller Court.

"We got out to a quick start and rotated some kids in and out," Lakeside coach Stacey Sonder said. "We had our moments, but didn't execute like we needed to."

Mike Huber had eight points, 16 rebounds, two blocks and an assist for Lakeside (10-7, 6-0 NSL), which travels to Wallace on Tuesday.

T.J. Placencio scored 28 points for Mullan (3-14, 0-8), which travels to the Post Falls JV on Wednesday.

Mullan 7 19 17 18 - 61

Lakeside 26 18 13 17 - 74

MULLAN - Ovineck 2, Barnes 0, Todd 4, D. Dykes 8, Placencio 28, Johnson 10, T. Dykes 0, Trogden 9.

LAKESIDE - Sanchez 6, Ju. Mitchell 2, Kolar 21, Jo. Mitchell 2, McDonald 3, Curley 0, Huber 8, Nilson 25, Abrahamson 7.

Christian Center 75

Pullman Christian 21

SPOKANE VALLEY - Jens Kuetemeyer had 19 points and seven rebounds for the Lions in a win over the Eagles in the opening round of the Mountain Christian League tournament at Bowdish Junior High.

Drew Hansen had 16 points and six steals for Christian Center (17-3), which faces The Oaks in the semifinals tonight at 6:20 at Valley Fourth Church.

Pullman Christian 4 4 3 10 - 21

Christian Center 24 15 16 20 - 75

PULLMAN CHRISTIAN - Holmbo 9, Hancock 4, Mitchell 5, Akiz 0, Hewitt 3, Lindstrom 0, Dooley 0.

CHRISTIAN CENTER - Howard 4, Ryssel 4, Allen 9, Kuetemeyer 19, Heidt 6, Harryman 2, Dr. Hansen 16, Da. Hansen 6, Blake 5, Jerome 4.

N.I. Christian 37

Kootenai Thunder 30

SPOKANE VALLEY - Nick Beck had 15 points and three assists to lead the Royals past Kootenai Thunder in the opening round of the Mountain Christian League tournament at Valley Fourth Church.

Christian Jensensky had 11 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (11-8), which faces Genesis Prep in a semifinal game tonight at 8 at Valley Fourth Church.

Kootenai Thunder 4 13 5 8 - 30

N.I. Christian 4 6 16 11 - 37

KOOTENAI THUNDER - J. Roop 2, Osman 2, Sodeburg 4, Jensen 6, Favor 6, B. Roop 6, Blair 1, C. Roop 3.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Jensensky 4, Lehosit 4, Gabrielson 0, Connelly 9, Cottier 0, White 0, Pilgrim 5, Beck 15.