PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland drives past Sandpoint for 4A IEL title
* BOYS BASKETBALL
SANDPOINT - It was a tough way to start the game for Lakeland, as senior starter Jake Ram injured his ankle just 15 seconds into a 4A Inland Empire League showdown Friday night at Les Rogers Court.
But the Hawks (15-5, 3-1 4A IEL) didn't bat an eye without one of their top players, as Tyrel Derrick tallied 16 points and five assists, Jay Plunkett added 14 points and Slader Ray eight points, six rebounds and two steals in a 48-30 win over the Bulldogs. The win earned the Hawks the No. 1 seed to the Region 1 tournament Feb. 23 and 25 at North Idaho College.
The Hawks used a tough man-to-man defense to hold the cold-shooting Bulldogs (7-12, 2-2) to 10 first-half points. Lakeland coach Dave Stockwell praised how his team overcame an injury to one of its most important players.
"That's the definition of team, when one of your brothers needs help, you do what you have to. Kenny (Cooper) and Preston (Roth) came in and kind of filled that spot," said Stockwell, whose team lost by two points to the Bulldogs at home in the first meeting of the season. "Our defensive intensity was the difference. It was a huge win; I'm proud of my guys for their defensive effort."
Davan Norris hit two 3-pointers in the third quarter as part of his team-high 11 points, and Skyler Speakman added nine for the Bulldogs, who will now face Moscow in the first game of the regional tourney on Feb. 23.
"It was one of those nights where we were ice cold. We really got out-rebounded, and that was disappointing," Sandpoint coach Kent Leiss said. "Between the rebounding and struggling to score points, that was it."
Sandpoint hosts Coeur d'Alene tonight at 6.
Lakeland travels to Lake City on Tuesday.
Lakeland 10 14 13 11 - 48
Sandpoint 3 7 13 7 - 30
LAKELAND - Ram 0, Cooper 0, Derrick 16, Roth 0, Henry 8, McDevitt 2, Zubaly 0, Plunkett 14, O'Neal 0, Ray 8, Knight 0.
SANDPOINT - Timothy 4, Aguirre 0, Spalding 0, Norris 11, Sundquist 0, Kuzmich 0, Coppess 4, Mitton 0, Speakman 9, Collado 2.
Post Falls 62
Lewiston 56 (OT)
POST FALLS - Trailing much of the game, the host and second-ranked Trojans outscored the Bengals 10-4 in overtime of the 5A Inland Empire League game.
Dalton Thompson scored 18 points and Max McCullough added 17 to pace Post Falls (20-1, 6-0 5A IEL), which took the lead for good early in overtime and went on to win its 11th straight game.
"I think Lewiston is the most improved team in our league from the start of the season until now," Trojans coach Mike McLean said. "I thought they did a good job of controlling the tempo. They executed their game plan as well as they possibly could; it was another IEL game."
Bengals freshman Braeden Wilson hit a 3-pointer with 34 seconds left to force overtime. Post Falls missed a shot at the buzzer.
Jake Blakney and Jake Pfennigs each had four rebounds and Luke Anderson had two steals for the Trojans, who trailed 26-18 at overtime.
Trystan Bradley scored 20 points for Lewiston (9-12, 1-5).
Post Falls will host Lewiston next Friday in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tournament.
Lewiston 16 10 11 15 4 - 56
Post Falls 9 9 17 17 10 - 62
LEWISTON - Stamper 0, Jackson 2, Carter 3, Murphy 5, Merica 11, Bradley 20, Ulrich 3, Wilson 11.
POST FALLS - McLean 0, W. Millsap 5, McCullough 17, Anderson 9, Flaa 0, English 2, Pfennigs 5, Thompson 18, Hillman 1, J. Millsap 1, Blakney 4.
Coeur d'Alene 76
Moscow 33
COEUR d'ALENE - Senior Tony Naccarato had 15 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots as the Vikings beat the Bears in a nonleague game at Elmer Jordan Court.
"Defensively, I thought we were super for 32 minutes," Coeur d'Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. "We put a whole game together. It was senior night, and all five of our seniors (Naccarato, Elliott Sparks, Austin Schuon, Colby Daniels and Jacob Weber) played the entire first half and were just sensational. I can't say enough about the effort, energy and can't be more proud of how they played. They really played tough, unselfish basketball."
Daniels scored 17 points and Sparks had five assists for Coeur d'Alene (13-7), which travels to Sandpoint tonight at 6.
Collin Niechenke scored 10 points for Moscow (2-16).
Moscow 10 3 13 7 - 33
Coeur d'Alene 22 19 26 8 - 76
MOSCOW - Gosse 0, Akey 5, Robertson 5, Niechenke 10, Stephens 0, Myler 2, Carscallan 9, Jerome 2.
COEUR d'ALENE - J. Naccarato 9, Lundblad 7, Weber 4, Lynn 0, Daniels 17, Matheson 0, Yankoff 5, Schuon 10, Sparks 4, Plum 5, T. Naccarato 15.
St. Maries 53
Orofino 48
OROFINO - AJ Becktel scored a career-high 19 points and had five rebounds and four blocks to lead the Lumberjacks past the Maniacs in Central Idaho League game.
St. Maries (13-4, 3-1 CIL) won a coin flip with Grangeville and will be the top seed to the 2A District 1-2 tournament, and will play the winner of the Feb. 21 Grangeville-Orofino game in the championship game Feb. 23 at Genesee High.
"We played good team defense," St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. "They knocked down some 3s to stay in the game. I was really pleased with the energy and guys diving on the floor for loose balls."
Matt Smith had 11 rebounds and Jake Sieler had 10 points, eight steals and three assists for St. Maries, which hosts Priest River today at 2:30.
Orofino is 11-7, 0-3.
St. Maries 14 11 15 13 - 53
Orofino 13 12 12 11 - 48
ST. MARIES - Lounsbury 2, Gibson 6, Sieler 10, Greer 3, Wilson 5, Asbury 1, Smith 7, Becktel 19.
OROFINO - Wilson 12, Turner 1, Judd 7, Cobbs 8, Noah 9, Kuykendall 11.
Genesis Prep 62
Clark Fork 32
CLARK FORK - Ty Brearley had 17 points and six rebounds, and Caleb Symons added 15 points, nine boards and four steals for the visiting Jaguars in the nonleague game.
Elijah Schreibeis had 13 points, four assists and four steals for Genesis Prep, which finished 21-3.
Eich Anderson scored 11 of his 17 points in the second quarter for Clark Fork (4-13).
Genesis Prep 20 10 20 12 - 62
Clark Fork 8 12 6 6 - 32
GENESIS PREP - Birch 0, Brearley 17, Hearon 7, Kim 0, Miles 2, Morrow 0, A. Reidt 2, M. Riedt 0, Schreibeis 13, Schroder 2, Shelton 4, Symons 15.
CLARK FORK - Jeffres 5, Bowen 6, Vogel 0, Reeves 2, Stevens 0, Anderson 17, Cope 0, H. Boudousquie 2, Moore 0, Aguire 0.
* WRESTLING
Lakeland sweeps
Lewiston, Timberlake
RATHDRUM - There was a whole lot of bumpin' going on in the Lakeland-Lewiston dual, with both sides bumping a few of their wrestlers up a weight in an attempt to get a favorable matchup.
It worked for Lakeland with Larry Johnson at 120, backfired at 126, and helped at 195 and 220 where Chris Washburn and Killian Estes got pins. All told, Lakeland got a decision and three pins in the final four matches to power past Lewiston.
The key match, Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said, was at 145, where Lewiston bumped up Joshua Reynolds, but Austin Garitone of Lakeland responded with a 5-2 victory.
"That kept the momentum in our favor," Edelblute said. "Our kids wrestled tough overall."
Next up are the 5A and 4A Region 1 tournaments, and the 3A District 1 tournament, Feb. 21 at Lakeland.
LAKELAND 42, LEWISTON 34
98 - William Edelblute, LL, by forfeit. 106 - Tavis Woempner, LL, by forfeit. 113 - Bryan Edelblute, LL, d. Tanner Hutchens, 6-1. 120 - Larry Johnson, LL, d. Hunter Fliger, 7-1. 126 - Ty Hendren, Lew, p. Tyler Siegford, :50. 132 - Marshall Bowen, Lew, p. Jorden Pennock, LL, 3:03. 138 - Alex Light, LL, p. Sage See, 2:40. 145 - Austin Garitone, LL, d. Joshua Reynolds, 5-2. 152 - Bryce Parson, Lew, by forfeit. 160 - Bryan Klemp, Lew, md. Tuekota Tate-Vandever, 8-0. 170 - Drake Randall, Lew, p. Britt Dickens, 5:11. 182 - Jared Walker, LL, d. Cody Cromer, Lew, 7-1. 195, Chris Washburn, LL, p. Daniel Lahaie, 5:15. 220 - Killian Estes, LL, p. Brandon Vandevender, 1:27. 285 - Conor Shepherd, LL, p. Mitch Miller, 2:00.
LAKELAND 61, TIMBERLAKE 17
98 - William Edelblute, LL, by forfeit. 106 - Tavis Woempner, LL, p. Trevor Eastlick, 1:15. 113 - Larry Johnson, LL, p. Garek Pennington, 3:15. 120 - Tyler Siegford, LL, by forfeit. 126 - Dailyn Johnson, TL, tf. Justin Wright, 15-0. 132 - Ty O'Neal, LL, d. Addison Jansen, TL, 12-5. 138 - Dillon Grafton, TL, d. Sage See, 10-5. 145 - Austin Garritone, LL, md. Bailey Houston, 15-2. 152 - Tyler Badertscher, TL, d. Tuekota Tate-Vandever, 7-3. 160 - Brock Herbert, TL, p. Joe Peavy, 2:22. 170 - Jared Walker, LL, by forfeit. 182 - Justin Dansereau, LL, by forfeit. 195 - Chris Washburn, LL, by forfeit. 220 - Killian Estes, LL, by forfeit. 285 - Conor Shepherd, LL, p. Reise Peigtal, 1:34.