PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Trojans take on challenge, down Alta at CenturyLink

BOYS BASKETBALL

BOISE - Post Falls coach Mike McLean went out of his way to challenge his team this week with six games in six days.

And they couldn't have made him any more proud.

Dalton Thompson had 14 points, seven rebounds and three assists, leading the Trojans past the Alta High Hawks of Sandy, Utah 72-67 win in the final game of the Centennial High New Year's tournament at CenturyLink Arena.

"Considering the challenge I placed in front of them, I couldn't be more proud of them," said McLean, whose team finished 5-1 after finishing second in the Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational at North Idaho College, then traveling to Boise to go 3-0 in the tournament at CenturyLink. "I went out of my way to challenge them this season, and they've met each and every challenge. They continued to get better in each game and we did some things better today than we have all season. We're progressing in the right direction."

Jake Blakney had 13 points and seven rebounds for Post Falls (12-1), which travels to Coeur d'Alene on Jan. 13.

Alta 14 15 9 28 - 67

Post Falls 27 8 21 16 - 72

ATLA - Roberts 22, Namdar 6, BeLeuw 4, Beard 3, Gerlach 20, Johnson 4, Hehriod 2, Armstrong 6.

POST FALLS - McLean 6, W. Millsap 0, McCullough 12, Anderson 11, Flaa 0, English 0, Pfennigs 0, Thompson 14, Hillman 8, J. Millsap 8, Blakney 13.

Coeur d’Alene 61

Southridge 55

COEUR d’ALENE — The Naccarato brothers, Tony and Joey, combined to score 21 points and grab 16 rebounds, helping the Vikings beat the Suns of Kennewick, Wash., at Elmer Jordan Court.

Tony Naccarato had seven points and nine rebounds, while Joey Naccarato had 12 points and seven rebounds. Colby Daniels scored a team-high 15 points for Coeur d’Alene (8-3).

“The kids played well in the first half,” Coeur d’Alene Kurt Lundblad said. “Their coach let them down in the second half. Overall, we were resillient and played hard.”

Coeur d’Alene hosts Lake City on Tuesday, in the 5A Inland Empire League opener for both teams.

Southridge 12 12 14 17 — 55

Coeur d’Alene 15 19 12 15 — 61

SOUTHRIDGE — Midili 2, Morgan 0, McLaughlin 2, Pitt 13, Molt 11, Vorheis 13, Crider 6, Macias 8, Woods 0.

COEUR d’ALENE — J. Naccarato 12, Lundblad 9, Weber 0, Lynn 0, Daniels 15, Yankoff 0, Schuon 5, Sparks 8, T. Naccarato 7, Matheson 5.

St. Maries 60

Troy 37

TROY — Logan Feasline had 15 points and 14 rebounds and Jacob Greer had 10 points and five leads to lead the Lumberjacks past the Trojans in a nonleague game.

St. Maries (5-1) hosts Lakeside on Thursday.

St. Maries 10 18 23 9 — 60

Troy 6 13 5 13 — 37

ST. MARIES — Loundsbury 2, Gibson 4, Seiler 4, Greer 10, Smith 11, Feasline 15, Becktel 12, Asbury 2.

TROY — Hoskins 2, Yager 10, Malm 13, Blazzard 6, Stoner 2, Dahl-Imel 4.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Grangeville 53

Cd’A Charter 29

COEUR d’ALENE — Sarah Haman scored nine points with a broken finger on her non-shooting hand in her return from a three-game absence, but the Panthers lost to the Bulldogs in a Central Idaho League game at Holy Family Catholic School.

“This is the first game we got her back,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Doug Grant said. “She played through it.”

Amelia Lehosit, who played with an illness, finished with eight points and 11 rebounds for the Panthers (6-3, 0-1 CIL), whose four-game winning streak was snapped. Anna Verhaeghe also had 11 rebounds for Coeur d’Alene Charter.

“Grangeville just had so many second-chance looks, it just killed us,” Grant said. “We gave them too many looks. That’s where the game was at.”

Hailey Sullivan scored 18 points for Grangeville (5-7, 2-0).

Coeur d’Alene hosts Wallace on Tuesday.

Grangeville 16 14 11 12 — 53

Cd’A Charter 6 11 10 2 — 29

GRANGEVILLE — Wilson 12, Sullivan 18, Lutz 3, Fortin 2, Forsmann 5, Finnegan 0, Kennedy 4, Kaschmitter 0, Bass 2, Anderson 0, Brown 5, Gourley 2.

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Alexander 8, Ricks 0, Bartlett 0, Haman 9, Lehosit 8, Taylor 0, Verhaeghe 4, Zollman 0.

St. Maries 50

Orofino 15

OROFINO — Kari Ghramm had 11 points and four steals and Devyn Wilson grabbed 13 rebounds, leading the Lumberjacks past the Maniacs in a Central Idaho League game.

Kelsey Auer had eight points and seven rebounds and Shelby Holder had four steals for St. Maries (2-7, 1-0 CIL), which travels to Grangeville on Tuesday.

Orofino drops to 0-2 in league.

St. Maries 16 16 12 6 — 50

Orofino 4 4 6 1 — 15

ST. MARIES — Sines 2, Ghramm 11, Womack 1, Peet 0, Cordell 3, Kel. Auer 8, Holder 3, Flach 9, Wilson 8, Kay. Auer 5.

OROFINO — Kuykendall 4, Anderson 0, Powell 5, Schwartz 1, Reggear 0, Godwin 3, Summers 0, West 1, Erbst 0, Duggar 0, Pighe 0.