PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Schoening shines for Bulldogs
* GIRLS
SANDPOINT - Madi Schoening tallied 14 points, seven boards and seven assists, and the Sandpoint Bulldogs ratcheted up the defense, downing Lakeland 49-23 in the 4A Inland Empire League opener for both schools Saturday night at Les Rogers Court.
Lily Martin and Grace Kirscher combined for 19 points, Elani Williams added four points, five rebounds and four steals and Riley Couch eight points and three steals to lead the Bulldogs (9-6), who used a 19-4 third quarter run to blow the game open.
"I liked the way the girls played defense, they made the right adjustments," said Bulldogs coach Duane Ward. "Offensively, our kids ran the half court sets with more patience, getting some easy buckets."
Kaidan Kelsey led the Hawks (5-10, 0-1) with 10 points and six rebounds, Dani Linehan and Savannah Pruitt each grabbed six boards and Emily Vanderhoof had three assists and two steals to lead the Hawks, who trailed by just five at half before struggling to score just nine second-half points.
"We make three out of 17 free throws," lamented Lakeland coach Steve Seymour. "Sandpoint made some good adjustments at halftime and their defense kept us off balance. We didn't match them in the second half."
Lakeland hosts Moscow on Thursday.
Sandpoint gets a week off before hosting Moscow on Saturday.
Lakeland 8 6 4 5 - 23
Sandpoint 8 11 18 11 - 48
LAKELAND - Vanderhoof 3, Bunch 0, Linehan 2, Kelsey 10, Kirk 2, Rotchford 2, Pruitt 0, Piermattei 4, Bilski 0.
SANDPOINT - Williams 4, Schoening 14, Dumars 0, Converse 2, Robertson 0, Ward 1, Martin 10, Couch 8, Kirscher 9, Bluemer 0.
Coeur d'Alene 68
Bonners Ferry 46
BONNERS FERRY - Junior guard Emily Callahan scored 23 points for the Vikings, helping them take a 36-20 halftime lead in beating the Badgers.
Isabella Hollibaugh finished with seven points and six rebounds for Coeur d'Alene (9-6).
"It was much better than our last game against them when we beat them by six," Coeur d'Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said. "We played pretty well and I think we're getting better. We went 29 for 43 free throw line. That's a boatload of free throws."
Regan Byers and Savannah Woods each scored 10 points for Bonners Ferry (5-6).
Coeur d'Alene plays Tuesday at home against Post Falls in 5A Inland Empire League action.
Coeur d'Alene 14 22 19 11 - 68
Bonners Ferry 8 12 18 8 - 46
COEUR d'ALENE - Miller 3, Horvath 2, Hill 1, Callahan 23, Fagan 8, Ellison 5, Rollins 6, Scholwinski 7, Hollibaugh 7, Conery 1, Bailey 3.
BONNERS FERRY - Skeen 7, Morgan 0, Oxford 4, Byers 10, Woods 10, Hill 9, Davis 0, Wenk 6, Bateman 0.
St. Maries 47
Orofino 25
ST. MARIES - Kelsey Auer finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds, seven steals and four blocked shots, leading the Lumberjacks to a Central Idaho League win over the Maniacs.
"We jumped on them early," St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. "We let them get into it a little bit. But we got it back together. Kelsey had a pretty good game and turned it on in the second half."
Devyn Wilson had eight points and six rebounds for St. Maries (3-8, 2-1 CIL), which hosts Kootenai on Tuesday.
Orofino is 2-10, 0-3.
Orofino 5 4 5 11 - 25
St. Maries 15 5 15 12 - 47
OROFINO - Kuykendall 2, Anderson 2, Howell 9, Schwartz 1, Reggear 2, Goodwin 0, Summers 0, West 1, Campbell 3, Dugger 1, Tighe 4.
ST. MARIES - Sines 4, Hall 3, Ghramm 2, Womack 2, Peet 0, Cordell 0, Ke. Auer 17, Holder 5, Flach 0, Wilson 8, Ka. Auer 6.
Post Falls JV 48
Cd'A Charter 41
COEUR d'ALENE - Glory Ellison scored 18 points for the Trojans' JV in a win over the Panthers at Holy Family Catholic School.
Maddi Anderton scored 12 points for Post Falls JV.
Anna Verhaeghe scored 11 points and Jackie Jensen scored nine for Coeur d'Alene Charter (7-5), which travels to Clark Fork on Tuesday.
Post Falls 8 14 15 9 - 48
Cd'A Charter 9 12 5 15 - 41
POST FALLS JV - Erickson 0, M. Morris 4, A. Morris 1, Ellison 18, Anderton 12, Gennett 5, Parks 5, Termaaten 2.
COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Alexander 8, Ricks 0, Bartlett 2, Haman 6, Lehosit 5, Taylor 0, Verhaeghe 11, Zolman 0, Jensen 9.
Kootenai 42
Clark Fork 20
CLARK FORK - Katey Mae McInturff dropped in a game-high 18 points, and the Warriors cruised past the short-handed Wampus Cats in a North Star League game.
Kootenai (7-4, 2-1 NSL) jumped out to a 13-0 first quarter lead and never looked back, playing 14 girls in the win.
"Kootenai has height, speed and everything," said Wampus Cats coach Mark Stevens, who praised the play of his senior Emily Garman, who had seven rebounds in the loss. "Emily played really well defensively. This is her first year (playing), and she's improving rapidly."
Nona Young posted nine points and nine boards to lead the Wampus Cats (1-7, 0-4 NSL), who host Coeur d'Alene Charter on Tuesday.
Kootenai hosts Priest River on Tuesday.
Kootenai 13 12 10 7 - 42
Clark Fork 0 6 2 12 - 20
KOOTENAI - Goodson 0, Karpinski 3, Larson 0, Carman 1, LaFountaine 1, Dotson 2, G. McInturff 7, Katey Mae McInturff 18, Gentry 4, Short 4, Riley 0, Napierala 2, Green 0, Moore 0.
CLARK FORK - Kinney 0, Garman 2, Kiebert 5, Crumpton 0, Warner 4, Young 9.
Flathead Valley 33
N.I. Christian 23
KALISPELL, Mont. - Erikah Palmer had 12 points, five blocks and seven rebounds for the Royals in a loss to the Flathead Valley Home School Association at East Haven Baptist Church.
Marissa Lassen had eight rebounds for North Idaho Christian (6-9), which travels to Upper Columbia Academy of Spangle, Wash., on Thursday.
N.I. Christian 4 7 3 9 - 23
Flathead Valley 5 9 9 10 - 33
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hensley 6, Burke 0, Andrews 3, J. Lassen 2, Palmer 12, M. Lassen 0.
FLATHEAD VALLEY - Hanson 13, Buckner 1, Sproul 1, Dobson 1, Williams 5, Elhers 11, Johnson 2.
Stillwater Christian 50
Genesis Prep 38
KALISPELL, Mont. - Ashley Hensley had 11 points, six rebounds and three steals for the Jaguars in a loss to the Cougars.
Kailey Arnone had nine points, seven rebounds and three steals and Shaye Schreibeis scored 11 points for Genesis Prep (7-7), which hosts Pullman Christian on Monday at Real Life Ministries.
Genesis Prep 8 5 17 8 - 38
Stillwater Christian 15 14 15 6 - 50
GENESIS PREP - Hensley 11, Arnone 9, R. Cashen 1, K. Johnson 6, Schreibeis 11, Schindler 0, H. Johnson 0, Lee, M. Cashen 0.
STILLWATER CHRISTIAN - Koch 3, Falk 15, Lambert 0, Verman 4, Smith 11, Paolini 15, Tannehill 2.
* BOYS
St. Maries 47
Orofino 39
ST. MARIES - A.J. Becktel had 10 points, eight rebounds and three blocks to lead the Lumberjacks past the Maniacs in the Central Idaho League opener for both schools.
"We played a lot of bodies in the first half," St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. "We knew they weren't very deep, but had a very talented starting five and wore them down a bit. Our kids really wanted this one and were excited to play this one."
Bayley Noah scored 13 points for Orofino (7-2), which was ranked fourth in the 2A state media basketball poll this week.
St. Maries (7-1) hosts Grangeville next Saturday.
Orofino 7 7 9 16 - 39
St. Maries 15 16 6 10 - 47
OROFINO - Wilson 9, Turner 2, Judd 10, Bolling 5, Cobbs 0, Noah 13, Kuykendall 0.
ST. MARIES - Gibson 5, Lounsbury 0, Seiler 2, Truscott 1, Greer 9, Wilson 0, Asbury 5, Burnett 0, Smith 6, Feasline 9, Becktel 10.
Kootenai 48
Clark Fork 33
CLARK FORK - Morgan Willms scored 15 points, leading the Warriors past the Wampus Cats in a North Star League game.
Anthony Keogh scored 12 points for Kootenai (5-4, 1-0 NSL), which hosts Wallace on Monday.
Geoffry Boudousquie had 11 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots and Conoery Vogel had four assists and three steals for Clark Fork (3-6, 2-1), which hosts the Coeur d'Alene Charter JV on Tuesday.
"We came out and shot 1 for 14 in the first quarter and that had us in a hole," Clark Fork coach Corey Vogel said. "We got within six, but then shot 3 of 12 in the fourth quarter, and that doomed us. I'm proud of Geoff, he played strong defense and offense and is really coming into his own. We just didn't make our shots."
Kootenai 13 16 4 15 - 48
Clark Fork 5 17 5 6 - 33
KOOTENAI - J. Whipple 8, Willms 15, A. Keogh 12, H. Whipple 8, David 0, J. Keogh 0, Schultz 5.
CLARK FORK - Jeffres 5, Vogel 3, Reeves 2, Bowen 2, Stevens 0, Anderson 6, Cope 0, H. Boudousquie 4, G. Boudousquie 11, Moore 0.
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