PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Freshman Faulkner paces Cd'A Charter

COEUR d’ALENE — Freshman Sandy Faulkner totaled 16 points and 15 rebounds as the Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy Panthers downed the Clark Fork Wampus Cats 49-33 in nonleague play Tuesday night at Holy Family Catholic School.

Kelly Ruebke added 13 points, Mae Alexander 12 for Coeur d’Alene Charter (6-2).

Brooke Stevens scored a game-high 17 points for Clark Fork, hitting two of the Wampus Cats’ six 3-pointers. Ellie Lambert hit two 3s right off the bat for Clark Fork, and finished with eight points.

“They came out and hit a couple 3s,” Coeur d’Alene coach Doug Grant said. “But we stuck with our game plan, which was to get the ball in to Sandy all night.”

Coeur d’Alene Charter plays North Idaho Christian on Thursday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Clark Fork 10 8 7 8 — 33

Cd’A Charter 10 14 13 12 — 49

CLARK FORK — Stevens 17, Garman 0, Lambert 8, Crumpton 0, Warner 2, A. Sutton 0, Simko 4, Kiebert 0, T. Sutton 2.

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Alexander 12, Haag 2, Faulkner 16, Bartlett 2, Ruebke 13, Taylor 2, I. Bresee 2.

Lewiston 57

Coeur d’Alene 33

LEWISTON — Abbey Roy scored 13 points for the Bengals (5-2) in a win over the Vikings in the 5A Inland Empire League opener for both schools at Booth Hall.

Rey Louden scored 10 points and Emily Minerath added nine for Coeur d’Alene (2-4), which travels to Moscow on Friday.

“They got hot from the floor really quick,” Coeur d’Alene assistant coach Mallorie Franco said. “They hit five 3-pointers in the first quarter, and we just couldn’t answer them.”

Lewiston will host Kuna on Friday.

Coeur d’Alene 6 10 8 9 — 33

Lewiston 21 12 15 7 — 57

COEUR d’ALENE — Minerath 9, Morton 0, Horvath 3, Jacobson 0, Fagan 4, Horning 5, Kane 2, Louden 10, Hollibaugh 0.

LEWISTON — Randall 10, Ralstin 10, Cornelia 3, Roy 13, Kinzer 6, Cady 11, Eke 0, Stoddard 2.

Sandpoint 56

St. Maries 46

ST. MARIES — Kelsey Auer scored 16 of her 20 points in the second half for the Lumberjacks in a losing effort, falling to the Bulldogs.

“We came out a little rusty after not playing for two weeks, and it showed,” said St. Maries coach Jay Sines, whose team hadn’t played since a Nov. 29 win against Wallace. “They hit six 3-pointers in the first half and that was the difference. In the second half, we tightened up our defense and starting making our shots and shot the ball way better in the second half.”

Grace Kirsher and Trinity Golder scored 17 points each for Sandpoint (3-5), which plays at Bonners Ferry on Friday.

Auer had 11 rebounds for St. Maries (4-1), which plays at Liberty High of Spangle, Wash., tonight.

Sandpoint 17 16 13 10 — 56

St. Maries 8 8 19 11 — 46

SANDPOINT — Mattila 2, Tomazich 3, Darling 0, Kaul 9, Ward 2, Laybourne 0, Golder 17, Hicks 6, Kirscher 17.

ST. MARIES — Sines 3, Peet 2, Borgman 4, Cordell 3, Wilson 6, Kel. Auer 20, Holder 8.

Lake City 54

Cheney 30

CHENEY — Nina Carlson had 16 points and seven rebounds, and the Timberwolves broke the game open in the second quarter to beat the Blackhawks in nonleague play.

“Again, we were a little sluggish at the start,” Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. “We man-pressed them (in the second quarter) and got the speed going a little bit. Sometimes we’re good when we’re bigger, and sometimes we’re better when we’re smaller.”

Bridget Rieken added 13 points and seven rebounds for Lake City (7-1). Lauren Rewers also had seven boards, Chloe Teets seven assists.

Lake City plays host to Boise (8-0) on Friday, the first of five straight games vs. 5A Southern Idaho Conference schools.

“We’ve got big games coming up, and I’ve been stressing that you’ve got to bring it every night,” Kelly said.

Britt Draper led Cheney with 11 points.

Lake City 9 20 15 10 — 54

Cheney 6 8 10 6 — 30

LAKE CITY — Allen 2, Barber 3, Carlson 16, Versham 3, Rieken 13, Teets 4, Rewers 4, Simpson 9.

CHENEY — Draper 11, Flynn 2, Davis 3, Lemelin 3, Huff 4, McGourin 4, Potter 3.

Genesis Prep 56

Mullan 27

MULLAN — Belle Murekatete scored 20 points and the Jaguars beat the Tigers in a North Star League game at the Mullan Pavilion.

Rachel Schroeder scored 18 points for Genesis Prep (4-0, 2-0 NSL), which travels to Logos of Moscow on Thursday.

“They played well,” Genesis Prep coach Debbie Holte said. “We were able to get up and down the court and able to get some good looks at the basket. The girls did a good job of finding the open player. Everyone got some good minutes and it was a good team win.”

Yazmin Gallaway had 14 points and four assists and Taylor Davis 10 points, eight rebounds, four assists and four steals for Mullan (0-7, 0-3), which plays at the Post Falls “C” team on Jan. 3.

Genesis Prep 23 14 15 4 — 56

Mullan 5 13 7 7 — 27

GENESIS PREP — Newman 4, Morrow 6, Imanzi 2, Schroeder 18, Blood 0, Lee 0, Thomas 0, Schribner 6, Jones 0, Kim 0, Murekatete 20.

MULLAN — Petit 0, Gallaway 14, Cote 1, Davis 10, Truean 2, Foster 0.

Lakeside 53

N.I. Christian 23

PLUMMER — Lillian Rhea scored nine of her 19 points in the first quarter as the host Knights jumped out to a 20-7 lead against the Royals in the nonleague game at Ron Miller Court.

“We were able to turn a lot of good defense into good offensive opportunities,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said.

Corin Peone added 10 points for Lakeside (4-0), which plays host to Kootenai on Friday.

North Idaho Christian (7-5) plays Coeur d’Alene Charter on Thursday at Holy Family Catholic School.

N.I. Christian 7 6 6 4 — 23

Lakeside 20 11 14 8 — 53

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Prosch 4, Holmes 8, Fish 0, Ward 0, Brennan 2, Ralls 0, Schlader 5, Seeley 2, Kruse 2.

LAKESIDE — Palmer 4, Rhea 19, S. Pakootas 0, SiJohn 6, Adrian 7, Daman 0, T. Pakootas 5, Arthur 2, Lambert 0, Peone 10, Olson 0.