PREP BASKETBALL: Lawler paces Timberlake past Kellogg in IML opener
• GIRLS
SPIRIT LAKE — Keelie Lawler scored 18 of her 25 points in the first half for the top-ranked (3A) Timberlake Tigers, who beat the Kellogg Wildcats 70-30 in their Intermountain League opener Tuesday night.
Lawler hit two of her three 3-pointers in the first half for Timberlake (9-2, 1-0 IML). She was 8 of 9 from the field in the first half, 10 for 12 for the game.
“They were in a zone the whole first half, and we moved the ball and she made shots,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said.
Peyton Kronenberg added 15 points for Timberlake, which returns to action Jan. 3 at Priest River.
Kaili Cates scored 10 points for Kellogg (5-4, 1-1), which plays at the Freeman (Wash.) tournament next Wednesday and Thursday.
Kellogg 8 2 3 7 — 20
Timberlake 20 22 13 15 — 70
KELLOGG — Arthur 8, Riekena 0, Nusz 0, Rauenhorst 0, Cates 10, Sheppard 2, Chambers 0, Figueroa 0, Bristow 0.
TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 3, Kelley 6, Kronenberg 15, Starr 10, Kirby 9, Cheevers 2, Bronson 0, Lawler 25.
• BOYS
Cheney 64
Lakeland 54
CHENEY — Kaden Davis and Dylan Knight combined to score 19 points and hit eight 3-pointers for the Hawks in a loss to the Blackhawks.
“As a team, we moved the ball well and passed it well between those two,” Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. “Dylan Vahey did a good job of getting the ball to the open shooter.”
Vahey finished with seven rebounds and Davis four assists for Lakeland (2-6), which opens the Lake City Holiday Invitational against Mountain Home on Dec. 28 at 2 p.m.
Jalen Worthen scored 19 points for Cheney.
Lakeland 7 12 14 21 — 54
Cheney 12 21 15 18 — 64
LAKELAND — Horne 0, Baker 0, Johnson 0, Cysewski 2, Vahey 7, Davis 19, Knight 19, Blood 3, Haaland 4.
CHENEY — Worthen 19, Hardt 9, Verstrate 1, Johnson 6, Cook 18, West 6, Eherenberg 4, Reiter 2.
Kellogg 54
Timberlake 36
SPIRIT LAKE — Toby Colburn scored 12 points and Tyler Gibbons added 11 points as the visiting Wildcats, ranked No. 4 in 3A, topped the slow-starting Tigers in the Intermountain League opener for both teams.
Kellogg (7-0) hit 5 of 11 from the field in the first quarter. Timberlake (4-3) was 1 for 15, including 0 for 6 from 3-point range.
“We shot the ball very poorly,” Timberlake coach Michael Scott said. “We had more shot attempts than they did in the first quarter, we just could not convert them.”
Brandon Hausladen scored 10 points for Timberlake, which returns to action Jan. 14 at home vs. Priest River.
Kellogg plays at the Freeman (Wash.) tournament next Wednesday and Thursday.
Kellogg 13 11 11 19 — 54
Timberlake 3 14 9 10 — 36
KELLOGG — Gibbons 11, Samuelson 3, Jerome 9, Carman 2, Mueller 4, Hammerberg 6, Bumgardner 2, Jennings 0, Finlay 0, Morgan 5, Colburn 12.
TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 5, Dickinson 3, Ostler 5, James 0, Counts 7, Sommers 0, Gervais 0, Menti 6, Jessen 0, Hausladen 10.