PREP BASKETBALL: Post Falls girls triumph twice
• GIRLS
After having three games cancelled last weekend due to slick roads, the Post Falls girls made up for one of them on Thursday, while playing — and winning — twice in the Treasure Valley.
Bayley Brennan and Jacksen McCliment-Call scored 12 points each and Melody Kempton added 10 points as the Trojans beat the Timberline Wolves 50-22 in a TimberLion tournament game at Timberline High in Boise.
“We got off to a good start and then defensively we played really well,” said Post Falls coach Marc Allert, whose team beat Kuna 55-38 earlier in the day in Kuna. “I was proud of our effort and energy all night, especially after playing earlier in the day. The girls responded to the challenge really well.”
Timberline is 6-6.
Macky Morris had 10 rebounds for Post Falls (10-0), which faces Borah today at Borah High in Boise to conclude the trip.
Earlier, Kempton had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Trojans in a 55-38 win over the host Kuna Kavemen, in a game added to make up for one of the lost games last week.
Post Falls outscored Kuna 24-12 in the second quarter, with Jacksen McCliment-Call scoring eight of her 12 points in the quarter to give the Trojans a 36-26 lead.
“We started out kind of slow,” Allert said. “Kuna just gets the ball and goes down the court and we started a little slow. We were able to get some turnovers and shot the ball a little better in the second quarter and played a little better on defense. Jacksen gave us a good lift and did a good job for us.”
Meghan Holloman scored 10 points for Kuna (5-6).
POST FALLS 55, KUNA 38
Post Falls 12 24 6 13 — 55
Kuna 14 12 5 4 — 38
POST FALLS — Gleaves 0, Morris 6, Gardiner 2, Brennan 5, T. McCliment-Call 0, J. McCliment-Call 12, Robinson 10, Kempton 16, Parks 4.
KUNA — Hommel 8, Ray 3, Rose 0, Vancampen 4, Thurston 4, Rowe 9, Holloman 10.
POST FALLS 50, TIMBERLINE 22
Post Falls 20 12 16 2 — 50
Timberline 6 7 5 4 — 22
POST FALLS — Gleaves 2, Morris 4, Gardiner 8, Brennan 12, T. McCliment-Call 2, J. McCliment-Call 12, Robinson 0, Kempton 10, Parks 0.
TIMBERLINE — Ranson 3, McHargue 7, Mukay 2, Ellinghouse 2, Adams 6, Atchinson 2.
Lake City 42
Mountain View 28
BOISE — Junior Keara Simpson totaled 14 points and 17 rebounds, and the Timberwolves, ranked fifth in 5A, started strong and never looked back in handling the second-ranked Mavericks of Meridian at the TimberLion tournament at Timberline High.
“I told her, ‘when you get the ball down there (on the block), you go to work,’” Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. “Our size definitely was a factor.”
Nina Carlson had 13 points and seven rebounds for Lake City (10-1), which blanked Mountain View 10-0 in the first quarter, and led 19-6 at the half.
“We were focused and ready to go,” Kelly said. “Defensively we played great all night, and pressured them into tough shots.”
Taeli Carrillo scored 12 points for Mountain View (10-2), which shot just 11 of 66 from the field.
Bridget Rieken had nine points and eight rebounds, and Chloe Teets had four assists for Lake City, which wraps up tourney play this morning vs. top-ranked Eagle at Timberline High.
Mountain View 0 6 14 8 — 28
Lake City 10 9 11 12 — 42
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Caldwell 0, Chanhthala 2, Saenz 6, Kreiser 6, Herron 0, Carrillo 12, Anderson 0, Good 2.
LAKE CITY — Barber 0, Carlson 13, Rieken 9, Teets 2, Rewers 4, Simpson 14.
Coeur d’Alene 53
Davis 46
COEUR d’ALENE — Kayla Fagan scored seven of her game-high 19 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Vikings past the Pirates of Yakima at Elmer Jordan Court.
“The girls came out with a lot of energy and executed really well in the first quarter,” Coeur d’Alene assistant coach Mallorie Franco said. “Just our energy was the key in the first half and really gave us a spark.”
Fagan finished 9 for 10 from the free-throw line and Kelly Horning had nine points and nine rebounds for Coeur d’Alene (5-4), which hosts Lake City on Jan. 3.
Stella Bueno scored 14 points for Davis.
Davis 6 14 10 16 — 46
Coeur d’Alene 14 12 15 12 — 53
DAVIS — Garcia 4, Bueno 14, Billups 9, Berman 4, Brown 2, Garfias 2, Chavez 1, Alvarado 4, Cuevas 2, Rojas 3.
COEUR d’ALENE — Minerath 5, Morton 2, Horvath 4, Jacobson 0, Fagan 19, Horning 9, Kane 2, Louden 8, Hollibaugh 4.
St. Maries 63
Orofino 38
OROFINO — Devyn Wilson had 17 points and eight rebounds off the bench for the Lumberjacks in a win over the Maniacs in a rescheduled Central Idaho League opener for St. Maries.
Shelby Holder added 17 points for St. Maries (6-2).
“Devyn did a great job for us off the bench and ran the floor really well,” St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. “Shelby did a good job of taking the ball to the basket and had most of her points inside in the paint.”
Kelsey Auer had 10 points, eight rebounds, four steals and four assists for St. Maries, which competes in the Freeman (Wash.) tournament next Wednesday and Thursday.
Myra Rodriguez scored 11 points for Orofino (5-6, 0-2).
St. Maries 17 23 16 7 — 63
Orofino 13 3 7 13 — 38
ST. MARIES — Sines 5, Peet 1, Borgman 0, Haeg 2, Cordell 2, Wilson 17, Kel. Auer 10, Holder 17, Kay. Auer 9.
OROFINO — Sporano 6, Anderson 3, Schwartz 4, Regger 0, Tighe 0, Bretz 10, Rasmussen 0, Rodriguez 11, Campbell 2.
Lakeside 64
Wellpinit 44
WELLPINIT, Wash. — Lillian Rhea had 18 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals for the Knights in a win over the Redskins in the championship game of the Wellpinit tournament.
“We played pretty good team defense in the first half,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “It was by far our best game offensively and defensively of the season.”
Alyssa SiJohn had five rebounds and six steals and Tommia Pakootas scored 15 points for Lakeside (7-0), which hosts Coeur d’Alene Charter on Jan. 3.
Lakeside 19 24 10 13 — 64
Wellpinit 14 12 6 12 — 44
LAKESIDE — Palmer 0, Rhea 18, S. Pakootas 4, SiJohn 7, Adrian 2, Daman 5, C. Pakootas 15, Arthur 8, Lambert 2, Peone 5, Olson 0.
WELLPINIT — Montelongo 0, Orr 2, Dennison 0, M. Sherwood 7, Boyd 5, Ford 0, Hardin-Flett 18, Whitecoop 4, Williamson 0, A. Sherwood 8.
• BOYS
Chavez 74
Genesis Prep 67
PHOENIX — Despite 23 points from Junior Williams, the Jaguars fell to Cesar Chavez High of suburban Phoenix in the semifinals of a 16-team holiday tournament at South Mountain High.
Cesar Chavez (12-4) is a class 6A team from Laveen, Ariz.
Stephane Manzi added 12 points, Max Reidt 11 for Genesis Prep (4-3), a 1A Division II school in Idaho’s smallest-school classification.
“We competed,” Genesis Prep coach Marsell Colbert said. “We played a real good team tonight. They were big, they had some good size. I was proud of our effort at both ends of the floor.”
Chavez opened up a 13-point lead midway through the fourth quarter. Genesis Prep cut it to 7, but came no closer.
Genesis Prep will play for third place today.
Genesis Prep 17 14 13 23 — 67
Chavez 17 20 9 28 — 74
GENESIS PREP — Shelton 2, Reidt 11, Williams 23, Schoeder 4, Hillman 8, Schultz 4, Manzi 12.
CHAVEZ — Individual scoring not provided.
Lakeside 59
Cusick 54
WELLPINIT, Wash. — The Knights were victorious in the third-place game at the Wellpinit tournament. No other information was available.