What a difference a year makes
LOREN BENOIT/Press Lakeland’s Jared Cysewski (12) and Dylan Vahey (13) jump for the offensive rebound while Columbia River defenders Spencer Black (34) and Nathan Hockhalter try to gain possession of the basketball during Friday’s game at Lake City High School.
LOREN BENOIT/Press Lakeland guard Kaden Davis shoots a three-pointer in front of Columbia River defenders Jack Armstrong (24) and Nathan Hockhalter (20) during Friday’s game at Lake City High School.
COEUR d’ALENE — Both Lake City and Mountain Home had lengthy scoring runs in their Friday morning boys basketball matchup. But the Timberwolves had theirs at the right time.
Lake City closed out a 3-0 week at its holiday tournament with a 48-41 win over the Tigers, a win that gave the Timberwolves (7-1) as many wins as they had for the entire 2015-16 season, when they went 7-16.
“It’s nice ... last year was rough,” said senior Duncan Butler, who led Lake City with 17 points and 10 rebounds. “It’s nice to go 3-0 at our home tournament.”
The start of Friday’s game may have reminded the Timberwolves of last season. The Tigers (3-7) forced six turnovers and used the inside presence of 6-foot-6 post Tyrig Perry (15 points, eight rebounds) and the scoring ability of guard AJ Woodruff (15 points) to claim a 14-0 lead after six minutes.
“In the first half, we were really out of it in all aspects of the game,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “I thought — I hoped — we would come around and play like we can play, and eventually we did.”
Five points from guard Kodie Kolden pulled the T-Wolves within 27-17 at halftime, and after intermission, a switch to a trapping half-court defense helped slow down Mountain Home’s attack.
“We calmed down and just started to control things,” Butler said of the third quarter. “We had to block out and keep them from getting offensive rebounds.”
Hunter Schaffer’s 3-pointer at the end of the third period cut Lake City’s deficit to 36-31, and after a Woodruff basket to open the final quarter, the Timberwolves reeled off a 16-0 run to seize control of the game.
Lake City took its first lead as Kyle Manzardo split the Tiger defense for a layup, putting the hosts ahead for good, 39-38, with 5:30 remaining.
Butler’s putback basket, another 3-pointer from Schaffer and Manzardo’s steal and free throw put the Timberwolves ahead 48-38 with 2:15 left.
Manzardo, a junior wing, scored nine of his 10 points in the second half.
“Something made him mad, and gave him a spark,” Winger said of Manzardo. “I told (assistant coach) Kelly Reed, watch out, he’s going to really play now.
“What’s really good about this tournament is we had different kids step up in each game,” Winger added. “Kenny (Louie-McGee) and James (Carlson) were big for us last night, and today we had Duncan and Kyle lead us. And I thought Andrew (Womelduff) gave us a spark — he’s one of our top defenders.”
Lake City begins 5A Inland Empire play on Tuesday, visiting cross-town rival Coeur d’Alene.
Mountain Home 16 11 9 5 — 41
Lake City 4 13 14 17 — 48
MOUNTAIN HOME — Egusquiza 0, Bethel Jr. 2, Klein-Walden 2, Woodruff 15, Perry 15, Wright 2, Parker 0, Martin 2, Catlin 0, Wright 3. Totals 16-45 FG 7-14 FT 41.
LAKE CITY — Louie-McGee 1, Kolden 8, Butler 17, Manzardo 10, Carlson 4, Schaffer 8, Neville 0, Womelduff 0, McCartin 0. Totals 15-32 16-28 48.
Total fouls: MH 28, LC 16. Fouled out: none. Technical foul: Lake City bench.
Post Falls 58
South Kitsap 41
COEUR d’ALENE — Tanner McCliment-Call and Jake Pfennigs scored 16 points each — all coming in the second half — as the Trojans beat the Wolves in the Lake City Invitational to finish the three-day tournament with an unbeaten record.
“We didn’t have a good start, and our bench played a lot of minutes in the first half and really got us back in the game,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “All five guys gave us some good minutes. In the second half, we played more complete as a team.”
Pfennigs finished with eight rebounds for Post Falls (7-1), which plays at Glacier High in Kalispell, Mont., on Jan. 7.
James Buckley scored 12 points for South Kitsap.
Post Falls 11 7 19 21 — 58
South Kitsap 15 2 12 12 — 41
POST FALLS — Gennett 5, Thompson 0, McKeown 0, McCliment-Call 16, Walker 3, Bourgard 2, Fleming 10, Ballew 4, Pfennigs 16, Morris 2.
SOUTH KITSAP — Lynch 6, Buckley 12, Cambich 1, Byrd 10, Williams 3, Schmidt 0, Ward 9, Briggs 0.
Columbia River 62
Lakeland 59
COEUR d’ALENE — Dylan Vahey scored 17 points in a losing effort for the Hawks against the Chieftans in the Lake City Invitational.
“It was a really close game,” Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. “They just made a lot of tough shots.”
Kaden Davis had 14 points and six assists and Dylan Knight had 13 points and seven rebounds for Lakeland (3-8), which hit 11 of 25 from beyond the 3-point line.
Spencer Long had 32 points for Columbia River.
Lakeland hosts Lewiston on Tuesday.
Columbia River 18 16 15 13 — 62
Lakeland 13 15 16 15 — 59
COLUMBIA RIVER — Dezart 0, White 3, Hjort 15, Hockhalter 0, Gutierrez 0, Long 32, Armstrong 0, Black 5.
LAKELAND — Horne 2, Baker 3, Johnson 8, Cysewski 2, Vahey 17, Davis 14, Knight 13, Blood 0, Haaland 0.
Sunnyside 79
Coeur d’Alene 70, OT
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — Joey Naccarato scored 27 points and Colson Yankoff added 23 points for the Vikings in an overtime loss to the Grizzlies.
“They came out hot and hit three early 3-pointers and got out to a lead,” Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna said. “We had to fight from behind, and it was the third day of a long trip, but it as a good game.”
Trey Sanchez tied the game with four seconds remaining for Sunnyside, scoring 33 points.
Coeur d’Alene (3-4) opens 5A Inland Empire League on Tuesday, hosting Lake City.
Coeur d’Alene 10 21 20 17 2 — 70
Sunnyside 18 18 11 21 11 — 79
COEUR d’ALENE — Kofmehl 4, Delbridge 5, Yankoff 23, Bronson 4, Naccarato 27, I. Edwards 3, K. Edwards 4.
SUNNYSIDE — E. Palacios 1, A. Palacios 9, Sanchez 33, Escamella 4, Wutzke 0, Perez 2, Ohman 18, Zavala 6, Cuello 6.