PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Trojans top Timberwolves in 5A IEL clash
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Post Falls High School’s Zach Hillman saves the ball from going out of bounds near the Trojans’ bench during the third quarter against Lake City Tuesday in Post Falls.</p>
<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Post Falls High’s Wyatt Millsap makes a move around Lake City’s Kodie Kolden after stealing the ball in the fourth quarter.</p>
POST FALLS — The Post Falls Trojans continued their march to a 5A Inland Empire League title on Tuesday at The Arena, routing the Lake City Timberwolves, 76-51.
Post Falls stayed undefeated in league play and won its sixth game in a row. The Trojans (13-5, 4-0 5A IEL) has two league games left, Saturday at Coeur d’Alene and next Friday at Lewiston. They are two games ahead of Lewiston, who lost 60-56 at Coeur d’Alene.
“I thought our first half defense was unacceptable for us,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “I thought we didn’t have the focus we needed. I thought Lake City did a good job of attacking us. In the second half, I thought our defensive intensity was way better, we did the things we’ve practiced and that was the difference. Our defensive assignments were done correctly, and that led to easy scoring opportunities.”
Jake Pfennigs finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds and three assists for the Trojans. Zach Hillman added 13 points to go with four assists. Cameron McKeown hit three 3-pointers off the bench and Wyatt Millsap had seven points and three steals.
Lake City (5-12, 0-5) was led in scoring by junior guard Kenneth Louie-McGee, who scored 10 points. Kyle Manzardo added nine points.
Post Falls hosts Sandpoint in nonleague play on Thursday.
Lake City hosts Lewiston in 5A IEL play on Saturday.
Lake City 9 17 13 12 — 51
Post Falls 16 16 20 24 — 76
LAKE CITY — Louie-McGee 10, Kolden 5, Womelduff 5, Butler 6, Hartz 3, Shaffer 8, Carlson 5, Manzardo 9.
POST FALLS — McLean 0, Millsap 7, McKeown 9, McCullough 24, Haines 2, McCliment-Call 2, Bougard 2, Pfennigs 17, Hillman 13, Trom 0.
Lakeland 56
Moscow 35
RATHDRUM — Dylan Knight had 15 points and four assists, leading the Hawks past the Bears in a 4A Inland Empire League game at Hawk Court.
“It was a really good defensive effort tonight by our kids,” Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. “To hold them to 14 points in the first half, and the points we got were off our defense and making good plays, was pretty good. Our defense led to points tonight, which was good.”
Andrew Knight had six points and eight rebounds and Kaden Davis scored 14 points for Lakeland (6-11, 3-0 4A IEL), which hosts Priest River on Friday.
Moscow is 0-13, 0-3.
Moscow 7 7 10 11 — 35
Lakeland 19 9 12 16 — 56
MOSCOW — Robertson 0, Bobier 0, Akey 0, Gosse 8, Dowdell 0, Klocke 0, Pickard 13, Myler 2, Stephens 6, Carscallen 4, Broennecke 0, Davis 2.
LAKELAND — Horne 0, Brueher 0, McDaniel 2, D. Knight 15, Cysewski 0, Davis 14, McDevitt 9, Zubaly 8, A. Knight 6, Ray 2.
St. Maries 67
Cd’A Charter 44
COEUR d’ALENE — Jake Sieler scored 18 points and Kiefer Gibson added 17 points for the Lumberjacks in a Central Idaho League win against the Panthers at Holy Family Catholic School.
“Once we started to figure out what they were going to do, we started to play the game we wanted to,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Jarrod Womack said. “It was a close game for three quarters, but we ran out of gas and turnovers killed us in the fourth quarter. They played an amazing game and they’ve got fast hands, which led to a lot of our turnovers.”
St. Maries (16-2, 5-0 CIL), the top-ranked team in this week’s state 2A prep boys basketball media poll, travels to Kellogg on Friday.
Jeffrey Kersch scored 12 points for Coeur d’Alene Charter (3-14, 0-6), which hosts North Idaho Christian on Thursday at Holy Family Catholic School.
St. Maries 19 19 11 18 — 67
Cd’A Charter 10 21 10 3 — 44
ST. MARIES — Lounsbury 0, Sieler 18, Gibson 17, Wilson 4, Asbury 10, Epler 0, Truscott 4, Masterson 6, Martin 8, McGregor 2.
COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Judd 8, Putren 6, Rubalcaba 11, Rutherford 0, Benzinger 0, Phillips 0, Kersh 12, Follini 5, Croom 2.
Kootenai 67
Mullan 36
HARRISON FLATS — Anthony Keogh and Gage Maitland each scored 14 points and the Warriors put the Tigers away in the first quarter of a North Star League game.
“Our starters pressed in parts of the game,” Kootenai coach TJ Hammond said. “We went to transition. Holding them to 11 points in the second half was great. Anthony Keogh was great, he was 7 of 8 from the field. I’ve asked him all year to run the floor and he did.”
Gryphon Todd paced Mullan (0-10, 0-7) with 21 points.
Kootenai (8-7, 4-3) hosts Wallace on Friday.
Mullan 9 15 7 4 — 36
Kootenai 28 11 23 5 — 67
MULLAN — Gallaway 0, Hess 0, Barnes 5, Trogden 10, Todd 21, Stepro 0.
KOOTENAI — J. Whipple 0, H. Whipple 9, A. Keogh 14, Wright 10, Maitland 14, Hammond 6, David 5, Anderson 0, Usdrowski 9, J. Keogh 0, Ausman 0.
N.I. Christian 55
Lakeside 36
COEUR d’ALENE — John Connelly had 21 points, eight rebounds, three assists and four steals for the Royals in a nonleague win against the Knights at Woodland Middle School.
Garrett White had 18 points, 11 rebounds and four assists for North Idaho Christian (18-1), which faces Coeur d’Alene Charter on Thursday at Holy Family Catholic School.
A.J. Bighead scored 10 points for Lakeside (5-13), which hosts Mullan on Saturday.
Lakeside 9 10 13 4 — 36
N.I. Christian 10 20 13 12 — 55
LAKESIDE — Dias 0, Sanchez 9, Mitchell 4, Bighead 10, Wienclaw 4, Whaley-Arroyo 1, Abrahamson 8.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Kelly 0, Schwintek 7, Brennan 0, Connelly 21, White 18, Armstrong 4, Cottier 5.