PREP ROUNDUP: St. Maries falls in district title game

• GIRLS

GENESEE — St. Maries’ bid for its first state tournament berth since 2002 came up just short on Thursday night, as the Lumberjacks lost 53-38 to the Grangeville Bulldogs in the championship game of the 2A District 1-2 girls basketball tournament at Genesee High.

Haley Sullivan scored 21 points for Grangeville (13-8), which advances to the state 2A tournament at Kuna High beginning next Thursday.

St. Maries finished 18-4, three of the losses coming to Grangeville, including one in the semifinals Monday night which meant the Lumberjacks had to win Thursday to force a second title game Saturday. The two teams shared the Central Idaho League title.

St. Maries led 17-15 at halftime, but Grangeville outscored the Lumberjacks 24-9 in the third quarter.

“They hit three 3-pointers right in a row and put us in a hole, and we just didn’t answer on the offensive end,” St. Maries coach Jay Sines said.

Grangeville went to a stall in the fourth quarter, and St. Maries ended up having to foul, and the Bulldogs finished 27 of 41 from the free-throw line.

Devyn Wilson had 10 points and six rebounds for St. Maries, and Kelsey Auer had eight points and nine rebounds.

St. Maries 6 11 9 12 — 38

Grangeville 9 6 24 14 — 53

ST. MARIES — Sines 0, Peet 3, Hall 5, Ghramm 2, Haag 0, M. Cordell 2, Davenport 0, A. Cordell 4, Wilson 10, Ke. Auer 8, Holder 2, Ka. Auer 2.

GRANGEVILLE — Lindley 4, Sullivan 21, Dame 3, Chamelik 2, Kennedy 14, Finnigan 3, Anderson 4, Stowell 0, Frick 0, Kelly 2.

Lakeside 48

Kootenai 31

KELLOGG — Lillian Rhea scored nine of her 18 points in the second quarter to lead the top-seeded Knights past the fourth-seeded Warriors in the semifinals of the 1A Division II District 1 tournament at Andrews Gymnasium.

“Kootenai played extremely well in the first half,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We were able to get it tied up heading into the half and switched to a zone and shut things down from the outside and they didn’t make much inside. We started to get better looks in the second half, and the shots weren’t falling for Kootenai. We played a little tight early on, but got better as the game went on.”

Lakeside (14-5) will face Genesis Prep in tonight’s championship game at 6 at Kellogg.

Kaili Gentry, Grace McInturff and Allison Short scored eight points each for Kootenai, which finishes 8-13.

Kootenai 15 9 3 4 — 31

Lakeside 11 13 10 14 — 48

KOOTENAI — Karpinski 0, Lamb 2, LaFountaine 5, Gentry 8, McInturff 8, Short 8.

LAKESIDE — Nomee 3, Palmer 1, Rhea 18, K. SiJohn 2, A. SiJohn 0, Hendrickx 5, Arthur 9, Dohrman 8, Lambert 2, Peone 0.

Genesis Prep 42

Clark Fork 22

KELLOGG — Bella Murekatete finished with 20 points, 19 rebounds and seven blocks as the Jaguars beat the Wampus Cats in a 1A Division II District 1 semifinal at Andrews Gymnasium.

“Our defense was spot-on and we played great,” Genesis Prep coach Debbie Holte said. “That was something we really focused on and the girls did a fantastic job. Offensively we had to work hard for every basket we had. The girls were patient with our offense and worked for some good shots. I’m glad they stepped up.”

Josie Scribner grabbed 11 rebounds and Shaye Schreibeis had 11 points and four assists for the Jaguars (11-10).

Genesis Prep plays Lakeside tonight in the championship game in Kellogg at 6.

“We have a chance to play for state, which is a fantastic place to be,” Holte said. “Three weeks ago we were 5-10 and we won six games in a row. Lakeside is a tough team.”

Clark Fork 6 9 4 3 — 22

Genesis Prep 13 10 8 11 — 42

CLARK FORK — Stevens 7, Kiebert 5, Garman 0, Crumpton 2, Simko 0, Hillman 0, T. Sutton 8, Gant 0.

GENESIS PREP — Morrow 2, Schroeder 7, Schreibeis 11, Martin 2, Scribner 0, Jones 0, Murekatete 20.

Priest River 47

Bonners Ferry 35

PRIEST RIVER — The second-seeded Spartans beat the third-seeded Badgers in the 3A District 1 tournament second place game.

Priest River advances to a state 3A tournament play-in game on Saturday at Highland High in Craigmont against the third place team from District 3.

• BOYS

Lakeland 60

Timberlake 50

SPIRIT LAKE — Sophomores Dylan Knight and Kaden Davis each hit three 3-pointers and each scored 20 points as the Hawks knocked off the host Tigers in nonleague play.

“Part of our game plan was to shut down the older Knight (senior Andrew Knight),” Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said, “and those two sophomores stepped up.”

Brayden Menti scored 21 points, Daniel Smith 20 for Timberlake (6-12), which plays host to Kellogg on Tuesday.

Lakeland plays host to Lake City on Tuesday.

Lakeland 11 16 20 13 — 60

Timberlake 11 8 16 15 — 50

LAKELAND — Horne 0, Brueher 0, McDaniel 0, D. Knight 20, Cysewski 0, Davis 20, McDevitt 8, Zubaly 4, A. Knight 2, Ray 6.

TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 0, Smith 20, Hofer 0, George 2, Sommers 0, Ostler 1, Hauck 1, Menti 21, Suko 0, Jessen 3, Nowlan 0, Hausladen 2.

Genesis Prep 43

Cd’A Charter 36

COEUR d’ALENE — Junior Williams scored 16 points and Stefane Manzi added 14 for the visiting Jaguars, who sent their junior varsity squad to the nonleague game at Holy Family Catholic School.

Jacob Rutherford scored 14 points for Coeur d’Alene Charter (3-16), which returns to action Feb. 22 vs. top-seeded St. Maries at the 2A District 1-2 tournament at Troy.

Genesis Prep JV 11 11 14 7 — 43

Cd’A Charter 6 11 5 14 — 36

GENESIS PREP — Birch 0, Schultz 4, Bo Johnston 0, Murrin 0, Schroeder 5, Williams 16, Gonzalez 4, Manzi 14.

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Judd 5, Putren 2, Rubalcaba 4, Rutherford 14, Phillips 3, Kersh 6, Stellflug 2, Benzinger 0, Hall 0, Croom 0.

• WRESTLING

• LATE WEDNESDAY

Coeur d’Alene 54

Lewiston 21

At Lewiston

Pin times not provided

98 — Matt Auger-Lavoie, Cd’A, by forfeit. 106 — Jacob Krous, Cd’A, p. Conner Druley. 113 — Kaleb Maciosek, Cd’A, by forfeit. 120 — Trevor Rigney, Lew, d. Garrett Ashby, 6-2. 126 — Ty Hendren, Lew, p. Mitchell Moffat. 132 — Kaleb Tipton, Lew, d. Chase Baca, 4-1. 138 — Dylan Lockwood, Cd’A, tf. Reese Bregen, 17-2. 145 — Mario Peregrina, Cd’A, md. Max Hill, 10-0. 152, Ethan Lillis, Cd’A, p. Caleb Smith. 160 — Anthony Reimer, Cd’A, p. Blake Callahan. 170 — David Valencia, Cd’A, p. Sam Cromer. 182 — Vince Rey, Cd’A, p. Cody Cromer, 9-3. 195 —Trevan Pixley, Lew, d. Jordan Dean, 3-2. 220 — Alex Marshall, Cd’A, p. Mitch Miller. 285 — Justin Chase, Lew, p. Logan Hendren.

Kellogg 24

St. Maries 0

At St. Maries

98 — Double forfeit. 106 — Double forfeit. 113 — Jesse Campbell, Kell, p. Reily St. John, :50. 120 — Double forfeit. 126 — Double forfeit. 132 — Double forfeit. 138 — Double forfeit. 145 — Double forfeit .152 — Double forfeit. 160 — Robby Smith, Kell, p. Steve Toland, :28. 170 — Tucker Day, Kell, p. Chad Dickerson, 1:26. 182 — Double forfeit. 195 — Double forfeit. 220 — Kaleb Johnson, Kell, p. Nick Ozark, :21. 285 — Double forfeit.