PREP ROUNDUP: Lewiston overtakes Post Falls, nabs No.1 seed to regionals
• BOYS BASKETBALL
LEWISTON — Post Falls jumped out to an early lead, but Lewiston’s size started to take over, and its guards hit key 3-pointers down the stretch as the Bengals defeated the Trojans 74-64 in the 5A Inland Empire League finale Friday night at Booth Hall.
Lewiston (12-8, 4-2 5A IEL), Post Falls (14-7, 4-2) and Coeur d’Alene (16-4, 4-2) finished tied for the league title. But with Lewiston’s margin of victory Friday night, using a point-differential tiebreaker involving games between the three teams, Lewiston earned the No. 1 seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament. Coeur d’Alene is the No. 2 seed, Post Falls No. 3.
Max McCullough scored a career-high 38 points for Post Falls, which jumped out to a 20-12 lead after one quarter.
Trystan Bradley, a 6-foot-7 junior, led Lewiston with 26 points. Braeden Wilson, a 6-5 sophomore, added 23.
“In the first quarter we shot the ball pretty well,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “They did a much better job in the second and third quarter slowing it down, and they just bludgeoned us inside with Wilson and Bradley.”
Still, Post Falls was in it down the stretch. Trailing by three with 2 minutes to go, the Trojans missed a 3-pointer, and Lewiston responded with 3-pointers by Dalton Stamper and Keeshawn Clarke — their first baskets of the game — and Wilson added a 3-point play for the Bengals, who hit 6 of 7 free throws down the stretch.
“We weren’t going to allow Wilson and Bradley to beat us down the stretch,” McLean said. “Hats off to those kids, they stepped up and made the shots.”
Jake Pfennigs had six rebounds for Post Falls, McCullough five, and Wyatt Millsap had nine points and four boards.
Using point differentials from each team’s games vs. the other two (with a cap of nine points), Lewiston ended up with +6 points, Coeur d’Alene had +2, Post Falls -8.
In the first round at regionals next Friday, Post Falls travels to Coeur d’Alene, and Lake City (6-13, 0-6) visits Lewiston.
Post Falls 20 14 8 22 — 64
Lewiston 12 17 17 28 — 74
POST FALLS — McLean 4, Millsap 9, McKeown 0, McCullough 38, Haines 0, Bourgard 3, Pfennigs 3, Hillman 7.
LEWISTON — Stamper 3, Driskill 0, Wilson 23, Way 14, Clark 5, Baerlocher 0, Bradley 26, Richardson 3.
Coeur d’Alene 68
Moscow 40
COEUR d’ALENE — Will McElver, one of four seniors starting on senior night, scored 10 points as the Vikings rolled past the Bears in nonleague play at Elmer Jordan Court.
“I thought all four seniors played well in the second half; the first half, not so much — a little lack of intensity,” Coeur d’Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. “The second half they picked up the pace and showed why they’re the senior leaders on our team.
(Caden) Bonacci is always scrapping and hustling, and (Jakob) Lynn always hustles his butt off. McElver hit some good shots, and (Austin) Lee is just rock solid at all times.”
Joey Naccarato had 15 points and seven rebounds, and Brody Lundblad had eight points and four assists for Coeur d’Alene (16-4), which plays host to Sandpoint today at 4:30.
Glen Gosse scored a game-high 16 points for Moscow (1-16).
Moscow 8 11 13 8 — 40
Coeur d’Alene 13 16 26 13 — 68
MOSCOW — Robertson 2, Bobier 0, Akey 0, Gosse 16, Dowdell 6, Klocke 2, Pichard 2, Myler 8, Stephens 2, Carscallen 2, Broenneke 0, Davis 0.
COEUR d’ALENE — Lee 6, Lundblad 8, Lynn 5, Bonacci 4, Matheson 5, Yankoff 7, Bronson 1, McElver 10, Naccarato 15, Kofmehl 0, Beggerly 0, McDonald 0, Edwards 7.
St. Maries 54
Orofino 46
OROFINO — The Lumberjacks improved to 16-3, 6-0 in the Central Idaho League with the win over the Maniacs (8-8, 2-3).
No other information was available.
Genesis Prep 62
Kellogg 55
POST FALLS — Caleb Symons scored 25 points to boost the 1A Division II Jaguars past the 3A Wildcats in nonleague play at Post Falls Middle School.
“It was a fun game,” Genesis Prep coach Marsell Colbert said. “Kellogg is a really good basketball team. It was good for our guys to see a team that good. We competed tonight. It was a fun game. They attacked the basket really well and we had to make an adjustment. I thought our guys did a good job taking away and making them shoot the ball outside.”
Jonny Hillman added 17 points for Genesis Prep.
Toby Colburn scored 22 points for Kellogg (15-4).
Genesis Prep (15-4) plays Bonners Ferry next Friday night at home.
Kellogg 16 15 13 11 — 55
Genesis Prep 15 16 14 17 — 62
KELLOGG — Gibbons 1, Martin 7, Jerome 4, Bumgardner 5, Easley 4, Colburn 22, McDonald 12.
GENESIS PREP — Shelton 0, Ogwuche 5, M. Reidt 0, Miles 0, Hearon 0, Hillman 17, Schreibeis 5, A. Reidt 3, Jackson 6, Symons 25.
N.I. Christian 66
Kootenai Thunder 57
PULLMAN — Brandon Schwintek led a balanced Royals attack with 16 points and five steals, in a semifinal win over the Thunder in the Mountain Christian League tournament.
John Connelly finished with eight points, 14 rebounds and six assists, and Garrett White had 11 points and 13 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (20-2).
Bucky Roop scored 21 points for the Kootenai Thunder.
NICS plays in the championship game against Christian Heritage School of Edwall, Wash., tonight at 7 at Pullman Christian.
Koot. Thunder 14 11 7 25 — 57
N.I. Christian 18 11 14 23 — 66
KOOTENAI THUNDER — Jensen 12, C. Roop 2, Saver 3, Murray 3, B. Roop 21, Soderberg 12, Osman 4.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Schwintek 16, Armstrong 3, Beck 12, Connelly 8, Walker 11, Cottier 3, White 11, Pilgrim 2.
Christian Heritage 51
Christian Center 48
PULLMAN — Christian Center School missed two 3-pointers on the final possession, including one at the buzzer, in a loss to Christian Heritage in the semifinals of the Mountain Christian League tournament.
Elijah Blake was 6 for 6 at the free-throw line and finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Jacob Macomber hauled in 15 rebounds. David Hansen scored 16 points.
Dylan Heron scored 21 points to pace Christian Heritage of Edwall, Wash.
Christian Center plays a third-place game against the Kootenai Thunder at 2:30 today at Pullman Christian.
Christ. Center 11 13 10 14 — 48
Christ. Heritage 13 10 14 14 — 51
CHRISTIAN CENTER — Howard 11, Cheyne 9, Da. Hansen 16, Macomber 0, Blake 12, Jerome 0, Sovereign 0, Dy. Hansen 0.
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — Heron 21, Ingham 2, Kent 16, Payne 0, Rossey 12, Chen 0, G. Hemingway 0, Hoots 0, L. Hemingway 0, Hageen 0.
Christian Center 45
Pullman Christian 32
PULLMAN — Earlier, freshman Christian Cheyne scored 15 points, Elijah Blake added 12 points and Christian Center School took a 33-13 halftime lead to win its first game over Pullman Christian in the Mountain Christian League tournament.
David Hansen added seven steals for the Lions (10-5).
Pullman Christian 9 4 8 11 — 32
Christian Center 10 23 9 5 — 45
PULLMAN CHRISTIAN — Hewitt 7, Gleason 9, Bak 6, D. Mitchell 0, E. Mitchell 2, Simonson 5, Brown 3, Nimmer 0, McClure 0.
CHRISTIAN CENTER — Howard 11, Cheyne 15, Da. Hansen 6, Macomber 0, Blake 12, Jerome 0, Sovereign 1, Ryssel 2, Dy. Hansen 0.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL
N.I. Christian 38
Christian Center 34
PULLMAN — Sammy Hill had 15 points, four assists and two steals, and the top-seeded Royals rallied to knock off the fourth-seeded Lions in the semifinals of the Mountain Christian League tournament at Pullman Christian.
North Idaho Christian (13-14) will face No. 3 seed The Oaks in the championship game today at 5. The Oaks beat No. 2 seed Christian Heritage.
Christian Center will play Christian Heritage for third place today at 12:45.
Rayla Andrews had 10 rebounds for North Idaho Christian.
Taryn Soumas scored 11 points, Rebekah Cashen 10 for Christian Center.
Christian Center 7 11 10 6 — 34
N.I. Christian 5 8 12 13 — 38
CHRISTIAN CENTER — K. Soumas 2, R.Cashen 10, Rives 4, Ryssel 2, Haman 5, T. Soumas 11, M. Cashen 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Hensley 3, Andrews 4, Hill 15, Lassan 5, Holmes 4, Slater 1, Whiteman 6, Brennan 0.
• WRESTLING
Lakeland 51
Sandpoint 33
RATHDRUM — Seniors Justin Wright and Tyler Siegford each racked up wins on senior night as the Hawks won eight matches in a row, seven via pin, to come back and beat the Bulldogs.
“We knew it was going to be a close dual on paper,” Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. “Sandpoint has some studs, they started out with seven pins. We had eight straight wins, seven of them pins. Justin wrestled at 126, he got a pin. Tyler, we bumped him from 132 to 138 and he got a win to clinch the dual.”
Lakeland wrestles next Saturday in the 4A Region 1 tournament at Lakeland.
285 — Antonio Brown, LL, p. Zach Alamillo, 1:10. 98 — Sam Edelblute, LL, p. Casey Olesen, :32. 106 — William Edelblute, LL, p. Micah Holub, :20. 113 — Tavis Woempner, LL p. Mason Bangeman, 1:02. 120 — Brian Edelblute, LL, p. Braden Payne, 0:27. 126 — Justin Wright, LL, p. August Johnson, :31. 132 — Larry Johnson, LL, p. August Johnson, 2:14. 138 — Tyler Siegford, LL, d. Preston Bunty, 5-2. 145 — Hyrum Hunsaker, Spt., d. Shayne Willette, 16-9. 152 — Mahonri Hunsaker, Spt., p. Wyatt Gatten, 3:51. 160 — Tyler Presser, Spt., Sage See, 1:12. 170 — Jared Walker, LL, p. Owen Stebbins, 4:51. 182 — Casey Randles, Spt., p. Nathanael Dansereau, 1:21. 195 — Calum Wilcox, Spt., p. Jack Peed, 1:01. 220 — Jacob Williams, Spt., via forfeit.