PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Coeur d'Alene holds off Sandpoint
COEUR d’ALENE — Joey Naccarato had 23 points and six rebounds to lead the Coeur d’Alene Vikings to a 65-55 win over the Sandpoint Bulldogs in a nonleague game at Elmer Jordan Court on Saturday night.
“We just weren’t real sharp all night,” Coeur d’Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. “I didn’t think we played with a lot of energy and focus. I thought Sandpoint worked harder than we did, and when you work hard, good things are going to happen for you. And that’s what they did to us tonight. We won the game, but Sandpoint did a lot of really good things. Credit to them for that.”
Brody Lundblad and Jakob Lynn had 11 points apiece for Coeur d’Alene (17-4), which opens the 5A Region 1 tournament on Friday by hosting Post Falls at 7 p.m.
Davan Norris scored 15 points for Sandpoint (5-14), which plays at Lakeland on Thursday.
Sandpoint 6 19 10 20 — 55
Coeur d’Alene 19 21 4 21 — 65
SANDPOINT — Curtiss 12, Norris 15, Sundquist 7, Rockwell 3, Davis 4, Perry 4, Collado 8, McGoughlin 2.
COEUR d’ALENE — Lee 2, Lundblad 11, Lynn 11, Matheson 5, Yankoff 6, Bronson 2, McElver 4, Naccarato 23, Kofmehl 1, Edwards 0.
Lake City 62
Moscow 54
COEUR d’ALENE — In one of its final nonleague warmup games, the Timberwolves beat the Bears.
Not that they’re necessarily happy with their entire effort.
“It’s always great to have a fun win,” Lake City assistant Kelly Reed said. “But if we want to have success in the regional tournament, we’ll need to have more energy defensively. We played with some juice, but for the most parts we were pretty flat on both ends of the court.”
Kenny Louie-McGee had a double-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and four assists for Lake City (6-14) and Kyle Manzardo scored 15 points. James Carlson almost did the same with 10 points and nine rebounds. Duncan Butler had six points and nine rebounds.
Glen Gosse led all scorers with 19 points for Moscow (1-16).
The Timberwolves play at Lakeland on Tuesday, before playing in the 5A Region 1 tournament on Friday at Lewiston.
Moscow 9 8 14 23 — 54
Lake City 15 8 20 19 — 62
MOSCOW — Robertson 3, Bobier 0, Akey 0, Gosse 19, Dowdell 1, Clocke 12, Pickard 2, Myler 8, Stephens 4, Carscallen 3, Bronnecke 2, Davis 0.
LAKE CITY — Louie-McGee 14, Kolden 7, Womelduff 5, Butler 6, Hartz 5, Schaffer 0, Carlson 10, Manzardo 15, Sells 0.
N.I. Christian 55
Christian Heritage 46
PULLMAN — Garrett White had 16 points, 18 rebounds and five assists for the Royals in a win over the Patriots of Edwall, Wash., in the championship game of the Mountain Christian League tournament.
It is the program’s first tournament championship in the 17-year history of the league.
John Connelly had nine rebounds and four assists for North Idaho Christian, which finished 21-2.
Christian Heritage 6 10 15 15 — 46
N.I. Christian 11 22 4 18 — 55
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — Herron 16, Rossey 16, Kent 6, Chen 4, Hemmingway 4.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Beck 10, Connelly 0, Walker 9, White 16, Schwintek 11, Pilgrim 3, Cottier 6, Armstrong 0.