YOUTH SPORTS: Wednesday, January 13, 2016
<p>Courtesy photo</p><p>Genia Wortman recently won two Gonzaga men's basketball tickets, donated by Alliance Title for a drawing to help the Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy boys basketball team with new jerseys and yearly fees. This is the second year Alliance Title has donated tickets for the drawing. From left are Jack Weir from Alliance Title; Genia Wortman; Eli Putren, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy boys basketball captain; and Jarrod Womack, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy boys basketball coach.</p>
<p>Courtesy photo</p><p>Top placers in the age 10-11 age division at Sunday's local Elks Hoop Shoot at Post Falls High. From left, girls third-place finisher Kameron Holzer, second place Karina Sande, first place Alexis Heath, Hoop Shoot Director Rick Alexander Jr., boys first-place finisher Deacon Kiesbuy, second place Zach Engelson, third place Andrew Karns.</p>
<p>Courtesy photo</p><p>Top finishers in the 12-13 age division at Sunday's local Elks Hoop Shoot at Post Falls High School: From left, girls third-place finisher Kendall Pickford, second place Madison Wiedenhoff, first place Brooke Jessen, Hoop Shoot Director Rick Alexander Jr., boys first place Josiah Heath, second place Taylor Menti, third place Wyatt Dickinson.</p>
<p>Courtesy photo</p><p>Winning this year's Waide Hamner Top Gun awards at Sunday's local Elks Hoop Shoot at Post Falls High School were, girls three-time champion Alexis Heath, left; and boys two-time winner Deacon Kiesbuy. At center is Hoop Shoot Director Rick Alexander Jr.</p>
<p>Courtesy photo</p><p>The North Idaho Thunder Volleyball Club under-14 girls Gold won the championship of the Frost Fest tournament by going undefeated in four matches on Jan. 3 at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake. In the front row from left are coach Jenna Leggat, Britany Cynova, Ali Carpenter, Kayla Freed, Kate DuCoeur and Emily Bronson; and back row from left, Sarah Wilkey, Megan MacKinney, Kiki Cates, Alexis Keylon and Kristen Nethercott.</p>
ELKS HOOP SHOOT
A couple of familiar faces dominated the 2016 Coeur d’Alene Elks Lodge Hoop Shoot held on Sunday at Post Falls High School.
Alexis Heath of Post Falls won her third consecutive Waide Hamner Award as the top female shooter, regardless of age group, tying a record held by Zach Mackimmie. (2012-14), a two-time National Hoop Shoot finalist. Coeur d’Alene’s Deacon Kiesbuy won his second straight Hamner Award on the boys’ side.
Heath dominated the girls 10-11 year old age group, hitting her first eight free throws in round one before settling for a 9-7 lead over Karina Sande, of Twin Lakes Elementary. Heath kept her hot shooting touch, hitting her first 10 shots in the second round and 14 of 15 for a final score of 23 points. Sande cooled off in the second round but still managed to come in second place with a final score of 16. Bryan Elementary School’s Kameron Holzer rounded out the top three with a score of nine out of 25.
Kiesbuy was just as impressive with his shooting in the boys’ 10-11 division. After missing his first shot, Kiesbuy closed out the first round with nine straight free throws. Right on his heels was Westridge’s Zach Engelson, who made eight of his first round shots. Kiesbuy distanced himself from Engelson and the rest of the field by making the final 11 shots of the second round for a final score of 23. Engelson took second with 17. Dalton’s Andrew Karns used a strong second round to place third with a score of 16.
The girls 8-9 age group started out as a close contest with Sophia Zufelt of Skyway Elementary, Alaina Rex of John Brown Elementary, and Kyler Kirking of Dalton Elementary, all hitting seven of 10 shots in the first round. Zufelt, after missing her first two shots of round two, sank 10 straight to take command of the competition. She finished with 18 points for first place. Kirking was almost as accurate but never hit a groove like Zufelt and settled for a finally tally of 17. A big second round by Violet Andrews of Ramsey Elementary pushed her into a third place tie with Rex. Andrews emerged in the shoot-off as the third place finisher.
Steven Anderson of Seltice Elementary used two consistent rounds of six and 11 to win the boys’ 8-9 year old catgory. Trey Nipp used a strong second round of 12 to tie first round leader Peyton Burcham for second with totals of 16 points each. Nipp won the tiebreaker in two rounds hitting 8 of the 10 extra shots to Burcham’s 7 points.
Garwood’s Madison Wiedenhoff took the early lead in the girls 12-13 age group, making eight of her first 10 shots. Canfield’s Claire Evans was close behind with seven points and Timberlake Junior High’s Brooke Jessen was in third with six points. The second round caused a shake-up of the standings when Jessen made a strong move and hit 10 of 15 in the second round. Her 16 points edged out Widenhoff by a single point. A strong second round propelled Kendall Pickford into the final top three.
On the boys side of the bracket, River City Middle School’s Josiah Heath took an early lead and never gave it up. Heath finished the day with 20 points to beat Twin Lakes’ Taylor Menti by three. Timberlake’s Wyatt Dickinson took third with 16 points.
The six age-group winners advance to the District Hoop Shoot on Jan. 23 at Sunnyside Elementary School in Kellogg.
WRESTLING
Team Real Life wrestlers traveled to Prineville, Ore., to compete in the Central Oregon Classic Qualifier this past weekend.
The top three finishers in each age/weight category at a qualifier earned a spot to compete in the Oregon Wrestling Classic next weekend in Redmond, Ore. All three Team Real Life wrestlers making the trip finished first — Byson Huber, Brelane Huber and Roddy Romero. Their first-place finishes earn them priority seeding in their brackets at the Classic next weekend.
Other Team Real Life wrestlers went another direction and traveled to Montana to compete in two tournaments; the first on Saturday was the Helltown Throwdown in Helena. TRL placers were Damian Hamilton, 1st; Matthew Hamilton, 3rd and Rider Seguine, 3rd.
Once these wrestlers were done in Helena, some of them continued on to Bozeman for the Battle for the Bone Tournament. In this tournament many of the wrestlers competed in two different classes, their actual weight and the next heavier weight class. TRL placers were Matthew Hamilton, 1st & 1st; Damian Hamilton, 1st & 2nd; Devine Hill, 3rd and Elijah Easley, 3rd.
For more information about the Team Real Life wrestling program, contact Lonnie at 660-8579. Practices are held Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m.
BOWLING
River City Lanes
JUNIORS
BOYS
SCRATCH GAMES — Nicholas Riorden 279, 266.
SCRATCH SERIES — Nicholas Riorden 774, Blake English 599.
GIRLS
SCRATCH GAMES — Tanisha Parent 181, Jayme Cord 174.
SCRATCH SERIES — Jayme Cord 436, Tanisha Parent 432.
PREPS
BOYS
SCRATCH GAMES — Skyler Huber 162, Aidan Carlson 151.
SCRATCH SERIES — Skyler Huber 425, Aidan Carlson 364.
GIRLS
SCRATCH GAMES — Ellie Powell 108, 107.
SCRATCH SERIES — Ellie Powell 307, Dakota Medina 232.
BANTAMS
BOYS
SCRATCH GAMES — Christopher Smith 95, Charles Hotine 75.
SCRATCH SERIES — Christopher Smith 167, Charles Hotine 138.
PEEWEES
BOYS
SCRATCH GAMES — Donny Shaw 149, 102.
SCRATCH SERIES — Donny Shaw 251, Kadon Sakae 147.
GIRLS
SCRATCH GAMES — Jordyn Cord 83, 70.
SCRATCH SERIES — Jordyn Cord 153, Addison Mueller 114.
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