PREP ROUNDUP: Davis sparks Lakeland past Moscow in 4A IEL tilt
• BOYS BASKETBALL
MOSCOW — Kaden Davis scored 10 of his game-high 20 points in the first quarter, hitting two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter as the Lakeland Hawks beat the Moscow Bears 54-42 in a 4A Inland Empire League game at Bear Den on Thursday.
“Kaden just had a good first quarter and we were able to push the ball in transition,” Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. “We ran the floor and got the shots we wanted there in the first half.”
Andrew Knight had six points and seven rebounds, Dylan Knight six points and four assists for Lakeland (5-9, 2-0 4A IEL), which hosts Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.
Moscow is 0-8, 0-1.
Lakeland 22 8 10 14 — 54
Moscow 15 5 11 10 — 42
LAKELAND — Brueher 0, McDaniel 0, D. Knight 6, Davis 26, McDevitt 5, Zubaly 9, A. Knight 6, Ray 2.
MOSCOW — Robertson 0, Bobier 4, Arey 0, Dowdell 2, Klock 2, Pickard 4, Myler 10, Gosse 8, Carscallen 2, Stephens 11, Davis 0, Broehner 0.
Cd’A Charter 59
Lakeside 54
PLUMMER — With less than a minute left, Lakeside was tacked with an intentional foul after it was within two points of the Panthers, which was the difference in a nonleague game.
“They made a couple free throws and got the next possession and scored,” Lakeside coach Butch Nomee said of Charter. “Our guys stuck with it from beginning to end,”
Bryar Sanchez finished with 16 points, 11 rebounds and three steals for the Knights (1-10). AJ Bighead had 12 points, seven rebounds, two steals and two blocks.
“With the boys now grasping the concept of the new offense and getting the idea of playing together, both offensively and defensively, they were great,” Nomee said. “Just a couple calls that didn’t go our way down the end.”
Jeffrey Kersh scored 19 points for Coeur d’Alene Charter (1-9), which hosts Orofino on Saturday.
Lakeside plays Kootenai on Saturday.
Cd’A Charter 12 13 16 18 — 59
Lakeside 12 8 17 17 — 54
COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Judd 13, Putren 11, Rubalcaba 3, Phillips 0, Kersh 19, Rutherford 4, Benzinger 0, Follini 9, Croom 0, Stellflug 0.
LAKESIDE — Dias 0, Sanchez 16, Mitchell 12, AJ Bighead 12, Wienclaw 3, Whaley-Arroyo 0, Abrahamson 11.
Kootenai 79
Mullan 44
MULLAN — Freshman Gage Maitland scored 31 points, hitting 9 of 12 from beyond the 3-point line, leading the Warriors past the Tigers in a North Star League game at the Mullan Pavilion.
“Gage just put on a shooting clinic tonight,” said Kootenai coach T.J. Hammond, whose team hit 11 3-pointers in the first half (and 12 for the game). “I was really pleased with how we played. We didn’t play great defensively, but played lights out offensively. When you have those nights, and Gage had that night, he just really kind of took over.”
Hunter Whipple scored 10 points for Kootenai (6-5, 2-2 NSL), which hosts Genesis Prep tonight.
Gryphon Todd scored 15 points for Mullan (0-2, 0-1 NSL), which hosts Mullan tonight.
Kootenai 18 30 9 22 — 79
Mullan 12 12 8 12 — 44
KOOTENAI — J. Whipple 6, H. Whipple 10, Wright 8, Maitland 31, Hammond 6, David 2, Andersen 2, Usdrowski 6, Keogh 4, Ausman 4.
MULLAN — Gallaway 12, Hess 0, Barnes 3, Trogden 14, Todd 15, Stepro 0.
N.I. Christian 61
Kootenai Thunder 37
KOOTENAI — Brandon Schwintek scored 16 points and Garrett White had nine rebounds, five assists and three steals to lead the Royals past Kootenai Thunder in a Mountain Christian League game at Kootenai Elementary.
John Connelly had six rebounds and four assists and Nick Beck had five assists for North Idaho Christian (12-0, 6-0 MCL), which faces Christian Center on Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School.
N.I. Christian 17 16 14 14 — 61
Kootenai Thunder 8 8 9 12 — 37
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Cottier 7, Schwintek 16, White 6, Kelly 0, Rosenthal 6, Pilgrim 4, Walker 10, Speck 7, Armstrong 2, Connelly 3.
KOOTENAI THUNDER — Osman 2, Jerser 10, Christensen 0, Murray 0, McArthur 0, Favor 0, McLeod 0, W. Roop 5, Roop 14, Corberg 6.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL
Moscow 48
Lakeland 33
MOSCOW — Senior Tauna Kirk missed the first half due to injury, but had 18 points and five rebounds in the second half for the Hawks in a 4A Inland Empire League loss to the Bears at Bear Den.
“She sprained her ankle in the first half against Sandpoint and didn’t play the rest of the game,” Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. “She was in quite a bit of pain, but it was just a fantastic effort on her part to show that courage and grit. She sparked us in the second half, and really made a game of it. She started hitting 3-pointers and it was just really an impressive half by her. And the rest of the team started to follow her after that.”
Savannah Pruitt scored seven points for Lakeland (4-10, 0-2), which hosts Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.
Gracie Meyer scored 21 points for Moscow (5-6, 1-0).
Lakeland 5 0 10 13 — 33
Moscow 12 14 4 18 — 48
LAKELAND — St. Mark 0, Bunch 0, Prokish 0, Edinger 0, Bodak 3, Kirk 18, Charles 3, Pruitt 7, Dowd 0, Farris 0, Vanderhoof 2.
MOSCOW — Haeder 0, McDaniel 2, Bayly 8, G. Meyer 21, Kill 0, Kitchel 6, Simpson 5, N. Meyer 6, Fredericksen 0.
Lakeside 51
Cd’A Charter 41
PLUMMER — Lillian Rhea scored 22 points and the host Knights opened up a 10-point halftime lead en route to the nonleague win over the Panthers at Ron Miller Court.
“I thought we worked the ball around well; we were able to get the ball inside,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “Defensively we played good man defense — just made things hard on them.”
Lakeside (9-2) plays host to Kootenai on Saturday.
Kelly Ruebke scored 11 points for Coeur d’Alene Charter (2-10), which plays host to Orofino on Saturday.
Cd’A Charter 7 11 14 9 — 41
Lakeside 13 15 10 13 — 51
COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Alexander 8, E. Lehosit 3, A. Lehosit 9, A. Bartlett 7, Ruebke 11, E. Bartlett 3, Taylor 0, Shipman 0.
LAKESIDE — Nomee 5, Palmer 2, Rhea 22, Hendrickx 5, Arthur 4, Dohrman 9, Peone 4, Daman 0, Lambert 0.
Mullan 34
Kootenai 33
MULLAN — Charli Sadler scored a game-high 22 points, including a pair of free throws in the final seconds, leading the Tigers past the Warriors in a North Star League game at the Mullan Pavilion.
Kaili Gentry scored 11 points and Alison Short had 10 points for Kootenai (4-7, 0-4 NSL), which hosts Genesis Prep tonight at 6.
Sadler finished with 15 rebounds, three assists, 10 steals and a block and Jordyn Hirsch had seven rebounds for Mullan (4-7, 2-2), which hosts Wallace tonight.
“Sadler played an incredible game both offensively and defensively,” Mullan coach Sherry Leitz said. “She’s a great team leader. Jordyn played great defense on Kaili Gentry. Overall, the team stayed focused and did their jobs defensively.”
Kootenai 8 7 10 8 — 33
Mullan 6 6 10 12 — 34
KOOTENAI — Larson 0, Karpinski 0, Moore 0, Lamb 0, LaFountaine 6, Gentry 11, McInturff 3, Stevens 0, Short 10, Whipple 3.
MULLAN — Sergeant 0, Gallaway 2, Garitone 0, Auger 0, Tryon 0, Hirsch 4, Sadler 22, Schnitzler 0, Schaefer 4, Stepro 2.
N.I. Christian 63
Kootenai Thunder 19
KOOTENAI — Sammy Hill had 23 points, 12 steals, six assists and three blocks for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win against Kootenai Thunder at Kootenai Elementary.
Mary Slater had eight rebounds and eight blocked shots and Rayla Andrews had nine points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots for North Idaho Christian (5-11, 3-1 MCL), which faces Christian Center on Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School.
Grace Jones scored 10 points for Kootenai Thunder.
N.I. Christian 25 14 14 10 — 63
Kt. Thunder 5 0 8 6 — 19
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Hensley 3, Wood 8, Burke 4, Andrews 9, Hill 23, Ralls 8, Holm 0, Slater 4, Seeley 4.
KOOTENAI THUNDER — Soderberg 5, McArthur 0, Coch 4, N. Schork 0, W. Schork 0, Grace Jones 10, T. Jones 0.
• WRESTLING
POST FALLS — The host Post Falls Trojans won 11 straight matches to top the Columbia Wildcats of Nampa 55-18 in a tuneup for the River City Duals at The Arena.
Ridge Lovett (98 pounds), Jordan Grimm (106), Braydon Huber (126) and Alius De La Rosa (145) won by pin for Post Falls, which will attempt to defend its River City Duals title starting today at 3 p.m.
Brad Noesen (195) won by technical fall in his return to the lineup for the first time since Tri-State with an injury.
“I was really pleased with how our guys attacked and performed,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “Our kids just really battled hard. Queong (Rahman-Smith) and Kayleb (Ferris) stepped up against some tough opponents to get really big wins. Brad (Noesen) had been out of the lineup for a while, but came back and wrestled really great. I was just really happy with those guys.”
The 18-team River City Duals begin today at 3 p.m., with placing matches starting at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
182 — Nate Clements, Col, p. T.J. Hogan, 1:23. 195 — Brad Noesen, PF, tf. Skylar Hughes, 15-0. 220 — Scott McDonald, Col, p. Cameron Voigt, :20. 285 — Brandon Kipper, Col, p. Kameron Welker, 3:45. 98 — Ridge Lovett, PF, p. Tytus Woffard, :26. 106 — Jordan Grimm, PF, p. Levi Cluff, 1:24. 113 — Mathias De La Rosa, PF, d. Daniel Ivko, 10-3. 120 — Matt McLeod, PF, d. Dylan Morgan, 7-1. 126 — Braydon Huber, PF, p. Kekana Fouret, 2:47. 132 — Jason Burchell, PF, tf. Dillon Keller, 17-0. 138 — Tyler Wolf, PF, d. Kade Grigsby, 5-1. 145 — Alius De La Rosa, PF, p. Tim Wofford, 1:53. 152 — Chris Farnsworth, PF, by forfeit. 160 — Queony Rahman-Smith, PF, d. Tanner Hughes, 9-3. 170 — Kayleb Ferris, PF, d. Tyler Smith, 4-1.
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Timberlake 48
Priest River 36
PRIEST RIVER — Noah Herbert (113 pounds), Mark Schell (138), Bailey Houston (160) and Ryder Mervin (285) won by pin as Timberlake rallied late to hold off Priest River in the eighth annual War of the Waters between the two Intermountain League schools.
“This is what it’s all about,” Timberlake coach Kelly amos said. “The War of the Waters is just a great event where the kids get the chance to wrestle in front of a great crowd.”
Garek Pennington (120), Kayde Herbert (132), and Shawn Doran (220, won by decision for Timberlake (2-0 in IML).
Brandon Downs (98), Riley DeMent (126), Larry Naccarato (145), Greg Fitzmorris (182) and Josh Coombes (195) won by pin for Priest River (0-1 in league).
Both schools travel to the River City Duals today and Saturday at Post Falls High.
170 — Reese Shaffer, TL, by forfeit. 182 — Greg Fitzmorris, PR, p. Caleb Munson, TL, 4:52. 195 — Josh Coombes, PR, p. Brady Jerome, TL, 3:05. 220 — Shawn Doran, TL, d. Aaron Reyes, PR, 15-7. 285 — Ryder Mervin, TL, p. Sammy Hernandez, PR, 4:55. 98 — Brandon Downs, PR, p. Brianna Davis, TL, :42. 106 — Kianna Larson, TL, by forfeit. 113 — Noah Herbert, TL, p. Nate Nelson, PR, 1:49. 120 — Garek Pennington, TL, d. John Allen-Noble, PR, 11-4. 126 — Riley DeMent, PR, p. Derek Galloway, TL, 2:47. 132 — Kayde Herbert, TL, d. Colby Poe, PR, 10-2. 138 — Mark Schell, TL, p. Cameron Van Harpen, PR, 1:25. 145 — Larry Naccarato, PR, p. Dakota Roberts, TL, 3:14. 152 — Noah Jamison, PR, medical forfeit, Layne Stevens, TL. 160 — Bailey Houston, TL, p. Trevor Rusho, PR, 3:47.
Mortensen, Frost go unbeaten
in mixer at Sentinel High
MISSOULA — Cyrus Mortensen (113 pounds) and Dominic Frost (170) went unbeaten on the night for the Timberwolves in matches against Whitefish, Belgrade and Frenchtown High at Sentinel High.
Lake City was previously scheduled to wrestle at Frenchtown, but a water line break flooded the school at Frenchtown, causing the matches to be moved.
Lake City will compete in the annual Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic today at Sentinel High.