PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Lumberjacks appreciate win at Grangeville
GRANGEVILLE — Jake Sieler scored seven of his 15 points in the fourth quarter — including a key layup and 3-pointer in the final three minutes — leading the St. Maries Lumberjacks, tied for second in this week’s state 2A media poll, past the Grangeville Bulldogs 55-45 in a Central Idaho League game on Saturday.
“They had a ‘fan appreciation night’ and everyone from Grangeville got in for free,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We were excited all the way down to play tonight and got out to a good start. We got into some foul trouble in the second half and they pulled to within a point, but Jake hit some big shots to push the lead back out. We had a great following too, and it seemed like an equally loud crowd on our end. The fans were really into it.”
Brady Martin had 12 points, seven steals and 10 rebounds for St. Maries (11-1, 2-0 CIL), which travels to Timberlake on Tuesday.
Grangeville, ranked fourth in 2A, is 9-2, 2-1.
St. Maries 13 14 13 15 — 55
Grangeville 8 7 18 12 — 45
ST. MARIES — Lounsbury 2, Sieler 15, Gibson 8, Wilson 8, Asbury 4, Epler 1, Truscott 3, Masterson 2, Martin 12, McGregor 0.
GRANGEVILLE — Stokes 7, Sherritt 11, Parks 4, Alder 16, Schumaker 6, Cannaday 1.
Sandpoint 48
Moscow 43
MOSCOW — Davan Norris continues to fill up the score sheet, dropping in a career-high 35 points to lead Sandpoint to a big 4A Inland Empire League win over the Bears at Bear Den.
Norris sunk five daggers from beyond the arc, including three in a row in a 90 second span in the third quarter, and made 10 of 12 from the stripe, carrying the offensive load the Bulldogs (4-9, 1-1 4A IEL), who used a 13-4 third quarter run to erase a three point halftime deficit and build a lead the Bears (0-8, 0-2) could not catch. Norris has scored 100 points in the last four games, one of four all-state football players that start for the Bulldogs.
Paul Sundquist added five points, five rebounds and two assists, and Patrick Rockwell dished out three assists in the win.
Sandpoint hosts Lewiston on Monday.
Sandpoint 8 8 13 19 — 48
Moscow 11 8 4 19 — 43
SANDPOINT — Curtiss 1, Norris 35, Sundquist 5, Davis 1, Perry 4, Collado 2, McLaughlin 0, Rockwell 0.
MOSCOW — Robertson 11, Bobier 1, Akey 1, Gosse 5, Dowdell 14, Pickard 2, Myler 5, Carscallen 2, Davis 2.
Priest River 59
Timberlake 51
PRIEST RIVER — Hunter Hartwig scored 19 points to help the Spartans hold on to an Intermountain League win against the Tigers in the Battle for the Buck spirit game.
Timberlake (4-8, 0-2 IML), which also won the Buck, erased a 24 point third quarter deficit to trail by three points in the final minutes.
“I was really proud of the guys in the second half, they never gave up and kept fighting,” Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said. “We’ve been in a bit of a funk lately so hopefully if nothing else this helped to get us out of that.”
Jestin Hofer scored 17 points to lead Timberlake, which hosts St. Maries on Tuesday.
Priest River (5-6, 1-1) hosts Kettle Falls on Tuesday.
Timberlake 11 9 11 20 — 51
Priest River 13 21 12 13 — 59
TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 0, Smith 10, Hofer 17, George 0, Sommers 9, Ostler 3, Menti 4, Suko 0, Jessen 7, Nowlan 1, Hausladen 0.
PRIEST RIVER — Storro 4, Clark 8, Anselmo 0, Holman 4, Hartwig 19, Haggerty 2, Luckey 4, Simpkins 0, Jeter 7, Huddleston 11.
N’west Christian 60
Genesis Prep 47
COLBERT, Wash. — Ryan Ricks scored 17 points and Asher Cox added 16 as the host Crusaders knocked off the Jaguars in nonleague play.
“They have a really good club,” Genesis Prep coach Marsell Colbert said. “We had a shaky first quarter, but the last three quarters we competed. We got beat in the battle of the boards, and I think that was a determining factor.”
Caleb Symons scored 16 points and Jonny Hillman added 14 for Genesis Prep (8-4), which beat Kootenai 53-17 on Friday night.
Genesis Prep plays at Wallace on Tuesday.
Genesis Prep 8 14 15 10 — 47
Northwest Christian 18 9 16 17 — 60
GENESIS PREP — Shelton 2, Ogwuche 2, M. Reidt 0, Miles 0, Hearon 0, Hillman 14, Schreibeis 7, A. Reidt 0, Ebune 6, Symons 16.
NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN — Starkey 8, Veenstra 4, Ricks 17, Harman 2, Sander 2, Olds 11, Cox 16, Batterton 0.
Orofino 66
Cd’A Charter 36
COEUR d’ALENE — Jeffrey Kersh scored 12 points for the Panthers in a Central Idaho League loss to the Maniacs at Holy Family Catholic School.
Hayden Wilson scored 17 points for Orofino (5-5, 1-2 CIL).
“They were a very balanced team,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Jarrod Womack said.
Charles Follini scored eight points for Coeur d’Alene Charter (2-9, 0-2), which travels to St. Maries on Thursday.
Orofino 9 23 19 15 — 66
Cd’A Charter 14 5 8 9 — 36
OROFINO — Wilson 17, Turner 13, Glaze 3, Brink 9, Noah 8, Cobbs 2, Burke 4, Dunaway 2, Zweifel 0, West 2.
COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Judd 6, Putren 5, Rubalcaba 0, Rutherford 2, Benzinger 0, Phillips 0, Kersh 12, Stefflug 3, Follini 8.
Kootenai 52
Lakeside 46
PLUMMER — Freshman Kaden Hammond scored 14 points to lead the Warriors past the Knights in a North Star League game at Ron Miller Court.
Takoda Abrahamson and Bryar Sanchez each scored 14 points for Lakeside (1-11, 0-3 NSL).
“We had a lot of turnovers and we were not running our offense in the first half,” Lakeside coach Butch Nomee said. “We came out stagnant. They fought back in the second half and got it to within two points. They hit a couple of big 3s in the last minute.”
On Tuesday, Kootenai (7-5, 3-2) plays at the Kellogg JV and Lakeside hosts Clark Fork.
Kootenai 8 16 12 16 — 52
Lakeside 6 6 15 18 — 46
KOOTENAI — J. Whipple 4, H. Whipple 9, Wright 10, Maitland 0, Hammond 14, David 5, Usdrowski 10.
LAKESIDE — Dias 0, Sanchez 14, Mitchell 6, A. Bighead 4, Weinclaw 4, Whaley-Arroyo 4, Abrahamson 14.
Noxon 52
Clark Fork 42
NOXON, Mont. — Spencer Jeffres had the hot hand offensively with 22 points and seven rebounds, but a key injury, foul trouble and poor free throw shooting proved costly in the Wampus Cats’ loss to the Red Devils.
Hunter Boudousquie added four points and six rebounds, James Cope five points and three boards, and Conorey Vogel three points, three rebounds and three assists for the Wampus Cats (0-9), who lost freshman starter Wade Stevens to an ankle injury at the end of the first quarter.
The Wampus Cats led 7-0 after the first quarter, but Stevens’s injury hurt the Cats at both ends of the court and foul trouble kept leading scored Dylan Roper to just two points. Jeffres was a bright spot in defeat, doing damage from both outside and down on the blocks.
“He had four threes, but he just got worked over. There were no free shots underneath,” said Cats head coach George Thornton, whose team struggled to the tune of 8 of 24 from the foul line. “That just killed us. At crucial times we just don’t seem to be able to make them.
Clark Fork is at Lakeside on Tuesday.
N.I. Christian 55
Christian Center 49
COEUR d’ALENE — Brandon Schwintek scored 11 points to go with eight rebounds and Garrett White added 10 points along with eight rebounds, helping the Royals beat the Lions in Mountain Christian League play at Holy Family Catholic School.
North Idaho Christian stayed undefeated with a 13-0 record, 7-0 in the MCL.
Noah Howard had 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists and David Hansen seven rebounds and five steals to pace Christian Center (7-4, 5-3).
North Idaho Christian plays The Oaks on Thursday at Holy Family.
Christian Center plays on Monday against Covenant Christian School at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.
Christian Center 11 9 10 19 — 49
N.I. Christian 9 16 14 15 — 55
CHRISTIAN CENTER — Jerome 0, Hansen 10, Howard 16, McComber 8, Blake 8, Cheyne 7, Sovereign 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Schwintek 11, Rosenthal 5, Pilgrim 5, Armstrong 3, Connelly 6, White 10, Cottier 7, Walker 3, Beck 5.