TerHark Cup, league basketball games on tap

Coeur d’Alene High has dominated the Ron TerHark Cup, the annual wrestling dual between the city’s two high school wrestling programs, for the last decade-plus.

Lake City nearly broke through last year, trailing by two points heading into the last match, before a pin clinched it for Coeur d’Alene.

This year’s Terhark Cup, the 21st annual, is scheduled for Friday at 6:15 p.m. at Coeur d’Alene High.

Coeur d’Alene has won the TerHark Cup 13 straight times, and 14 times in the 20 meetings overall. Lake City last won the Terhark Cup in 2002.

Post Falls’ boys and girls travel to Lake City in 5A Inland Empire League basketball. The league-leading Post Falls girls (11-6, 3-0 5A IEL) will be coming off a 10-day layoff. The Trojans upended the Timberwolves (14-3, 3-1) 49-38 at home on Jan. 7. Post Falls’ boys are 9-5, 0-1; Lake City’s boys are 3-10, 0-3.

On Saturday, Post Falls’ boys and girls play host to Lewiston. The Bengal boys are 7-6, 1-0; the Bengal girls are (11-5, 1-2).

Lakeland hosts the Tuinstra Memorial Classic wrestling tournament Saturday in Rathdrum.

The North Idaho College men’s and women’s basketball teams, both ranked in the NJCAA poll, play twice at home this week. The Cardinals play host to Colorado Northwestern on Thursday and Utah State-Eastern on Saturday. The NIC men (21-0, 6-0 Scenic West Athletic Conference) are ranked fifth; the NIC women (15-4, 3-3) are ranked No. 25.

NIC’s wrestlers hit the road this week, facing Highline on Thursday in Des Moines, Wash., taking on Southwestern Oregon on Friday in Coos Bay, meeting Clackamas on Saturday in Oregon City, and staying in the area Sunday for the Clackamas Open.