PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Trojans top Lewiston, take midway lead in 5A IEL
POST FALLS — Sophomore Jake Pfennigs had 20 points and four rebounds and senior Zach Hillman had 14 points and six assists, leading the Post Falls Trojans to a 63-55 win over the Lewiston Bengals in a 5A Inland Empire League game at The Arena on Saturday.
“Jake had a good game, and overall has had quite a few for us,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “Zach, once again, was battling and doing a good job on defense. All of our guys that played tonight had a positive contribution.”
Max McCullough had 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists for Post Falls (11-5, 3-0 5A IEL), which hosts Moscow on Tuesday.
Braeden Wilson had 21 points and Trystan Bradley, a 6-foot-7 post, scored 10 points for Lewiston (9-7, 2-1).
“We had a good idea of what we wanted to do defensively,” McLean said. “Their big kids are really good, but we made them work for everything they got, and we were able to control Bradley and do what we needed to do.”
Lewiston 13 10 13 21 — 55
Post Falls 17 17 15 14 — 63
LEWISTON — Stamper 5, Driskill 3, Wilson 21, Way 10, Clarke 6, Bradley 10, Richardson 0.
POST FALLS — Millsap 10, McKeown 0, McCullough 10, Haines 2, McCliment-Call 0, Bougard 7, Pfennigs 20, Hillman 14.
Big Sky 63
Coeur d’Alene 59
MISSOULA, Mont. — Joey Naccarato scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the visiting Vikings (12-4), who lost for the second time in less than 24 hours.
Brody Lundblad added 18 points and four assists for Coeur d’Alene, which returns to action Saturday at Moscow.
Sam Matheson and Bryce Bronson each had six boards for the Vikings, who played without head coach Kurt Lundblad, who had to sit out the game after being ejected in Friday night’s game in Lewiston. Varsity assistant Derek Edwards served as acting head coach.
“I was proud of their effort, after having played at Lewiston (Friday) night; it was an emotional game,” Coeur d’Alene assistant coach John Naccarato said. “I thought the boys regrouped, and battled back. Our boys competed; we just didn’t have the legs to finish the game.”
Alex Simmons scored 18 points, Jake Tabish 17 for Big Sky.
Coeur d’Alene 14 15 9 21 — 59
Big Sky 12 20 14 17 — 63
COEUR d’ALENE — Lundblad 18, Lynn 5, Matheson 0, Yankoff 0, Bronson 6, McElver 4, Naccarato 20, Kofmehl 0, Edwards 6.
BIG SKY — Sandau 2, Wike 0, Simmons 18, Tabish 17, Yovetich 4, Lingscheit 2, Lucostic 2, Sheridan 8, Banna 7, Malone 3.
Lake City 57
Glacier 42
COEUR d’ALENE — Kenny Louie-McGee scored 22 points, including 6 for 11 from beyond the 3-point line, leading the Timberwolves past the Wolfpack of Kalispell, Mont.
“We just finally put four quarters together,” Lake City coach Kelly Reed said. “We shot the ball better and our ball movement on offense was a lot better. It was nice to see the ball go into the basket and it seemed to make everything else a lot easier.”
James Carlson had 16 points and six rebounds for Lake City (4-11), which hosts Lakeland on Friday.
Glacier 14 12 9 7 — 42
Lake City 10 16 20 11 — 57
GLACIER — Harkins 3, Bailey 2, Cazmler 0, Dulin 10, Turner 0, Lindsay 7, Radewachel 0, Willich 1, Ruggles 4, Learn 0, O’Connell 2, Gilman 9, Norberg 2, Bowden 0, Hartsoch 2.
LAKE CITY — Louie-McGee 22, Kolden 6, Womelduff 0, Butler 4, Hartz 1, Hunter 2, Carlson 16, Manzardo 6.
St. Maries 51
Grangeville 36
ST. MARIES — Kiefer Gibson had 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists for the top-ranked (2A) Lumberjacks in a Central Idaho League win against the fourth-ranked Bulldogs.
“Overall, it was a really good team effort,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “The boys played unselfish and worked really well together on the defensive end.”
Jake Sieler scored 12 points and Dakota Wilson had four steals and four assists for St. Maries (14-1, 4-0 CIL), which hosts Lakeside on Tuesday.
Grangeville is 10-3, 2-2.
Grangeville 12 7 9 8 — 36
St. Maries 12 16 10 13 — 51
GRANGEVILLE — Stokes 1, Harris 9, Parks 6, Alder 8, Schumacher 9, Canaday 3, Wood 0.
ST. MARIES — Lounsbury 8, Sieler 12, Gibson 13, Wilson 4, Asbury 5, Epler 0, Truscott 0, Martin 7, McGregor 0.
Timberlake 58
Moscow 43
MOSCOW — Daniel Smith and Dock Sommers scored 12 points each and the Tigers beat the Bears in a nonleague game at Bear Den.
“Honestly, it was the best game of the season for us on both ends of the floor by far,” Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said. “Brendan (Jessen) and Dock hit some 3-pointers and we started to play some decent basketball.”
Timberlake (5-10) travels to Bonners Ferry on Feb. 5.
Moscow is 0-10.
Timberlake 23 16 8 11 — 58
Moscow 16 11 5 9 — 43
TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 1, Smith 12, Hoefer 0, George 4, Sommers 12, Ostler 5, Menti 9, Suko 0, Jessen 6, Nowlan 7, Hausladen 2.
MOSCOW — Robertson 1, Bobier 2, Akey 5, Gosse 10, Dowdell 0, Klocke 9, Myler 1, Stephens 3, Carscallen 3, Brueneke 2, Davis 7.
Deary 58
Kootenai 54
DEARY — Hunter Whipple scored 15 points as the Warriors lost a close nonleague game to the Mustangs.
“We got in foul trouble,” Kootenai coach TJ Hammond said. “We had three players with four fouls. Dylan Wright and Kaden Hammond didn’t play a lot. We gave up too many second-chance points. We had a 53-51 lead in the fourth, we were up two and had a critical turnover. It was a hard-fought game, fun to be a part of it.”
The Warriors play Feb. 2 at home against Mullan in a North Star League matchup.
Kootenai 11 15 14 14 — 54
Deary 13 16 14 15 — 58
KOOTENAI — J. Whipple 3, H. Whipple 15, Keogh 12, Wright 8, Maitland 6, Hammond 2, David 1, Usdrowski 7.
DEARY — Halen 2, Beyer 7, Kirk 8, Stelck 7, Codr 6, Dollar 5, Winter 16, Anderson 7.
Genesis Prep 50
Priest River 42
POST FALLS — Samuel Ogwuche and Jonny Hillman scored 17 points each for the Jaguars in a nonleague win against the Spartans at Post Falls Middle School.
Genesis Prep (11-4) travels to Clark Fork on Tuesday.
Hunter Hartwig scored 15 points for Priest River (6-8).
Priest River 18 16 5 3 — 42
Genesis Prep 13 10 13 14 — 50
PRIEST RIVER — Storro 0, Clark 6, Anselmo 3, Holman 0, Hartwig 15, Haggerty 0, Luckey 5, Simpkins 7, Jeter 2, Huddleston 4.
GENESIS PREP — Shelton 3, Ogwuche 17, M. Reidt 0, Miles 0, Hearon 0, Hillman 17, Schreibeis 3, A. Reidt 0, Ebune 6, Symons 4.
N.I. Christian 56
Christian Center 44
COEUR d’ALENE — Dillon Walker scored 14 points, helping the Royals beat the Patriots in Mountain Christian League play at Holy Family Catholic School.
John Connelly finished with six points, nine rebounds, four assists and three steals for North Idaho Christian (15-0, 9-0 MCL), which plays at Wallace on Monday. Garrett White and Brandon Schwintek each grabbed eight rebounds.
Christian Heritage 10 10 14 10 — 44
N.I Christian 12 22 13 9 — 56
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — G. Ingham 2, Rossey 18, Herron 4, Kent 2, Chen 11, Hagreen 2, Payne 0, Hemenwan 5, L. Ingham 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Kelley 0, Schwintek 9, Rosenthal 9, Brennan 0, Pilgrim 2, Armstrong 8, Connelly 6, White 8, Walker 14.