PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lumberjacks clear hurdle, beat Grangeville in CIL play
ST. MARIES — In the first half, the St. Maries Lumberjacks did everything they needed to do to come away with a Central Idaho League win on Saturday.
That second half though, when nothing was going right, it almost cost them.
Kaylee Auer had 14 points and seven rebounds for the Lumberjacks, ranked fourth in this week’s state 2A girls basketball media poll, in a 42-40 win over the Grangeville Bulldogs.
“We were executing our offense and running the floor really well,” said St. Maries coach Jay Sines, whose team built a 27-11 lead at halftime. “We came into the third quarter, and just went cold and couldn’t hit the basket.”
It is the first win over Grangeville since St. Maries joined the CIL after the 2011-12 season.
St. Maries (12-2, 4-1 CIL), which hosts Kootenai on Monday, shot 2 of 17 in the third quarter as Grangeville cut the advantage to 34-27, eventually tying the game in the fourth before the Lumberjacks pulled away for the win.
“The girls just got back into it in the start of the fourth quarter, played tough after that and battled to pull off the win,” Sines said.
Grangeville is 8-6, 3-1.
Grangeville 9 2 16 13 — 40
St. Maries 10 17 7 8 — 42
GRANGEVILLE — Lindsley 6, Sullivan 10, Dame 0, Chinliek 1, Kennedy 12, Finnegan 0, Anderson 4, Stoll 0, Frick 2, Kelly 5.
ST. MARIES — Sines 4, Peet 0, Hall 2, Ghramm 0, M. Cordell 1, Davenport 1, A. Cordell 8, Wilson 5, Ke. Auer 2, Holder 5, Ka. Auer 14.
Lewiston 57
Post Falls 49
POST FALLS — After trailing by seven points after the first quarter, the Trojans had a trifecta of struggles in their 5A Inland Empire League loss to the Bengals at The Arena.
Post Falls (11-7, 3-2 5A IEL) shot 11 of 27 from the free-throw line. Melody Kempton had eight points and 14 rebounds, while AubreAnna Johnson added six points and 11 rebounds.
“They were ahead pretty much the whole game,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “We’re not executing our offense, we turned the ball over too many times. It was a bad combination.”
Haylee Weeks and Cameron Cady each scored 13 points for Lewiston (14-5, 3-2).
Post Falls plays at Coeur d’Alene on Thursday in IEL action.
Lewiston 17 11 13 16 — 57
Post Falls 10 14 10 15 — 49
LEWISTON — Weeks 13, Randall 10, Cornelia 0, Roy 5, Kinzer 2, Cady 13, Havens 5, Johnson 3, Santana 6.
POST FALLS — Gardiner 0, Morris 10, Gennett 8, Brennan 7, McComb 2, Robinson 3, Kempton 8, Parks 5, Johnson 6, Ter Matten 0.
Big Sky 41
Coeur d’Alene 37
COEUR d’ALENE — Emily Callahan scored 13 points and Kelly Horning had six points and 14 rebounds for the Vikings in a loss to the Eagles of Missoula, Mont., at Elmer Jordan Court.
Coeur d’Alene (8-11) shot 9 for 17 from the free throw line. The Vikings will host Post Falls on Thursday to conclude 5A Inland Empire League play.
“We didn’t make enough free throws, which kind of cooked our goose,” Coeur d’Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said. “It was a great game and we caught up after trailing 36-27 with three minutes left to get it to 36-35, but we just didn’t have enough time to win it and they made their free throws down the stretch.
Rey Louden had 10 rebounds for Coeur d’Alene.
Julia Riekena scored 12 points for Big Sky.
Big Sky 12 9 8 12 — 41
Coeur d’Alene 5 15 7 10 — 37
BIG SKY — Pierce 2, Sandy 0, Sweeney 0, Mooney 11, Rauk 2, Arledge 8, Riekena 12, Gragg 6.
COEUR d’ALENE — Horvath 5, Callahan 13, Fagan 9, Rollins 0, Louden 4, Hollibaugh 0, Horning 6.
Glacier 58
Lake City 47
COEUR d’ALENE — Cierra Dvorak and Lauren Rewers scored 10 points each for the Timberwolves in a loss to the Wolfpack of Kalispell, Mont.
“We just came out very flat from the start of the game and got into a hole quick,” said Lake City coach Bryan Kelly, whose team trailed 12-3 after the first quarter. “We played solid the rest of the way, but we missed some late free throws and had some turnovers.”
Rewers also had seven rebounds and Bridget Rieken nine points and six rebounds for Lake City (15-4), which beat Post Falls on Friday in a key 5A Inland Empire League game.
“I think they kind of realized after this game that they’ve got to bring it each game,” Kelly said. “We didn’t have the fire and energy today.”
Lake City hosts Lakeland on Friday.
Hailee Bennett scored 18 points for Glacier.
Glacier 12 14 16 16 — 58
Lake City 3 14 13 17 — 47
GLACIER — Salonen 12, Bennett 18, McChesney 3, Krueger 15, Schrade 7, Mitchell 3.
LAKE CITY — Dvorak 10, Carlson 9, Rieken 9, Rewers 10, O. Maryon 1, Meier 6, Simpson 2.
Deary 41
Kootenai 35 (OT)
DEARY — Bailee Swanson scored 23 points, including five in overtime, and the Mustangs were red hot at the free-throw line in overtime in a nonleague win over the Warriors.
“They got a four-point lead,” Kootenai coach Mike LaFountaine said. “We fought but they went eight for 11 at the free-throw line. These are the games you want to play before districts, intense, point for point.”
Kootenai guard Hannah Whipple tied the game at 29 to send the game into overtime. With 11 seconds left in regulation and Kootenai trailing 29-27, Whipple drove down the lane, got fouled and nailed two free throws. Kaili Gentry scored 19 points for the Warriors (6-10).
“She hit two big free throws to get us in overtime,” LaFountaine said. “They were huge for us.”
Kootenai plays at St. Maries on Thursday.
Kootenai 9 8 4 8 6 — 35
Deary 16 2 7 4 12 — 41
KOOTENAI — M. Short 2, Lamb 2, Karpinski 0, LaFountaine 2, Gentry 19, A. Short 1, Whipple 9.
DEARY — Br. Swanson 10, Ba. Swanson 23, Anderson 2, Scott 4, Stanton 2, Seubert 0, Beyer 0.
N.I. Christian 35
Christian Heritage 22
COEUR d’ALENE — Sammy Hill had 16 points, four assists and four steals to lead the Royals past the Patriots in a Mountain Christian League game at Holy Family Catholic School.
Rayla Andrews had nine points and 16 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (9-10, 6-1 MCL), which travels to Wallace on Monday.
Christian Heritage 7 7 3 5 — 22
N.I. Christian 10 10 8 7 — 35
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — G. Knotts 6, Rossey 5, Wollweber 9, F. Knotts 1, Hagreen 0, Jeffers 1, Symons 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Hensley 0, Wood 0, Andrews 9, Hill 16, Lassan 2, Holmes 2, Slater 2, Whiteman 4.