Timberlake boys, girls roll

| February 4, 2017 12:00 AM

• GIRLS

SPIRIT LAKE — Senior Jacquelyn Mallet (concussion) and junior Kayle Jezek (illness) returned to the lineup and the Timberlake Tigers, back at full strength, wrapped up an undefeated Intermountain League season with a 72-25 victory over the Bonners Ferry Badgers on senior night Friday night.

Keelie Lawler scored 15 points, Allison Kirby 13 and Jezek 10 for Timberlake (18-2, 8-0 IML).

“We played really well from the word go,” Timberlake coach Matt Miler said.

Timberlake will play Monday’s Coeur d’Alene Charter-Priest River winner on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at North Idaho College in the semifinals of the 3A District 1 tournament. No. 3 seed Bonners Ferry (8-8, 5-3) will play No. 2 Kellogg on Tuesday at 4:30 in the other semifinal.

Bonners Ferry 5 9 4 7 — 25

Timberlake 26 24 20 2 — 72

BONNERS FERRY — Cowley 0, Skeen 6, Spangler 2, Wenk 2, Coughlin 2, Bateman 5, Donn 4, Webster 2, Mullerschon 2.

TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 7, Kelley 0, Kronenberg 3, Mallet 4, Starr 6, Jezek 10, Kirby 13, Cheevers 6, Linehan 0, Bronson 8, Lawler 15.

• POSTPONEMENTS

With district tournaments starting next week, slick roads forced the cancelation of games pitting Genesis Prep at Clark Fork, Mullan at Lakeside and Wallace at Kootenai.

• BOYS

Timberlake 61

Bonners Ferry 30

SPIRIT LAKE — Freshman Jacob James sparked the Tigers off the bench with seven of his 13 points in the first quarter, starting Timberlake to an Intermountain League win over the visiting Badgers.

James was 5 of 6 from the field, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range for Timberlake (8-5, 3-1 IML). Jordan Hardy added 10 points for the Tigers.

“We shot the ball well; good things happen when you make baskets,” Timberlake coach Michael Scott said. “And we played some pretty solid defense. We played some real unselfish basketball tonight.”

Brady Bateman led Bonners (4-8, 0-3) with 12 points.

Timberlake travels to Bonners Ferry on Tuesday for a makeup game.

Bonners Ferry 8 5 12 5 — 30

Timberlake 14 15 21 11 — 61

BONNERS FERRY — Price 1, Sabin 2, S. Bateman 3, Stockton 6, Dylan 2, Pluid 2, Harrington 2, B. Bateman 12, Egge 0.

TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 10, Dickinson 0, Ostler 9, James 13, Counts 8, Sommers 4, Gervais 0, Menti 6, Jessen 9, Hausladen 2.

• POSTPONEMENTS

Slick roads forced the postponement of the Kellogg at St. Maries and Mullan at Lakeside games. The Kellogg-St. Maries game will be made up on Monday. No makeup date was announced for Mullan-Lakeside.