Post Falls finishes perfect 5A IEL slate
POST FALLS — Jake Pfennigs made 8 of 10 3-pointers and finished with 30 points as the hot-shooting Post Falls Trojans closed out a perfect 5A Inland Empire League season with an 84-70 victory over the Lewiston Bengals on Friday night at The Arena.
Post Falls (15-2, 6-0 5A IEL) shot 15 for 25 from 3-point range, and 26 of 49 from the field overall.
Tanner McCliment-Call hit 3 of 5 from 3-point range, and added 23 points for the Trojans.
“That tells me we were moving the ball, swinging the ball, making the extra pass, finding the open shooter,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “I thought we showed pretty good patience tonight. We got good looks all night long, by our ball movement.”
Pfennigs also had eight rebounds, Drake Thompson five assists. Cameron McKeown hit two 3-pointers early, and also had four assists.
Braeden Wilson and Riley Way each scored 17 points for Lewiston (11-8, 2-4), and Trystan Bradley added 16.
The Bengals finished in a three-way tie for second in league with Coeur d’Alene (9-9, 2-4) and Lake City (13-5, 2-4). But through a tiebreaker on point differential on head-to-head matchups among the three teams, Lewiston will be the No. 2 seed, Coeur d’Alene No. 3 and Lake City No. 4 to the 5A Region 1 tournament.
In next Friday’s openers, Lake City will travel to Post Falls, and Coeur d’Alene will play at Lewiston.
Lewiston 13 21 17 19 — 70
Post Falls 18 17 25 24 — 84
LEWISTON — McKenzie 6, Driskill 2, Wilson 17, Clarke 9, Way 17, Light 3, Bradley 16, Ahlers 0.
POST FALLS — Gennett 6, Thompson 6, McKeown 6, McCliment-Call 23, Walker 6, Bourgard 5, Fleming 2, Ballew 0, Pfennigs 30.
Coeur d’Alene 73
Moscow 47
COEUR d’ALENE — Junior Caleb Beggerly scored a game-high 16 points as the Vikings pulled away from the Bears in the second half on senior night at Elmer Jordan Court.
“He’s not usually a big scorer for us,” Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna said. “Quite a few of (his baskets) came out of transition, and he hit two 3s in the second half.”
Brody Lundblad scored 12 points for Coeur d’Alene (9-9), which led 33-26 at halftime, and Bryce Bronson and Joey Naccarato added 10 points each.
“I thought we picked it up at the defensive end in the second half,” Hanna said. “Our pressure caused quite a few tournovers, and we finished strong at the basket.”
Glen Gosse hit two 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with 11 points for Moscow (8-8).
Coeur d’Alene travels to Sandpoint tonight at 6.
Moscow 12 14 8 13 — 47
Coeur d’Alene 16 17 23 17 — 73
MOSCOW — Miller 4, Stevens 6, Gosse 11, Broenneke 0, Pickard 4, Quinnett 4, Johnson 2, Davis 6, Knott 4, Ewart 6.
COEUR d’ALENE — Lundblad 12, Delbridge 6, Kofmehl 0, Matheson 4, Yankoff 6, Bronson 10, Beggerly 16, Naccarato 10, I. Edwards 3, Bloom 0, K. Edwards 6.
Timberlake 64
Cd’A Charter 37
SPIRIT LAKE — After honoring seniors and their parents on senior night, a junior and freshman led the Tigers to a convincing Intermountain victory over the visiting Panthers.
Timberlake junior Colton Counts went 5-for-7 from the floor and 4-for-5 from the foul line to lead all scorers with 14 points, while teammate Jacob James added 10 points for Timberlake (9-5, 4-1 IML).
“Things started clicking (in the second quarter) and overall our team played well,” Tigers coach Michael Scott said. “Colton and Jacob shot the ball really well.”
Scott noted that with one week left in the regular season, postponed games against nonconference foes St. Maries and Moscow will not be rescheduled. The Tigers travel to Lakeland tonight, then close out the season with IML foes Bonners Ferry (Monday), Kellogg (Thursday) and Priest River (Friday).
Josh Stellflug and Jacob Rutherford scored nine points apiece for Charter (2-11, 0-6) which travels to Kootenai today.
Cd’A Charter 9 5 12 11 — 37
Timberlake 11 23 16 14 — 64
COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Phillips 4, Putren 4, Stellflug 9, Rutherford 9, Croom 2, Judd 6, Benzinger 0, Hall 3.
TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 2, Dickinson 9, Ostler 7, James 10, Counts 14, Sommers 7, Gervais 0, Menti 5, Jessen 8, Hausladen 2.
St. Maries 54
Orofino 23
OROFINO — Jake Sieler had 13 points and four steals, hitting 3 of 7 from beyond the 3-point line as the Lumberjacks beat the Maniacs to clinch the Central Idaho League title.
“Our defense was by far our best game of the year,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “Our ball pressure on their guards was really good and we collapsed on the posts when they did get the ball.”
Kiefer Gibson had eight points, nine rebounds and six assists and Tyler Lohman had six rebounds for St. Maries (10-4, 4-0 CIL), which hosts Wallace on Tuesday.
Orofino is 11-4, 0-2.
St. Maries 14 17 16 7 — 54
Orofino 4 10 4 5 — 23
ST. MARIES — Gibson 8, Sands 0, Sieler 13, Flach 3, B. Martin 6, Wilson 3, Asbury 8, Pritchard 2, Buell 0, Hammond 7, Sampson 0, Lohman 2, McGregor 2.
OROFINO — Burke 0, Bretz 2, Glaze 2, West 2, Taitano 1, Giturin 2, Bayley 10, Chatfield 4.
Wallace 60
Lakeside 45
WALLACE — Matt Farkas had 17 points and six rebounds as the Miners beat the Knights in North Star League play at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Zack Welch had 11 points and six boards, Erik Brackebusch eight rebounds for Wallace (10-7, 6-2 NSL), which travels to Clark Fork today.
Bryar Sanchez scored 14 points for Lakeside (6-10, 2-6), which visits Logos on Monday.
Lakeside 12 14 10 9 — 45
Wallace 21 12 13 14 — 60
LAKESIDE — Abrahamson 3, Ambro 3, Bighead 2, J. Davison 5, Dias 8, Pakootas 6, Sanchez 14, Vassar 2, Wienclaw 2.
WALLACE — Hunter 2, Farkas 17, Brackebusch 8, Welch 11, Dimitroff 9, Gust 10, Hull 1, Gallagher 2.
Kootenai 66
Clark Fork 57
HARRISON FLATS — Triston Usdrowski scored 10 of his 22 points in the first quarter, and Dylan Wright scored 11 of his 21 in the opening quarter as the host Warriors jumped out to a 25-9 lead after one quarter en route to the North Star League victory over the Wampus Cats.
“They went man on us and we were able to capitalize on picks and cutting and driving, and we had a lot of transition baskets,” Kootenai coach Mike Maitland said.
Kootenai (5-6, 3-4 NSL), playing the first of five games in six days, is home vs. Coeur d’Alene Charter today at 2:30.
Kobe Banks scored 17 points, Hunter Boudousquie 16 for Clark Fork (7-7, 4-3).
Clark Fork 9 14 17 17 — 57
Kootenai 25 12 12 17 — 66
CLARK FORK — Boudousquie 16, Jeffres 12, Stevens 6, Heisel 2, Banks 17, West 2, Henderson 2, Abbott 0.
KOOTENAI — A. Whipple 0, H. Whipple 12, Wright 21, Maitland 2, Andersen 5, Usdrowski 22, Ausman 2, Donohoe 2.
N.I. Christian 62
The Oaks 38
PULLMAN — Garrett White had 14 points, nine rebounds, four steals, four blocked shots and three assists for the Royals in a semifinal victory at the Mountain Christian League tournament at Pullman Christian.
Dillon Walker scored a team-high 16 points for North Idaho Christian (28-2), which plays Kootenai Thunder tonight at 7 in the championship game. Cross Pilgrim had eight rebounds for the Royals.
Luke Long of The Oaks led all scorers with 23 points.
The Oaks 4 14 8 12 — 38
N.I. Christian 19 14 20 9 — 62
THE OAKS — Kim 4, Long 23, T. Christensen 0, Modderman 1, M. Kleyn 3, A. Kleyn 0, Gold 0, Clancy 3, S. Christensen 4.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — White 14, Schwintek 8, Beck 2, Walker 16, Fish 7, Pilgrim 7, B. Kelly 4, Hunter 0, J. Kelly 0, Conley 0, Winde 0, Holmes 2, Hill 0.