Sieler sends Lumberjacks back to state
GENESEE — Jake Sieler had 17 points, eight steals and six assists, leading the St. Maries Lumberjacks past the Grangeville Bulldogs 64-36 in the 2A District 1-2 championship game on Tuesday, advancing the Lumberjacks to the state tournament starting next Thursday at Capital High in Boise.
St. Maries (12-4) will open at state against the runner-up from District 3 next Thursday at 12:15 p.m. PST.
The Lumberjacks led 38-19 at halftime after forcing 12 turnovers in the first half.
“Our kids did a really good job with the press,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We talked before the game about contesting shots and blocking out. And the kids did a great job in transition on both ends of the court.”
Kiefer Gibson had 11 points and nine rebounds and Brady Martin had 10 points and six rebounds for St. Maries, which claimed a third straight district title.
Grangeville (11-11) will face Orofino in a loser-out game on Thursday.
Grangeville 9 10 8 9 — 36
St. Maries 18 20 17 9 — 64
GRANGEVILLE — Dreadfulwater 14, Stokes 3, Kennedy 1, Hunter 1, Darr 3, Schumacher 5, Rutlic 5, Vaderwalls 2, Brown 2.
ST. MARIES — Gibson 11, Sands 3, Sieler 17, Flach 2, Martin 10, Asbury 9, Pritchard 5, Buell 0, Hammond 4, Howard 2, Sampson 1, Lohman 0, McGregor 0, Wilson 0, Green 0.
Lakeland 51
Sandpoint 39
COEUR d’ALENE — Dylan Vahey had 13 points and five assists for the Hawks in a win over the Bulldogs in the opening round of the 4A Region 1 tournament at North Idaho College.
“We came out and played with some good defensive pressure,” Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. “It’s not like we scored a ton of points, and didn’t shoot great, but our defense came out strong. We did the things we wanted to do and had been stressing in practice the last couple of days and took care of the basketball and played good defense. Those things really helped us tonight.”
Jared Cysewski had eight rebounds and Josiah Haaland five blocked shots for Lakeland (9-13), which faces Moscow (7-11) in the championship game on Thursday at 8 p.m. at NIC.
Robbie Johnson scored 20 points for Sandpoint, which finishes 3-19.
Sandpoint 4 13 13 11 — 39
Lakeland 13 14 15 9 — 51
SANDPOINT — Thompson 2, McLoughlin 0, Davis 5, Rockwell 0, Jones 6, Johnson 20, Stockton 4, Roos 2.
LAKELAND — Horne 5, Breuher 3, Johnson 6, Cysewski 5, Vahey 13, Davis 7, Knight 7, McDevitt 0, Zubaly 1, Haaland 4.
Kellogg 88
Bonners Ferry 62
COEUR d’ALENE — Chase Jerome and Toby Colburn scored 27 points each to lead the top-seeded Wildcats past the Badgers in a 3A District 1 semfinal game at North Idaho College.
Kellogg (16-2) will face third-seeded Priest River, which upset No. 2 seed Timberlake 65-57, in the championship game Thursday at 6 p.m.
Caleb Harrington scored 15 points for Bonners Ferry (10-11), which faces Timberlake in a loser-out game on Thursday at 4:30 at NIC.
Bonners Ferry 8 20 21 13 — 62
Kellogg 21 21 25 21 — 88
BONNERS FERRY — Price 9, Sabin 14, S. Bateman 12, Stockton 3, Hiddle 2, Pluid 2, Harrington 15, Bell 2, B. Bateman 4, Egge 2.
KELLOGG — Gibbons 9, Samuelson 1, Jerome 27, Carman 2, Mueller 0, Hammerberg 2, Bumgardner 9, Nearing 5, Jennings 0, Finlay 0, Morgan 6, Colburn 27.
Lakeside 59
Clark Fork 44
RATHDRUM — Alex Pakootas scored 19 points to lead the Knights past the Wampus Cats in a semifinal game in the 1A Division II District 1 tournament at Lakeland High.
“Late first, second quarter, it turned into a transition game and ended up with some fast breaks,” Lakeside coach Bob Wolcott said. “The pace of the game quicked and we got some points in transition to really put things away.”
Takoda Abrahamson had 12 points for Lakeside (9-10), which faces top-seeded Genesis Prep in the championship game on Thursday.
Genesis Prep (17-4) beat Kootenai (7-11) 68-19.
Kobe Banks scored 19 points for Clark Fork, which finishes 6-13.
Clark Fork 11 3 17 13 — 44
Lakeside 16 15 24 4 — 59
CLARK FORK — Banks 19, Stevens 5, Jeffres 9, Henderson 1, Boudousquie 8, Icardo 2, Abbott 0, Heisel 0.
LAKESIDE — Dias 2, Ambro 5, Sanchez 8, Pakootas 19, Bighead 6, J. Davison 5, Abrahamson 12, S. Davison 0, SiJohn 0, Wienclaw 2.