Lakeland comes up short
Dylan Knight, center, of Lakeland, is defended by Moscow players Hunter Pickard, left, and Jake Knott in the last minutes of their 4A Region 1 championship game at North Idaho College on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 45-44. LISA JAMES/Press
LISA JAMES/PressJosiah Haaland of Lakeland, is blocked by Moscow players in the last half of their 4A Region 1 championship game at NIC on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45.
LISA JAMES/PressCooper Stephens, #3, of Moscow celebrates their win as Lakeland players react as the game ends. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45, in the 4A Region 1 championship game at NIC on Thursday night.
LISA JAMES/PressJosh Neilson of Lakeland tries to block Glen Gosse of Moscow from passing during their 4A Region 1 championship game at NIC on Thursday night.
LISA JAMES/PressJosiah Haaland of Lakeland tries to keep Cooper Stephens of Moscow from stealing the ball during their 4A Region 1 championship game at NIC on Thursday night.
LISA JAMES/PressDylan Knight drives down the court with Jake Knott of Moscow close at his heels during their 4A Region 1 championship game at NIC on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45.
LISA JAMES/PressDylan Vahey of Lakeland shoots in the last minutes of their 4A Region 1 championship game against Moscow at NIC on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45.
LISA JAMES/PressDylan Knight drives down the court with Jake Knott of Moscow close at his heels during their 4A Region 1 championship game at NIC on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45.
LISA JAMES/PressLakeland players cheer for their teammates in the last minutes of their 4A Region 1 championship game against Moscow at NIC on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45.
LISA JAMES/PressIan Horne of Lakeland shoots over Moscow players during the second half of their 4A Region 1 championship game at NIC on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45.
LISA JAMES/PressDylan Vahey of Lakeland looks to pass during their 4A Region 1 championship game against Moscow at NIC on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45.
LISA JAMES/PressDylan Knight shoots as Moscow defenders rush in during the end of their 4A Region 1 championship game at NIC on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45.
LISA JAMES/PressHunter Pickard of Moscow tries to swat the ball from Josiah Haaland of Lakeland during their 4A Region 1 championship game at NIC on Thursday night.
LISA JAMES/PressJosiah Haaland prepares for a free throw during the last seconds of their 4A Region 1 championship game against Moscow at NIC on Thursday night.
LISA JAMES/PressIan Horne, center, and his Lakeland teammates take a timeout in the last seconds of their 4A Region 1 championship game against Moscow at NIC on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45.
LISA JAMES/PressLakeland players react during the last minutes of their 4A Region 1 championship game against Moscow at NIC on Thursday night. Lakeland lost to Moscow, 44-45.
4A
COEUR d’ALENE — Lakeland’s bid for a third straight trip to state fell just short Thursday night, as the top-seeded Moscow Bears held off the Hawks 45-44 in the championship game of the 4A Region 1 boys basketball tournament at North Idaho College’s Rolly Williams Court.
Moscow (8-11), which won its first regional title since 2014, advances to state starting next Thursday at Borah High in Boise.
Lakeland, the two-time defending regional champs, finished 9-14.
“It’s disappointing,” Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. “I think they (the Bears) definitely earned it; they played really hard.”
Dylan Vahey, one of four juniors (along with a sophomore) who started for Lakeland the last half of the season, hit a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left to pull Lakeland within one. But the Bears were able to inbound the ball and run out the clock before the Hawks could foul.
Soph Josiah Haaland had 10 points, nine rebounds and two blocked shots for Lakeland. Junior Dylan Knight scored 10 points and junior Kaden Davis added nine.
Hunter Pickard scored a game-high 16 points for Moscow.
“It was a very physical game; they got into us a little bit,” said Ryan, noting Lakeland was just 4 of 15 from 3-point range.
Lakeland 10 8 10 16 — 44
Moscow 8 11 13 13 — 45
LAKELAND — Horne 0, Brueher 0, Johnson 6, Cysewski 0, Vahey 9, Davis 9, Knight 10, Zubaly 0, Neilson 0, Haaland 10.
MOSCOW — Miller 1, Stephens 13, Gosse 10, Broenneke 0, Pickard 16, Quinnett 3, Davis 2, Knott 0, Ewart 0.
3A
Kellogg 70
Priest River 48
COEUR d’ALENE — Toby Colburn, who was named the Intermountain League Most Valuable Player for the second straight year after the game, scored 17 points to lead the top seeded Wildcats past the third seeded Spartans in the championship game of the 3A District 1 tournament at North Idaho College.
Kellogg, which has won four straight district titles, will open at state next Thursday at 5:15 p.m. PST at Meridian High.
Hunter Hartwig scored 12 points for Priest River, which plays at Timberlake in the district’s second-place game tonight at 7.
Priest River 11 9 17 11 — 48
Kellogg 25 20 14 11 — 70
PRIEST RIVER — Storro 5, O’Brien 2, Hegel 9, R. Anselmo 2, T. Anselmo 0, Downs 0, Hartwig 12, Haggerty 5, Luckey 11, McCracken 2.
KELLOGG — Gibbons 14, Samuelson 0, Jerome 16, Mueller 2, Hammerberg 0, Bumgardner 7, Nearing 0, Finlay 7, Morgan 7, Colburn 17.
Timberlake 66, Bonners Ferry 53: Colton Counts scored 19 points to lead the Tigers past the Badgers in a loser-out game in the 3A District 1 tournament at North Idaho College.
“I think we had a group effort crashing the boards and spreading the floor,” Timberlake coach Michael Scott. “Everyone that stepped on the floor contributed something at some point.”
Jacob James added 15 points for Timberlake (12-8), which hosts Priest River in the second-place game tonight at 7 p.m.
Chris Sabin scored 12 points for Bonners Ferry, which finishes 9-12.
Bonners Ferry 13 15 8 17 — 53
Timberlake 22 8 13 23 — 66
BONNERS FERRY — Price 7, Sabin 12, S. Bateman 10, Stockton 6, Hittle 4, Harrington 8, Bell 0, B. Bateman 6, Egge 0.
TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 4, Dickinson 0, Ostler 3, James 15, Counts 19, Sommers 0, Menti 11, Jessen 8, Hausladen 6.