Lake City girls fend off Coeur d'Alene
• GIRLS
COEUR d’ALENE — The Coeur d’Alene Vikings kept it close with a 1-3-1 defense, but the visiting Lake City Timberwolves were able to pull away in the second half for a 42-28 victory in 5A Inland Empire League play Tuesday night at Elmer Jordan Court.
Nina Carlson had nine points, eight rebounds and four steals for Lake City (11-2, 1-0 5A IEL). Bridget Rieken had nine points and four assists, Lauren Rewers eight points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots, and Keara Simpson six points and eight boards.
“It’s tough to simulate,” Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said of the 1-3-1. “With (Kelly) Horning up top with her long arms, they did a good job taking away passing lanes. But once we settled down, we started making better passes.”
Lake City led by as much as 21 points in the fourth quarter.
Kayla Fagan had 11 points for Coeur d’Alene (5-5, 0-2), which hung close early despite not scoring a point for the game’s first 7 1/2 minutes, and not scoring its first basket until 10 1/2 minutes into the game.
Lake City plays host to Post Falls on Thursday. Coeur d’Alene travels to Hellgate of Missoula on Saturday.
Lake City 8 12 13 9 — 42
Coeur d’Alene 2 10 9 7 — 28
LAKE CITY — Allen 0, Barber 0, Carlson 9, Rieken 9, Teets 4, Rewers 8, Halliday 6, Simpson 6.
COEUR d’ALENE — Minerath 4, Morton 2, Horvath 5, Fagan 11, Horning 1, Kane 4, Louden 1, Hollibaugh 0.
Post Falls 62
Lewiston 40
POST FALLS — Melody Kempton had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead a balanced Trojan effort in a 5A Inland Empire League win against the Bengals at The Arena.
Sydney Parks had six points and 10 rebounds for Post Falls (11-1, 1-0 5A IEL), which hosts Lake City on Thursday.
“Sydney played really well for us and I think our bench was the difference in the game,” said Post Falls coach Marc Allert, who also noted the play of Briauna Robinson, who scored nine points off the bench. “They both really gave us a spark. That’s what I like about this team, someone is always stepping up and our bench does a great job.”
Cameron Cady scored 13 points for Lewiston (7-4, 1-1).
Lewiston 12 9 12 7 — 40
Post Falls 22 12 15 13 — 62
LEWISTON — Randall 8, Ralstin 2, Cornelia 0, Roy 2, Kinzer 12, Cady 13, Eke 1, Stoddard 2.
POST FALLS — Gleaves 0, Morris 3, Gardiner 8, Brennan 6, T. McCliment-Call 7, J. McCliment-Call 4, Robinson 9, Kempton 19, Parks 6.
Timberlake 70
Priest River 27
PRIEST RIVER — Further information was not available.
St. Maries 51
Genesis Prep 31
ST. MARIES — Kelsey Auer had eight points, 10 rebounds and three assists for the Lumberjacks in a win over the Jaguars.
Bella Murkekatete had 15 points, 14 rebounds and six blocked shots for Genesis Prep (6-1), which plays at Bonners Ferry on Thursday.
“The girls did a good job on Bella and we were double-teaming her early and forced her to miss some shots,” St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. “We didn’t shoot the ball extremely well, but we got a lot of shots up. It was a good, overall effort from all the girls.”
Kaylee Auer had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Devyn Wilson eight points and 10 rebounds for St. Maries (8-3), which hosts Grangeville on Saturday.
Josie Schribner had 10 rebounds and three blocked shots and Rachel Schroeder eight points and five assists for Genesis Prep.
“They made a run in the second quarter, and we couldn’t recover,” Genesis Prep coach Debbie Holte said.
Genesis Prep 6 2 12 11 — 31
St. Maries 10 16 14 11 — 51
GENESIS PREP — Morrow 2, Amanzi 0, Schroeder 8, Blood 0, Schribner 6, Jones 0, Kim 0, Murkekatete 15.
ST. MARIES — Sines 3, Peet 2, Borgman 0, Haeg 4, Cordell 4, Wilson 8, Kel. Auer 8, Holder 10, Kay. Auer 12.
Lakeside 73
Cd’A Charter 52
PLUMMER — Corin Peone sank 4 of 6 3-pointers and scored 16 points to help the host Knights beat the Panthers in nonleague play at Ron Miller Court.
Tommia Pakootas made the other 3-pointer and finished with nine points for Lakeside (8-0).
“Their shooting has really helped us,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said.
Lillian Rhea totaled 26 points and 12 rebounds for the Knights, and Rachael Arthur had nine assists to go with her seven points.
“Lillian sat out a big chunk of the third and fourth quarter with foul trouble,” Dohrman said, “and the other girls really stepped up when she was out.”
Lakeside shot 30 of 58 from the field, including 5 of 13 from 3-point range.
Mae Alexander scored 20 points for Coeur d’Alene Charter (8-3), which went to the free-throw line 32 times, making 18.
The teams meet again Thursday at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene.
Cd’A Charter 6 21 11 14 — 52
Lakeside 10 26 16 21 — 73
COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Alexander 20, Haag 6, Faulkner 12, Bartlett 4, Ruebke 8, Taylor 0, I. Bresee 2.
LAKESIDE — Palmer 0, Rhea 26, S. Pakootas 6, SiJohn 4, Adrian 3, Daman 0, T. Pakootas 9, Arthur 7, Lambert 0, Peone 16, Olson 2.
N.I. Christian 62
Cov. Christian 24
SPOKANE — Kiki Holmes had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win against Covenant Christian.
Mary Schlader had 16 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots for North Idaho Christian (8-8, 3-2 MCL), which travels to Logos tonight.
N.I. Christian 20 15 13 14 — 62
Cov. Christian 9 5 2 8 — 24
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Prosch 2, Whiteman 2, Holmes 17, Brennan 6, Ralls 2, Schlader 16, Seeley 4, Dixon 4, Krause 6, Gwin 3.
COVENANT CHRISTIAN — Peters 12, I. Larson 0, Weller 3, Longren 2, Daughters 0, Gibson 0, L. Cole 0, Y. Cole 0, H. Larson 7.
• BOYS
Lewiston 70
Lakeland 34
RATHDRUM — Dylan Vahey scored 21 points in a losing effort for the Hawks in a nonleague game against the Bengals at Hawk Court.
Vahey hit 5 of 6 from beyond the 3-point line for Lakeland (3-9), which travels to Priest River on Friday.
“They went inside early and jumped out to a big lead,” Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. “They’re quick, have speed and handle the ball really well. They’re a great team. We’ve just got to get tougher, and we made some progress in that during the Lake City tournament last week. We just need to keep working on that throughout the season.”
Trystan Bradley scored 19 points for Lewiston (6-3).
Lewiston 21 18 21 9 — 70
Lakeland 9 9 11 5 — 34
LEWISTON — McKenzie 11, Driskell 4, Ahlers 2, Grant 4, Wilson 16, Phillips 0, Clarke 2, Way 2, Light 0, Bradley 19, Richardson 10.
LAKELAND — Horne 0, Brueher 0, Baker 0, Johnson 0, Cysewski 4, Vahey 21, Davis 2, Knight 6, McDevitt 0, Blood 0, Haaland 1.
St. Maries 70
Kootenai 31
HARRISON FLATS — Brady Martin scored 16 points for the Lumberjacks in a win over the Warriors.
“We started running out of legs early,” Kootenai coach Mike Maitland said. “They’ve got a lot of quick kids off the bench and they’re size and speed got to us in the second half. We looked good in the first half, and then they started wearing us down.”
Jake Sieler scored 14 points for St. Maries (5-3), which hosts Grangeville on Saturday.
Dylan Wright scored 18 points for Kootenai (1-4), which hosts Genesis Prep next Tuesday.
St. Maries 9 25 26 10 — 70
Kootenai 10 10 8 3 — 31
ST. MARIES — Gibson 12, Sands 2, Sieler 14, Flach 2, Martin 16, Wilson 4, Asbury 7, Pritchard 3, Buell 4, Hammond 2, Howard 4, McGregor 0.
KOOTENAI — H. Whipple 0, Wright 18, Maitland 1, Keogh 2, Anderson 0, Udrowski 6, Ausman 2, Donahoe 2, A. Whipple 0.
N.I. Christian 58
Cov. Christian 21
SPOKANE — Dillon Walker scored 17 points and Garrett White had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win against Covenant Christian.
Cross Pilgrim had eight points, 11 rebounds and five steals and Nick Beck four assists for North Idaho Christian (16-1, 6-0 MCL), which faces Stillwater Christian on Friday in Kalispell, Mont.
N.I. Christian 11 12 20 15 — 58
Cov. Christian 6 6 1 8 — 21
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Kelly 2, Schwintek 9, Brennan 2, Walker 17, Bayley 0, Pilgrim 8, Beck 3, White 10, Cottier 4, Fish 3.
COVENANT CHRISTIAN — Peters 0, Bryan 3, Cook 2, Brown 0, Hutch 2, Stocheren 4, Nickerson 10.