Cold-shooting Lakeland falls to Moscow in 4A IEL opener

• BOYS

RATHDRUM — The host Lakeland Hawks shot just 4 of 18 from 3-point range — and 20 of 53 from the field for the game — in losing to the Moscow Bears 66-51 in the 4A Inland Empire League opener for both teams Thursday night at Hawk Court.

“We didn’t shoot the ball well,” Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. “They beat us on the boards pretty good, and we were kind of playing catchup the whole game.”

Dylan Knight had 17 points and five assists for the Hawks (4-10).

Glen Gosse scored 15 points and Henry Pickard had 14 points and 12 rebounds for Moscow (8-7), which travels to Sandpoint on Saturday.

Lakeland plays at Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.

Moscow 15 16 17 18 — 66

Lakeland 10 18 10 13 — 51

MOSCOW — Miller 5, Stephens 10, Gosse 15, Broennde 5, Pickard 14, Quinnett 2, Johnson 0, Davis 9, Knott 0, Ewart 6.

LAKELAND — Horne 2, Brueher 0, Johnson 0, Cysewski 6, Vahey 9, Davis 8, Knight 17, Blood 2, Zubaly 0, Haaland 0.

N.I. Christian 58

Kootenai Thunder 32

KOOTENAI — Brandon Schwintek had 14 points and Garrett White had 10 points, nine rebounds and two blocked shots as the visiting Royals beat the Thunder in Mountain Christian League play at Kootenai Elementary.

Cross Pilgrim had five assists and four steals, and Kobe Cottier added six rebounds and four assists for North Idaho Christian (18-0, 7-0 MCL), which plays host to Christian Center on Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene.

Bucky Roop scored a game-high 16 points for the Thunder.

N.I. Christian 18 13 8 19 — 58

Koot. Thunder 8 11 6 7 — 32

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Kelly 2, Schwintek 14, Brennan 11, Walker 6, Pilgrim 5, Beck 1, White 10, Cottier 3, Fish 6, Hunter 0.

KOOTENAI — Sauter 0, Black 1, Christensen 6, Budai 0, Roop 16, Barba 0, Campbell 2, Soderburg 7.

• GIRLS

Moscow 52

Lakeland 43

RATHDRUM — Sofi Schnepf had 13 points, seven rebounds and five steals in a losing effort for the Hawks against the Bears in the 4A Inland Empire League opener for both schools at Hawk Court.

“I was really pleased with our effort and progress,” Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. “We improved tonight. We lost, but did a lot of good things. It was a good effort on our part. We just need a few more shots to fall.”

Madi Farris had nine rebounds for Lakeland (2-13), which plays at Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.

Claire Haeder scored 15 points for Moscow (3-6).

Moscow 16 10 10 16 — 52

Lakeland 11 7 9 16 — 43

MOSCOW — Haeder 15, Rauch 0, Thorsteinson 4, Carscallen 12, Meyer 12, Smith 4, Waters 0, Jung 5.

LAKELAND — Cooper 5, Schnepf 13, Edinger 0, Farris 1, Elpers 3, Kirk 11, Charles 6, Leon 0, Boyer 0, Dowd 4, Loutzenheiser 0.

Cd’A Charter 50

Kootenai 42

COEUR d’ALENE — Freshman Sandy Faulkner had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Panthers in a nonleague win over the Warriors at Holy Family Catholic School.

“It was just a battle inside,” said Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Doug Grant, who saw freshman Imelda Bresee finish with 10 points and 10 rebounds. “We just kept pounding the ball inside and found a way to win the game. It took us a while to get going, but once we got the energy level up, we kept going inside.”

Emma Bartlett had 10 points and five rebounds for Coeur d’Alene Charter (10-5), which travels to Kellogg on Tuesday.

Courtney Lamb scored 13 points for Kootenai (2-5), which travels to Clark Fork on Tuesday.

Kootenai 16 8 9 9 — 42

Cd’A Charter 6 22 7 15 — 50

KOOTENAI — K. LaFountaine 9, Lamb 13, Greene 0, M. LaFountaine 4, Dotson 12, Gentry 4, Anderson 0.

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Alexander 4, Haag 1, Faulkner 15, Bartlett 10, Ruebke 8, Taylor 2, I. Bresee 10.

N.I. Christian 57

Koot. Thunder 25

KOOTENAI — Kiki Holmes had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win against Kootenai Thunder at Kootenai Elementary.

Alexis Ralls had 11 points and Mary Schlader 11 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (9-11, 4-2 MCL), which faces Christian Center on Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene.

N.I. Christian 18 14 13 12 — 57

Koot. Thunder 8 10 4 3 — 25

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Prosch 5, Whiteman 5, Holmes 15, Brennan 2, Ralls 11, Schlader 4, Seeley 5, Dixon 2, Kruse 8.

KOOTENAI THUNDER — G. Jones 6, H. Jones 0, Osman 0, Burr 7, Smith 0, T. Jones 2, Mares 0, Racely 10.