Lumberjacks trip Grangeville

| January 22, 2017 12:00 AM

GRANGEVILLE — Kiefer Gibson hit a 3-pointer to extend a one-point advantage with under a minute remaining, helping the St. Maries Lumberjacks beat the Grangeville Bulldogs 59-55 to take control of the Central Idaho League race on Saturday.

Gibson had 15 points, five assists and three steals and Jake Sieler had 18 points, five assists and three steals for St. Maries (8-3, 3-0 CIL), which travels to Sandpoint next Saturday.

“We led the entire way, but the lead was never comfortable,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We couldn’t quite put them away. Down here, it’s always tough to get a win.”

St. Maries finished the game 5 of 15 from the free-throw line.

Bryant Asbury had seven rebounds for St. Maries.

Spencer Schumacher scored 16 points for Grangeville (4-5, 0-2).

St. Maries 14 17 13 15 — 59

Grangeville 8 16 13 18 — 55

ST. MARIES — Gibson 15, Sands 2, Sieler 18, Flach 0, Martin 14, Wilson 0, Asbury 6, Pritchard 2, Buell 0, Howard 2, McGregor 0.

GRANGEVILLE — Dreadfulwater 7, Stokes 9, Bush 10, Kennedy 11, Hunter 0, Schumacher 16, Rucklic 2.

Coeur d’Alene 67

Big Sky 48

COEUR d’ALENE — Joey Naccarato scored 16 points and Colson Yankoff chipped in 14 points, leading the Vikings past the Eagles of Missoula at Elmer Jordan Court.

“We started off a little slow, trailed 8-0, and it took a bit to get our legs after last night (a 67-65 win over Lewiston),” Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna said. “The gym was pretty empty and we kind of had to create our own energy. They played a 1-3-1 zone, and we’re not used to seeing that. Once we got comfortable with it, we started to do some good things.”

Sam Matheson scored 13 points for Coeur d’Alene (6-7), which hosts Lakeland on Monday.

Nick Wakai scored 19 points for Big Sky.

Big Sky 11 10 17 10 — 48

Coeur d’Alene 9 21 26 11 — 67

BIG SKY — Wakai 19, Morin 3, Vargas 0, Johns 3, Jackson 0, Butz 7, Clawson 0, VanVallis 4, Casselman 12.

COEUR d’ALENE — Delbridge 5, Kofmehl 0, Johnson 0, Matheson 13, Yankoff 14, Bronson 5, Beggerly 0, Naccarato 16, I. Edwards 3, Bloom 3, K. Edwards 8.

Genesis Prep 56

Lakeside 19

POST FALLS — Jonny Hillman scored 17 of his 27 points in the first half as the Jaguars rolled past the Knights in North Star League play at Post Falls Middle School.

Genesis Prep (9-3, 5-0 NSL) travels to Northwest Christian of Colbert, Wash., on Tuesday.

Ruben Dias scored six points for Lakeside (4-6, 1-2), which plays host to Wallace on Tuesday.

Lakeside 5 8 6 0 — 19

Genesis Prep 14 15 16 11 — 56

LAKESIDE — Dias 6, Ambro 0, Sanchez 4, Pakootas 3, Sperber 0, S. Davison 0, Bighead 0, Wienclaw 0, Vassar 0, J. Davison 1, Abrahamson 5.

GENESIS PREP — Shelton 1, Reidt 0, Williams 8, Schroeder 0, Hillman 27, Schultz 6, Manzi 8, Gonzales 6.