Brennan paces Post Falls in opener

POST FALLS — Bayley Brennan had 21 points and 10 assists as the Post Falls Trojans opened their season with a 77-22 victory over the Sandpoint Bulldogs on Saturday in nonleague play at The Arena.

Tyler McCliment-Call added 23 points for the Trojans, who shot 32 of 60 from the field and finished with 24 assists as a team.

“We played really well and shared the ball really well,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “We shot the ball really well. We’ve got some weapons and one of the things we’ve talked about was spreading the ball around. If we can share the ball, we’re going to be tough.”

Grace Kirscher, a recent Eastern Washington signee, scored nine points for Sandpoint (0-2), which travels to Lake City on Tuesday.

Melody Kempton, a recent Gonzaga signee, had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Post Falls (1-0), which hosts Lewis and Clark on Nov. 28.

Sandpoint 8 2 7 5 — 22

Post Falls 22 21 24 10 — 77

SANDPOINT — Bailey 2, Edwards 1, Morgan 7, Driggs 2, Larson 1, Laybourne 0, Steiger 0, Kirscher 9, Petit 0.

POST FALLS — Gleaves 5, Morris 2, Gardiner 0, Brennan 21, T. McCliment-Call 23, J. McCliment-Call 5, Faulkner 0, Kempton 15, Parks 6.

Kuna 56

Lake City 39

KUNA — Keara Simpson scored 16 points for the Timberwolves in a loss to the Kavemen in the finale of a two-game trip to the Boise area.

“They had a bunch of guards, so it was a good chance to get her down low and the girls did a good job of getting the ball in to her,” Lake City assistant coach Troy Anderson said.

Meghan Holloman scored 23 points for Kuna.

“Kuna shot the ball really well, and Holloman, she shot it extremely well,” Anderson said. “They play a full-court defense and played with a lot of energy.”

Lake City (1-2), which lost at Boise on Friday, hosts Sandpoint on Tuesday.

Lake City 6 11 14 8 — 39

Kuna 5 19 16 16 — 56

LAKE CITY — Avery 3, Barber 5, Teets 3, Muehlhausen 2, Hawkins 0, Wilson 2, Halladay 2, Rewers 6, Simpson 16.

KUNA — Ray 2, Walker 8, Field 0, Haas 2, Rowe 8, Rackam 2, McKenzie Mills 2, Mia Mills 7, Holloman 23.

Timberlake 67

Lapwai 32

SPIRIT LAKE — Freshman Brooke Jessen scored 13 of her 15 points in the first half as the host Tigers jumped out to a 31-7 lead after one quarter en route to the victory over the traditional 1A Division I power Wildcats, who were hit hard by graduation.

“They were pressing us, and we got a lot of easy baskets off our press break,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “I was really proud of our decision making with the ball — we were sharing the ball, and hitting the open person.”

Another freshman, Taryn Soumas, scored 11 of her 15 points in the second half for 3A Timberlake (2-0), which travels to 5A Lewiston on Tuesday.

Amil Mitchell led Lapwai with 14 points.

Lapwai 7 8 10 7 — 32

Timberlake 31 14 13 9 — 67

LAPWAI — Sobotta 6, Wisdom 4, Domebo 0, Ruben 3, Oatman 0, Lussoro 3, A. Mitchell 14, Smith 0, Gould 0, O. Mitchell 0, Shippentower 0, Coversup 2.

TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 9, Starr 12, Kelley 8, Kronenberg 0, Soumas 15, Bronson 3, Jessen 15, Bremer 0, Allen 2, Linehan 3.

Kellogg 57

Wallace 35

KELLOGG — Kaili Cates totaled 18 points and seven rebounds as the host Wildcats pulled away from the rival Miners in the second half in the championship game of the Silver Valley Tournament at Andrews Gymnasium.

Erin VanHoose added 11 points, Kat Rauenhorst 10 for Kellogg (2-0), which led just 21-19 at halftime.

“I told them (at halftime, and reminded them later in a third-quarter timeout) if they didn’t work harder on defense, they were going to run a lot on Monday,” first-year Kellogg coach Jana Kothe said.

Kimmie Krous led Wallace with 12 points.

Kellogg is scheduled to host Genesis Prep on Tuesday.

Wallace 9 10 8 8 — 35

Kellogg 7 14 18 18 — 57

WALLACE — Oertli 0, Krous 12, Hayman 4, Garitone 0, Frey 1, Hill 5, Sheppard 0, Morin 2, Corey 0, Bayer 0, Johnson 7, Howard 4.

KELLOGG — Cates 18, Riekena 0, Nusz 0, Rauenhorst 10, VanHoose 11, Senteney 7, Sheppard 0, Bristow 0, Figueroa 6, Ross 5.

Lakeside 33

Clark Fork 21

KELLOGG — Tara Allen had 10 points and seven rebounds for the Knights, who held the Wampus Cats scoreless in the fourth quarter in the consolation championship game of the Silver Valley tournament at Andrew Gymnasium.

“Defensively, we improved throughout the game,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We started really slow and started to play better in the third and fourth quarter. Our defense was the difference, especially in that fourth quarter.”

Alyssa SiJohn had six points and seven assists for Lakeside (2-1), which hosts North Idaho Christian on Nov. 28.

Brooke Stevens scored eight points for Clark Fork (0-2).

Lakeside 3 12 8 10 — 33

Clark Fork 9 7 5 0 — 21

LAKESIDE — Brown 3, S. Pakootas 0, SiJohn 6, Allen 10, T. Pakootas 6, Olson 2, Hendrickx 6.

CLARK FORK — Stevens 8, Hathaway 3, Kiebert 3, Sutton 1, Banks 4, Simko 0.

N.I. Christian

takes home

Ram Classic title

HELENA, Mont. — Savannah Seeley scored 16 points and Imelda Bresee had 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Royals past Great Falls Christian 77-37 to win the championship of the Ram Classic at Evergreen Middle School.

Mary Schlader had 10 points and 12 rebounds and Hailey Jo Parks seven assists for North Idaho Christian (3-2), which beat Flathead Valley Home School on Friday and was the lone unbeaten team in the round-robin tournament (3-0).

Earlier, Schlader had 11 points and 14 rebounds as North Idaho Christian beat Helena Christian 40-26.

Seeley had 11 points, six assists and four steals for North Idaho Christian, which faces Upper Columbia Academy on Monday at Holy Family Catholic School.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN 40,

HELENA CHRISTIAN 26

Helena Christian 3 2 9 12 — 26

N.I. Christian 14 7 13 6 — 40

HELENA CHRISTIAN — Harian 9 (Lynne), Freeman 0, Warth 2, Payne 0, F. Harian 7, Austin 8.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN— Haines 0, Parks 2, Gwin 2, Anderson 2, Malinauskas 4, Bresee 6, Knight 2, Schlader 11, Seeley 11.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN 77,

GREAT FALLS CHRISTIAN 37

N.I. Christian 29 20 14 14 — 77

G. Falls Christian 6 0 11 22 — 33

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Haines 8, Parks 2, Gwin 8, Anderson 3, Ward 4, Malinauskas 6, Bresee 12, Knight 8, Schlader 10, Seeley 16.

GREAT FALLS CHRISTIAN — Stensland 1, Gray 8, Grace Reiman 16, Sullivan 2, Johnson 10, Hutchison 0, Poyoh 0.