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LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d’Alene forward Rey Louden goes for the layup while guarded by Genesis Prep defenders Yungi Kim (45) and Bella Murekatete, right, in Tuesday night’s game at Coeur d’Alene High School. The Vikings defeated the visiting Jaguars 53-35.
Coeur d’Alene’s Kiah Morton, right, and Genesis Prep’s Trinity Morrow battle for a loose ball during Tuesday night’s game at Coeur d’Alene High School. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Trinity Morrow (15) looks for a teammate while defended by Jaden Chavez during Tuesday night’s game at Coeur d’Alene High School. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Coeur d’Alene guard Halle Kane dribbles the ball down the court on a fast break during Tuesday night’s game. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Rey Louden of Coeur d’Alene shoots a three-pointer against Genesis Prep Tuesday night at Coeur d’Alene High School. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Genesis Prep forward Bella Murekatete shoots a two-pointer against Coeur d’Alene Tuesday night. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Genesis Prep forward Bella Murekatete shoots for the basket while defended by Kiah Morton. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Halle Kane (24) dribbles the ball while defended by Genesis Prep’s Rachel Schroeder. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Rey Louden goes for a layup against Genesis Prep Tuesday night at Coeur d’Alene High School. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Rachel Schroeder dribbles the ball by Coeur d’Alene guard Halle Kane. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d’Alene guard Emma Whiteman dribbles the ball near the top of the key in a game against Genesis Prep on Tuesday.
COEUR d’ALENE — Genesis Prep is primed for a good season in 1A Division II — the smallest of Idaho’s six classifications.
Against the 5A Coeur d’Alene Vikings — in Idaho’s largest classification — it was just a little bit of a tall task on Tuesday night at Elmer Jordan Court.
Rey Louden had 21 points, seven rebounds and six steals as the Vikings beat the Jaguars 53-35 in the season opener for both schools.
“We really put a lot of pressure on them early on and got out to a lead after the first quarter,” said Coeur d’Alene assistant coach Nicole Symons, whose team hit four 3-pointers in the opening quarter. “We kind of came out of the half kind of slow, but were able to get some more pressure on them in the second half.”
Bella Murekatete had 20 points and Josie Scribner added eight for Genesis Prep.
“They never quit playing hard,” Symons said of Genesis Prep. “Their point guard (Rachel Schroeder) and Bella are a good 1-2 punch. They played really hard for (first-year Genesis Prep) coach (Brandon) Haas. They’ll do really well this year and have a great season.”
Coeur d’Alene hosts Richland on Friday.
Genesis Prep travels to Riverside of Chattaroy, Wash., next Tuesday.
Genesis Prep 9 10 11 5 — 35
Coeur d’Alene 17 17 8 11 — 53
GENESIS PREP — Morrow 0, Schroeder 7, Manzi 0, Scribner 8, Martinez 0, Kim 0, Martin 0, Murekatete 20, Griner 0.
COEUR d’ALENE — Kane 5, Chavez 6, Morton 11, Minerath 11, Louden 21, Jacobson 1, Whitman 3, Breen 0, Dupuis 0.
Post Falls 84
Lewis and Clark 67
POST FALLS — In somewhat of a track meet with basketballs, the host Trojans got 25 points from Melody Kempton and 16 from Bayley Brennan in a nonleague victory over the Tigers from the Greater Spokane League.
“Both teams wanted to run,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “I didn’t think we played well offensively, and I looked up and we had 84. We didn’t execute real well in the first half, and we had 43.”
Brennan also had seven assists, Jenna Gardiner five steals for Post Falls (2-0). Allert also praised the play of senior post Sydney Parks, who had 11 points and six assists, many of those on high-low passes to Kempton.
Post Falls had 25 assists on its 32 field goals.
Dominique Arquette scored 15 points to lead four Lewis and Clark players into double figures. The Tigers made 11 of 22 3-pointers.
“They’ve got shooters,” Allert said. “They spread you out, and they were making their shots.”
Lewis and Clark 20 17 19 11 — 67
Post Falls 16 27 24 17 — 84
LEWIS AND CLARK — Bishop 11, Buckley 14, Peters 2, Zylek 0, Arquette 15, Simpson 13, Mann 6, Maxwell 2, Reeves 4.
POST FALLS — Gleaves 3, Morris 6, Gardiner 7, Brennan 16, T. McCliment-Call 14, J. McCliment-Call 2, Kempton 25, Parks 11.
East Valley 42
Lake City 39
SPOKANE VALLEY — The visiting Timberwolves fought back from an 11-point first-half deficit to take a five-point lead with 3 1/2 minutes left, but the Knights score the game’s final eight points to capture the nonleague matchup.
Off a loose ball, Faith Adams of East Valley hit a corner 3-pointer with 3 seconds left to break a 39-all tie.
“We fought hard in the second half to get back into the thing,” Lake City assistant coach Troy Anderson said.
Bridget Rieken scored a game-high 16 points for Lake City (2-3).
“She played tough down low for us; she was awesome,” Anderson said.
Dejah Wilson added 10 points for Lake City, which travels to West Valley on Friday.
Lake City 12 8 5 14 — 39
East Valley 15 12 5 10 — 42
LAKE CITY — Avery 0, Barber 0, Mitchell 4, Teets 2, Rieken 16, Wilson 10, Zufelt 0, Halliday 0, Rewers 3, Simpson 4.
EAST VALLEY — Wilkinson 10, Moore 6, Hilliard 0, Holecek 10, Rowland 6, Adams 8, Fletcher 2.
West Valley 61
Lakeland 37
SPOKANE — Melody Loutzenhiser scored nine points for the Hawks in a nonleague loss to the Eagles.
Hailey Marlow scored a game-high 23 points for West Falley.
Lakeland (0-3) travels to Colville on Friday.
Lakeland 12 6 4 15 — 37
West Valley 17 21 17 6 — 61
LAKELAND — Leon 3, Cooper 3, Schnepf 7, Pruitt 4, Elpers 2, Loutzenhiser 9, Neff 0, Kirk 3, Stutheit 0, Rhode 2, Edinger 4.
WEST VALLEY — Kea. Sinclair 6, Marlow 23, Kel. Sinclair 6, Wood 0, Taylor 10, Skeen 6, Amann 6, Ivins 2, Transue 2.
Sandpoint 56
St. Maries 54
ST. MARIES — Alena Davenport had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Lumberjacks, but Eastern Washington signee Grace Kirscher hit a jumper with 4.5 remaining to lift the Bulldogs to a nonleague win.
“I thought the girls played extremely well, but we had too many turnovers,” said St. Maries coach Jay Sines, whose team had 32 turnovers on the night. “We were lucky to be in the game. We shot the ball really well and had some sick girls that gave it their all. Kirscher scored pretty much at will, but she’s a good ballplayer. I was impressed with how our kids played. They fought hard.”
Kaylee Auer had nine points and nine rebounds and Paige Sines 10 points and five assists for St. Maries (2-2), which travels to the Lake City JV on Thursday.
Kirscher finished with 29 points for Sandpoint (1-3).
Sandpoint 12 20 15 9 — 56
St. Maries 14 19 9 12 — 54
SANDPOINT — Bailey 8, Edwards 4, Morgan 2, Driggs 2, Larson 2, Laybourne 2, Kirscher 29, Petit 4.
ST. MARIES — Sines 10, Borgman 2, Haeg 7, Cordell 6, Hill 0, Davenport 11, Becktel 0, Wilson 9, Auer 9.
Troy 28
Kootenai 25
HARRISON FLATS — Kaili Gentry had 11 points, five rebounds and three blocked shots for the Warriors, who were outscored 8-2 in the third quarter of a season-opening loss to the Trojans.
“Our third quarter kind of sunk us,” Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. “We got a quick bucket out of the half, and then kind of went stagnant on offense and flat-footed on defense. Troy played well. It was a close game.”
Courtney Lamb had five steals for Kootenai, which hosts the Kellogg JV on Thursday.
Troy 9 4 10 5 — 28
Kootenai 10 7 2 6 — 25
TROY — Doumit 2, Webler 0, Fry 2, Hoskins-Oakley 11, Johnson 6, Blum 0, Jensen 0, Gilder 3, Fredrickson 4.
KOOTENAI — Naiperala 3, Lamb 2, Greene 4, Wine 2, Gentry 11, Grange 3.
Lakeside 62
N.I. Christian 38
PLUMMER — Glory Olson led four players in double figures for the Knights with 11 points in a win over the Royals at Ron Miller Court.
“We were able to make more of the easy baskets than we had been,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “The team played well overall.”
Tommia Pakootas, Tara Allen and Alyssa SiJohn had 10 points each for Lakeside (3-1), which opens North Star League play at Wallace on Thursday.
Savannah Seeley scored 28 points for North Idaho Christian (3-3), which travels to Clark Fork on Thursday.
N.I. Christian 9 9 4 6 — 28
Lakeside 19 9 18 16 — 62
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Choi 0, Ko 0, Ward 0, Knight 4, Seeley 22, Weed 2.
LAKESIDE — Brown 3, Daniels 2, S. Pakootas 0, SiJohn 10, Peters 4, Allen 10, T. Pakootas 10, Janson 0, Olson 11, Hendrickx 6.
Chr. Center 51
Cov. Christian 16
SPOKANE — Rebekah Cashen scored 18 points to lead the visiting Lions past the Warriors in the season and Mountain Christian League opener for Christian Center.
Christian Center plays The Oaks on Friday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.
Christian Center 14 12 14 11 — 51
Cov. Christian 0 9 5 2 — 16
CHRISTIAN CENTER — R. Cashen 18, M. Cashen 0, Haman 4, Ryssel 4, Rives 9, May 0, Wood 4, Sisco 2, Epkey 4, Kramer 6, Williams 0.
COVENANT CHRISTIAN — Peters 0, Larsen 4, H. Larson 2, Weller 6, Blomgren 2, I. Cole 0, Y. Cole 0, I. Larson 2, D. Cole 0, Goodman 0.