The Trojan kids are all right

- BOYS

POST FALLS — Senior Gavven Desjarlais had 16 points and 10 rebounds as the new-look Post Falls Trojans opened their season with a 61-47 victory over the Rogers Pirates on Friday night at The Arena.

“I thought Gavven played well,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “He rebounded the ball well; he battled.”

Sophomore Alex Horning added 15 points and eight rebounds and junior Colby Gennett, the lone returnee from last year’s senior-laden squad, had 11 points, six boards and six steals.

“We’re very much a work in progress,” McLean said. “We showed what we can do in spurts. I think we’re going to be OK, but we have a long way to go.”

McLean also praised the play of his bench players — Tommy Hauser, Josiah Shields, Isaac Ballew and Jake Rutherford.

“They did a good job holding the rope and not putting themselves in a bad situation,” McLean said.

Cody Downey led Rogers (1-2) with 13 points.

Post Falls travels to Moses Lake on Tuesday.

Rogers 13 12 10 12 — 47

Post Falls 15 14 14 18 — 61

ROGERS — DeMarce 0, Babich 8, Elder 0, Betholf 7, Kaesemeyer 3, Downey 13, Funnemark 4, Riblet 6, Nomee 6.

POST FALLS — Gennett 11, McLean 6, Hauser 0, C. Rutherford 7, Ballew 0, Shields 3, Desjarlais 16, Horning 15, J. Rutherford 3.

Central Valley 68

Coeur d’Alene 67

SPOKANE — Kyle Clay hit a go-ahead jumper with 4.7 seconds remaining as the Bears, in their season opener, edged the visiting Vikings.

Senior Kale Edwards scored 25 points for the Vikings, who were unable to get off a shot at the buzzer.

“It was a good game between two good programs,” Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna said. “They had some good size, but Kale was unbelievable tonight. He hit three 3-pointers and scored 14 points in the second half and nine in the fourth quarter. He just hit some huge shots for us.”

Drew Hostetter scored 16 points for Coeur d’Alene (1-2), which hosts North Central next Friday at 7:15 p.m.

“We’ve got some good guards that can shoot and post players that can score inside,” Hanna said. “We just need to put it together a little better, but we were close tonight.”

Coeur d’Alene 14 19 13 21 — 67

Central Valley 19 15 18 16 — 68

COEUR d’ALENE — Blakeley-Whittaker 8, Johnson 3, Karns 2, Friesz 3, Linehan 0, King 7, Hostetter 16, Margo 3, Edwards 25.

CENTRAL VALLEY — Sukut 5, Clay 17, Simmons 10, Wilson 14, Sanders 4, Johnson 7, Kelly 5, Gilstrap 6.

West Valley 59

Lake City 49

SPOKANE — The Timberwolves fell behind 20-1 after four minutes in their season opener, but battled back to within two points after three quarters before falling to the host Eagles in the first round of the Border Clash at West Valley High.

“We were really proud of the effort to get it back to two,” Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. “But we excerted so much energy trying to climb out of a 20-point hole. We have to come of of the gate better, and we have to play more physical.”

Chris Irvin scored 13 points, Jack Kiesbuy 11 for Lake City. Seth Hanson added nine points, all on 3-pointers.

West Valley point guard Nick Drynen scored 18 of his game-high 23 points in the first half.

Lake City plays East Valley tonight at 6:30 at West Valley to conclude the Clash.

Lake City 7 15 17 10 — 49

West Valley 24 10 7 18 — 59

LAKE CITY — Stellflug 9, Janke 3, Kiesbuy 11, Spellman 4, Irvin 13, Hanson 9, Sundstrom 0, Brum 0.

WEST VALLEY - Basicek 0, Jones 7, Tiffany 0, Peterson 2, Dellinger 0, Andrews 14, Fisher 5, Keiser 8, Drynen 23.

Lakeland 65

East Valley 31

SPOKANE — Jalen Skalskiy scored 20 points and Josiah Haaland had 13 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Hawks past the Knights in the Border Clash at West Valley High.

“We picked up the tempo some in the second quarter after struggling with their press in the first quarter,” Lakeland assistant coach Tyrel Derrick said. “We played with a lot of energy in the second quarter. After the half, we struggled a little with our energy, but overall it was a good game. We’re looking forward to the next one.”

Ben Zubaly had seven assists for Lakeland (1-0), which faces tournament host West Valley tonight at 6:30.

Adreyan Hargrave and Tyrell Brown scored seven points each for East Valley.

East Valley 10 6 10 5 — 31

Lakeland 15 22 17 11 — 65

EAST VALLEY — Gamble 2, Zurfluh 0, Hargrave 7, Srogg 4, Hostee 2, Brown 7, Holmes 3, Stevens 4, Whallon 0, Pennington 0, Gunderson 0.

LAKELAND — Taylor 4, Zubaly 5, Seay 2, Munyer 4, N. Haaland 2, Strietzel 0, Skalskiy 20, Derrick 2, Neilson 13, J. Haaland 13.

Kellogg 61

Timberlake 54

WALLACE — Tyrel Davis scored 13 points to lead three players into double figures as the Wildcats held off the Tigers in a matchup of Intermountain League squads in the first round of the Silver Valley Tournament at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Gavin Luna added 12 points, Brennen Atkins 11 for Kellogg (1-1), which opened up a double-digit lead early in the third quarter, only to see Timberlake close to within six points in the fourth quarter.

“I thought we did a pretty good job on two of the better offensive players, holding (Jacob) James to five points and (Sheldon) Kistler to six,” Kellogg coach Jeff Nearing said.

Dawson Cramer of Timberlake (0-2) led all scorers with 15 points.

“They rebound pretty well, and they attack the basket,” Nearing said of Timberlake.

Kellogg plays Wallace tonight at 7 in the championship game. Timberlake plays Mullan in the consolation game at 5:30. Wallace beat Mullan 66-28.

Timberlake 14 12 6 22 — 54

Kellogg 15 16 12 18 — 61

TIMBERLAKE — Wilfong 5, Meijerink 0, Cramer 15, Kluss 11, McDonald 2, James 5, Kistler 6, Gardom 10, Dickinson 0.

KELLOGG — Waller 2, Rickets 5, Atkins 11, Oertli 5, Nearing 3, Miller 3, Davis 13, Jerome 7, Luna 12.

- GIRLS

Lake City 73

West Valley 44

SPOKANE — Sophomore post Brooklyn Rewers scored 19 points and grabbed six rebounds, and the Timberwolves pulled away in the middle two quarters to beat the Eagles in the Border Clash at West Valley High.

Rewers scored nine points in the second quarter, seven in the fourth for Lake City (4-1), which led 16-14 after the first quarter.

“Rewers was the driving force,” Lake City assistant coach Troy Anderson said. “This was a good test for us, because we weren’t getting a lot of offense from our defense.”

Dejah Wilson had eight steals for the Timberwolves, many of those coming in the third quarter when Lake City outscored West Valley 22-9.

Bridget Rieken and Sarah Muehlhausen each had 11 points and seven rebounds for Lake City, and Klaire Mitchell had five assists and four steals.

Lake City plays East Valley today at 1 at West Valley to conclude play in the Border Clash.

Lake City 16 18 22 17 — 73

West Valley 14 9 9 12 — 44

LAKE CITY — Pickford 3, Avery 7, Muehlhausen 11, Mitchell 9, Teets 0, Rieken 11, Littman 3, Wilson 7, Rewers 19, Hawkins 3.

WEST VALLEY — Sinclair 2, Marlow 11, Sherwood 6, Taylor 5, Steen 0, Amann 8, Maloney 0, McLaughlin 0, Ivins 5, Henry 4, Finke 3.

East Valley 49

Lakeland 17

SPOKANE — The Hawks were held scoreless in the third quarter of a loss to the Eagles in the Border Clash at West Valley High.

Mel Loutzenhiser scored five points, and Taylor Elpers had five rebounds and two steals for Lakeland (1-2), which faces tournament host West Valley today at 2:30 p.m.

East Valley 17 7 12 13 — 49

Lakeland 5 7 0 5 — 17

EAST VALLEY — Wilkinson 13, Green 1, Syverson 4, Glore 0, Flinn 3, Hillyard 4, Stowell 8, Holecek 2, Rowland 2, Adams 12.

LAKELAND — Boyer 3, Cooper 2, Kime 0, Cooley 0, Elpers 0, Loutzenhiser 5, Kirk 3, Ryan 3, Pruitt 1, Neff 0.

Central Valley 57

Coeur d’Alene 27

SPOKANE VALLEY — The Vikings dipped to 1-3 with the loss to the Bears.

No other information was available.

Coeur d’Alene travels to Timberlake on Tuesday.