Viks open new gym with win
LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d’Alene’s Drew Hostetter shoots a 3-pointer over North Central’s Leon Sayers in Friday night’s game at the new Viking Court.
Coeur d’Alene’s Carter Friesz dribbles the ball in traffic between two North Central defenders in Friday night’s game at Viking Court. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
COEUR d’ALENE — It took a half, but once Coeur d’Alene got used to its new digs, things started to get better on Friday night.
Playing on Viking Court, the school’s new gymasium, Connor King scored 15 points, shooting 5-for-11 from beyond the 3-point line, to lead the Vikings past North Central 50-44 in a nonleague game.
“We just did a better job offensively in the second half,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna, whose team trailed 22-20 at halftime. “Wednesday was our first time in the gym, but the hoops weren’t set to where they’re supposed to be. Tonight was the first time with everything where it was supposed to be. We haven’t shot as well as we’d expected to this year, but it was good to see a few of them go through. We just got better quality shots in the second half, and a better job executing.”
Leon Sayers scored 15 points for North Central.
“I really felt we won the game on the defensive end,” Hanna said. “Sayers is a good player, can shoot it, but I felt we did a good job on him.”
Kale Edwards scored 11 points for Coeur d’Alene (2-2), which hosts Lakeland on Dec. 18.
North Central 11 11 14 8 — 44
Coeur d’Alene 11 9 15 15 — 50
NORTH CENTRAL — Stone 3, Edwards 2, Neil 11, Auld 5, Schoeffler 0, Phelan 0, Gifford 0, Martin 0, Knight 8, Sayers 15.
COEUR d’ALENE — Blakeley-Whitaker 6, Johnson 0, Karns 0, Friesz 2, Linehan 0, King 15, Hostetter 14, Margo 2, Edwards 11.
Mt. Spokane 69
Post Falls 57
POST FALLS — Jerry Twenge scored 22 points and the visiting Wildcats (4-1) took control in the second quarter en route to the nonleague win over the Trojans at The Arena.
“Mt. Spokane is a very experienced team,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “They did two things like every good team I’ve had here, and every good team we’ve played against. They found ways to get extra possessions off offensive rebounds, and they scored a lot out of those. And the other thing, any time we turned the ball over, they were able to score immediately on us.”
Caden McLean hit 4 of 8 3-pointers and led Post Falls (1-2) with 14 points. Alex Horning added 12 points, Cole Rutherford had 10 points and eight assists, and Gavvan Desjarlais had eight points and nine rebounds.
“I thought we did a good job matching their intensity,” Mike McLean said. “It was a great learning experience for us tonight.”
Post Falls plays host to Cheney on Tuesday.
Mt. Spokane 15 18 22 14 — 69
Post Falls 16 11 18 12 — 57
MT. SPOKANE — Barrera 4, Brooks 4, McClary 8, Stengle 2, Twenje 22, Smith 14, Anderson 2, Degenhart 13.
POST FALLS — Gennett 8, McLean 14, Hauser 0, C. Rutherford 10, Ballew 4, Shields 0, Desjarlais 8, Horning 12, J. Rutherford 1.
Lakeland 68
Colville 21
RATHDRUM — Josh Neilson scored 21 points and Josiah Haaland had 14 points and 15 rebounds, powering the Hawks past the Indians at Hawk Court.
“We started the game on an 18-3 run and our defensive pressure was a big key tonight,” Lakeland assistant coach Tyrel Derrick said. “Colville played hard, and competed hard, but we were pretty good defensively tonight.”
Lakeland (2-2) travels to Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls tonight at 6.
Colville 5 8 4 9 — 21
Lakeland 23 21 18 6 — 68
COLVILLE — Marshall 1, Wilson 5, Cunningham 5, Barnett 4, Floner 4, Bateman 2, Cameron 0, Heidinger 0, Arms 1.
LAKELAND — Taylor 8, Zubaly 6, Seay 3, Am. Munyer 3, N. Haaland 4, Strietzel 3, Henry 4, Ab. Munyer 0, Derrick 2, Neilsen 21, J. Haaland 14.
Wallace 70
St. Maries 67 (OT)
WALLACE — Erik Brackebusch converted on a late basket and free throw to give the Miners the lead for good in overtime, and Wallace downed the Lumberjacks at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Zack Welch scored 19 points and Logan Hull added 13 points for Wallace (4-0), which hosts Kellogg tonight at 7.
Eli Gibson scored 15 points and Jackson Pritchard added 12 for St. Maries (3-1), which hosts Potlatch on Tuesday.
St. Maries 16 17 11 13 10 — 67
Wallace 18 18 9 12 13 — 70
ST. MARIES — Hill 5, Pritchard 12, Nelson 2, Lohman 4, Sands 9, Gibson 15, Hammond 10, Howard 8.
WALLACE — Welch 19, Brackebusch 22, Stutzke 12, Neubauer 0, Brantz 2, Bailey 2, Hull 13.
Kootenai 54
Deary 35
HARRISON FLATS — Triston Usdrowski scored 20 points for the Warriors in a nonleague win over the Mustangs.
Gage Maitland scored nine of his 18 points in the second quarter for Kootenai (3-0), which led 31-20 at halftime.
“We’re not a pressing team because we’re small numbers-wise, but it worked well for us in the first half,” Kootenai coach Mike Maitland said. “We had to pull back a little on it in the second half because the boys were getting a little tired. But they played well defensively.”
Kootenai travels to Kendrick on Thursday.
Brandon Stapleton scored 18 points for Deary.
Deary 7 13 9 6 — 35
Kootenai 19 12 10 13 — 54
DEARY — Stapleton 18, Kirk 2, Taylor 0, S. Frazier 4, Beyer 0, Lloyd 4, E. Frazier 0, Swanson 3, Wilcox 0, Ireland 4, Johnson 0.
KOOTENAI — Little 0, Brewster 0, Maitland 18, J. Usdrowski 13, Vawter 3, Renner 0, T. Usdrowski 20.