Driggs' return sparks Sandpoint

BONNERS FERRY — Will Love and the Sandpoint Bulldogs got their first win of the season in a near wire-to-wire 55-29 win over Bonners Ferry on Saturday.

Junior guard Dawson Driggs, who missed the first month of the season with a broken arm, led all scorers with 18 points and tacked on 5 rebounds and 3 assists in her first game of the season.

“[Driggs] showed that she can be an all-league guard tonight,” said Love, who picked up his first head coaching win. “She’s a real swiss-army knife type of player. I’m happy she had the game that she had tonight after being out so long.”

For the first time all season, Sandpoint started the game in a man-to-man defense, which threw Bonners Ferry out of its rhythm early. The Badgers didn’t score their first field goal until Sadie Hill’s 2:02 remaining in the first quarter. At halftime, Driggs handled the Badgers all by herself: The junior had 15 points (on 4-of-5 shooting) to Bonners Ferry’s 14 points on 6-of-25 shooting.

Yet Sandpoint’s win was a team effort. Fellow guard Maddie Morgan added 15 points and Hattie Larson filled the stat sheet once again with a nine-point, six-rebound, three-assist showing. Although her contributions weren’t as apparent in the box score, Love cited junior guard Izzo Edwards’ defense as the catalyst for the run.

“Izzo had an awesome defensive performance tonight,” Love said. “Her defense on [Holly Ansley] really set the tone for us.”

Ansley and Jerzie Pluid each scored eight points for Bonners.

Sandpoint plays host to Priest River on Tuesday. Bonners Ferry (3-1) visits Wallace on Tuesday.

Sandpoint 10 22 15 8 — 55

Bonners Ferry 5 9 7 8 — 29

SANDPOINT — Driggs 18, Morgan 15, Larson 9, Edwards 2, Petit 0, Banks 8, Lish 0, Perry 0, Steiger 1, Phillips 2. Anderson 0.

BONNERS FERRY — Blackmore 0, Liermann 0, Ansley 8, Pluid 8, Villelli 4, Si. Hill 4, Sa. Hill 0, Pinkerton 1, Jackson 0.

Lakeland 39

Lakeside 36

NINE MILE FALLS, Wash. — Katy Ryan took a feed from Taylor Elpers and scored the go-ahead basket with 30 seconds left, and the visiting Hawks beat the Eagles.

Ryan finished with 18 points, 14 rebounds and six blocked shots for Lakeland (3-4).

“They were really physical with her again tonight,” Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. “And she just kept trying to stay upright in there and did a good job on the offensive glass. The girls did a good job of penetrating and finding her.”

Mel Loutzenhiser added 11 points, and Elpers had eight rebounds and three assists for Lakeland, which plays host to Kellogg on Thursday.

Lakeland 12 4 7 16 — 39

Lakeside 5 7 12 12 — 36

LAKELAND — Boyer 0, Cooper 0, Kime 0, Cooley 0, Elpers 5, Loutzenhiser 11, Kirk 4, Ryan 18, Pruitt 0, Neff 1.

LAKESIDE — Stockert 0, Boukin 0, Manowald 14, Hartman 4, Thomas 3, Reed 0, Martinez 8, Gay 6, Chittum 0.

East Valley 59

Timberlake 33

SPOKANE VALLEY — The visiting Tigers suffered their first loss of the season in resounding fashion.

Faith Adams scored 14 points, Brie Holecek 12 and Gensisi Wilkinson 10 as the Knights waxed Timberlake.

The 3A Tigers had won their first seven games, five of those over 5A Inland Empire League teams. One of East Valley’s wins was over Lake City, the lone 5A IEL team Timberlake doesn’t play this season.

“They’re good; we made them look really good tonight,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “They dominated us in every facet of the game, let’s not sugar-coat it, and we weren’t up to the challenge tonight.”

Brooke Jessen scored 14 points to lead Timberlake, which returns to action next Saturday at home vs. Moscow.

Timberlake 7 14 2 10 — 33

East Valley 11 17 18 13 — 59

TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 6, Soumas 7, Suko 0, Hammond 4, Carhart 0, Sande 0, Jessen 14, Jeffs 0, Willis 2.

EAST VALLEY — Wilkinson 10, A. Syverson 0, Green 8, E. Syverson 2, Glore 2, Flynn 4, Hillyard 0, Stowell 7, Holecek 12, Rowland 0, Adams 14.

NW Christian 60

Genesis Prep 51

POST FALLS — A 12-point halftime deficit proved too much to overcome as the host Jaguars fell to the Crusaders from Colbert, Wash., at Post Falls Middle School.

Bella Murekatete scored 27 points for Genesis Prep (3-1), and Rachel Schroeder added 15.

“Our ladies fought back hard in the second half to overcome a big deficit,” Genesis Prep coach Brandon Haas said. “Gotta give it to them for playing with a lot of heart and finishing strong. Northwest Christian is a well-oiled team. We learned a lot tonight and that will help going forward in the season.”

Ellie Sander scored 17 points, Christelle Simpson 12 and Jordan Rabe 10 for Northwest Christian.

Genesis Prep travels to Wallace on Thursday.

NW Christian 13 18 15 14 — 60

Genesis Prep 9 10 18 14 — 51

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN — Smith 7, Dawson 2, Sander 17, Carey 8, Rainbow 0, Simpson 12, Rabe 10, Burns 4.

GENESIS PREP — Morrow 5, Schroeder 15, Greiner 0, Martinez 2, Blood 0, Kim 0, Murekatete 27.

Yakama Nation 42

Lakeside 37

LAPWAI — Tommia Pakootas scored 12 points for the Knights in a loss to the Eagles of Toppenish in the Wildcat Shootout.

Samantha Adrian had 13 rebounds for Lakeside (2-4), which fell behind 26-18 at halftime.

“We got the deficit as close as two points, but just couldn’t get a basket to fall for us,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We just couldn’t close that gap we created in the second quarter. It was a close game throughout, but we came up a little short.”

Yakama Nation 11 15 6 10 — 42

Lakeside 10 8 8 11 — 37

YAKAMA NATION — Mills 11, Eagleheart 5, Dawes 2, Liulamaga 22, Keliilahanaui 2.

LAKESIDE — Holt 2, Twoteeth 2, S. Pakootas 2, SiJohn 5, Olson 2, Adrian 4, T. Pakootas 12, Peters 2, Marchand 2, Hendrickx 4.

Lapwai 75

Lakeside 23

LAPWAI — Raquel Domebo scored 15 points to lead the Wildcats past the Knights in the Wildcat Shootout.

Tommia Pakootas scored 10 points for Lakeside (2-5), which hosts Garfield-Palouse on Tuesday.

Lakeside 6 4 5 8 — 23

Lapwai 25 23 13 14 — 75

LAKESIDE — Holt 0, Twoteeth 0, S. Pakootas 0, SiJohn 3, Olson 2, Adrian 2, T. Pakootas 10, Bybee 0, Peters 0, B. Marchand 0, K. Marchand 3, Hendrickx 3.

LAPWAI — T. Swoboda 8, Domebo 15, Rueben 2, Oatman 7, Lussoveo 3, Shippentower 2, Smith 4, Gowdy 5, Mitchell 2, G. Swoboda 10, Green 3, Ellenwood 9, Greeny 5.