Post Falls boys finish 6-0 slate in 5A IEL
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POST FALLS — Post Falls finished the night 17 of 24 from inside the 3-point line in a 58-28 win over Lake City in the 5A Inland Empire League finale for both schools Friday at The Arena.
“Lake City did a good job of taking away our transition opportunities,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “We did a good job of taking the shots we wanted and moving the ball around and finding the open passing lane. Lake City did a good job of getting us off the 3-point line, but we did a good job of taking advantage of our opportunities.”
The teams will meet again to open the Region 1 tournament next Friday at 6:30 p.m. at The Arena.
Jake Pfennigs had 16 points, 13 rebounds and five assists for Post Falls (16-5, 6-0 5A IEL), which is off until regionals.
Post Falls went 6-0 in league for the second straight year.
Hunter Schaffer scored 11 points for Lake City (10-10, 1-5), which travels to Lakeland on Tuesday.
Lake City 8 10 5 5 — 28
Post Falls 11 18 20 9 — 58
LAKE CITY — Street 0, Schaffer 11, Kolden 7, Sensel 0, Carlson 6, Manzardo 4, Kiesbuy 0, Pollow 0.
POST FALLS — Gennett 9, Buer 0, McCliment-Call 17, Walker 3, Bourgard 6, Fleming 2, Ballew 0, Pfennigs 16, Morris 5.
Lewiston 54
Coeur d’Alene 53
LEWISTON — The host Bengals made just 4 of 16 free throws, but one of them, by Connor Grainger with 10 seconds left, helped Lewiston secure a 5A IEL victory over the Vikings at Booth Hall.
After the free throw, Coeur d’Alene (9-9, 3-3 5A IEL) rushed the ball up the floor and hit a 3-pointer, but with no timeouts left, could only watch as Lewiston (9-11, 2-4) held the ball out of bounds as the clock ran out.
The win gave Lewiston the No. 3 seed to the upcoming 5A Region 1 tournament. The Bengals will travel to No. 2 Coeur d’Alene in the first round Friday at 6:30 p.m.
Sam Matheson hit three 3-pointers and scored 20 points for Coeur d’Alene, which still has two more regular-season games remaining, including today at home vs. Sandpoint at 5:30.
Coeur d’Alene 13 18 7 15 — 53
Lewiston 9 14 16 15 — 54
COEUR d’ALENE — Kile 2, Delbridge 0, Leifer 3, Whitaker 3, Matheson 20, Friesz 8, Beggerly 5, Hostetter 5, Dunteman 0, Bloom 4, Edwards 3.
LEWISTON — McKenzie 12, Chapman 3, Wallace 0, Grainger 1, Ruddell 6, Spencer 3, Santana 12, Bradley 0, Forsman 4, VanBoeyen 13.
St. Maries 60
Orofino 37
ST. MARIES — Junior post Dan Howard led a balanced attack with 15 points and also grabbed nine rebounds as the visiting Lumberjacks wrapped up a perfect Central Idaho League season.
Kaden Hammond added eight points, five assists and four steals for St. Maries (14-4, 4-0 CIL). Jackson Pritchard had eight points and four assists, Coy Sands six points and five rebounds.
“I thought we played better team ball tonight,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We still have some things to iron out, but the kids are moving the ball better. We got our presses going in the first half.”
Peyton Daily led Orofino (2-16, 0-3) with 10 points.
St. Maries plays host to Wallace on Tuesday.
St. Maries 23 15 20 2 — 60
Orofino 7 6 13 11 — 37
ST. MARIES — Gibson 3, Duffield 6, Green 4, Lohman 7, Sands 6, Pritchard 8, Hill 0, Buell 3, Hammond 8, Howard 15, Olson 0, Truscott 0.
OROFINO — Daily 10, Taitano 4, Isbelle 3, Alldrin 3, Kelse 9, Zyeifel 8, Hueth 0.
N.I. Christian 79
Chr. Heritage 25
PULLMAN — Caden Benzinger had 25 points and 12 rebounds for the Royals in a win over Christian Heritage in the opening round of the Mountain Christian League tournament at Pullman Christian School.
Tyler Thoresness had 15 rebounds and six steals for North Idaho Christian (26-1).
Christian Heritage 5 8 7 5 — 25
N.I. Christian 11 27 29 12 — 79
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — Vaughn 2, Chen 5, Sorensen 0, Klein 5, Simons 11, Clarkson 2, Lou 0, Headwick 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — W. Pilgrim 4, Nicholson 17, P. Connelly 2, Holmes 23, J. Kelly 2, Thoresness 6, Benzinger 25.
N.I. Christian 63
Cov. Christian 30
PULLMAN — Garrett White had 23 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, five steals and three blocks for the Royals in a win over Covenant Christian of Spokane in a semifinal game in the Mountain Christian League tournament at Pullman Christian.
North Idaho Christian (27-1) faces The Oaks, the tournament’s sixth-seed, in tonight’s championship game at 7 p.m.
Convenant Christian 6 9 4 11 — 30
N.I. Christian 16 13 16 18 — 63
COVENANT CHRISTIAN — Syrotcher 0, Hoch 8, Jordan 1, Rushing 19, A. Sellers 2, N. Sellers 0, Larson 0, Sanders 0, Trada 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — D. Kelly 7, W. Pilgrim 0, Nicholson 0, P. Connelly 6, Winde 4, C. Pilgrim 2, Holmes 4, J. Kelly 3, Thoresness 6, Benzinger 8, White 23.
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N.I. Christian 43
Chr. Center 19
MOSCOW — Savannah Seeley scored 14 points and Mary Schlader added nine points and 10 rebounds as North Idaho Christian defeated Christian Center in a semifinal game of the Mountain Christian League tournament at Hamilton Indoor Recreation Center.
Imelda Bresee had seven points and 11 rebounds, Hailey Jo Parks eight assists for North Idaho Christian (18-9), which plays in the championship game tonight at 5:20 at Pullman Christian.
Rebekah Cashen led Christian Center School with nine points.
Christian Center 4 8 2 5 — 19
N.I. Christian 10 15 11 7 — 43
CHRISTIAN CENTER — R. Cashen 9, Ryssel 2, Rives 4, Wood 0, M. Cashen 2, Haman 2, May 0, James 0, Williams 0, Epkey 0, Kramer 0, Sisco 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Monaghan 0, Hines 0, Parks 3, Gwin 5, Anderson 0, Ward 1, Bresee 7, Schlader 9, Seeley 14, Aittama 4, Knight 0.
Sandpoint 69
Moscow 48
SANDPOINT — The top-seeded Bulldogs (13-7) finished off the sweep of the second-seeded Bears in Game 2 of the best-of-3 series for the 4A Region 1 championship at Les Rogers Court.
Sandpoint, which won its fifth straight regional title, advances to state next week at Mountain View High in Meridian. The Bulldogs will open Thursday at 2 p.m. PST vs. the loser of tonight’s District 3 championship game between Middleton (18-5) and Bishop Kelly (18-5).
Moscow finished 8-12.
Bonners Ferry 46
Kellogg 36
BONNERS FERRY — The second-seeded Badgers (18-5) bounced back from a loss earlier in the week to beat the third-seeded Wildcats to earn District 1’s second berth to the state 3A tournament next week.
Bonners Ferry will open state Thursday at 7 p.m. PST vs. District 5 champion Snake River (17-6) at Skyview High in Nampa.
Kellogg, which beat Bonners Ferry 44-40 in the first round Monday at North Idaho College, finished 8-12.