Napierala, Kootenai girls sharp from stripe
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HARRISON FLATS — Kootenai made 14 of 19 free throws in the fourth quarter and went on to upend the Wallace Miners 38-33 in North Star League play Tuesday night.
Madison Napierala finished with 12 points and nine rebounds for Kootenai (3-7, 1-5 NSL). She made 8 of 8 free throws in the final quarter, including two with 50 seconds left to break a 32-all tie.
For the game, Kootenai was 17 of 28 from the line. Wallace was 8 of 27.
“Both offenses were aggressive, going to the hole,” Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. “Both teams were getting to the line, and we made ours.”
Courtney Lamb added 10 points for the Warriors. Kaili Gentry had seven points, eight rebounds and four steals, Jacey Grange six rebounds.
Maggie Howard scored 10 of her game-high 16 points in the fourth quarter for Wallace (3-9, 0-4).
Kootenai travels to Kendrick on Thursday.
Wallace 7 4 4 18 — 33
Kootenai 7 8 5 18 — 38
WALLACE — Oertli 2, Krous 4, Hayman 2, Garitone 0, Frey 0, Hill 0, Sheppard 7, Morin 0, Johnson 2, Howard 16.
KOOTENAI — Napierala 12, Lamb 10, Greene 0, Wine 4, Walker 0, Gentry 7, Grange 5.
Coeur d’Alene 55
Lakeland 21
RATHDRUM — Rey Louden scored 23 points as the visiting Vikings pulled away early and beat the Hawks in nonleague play at Hawk Court.
“Girls played great,” Coeur d’Alene assistant coach Nicole Symons said. “Rey had an outstanding night in the post. Lakeland played hard and physical.”
“Coeur d’Alene did a nice job of running stuff,” Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. “Louden, we had a hard time guarding her.”
Emily Minerath and Jaelyn Brainard-Adams each added eight points for Coeur d’Alene (6-10), which plays host to Lewiston on Friday.
Melody Loutzenhiser and Izzy Kirk each scored five points for Lakeland (4-11), which travels to Sandpoint on Friday in the Battle for the Paddle spirit game. Alaina Pruitt had seven rebounds for the Hawks, who committed 14 first-half turnovers.
Lakeland’s first possession Tuesday night was telling.
“We had the ball for two straight minutes,” Seymour said. “We had four or five shots, none of them fell. We just couldn’t find the bottom of the bucket.”
Coeur d’Alene 17 18 12 8 — 55
Lakeland 6 9 4 2 — 21
COEUR d’ALENE — Minerath 8, Morton 6, Brainard-Adams 8, Chavez 5, Whiteman 5, Younker 0, Louden 23, Breen 0.
LAKELAND — Leon 4, Cooper 2, Schnepf 0, Edinger 4, Pruitt 1, Elpers 0, Loutzenhiser 5, Neff 0, Kirk 5, Stutheit 0.
Timberlake 52
Moscow 37
SPIRIT LAKE — Shelby Starr scored 15 points for the Tigers, who erased an early deficit to beat the Bears in a nonleague game.
Timberlake outscored Moscow 23-7 in the second quarter to take a 30-23 halftime lead.
“We just started making better decisions with the ball and weren’t forcing things that weren’t there,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “In the first quarter, we were kind of guessing, but the rest of the game, we were making the right reads and the ball started to go through the hoop.”
Lilly Kelley scored 13 points for Timberlake (13-3), which travels to Sandpoint on Saturday. Gracey Meyer scored 13 points for Moscow (6-8).
Moscow 12 8 7 10 — 37
Timberlake 7 23 14 9 — 52
MOSCOW — Watson 4, Verlin 7, Rauch 3, Carscallen 3, Meyer 13, Anderson 2, Waters 0, Jung 3, Kitchel 2.
TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 8, Starr 15, Kelley 13, Kronenberg 0, Soumas 2, Bronson 0, Jessen 12, Bremer 0, Allen 0, Linehan 0, Willis 3.
N’west Christian 71
Genesis Prep 51
COLBERT, Wash. — Bella Murekatete scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half for the visiting Jaguars, but the Crusaders jumped out to a 22-point halftime lead en route to the victory.
Natalie Smith scored a game-high 26 points for Northwest Christian (8-4).
“Hat’s off to Northwest Christian as they shot the lights out tonight,” Genesis Prep coach Brandon Haas said. “They are well coached and play hard. Our girls were extremely mentally tough, battling lots of adversity tonight. We grew up a lot and are ready for our next challenge.”
Rachel Schroeder added 14 points for Genesis Prep (8-7), which travels to Missoula on Friday to play Hellgate.
Genesis Prep 15 5 16 15 — 51
N’west Christian 20 22 12 17 — 71
GENESIS PREP — Murekatete 21, Schroeder 14, Morrow 2, iManzi 8, Scribner 2, Greiner 4, Martin 0, Martinez 0.
NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN — Smith 26, Dawson 0, Frey 0, Corey 3, Nelson 7, Rainbow 2, Rabe 9, Sander 12, Mmorasch 8, Williams 4.
N.I. Christian 57
Kootenai Thunder 20
COEUR d’ALENE — Mary Schlader had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win over Kootenai Thunder at Holy Family Catholic School.
Savannah Seeley had 11 points and five assists for North Idaho Christian (15-6, 5-1 MCL), which faces The Oaks on Friday at Holy Family.
Madisen McArthur had eight points for Kootenai Thunder (4-9, 1-7).
Kootenai Thunder 0 4 6 10 — 20
N.I. Christian 18 12 19 8 — 57
KOOTENAI THUNDER — Hogue 2, H. Jones 2, McArthur 8, T. Jones 2, Durnow 2, Koch 4.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Monaghan 4, Parks 4, Anderson 4, Ward 4, Bresee 6, Schlader 16, Seeley 11, Knight 8.
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Lakeland 77
Timberlake 44
RATHDRUM — Kaden Davis had 16 points and Jaden Skalskiy had 14 points and six rebounds to lead the Hawks past the Tigers in nonleague play at Hawk Court.
“We got out in transition really well and had some shots open up early on,” said Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan, whose team jumped out to an 11-0 lead in the first quarter. We moved the ball really well and everyone had at least one assist tonight and our shooters got some really good looks tonight.”
Dylan Vahey had five assists and Nathan Johnson scored 11 points for Lakeland (9-3), which travels to Sandpoint on Friday for the Battle for the Paddle spirit game.
Jacob James scored 10 points for Timberlake (5-9), which hosts Moscow on Thursday.
Timberlake 13 10 13 8 — 44
Lakeland 26 24 12 15 — 77
TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 8, Wilfong 0, Simpson 0, Meijerink 3, Counts 7, Kluss 5, James 10, Gardom 4, Kistler 4.
LAKELAND — Taylor 5, Zubaly 6, Johnson 11, Knight 9, Vahey 4, Davis 16, Skalskiy 14, Neilson 6, Haaland 6.
Kellogg 53
Post Falls JV 41
KELLOGG — Caden McLean scored 14 of his game-high 17 points for the Trojan junior varsity in a loss to the Wildcats at Andrews Gymnasium.
“We were pretty rusty and it was evident in the first quarter,” said Kellogg coach Jeff Nearing, whose team had practices canceled due to a flu outbreak in the school district last week. “McLean hit four 3-pointers and we just couldn’t get to him in the first quarter. Once we knocked the rust off, we started to play some good ball.”
Chase Jerome scored 12 points and Ryan Morgan added 10 points for Kellogg (6-3), which hosts Wallace on Friday.
Post Falls JV travels to Lake City on Friday.
Post Falls JV 19 6 6 10 — 41
Kellogg 11 16 15 11 — 53
POST FALLS JV — Rutherford 3, McLean 17, Ballew 2, Hauser 2, Lebsock 3, Horning 3, Shields 2, Mitchell 9.
KELLOGG — Gibbons 5, Jerome 12, Atkins 9, Mueller 8, Samuelson 0, Bumgardner 0, Nearing 4, Jennings 0, Finlay 3, Morgan 10, Luna 2.
Genesis Prep 52
N’west Christian 45
COLBERT, Wash. — Kon Ajang totaled 18 points, nine rebounds and sour assists for the visiting Jaguars in the win over the Crusaders
Jonny Hillman added 13 points, six assists and five steals for Genesis Prep (12-4), which has won seven straight.
Josh Maynard led Northwest Christian (7-5) with 13 points.
Genesis Prep plays Hellgate on Friday at Missoula.
Genesis Prep 15 16 13 8 — 52
N’west Christian 6 7 15 17 — 45
GENESIS PREP — Shelton 2, Mwinuka 2, Reidt 1, Williams 10, Schroeder 1, Hillman 13, Schultz 0, Ajang 18, Gonzales 5.
NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN — Gray 3, Allen 4, Loranger 9, Starkey 3, E. Simpson 4, D. Simpson 11, Cox 0, K. Simpson 0, Maynard 13.
Lakeside 82
Mullan 48
PLUMMER — Bryar Sanchez had 21 points to lead five Knights in double figures in a North Star League win over the Tigers at Ron Miller Court.
“We started out a little slow, but our press began to start working and creating turnovers,” Lakeside coach James Twoteeth said. “As the game wore on, our rebounding was really good. The kids are pretty unselfish and really good about moving the ball around. And we did that tonight.”
Day Day Higgins and Kenyon Spottedhorse scored 15 points each for Lakeside (8-5, 2-1 NSL), which plays Genesis Prep at Post Falls Middle School on Saturday.
Riley Trogden scored 14 points for Mullan (3-5, 1-4).
Mullan 14 15 15 4 — 48
Lakeside 23 24 21 14 — 82
MULLAN — S. Trogden 9, Galloway 9, Todd 7, R. Trogden 14, Dechand 9, Peite 0, Hess 0, Holling 0.
LAKESIDE — White 11, Sanchez 21, Higgins 15, Hall 12, Twoteeth 2, Spottedhorse 15, Abuan 6, Fanning 0.
N.I. Christian 61
Kootenai Thunder 41
COEUR d’ALENE — Garrett White totaled 21 points, 12 rebounds and five assists as the first-place Royals beat the Thunder in Mountain Christian League play at Holy Family Catholic School.
Darian Kelly added nine points for North Idaho Christian (19-1, 9-0 MCL).
Bucky Roop led the Thunder (9-5, 8-3) with 13 points.
North Idaho Christian plays host the The Oaks on Friday at Holy Family for senior night.
K. Thunder 6 11 13 11 — 41
N.I. Christian 16 25 16 4 — 61
KOOTENAI THUNDER — Fingel 4, Sauter 0, Black 11, Christensen 3, Favor 10, Roop 13, B. Barba 0, S. Barba 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — D. Kelly 9, C. Benzinger 2, Connelly 3, Nicholson 0, Deak 2, Winde 4, C. Pilgrim 7, Holmes 3, Thorsness 4, J. Kelly 6, W. Pilgrim 0, White 21.