Timberlake, Kellogg stumble

MERIDIAN — Timberlake, which finished as the District 1 runner-up, lost to the Snake River Panthers 63-39 in the opening round of the state 3A tournament on Thursday evening at Meridian High.

Timberlake (10-14) will face defending champion Sugar-Salem (20-8) in a loser-out game today at 2 p.m. PST.

JT Wilfong had 12 points and seven rebounds and Chase Gardom 10 points for Timberlake.

Clancy Thomas had 16 points and 16 rebounds for Snake River (21-2), which faces Fruitland (20-4) in a semifinal game tonight.

Timberlake 5 3 11 20 — 39

Snake River 12 26 16 9 — 63

TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 2, Wilfong 12, Cramer 0, Meijerink 0, Counts , McDonald 0, Kluss 3, James 5, Gardom 10, Kistler 0. Totals 15-44 0-3 39.

SNAKE RIVER — Zarate 5, Yong 2, Kracl 7, Isom 6, Anderson 0, Mortensen 10, Dance 3, Young 5, McCraw 0, Lindsay 2, Thomas 16, Dawson 6, Gilbert 1, Wray 0, Albertson 0. Totals 25-57 7-10 63.

Kimberly 48

Kellogg 45

MERIDIAN — The Wildcats, the District 1 champion, came up short to the District 4 champion Bulldogs in an opening round game in the state 3A tournament at Meridian High.

Senior Chase Jerome had 19 points, nine rebounds and five assists for Kellogg (17-4), which faces Parma (15-10) in a loser-out game today at 12:15 p.m. PST.

Kimberly (19-5) faces Shelley (18-8) in a semifinal game tonight.

Kimberly 11 10 14 13 — 48

Kellogg 9 15 9 12 — 45

KIMBERLY — Golay 6, Phillips 1, Mooney 10, Cummins 3, Garey 12, O’Donnell 2, Hammond 9, Satterfield 0, Holcomb 5. Totals 15-46 16-23 48.

KELLOGG — Gibbons 3, Samuelson 2, Jerome 19, Atkins 3, Mueller 2, Bumgardner 2, Nearing 8, Finlay 0, Morgan 6, Luna 0. Totals 16-37 8-19 45.