Vikings notch first victory
COEUR d’ALENE — Luke McLaughlin scored 13 points and the Coeur d’Alene Vikings notched their first victory of the season, downing the visiting Rogers Pirates 61-37 in nonleague play on Friday night at Viking Court.
Brayden Bengtson hit three 3-pointers and added 11 points for Coeur d’Alene (1-2).
“We’ve gotten a little bit better; we had a late start (due to the Viking football team reaching the state title game), but every day I see us improving. After the first couple games it could have been frustrating, but these kids took it in stride and kept plugging away.”
Evan Nomee scored 11 points to lead Rogers (0-1), which scored just three points in the first quarter — “and that was a 30-footer,” Hanna said. “I like the way we play defense.”
Coeur d’Alene travels to Richland on Tuesday.
Rogers 3 13 13 8 — 37
Coeur d’Alene 13 18 15 15 — 61
ROGERS — Culbert 2, Staker 4, Funnemark 0, Dao 0, Jetnil 0, Blocker 2, Jeske 2, Vining 0, Daniels 3, Mendez 9, Crossley 4, Nomee 11.
COEUR d’ALENE — Whittaker 8, Bengtson 11, C. Smith 2, Larson 6, Karns 6, Cope 5, O. Smith 6, Prka 4, McLaughlin 13.
Lake City 57
West Valley 39
SPOKANE VALLEY — Junior Jack Kiesbuy scored 18 points as the Timberwolves opened their season with a victory over the host Eagles as part of the Border Classic.
“Jack played really well; he was aggressive to the basket,” Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said.
Three freshmen are in the rotation for Lake City and two start — Zach Johnson hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored 16 points, and Kolton Mitchell added seven points, five assists and three steals.
“They bring a ton of energy and intensity with them, and they’re extremely competitive,” Reed said. “The whole thing gets lifted up with their presence.”
Chris Irvin, whose football season was cut short by a broken collarbone, had four points and seven rebounds for Lake City, which plays East Valley today at 4:15 at West Valley High.
“For an opener, we defended extremely well,” Reed said. “Fantastic energy, defensively and on the bench. It was fun. Lots to improve on obviously, but pleased with the start.”
Lake City 16 12 5 24 — 57
West Valley 11 5 11 12 — 39
LAKE CITY — Irvin 4, Janke 1, Kiesbuy 18, Spellman 4, Johnson 16, Hanson 0, Mitchell 7, Sundstrom 1, Meredith 6.
WEST VALLEY — Vasicek 7, D. Pakootas 11, Peterson 4, Davis-Reed 0, Livingston 3, J. Pakootas 8, Sweet 3, Dyfort 0, Accord 0, Dobney 3.
Lakeland 65
East Valley 49
SPOKANE VALLEY — Ammon Munyer had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Hawks in a win over the Knights in the Border Clash at West Valley High.
“Ammon did a really good job inside tonight,” Lakeland coach Dave Stockwell said. “It was pretty hard for them to handle him inside.”
Ben Zubaly and Carson Seay had 12 points each for Lakeland (3-0), which faces tournament host West Valley today at 6 p.m.
“East Valley played a zone and it took us a bit to figure it out,” Stockwell said. “We started to go inside and it started working for us and really started to get rolling from there.”
Colton Hansen scored 13 points for East Valley, which faces Lake City today at West Valley High.
East Valley 12 9 14 14 — 49
Lakeland 9 20 15 21 — 65
EAST VALLEY — McGee 5, Hargrave 5, Rasmussen 4, Hofftee 3, Gunderson 8, Stevens 11, Hansen 13.
LAKELAND — Zubaly 12, Seay 12, Henry 9, Ab. Munyer 8, Am. Munyer 16, Haaland 2, Waddington 2, Derrick 3, Saasen 1.
Timberlake 57
Post Falls JV 51
KELLOGG — Jacob James scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half as the Tigers beat the Trojans junior varsity in the opening round of the Silver Valley tournament at Andrews Gymnasium.
Timberlake outscored Post Falls 20-8 in the third quarter after the game was tied at 26 at halftime.
“Jacob just took over in the second half,” Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. “He really helped extend the lead for us in the third quarter.”
Wyatt Dickenson scored 18 points for Timberlake (1-1), which faces Kellogg in the championship game tonight at 7.
Jack Sciortino scored 19 points for Post Falls JV, which faces Wallace tonight at 5:30.
Post Falls JV 10 16 8 17 — 51
Timberlake 13 13 20 11 — 57
POST FALLS JV — Sciortino 19, Gunderson 3, Cooper 2, Schindler 8, Jacobson 3, Rutherford 3, Christensen 13.
TIMBERLAKE — Mullins 0, Peightal 4, Menti 2, Higgins 0, Paslay 0, Yetter 4, McDonald 6, James 18, Dickenson 18, Simpson 5.
Lapwai 61
Genesis Prep 57
LAPWAI — Titus Yearout scored 33 points for the host Wildcats in the victory over the Jaguars, a matchup of two of the top 1A teams in Idaho.
Both teams are young and rebuilding after each finished third at state last year — Lapwai in 1A Division I, Genesis Prep in 1A Division II. Each had won state titles in 2017 and ’18. The Jaguars will move up to Division I next year.
Seth Neely scored 19 points for Genesis Prep (1-1). Scott Mwinuka added 14, and freshman Steven Burgess had 13.
The game was tied at 22 before Lapwai ended the half on a 9-0 run. The Wildcats led by as much as 13 points before the Jaguars fought back.
“Great game; felt like a state tournament game,” Genesis Prep coach Marsell Colbert said. “We learned a lot about our guys tonight; they really battled.”
Genesis Prep plays at Rogers next Friday.
Genesis Prep 14 8 15 20 — 57
Lapwai 18 13 13 17 — 61
GENESIS PREP — Schroeder 2, Daniels 0, Mwinuka 14, McLuskie 0, Weeks 0, Neely 19, Gonzales 9, Brosenne 0, Snowder 0, Burgess 13.
LAPWAI — A. Ellenwood 10, T. Ellenwood 2, Yearout 33, Taylor 9, Mitchell 2, Sobotta, Kash Kash 0, ThreeIrons 0.
Immaculate Conception 53
Kootenai 32
HARRISON FLATS — Garrett Renner scored 15 points for the Warriors in a loss to the Cristeros.
Kootenai (0-2) travels to Highland of Craigmont on Tuesday.
Imm. Conception 15 16 5 17 — 53
Kootenai 5 4 8 15 — 32
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — Darakjy 5, S. Kramer 3, Brunson 6, Fonte 4, Elot 14, L. Kramer 16, Harvey 4, Lloyd 1.
KOOTENAI — Little 4, Reynolds 0, G. Hysell 0, Raudebaugh 10, Renner 15, Zauala 2, Coppa 1.
Lakeside 77
Nixyaawii 71 (OT)
PENDLETON, Ore. — The Knights defeated the host school in the opening round of the Nixyaawii tourney. No other information was available.