Gennett, Horning, Ballew spark Post Falls boys past Mt. Spokane
- BOYS BASKETBALL
SPOKANE — Colby Gennett had 23 points, 12 rebounds and three steals for Post Falls — which finished 12 for 16 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter — en route to a 65-62 nonleague win over the Mt. Spokane Wildcats on Saturday afternoon.
“We’ve playing a super talented schedule for a reason,” said Post Falls coach Mike McLean, whose team handed Mt. Spokane (7-1) its first loss of the season. “Each game, it’s about getting better and ready for league. Playing really tough teams builds confidence and we need to be challenged. Playing high competition forces you to be at your best. We don’t need blowouts at this point in the season, we need challenges and got that tonight.”
Cole Rutherford had eight assists for the Trojans (7-2), who finished with 14 as a team on 19 field goals.
“I thought we shared the ball really well,” McLean said. “We shared and moved the ball really well. The ball never got hung up on one side. We’re going in the right direction.”
Alex Horning scored 18 points, Isaac Ballew 13 points and Caden McLean 10 points for Post Falls, which hosts Ferris on Monday.
Junior Tyson Degenhart, a Boise State commit, scored 29 points for Mt. Spokane.
Post Falls 17 12 18 18 — 65
Mt. Spokane 11 9 15 27 — 62
POST FALLS — Gennett 23, McLean 10, Rodriguez 0, Rutherford 1, Ballew 13, Lee 0, Horning 18, Shields 0.
MT. SPOKANE — Stengle 2, Ko. Simpson 6, Marll 1, Ky. Simpson 2, Anderson 22, Degenhart 29.
Lakeland 81
Selkirk 36
SPOKANE — The Hawks improved to 10-0 on the season with a win over the Rangers in the Eagle Classic at West Valley High.
Lakeland hosts Lake City on Jan. 7.
Liberty 66
Timberlake 52
SPOKANE — Tayshawn Colvin scored 27 points for the Lancers of Spangle in a win over the Tigers in the Eagle Classic at West Valley High.
Jacob James scored 25 points, Wyatt Dickinson 12 points for Timberlake (1-7), which hosts Moscow next Saturday.
Jacob Holling scored 16 points for Liberty.
Timberlake 14 16 10 12 — 52
Liberty 18 13 17 18 — 66
TIMBERLAKE — Peightal 2, Higgins 1, Yetter 10, James 25, Dickinson 12, Simpson 2.
LIBERTY — Marsh 9, Simmons 8, Holling 16, Foland 1, Flaig 5, Colvin 27.
- GIRLS BASKETBALL
Walla Walla 62
Post Falls 41
LEWISTON — Laney Smith and Ali Carpenter had 11 points each for the Trojans in a loss to the Blue Devils in the championship game of the Avista Holiday Classic at Lewis-Clark State.
“We had some good things go for us this weekend and things to build on,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “Today, it wasn’t a good effort offensively and defensively. I don’t think we annoyed them on defense, and they kind of did what they wanted. We just didn’t have a good effort this afternoon.”
Carpenter was named to the all-tournament team.
“Ali had a really good weekend and played well in all three games,” Allert said. “She had three really good games for us.”
Rian Clear, the tournament MVP, scored 20 points for Walla Walla.
Post Falls (7-5) travels to Lakeland on Jan. 7.
Walla Walla 15 10 19 18 — 62
Post Falls 4 15 12 10 — 41
WALLA WALLA — Bergevin 3, Billingsley 2, Ogden 8, Clear 20, Miller 8, Huxoll 21.
POST FALLS — Heath 5, Blake 0, Johnson 4, Fleming 0, Smith 11, LaFontaine 2, Walton 6, Carpenter 11, Christensen 2.
Lakeland 48
Colfax 44
SPOKANE — A fourth-quarter surge led by sophomore Addie Kiefer helped the Hawks rally past the Bulldogs at the Eagle Classic at West Valley High.
Lakeland (4-9) trailed by six points in the third quarter, but outscored Colfax 14-8 in the final period to hand the Bulldogs their second loss of the season.
“Katy Ryan was double-teamed all game, and it left Addie open quite a bit. She did a good job of knocking down some big shots,” Hawks coach Steve Seymour said. “It was her best game by far as a varsity player.”
Kiefer finished with 19 points, 16 rebounds, two steals and two assists for Lakeland, while Ryan added eight points, 14 rebounds and four blocked shots for the Hawks, who travel to Coeur d’Alene on Thursday.
Asher Cai led Colfax with 20 points.
Colfax 6 17 13 8 — 44
Lakeland 8 17 9 14 — 48
COLFAX — Sakamoto-Howell 7, Cornish 2, Antoine 0, Cai 20, Cox 1, Aune 0, Brown 0, Imler 0, Berquist 4, York 10, Baerlocher 0.
LAKELAND — Boyer 5, Tingey 0, McDevitt 0, Neff 1, Ryan 8, Hoestetler 2, Loutzenhiser 5, Kiefer 19, Woempner 8, Simon 0, Huddleston 0.
Timberlake 52
Medical Lake 45
SPOKANE — Brooke Jessen scored 21 points for the Tigers in a win over the Cardinals in the Eagle Classic at West Valley High.
“They made a really good run in the fourth quarter, but we played really good defense through the first three quarters,” said Timberlake coach Matt Miller, whose team led 35-22 after 24 minutes. “They came within three points in the fourth quarter, but we were able to hit some free throws down the stretch.”
Taryn Soumas scored 13 points for Timberlake (9-4), which hosts Bonners Ferry to open Intermountain League play on Jan. 7.
Timberlake 15 11 9 17 — 52
Medical Lake 12 3 7 23 — 45
TIMBERLAKE — Sande 0, Soumas 13, Suko 2, Hammond 0, Kronenberg 7, Carhart 2, Jessen 21, Bain 3, Jeffs 4.
MEDICAL LAKE — Haas 7, Munden 0, Munson 6, Duncan 8, Oliver 8, Redell 8, Acord 7, Maxwell 1, Gilbert 0.
Pullman 36
Sandpoint 33
SPOKANE — Sehra Singh hit a 3-pointer with six seconds remaining to send the Greyhounds over the Bulldogs in the Eagle Classic at West Valley High, snapping Sandpoint’s six-game win streak.
“We had a hard time,” Sandpoint coach Will Love said. “Pullman did a good job defensively of clogging up the middle and we weren’t able to hit shots.”
Dawson Driggs and Kaylee Banks scored seven points each, Kelsey Cessna five points for Sandpoint (7-5), which hosts Lake City on Jan. 8.
“We’re not happy about losing, but it definitely exposed some things that we need to work and do a better job of in practice so we’re ready in game situations,” Love said.
Sandpoint 9 9 9 6 — 33
Pullman 10 9 13 4 — 36
SANDPOINT — Cessna 5, Lish 0, Day. Driggs 0, Morgan 2, Daw. Driggs 7, Edwards 2, Steiger 2, Phillips 4, Larson 4, Platte 0, Banks 7.
PULLMAN — Limburg 0, E. Mcdougle 1, Teevens 6, Chittenden 8, Mcsweeney 8, Benton 4, H. Mcdougle 0, Singh 8, Talbot 1, Kallaher 0.
North Central 53
Genesis Prep 3
SPOKANE — Further details were not available.
- WRESTLING
Lakeland takes 10th at
Sierra Nevada
RENO, Nev. — Colton Boettcher was the top Lakeland finisher in the Sierra Nevada Classic, finishing fifth at 170 pounds at the Reno Livestock Events Center.
Lakeland’s Alex Edelblute (seventh at 126), Riley Siegford (eighth at 138), Rhonin Edwards (eighth at 152) and Sam Feusier (seventh at 285) also placed for the Hawks, who finished 10th with 121.5 points.
Rancho Bernardo of San Diego won the tournament with 212.5 points.
Lakeland wrestles Madison and Borah on Thursday at Borah High in Boise, then competes in the Rollie Lane Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa.