Ajang comes up big for Genesis Prep
Genesis Prep guard Jonny Hillman (24) and Kootenai’s Jarrett Usdrowski go for a loose ball in the first half of Friday night’s game at Post Falls Middle School. LOREN BENOIT/Press
Greta Neely of Genesis Prep and Kootenai’s Tayva Maitland, left, fight for possession of the basketball in the first half of Friday night’s game at Post Falls Middle School. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
- BOYS BASKETBALL
POST FALLS — Kon Ajang totaled 20 points, five rebounds, six assists, five steals and three blocked shots as the Genesis Prep Jaguars defeated the Kootenai Warriors 62-31 in North Star League play Friday night at Post Falls Middle School.
Scott Mwinuka added 12 points for Genesis Prep (11-8, 7-1 NSL). Joshua Bohannan had 11 points, Jonny Hillman 10 points, six rebounds and six steals, Jacob Schultz six boards, five assists and four steals, Jake Peterson eight rebounds.
Triston Usdrowski scored 12 points, Jarrett Usdrowski 11 for Kootenai (10-5, 4-5), which visits Troy on Tuesday.
Genesis Prep travels to Clark Fork on Tuesday.
Kootenai 6 11 6 8 — 31
Genesis Prep 17 18 16 11 — 62
KOOTENAI — Little 0, Maitland 5, J. Usdrowski 11, T. Usdrowski 12, Ausman 3, Renner 0.
GENESIS PREP — Ajang 20, Peterson 0, Elonen 0, Mwinuka 12, Schultz 6, Neely 3, Hillman 10, Gonzales 0, Bohannan 11.
Lakeside 70
Clark Fork 40
CLARK FORK — Kenyon SpottedHorse scored a game-high 29 points for the Knights in a North Star League win over the Wampus Cats.
“They just outran us up and down the court,” Clark Fork coach Heath Beason said. “In regards to fast breaks, we didn’t get back on defense fast enough.”
JJ Hall scored 14 points, Talon Twoteeth 12 and Day Day Higgins 10 for Lakeside (11-5, 5-3 NSL), which hosts North Idaho Christian on Tuesday.
Cameron Garcia scored 16 points for Clark Fork (1-10, 0-7), which hosts Genesis Prep on Tuesday.
Lakeside 27 15 24 8 — 74
Clark Fork 8 11 13 8 — 40
LAKESIDE — Howard 0, Higgins 10, Hall 14, Twoteeth 12, SpottedHorse 29, White 7, T. Ambro 2, J. Abuan 0, S. Abuan 2.
CLARK FORK — SanRoman 3, Garcia 16, Heisel 2, Constantin 15, Abbott 4, Reuter 0, Holborn 0.
- GIRLS BASKETBALL
Genesis Prep 53
Kootenai 15
POST FALLS — Bella Murekatete, one of five seniors, scored 19 points on senior night as the Jaguars bested the Warriors in the North Star League and regular season finale for both teams at Post Falls Middle School.
Senior Rachel Schroeder added 11 points, junior Yunji Kim eight for Genesis Prep (10-10, 5-3 NSL).
Freshman Tayva Maitland led Kootenai (1-13, 0-8) with eight points.
Both teams return to action next Wednesday at the 1A Division II District 1 tournament at The Courts at Real Life in Post Falls. Kootenai faces top-seeded Lakeside at 5 p.m., followed by Genesis Prep vs. Clark Fork at 6:30. The winners play Friday at 6 at The Courts for the district title and the lone berth to state.
Kootenai 5 4 3 3 — 15
Genesis Prep 13 20 13 7 — 53
KOOTENAI — Ducommun 0, Maitland 8, Addington 0, Thaut 2, Wine 1, Tiller 4, Grange 4.
GENESIS PREP — Morrow 3, Neely 0, Schroeder 11, Greiner 2, Martinez 4, Blood 2, Nies 4, Kim 8, Murekatete 19.
- WRESTLING
Lake City 67
Lewiston 6
LEWISTON — Chase Richardson recorded a pin at 138 pounds for Lake City, part of a total night of domination by the Timberwolves at Booth Hall.
“He’s only a sophomore, not a lot of varsity experience,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said. “He had his best match of the year, and went out and got the pin.”
Owen, in his 11th season, said he recalled a trip to Lewiston early in his T-Wolf coaching career where the score was lopsided in the Bengals’ favor.
“So it was pretty nice to turn that tide,” he said.
Lake City plays host to Sandpoint on Tuesday at 3 p.m. in an after-school special. The dual was originally scheduled for Wednesday.
195 — Mahlon Clark, LC, p. Jacob Woody, 3:32. 220 — Connor Dremann, LC, by forfeit. 285 — Owen Hughes, LC, by forfeit. 98 — Tristan Bremer, Lew, by forfeit. 106 — Ronan Cafferty, LC, by forfeit. 113 — Caden Hess, LC, d. Gage Fiamengo, 12-9. 120 — Devin Sorrelle, LC, md. Owen Hemphill, 8-0. 126 — double forfeit 132 — Ricky Thomas, LC, by forfeit. 138 — Chase Richardson, LC, p. Jeremiah Bursch, 2:27. 145 — Kaleb Strickler, LC, p. Kale Nick, 4:22. 152 — Porter Howard, LC, d. Logan Hunt, 4-0. 160 — Seth Nutting, LC, p. Jake Skinner, 1:15. 170 — Matthew Whitcomb, LC, p. Damon Shaw, 2:55. 182 — Zane Monaghan, LC, d. Reuben Thill, 6-4.