Zubaly, Taylor spark Hawks
SANDPOINT — Ben Zubaly scored 23 points and Jaret Taylor added 14 as the Lakeland Hawks beat the Sandpoint Bulldogs 69-49 on Thursday night in 4A Inland Empire League play at Les Rogers Court.
Noah Haaland had 10 points and eight rebounds for Lakeland (8-10, 2-2 4A IEL), and his brother Josiah Haaland grabbed 10 rebounds.
“Things are starting to come together for us, hopefully at the right time,” Lakeland assistant coach Tyrel Derrick said. “Ben and Jaret are starting to spur things for us. And Noah was really aggressive. He attacked the boards, and affected a lot of their shots with his length.”
Ryan Roos led Sandpoint (7-11, 0-4) with 20 points.
Lakeland plays Sandpoint on Monday at 6 p.m. at North Idaho College in the first round of the 4A Region 1 tournament. The winner advances to face top-seeded Moscow in a best-of-3 series for the region’s lone berth to state.
Lakeland 11 24 19 15 — 69
Sandpoint 11 13 15 10 — 49
LAKELAND — Taylor 14, Zubaly 23, Seay 8, Munyer 7, N. Haaland 10, Strietzel 2, Derrick 0, J. Haaland 5.
SANDPOINT — Roos 20, Niemela 3, Banks 7, VanDenBerg 4, Bailey 0, Jones 0, Treadaway 0, Casey 8, Stockton 7.
Bonners Ferry 68
Timberlake 58
SPIRIT LAKE — Seth Bateman hit three 3-pointers and scored 33 points as the visiting Badgers upset the Intermountain League champion Tigers in the regular-season finale for both.
“We just didn’t do a good job on him at all,” Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. “We got in foul trouble early; we had two starters on the bench within the first two minutes, and we could never seem to get in the flow of the game.”
Chase Gardom scored 20 points, Jacob James 14 for Timberlake (7-13, 5-1 IML), which plays host to No. 4 seed Priest River on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the first round of the 3A District 1 tournament.
Bonners Ferry (9-10, 3-3) will play Kellogg on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Timberlake in the other first-round game. The teams tied for second in league; a coin flip will be needed to determine the higher seed, should the two teams meet later in the tourney.
Bonners Ferry 17 22 19 10 — 68
Timberlake 14 11 16 17 — 58
BONNERS FERRY — S. Bateman 33, T. Bateman 9, Hittle 4, Durette 9, Peterson 2, Stockton 8, Foster 1, Morgan 2.
TIMBERLAKE — Cramer 2, Kluss 6, McDonald 2, James 14, Kistler 9, Gardom 20, Dickinson 5.
Kellogg 72
Priest River 36
KELLOGG — Senior Brennan Atkins sank 5 of 9 3-pointers and poured in 28 points on senior night as the Wildcats beat the Spartans in Intermountain League play at Andrews Gymnasium.
Gavin Luna added 10 points, eight rebounds and three steals for Kellogg (7-13, 3-3 IML). Logan Jerome had eight rebounds, Raiden Rickets and Graden Nearing four assists each.
Kellogg shot 50 percent from 2-point range, 57 percent (12 of 21) from behind the arc.
“We shot the ball really well,” Kellogg coach Jeff Nearing said. “The ball was moving well.”
Brandon McCracken led Priest River (1-17, 1-5) with 13 points.
Priest River 11 9 8 8 — 36
Kellogg 17 22 10 23 — 72
PRIEST RIVER — Hegel 6, Kreager 2, Mathews 0, Anselmo 5, Bell 0, Lucas 0, McCracken 13, Brennan 10, Zapfe 0, Thompson 0, Parkes 0.
KELLOGG — Waller 0, Rickets 6, Atkins 28, Oertli 0, Alexander 5, Allen 3, Nearing 9, Miller 2, Davis 2, Jerome 4, Luna 10.