Vikings a winner in Symons' debut as coach
RATHDRUM — Junior Jaelyn Brainard-Adams hit four 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with 19 points, and the Coeur d’Alene Vikings were a winner in Nicole Symons’ debut as head coach, 85-58 over the Lakeland Hawks in nonleague play Thursday at Hawk Court.
Freshman Madi Symons, daughter of the coach, added 17 points for Coeur d’Alene.
“We played well,” Nicole Symons said. “Pretty sloppy in the first half but cleaned it up. Played hard and learned to play smarter as the game went on.”
Katy Ryan had 15 points, five rebounds and four blocked shots for Lakeland (1-2), and Addisen Kiefer added 13 points, five rebounds and three assists.
“They put quite a bit of full court pressure on us, and they sped the game up,” said Lakeland coach Steve Seymour, whose Hawks committed 30 turnovers. “We put points on the board, but we didn’t keep them from seemingly scoring at will.”
On Tuesday, Coeur d’Alene travels to Timberlake, and Lakeland is home vs. St. Maries.
Coeur d’Alene 21 20 28 16 — 85
Lakeland 13 16 14 15 — 58
COEUR d’ALENE — Matheson 11, Brainard-Adams 19, Whiteman 9, Symons 17, Blankenship 3, Younker 5, Chavez 5, Froehlich 0, Phenicie 5, Zanetti 4, Burke 7.
LAKELAND — Boyer 2, Tingey 0, McDevitt 0, Neff 6, Ryan 15, Hostettler 3, Loutzenhiser 6, Kiefer 13, Woempner 9, Simon 0, Huddleston 5.
Timberlake 58
Sandpoint 39
SPIRIT LAKE — In a game of wild momentum shifts, the host Tigers pulled away late to fend off the visiting Bulldogs in nonleague play.
Sandpoint jumped out to a 9-2 lead before Timberlake got rolling and led 24-13 after one quarter.
The Tigers led by 14 at halftime, only to see the Bulldogs close to within five points in the third quarter. It went back and forth that way to the end.
“They tried to trap in the half-court pretty much the whole game,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “When we handled it well, we got layins. When we didn’t, they got turnovers.”
Blayre Jeffs scored 14 of her 16 points in the second half for Timberlake (2-1). Brooke Jessen scored 10 of her 16 in the first half, Taryn Soumas 8 of her 12 before intermission.
“They hit their first three or four shots in a row, and then we started playing well at both ends,” Miller said. “We shared the ball really well, found the open person and made some shots.”
Two nights earlier, Timberlake committed 40 turnovers in a 42-28 loss at Post Falls — a game the Tigers were still in until the closing minutes.
“The last game we saw some pressure and really, really struggled with it,” Miller said. “It was nice to see them learn from their mistakes.”
Hattie Larson led Sandpoint (1-1) with 10 points.
Timberlake travels to Lewiston on Saturday.
Sandpoint 13 6 13 7 — 39
Timberlake 24 9 10 15 — 58
SANDPOINT — Cessna 2, Lish 2, Day. Driggs 0, Morgan 3, Daw. Driggs 7, Edwards 4, Steiger 0, Phillips 8, Larson 10, Platte 0, Banks 2.
TIMBERLAKE — Sande 0, Soumas 12, Suko 3, Hammond 4, Kronenberg 3, Gustin 0, Carhart 4, Jessen 16, Bain 0, Jeffs 16.
Kellogg 53
Moscow 34
KELLOGG — Hailey Cheney scored nine of her game-high 15 points in the second quarter as the Wildcats beat the Bears at Andrews Gymnasium.
Lora Allred scored 12 points for Kellogg in its opener.
“Our press forced a lot of turnovers and created some opportunites tonight,” Kellogg coach Jana Nearing-Kothe said. “Lora was instrumental in our press and got a lot of fast break layups.”
Kellogg faces St. Maries in the opening round of the Silver Valley Tournament at Wallace High tonight at 5:30.
Moscow 5 12 10 7 — 34
Kellogg 14 17 10 12 — 53
MOSCOW — M. Watson 2, E. Gray 12, Heyns 2, D. Watson 4, Anderson 2, Craig 6, Nauman 2, Baker 4, Lassen 0, Claus 0.
KELLOGG — A.VanHoose 0, Wendt 9, Allred 12, E. VanHoose 0, Ferreira 6, Karst 0, Hill 5, Figueroa 1, Nearing 5, Cheney 15.