T-Wolves notch big league win
- BOYS
COEUR d’ALENE — When they needed a big-time effort, the Lake City Timberwolves cast a Spell(man) to slow down visiting Lewiston.
Junior Nate Spellman, a 6-foot-6 post, held George Forsmann, a 6-6 junior post, to 10 points on the night as Lake City downed the Bengals 65-59 in a 5A Inland Empire League game Thursday night.
“Nate did a fantastic job on their big kid,” Lake City assistant coach Kelly Reed said. “He did a good job of limiting his touches and was just fantastic on the glass. He was ultra physical, which was awesome to see, kept him out of the paint and was just a huge presence down low tonight. Lewiston’s a good team and hit 11 3-pointers, but we limited their free-throw attempts and did a better job of keeping the ball in front of us.”
Freshmen Zach Johnson and Kolton Mitchell scored 18 and 15 points, respectively, for Lake City (13-5, 2-2 5A IEL), which visits Lewiston (11-5, 2-2) on Tuesday.
“It was a fantastic team effort tonight,” Reed said. “Kolton was just outstanding tonight. To have him step up in the biggest game they’ve played for us thus far, it was huge.”
Lewiston 18 12 15 14 — 59
Lake City 12 20 14 19 — 65
LEWISTON — Eke 9, McKarcher 7, Lang 13, Mullikin 7, Hottinger 0, Hepburn 6, Eckert 5, Forsman 2, Forsmann 10.
LAKE CITY — Janke 3, Irvin 2, Kiesbuy 14, Spellman 2, Johnson 18, Hanson 10, Mitchell 15, Sundstrom 0, Meredith 1.
Timberlake 47
Priest River 44
SPIRIT LAKE — On a cold night shooting for the Tigers, Jacob James did just enough in the Intermountain League win.
James scored 17 of his game-high 28 points in the second half as the Tigers held off the Spartans.
“He just plays hard and doesn’t get rattled,” Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. “He just goes out, does his job and is a great team leader. We couldn’t make anything we shot, but kept playing good defense. It was really good defense and Jacob James saving us in the end.”
Timberlake (4-12, 3-1 IML) travels to Lakeland on Saturday.
Trentyn Kreager scored 18 points for Priest River (4-11, 0-4), which travels to Wallace tonight.
Priest River 10 11 13 10 — 44
Timberlake 6 16 14 11 — 47
PRIEST RIVER — Matthews 3, Bell 5, Lucas 0, Brennan 14, Kreager 18, Thompson 4, Yount 0.
TIMBERLAKE — Peightal 0, Menti 6, Higgins 2, Paslay 4, Yetter 5, McDonald 0, James 28, Dickinson 2.
Wallace 59
Kootenai 21
HARRISON FLATS — Logan Hull scored 15 points for the Miners in a North Star League win over the Warriors.
“It was a good game for us,” Wallace coach Corey Miller said. “A lot of our guys that have been working hard in practice got a lot of playing time and made the most of it.”
Wallace (8-7, 5-1 NSL) hosts Priest River tonight.
Garrett Renner scored 12 points for Kootenai (0-12, 0-6), which hosts Clark Fork on Saturday.
Wallace 25 14 13 7 — 59
Kootenai 6 7 4 4 — 21
WALLACE — Tesky 0, Hogamier 9, Goldade 0, Bailey 8, Lo. Hull 15, Denson 12, Lu. Hull 4, Hammerberg 9, Gunderson 2.
KOOTENAI — Little 1, Brewster 2, Reynolds 2, G. Hysell 0, Raudebaugh 0, D. Hysell 4, Renner 12, Coppa 0.
- GIRLS
Wallace 47
Kootenai 13
HARRISON FLATS — Jaden House scored eight of her 13 points in the third quarter as the North Star League champion Miners beat the Warriors.
“Wallace, they’re a solid squad, and we’re a pretty young team,” Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. “We’re working to get better. We did some good things and saw some things we still need to work on.”
Abby Tiller scored five points for Kootenai (0-11, 0-7 NSL), which hosts Clark Fork on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Wallace (15-5, 8-0) faces the third-place team from District II in a playoff game next Thursday at North Idaho College starting at 6 p.m.
Wallace 18 8 15 9 — 47
Kootenai 0 3 0 10 — 13
WALLACE — Morin 6, Lowman 0, Merrick 2, Johnson 2, Specht 2, House 13, Welch 6, Hill 7, Hunter 6, Bergem 3.
KOOTENAI — Tiller 5, Thaut 2, Wine 3, Grange 3, Glessner 0, Defoort 0, Addington 0, Donohoe 0.