Trojans step up late, beat Meridian; River City Duals start today
- WRESTLING
POST FALLS — Post Falls won three of the final four matches to beat Meridian 41-33 on Thursday in a tuneup for this weekend’s River City Duals at Post Falls High.
Tommy Hauser (170) won by technical fall, then Isaiah Laguna (195) and Tyler Cook (220) closed the night with pins to clinch the dual for Post Falls.
“We knew we had some tough matchups, and Meridian won some of the tougher matches and made it a little closer than we might have liked,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “But I was proud of how our guys fought. It was nice to rely on some of those big guys coming through.”
Wrestling begins in the River City Duals at Post Falls today at 3 p.m.
POST FALLS 41, MERIDIAN 33
285 — Dallas Merritt, Meri, p. Austin Portner, 3:53. 98 — Kellen Kolka, Meri, d. Raji Singh, 3-1. 106 — Roddy Romero, PF, by forfeit. 113 — Zac Kimes, Meri, d. Ryan Graves, 7-5. 120 — Cade White, Meri, d. Braxton Mason, 9-3. 126 — Lane Reardon, PF, p. Jakob Phelan, 1:11. 132 — Breyden Morrill, Meri, d. Isaac Jessen, 9-4. 138 — Ethan Woodland, Meri, p. John Rudebaugh, 1:46. 145 — A.J. De La Rosa, PF, p. Nick Heath, :51. 152 — Ethan Miller, PF, p. Caden Frix, 4:26. 160 — Isaiah Twait, Meri, p. Trevor Miller, 1:16. 170 — Tommy Hauser, PF, tf. Marshall Buie, 17-1. 182 — Kaleb Smith, Meri, d. Nick Chase, 14-7. 195 — Isaiah Laguna, PF, p. Roc Dixon, 3:28. 220 — Tyler Cook, PF, p. Blaze Tokioka, 3:04.
Lakeland welcomes back starter, wins twice
RATHDRUM — The good news for the Hawks is they got a starter back — for now — in the lineup.
In other news, they’re still a lot banged up.
Ryan Quimby returned at 170 pounds with a pin, and Lakeland — missing five starters — beat Nampa 48-27 and Moscow 77-6 at Lakeland High.
“We were just really excited with how our JV kids that were in the lineup stepped up and wrestled hard,” Lakeland coach Rob Edelblute said. “We were just ecstatic with how the guys competed tonight.”
Lakeland was missing starters at 120, 132, 145, 170 and 195.
Against Moscow, the Hawks won seven matches by pin.
Earlier, Nampa beat Moscow 72-17.
Teams will compete in the River City Duals at Post Falls High starting today at 3 p.m.
LAKELAND 48, NAMPA 27
113 — Peyton Munson, Namp, p. Tanner Korst, 3:07. 120 — Nikko Gonzalez, p. Callum Mickey, :55. 126 — Alex Edelblute, LL, d. Victor Martinez, 6-0. 132 — Lucas Williams, LL, d. Eli Hernandez, 5-2. 138 — Riley Siegford, LL, p. Roberto Carrillo, 5:23. 145 — Colton Dow, LL, p. Michael Martinez, 1:23. 152 — Rhonin Edwards, LL, p. Joshua Leach, 3:12. 160 — Austin Blevins, Namp, d. Blaise Wright, 6-0. 170 — Ryan Quimby, LL, p. Joben Storrs, 3:37. 182 — John White, LL, d. Sovan San, 14-9. 195 — Hayden Berger, LL, Abraham Luis, 3-2. 220 — Jarred Killian, LL, by forfeit. 285 — Sam Feusier, LL, p. Zane Lovell, 3:43. 98 — Dedrick Navarro, Namp, p. Matt Williams, 2:21. 106 — Simon Alberto Luna, Namp, p. Peyton Wysong, :55.
LAKELAND 77, MOSCOW 6
98 — Skyla Zimmerman, Mos, p. Matt Williams, 3:33. 106 — Peyton Wysong, LL, p. Kai Reynolds, 1:35. 113 — Tanner Korst, LL, p. Zach Domras, :48. 120 — Callum Mickey, LL, by forfeit. 126 — Alex Edelblute, LL, tf. Jack Bales, 16-1. 132 — Soren Sabahtke, LL, p. Andrew Stone, 1:05. 138 — Riley Siegford, LL, p. Matthew Ayala, 1:35. 145 — Matt Foley, LL, d. Diego Deaton, 9-8. 152 — Rhonin Edwards, LL, p. Cameron Vetter, 4:38. 160 — Blaise Wright, LL, by forfeit. 170 — Hunter Schoepp, LL, d. Isaiah Murphy, 11-9. 182 — John White, LL, by forfeit. 195 — Josh Howell, LL, by forfeit. 220 — Hayden Berger, LL, p. Kyran Mutart, :52. 285 — Sam Feusier, LL, p. Bennett Marsh, 1:12.
River City Duals begin today in
Post Falls
The 30-team River City Duals wrestling tournament, in its 23rd year, begins today at 3 p.m. at Post Falls High.
Teams will wrestle in pod matches today to determine bracketing for Saturday’s rounds.
Wrestling resumes at 9 a.m. on Saturday, with the championship dual scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
Pasco is the defending champion, snapping a streak of four straight titles by host Post Falls.
- BOYS BASKETBALL
St. Maries 63
Bonners Ferry 48
BONNERS FERRY — Coleman Ross had 11 points, nine steals and three assists to lead the Lumberjacks past the Badgers in a nonleague game.
“We had a goal to hold them to 50 (points) or less,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “Our defense was really good in the first half and we did a good job of stopping the ball and getting back on defense tonight.”
Eli Gibson had 12 points, Tristan Gentry 10 points and six rebounds for St. Maries (7-3), which is scheduled to host the Brawl for the Ball spirit game against Kellogg on Saturday.
Ty Bateman scored 11 points for Bonners Ferry (2-5).
St. Maries 11 17 18 17 — 63
Bonners Ferry 7 8 14 19 — 48
ST. MARIES — Sands 6, Ross 11, Becktel 4, Gentry 10, Stancil 9, Peet 7, Elliott 0, Gibson 12, Ledbetter 0, McMaster 4.
BONNERS FERRY — Hines 0, Williams 6, Bateman 11, Stockton 8, Hubbard 3, Rice 2, Mai 2, Peterson 2, Blackmore 4, Morgan 10.
Mullan 51
Priest River JV 26
MULLAN — Riley Trogden scored 20 points for the Tigers in a win over the Spartans junior varsity at the Mullan Pavilion.
“Riley was just solid the entire game,” said Mullan coach Paul Elston of the the junior guard, who missed the team’s first six games of the season due to injury. “It’s good for him because he’s been out so long. He just did a good job of playing basketball.”
Luke Trogden scored 16 points for Mullan (3-4), which hosts Wallace on Tuesday.
Luke Slater scored 10 points for Priest River.
Priest River 6 7 9 4 — 26
Mullan 21 14 10 6 — 51
PRIEST RIVER — Gleason 4, Marinello 5, Bowen 6, Thompson 1, Slater 10, Eisenberger 0, Gamber 0, Korff 0, Soloman 0.
MULLAN — L. Trogden 16, Nelson 7, Layton 0, R. Trogden 20, Gallaway 4, Hess 2, Zingler 2.
N.I. Christian 59
Koot. Thunder 15
KOOTENAI — Malachi Bullington had 18 points and 14 rebounds for the Royals in a win over Kootenai Thunder in Mountain Christian League play at Kootenai Elementary.
Jack Hill had nine points, six rebounds and four assists and Jake Peterson six assists for North Idaho Christian (11-1, 9-0 MCL), which faces Christian Center on Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School.
N.I. Christian 14 17 20 8 — 59
Koot. Thunder 7 2 0 6 — 15
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — W. Pilgrim 8, Peterson 8, Connelly 4, Johnson 3, Kelly 5, Bullington 18, Koontz 4, Hill 9.
KOOTENAI THUNDER — A. Smith 0, B. Wikoff 3, Wilks 2, Reed 2, Roop 8, Jones 0, Paulson 0, Mellander 0, Gold 0.
- GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wallace 46
St. Maries 37
ST. MARIES — Sophomore Jaden House hit three 3-pointers and scored 15 of her game-high 20 points in the second quarter as the visiting Miners beat the Lumberjacks in nonleague play.
Wallace (7-4) trailed 16-6 after one quarter before outscoring St. Maries (4-10) 17-2 to lead 23-18 at halftime.
Jenna Holder scored eight of her 14 points in the first quarter for St. Maries, which is scheduled to host Kellogg on Saturday in the Brawl for the Ball spirit game.
Wallace travels to Mullan on Tuesday.
Wallace 6 17 10 12 — 46
St. Maries 16 2 7 12 — 37
WALLACE — Morin 8, Johnson 4, Specht 0, House 20, Welch 8, Hill 6, Cielke 0, Hunter 0, Bergem 0.
ST. MARIES — Sines 0, Badgett 7, McGreel 0, Holder 14, Rimel 3, Ventura 0, Christensen 0, Watkins 0, Mitchell 4, Miller 0, Hammond 7, Chappell 2, Koser 0.
Mullan 45
Lakeland C 28
MULLAN — Talowa Fallingwater scored 16 points for the Tigers in a win over the Hawks ‘C’ team at the Mullan Pavilion.
“It was nice to have everyone back playing,” Mullan coach Sherry Leitz said. “We’re not 100 percent, but working to get back there. I was very proud of the effort tonight.”
Leah Frazier had 13 points and 14 rebounds and Emily Dykes nine points and nine assists for Mullan (2-7), which hosts Wallace on Tuesday.
Emily Hendricks scored 16 points for the Lakeland C team.
Lakeland C 6 13 5 4 — 28
Mullan 14 10 8 13 — 45
LAKELAND C — Unruh 0, Knowles 4, Hiaasen 0, Richardson 2, Schranck 3, Stutheit 3, Hendricks 16.
MULLAN — Petit 5, Haig 2, Cote 0, Ringsbye 0, Fallingwater 16, Frazier 13, Dykes 9.
N.I. Christian 76
Koot. Thunder 31
KOOTENAI — Christina Connolly and Grace Gwin each hit three of the Royals’ 12 3-pointers in the Mountain Christian League victory over the Thunder at Kootenai Elementary.
Gwin finished with 12 points, six rebounds and four steals for North Idaho Christian (12-2, 8-0 MCL), which sank seven 3s in a 31-point second quarter. Imelda Bresee had 24 points, 20 rebounds, six steals and five blocked shots for the Royals, and Riley Jo Anderson had 12 points, six assists and six steals.
Ayden Osman led the Thunder with 12 points.
North Idaho Christian, which has won 11 straight games, plays Christian Center School on Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene.
N.I. Christian 17 31 21 7 — 76
Koot. Thunder 10 16 9 6 — 31
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Monaghan 5, Kelly 2, Pilgrim 5, Knight 2, Gwin 11, Anderson 12, Malinauskas 5, Bresee 24, Connolly 9, Newman 1.
KOOTENAI THUNDER — Osman 12, Murray 2, Black 0, H. Jones 2, McArthur 5, T. Jones 9, Reed 1, Duchow 0.