Lakeland boys keep rolling
Lakeland High’s Noah Haaland drives to the basket in a game against Coeur d’Alene High School Tuesday at Viking Court. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Coeur d’Alene’s Brayden Bengtson drives the ball around Lakeland defender Noah Haaland during Tuesday’s game at Viking Court. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Lakeland High’s Carson Seay drives toward the basket for the score against Coeur d’Alene. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Coeur d’Alene’s Owen Smith shoots a two-pointer during Tuesday night’s game against Lakeland High. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Coeur d’Alene’s Devon Johnson drives around Lakeland defender Carson Seay. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
The Lakeland Hawks bench cheers for their team after a fast break against Coeur d’Alene. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
LOREN BENOIT/Press Lakeland High’s Ammon Munyer drives toward the basket while defended by Coeur d’Alene’s Brayden Bengtson on Tuesday night.
COEUR d’ALENE — Senior point guard Ben Zubaly hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored a game-high 19 points as the Lakeland Hawks beat the Coeur d’Alene Vikings 65-47 in nonleague high school boys basketball play Tuesday night at Jordan Court.
Carson Seay added 15 points, Ammon Munyer 12 for Lakeland (13-1), which beat Coeur d’Alene 61-55 at home in the season opener.
“They’ve got size, and they’ve got guys that can shoot it,” Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna said. “And once they get a lead, and you go out and pressure them, they get backdoor cuts on you.”
Devon Johnson scored 13 points for Coeur d’Alene (5-8), which has lost four straight.
“We just didn’t do anything well,” Hanna said. “We didn’t defend, we didn’t function offensively. We didn’t come ready to play.”
Coeur d’Alene returns to action Thursday at home vs. Post Falls in 5A Inland Empire League play.
Lakeland, ranked third in 4A in this week’s state media poll, returns to action next Tuesday at Moscow in a 4A IEL game.
Lakeland 14 22 11 18 — 65
Coeur d’Alene 11 10 14 12 — 47
LAKELAND — Zubaly 19, Furey 0, Seay 15, Henry 4, Ab Munyer 5, Am. Munyer 12, Haaland 8, Roth 0, Elizondo 0, Waddington 2, Saasen 0.
COEUR d’ALENE — Whittaker 2, Bengtson 5, Co. Smith 3, Johnson 13, Larson 2, Karns 4, Cope 3, Ow. Smith 4, Prka 4, McLaughlin 7.
Lakeside 47
Genesis Prep 36
PLUMMER — Day Day Higgins scored 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the host Knights beat the Jaguars at Ron Miller Court.
It was Lakeside’s first victory over Genesis Prep since the Jaguars joined the North Star League in the 2015-16 season.
This year, games against Genesis Prep do not count in the league standings as some of the league schools refused to play the Jaguars, though Genesis Prep will join the other North Star teams for the 1A Division II District 1 tournament.
Talon Twoteeth also scored 12 points for Lakeside (10-0), ranked No. 1 in this week’s state media poll.
“It was a real ugly game,” Lakeside coach James Twoteeth said. “We weren’t hitting shots at all. But we needed a game like this. We kinda had to grind out a win.”
Lakeside lost junior Kenyon Spotted Horse to a sprained ankle two minutes into the game. Another junior, JJ Hall, sat much of the game in foul trouble.
In their absence, James Twoteeth praised the play of reserves Vander Brown, a freshman who scored 10 points, and Jasper Abuan, a junior.
“They came and played good defense,” Twoteeth said.
Seth Neely scored a game-high 14 points for Genesis Prep (5-6), which plays host to Wallace on Thursday.
Lakeside is home vs. Immaculate Conception on Friday.
Genesis Prep 15 5 8 8 — 36
Lakeside 16 10 5 16 — 47
GENESIS PREP — Schroeder 1, Daniels 0, Burgess 4, Weeks 6, Neely 14, Gonzales 2, Mwinuka 9.
LAKESIDE — Brown 10, Abuan 2, Higgins 12, White 3, Hall 6, Twoteeth 12, Spotted Horse 2, Matt 0.
Mullan 48
Kootenai 29
HARRISON FLATS — Luke Trogden scored 20 points for Tigers in a North Star League win over the Warriors.
Garrett Renner scored 10 points for Kootenai (0-7, 0-3 NSL), which travels to Wallace on Friday.
“Kootenai competes very well,” Mullan coach Paul Elston said. “I credit coach Curtis Ames and their guys for playing hard. We were very flat to begin with. Once we started playing in the second half, things turned around for us. We must get off to better starts, but I will always take a road league win.”
Samuel Hess scored eight points for Mullan (4-6, 2-4), which hosts Lakeside next Tuesday.
Mullan 10 9 12 17 — 48
Kootenai 4 9 6 10 — 29
MULLAN — Layton 3, R. Trogden 6, Hess 8, Gallaway 7, Zingler 0, L. Trogden 20, Nelson 4.
KOOTENAI — Brewster 6, Little 0, Reynolds 3, Raudebaugh 7, Hystell 0, Alderson 0, Renner 10, Zavada 0, Coppa 0.
Kellogg 46
Sandpoint 42
KELLOGG — Taylor Bush scored all six of his points from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter for the Wildcats, who were held without a field goal in the final quarter but held off the Bulldogs at Andrews Gymnasium.
“It was a good defensive effort by both teams,” said Kellogg coach Jeff Nearing, whose team scored all 10 points from the foul line in the fourth quarter. “But we found a way to get a win.”
Gavin Luna scored 11 points for Kellogg (8-4), which hosts Moscow on Saturday.
Kobe Banks scored 12 points for Sandpoint (6-7), which hosts Priest River on Friday.
Sandpoint 3 8 9 22 — 42
Kellogg 8 13 15 10 — 46
SANDPOINT — R. Roos 10, Banks 12, Niemela 2, Eldridge 5, VanDenBerg 2, Pettit 0, Lee 0, C. Roos 4, Treadaway 2, Casey 5.
KELLOGG — Bush 6, R. Luna 5, K. Luna 0, Oertli 6, Miller 7, Walker 3, Jerome 8, G. Luna 11.
N.I. Christian 71
Cov. Christian 34
SPOKANE VALLEY — Sophomore Cruz Alliano, a recent callup from the junior varsity team due to injuries, totaled 13 points, four assists and seven steals as the Royals beat the Warriors in Mountain Christian League play at the Spokane Fitness Center.
Kessler Johnson added 14 points and seven rebounds for North Idaho Christian (14-4, 10-1 MCL), and Josiah Desrochers had 14 points.
Jett Karnitz led Covenant Christian with 11 points.
North Idaho Christian plays host to Priest River on Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene.
N.I. Christian 9 24 22 16 — 71
Cov. Christian 11 13 4 9 — 34
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Peterson 2, Connelly 8, Hill 4, Kelly 7, Johnson 14, Alliano 13, Desrochers 14, Koonze 4, Crabtree 2, Anderson 3.
COVENANT CHRISTIAN — Karnitz 11, Law 7, Ja. McArdle 3, Morrison 6, Mance 5, Limewood 0, Blomezen 0, Palmer 0, Gump 0, Jo. McArdle 5.