PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Timberlake wins OT thriller

SPIRIT LAKE — Another night, another battle won by Timberlake with some pressure.

Raj Olivieri and Hunter Higgins scored 12 points each for the Tigers, who went 10 of 15 from the free-throw line in overtime to beat the Riverside Rams of Chatteroy, Wash., 55-52 in a nonleague game on Friday.

“It was a battle,” Timberlake coach Mike LaFountaine said. “The gym was full of people and the kids fought hard. We came out and played good defense to hold them to six points in the first quarter. Hunter had a great night and Raj was really a spark off the bench.”

Timberlake led 41-37 late in regulation, but Riverside scored to cut the deficit to two points, then converted another basket at the buzzer to tie the game. The Rams' player was fouled on the shot, but missed a free throw with no time left that would have won it.

Timberlake (2-0) hosts Wallace on Tuesday.

Riverside 6 11 9 15 11 — 52

Timberlake 6 12 11 12 14 — 55

RIVERSIDE — Graham 7, J. Nortz 7, Gaffaney 8, Ackerman 6, Supanchick 6, Lyons 12, D. Nortz 3, Schneider 3.

TIMBERLAKE — Olivieri 12, Zollinger 2, Tay. Menti 7, Paslay 9, Zetter 4, Milsap 0, Borges 3, Higgins 12, Tan. Menti 2, MacArthur 4.

Lake City 61

University 50

COEUR d’ALENE — Kolton Mitchell scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half as the host Timberwolves pulled away from a two-point halftime lead to defeat the Titans in nonleague play.

Blake Buchanan scored 14 of his 19 points in the first half for Lake City (2-0), and he also finished with 11 rebounds and five steals. Nathan Hocking had nine points and nine boards for the T-Wolves, and Mitchell was 9 of 12 from the field on 2s.

“Not overly thrilled with what we did tonight,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “We were careless at times; we were not very disciplined with our offense. I still think we’re breaking down on defense; they had some looks they shouldn’t. As well as I thought things went offensively on Tuesday (a 76-62 win over Mt. Spokane), I thought the opposite tonight.

“We definitely played with a little more urgency in the second half.”

Conrad Bippes, a 6-8 senior, scored 22 points for University (1-1).

Lake City travels to Moscow on Thursday.

University 11 13 14 12 — 50

Lake City 13 13 18 17 — 61

UNIVERSITY — Kennedy 2, Bell 4, Sibley 11, King 0, Heimbigner 9, Brummett 2, Bippes 22.

LAKE CITY — Buchanan 19, Strawn 4, Hill 2, Jones 0, Miller 0, Hocking 9, Mitchell 27.

East Valley 60

Lakeland 54

SPOKANE — The visiting Eagles swung the momentum in the second half, rallying from a 17-point halftime deficit to beat the Hawks in the Border Clash at West Valley High.

Grant Roth scored 20 points for Lakeland, which led 36-19 at halftime before being outscored 41-18 in the second half. Diezel Wilkinson scored 21 points for East Valley.

“It felt like once the momentum went their way, it stayed that way,” Lakeland coach Tony Hanna said. “Wilkinson hit some 3-pointers and they got a lead. I was really happy with our defense in the first half, but we’ve just got to get more comfortable closing out games. We’ll get there, but it will take some time.”

Bryce Henry scored 13 points for Lakeland (1-1), which faces West Valley today.

East Valley 11 8 18 23 — 60

Lakeland 17 19 8 10 — 54

EAST VALLEY — Hofstee 5, Bales 2, Wilkinson 21, Stevens 7, Anderson 0, Holichek 15, Hansen 10, Whallon 0.

LAKELAND — Nowell 2, Cameron 3, Rings 0, Henry 13, Munyer 9, Hocking 0, Boettcher 2, Roth 20, Haug 5, Loutzenhiser 0, Pearson 0, Anderson 0.

Lapwai 59

St. Maries 53

ST. MARIES — Idaho signee Titus Yearout scored 27 points as the visiting 1A Division I Wildcats held off the 2A Lumberjacks in a matchup of reigning state champions.

Tristan Gentry-Nelson had 19 points and eight rebounds for St. Maries (1-1). Greyson Sands added 14 points and seven rebounds, Coleman Ross five points and seven boards.

Kase Wynott added 14 points for normally high-scoring Lapwai (1-0).

“They are legit; they are state champs for a reason,,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “Our goal was to hold them under 60 points, and I felt if we did that we’d have a chance. We were down six in the fourth quarter, and had five 3-point shots in a row to cut it to three, and couldn’t knock one down.”

St. Maries was 16 of 49 from the field, Lapwai 20 of 49.

St. Maries plays host to Genesis Prep on Monday.

Lapwai 10 16 20 13 — 59

St. Maries 12 8 16 17 — 53

LAPWAI — Ellenwood-Jones 8, Yearout 27, Taylor 4, Wynott 14, Ellenwood 6, Mitchell 0, Brown 0.

ST. MARIES — Gentry-Nelson 19, Sands 14, Badgett 0, Ross 5, Wolfe 0, Elliott 5, T. Renner 2, C. Renner 4, Wicks 0, Hill 4.

Kellogg 78

Lakeside 71

KELLOGG — Kolby Luna hit five 3-pointers and scored 25 points for the Wildcats in a win over the Knights in the first round of the Silver Valley Tournament at Andrews Gymnasium.

Vander Brown scored 19 points, Lucky Matt and Qwincy Hall 15 points each for Lakeside (1-2), which faces Wallace today in the consolation game at 11 a.m.

“We had another stinker of a game defensively,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “We had to make up for it in different ways and found a way to get it done.”

Tanner Groves had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Riply Luna 16 points and 10 assists, Bridger McLean 11 points for Kellogg (1-2), which faces the Post Falls JV in the championship game at 1 p.m.

Post Falls JV defeated Wallace 56-47.

“Tanner gave us a huge spark and was everywhere tonight,” Martin said. “With four starters in double figures, we were really balanced, which was nice to see.”

Lakeside 15 22 14 20 — 71

Kellogg 14 17 20 27 — 78

LAKESIDE — Matt 15, V. Brown 19, SiJohn 12, Callahan 0, Vassar 8, Hall 15, P. Brown 0, Nomee 0, Kee 2.

KELLOGG — Whatcott 2, R. Luna 16, K. Luna 25, McLean 11, Groves 21, Maciosek 0, Frohlich 0, Walker 3.

Genesis Prep 57

Clark Fork 47

POST FALLS — Donovan Daniels scored 19 points, all in the second half, for the Jaguars in a nonleague win over the Wampus Cats at The Courts at Real Life.

“It took us a while to get into it,” Genesis Prep coach Lon Morast said. “We started to figure things out in the third quarter and passed the ball around a little better. It was a scrappy game played by both teams.”

Caleb Schroeder scored 11 points for Genesis Prep (1-1), which plays at St. Maries on Monday.

Carter Sanroman and Nathan Shelton scored 15 points each for Clark Fork (0-2).

Clark Fork 6 17 10 14 — 47

Genesis Prep 9 14 17 17 — 57

CLARK FORK — Ca. Sanroman 15, Co. Sanroman 5, Barnett 2, Howard 10, Shelton 15, Rueter 0, Mayorga 0, Bopp 0, Matsutaro 0.

GENESIS PREP — Schroeder 11, Daniels 19, Russworm 7, McLuskie 9, Rubert 6, Specht 2, Snowder 3.