PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Vikings defend, down Bishop Kelly

BOISE — Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams has been waiting all season for a night like Wednesday.

Four complete quarters and a big road win.

Steven Burgess scored 16 points for the Vikings, who held Bishop Kelly to 25 points in the final three quarters for a 61-40 win at Bishop Kelly High.

“We’ve been getting glimpses of what we could be in quarters,” Adams said. “They ran zone the entire game. We’ve got some shooters and moved the ball really well and were patient on offense. It was the first game we’ve put four complete quarters together and played really good basketball.”

Cameren Cope had 11 points for Coeur d’Alene (6-2), which plays at Meridian today at noon PST.

Blake Hawthorne, a University of Chicago commit, scored 14 points for Bishop Kelly (6-2), which hosts Coeur d’Alene today.

“He’s a big time player and we knew they worked through him,” Adams said. “Cameren and Alex (Nipp) did a good job with him. We held Bishop Kelly to zero field goals in the second quarter and have really been trying to get that in your face defense and strong post defense going. Tonight, the kids played really well.”

Coeur d’Alene 12 19 12 18 — 61

Bishop Kelly 15 4 10 11 — 40

COEUR d’ALENE — Entzi 5, King 0, McLaughlin 1, C. Larson 8, Wellsandt 4, Nipp 7, Cope 11, Burgess 16, Orchard 9, G. Larson 0.

BISHOP KELLY — Hunter 7, Dennis 3, McGarvin 4, Johnson 0, Lukasic 3, Chipman 3, Lodge 0, Alves 1, Cammann 3, Foster 2, Hawthorne 14.

Lake City 51

Eagle 49

EAGLE — Kolton Mitchell had 12 points and eight assists for the Timberwolves, who held off the Mustangs to improve to 9-0 on the season.

“For the most part, we were in control tonight,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “In the fourth quarter, we had some good looks, but missed some easy shots. We could have executed better offensively. Eagle’s a good team and we did what we had to do. We’ll go back to work and tweak some things. But overall, I’m pretty pleased with our effort considering everything.”

Zach Johnson had nine points and 13 rebounds, Blake Buchanan eight points and nine rebounds and Nathan Hocking nine points for Lake City, which plays at Bishop Kelly of Boise today at noon.

Landon White scored 14 points for Eagle (6-2).

Lake City 17 13 14 7 — 51

Eagle 14 12 11 12 — 49

LAKE CITY — Buchanan 8, Strawn 0, Jones 4, Miller 4, Kiesbuy 5, Hocking 9, Johnson 9, Mitchell 12.

EAGLE — G. Jones 9, Pugh 4, Peters 5, Elder 0, White 14, Turpin 4, D. Jones 10, Johnson 3.

Meridian 57

Post Falls 49

MERIDIAN — Jack Sciortino had 11 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the Trojans, who fell to the defending state 5A champion Warriors.

“We defended much better in the second half,” said Post Falls coach Mike McLean, whose team led late in the first half before Meridian closed the half on a 12-2 run. “We wandered a bit off their shooters, but we battled. Meridian is a high scoring team and I’m proud of our effort defensively.”

Neil McCarthy hit four 3-pointers to finish with 12 points for Post Falls (3-6), which faces Eagle today at noon PST.

Ladu Kaden scored 17 points for Meridian (4-3), which hosts Coeur d’Alene today.

Post Falls 17 14 9 9 — 49

Meridian 21 20 6 10 — 57

POST FALLS — Sciortino 11, Naylor 2, Shields 8, McCarthy 12, VonBruck 3, Craig 2, Bowie 4, Blake 5, Butler 0.

MERIDIAN — Gwilliam 2, Pearce 13, Ramos 6, Kaden 17, Voegele 9, Hudgins 6, Reynolds 0, Sanor 8, Martinez 2.

Toppenish 56

Lakeland 39

SPOKANE VALLEY — The Wildcats forced 20 turnovers by the Hawks to get the win in the Eagle Holiday Classic at West Valley High.

“They got up into us and we got a little too passive,” Lakeland coach Tony Hanna said. “They took advantage of that. They turned up the pressure on us and we went the other way. Our kids fought, but just had too many turnovers.”

Scotty Hocking had nine points, Abe Munyer and Grant Roth 10 rebounds each for Lakeland (3-6), which plays at Sandpoint on Jan. 7.

Riley Mesplie scored 21 points for Toppenish (7-0).

Toppenish 13 14 19 10 — 56

Lakeland 17 6 7 9 — 39

TOPPENISH — Myers 9, R. Mesplie 21, Perez 11, Rivera 7, Larios 4, G. Mesplie 2, Bauer 0, Arcila 2, Brice 0.

LAKELAND — Nowell 7, Cameron 2, Rings 0, Henry 4, Munyer 2, Hocking 9, Boettcher 1, Roth 7, Haug 5, Loutzenhiser 0, Anderson 2.

Annie Wright 79

Kellogg 68

LEWISTON — The Gators of Tacoma, Wash., forced 20 turnovers and scored 22 points off 19 offensive rebounds to beat the Wildcats in a consolation game in the Avista Winter Classic at Lewis-Clark State College.

“You can’t do that kind of stuff against anybody and expect to win,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “Especially a team as good as that. We just couldn’t get a stop late to make it a two possession game.”

Kolby Luna had 23 points, six rebounds and four assists, Riply Luna 22 points and Tanner Groves 10 points and four steals for Kellogg (6-4), which faces Grangeville in the seventh-place game today.

Hunter Carter scored 26 points for Annie Wright (7-1).

Kellogg 15 16 19 18 — 68

Annie Wright 20 22 20 17 — 79

KELLOGG — Miller 0, Whatcott 3, R. Luna 22, K. Luna 23, Groves 10, Maciosek 0, Frohlich 9, Walker 1.

ANNIE WRIGHT — Harshman 16, Walsh 0, Seui 0, Carter 26, Montgomery 0, Kaupanger 12, Marshall 10, Bryant 14.