PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lakeside wins inaugural Scenic Idaho Conference title

WALLACE — That first game between Wallace and Lakeside, a 53-47 win by the Knights at Ron Miller Court, you can call that a getting to know you phase.

Now, the Miners know, the Knights are the inaugural Scenic Idaho League champions.

Jolissa Holt scored 19 points for the Knights, who defeated the Miners 67-55 at Kirby Krulitz Court, clinching the first-year league’s championship and right to host the district championship game next Friday in Plummer.

“We were both just feeling each other out in that first game,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We didn’t play that well, but played a lot better today and did a good job. I don’t think we’ve played our best basketball yet, but it’s encouraging. It’s good for us.”

Ashlee Holt scored 14 points for Lakeside (10-7, 4-0 SIC), which hosts St. Maries to conclude the regular season on Thursday.

Jaden House scored 22 points for Wallace (5-8, 0-2), which hosts Genesis Prep on Thursday. The Miners still have another league game against the Jaguars that was postponed on Jan. 22 that has not been played.

“It was a hard fought game,” Wallace coach Nichole Farkas said. “Lakeside shot lights out and we had a few too many turnovers.”

Lakeside 11 15 18 22 — 67

Wallace 9 14 9 23 — 55

LAKESIDE — A. Holt 14, Gorr 10, J. Holt 19, Twoteeth 5, Rivera 0, Lowley 0, Peters 10, Marchand 9, Allen 0.

WALLACE — Specht 3, Cielke 4, House 22, Phillips 10, Welcho 0, Burmeister 14, Hemphill 0, Hunter 0, Bergem 2.

Lake City 66

Lakeland 38

RATHDRUM — Brooklyn Rewers and Kendall Pickford combined for 40 points as the visiting Timberwolves spoiled senior night for the Hawks in Inland Empire League play at Hawk Court.

Rewers scored 13 of her 25 points in the third quarter for Lake City (12-5, 9-3 IEL), which wrapped up the No. 2 seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament with the win.

Pickford hit five 3-pointers for the Timberwolves.

“Lake City just outplayed us tonight,” Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. “They shot the ball incredibly well, and any time we went under screens, they stepped back and drilled a 3. We didn’t quite match the intensity that Lake City played with.”

Katy Ryan had 12 points and nine rebounds for Lakeland (8-9, 5-7), and Addie Kiefer added 11 points and nine boards.

Despite the loss, Lakeland still secured the top seed to the 4A Region 1 tournament via tiebreaker over Sandpoint, which lost at Post Falls on Tuesday night.

Moscow travels to Sandpoint in a first-round game Monday night. The winner plays Lakeland in a best-of-3 series for the regional title beginning next Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Rathdrum for the region’s lone berth to state.

Lake City will play host to No. 3 Post Falls on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tourney.

Lake City 16 14 23 13 — 66

Lakeland 6 11 12 9 — 38

LAKE CITY — Pickford 15, Miller 2, Zufelt 10, Bowman 0, Shanley 2, Reynolds 2, Roberts 6, Rewers 25, Jenkins 4, Parks 0, Cogley 0.

LAKELAND — Sterling 2, Thompson 0, Neff 9, Hostetler 0, Ryan 12, Simon 4, Woempner 0, A. Kiefer 11, L. Kiefer 0.

Post Falls 68

Sandpoint 40

POST FALLS — Seniors Maya Blake had 10 points and eight rebounds, Dylan Lovett 11 points and five assists and Montana Buckley nine points for the Trojans, who closed out the regular season with an Inland Empire League win over the Bulldogs at The Arena.

“Montana did a great job of getting us going in the first and third quarter,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “I thought Dylan, Montana and Maya played really well and stepped up nicely for us tonight.”

Americus Crane scored 13 points for Post Falls (11-6, 9-3 IML), which plays at Lake City to open the 5A Region 1 tournament on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Hattie Larson scored 11 points for Sandpoint (8-9, 5-7), which hosts Moscow to open the 4A Region 1 tournament. The Bulldogs finished tied with Lakeland in the league standings, but the Hawks held the tiebreaker for the top-seed.

Sandpoint 9 12 9 10 — 40

Post Falls 16 13 21 18 — 68

SANDPOINT — Driggs 7, Lyons 3, Cessna 0, Phillips 6, Kar. Banks 5, Larson 11, Platte 2, Kay. Banks 6.

POST FALLS — McLean 2, Nichols 5, Lovett 11, Grant 2, Sims 4, Buckley 9, Asper 2, Crain 13, Magnuson 3, Walton 3, Blake 10, Christensen 4.

Coeur d’Alene 64

Moscow 20

COEUR d'ALENE — Skylar Burke scored 16 points and the host Vikings completed their first unbeaten league season since 2008-09 — the last year of the combined 5A/4A Inland Empire League — with the win over the Bears at Viking Court.

Jaelyn Brainard-Adams added 11 points for Coeur d’Alene (16-1, 12-0 IEL), which plays host to No. 4 seed Lewiston (3-12) on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the first round of the 5A Region 1 tournament.

Myah Parsons scored six points for Moscow (2-14, 1-11).

Moscow 3 4 9 4 — 20

Coeur d’Alene 18 20 16 10 — 64

MOSCOW — Heyns 3, Gray 2, Nauman 2, Watson 2, Ceron 0, Berg 2, Baker 0, Leituala 0, Knott 0, J. Lassen 3, Parsons 6.

COEUR d’ALENE — Mitchell 3, Matheson 5, Brainard-Adams 11, Whiteman 5, Symons 8, Ja. Johnson 2, Je. Johnson 0, Younker 9, Chavez 5, Naccarato 0, Burke 16.

Timberlake 70

Kellogg 40

SPIRIT LAKE — Brooke Jessen scored 24 points in the first three quarters, Blayre Jeffs and Taryn Soumas scored 11 points each, and the Tigers beat the Wildcats to clinch the progam’s seventh-straight Intermountain League title.

“We did a great job offensively of getting everyone involved,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “We shared the ball really well and found a lot of open shots. I thought our defense was a little more intense in the second half and we started to look like ourselves.”

Timberlake (17-2, 5-0 IML) concludes the regular season at Priest River on Thursday.

Hailey Cheney scored 12 points for Kellogg (6-9, 2-3), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Thursday.

Kellogg 6 11 13 10 — 40

Timberlake 22 19 17 12 — 70

KELLOGG — A. VanHoose 0, Jerome 8, E. VanHoose 3, Coe 3, Hill 12, Nearing 0, Cheney 12, Reed 0.

TIMBERLAKE — T. Soumas 11, Hammond 8, Kronenberg 6, C. Soumas 3, Wall 0, Carhart 4, Jessen 24, Bain 3, Jeffs 11.

Mullan 52

Post Falls C 28

MULLAN — Jazzmyn Nelson scored 17 points for the Tigers in a win over the Trojans ‘C’ team at the Mullan Pavilion.

Peyton Lozier scored seven points for the Post Falls ‘C’ in its season finale.

Talowa Fallingwater scored 15 points for Mullan (8-6), which plays host to Clark Fork in the 1A Division II District 1 tournament championship game on Feb. 10.

Post Falls C 7 8 5 8 — 28

Mullan 8 13 12 19 — 52

POST FALLS C — Daniels 5, Fortune 0, Bastedo 3, Beck 5, Getchius 3, Phares 0, Tucker 0, Dunlap 0, Conijn 0, Taylor 0, Miller 5, Lozier 7.

MULLAN — Waters 8, Haig 0, Nelson 17, Blankenship 0, Stahle 0, Fallingwater 15, Charvez 3, Frazier 0, Dykes 7.

N.I. Christian d.

Classical Christian

HAYDEN — The visitors from Classical Christian failed to show up for the game, so the Royals accepted the Mountain Christian League forfeit, and made the best of senior night by having the seniors play the non-seniors for a quarter to satisfy the assembled crowd at North Idaho Christian School.

“We had a ceremony before the game,” NICS coach Jerry Bittner said. “We got everybody in a circle, and I talked as long as I could.

“Brad (Alden, the athletic director) and talked about it — we might do it every year,” Bittner said.

North Idaho Christian (18-7, 10-0 MCL) returns to action Friday at the Mountain Christian League tournament at The Courts at Real Life in Post Falls.