PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Wallace edges Lakeside, ties Knights for league title

WALLACE — Wallace won the game, but the road to the state 1A Division I tournament still runs through Lakeside’s Ron Miller Court.

Carter Bailey scored 21 points, 10 coming in the third quarter for the Miners, who beat the Lakeside Knights 57-55 in a Scenic Idaho Conference game at Kirby Krulitz Court on Thursday.

Lakeside (13-4, 3-1 SIC) and Wallace (7-10, 3-1) finished tied for the league title, but the Knights won the coin flip following the game to earn the top seed to the district tournament. Wallace will host Genesis Prep (2-9, 0-4) on Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. in an opening round game. Lakeside will host the winner Feb. 26 for a berth to state.

“We’ve been playing really well and together lately,” Wallace coach Corey Miller said. “It’s amazing that we’re co-champions. We played consistent and steady throughout the game.”

Kenyon Spotted Horse scored 20 points and JJ Hall added 16 for Lakeside, which won the state 1A Division II title last year before moving up to Division I this year.

With Lakeside trailing by three points, Spotted Horse was fouled with 1.5 seconds left. He made the first free throw and intentionally missed the second. The Knights rebounded, but missed a putback that would have forced overtime.

“Lakeside’s so athletic and their size is a problem for us,” Miller said. “They’re well coached. We just played great defense and to hold a team like Lakeside was outstanding. Lakeside’s very talented and an outstanding team.”

Lakeside hosts Bonners Ferry on Saturday.

Hayden Hogamier scored 17 points for Wallace, which hosts Clark Fork on Monday.

Lakeside 14 8 18 15 — 55

Wallace 14 17 16 10 — 57

LAKESIDE — Abuan 9, Higgins 6, J. Hall 16, Spotted Horse 20, C. Matt 4, Q. Hall 0.

WALLACE — Tesky 8, Hogamier 17, Bailey 21, Denson 5, Hull 6, Farkas 0, Hammerberg 0.

Orofino JV 50

Mullan 31

OROFINO — Floyd Nelson scored 13 points for the Tigers, who fell to the Maniac JV at Orofino High.

“That’s a fairly athletic and competitive 2A JV team we played,” Mullan coach Paul Elston said. “I thought we tried to do things correctly, but we’re still down a few guys.”

Riley Trogden scored 11 points for Mullan (6-6), which hosts Troy, Mont., on Tuesday.

Mullan 12 7 9 3 — 31

Orofino JV 8 17 14 11 — 50

MULLAN — R. Trogden 11, L. Trogden 2, Nelson 13, Zingler 3, Layton 0, A. Trogden 2, Houston 0, Haning 0, Appiah 0, Knoll 0.

OROFINO — Barlow 2, Schneider 10, Howell 5, Hudson 2, Cochran 13, Adkins0, Santos 2, Hanna 7, Erbst 6, Sneddon 2.

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Priest River, ppd.

PRIEST RIVER — Thursday's Intermountain League boys basketball game between the Tigers (5-11, 0-3 IML) and the league-leading Spartans (11-6, 3-0) was postponed due to COVID issues within the Priest River program.

No makeup date was announced.