PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Soph McKellips propels Lake City past Lakeland

RATHDRUM — Sophomore Kursten McKellips scored a game-high 15 points as the visiting Lake City Timberwolves beat the Lakeland Hawks 57-26 in an Inland Empire League game Tuesday night in Rathdrum.

“She can be a game changer for us,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “She can make some shots around the rim. She was able to get some space and took advantage of it.”

McKellips scored 12 of her 15 points in the second half, including eight in the third quarter, for Lake City (2-0, 1-0 IEL).

“She did a good job in the post, good footwork and good awareness of the hoop,” Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said of the left-handed McKellips. “She sets girls up well, and finishes well.”

Sophia Zufelt added 11 points, Kamryn Pickford 10 for Lake City, which outscored Lakeland 26-8 in the third quarter to pull away.

“I think we got a little leg weary,” said Seymour, whose team was playing in its season opener. “We looked in the third quarter like a group of girls playing for the first time against another team. Lake City did a good job spreading the floor and breaking us down. We knew in the first game there would be some jitters, but there’s a lot of room for improvement, and we have the girls who are capable of making those improvements.”

Addie Kiefer scored seven points for Lakeland, which plays host to Timberlake on Thursday.

Lake City plays host to Sandpoint on Thursday.

Lake City 15 9 26 7 — 57

Lakeland 2 11 8 5 — 26

LAKE CITY — Ke. Pickford 5, Ka. Pickford 10, Zufelt 11, Waddington 5, McKellips 15, Holzer 0, Reynolds 8, Zimmerman 3.

LAKELAND — Terzulli 0, Sterling 0, L. Kiefer 4, Knowles 0, Gallus 3, Richardson 0, K. Simon 6, A. Kiefer 7, Munyer 1, L. Simon 5.

Kendrick 54

St. Maries 14

KENDRICK — The visiting Lumberjacks scored five points in the second half in a nonleague loss to the Tigers.

Stacie Mitchell scored five points for St. Maries (0-2), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Friday.

Erin Morgan scored 20 points for Kendrick in its season opener.

St. Maries 3 6 3 2 — 14

Kendrick 14 17 13 10 — 54

ST. MARIES — Sexton 0, Elliott 0, Spray 0, McGreal 3, Janssen 0, Rimel 0, Baird 0, Watkins 2, Mitchell 5, Sindt 3, Asbury 0, Sloper 1, Linnemeyer 0.

KENDRICK — Ro. Stewart 6, Heimgartner 6, Olson 0, Stacy 2, Tweit 3, Flint 0, Silflow 6, Morgan 20, Ru. Stewart 3, Taylor 8, Boyer 0.

Wallace 62

Priest River 38

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Jaden House had a game-high 27 points along with seven rebounds and two steals to lead the Miners past the Spartans in a nonleague game at Priest River High.

Layla Burmeister had 11 points and seven rebounds for Wallace (1-0), which faces the Post Falls JV in the Silver Valley Tournament on Friday at 7 p.m. at Kirby Krulitz Court

Samantha Pound had 12 points and three steals for Priest River (0-2), which returns to action on Dec. 1 at Clark Fork.

Wallace 16 17 15 14 — 62

Priest River 14 0 18 6 — 38

WALLACE — Specht 2, Gibson 0, House 27, Br. Phillips 5, Welch 4, Burmeister 11, Be. Phillips 0, Hendrick 2, Hemphill 2, Hunter 5, Taylor 2.

PRIEST RIVER — Burgess-Duquette 6, Pound 12, Freitas 10, Thompson 0, Humphrey 4, McCracken 2, Kingery 2, Barton 2.

Lakeside 39

Kootenai 10

HARRISON FLATS — Jolissa Holt scored 14 points as the visiting Knights beat the Warriors in the season opener for both teams.

Arriana Havier-Gorr added 11 points for Lakeside, which was missing four players for various reasons.

“It was just good to get on the court and get off the practice court, shake off some rust and see what we need to work on,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We didn’t shoot particularly well, but that’s something we can improve on.”

Lakeside plays Kellogg on Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the first round of the Silver Valley Tournament at Wallace.

Abby Tiller scored five points for Kootenai, which plays host to Priest River on Friday.

Lakeside 11 16 9 3 — 39

Kootenai 1 3 2 4 — 10

LAKESIDE — J. Holt 14, Howard 0, Wienclaw 4, Rivera 3, Matt 3, Havier-Gorr 11, Marchand 2, Erickson 2.

KOOTENAI — Tiller 5, Maitland 2, Defoort 0, Addington 0, Thaut 1, Glessner 2, Loucks 0, Schilling 0.

N.I. Christian 49

Spokane H.S.A. 26

SPOKANE — Symone Pilgrim had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Royals in a nonleague win over the Spokane Home School Association at Garry Middle School.

Danica Kelly had 12 points, six assists and five steals and Rylee Overturf eight points and 11 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (2-1), which competes in the Helena (Mont.) Thanksgiving Shootout on Friday and Saturday at Helena Christian School.

Hannah Goodwin scored 13 points for Spokane Home School Association, a first-year school, which will join the Mountain Christian League for the 2022-23 season.

N.I. Christian 25 6 15 3 — 49

Spokane HSA 4 7 8 7 — 26

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Cate 2, Salaiz 0, Kelly 12, Overturf 8, S. Pilgrim 15, Daigle 3, Malinauskas 2, Sandwald 5, Bullington 0, Y. Pilgrim 2.

SPOKANE HOME SCHOOL ASSOCIATION — full scoring not available.