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PREP BASKETBALL: Burke, Symons lead Vikings in opener

| November 20, 2021 1:17 AM

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COEUR d’ALENE — Skylar Burke, who recently signed a letter of intent to play at UC Santa Barbara, had 22 points, 10 rebounds and five steals as the Coeur d’Alene Vikings opened their season with a 54-25 nonleague victory over the Moscow Bears on Friday night at Viking Court.

“Great first game,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Nicole Symons, whose squad was hit hard by graduation after reaching the third-place game at state last year. “Such a new team and we are working on figuring each other out. Pleased with their effort and attitude. We had great energy on the floor and on the bench.”

Junior Madi Symons added 20 points, 11 rebounds, five blocked shots and four steals for Coeur d’Alene, and sophomore Maddie Mitchell had 10 points.

“Maddie Mitchell played great in her first varsity game,” Nicole Symons said. “Played under control and applied tremendous defensive pressure.”

Grace Nauman scored seven points for Moscow (1-3).

Coeur d’Alene returns to action Dec. 2 at home vs. Rocky Mountain of Meridian, the first of three games in three days vs. Boise-area schools.

Moscow 4 8 9 4 — 25

Coeur d’Alene 14 14 11 15 — 54

MOSCOW — Knott 6, A. Lassen 2, Heyns 2, Shrestha 0, Nauman 7, Watson 4, J. Lassen 0, Parsons 0, Johns 0.

COEUR d’ALENE — Bengtson 0, Mitchell 10, Estes, Symons 20, Jones 0, Smart 0, Holecek 2, Phenicie 0, Burke 22.

Bonners Ferry 58

St. Maries 23

ST. MARIES — The Lumberjacks kept it relatively close for a half, but the Badgers made five of their 10 3-pointers in the third quarter en route to the nonleague victory.

Braylyn Bayer of Bonners Ferry (2-0) hit seven 3s and led all scorers with 21 points. Avery Bayer added 12 points, Asha Abubakari 11 for the Badgers.

Sophomore Tayla Janssen led St. Maries (0-3) with six points.

“It was a reasonable game through halftime, then they got hot from the 3-point line,” St. Maries coach Gary Krumheuer said. “Our girls are working hard; pressure is just causing us a lot of trouble.”

St. Maries returns to action Nov. 30 at Sandpoint.

Bonners Ferry 15 12 22 9 — 58

St. Maries 4 8 10 1 — 23

BONNERS FERRY — Petersen 0, Tompkins 0, Pluid 2, Blackmore 6, Abubakari 11, Shottanana-Ponce 0, B. Bayer 21, Falck 0, Sumpter 6, A. Bayer 12.

ST. MARIES — Sexton 1, Spray 0, McGreal 3, Janssen 6, Rimel 2, Watkins 2, Mitchell 2, Sindt 4, Linnemeyer 3.

Kootenai 37

Priest River JV 3

HARRISON FLATS — Junior Tuesday Glessner scored 10 points as the Warriors won for the first time since the 2018-19 season, beating the Spartan junior varsity.

Abby Tiller added nine points and six rebounds for Kootenai (1-1), which was winless in 2019-20, and did not play last season due to COVID-19. Tayva Maitland had seven points, 10 rebounds and six steals.

Kootenai plays host to Wallace on Tuesday.

Priest River JV 0 2 0 1 — 3

Kootenai 7 11 7 12 — 37

PRIEST RIVER JV — Ki. Davis 0, Swoboda 0, Bowen 0, Ka. Davis 0, H. Davis 0, Humphrey 3, McCracken 0, Braaz 0, E. Davis 0, Lombard 0, Kreager 0, Rhine 0.

KOOTENAI — Maitland 7, Tiller 9, Defoort 3, Thaut 2, Glessner 10, Addington 2, Loucks 0, Schilling 4.

Kellogg 61

Lakeside 31

WALLACE — Senior Grace Nearing scored 17 points, hitting five 3-pointers for the Wildcats in a win over the Knights in the opening game of the Silver Valley Tournament at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Hailey Cheney scored 11 points for Kellogg (1-1), which faces Wallace tonight at 7 in the championship game.

“I thought we executed our offense really well,” Kellogg coach Jana Nearing said. “We shot the ball really well from the outside. Lakeside really sunk in on the post, but our guards really stepped up and played well.”

Jolissa Holt scored eight points for Lakeside (1-1), which faces the Post Falls JV in the consolation game tonight at 5:30.

Kellogg hit 7 of 16 3s; Lakeside was 2 of 18 from behind the arc.

“They had quite a bit of size on us,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We struggled to rebound against them; we gave them plenty of second chances.”

Kellogg 17 15 15 14 — 61

Lakeside 6 6 11 6 — 31

KELLOGG — Karst 4, Jerome 9, Coe 6, Hill 6, Nearing 17, H. Cheney 11, Reed 4, M. Cheney 2, Potts 2.

LAKESIDE — A. Holt 6, J. Holt 8, Howard 0, Wineclaw 0, Rivera 1, Allen 0, Matt 2, Havier-Gorr 7, Tsawklai 0, Marchand 3, Erickson 2.

Wallace 47

Post Falls JV 34

WALLACE — Jaden House hit three 3-pointers and finished with 18 points as the Miners toppled the Trojan junior varsity in the first round of the Silver Valley Tournament at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Wallace (2-0) faces Kellogg tonight at 7 in the championship game.

Katherine Berg scored 14 points for the Post Falls JV, which won the tourney last year.

Post Falls JV 13 6 10 5 — 34

Wallace 19 13 13 2 — 47

POST FALLS JV — Berg 14, VanVolkinburg 2, Byrne 1, Berger 1, Motley 5, Miller 2, Gilmor 7, Conijn 2.

WALLACE — Specht 0, Lewis 0, Gibson 0, House 18, Br. Phillips 5, Welch 4, Hendrick 2, Hemphill 7, Hunter 7, Taylor 4.

N.I. Christian 59

Flathead Valley HSA 23

HELENA, Mont. — Junior Rylee Overturf had 20 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots as the Royals won their first-round game at the Turkey Shootout.

Danica Kelly added 13 points, seven assists and four steals for North Idaho Christian (3-1). Chelsey Cate scored 12 points and Symone Pilgrim had 10 points, 18 rebounds, six assists and five steals.

North Idaho Christian plays Stillwater Christian this morning. A win, and the Royals play in the title game later tonight; a loss and they play for third place.

N.I. Christian 16 16 13 14 — 59

Flathead Valley HSA 3 3 9 8 — 23

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Garn 2, Cate 12, Kelly 13, Overturf 20, Pilgrim 10, Malinauskas 2, Sandwald 0.

FLATHEAD VALLEY HSA — E. Opheim 4, Williams 2, Mack 4, Wiser 1, A. Opheim 2, Potts 0, Kenney 4, Burlingame 6.

BOYS

N.I. Christian 77

Yellowstone Christian HSA 38

HELENA, Mont. — Malachi Bullington had 16 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots for the Royals in a win over the Knights of Helena in the opening round of the Turkey Shootout at Montana City Middle School.

Ben Connelly and Carson Malinauskas scored nine points each for North Idaho Christian, which faces Foothills Christian in a semifinal game today. The championship game will be at 3 p.m. Pacific.

Yellowstone Christian 10 5 10 13 — 38

N.I. Christian 27 11 9 30 — 77

YELLOWSTONE CHRISTIAN HSA — Cade 2, Noah 0, Tobias 5, J.J. 2, Sam 2, Josiah 23, Carter 2, Will 0, Barkley 2.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Desrochers 0, Alliano 6, Connelly 9, Adams 7, O’Brien 7, McKee 6, Dinkins 2, Smith 2, Koontz 2, Malinauskas 9, Heston 2, Schlader 4, Grassi 0, Bullington 16, Sakae 5.

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JASON ELLIOTT/Press Coeur d'Alene sophomore guard Lauren Bengtson attempts to keep the ball inbounds during the first quarter of Friday's nonleague game against Moscow at Viking Court.