PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Lapwai's Wynott drops 40 on Post Falls

POST FALLS — The first high school shot-clock game in North Idaho was played Tuesday night at The Arena.

But neither team, in particular Lapwai and junior Kase Wynott, didn’t need it.

Wynott, who holds a scholarship offer from Montana State, poured in 40 points as the Wildcats beat the Post Falls Trojans 72-54 in nonleague play Tuesday night.

“He was standing down by our bench toward the end of the game, and I told him he was better than advertised,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said.

The 6-foot-6 Wynott scored 22 of his points in the second half for Lapwai, in its season opener. He made 14 field goals (four of them 3-pointers), and hit 8 of 9 from the line.

“I thought he played the game the right way; he never got rattled, never lost his composure … it was impressive,” McLean said. “We tried to double him, tried to run guys at him. He was able to take on the dribble, take one or two dribbles and rise up. I haven’t seen that since (former Post Falls star) Connor Hill. He has a man’s jump shot.”

Terrell Ellenwood-Jones added 17 points, Ahlius Yearout 11 for Lapwai.

Sophomore Tyras Blake scored 15 of his 22 points in the first half for Post Falls (0-4). He finished with three 3s, as did Trenton McLean, who scored 10.

Post Falls plays at University on Saturday.

Lapwai 15 18 20 19 — 72

Post Falls 19 6 12 17 — 54

LAPWAI — Ellenwood-Jones 17, Payne 0, Sherman 2, White 2, Yearout 11, Miles 0, Bohnee 0, Wynott 40.

POST FALLS — Anderson 0, Ostlund 3, McLean 10, McCarthy 5, Cameron 0, Craig 4, McKeown 0, Wolfe 2, Blake 22, Bowie 8.

Coeur d’Alene 82

Sandpoint 54

SANDPOINT — When things didn’t work outside, the Vikings turned it up inside when they needed it as posts Alexander Nipp and Sam Entzi combined for 33 points in win over the Bulldogs in the Inland Empire League opener for both at Les Rogers Court.

“Alex was pretty consistent throughout the night and a real post presence,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams said. “He was pretty efficient and Max was just as efficient. They didn’t have a lot of answers for our low post guys.”

Steven Burgess scored eight of his 12 points in the first quarter for Coeur d’Alene (2-1), which faces Henry Foss of Tacoma, Wash., in the Nike Invitational on Saturday at North Idaho College at 2 p.m.

Rusty Lee scored 24 points for Sandpoint (1-2), which travels to Priest River on Saturday.

Coeur d’Alene 21 22 15 24 — 82

Sandpoint 14 9 18 13 — 54

COEUR d’ALENE — Larson 8, Orchard 8, Cherny 3, Smith 1, Nipp 19, Entzi 14, Rupp 9, McGraw 0, Burgess 12, Symons 8, Ivankovich 0, DeGraw 0.

SANDPOINT — Petitt 6, Lee 24, Frank 3, VanDenBerg 7, Eacret 2, Dickinson 0, Jones 0, Childs 3, Longanecker 0, E. Jones 9, Hindberg 0, Meredith 0, Williams 0, Johansen 0.

Priest River 63

Wallace 29

PRIEST RIVER — The Spartans improved to 2-0 on the season with a nonleague win over the Miners (1-2).

Further details were not available.

On Thursday, Priest River hosts Kellogg and Wallace visits Mullan.

Kellogg JV 47

Mullan 44

MULLAN — Sophomore Brodie Robinson hit a 30-foot jumper with two seconds remaining to send the Wildcat JV past the Tigers at the Mullan Pavilion.

Robinson scored 18 points for the Kellogg JV, which led 17-5 after the first quarter before Mullan rallied to take a 41-40 lead late in the fourth quarter. Junior Floyd Nelson hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 44-44 for Mullan with five seconds remaining.

“I’m really proud of my kids,” Mullan coach Paul Elston said. “They hung in there and played good basketball in the second half. We got it rolling, but so did Kellogg. We did not win, but our guys played tough.”

Alex Trogden and Austin Zingler scored 10 points each for Mullan (1-3), which hosts Wallace on Thursday.

Kellogg JV visits Priest River on Thursday.

Kellogg JV 17 9 8 13 — 47

Mullan 5 16 9 14 — 44

KELLOGG JV — Clapper 6, Blalack 2, Hill 3, Murinko 8, Honnerlaw 2, Baker 4, McDonald 4, Robinson 18, Johnson 0, Nickerson 0, Jasso 0, Hoover 0.

MULLAN — Nelson 9, Trogden 10, A. Zingler 10, T. Zingler 6, S. Petit 9, L. Petit 0, Acheson 0.

The Oaks 58

Christian Center 37

SPOKANE — Colton Smith had 17 points, 13 rebounds and four steals for the Lions in a Mountain Christian League loss to The Oaks.

Carter May had four rebounds and Cade McWhorter three rebounds for Christian Center (1-1, 1-1 MCL), which faces the Kootenai Thunder on Thursday at Kootenai Elementary.

Kaden Harkin scored 20 points for The Oaks (3-0, 2-0).

Christian Center 11 11 7 8 — 37

The Oaks 11 15 14 18 — 58

CHRISTIAN CENTER — McWhorter 2, Jones 3, Marshall 2, May 4, Mametiff 3, Sears 4, Tesky 0, Wimer 0, Stark 2, Smith 17.

THE OAKS — Curran 2, Schubin 6, Mattson 7, Harkin 20, Christensen 15, Strickler 6, VanThorne 2.