PREP ROUNDUP: Duthie steps in, steps up for Post Falls wrestlers
• WRESTLING
COEUR d’ALENE — Wrestlers always have to stay ready, even if they’re not in that lineup on a particular night.
Post Falls senior Malcolm Duthie found that out on Thursday night.
Duthie, a 220-pounder not scheduled to wrestle for the Trojans against Orting (Wash.) at North Idaho College, was put into the match after Matthew Ludwig, the originally scheduled wrestler, was ruled out with the flu.
“Malcolm just rode the bus with us to watch tonight,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “We had to go pull him out of the lobby. He put Matt’s gear on, and ended up getting a huge win for us.”
How huge?
Post Falls trailed 36-24 before Gentry Smith earned a major decision at 195 pounds. Duthie got a pin, then senior Trevor Miller had a pin 1:35 into the 285-pound match to give the Trojans a 40-36 win at North Idaho College.
“Trevor was kind of intense at the start of the match, so we had to tell him to calm down a little,” Reardon said. “He took a good shot and just took care of business. Orting has some really good kids, but our kids didn’t back down, which was cool to see.”
The teams will compete in the Tri-State Invitational today at North Idaho College starting at 10 a.m.
98 — Jared Wallace, PF, by forfeit. 106 — Isaiah Cramer, PF, by forfeit. 113 — Michael Fritz, Ort, p. Rider Seguine, 5:05. 120 — Alan Salguero, Jr., Ort, p. Ethan Wilson, 4:21. 126 — Quentin Harding, Ort, p. Zack Campbell, 6:00. 132 — Bryan Dickerson, Ort, d. Tyson Barnhart, 6-2. 138 — Brock Armstrong, Ort, d. Connor McCarroll, 11-6. 145 — Apollo Cruz, Ort, d. Trey Smith, 5-1. 152 — Seth Martin, PF, p. Matthew Gore, 2:50. 160 — John Rudebaugh, PF, p. Talgat Aldabergen, 2:56. 170 — Levi DiCugno, Ort, p. Matthew Duthie, 4:29. 182 — Dalton Reed, Ort, d. Keanyn DeGroat, 8-2. 195 — Gentry Smith, PF, md. Whyatt Larson Phelen, 9-1. 220 — Malcolm Duthie, PF, p. Cedar Lundberg, 5:04. 285 — Trevor Miller, PF, p. Travis Karren, 1:35.
• BOYS BASKETBALL
Lake City 66
Kamiak 43
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Lake City shot 61.6% from the field and won by 23.
But the Timberwolves’ victory over Kamiak of Mukilteo, Wash., in the first round of the Curtis Winter Classic at Curtis High didn’t seem to come that easily, at least in the eyes of Lake City coach Jim Winger.
“It’s misleading,” he said. “I thought we missed a lot of easy ones. We didn’t play great — scattered, I’d call it.”
Kolton Mitchell had 15 points, eight rebounds, four steals and two assists for Lake City (4-0), which will play Central Catholic (3-0) of Portland tonight at 7 in a semifinal game.
Nathan Hocking hit two 3-pointers and added 12 points for Lake City, and Reese Strawn hit two 3s and scored 10.
“What I liked is they got it to one in the second half, and we really responded,” Winger said. “We didn’t do it with maybe our best play, but we scratched and clawed, and pulled away
When you can play not even close to your best game, and still pull away by 23 … ”
Lake City shot 26 of 41 from 2s, and 6 of 11 on 3s. But the T-Wolves also committed 17 turnovers.
“Things were a struggle today,” Winger said. “When you play 21 games, they’re not all going to be 9s and 10s. Sometimes you’ve got to figure out a way when things are out of whack.”
Lake City 20 12 11 23 — 66
Kamiak 9 11 15 8 — 43
LAKE CITY — Buchanan 8, Strawn 10, Hill 0, Watson 3, Miller 0, Kiesbuy 9, Johnson 9, Mitchell 15, Snow 0, Hocking 12.
KAMIAK — J. Pierre 17, Loudenback 9, Strand 3, Hara 10, Shubert 4, Keier 0, Keler 0, Dahal 0, E. Pierre 0.
Curtis 82
Post Falls 29
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — The visiting Trojans fell to the defending Washington state 4A champion Vikings in the opening round of the Curtis Winter Classic.
“We knew we were going to face full-court pressure and they’d make everything miserable,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “And they did just that. They’re a very well-oiled machine. They’re so efficient offensively and move as a unit defensively. They execute as well defensively as I’ve seen in a long time.”
Alexander Shields scored nine points for Post Falls (0-6), which plays in a consolation game against Kentridge today at 5:30 p.m. Kentridge lost to Mt. Spokane 73-59 in Thursday’s late game.
Zoom Diallo, who has offers from UCLA, Gonzaga and Arizona, scored 20 points for Curtis (5-0), which faces Mt. Spokane in the semifinals tonight.
Post Falls 9 6 5 9 — 29
Curtis 35 25 18 6 — 82
POST FALLS — Ostlund 0, McLean 3, Blake 2, Shields 9, Wolfe 0, Cameron 2, Bowie 4, McCarthy 5, Carver 2, Anderson 0, McKeown 2.
CURTIS — Paulsen 18, Maxwell 14, Diallo 20, Ahrens 2, Whitten 10, Bacon 4, Williams 2, El Ghalemi 2, Koch 6, Chapel 0, Logan 4.
Timberlake 76
Genesis Prep 47
SPIRIT LAKE — Senior Hunter Higgins scored 16 points for the Tigers in a nonleague win over the Jaguars.
“We got after it a little bit and our press defense was the key for us tonight,” Timberlake coach Mike LaFountaine said. “We were able to get out and run the floor and played well defensively tonight.”
Vaughn Higgins scored 12 points for Timberlake (3-3), which plays at Sandpoint tonight.
Spencer Farrell scored 18 points for Genesis Prep, which faces North Idaho Christian in the Priest River Santa Shootout tonight.
Genesis Prep 11 12 15 9 — 47
Timberlake 16 19 17 24 — 76
GENESIS PREP — Schultz 0, Farrell 18, Martin 2, Daniels 10, Russworm 4, Bateman 0, Nichols 0, Tosh 0, Young 0, Earley 0, Specht 13.
TIMBERLAKE — Olivieri 6, Lenz 0, McLuskie 9, Yetter 6, Vallieres 11, Meidinger 5, McDougal 2, H. Higgins 16, V. Higgins 12, MacArthur 9.
Wallace 41
Clark Fork 29
WALLACE — Brad Tesky scored 20 points for the Miners in a nonleague win over the Wampus Cats at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Wallace (2-4) travels to Timberlake on Jan. 3.
Chase SanRoman scored 11 points for Clark Fork (2-1), which faces Priest River in the Priest River Santa Shootout tonight at 7:30.
Clark Fork 8 1 9 11 — 29
Wallace 8 14 7 12 — 41
CLARK FORK — SanRoman 11, Howard 4, Shelton 8, Caven 4, Montgomery 2, Mintkan 0, Bailey 0.
WALLACE — Tesky 20, Streeter 0, Davis 5, Hasz 2, Ritchey 23, Morden 0, Schmidt 6, Cleveland 5.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL
Coeur d’Alene 59
Moscow 22
COEUR d’ALENE — Madi Symons scored 10 of her 18 points in the first quarter as the Vikings jumped on top quickly en route to the Inland Empire League win over the Bears at Viking Court.
Teagan Colvin hit three 3-pointers and added 16 points for Coeur d’Alene (8-0, 3-0 IEL).
Lola Johns scored 11 points for Moscow (1-6, 0-3).
Coeur d’Alene plays Fountain-Fort Carson of Fountain, Colo., on Monday in the first round of the Jerry Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas.
Moscow 5 3 9 5 — 22
Coeur d’Alene 17 19 19 4 — 59
MOSCOW — Knott 3, Kiblen 2, Parsons 0, Anderson 1, Thompson 0, Rainer 0, McLuen 0, Johns 11, Williams 4, Skinner 1.
COEUR d’ALENE – Colvin 16, Mitchell 8, Awbery 3, Omlin 4, Symons 18, Lopez 2, Holecek 2, Legg 0, Carroll 6.
Lake City 54
Lakeland 23
COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Kameron Holzer hit five 3s and scored 15 points to lead three Timberwolves into double figures in the Inland Empire League victory over the Hawks.
Avery Waddington hit three 3s and added 13 points for Lake City (9-0, 3-0 IEL), and Sophia Zufelt hit a pair of 3s and scored 12.
Ziya Munyer led Lakeland (5-5, 0-4) with eight points.
Lake City plays host to Mt. Spokane tonight at 7.
Lakeland is home vs. Priest River on Tuesday.
Lakeland 8 8 3 4 — 23
Lake City 17 12 16 9 — 54
LAKELAND — L. Simon 2, K. Kiefer 0, Munyer 8, Holte 0, K. Simon 7, L. Kiefer 6, Sterling 0.
LAKE CITY — Frazey 0, Pickford 6, Bowman 2, Zufelt 12, Waddington 13, McKellips 4, Holzer 15, Reynolds 2, Zimmerman 0.
St. Maries 57
Genesis Prep 29
ST. MARIES — Stacie Mitchell scored 15 of her 20 points in the first half, and finished with nine rebounds as the Lumberjacks downed the visiting Jaguars in nonleague play.
Sami Sindt hit three 3-pointers and added 17 points, and Taci Watkins had seven points and eight rebounds for St. Maries (4-3), which returns to action Jan. 4 at home vs. Potlatch.
Katie Yount hit three 3s and scored 16 points to lead Genesis Prep (4-4), which plays North Idaho Christian today in the first round of the Priest River Christmas tournament.
Genesis Prep 7 10 5 7 — 29
St. Maries 18 11 13 15 — 57
GENESIS PREP — S. Martin 0, Nelke 5, E. Martin 3, Williams 2, Cooper 0, Yount 16, Lawler 1, Anderson 2.
ST. MARIES — McGreal 5, Sexton 0, Spray 0, Watkins 7, Mitchell 20, Elliott 2, Sindt 17, Janssen 6, Sloper 0, Linnemeyer 0, Lockridge 0.