PREP ROUNDUP: Kronenberg shoots Timberlake into state 3A play-in game

• GIRLS BASKETBALL

SPIRIT LAKE — McKennah Kronenberg might have had her senior moment for Timberlake High on Wednesday.

But, what a moment.

Kronenberg hit a 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds remaining, sending the Tigers past the Bonners Ferry Badgers 53-50 in the 3A District 1 second-place game at Timberlake High.

“We had two options based on the play I called,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “She was option No. 1 if she was open, but we had another shooter there to take it if she wasn’t. Fortunately, she was open and hit it.”

Timberlake (16-6) will face the winner of tonight’s game between Weiser and McCall-Donnelly in a state play-in game on Saturday at Grangeville High. Bonners Ferry finishes 10-12.

Kronenberg — along with teammates Jozee MacArthur and Emma Patrick — scored nine points each for Timberlake.

“It was fun for her to hit that shot,” Miller said. “She’s been struggling a little shooting the ball. We’ve told her, if she’s open, shoot and she stepped up and hit a big shot there. It was just a back and forth game and both teams played really hard. I liked our balance and that was good to see.”

Bonners Ferry sophomore Asha Abubakari had 27 points, including 17 in the second half.

“She had a fantastic game tonight,” Miller said. “We just had no answer for her.”

Bonners Ferry 15 9 14 12 — 50

Timberlake 13 12 17 11 — 53

BONNERS FERRY — Burt 0, Villaluz 0, Pluid 4, Blackmore 8, Abubakari 27, B. Bayer 8, Sumptner 0, A. Bayer 3.

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 7, Dickinson 0, Webberley 0, Kronenberg 9, MacArthur 9, Wall 2, Needs 8, Patrick 9, Chase 9, Nelson 0.

Sandpoint 48

Lakeland 37

SANDPOINT — Addie Kiefer and Lila Kiefer scored nine points each for the Hawks, who fell to the Bulldogs in Game 1 of the best-of-3 4A Region 1 championship series at Les Rogers Court.

Sandpoint (11-8) can clinch a berth to the state 4A tournament with a win in Game 2 on Friday at 6 p.m. at Sandpoint. If Lakeland (8-10) wins, Game 3 will be Saturday at 6 at Lakeland High.

Sofia Platte had eight points and 12 rebounds for Sandpoint, which advanced to state last season, going 1-2.

Sandpoint led 18-8 after the first quarter and held a 26-15 advantage at halftime. Lakeland opened the second half on an 8-0 run to cut the deficit to 26-23.

“We knew that they were eventually going to make that run,” Love said. “But the big thing was that there was going to be a buffer there.”

“We knew that they were eventually going to make that run,” Love said. “But the big thing was that there was going to be a buffer there.”

Lakeland 8 7 13 9 — 37

Sandpoint 18 8 10 12 — 48

LAKELAND — Sterling 5, A. Kiefer 9, L. Kiefer 9, Terzulli 0, K. Simon 8, Munyer 2, L. Simon 4.

SANDPOINT — Cessna 4, Driggs 10, Reinink 2, Tomco 6, Owens 0, Strock 10, Lyons 8, Platte 8.

• BOYS BASKETBALL

Coeur d’Alene 83

Moscow 47

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Cameren Cope scored nine of his 18 points in the first quarter for the Vikings, who ran past the Bears in an Inland Empire League game at Viking Court.

“Cameren’s just so strong inside for us,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams said. “He played terrific and it really opened our outside shooting.”

Cooper Larson scored 13 points for Coeur d’Alene (13-4, 7-2 IEL), which hosts Lakeland on Saturday.

“It was really an up and down game, but we were able to run right with them,” Adams said. “Our guys put four really good quarters together and played with some intensity. We really had our offensive and defensive intensity going for us tonight.”

Bryden Brown scored 13 points for Moscow (10-8, 4-2).

Moscow 12 9 13 13 — 47

Coeur d’Alene 20 17 22 24 — 83

MOSCOW — Kees 0, Simpson 10, Rehder 0, Isakson 2, Brown 13, Strong 10, C. Skinner 0, Z. Skinner 3, Hillman 9.

COEUR d’ALENE — DeGraw 8, S. Entzi 2, King 9, C. Larsen 13, Wellsandt 15, Nipp 4, Cope 18, Burgess 0, Orchard 6, G. Larsen 8.

Sandpoint 58

Post Falls 56

POST FALLS — Neil McCarthy scored 12 points for the Trojans in an loss to the Bulldogs in an Inland Empire League game at The Arena.

“We just struggled with the same issues we’ve been having and were careless with the ball,” said Post Falls coach Mike McLean, whose team turned the ball over 19 times. “Our defense is not where we need it to be. We just need to continue to work on some things, but we’re just not making the plays we need to win a game, let alone a close game.”

Post Falls (3-16, 0-8 IEL) hosts Shadle Park on Saturday.

Parker Childs scored 14 points for Sandpoint (5-13, 1-6), which plays at Lake City on Friday.

Sandpoint 17 8 14 15 — 58

Post Falls 16 16 10 14 — 56

SANDPOINT — Lee 8, Eldridge 4, VanDenBerg 10, Dickinson 0, Childs 14, Lane 9, Butler 13.

POST FALLS — Sciortino 8, Naylor 3, Shields 4, McCarthy 12, VonBruck 8, Craig 4, Bowie 8, Blake 9, Butler 0.

Lewiston 68

Lakeland 48

LEWISTON — Bryce Henry scored 16 points for the visiting Hawks in an Inland Empire League loss to the Bengals at Lewiston High.

Scotty Hocking scored 11 points for Lakeland (8-8, 3-3 IEL), which finished with 16 turnovers.

Drew Hottinger had 14 points for Lewiston (14-5, 4-3).

Lakeland visits Coeur d’Alene on Saturday.

Lakeland 7 17 9 15 — 48

Lewiston 16 11 23 18 — 68

LAKELAND — Cameron 1, Rings 2, Henry 16, Munyer 8, Hocking 11, Boettcher 0, Roth 6, Haug 0, Loutzenhiser 0, Waddington 4, Pearson 0, Anderson 0.

LEWISTON — Eke 11, McKarcher 11, A. Hottinger 0, Hepburn 4, Forsman 7, White 12, Way 5, Lawrence 3, Wren 3, D. Hottinger 14.

Timberline 43

Mullan 37

WEIPPE — Luke Trogden and Stephen Petit scored 13 points each for the Tigers, who fell to the Spartans in a nonleague game.

Austin Zingler scored six points for Mullan (3-10), which plays at Wallace on Feb. 17.

Parker Brown scored 22 points for Timberline (9-9).

Mullan 12 11 12 2 — 37

Timberline 2 13 12 16 — 43

MULLAN — L. Trogden 13, A. Trogden 3, Nelson 0, A. Zingler 6, S. Petit 13, T. Zingler 2, Rupp-Connors 0, L. Petit 0.

TIMBERLINE — Brown 22, West 6, M. Nelson 2, Short 0, J. Nelson 0, Hunter 5, G. Christopherson 0, J. Christopherson 8.

• WRESTLING

Lake City 52

Sandpoint 30

COEUR d’ALENE — On senior night — win or lose — the Timberwolves took the fight to the Bulldogs at Lake City High.

Seniors Kaleb Jacobs (132 pounds), Ryley Jurado (145), Kenzie Lindsay (152), Grey Shinkle (182) Braydon Johnston (220) and Xavier Johnson (285) had pins for Lake City on the night.

“The kids all wrestled really well and really hard,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said. “It was senior night, and all eight guys in the lineup wrestled with a chip on their shoulder. Our intensity level was a big key for us tonight. Even in the matches we lost, those seniors, it wasn’t without a struggle or fight. The kids were hungry and just wrestled hard.”

Lake City hosts a JV tournament on Saturday, then hosts the 5A Region 1 tournament on Feb. 19.

98 — Andrew Duke, Spt, by forfeit. 106 — Zach Macdonald, LC, p. Gavin Clifton, 2:46. 113 — Brycen Duboise, LC, md. Emma Garman, 9-0. 120 — Ashlei Hawkins, Spt, by forfeit. 126 — Blaine Leonard, LC, by forfeit. 132 — Kaleb Jacobs, LC, p. Forest Ambridge, 1:22. 138 — Shane Sherrill, Spt, p. Sean Dremann, 3:39. 145 — Ryley Jurado, LC, d. Adam Belgarde, 10-6. 152 — Kenzie Lindsay, LC, p. Matthew Clifton, 1:21. 160 — Garrett Leonard, LC, d. Jordan Tyler, 6-3. 170 — Calvin Hinds, Spt, p. AJ Johnson, 2:59. 182 — Grey Shinkle, LC, p. Blake Sherrill, 2:41. 195 — Austin Smith, Spt, by forfeit. 220 — Braydon Johnston, LC, p. Carson Bosse, :57. 285 — Xavier Johnson, LC, p. Bret McBrayer, 1:01.