PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Kellogg advances to state 3A play-in game

| February 24, 2022 1:10 AM

KELLOGG — Senior Tanner Groves scored 18 points to send the top-seeded Kellogg Wildcats past the third-seeded Timberlake Tigers 64-51 in the 3A District 1 second-place game on Wednesday at Andrews Gymnasium.

Junior Riply Luna scored 15 points, making 7 of 7 from the free throw line for Kellogg (15-8), which faces the winner of today’s Fruitland/Parma game in a state play-in game at Grangeville High starting at 1 p.m.

Timberlake led 29-27 at halftime.

“We came out a little lackluster and disconnected,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “We got a little more locked in and didn’t allow so many good looks at the basket.”

Senior Zach Yetter scored 10 straight to start the game for Timberlake, which finished 7-14.

Timberlake 16 13 7 15 — 51

Kellogg 14 13 19 18 — 64

TIMBERLAKE — Olivieri 6, Paslay 5, Yetter 18, Millsap 2, Borges 0, Higgins 20, Tay. Menti 0, MacArthur 0.

KELLOGG — Miller 0, Whatcott 0, R. Luna 15, K. Luna 9, McLean 0, Groves 18, Maciosek 0, Frohlich 10, Walker 12, Hendrix 0, Bristow 0.

Moscow 73

Sandpoint 40

MOSCOW — The top-seeded Bears (13-9) beat the third-seeded Bulldogs (6-17) in the first game of the best-of-3 4A Region 1 championship series at Bear Den.

Game 2 is Friday at 6 in Moscow.