PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Second-quarter spurt propels Lake City past Post Falls

POST FALLS — Trailing by four in the second quarter, Lake City hit three quick 3-pointers, then got a steal and score, and the Timberwolves went on to beat the Post Falls Trojans 59-48 in Inland Empire League play Tuesday night at The Arena.

Kendall Pickford hit four 3s and finished with 14 points for Lake City (16-2, 6-1 IEL), ranked No. 2 in the state 5A media poll. Avery Waddington added 13 points and Sophia Zufelt hit two 3s and had 12 points for the T-Wolves, who hit eight 3s in the game.

“Obviously that’s something we wanted to take away, and we didn’t do a very good job of that,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “They were the aggressors, and we were kind of on our heels a little bit. For some reason, we weren’t as aggressive as we needed to be.”

Capri Sims had 14 points and 10 rebounds for fifth-ranked Post Falls (14-4, 4-2), which plays host to Lewiston on Friday.

Lake City plays at Coeur d’Alene on Friday in the Fight for the Fish spirit game.

Lake City 12 15 16 16 — 59

Post Falls 12 8 14 14 — 48

LAKE CITY — Ke. Pickford 14, Ka. Pickford 2, Bowman 4, Zufelt 12, Waddington 13, McKellips 4, Holzer 3, Reynolds 7.

POST FALLS — Nichols 8, Heath 8, Brennan 4, Sims 14, Asper 6, Crane 6, Walton 0, Christensen 2.

Coeur d’Alene 58

Lewiston 46

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Skylar Burke scored 22 points for the Vikings in an Inland Empire League win over the Bengals at Viking Court.

Libby Awbery and Madi Symons scored 11 points each for Coeur d’Alene (15-3, 5-0 IEL), which hosts Lake City in the Fight for the Fish spirit game on Friday.

Symons, a junior who entered the game with 999 career points, hit a free throw in the first quarter to go over 1,000 points for her career.

“Lewiston played a great game,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nicole Symons said. “We had some girls step up for us tonight. Libby (Awbery), Kelsey (Carroll) and Kendall (Holecek) with tough defense and rebounding. Our offense was sluggish, but the girls kept fighting and working. What I love about us is that no matter what, we work hard and never quit.”

Karli Taylor scored 14 points for Lewiston (7-10, 1-5), which plays at Post Falls on Friday.

Lewiston 10 14 12 10 — 46

Coeur d’Alene 16 13 11 18 — 58

LEWISTON — Collins 3, U’Ren 4, Wessels 9, Kessinger 2, Ortiz 12, Taylor 14, DeGroot 0, Burke 2.

COEUR d’ALENE — Mitchell 6, Awbery 11, Symons 11, Holecek 2, Phenicie 2, Carroll 4, Burke 22.

Lakeland 56

Bonners Ferry 36

BONNERS FERRY — The host Badgers played a box-and-one on Addie Kiefer, and sophomore Payton Sterling stepped up with three 3-pointers and 13 points for the Hawks in the nonleague win.

Sterling also had five steals and three assists for Lakeland (6-6).

“The best game of the year for her,” Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. “Only one turnover; she took care of the ball better.

The attention on Kiefer “left some open shots on the perimeter,” Seymour said, and Payton has been shooting the ball well.”

Kiefer finished with 17 points and eight rebounds for Lakeland, which is scheduled to play host to Sandpoint on Friday in the Battle for the Paddle spirit game. Kenna Simon and Landree Simon had 10 rebounds each for the Hawks.

Asha Abubakari scored 12 points for Bonners Ferry (5-8).

Lakeland 13 14 16 13 — 56

Bonners Ferry 8 11 10 7 — 36

LAKELAND — Terzulli 0, Sterling 13, L. Kiefer 6, Knowles 0, Richardson 2, K. Simon 9, Kiefer 17, Munyer 2, L. Simon 7.

BONNERS FERRY — Burt 0, Villaluz 0, Pluid 10, Blackmore 0, Abubakari 12, B. Bayer 8, Sumpter 4, A. Bayer 2.

Timberlake 64

St. Maries 18

ST. MARIES — The host Lumberjacks stayed with the Tigers as best they could early, but turnovers eventually turned the game one-sided.

“I thought we played a whole heckuva lot better this time (than the first meeting),” St. Maries coach Gary Krumheuer said. “We tried to keep them off the 3-point line, and they got to the basket more. The first 12, 13 minutes I was pretty happy with how we were playing. Then we started turning the ball over.”

McKennah Kronenberg scored 19 points to lead Timberlake (11-4), which hit 13 3s in the first meeting with St. Maries, compared to five on Tuesday night.

Stacie Mitchell had eight points and 11 rebounds for St. Maries (0-12), and Taci Watkins had nine rebounds.

Timberlake travels to Kellogg on Friday, and St. Maries is home vs. Orofino on Saturday.

Timberlake 17 18 25 4 — 64

St. Maries 7 3 3 5 — 18

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 3, Webberley 6, Kronenberg 19, MacArthur 10, Wall 8, Needs 9, Nelson 0, Patrick 9, Chase 0.

ST. MARIES — Elliott 0, McGreal 1, Janssen 2, Rimel 2, Baird 0, Watkins 2, Mitchell 8, Asbury 0, Sloper 3, Linnemeyer 0.

Wallace 57

Clark Fork 30

WALLACE — Brittany Phillips scored 20 points for the Miners in a nonleague win over the Wampus Cats at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Jaden House scored 12 points for Wallace (9-3), which faces Genesis Prep on Saturday at The Courts at Real Life in Post Falls.

Hannah Thompson scored eight points for Clark Fork (2-8), which visits Kootenai on Friday.

Clark Fork 10 5 14 1 — 30

Wallace 16 18 13 10 — 57

CLARK FORK — Matteson 2, Valliere 1, Shelton 6, Reuter 8, Yancey 5, Thompson 8, Weymouth 0, Herrick 0, Leadbetter 0.

WALLACE — Specht 1, Lewis 2, House 12, Phillips 20, Welch 9, Hendrick 2, Hemphill 4, Hunter 7, Taylor 0.

Kootenai at

Priest River, ppd.

PRIEST RIVER — The game was nixed due to a shortage of officials.