PREP BASKETBALL: Zimmerman leads Lake City girls to win over Eagle
• GIRLS
COEUR d’ALENE — Junior Sadie Zimmerman hit three 3-pointers and finished with 17 points as the Lake City Timberwolves downed the Eagle Mustangs 69-53 in nonleague play Thursday night.
Senior Sophia Zufelt hit three 3s and added 16 points, and senior Avery Waddington also tallied 16 points for Lake City (5-0).
“We played really hard; very impressed with our resilience,” said Lake City coach David Pratt, whose team hit 10 3s. “We scored the ball well, hit some really good shots.”
The Timberwolves led by four points at halftime, then pulled away in the second half.
“We did a nice job of attacking the paint and kicking out for shots,” Pratt said. “We did a nice job of keeping them out of their comfort zone.”
Paige Cofer, a 6-foot guard, first-team all-Idaho last year and a signee with Utah Tech of St. George, Utah, led all scorers with 20 points for Eagle (2-3). Lake City held her without a field goal in the second half, when she hit seven of her nine made free throws on the night.
“We did everything we could to throw her down,” Pratt said. “She took some tough shots, but was able to draw fouls.”
Lake City plays host to Rocky Mountain of Meridian, last year’s state 5A runners-up, tonight at 7.
Eagle 10 19 13 11 — 53
Lake City 16 17 19 17 — 69
EAGLE — Johnson 6, Vieira 0, Vargas 3, Marg 2, Cofer 20, Thompson 6, Jones 8, White 0, Wood 8.
LAKE CITY — Murphey 8, Frazey 4, Pickford 8, Zufelt 16, Waddington 16, Pearson 0, Zimmerman 17.
Coeur d’Alene 70
Meridian 26
COEUR d’ALENE — Teagan Colvin scored 17 points and Kendall Holecek hit three 3-pointers and added 16 points as the Vikings routed the Warriors at Viking Court.
Madison Mitchell added 10 points for Coeur d’Alene (3-1), which plays host to Eagle tonight at 7.
“Great team win tonight,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nicole Symons said. “Everyone was able to contribute tonight and we were able to work on certain things with all our girls.”
Junior Morgan Dick led Meridian (3-1) with 10 points.
Meridian 9 4 9 4 — 26
Coeur d’Alene 17 26 18 9 — 70
MERIDIAN — Watson 1, Martinez 6, Shaw 0, Fluckiger 1, Little 0, Rowbury 6, Rwagasore 0, Tutogi 0, Clampitt 0, Dick 10, Dunn 2, Culver 0.
COEUR d’ALENE — T. Colvin 17, Mitchell 10, Bridge 5, Wallis 6, Lopez 7, Holecek 16, Legg 3, Carroll 5.
Rocky Mountain 72
Post Falls 47
POST FALLS — Once the shots were going in early, for whatever reason, the Trojans got into a hole they couldn’t dig out of against the state 5A runner-up Grizzlies of Meridian.
Senior Letti Asper scored 16 points for the Trojans, who fell to the Grizzlies at The Arena in the first of three straight home games against teams from District III (Boise).
“Starting the game, I don’t think anyone wants to be the first one to miss,” Post Falls coach Brian Hall said. “If they miss a few, they start thinking maybe they shouldn’t be shooting the ball, get that in their heads and stop shooting. With the offense we’re trying to run, we need to score more than 47 points.”
Senior Cianna Legaspi scored 21 of her game-high 23 points in the first three quarters for Rocky Mountain (3-1), which faces Lake City tonight.
Senior Brooklynn Brennan had nine points, seven assists and three steals and junior Myckenzee Mitley scored 11 points for Post Falls (1-5), which hosts Meridian tonight.
Rocky Mountain 16 23 23 10 — 72
Post Falls 7 21 14 5 — 47
ROCKY MOUNTAIN — L. Sailors 15, Pierce 0, Asbury 2, Summers 5, Ad. Osterhout 3, Av. Osterhout 10, M. Sailors 0, T. Giberson 2, M. Giberson 2, DaBell 8, Bybee 2, Legaspi 23, Pinegar 0.
POST FALLS — McLean 2, Hollenbeck 7, Brennan 9, Nipp-Berger 0, Asper 16, Mitley 11, Walton 2, Gilmor 0, Allen 0.
Troy 53
St. Maries 35
TROY — The visiting Lumberjacks went cold in the second quarter and the host Trojans hit three 3-pointers to pull away in the nonleague game.
“We had a really good first quarter, with both teams getting up and down the court,” said St. Maries coach Gary Krumheuer, whose team trailed 15-12 after the first. “We didn’t get any shots in the second quarter and got in a hurry with some turnovers and it kind of got away from us. We played a lot better in the second half.”
Senior Sami Sindt had six points and seven rebounds, junior Brenna Elliott eight points for St. Maries (1-4), which hosts Kendrick on Saturday.
Dericka Morgan scored 13 points for Troy (2-0).
St. Maries 12 2 9 12 — 35
Troy 15 16 15 7 — 53
ST. MARIES — Elliott 8, Thomas 0, Martin 0, Baird 3, R. Yearout 2, Sindt 6, Janssen 4, Sloper 2, M. Yearout 4, Linnemeyer 6.
TROY — Van Pelt 0, Chamberlin 4, Tyler 11, Moore 0, Seidler 0, Hawley 10, Fien 0, Phillis 3, Stoner 12, Morgan 13, Woolverton 0.
Lakeside JV 36
Mullan 25
PLUMMER — Tyakissiya Nomee scored 14 points for the Lakeside JV in a 36-25 win over the Mullan Tigers at Ron Miller Court on Thursday.
Autumn Charvez scored 10 points for Mullan (0-3), which hosts the Lake City ‘C’ team on Monday at the Mullan Pavilion.
Mullan 9 10 6 0 — 25
Lakeside JV 13 12 7 4 — 36
MULLAN — Crandall 2, Blankenship 5, Niemi 4, Bosson 2, Charvez 10, Elliott 2.
LAKESIDE JV — Gorr 2, Lowley 6, P. Lozon 0, D. Lozon 0, Matt 0, Stensgar 4, Nomee 14, Abrahamson 10.
N.I. Christian 42
Spokane Athletic Co-Op 22
LIBERTY LAKE — Danica Kelly had 13 points, six assists and four steals for the Royals in a nonleague win over the Spokane Athletic Co-Op at The HUB Sports Center.
Jennifer Peterson had eight points, five assists and five steals and Symone Pilgrim had 10 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (6-0), which faces Lakeside on Monday at Ron Miller Court in Plummer.
Spokane Athletic 4 7 8 3 — 22
N.I. Christian 15 18 4 5 — 42
SPOKANE ATHLETIC CO-OP — Vermeer 4, E. Smawley 5, Garcia 2, A. Smawley 7, McCracken 2, Young 0, Spencer 2, Sawicki 0, Vila 0.
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Peterson 8, Cate 9, Danica Kelly 13, Collins 0, S. Pilgrim 6, Sanwald 0, Y. Pilgrim 0, Benoit 0.
• BOYS
Post Falls 60
Bishop Kelly 54
NAMPA — Senior Neil McCarthy, playing against the team his grandfather, Neil, coached to a pair of state titles, scored all 11 of his points in the fourth quarter as the Trojans beat the Knights in the first round of the Capital Classic at Northwest Nazarene University.
McCarthy scored eight of those points in the fourth quarter, including a pair of 3-pointers, for Post Falls (2-0). He hit three of the Trojans’ four 3s on the night, and had five rebounds.
“He showed great composure and didn’t force it,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “His father Rob was a standout player there, and his uncles played there as well. Neil did a good job with all those expectations and family there.”
Alex Shields had 13 points and six rebounds for Post Falls, and earned praise from McLean for his senior leadership. Sophomore Connor Carver added 10 points for the Trojans, who hit 7 of 8 free throws down the stretch to seal it.
“Isaac McKeown off the bench just made a bunch of winning plays, getting tough rebounds, made some good passes in traffic,” McLean said. “It was probably Trenton’s best varsity game. He was tasked to be a menace on the guards of BK, and he did a good job wearing down those guards.”
Trenton McLean had four steals, Tyras Blake two blocks for Post Falls.
Owen Kane and Mason Suboh-Meuret each scored 14 points for Bishop Kelly (1-1).
“BK is so well coached, they run that extended 2-3 zone, and they’re really good at manipulating you into taking quick shots,” McLean said. “We were really good at being composed and getting the shots that we want.”
Post Falls will play Baker of Baker City, Ore., tonight at 7 MST in the semifinals. Baker defeated Borah of Boise.
In the other first-round games, Capital beat Blackfoot and Ridgevue defeated Lewiston.
Post Falls 8 18 15 19 — 60
Bishop Kelly 5 14 16 19 — 54
POST FALLS — Lysne 4, McLean 9, McCarthy 11, Cameron 2, McKeown 5, Carver 10, Blake 7, Shields 13.
BISHOP KELLY — Goss 8, Green 14, Colwell 2, Dennis 0, Kane 14, Suboh-Meuret 14, Zhwang 0, Hawthorne 0, Hagman 2, Johnson 0.
Moscow 70
Timberlake 38
SPIRIT LAKE — Junior Tyler Engelson scored a game-high 19 points, including nine in the fourth quarter for the Tigers in a loss to the Bears in a nonleague game.
Joey Willliams scored nine points for Moscow (1-1).
“We put all our focus on shutting down (Ian) Hillman (who scored 23 points in the Bears’ opener against Clarkston on Tuesday), and did a good job of containing him,” Timberlake coach Mike LaFountaine said. “But we didn’t close out well at the 3-point line and they just couldn’t miss.”
Moscow finished the game 10 of 19 from the 3-point line.
Vaughn Higgins scored nine points for Timberlake, which plays at North Central tonight.
“I liked how our kids fought tonight,” LaFountaine said. “We’ve got a lot to learn and defensively, we’ve got to learn to close out and rotate a little better.”
Moscow 18 23 19 10 — 70
Timberlake 4 16 7 11 — 38
MOSCOW — Wilson 8, Breese 7, Cummings 8, Bethel 8, Frei 3, Abendroth 4, Izzo 6, Ceron 3, Reed 3, Hillman 5, Hurley 6, Williams 9.
TIMBERLAKE — Engelson 19, Dykeman 5, Yetter 1, Vallieres 0, Devore 0, Meidinger 2, McDougall 0, Dorman 0, Higgins 9.
Potlatch 69
St. Maries 53
ST. MARIES — Senior Wyatt Holmes, one of only two returning players from last year’s state 2A third-place finisher, had 16 points and six rebounds for the Lumberjacks, who fell to the Loggers, last year’s state 1A Division I consolation champions at St. Maries High.
“We’re just trying to find a lineup that works right now,” said St. Maries coach Bryan Chase, whose team opened with a 54-38 loss at Logos on Wednesday. “Potlatch is a good team and returned a lot of their kids and played really well. We played a lot better tonight.”
Senior Seth Swallows hit four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points for St. Maries (0-2), which hosts Kendrick — last year’s state 1A Division II champion — on Saturday.
Junior Everett Lovell scored 23 points for Potlatch.
Potlatch 15 19 19 15 — 69
St. Maries 8 20 17 8 — 53
POTLATCH — Chambers 2, C. Lovell 15, E. Lovell 23, Clark 6, Vowels 7, Morris 7, Keck 8.
ST. MARIES — W. Holmes 16, Garcia 3, Harold 0, J. Barta 0, B. Barta 0, Yearout 5, Gustaffe 7, L. Holmes 0, Defoort 0, Sloper 6, Swallows 16.