PREP ROUNDUP: Simon sparks Lakeland girls to win over Lewiston
• GIRLS BASKETBALL
RATHDRUM — After a slow start, Lakeland stepped on the gas in the second half to get a big Inland Empire League win.
Junior Landree Simon scored 15 of her game-high 24 points in the second half for the Hawks in the win over the Lewiston Bengals at Hawk Court on Friday.
“Lewiston came out very aggressive and found some sparks,” Lakeland coach Tyrel Derrick said. “In the second half, we were able to find some energy defensively and create transition opportunities, which was needed after a slow start to the game.”
Payton Sterling scored 12 points for Lakeland (3-2, 1-1 IEL), which hosts Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.
Addy McKarcher scored 16 points for Lewiston (3-4, 1-3).
Lewiston 18 11 6 10 — 35
Lakeland 8 7 20 19 — 54
LEWISTON — Delich 0, Albright 7, Van Trease 4, E. McKarcher 6, Lathen 4, Kessinger 0, DeGrant 4, Holman 4, A. McKarcher 16.
LAKELAND — Simon 24, K. Kiefer 4, Loutzenhiser 0, Hatcher 3, Holte 4, McMurray 0, L. Kiefer 6, Bretveld 2, Sterling 12.
Sandpoint 56
Post Falls 44
SANDPOINT — Senior Karlie Banks made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to put the Bulldogs up 37-36 after three quarters, and Sandpoint went on to beat Post Falls in Inland Empire League play at Les Rogers Court.
Banks finished with 26 points for Sandpoint (5-0, 2-0 IEL), the defending 4A state champions, who beat reigning 5A champ Coeur d’Alene at home on Tuesday.
“That shot got them the momentum,” said Post Falls coach Brian Hall, who focused his defense on another Bulldog standout, Aliya Strock, holding her to four points in the first half and 12 overall. “That was our goal, to hold her down, and then Banks had a great game.”
Brooklynn Brennan led Post Falls (3-7, 1-1) with 20 points.
“Post Falls has some great players who played really hard; we had trouble getting in sync,” Sandpoint coach Will Love said. “I’m excited to see how we responded tonight to a tough challenge. It was a good learning experience against another 5A opponent and we will look to continue that … we will have to get to work with Lake City coming up.”
Senior Katie Berg, in her first action of the season after suffering a shoulder injury during the jamboree, tallied seven points and five rebounds for Post Falls.
“Nice to have Katie Berg back on the floor,” Hall said. “We battled hard for three quarters; we had plenty of opportunities. Sandpoint’s a really good ball club; they’re defending 4A champs, and I could see them doing it again.”
Post Falls plays host to Lewiston on Monday.
Sandpoint visits Lake City on Tuesday in a nonleague game.
Post Falls 14 10 12 8 — 44
Sandpoint 16 8 13 19 — 56
POST FALLS — Brennan 20, Berg 7, Walton 7, Asper 5, Mclean 3, Allen 2.
SANDPOINT — Banks 26, Strock 12, Mire 10, Driggs 4, Tomco 3, Laybourne 1.
Kellogg 46
Lakeside 43
WALLACE — Senior Emily Coe scored a layup off a feed from Dani Schillereff to break a 43-43 tie with 30 seconds remaining, and the Wildcats went on to defeat the Knights in the first round of the Silver Valley Tournament at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Jordyn Stutzke then sealed the win with a steal in the closing seconds. She fed Mikaila Groth, who was fouled and sank a free throw with .1 seconds left.
Kellogg (3-1) will play Wallace in the championship game tonight at 7.
Lakeside (2-4) will face Rogers of Spokane in the consolation game at 5:30.
Kellogg trailed most of the game, before taking the lead with three minutes remaining. Lakeside took the lead back at 43-42 on a 3-pointer by Kyleigh Wolfe, then the Wildcats tied it with a free throw.
Macy Jerome scored 10 of her 12 points in the fourth quarter for Kellogg.
“We got off to slow start, but we were resilient,” Kellogg assistant coach Gus Colburn said. “It was good for us to fight back and gut out a tough game.”
Wolfe led all scorers with 13 points.
Lakeside 6 16 8 13 — 43
Kellogg 5 9 14 16 — 46
LAKESIDE — Pluff 8, Wolfe 13, Rivera 4, Wienclaw 2, Lowley 9, Lambert 7.
KELLOGG — Jerome 12, Groth 1, Schillereff 5, Coe 8, Karst 0, Stutzke 7, A. Groth 0, Henrikson 13, Benning 0.
Wallace 62
Rogers 32
WALLACE — Senior Britany Phillips scored 29 points for the Miners in a win over the Pirates of Spokane in the Silver Valley Tournament at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Freshman Kephri Wood scored 14 points for Wallace (5-1), which faces Kellogg in the championship game tonight at 7.
Emily Peabody scored 15 points for Rogers (0-1), which faces Lakeside in the consolation game tonight at 5:30.
Rogers 9 2 12 9 — 32
Wallace 23 13 13 13 — 62
ROGERS — Garza 0, Cue 2, Anderson 6, Brantlay 2, Stuart 6, Peabody 15, Ortis 0, Hilker 0, Torreo 0, Groff 1.
WALLACE — Birdsell 4, Striker 0, Lewis 0, Hasz 4, Wood 14, Br. Phillips 29, Delano 2, Be. Phillips 5, Hendrick 4.
• BOYS BASKETBALL
Lake City 85
Timberlake 39
COEUR d’ALENE — Junior Reese Strawn hit five of Lake City’s 17 3-pointers, and finished with 17 points as the 5A Timberwolves ran away from the visiting 3A Tigers in nonleague play.
Strawn also had five rebounds and three steals for Lake City (3-0). Junior Cason Miller had three 3s and finished with 15 points and four steals for the Timberwolves. Senior Braydn Arrieta sank four 3s and finished with 12 points. Junior Shane Parker had three 3s and scored 11 with seven rebounds. Junior Carter Kloos and sophomore Josh Watson each had six boards.
Tyler Engelson led Timberlake with 10 points.
Timberlake is home vs. East Valley on Tuesday.
Lake City travels to Bonners Ferry on Wednesday.
Timberlake 10 20 9 10 — 39
Lake City 28 25 23 9 — 85
TIMBERLAKE — Engelson 10, Dykeman 2, Yetter 9, Vallieres 7, Meidinger 7, McDougall 4, Dorman 0, Higgins 0.
LAKE CITY — Parker 11, Winey 8, Strawn 17, Miller 15, Watson 6, Kloos 2, Arrieta 12, Hill 1, Meredith 5, Carlson 8.
Lakeland 69
Lewiston 64
RATHDRUM — Junior Gabe Harris scored a game-high 23 points, hitting 11 of 14 from the free-throw line, as the Hawks pushed past the Bengals in a nonleague game at Hawk Court.
“He’s kind of our glue guy and gets to the rim really well,” said Lakeland coach Tony Hanna of Harris. “Between him and Ben Ryan, they were just solid inside for us. They got a lot of rebounds and shot well from the line. And we needed Gabe to step up tonight.”
Lakeland guards Mason Hensley and Toby Tebbe each suffered ankle injuries during the second half, and missed the rest of the game. Kenton Ferguson, another Lakeland guard, was limited due to an ankle injury suffered at practice earlier this week.
“It was just a gutsy performance,” Hanna said. “Lewiston came out and their pressure really got to us in the first half and they were shooting the ball well. I challenged our guys to get out and challenge their shooters, and we did a much better job in the second half.”
Ryan and Ferguson scored 14 points each for Lakeland (3-1), which travels to Priest River on Wednesday. The Hawks finished 18 of 24 from the free-throw line.
Jordan Walker scored 15 points for Lewiston (2-3).
Lewiston 22 23 13 6 — 64
Lakeland 18 16 20 15 — 69
LEWISTON — Gomez 14, Bramlet 8, Walker 15, Fisher 11, Torpey 3, Cushman Bogar 3, Hottinger 7, Hepburn 0.
LAKELAND — Norce 6, Hensley 0, Ferguson 14, Ryan 14, Tebbe 3, Varner 2, Roth 4, Cook 0, Hillman 3, Carrel 0, Harris 23.
Kellogg 53
Priest River 27
PRIEST RIVER — Senior Reed Whatcott had 20 points and eight rebounds, hitting 6 of 9 from the 3-point line, for the Wildcats, who held the Spartans scoreless in the second quarter of the Central Idaho League opener for both at Priest River High.
“Reed did a really good job of running the floor and cashed them in tonight,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said.
Freshman Porter Lewis scored 14 points for Kellogg (2-3), which travels to Stevensville (Mont.), on Tuesday.
“Priest River battled back and whenever they’d get close, Porter hit a big shot,” Martin said. “To get that from a freshman in his first league game was pretty awesome to see.”
Junior Sawyer Staudt scored 12 points for Priest River (2-1), which hosts Orofino today.
Kellogg 12 10 13 18 — 53
Priest River 10 0 12 5 — 27
KELLOGG — Robinson 0, Whatcott 20, Coburn 0, Taylor 8, Blalack 2, Fields 1, Lewis 14, McDonald 6, Garry 2, Cheney 0, Vindasius 0.
PRIEST RIVER — Mathews 2, Coleman 6, Staudt 12, Stifel 0, Lamanna 3, Korff 4, Best 0, Cook 0, Hatten 0, Kreager 0.
• WRESTLING
Coeur d’Alene second,
Lakeland third after
first day at Inland Empire
SPOKANE VALLEY — Rocco White (106), Justus Peregrina (106), Will Rossi (113), Jordan Schield (138), Logan Bradley (138), Colton Tucker (145), Brock Armstrong (152), Gabe Larsen (160), Gabe Grassel (175) and Alex Brown (190) went unbeaten to advance to the quarterfinal round for Coeur d’Alene, which is second with 70.5 points after the first day of the Inland Empire Classic at Central Valley High.
Mead (Blue) leads the tournament with 78.5 points.
Kade Knopp (106), Carson Leonard (113), Duke Williamson (120), Jaren Knopp (126), Peyton Sardinha (165), Dylan Scott (215) and Carter Vanek (285) advanced to the quarters for Lakeland, which is third with 55 points.
Wrestling resumes today at 9 a.m., with championship finals projected for 4 p.m.
Lakeland leads after
first day at George Wild
KELLOGG — Lakeland, with eight wrestlers in the quarterfinal round, lead after the first day of the George Wild Invitational at Andrews Gymnasium.
Caleb Adams (98), Zach Teal (98), Kutter O’Brien (120), Cash Lund (145), Jayden Terry (145), Marc Fisher (170), Matthew Vargas (195) and Zane Gray (285) will compete in the quarterfinal round today starting at 9 a.m.
Finals are scheduled for today at 4 p.m.
• GIRLS WRESTLING
Johnson, Cook, Beach
advance to semifinals
LA GRANDE, Ore. — Lake City’s Alexxus Johnson (120 pounds), Madi Cook (130) and Jalyssa Beach (140) went unbeaten on the first day of the Buckle Classic, advancing to today’s semifinal round at Eastern Oregon University.
Lake City is fifth in the 22-team tournament with 38 points. La Grande (Ore.) leads with 130 points.
Semifinals and consolation rounds begin today at 9 a.m.
MARK NELKE/Press Timberlake senior Cole Meidinger (21) shoots over Lake City sophomore Josh Watson (11) on Friday night at Lake City High.