PREP BASKETBALL: Jerome powers Kellogg past Wallace for Silver Valley tourney title

• GIRLS

WALLACE — Senior Macy Jerome scored 21 points for the Kellogg Wildcats in a 63-43 win over the Wallace Miners in the championship game of the Silver Valley Tournament on Saturday at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Senior Dani Schillereff added 14 points for Kellogg (4-1), which beat Wallace 61-43 last Tuesday in Kellogg.

Senior Britany Phillips scored 21 points, freshman Khepri Wood scored 15 points for Wallace (5-2), which hosts East Valley on Monday.

Kellogg host Stevensville, Mont., on Tuesday.

Kellogg    19    8    19    17    —    63

Wallace    7    17    8    11    —    43

KELLOGG — Jerome 21, M. Groth 0, Schillereff 14, Coe 9, Karst 2, Stutzke 5, A. Groth 0, Henrikson 12.

WALLACE — Birdsell 0, Striker 0, Lewis 0, Hasz 4, Wood 15, Br. Phillips 21, Delano 0, Be. Phillips 2, Hendrick 1.

Lakeside 53

Rogers 35

WALLACE — The Knights improved to 3-4 with a win over the Pirates of Spokane in the consolation game of the Silver Valley Tournament at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Lakeside hosts Clark Fork on Tuesday.

Deer Park 53

Timberlake 51

SPIRIT LAKE — Ashlan Bryant drove the length of the court and scored as time expired to lift the Stags past the Tigers in a nonleague game.

“We just didn’t take care of the ball as well in the second half,” said Timberlake coach Matt Miller, whose team led 29-19 at halftime. “The first half, we took care of the ball and played some of our best defense of the season. We just weren’t as sharp in the second half on both ends of the court.”

Payton Young scored 13 points, Marissa Needs 12 points for Timberlake (5-1), which hosts East Valley on Tuesday.

Deer Park is 3-0.

Deer Park    2    17    18    16    —    53

Timberlake    11    18    11    11    —    51

DEER PARK — Gannon 3, Coe 14, Zimmerer 6, Coolbaugh 4, A. Bryant 16, Reiter 0, Scott 0, E. Bryant 10.

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 6, Young 13, Nelson 6, MacArthur 3, Simpson 5, Needs 12, McKellips 6.

N.I. Christian 58

Christian Center 16

COEUR d’ALENE — Symone Pilgrim had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Danica Kelly had nine points, seven assists and six steals for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win over the Lions at the Boys and Girls Club of Coeur d’Alene.

Chelsey Cate had 17 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots, Kenna Brotherton 10 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (8-0, 2-0 MCL), which faces Spokane Athletic Co-Op on Tuesday at the Garland Church.

Mariah Barnhart scored 10 points for Christian Center.

N.I. Christian    11    24    11    12    —    58

Christian Center    2    4    4    6    —    16

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Hodson 4, Cate 17, Kelly 9, Collins 2, S. Pilgrim 18, Brotherton 0, Sanwald 2, Benoit 2, Y. Pilgrim 4.

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Barnhart 10, Epkey 4, O’Dell 0, Hill 0, Milligan 0, Stanton 0, Marshall 2.

• BOYS

Post Falls 62

Ferris 41

POST FALLS — Senior Tyras Blake scored seven of his game-high 16 points in the second quarter for the Trojans in a win over the Saxons at The Arena.

Senior Asher Bowie had seven of his 13 points in the fourth quarter, senior Neil McCarthy five assists and two steals for Post Falls.

“Ferris really tried to push the ball for more possessions in the third quarter,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “Neil did a great job getting us into our sets, whether it was man or zone. He did a good job of getting us into positions where we could find some success. Asher did a good job of establishing his presence inside and keeping their bigs off the boards and really set the tone inside for us.”

Post Falls (5-2) travels to Clarkston on Friday.

Dylan Skaife scored 12 points for Ferris (1-4).

Ferris    9    8    16    8    —    41

Post Falls    8    22    14    18    —    62

FERRIS — Weledsenbet 2, Markham 9, Walker 0, Griffith 4, Dean 10, Dammel 0, Skaife 12, Merritt 0, Moffitt 0, Bullock 2.

POST FALLS — Lynse 1, McLean 5, McCarthy 2, Cameron 2, McKeown 3, Carver 12, Blake 16, Shields 8, Bowie 13.

Genesis Prep 76

Coeur du Christ 67

POST FALLS — Brady Rubert scored 24 points for the Jaguars in a nonleague win over the Saints at The Courts.

Rubert had three 3-pointers, two coming in the fourth quarter for Genesis Prep (3-1), which travels to Clark Fork on Tuesday.

“Brady’s a great competitor,” Genesis Prep coach Lon Morast said. “He just battles and plays the entire game. As a team, we played hard and held our composure. They got up eight, but we just kept executing and found a way to get some baskets.”

Thomas Schlader scored 24 points for Coeur du Christ.

Score by quarter not available.

COEUR du CHRIST — P. Schlader 20, Urbing 3, Connelly 15, Hayes 4, T. Schlader 24, Dawson 2, O’Neill 0.

GENESIS PREP — Farrell 14, Tosh 21, Rubert 24, Early 5, Blood 10, Nichols 0, Martin 0, Gintz 0.

N.I. Christian 61

Christian Center 56

COEUR d’ALENE — Caden Smith scored 31 points for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win over the Lions at the Boys and Girls Club of Coeur d’Alene.

Carson Malinauskas scored 22 points for North Idaho Christian (3-1, 3-1 MCL), which faces Spokane Athletic Co-Op on Monday at Garland Church.

Colton Smith scored 17 points for Christian Center.

N.I. Christian    12    17    20    12    —    61

Christian Center    17    13    15    11    —    56

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Smith 31, Scott 3, Winde 0, Malinauskas 22, Lawhead 0, Antone 5, Hill 0, Thacker 0.

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Tesky 10, Smith 17, Siers 0, Coppinger 4, Marshall 13, Sterling 4, Mametiff 8.