PREP BASKETBALL: Post Falls girls ‘steal’ win over Lewiston

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POST FALLS — Seniors Leti Asper and Kinlee McLean each had five of Post Falls’ 22 steals as the Trojans defeated the Lewiston Bengals 53-39 in Inland Empire League play Monday night at The Arena.

Myckenzee Mitley had four steals, Brooklynn Brennan and Kailey Walton three steals each, Katie Berg two for Post Falls (4-7, 2-1 IEL).

“We were playing great defense tonight,” Trojans coach Brian Hall said. “It was just great hustle. We talked about every ball on the floor is ours, and they worked as hard as they could to get every loose ball, and they got a lot of ‘em.”

Brennan scored 21 points for Post Falls. Asper had 13 points and four rebounds. The Trojans were 17 of 20 from the line, led by Berg, who was 6 of 6.

Junior Addison McKarcher scored 14 points for Lewiston (3-5, 1-3).

Post Falls plays at Clarkston on Friday.

Lewiston    10    8    9    12    —    39

Post Falls    14    15    13    11    —    53

LEWISTON — Delich 0, Albright 6, Van Trease 0, A. McKarcher 14, Lathen 2, Kessinger 5, DeGroot 12, Holman 0, Balmer 0.

POST FALLS — McLean 0, Berg 9, Brennan 21, Nipp-Berger 0, Asper 13, Mitley 3, Walton 7, Allen 0.

Wallace 56

East Valley 32

WALLACE — Britany Phillips made four 3-pointers and scored 22 points as the Miners downed the Knights at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Bethany Phillips added 14 points for Wallace (6-2).

Abby Moore hit five 3s and scored 17 points for East Valley.

Wallace plays host to Lakeside on Friday to open Scenic Idaho Conference play.

East Valley    0    13    5    14    —    32

Wallace    12    15    8    21    —    56

EAST VALLEY — Moore 17, Salinas 0, Fatzinger 8, Xiong 0, Simone 7, Weger 0, Thomas 0, Dach 0, Goggin 0.

WALLACE — Birdsell 1, Striker 2, Lewis 0, Hasz 2, Wood 9, Br. Phillips 22, Delano 0, Be. Phillips 14, Hendrick 6.

Mullan 29

Timberlake ‘C’ 28

SPIRIT LAKE — Kaydence Elliott scored the go-ahead basket with one minute remaining for the visiting Tigers, who held off the Tigers ‘C’ team.

Autumn Charvez scored 11 points for Mullan (1-6), which travels to Superior (Mont.) tonight.

Reese Allaway scored six points for the Timberlake ‘C’ team.

Mullan 6 6 8 9 — 29

Timberlake C 3 6 8 11 — 28

MULLAN — Crandall 0, Blankenship 8, Niemi 6, Bosson 2, Kostelich 0, Charvez 11, Elliott 2.

TIMBERLAKE C — Mattson 2, Allaway 6, Cooper 4, Linder 1, Yetter 0, Lamp 2, Falco 2, Landon 5, Zepeda 2, Harrington 2, Foster 0.

N.I. Christian 55

Spo. Ath. Co. 27

SPOKANE — Danica Kelly had 15 points, seven assists and five steals for the visiting Royals in the nonleague win at the Garland Church.

Symone Pilgrim added 10 points and six rebounds for North Idaho Christian (9-0), Jennifer Peterson had 10 points, and Chelsey Cate had eight points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots.

Edye Smawley scored 15 points for the Spokane Athletic Co-Op.

North Idaho Christian plays host to Spokane Classical Christian on Friday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

N.I. Christian     14    12    18    11    —    55

Spo. Ath. Co.    1    4    6    16    —    27

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Hodson 2, Peterson 10, Cate 8, Kelly 15, S. Pilgrim 10, Sanwald 4, Y.C. Pilgrim 6.

SPOKANE ATHLETIC CO-OP — E. Smawley 15, Garcia 4, A. Smawley 3, Young 0, Vermeer 2, Spencer 0, Morgan 3, Berdan 0, Villa 0.

LATE SATURDAY

Genesis Prep 45

Spo. Ath. Co. 30

POST FALLS — Katie Yount scored 13 points, Ella Martin 12 and Kinzie Lawler 10 as the host Jaguars beat the Golden Eagles at The Courts at Real Life late Saturday.

Genesis Prep plays host to the Post Falls “C” team today at 4.

Spo. Ath. Co.     7    10    7    4    —    30

Genesis Prep    8    16    11    11    —    45

SPOKANE ATHLETIC CO-OP — Vermeer 7, E. Smawley 16, Garcia 4, A. Smawley 0, McCracken 0, Morgan 0, McEachern 0.

GENESIS PREP — S. Martin 0, Covey 0, Martin 12, Williams 4, Nelke 7, Yount 13, Nichols 0, Lawler 10.

BOYS

Timberlake ‘C’ 38

Mullan 34

SPIRIT LAKE — Ryker Brennan hit three 3-pointers and scored 15 points and the host Timberlake “C” team took the lead late in the fourth quarter and defeated the Mullan varsity.

Stephen Petit scored a game-high 16 points for Mullan (0-4), and also had six rebounds and three steals. 

“We got off to slow starts in both halves,” Mullan coach Paul Elston said. “We fought back each time, but Timberlake just made a couple more plays than we did.”

Mullan travels to Clark Fork on Thursday to open North Star League play.

Mullan     7    13    8    6    —    34

Timberlake ‘C’    15    7    8    8    —    38

MULLAN — S. Petit 16, Rupp Connors 7, Appiah 5, Imes 0, L. Petit 5, Calvert 1, Ayers 0.

TIMBERLAKE ‘C’ — Brennan 13, Etsitty 6, Walter 6, Sells 0, Gallop 0, Phelps 0, Barnhart 0, Moore 0, Needs 0, Applegate 2, Magsam 0, Peterson 0, Smith 0, Higgins 4, Montes 7.

N.I. Christian 51

Spo. Ath. Co. 49

SPOKANE — Caden Smith had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the visiting Royals held on to beat the Spokane Athletic Co-Op Golden Eagles in nonleague play at Garland Church.

Carson Malinauskas added 11 points and nine assists for North Idaho Christian (4-1), which plays host to Spokane Classical Christian on Friday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

N.I. Christian    20    17    12    2    —    51

Spo. Ath. Co.     19    13    9    8    —    49

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Smith 16, Scott 8, Ca. Malinauskas 11, Antone 10, Co. Malinauskas 5, Winde 1.

SPOKANE ATHLETIC CO-OP — Roets 6, Halterman 8, Severn 12, Vermeer 16, Herbers 7.