PREP BASKETBALL: Coeur d'Alene girls win opener at Tark tourney
GIRLS
Coeur d'Alene defeated Democracy Prep of Nevada 57-50 late Monday night in its first game in the Diamond Bracket at the Tarkanian Classic at Durango High.
No other information was available.
Coeur d'Alene (8-2) plays tonight at 8:20 vs. with winner of a game this morning between Bonita Vista of California and Bingham (Utah).
Lakeland 66
Shadle Park 27
SPOKANE — Lila Kiefer had 11 points and 11 rebounds as the visiting Hawks rolled to a 34-7 halftime lead en route to the win over the Highlanders of the Greater Spokane League.
“Lila Kiefer really stepped up tonight,” Lakeland assistant coach Caelyn Caulfield said. “Defensively she was all over the place, stealing balls … “
Landree Simon scored a game-high 18 points for Lakeland (4-4), and Payton Sterling added 11.
Mackenzie Marie Fager led Shadle Park (0-6) with 12 points.
Lakeland returns to action Dec. 27 at the East Idaho Holiday Classic in Idaho Falls.
Lakeland 17 17 23 9 — 66
Shadle Park 4 3 11 9 — 27
LAKELAND — Simon 18, K. Kiefer 8, Hatcher 0, Holte 5, McMurray 6, L. Kiefer 11, Bretveld 7, Sterling 11.
SHADLE PARK — Fager 12, Licea 6, Plaster 5, Jahn 0, Picard 0, Krotzer 4, Hampton 0.
Timberlake 49
Moscow 35
MOSCOW — Senior Morgan Dickinson scored 12 points, and the visiting Tigers steadily inched away for a rugged nonleague win over the Bears at Bear Den.
“Morgan had a great game,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “She finished around the hoop really well, had a couple post moves, and teammates found her as well.”
Junior Diana Nelson scored six of her nine points in the third quarter for Timberlake (7-2), which extended a 25-18 halftime lead to a 42-29 advantage. Jozee MacArthur scored 10 for the Tigers.
“The intensity and the effort in the game from both teams, it had a district-type feel to it,” Miller said. “Overall, I loved our effort and our intensity. It was a grinding game.”
Senior Punk Knott led Moscow (5-4) with 12 points.
Timberlake plays host to Lewiston on Wednesday.
Timberlake 10 15 17 7 — 49
Moscow 7 11 11 6 — 35
TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 0, Dickinson 12, Young 4, Nelson 9, MacArthur 10, Simpson 2, Needs 6, McKellips 6.
MOSCOW — Knott 12, Lassen 2, Kiblen 3, Anderson 6, Skinner 2, Leituala 0, Johns 9, Williams 0, Tiegs 1.
Wallace 47
Clark Fork 29
CLARK FORK — Britany Phillips scored 17 points for the Miners (6-3) in a nonleague win over the Wampus Cats (2-6).
Kayla Hasz scored 10 points for Wallace (6-3), which hosts Genesis Prep in a Scenic Idaho Conference game tonight at Kirby Krulitz Court.
No other information was available.
BOYS
Riverside Poly 58
Coeur d'Alene 50
LAS VEGAS — The Vikings fell in their first game in the Spalding Bracket at the Tarkanian Classic at Sierra Vista High.
Coeur d'Alene (5-1) plays host Sierra Vista today at 10:30 a.m.
No other information was available.
Layton (Utah) Christian 72
Lake City 43
LAS VEGAS — The Timberwolves fell behind 29-6 after the first quarter in dropping their opening game in the Nike Bracket at the Tarkanian Classic at Faith Lutheran High.
Reese Strawn, Cason Miller and Carter Kloos each scored seven points for Lake City (4-2), which plays San Gabriel Academy of California today at 10:30 a.m. at Faith Lutheran.
Albert Philippe Ntungicimpaye and Alan Gballou each scored 17 points for Layton Christian (5-2).
Lake City 6 15 11 11 — 43
Lay. Christ. 29 17 20 6 — 72
LAKE CITY — Parker 2, Winey 5, Strawn 7, Miller 7, Watson 5, Kloos 7, Arrieta 3, Williams 5, Carlson 2.
LAYTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — Burrows 2, Miles 0, Simovic 3, Olubisi 6, Hirsch 0, Wogar 5, Novakovic 0, Zarubica 2, Jones 16, Ntungicimpaye 17, Armani 12, Dong 0, Gballou 17.
Lakeland 72
Timberlake 56
RATHDRUM — Senior post Ben Ryan had 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Hawks downed the visiting Tigers in nonleague play at Hawk Court.
“He just has a motor, he stays after everything, does a really nice job of extending on his hook shot,” Lakeland coach Tony Hanna said. “The big difference in the game tonight was our size.
Our posts had 55 of our 72 points tonight.”
Sophomore Peyton Hillman, formerly a JV/varsity “floater,” got his first varsity start and grabbed 10 rebounds. He moved into the starting lineup in place of senior Toby Tebbe, who suffered a broken leg vs. Lewiston, and is out 6-8 weeks.
Gabe Harris scored 15 points, Ben Roth 13 for Lakeland (5-2), who played without point guard Mason Hensley (ankle).
Tyler Engelson scored 20 of his game-high 28 points in the second half for Timberlake (2-6), and Jacob Yetter added 12 points.
“(Engleson) and Yetter do a good job forcing the issue,” Hanna said.
Timberlake plays Genesis Prep on Thursday at The Courts at Real Life in Post Falls.
Lakeland returns to action Dec. 28 vs. Skyline of Idaho Falls at the East Idaho Holiday Classic in Idaho Falls.
Timberlake 5 15 16 20 — 56
Lakeland 24 9 18 21 — 72
TIMBERLAKE — Engelson 28, Dykeman 0, Yetter 12, Meidinger 9, McDougall 2, Dorman 4, Lenz 1, Higgins 0.
LAKELAND — Norce 0, Ferguson 4, Ryan 22, Varner 2, Weil 3, Roth 13, Cook 3, Hillman 4, Carrel 2, Harris 15, Yager 4.
Christian Center 46
Spo. Ath. Co. 45
LIBERTY LAKE — Colton Smith had 23 points, nine rebounds and three steals for the Lions in the nonleague win at the HUB Sports Center.
Brenden Vermeer led the Spokane Athletic Co-op with 14 points.
Christian Center (3-3) plays Coeur du Christ tonight at 7 at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene.
Spo. Ath. Co. 8 9 16 12 — 45
Christian Center 8 13 13 12 — 46
SPOKANE ATHLETIC CO-OP — Robts 4, Halterman 6, Severn 9, Vermeer 14, Herbers 12, Picker 0.
CHRISTIAN CENTER — Tesky 0, Smith 23, Coppinger 2, McWhorter 6, Cotten 0, Marshall 8, Sperling 0, Mamentieff 3, Paulson 2, Siers 2.