PREP BASKETBALL: Coeur d'Alene girls advance to semis at Tark Classic
• GIRLS
The Coeur d'Alene Vikings beat Bingham (Utah) 63-51 late Tuesday night in a quarterfinal game of the Diamond Bracket at the Tarkanian Classic at Durango High.
Coeur d'Alene (9-2), now 2-0 at the tourney, will play another Idaho school, Rigby, in a semifinal game today at 4:05 p.m.
Bingham defeated Bonita Vista of California 65-45 earlier Tuesday in its first tourney game.
No other information was available.
Lake City 81
University 42
COEUR d’ALENE — It wasn’t the first half was bad, but the second half was just a little more to the point for the host school.
Senior Avery Waddington scored 25 points, senior Sophia Zufelt scored 16 of her 24 points in the second half for the Timberwolves in a nonleague win over the Titans.
“We did a really good job defensively,” said Lake City coach David Pratt, whose team led 43-30 at halftime. “We played with a little more intensity in the second half. We were up 13, but hadn’t played very efficiently. We really came out and got after it in the second half.”
Lake City has won six straight games after a setback to Rocky Mountain on Dec. 1 at home.
“We’re hitting more perimeter shots and our flow offensively has been really good,” Pratt said. “They’re looking for the open person and it makes it more fun to watch. Our offense is coming on stronger.”
Lake City (11-1) faces King’s High of Shoreline, Wash., in the opening round of the Glacier Peak Invitational on Dec. 27 in Snohomish, Wash.
Kailee Alteneder scored eight points for University (4-2).
University 12 18 7 5 — 42
Lake City 20 23 23 15 — 81
UNIVERSITY — Roberts 4, Czapla 7, Ahumada 0, Ashton 2, Jeross 6, M. Handran 5, Carbajal 6, K. Handran 4, Alteneder 8.
LAKE CITY — Murphey 2, Frazey 10, Pickford 5, Kolden 3, Zufelt 24, Waddington 25, Zimmerman 12.
Sandpoint 64
Kellogg 60
SANDPOINT — Senior Macy Jerome scored 16 points for the Wildcats, who led 47-46 early in the fourth quarter before freshman Jordyn Tomco hit a pair of 3-pointers to push the Bulldogs to a win at Les Rogers Court.
Tomco finished with a game-high 24 points for Sandpoint (7-1), which was without starter Karlie Banks due to injury and starters Aliya Strock and Demi Driggs and reserve Chloe Laybourne to illness.
“We played hard and put up a lot of points,” Kellogg coach Jana Nearing said. “Our scoring was pretty even within our top six players. All of our kids worked hard and learned a lot. We’re proud of how we battled against them.”
Kellogg (5-4) will compete in the Freeman Tournament on Dec. 27.
Sandpoint faces Grangeville at ICCU Arena in Moscow on Thursday.
Kellogg 9 11 21 19 — 60
Sandpoint 17 15 12 20 — 64
KELLOGG — Jerome 16, M. Groth 0, Schillereff 14, Coe 9, Karst 6, Stutzke 8, A. Groth 0, Henrikson 7.
SANDPOINT — J. Tomco 24, David 2, Meyer 0, Knowles 4, Richardson 3, C. Mire 18, Driggs 8, Blackman 0, Thate 5.
Wallace 57
Genesis Prep 38
WALLACE — Senior Britany Phillips scored a game-high 23 points for the Miners in a Scenic Idaho Conference win over the Jaguars at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Junior Kayla Hasz scored 14 points for Wallace (8-3, 1-1 SIC), which travels to the Post Falls JV on Jan. 8.
Junior Ella Martin scored 23 points for Genesis Prep (7-5, 0-1), which visits the Lake City JV tonight.
Genesis Prep 10 8 6 12 — 38
Wallace 8 18 18 13 — 57
GENESIS PREP — Covey 2, Martin 23, Williams 0, Nelke 4, Yount 3, Lawler 6.
WALLACE — Birdsell 6, Striker 0, Lewis 2, Hasz 14, Wood 2, Br. Phillips 23, Be. Phillips 6, Hendrick 4.
• BOYS
Post Falls 56
Lewis and Clark 48
POST FALLS — Neil McCarthy had 13 points, and the Trojans worked for 13 offensive rebounds en route to a victory over the Tigers of the Greater Spokane League at The Arena.
Junior Trenton McLean had four of his seven rebounds on the offensive glass for Post Falls (7-2), which won its fifth straight game. Asher Bowie had seven boards, three offensive, and Alex Shields had five rebounds.
“A lot of teams run a matchup zone; they are good at it,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said of Lewis and Clark. “Our guys did a good job stealing a possession, or creating another possession. In the fourth quarter, then ran a tempo press, and Neil did a good job getting the ball to the middle and creating shots for himself and others.”
Bowie added 11 points, McLean 10 for Post Falls, which plays host to North Central on Thursday.
Senior Luke Jessup scored a game-high 20 points for Lewis and Clark.
Lewis and Clark 6 8 14 20 — 48
Post Falls 10 17 10 19 — 56
LEWIS AND CLARK — Murray 11, Monasmith 0, Morgan 0, Downes 0, Jessup 20, Pincock 8, Jenson 0, Zimmerman 0, Branson 5, Mott 0, Toure 4.
POST FALLS — Lysne 4, McLean 10, McCarthy 13, Cameron 0, McKeown 0, Carver 7, Blake 6, Shields 5, Bowie 11.
Coeur d’Alene 65
Sierra Vista 60
LAS VEGAS — Junior Carter Rupp hit 7 of 12 3-pointers and poured in 28 points as the Vikings beat the Mountain Lions at Sierra Vista High in a consolation game in the Spalding Bracket at the Tarkanian Classic.
“Good game for Carter,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams said. “I love our guys looking for him; everybody recognizes how good a shooter he is. He bailed us out a couple times in the second half.”
Rupp had 20 points in the second half, and hit four of his 3s after intermission for Coeur d’Alene (6-1). Sophomore Caden Symons added 13 for the Vikings, who bounced back from a loss in their tourney opener Monday.
“That’s why we like playing down here, it’s a different level of athleticism and speed and physicality,” Adams said. “Last night we hadn’t adjusted to the physicality. Today we responded.”
With the 7-foot-1 Xavion Staton, who has offers from Kansas, Texas and Virginia among others, Sierra Vista played zone in the first quarter.
But Coeur d’Alene shot the Mountain Lions out of said zone with six 3-pointers — three by Rupp, two by Symons, one by Eastern Oregon University commit Logan Orchard.
“Kai Wheeler got a body on him early,” Adams said of Staton, “and kept him from backing down. He probably had 15, 18 points, most of them on putbacks.”
Coeur d’Alene finished with 11 3s, with Orchard chipping in two.
Sierra Vista cut a 10-point Viking lead to three late, before Max Entzi sealed it with two free throws with 6 seconds left.
Coeur d’Alene plays St. Paul (4-4) of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., tonight at 6 in the consolation bracket.
Sierra Vista 12 18 15 15 — 60
Coeur d’Alene 23 6 21 15 — 65
SIERRA VISTA — Scoring not available.
COEUR d’ALENE — Orchard 10, Rupp 28, Nipp 0, Entzi 8, Sutich 0, Riley 2, Wheeler 4, Zabel 0, Sylte 0, Booth 0, Symons 13.
San Gabriel Academy 66
Lake City 63
LAS VEGAS — Junior Reese Strawn hit five 3-pointers in the first half, finishing with 21 points for the Timberwolves loss to the Eagles in a Nike Bracket game in the Tarkanian Classic at Faith Lutheran High.
Freshman Jordan Carlson scored 15 points for Lake City (4-3), which faces Prestonwood Christian of Plano, Texas, today at 1:30 p.m.
Bastien Moreau scored 18 points for San Gabriel (Calif.) (2-3).
San Gabriel 13 17 20 16 — 66
Lake City 18 19 10 16 — 63
SAN GABRIEL — Kossi 16, Humphreys 3, Traore 10, Moreau 18, Wang 3, Diop 14, Toure 2.
LAKE CITY — Parker 3, Winey 4, Strawn 21, Miller 8, Watson 2, Kloos 2, Arrieta 6, Hill 2, Meredith 2, Carlson 15.
Potlatch 62
St. Maries 53
POTLATCH — Landon Holmes and JJ Yearout scored five points each in the fourth quarter for the Lumberjacks, who went on a 13-0 run in the final quarter to cut the deficit to 57-53 before falling to the Loggers in a nonleague game.
“The kids never gave up and kept fighting,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We’re starting to find that competitive spirit. It was a tough loss, but I think we’re headed the right direction.”
Yearout finished with 14 points, seven rebounds and three steals for St. Maries (1-5), which hosts Wallace on Thursday.
Jaxon Vowels scored 23 points for Potlatch (6-0).
St. Maries 14 7 8 24 — 53
Potlatch 10 16 20 16 — 62
ST. MARIES — W. Holmes 9, Yearout 14, Gustaffe 2, L. Holmes 8, Sloper 6, Swallows 14.
POTLATCH — C. Lovell 7, Clark 13, E. Lovell 15, Vowels 23, Keck 4.
Coeur du Christ 54
Chr. Center 53
COEUR d’ALENE — Ben Conley hit a tiebreaking free throw with 2.1 seconds left to lift the Saints past the Lions in nonleague play at Holy Family Catholic School.
Conley finished with 16 points for Coeur du Christ. Patrick Schlader and Thomas Schlader each added 15 points for the Saints.
Colton Smith had 26 points and five rebounds for Christian Center School (3-4). Luke McWhorter added 16 points, Cyrus Coppinger five steals, Javan Tesky four rebounds.
Christian Center returns to action Jan. 5 vs. Christian Heritage at The Courts at Real Life in Post Falls.
Christian Center 13 21 13 6 — 53
Coeur du Christ 16 16 11 11 — 54
CHRISTIAN CENTER — Tesky 3, Smith 26, Coppinger 8, McWhorter 16, Cotten 0, Sperling 0, Mametieff 0, Paulson 0, Siers 0.
COEUR du CHRIST — P. Schlader 15, S. Hayes 0, Conley 16, G. Hayes 3, T. Schlader 15, Drewsen 5.