PREP BASKETBALL: Lake City boys heat up, drop 91 points on Central Valley
• BOYS
SPOKANE VALLEY — Once the first shot dropped, it got contagious quickly — and often — for Lake City from beyond the 3-point line.
The Timberwolves, sparked by a season-high 20 3-pointers as a team, seven from Bradyn Arrieta, beat the Central Valley Bears 91-78 in the Central Valley Holiday Tournament on Thursday.
Arrieta finished with 25 points for Lake City (7-4).
“It was really fun to watch because we really sprayed the ball around,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “Braydn got going and really sparked us. Both Reese (Strawn) and Cason (Miller) did a good job of finding him and getting hot. There were a lot of guys that got going. When we’d drive to the basket, they were forcing us to shoot, which played right into our hands.”
Lake City 24 25 18 24 — 91
Central Valley 11 24 18 25 — 78
LAKE CITY — Parker 3, Winey 8, Strawn 15, Miller 9, Watson 4, Kloos 5, Arrieta 25, Hill 0, Williams 3, Meredith 2, Carlson 19.
CENTRAL VALLEY — individual scoring not available.
Mead 65
Coeur d’Alene 60
SPOKANE VALLEY — Junior Kai Wheeler scored eight of his 15 points in the fourth quarter for the Vikings, who fell to the Panthers in the Central Valley Holiday Tournament at Central Valley High.
“We didn’t shoot well and stopped moving the ball,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams said. “We started to give them opportunities and they capitalized. We kind of let their shooters get going.”
Karson Maze scored 21 points and Brady Thornton added 13 points for Mead (6-3), which outscored Coeur d’Alene 27-17 in the fourth quarter.
Senior Gunner Larson scored 13 points for Coeur d’Alene (9-2), which hosts Moses Lake on Saturday.
Coeur d’Alene 17 21 5 17 — 60
Mead 15 10 13 27 — 65
COEUR d’ALENE — Larson 13, Orchard 4, Rupp 9, Nipp 6, Wheeler 15, Sylte 2, Booth 2, Symons 9.
MEAD — Maze 21, Lynd 3, Raab 7, Ghoreishi 2, Thornton 13, Fleck 4, Durgan 6, Dunham 9.
Lakeland 77
Skyline 74, OT
IDAHO FALLS — Junior Ben Roth scored 28 points off the bench for the Hawks, who beat the Grizzlies in an opening round game in the East Idaho Holiday Shootout to advance to a Marines Bracket semifinal today.
“Ben was just the guy tonight, which was nice,” Lakeland coach Tony Hanna said. “He did a great job of crashing the boards and was 10 of 12 from the free-throw line.”
Lakeland led 75-74 in overtime, then iced the game on a steal by Peyton Hillman, who made two free throws to give the Hawks the win.
Lakeland (6-2) faces Snake River in the semifinals today.
Brayden Merzlock scored 24 points for Skyline (4-2).
Lakeland 17 17 14 15 14
Skyline 12 11 20 20 11
LAKELAND — Norce 0, Hensley 12, Ferguson 12, Ryan 3, Varner 0, Weil 0, Roth 28, Cook 0, Hillman 4, Carrel 0, Harris 16, Yeager 2.
SKYLINE — Taylor 5, Garcia 12, Griffeth 0, Morel 17, Huges 0, Roberts 14, Cornish 0, Anderson 0, Marlow 2, Merzlock 24.
Logos 56
Kellogg 49
ROCKFORD, Wash. — Junior Brodie Robinson scored 14 points for the Wildcats in a loss to the Knights of Moscow to conclude play in the Greg Larson Memorial Tournament at Freeman High.
“It was a good one,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “Offensively, Brodie is doing what we’ve been asking of it. It’s really nice to see him play well. Everything he did was in the flow of the offense. Nice to see him break out a little bit today.”
Freshman Porter Lewis scored 11 points for Kellogg (4-6), which hosts St. Maries on Jan. 9.
Seamus Wilson scored 18 points for Logos (5-2).
Kellogg 10 9 12 17 — 49
Logos 10 15 15 18 — 56
KELLOGG — Robinson 14, Whatcott 10, Coburn 3, Taylor 9, Blalack 2, Fields 0, Lewis 11, McDonald 0, Cheney 0.
LOGOS — Spencer 11, Driskill 12, Wilson 18, Whitling 2, Daniels 0, Comis 9, Holloway 0, Bowen 4.
• GIRLS
Lake City 55
Emerald Ridge 40
SNOHOMISH, Wash. — The Timberwolves advanced to the championship game of the Top of the Peak Tournament with a win over the Jaguars of Puyallup at Glacier Peak High.
Further information was not available.
Lake City (13-1) will face Nooksack Valley of Everson, Wash., in the championship game today at 3:15 p.m
Lakeland 75
Idaho Falls 53
IDAHO FALLS — Junior Landree Simon scored a game-high 29 points for the Hawks in a semifinal victory over the Tigers in the East Idaho Holiday Shootout’s Coast Guard Bracket at Idaho Falls High.
Lakeland (5-5) will face Teton of Driggs in the Coast Guard Bracket championship game today.
Senior Payton Sterling scored 16 points, senior Lila Kiefer 14 points for Lakeland, which led 39-21 at halftime.
Emma Vollmer scored 20 points for Idaho Falls (2-8).
Lakeland 21 18 21 15 — 75
Idaho Falls 11 10 19 13 — 53
LAKELAND — Simon 29, K. Kiefer 2, Forsman 2, Holte 8, McMurray 2, L. Kiefer 14, Bretveld 0, Sterling 16, Jamison 2.
IDAHO FALLS — Jones 5, Cook 19, Anglin 0, Van Leuven 1, Vollmer 20, Riedle 2, Baird 2, Erickson 2.
Timberlake 54
Toppenish 48
SPOKANE VALLEY — It wasn’t a big run, or anything out of the ordinary that got the Tigers going in the second quarter.
Actually, it was easy.
Sophomore Payton Young scored eight of her 12 points in the second quarter as the Tigers moved past the Wildcats in the West Valley Eagle Tournament at West Valley High.
“Mainly, we just made some lay-ins,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “For whatever reason, we’ve been having a hard time making those and we made a few of those. We just started making some of our easier shots.”
Junior Diana Nelson scored 14 points for Timberlake (9-3), which hosts North Idaho Christian on Jan. 5.
Audrey Herrera scored 10 points for Toppenish (4-3).
Toppenish 12 10 16 10 — 48
Timberlake 12 21 13 8 — 54
TOPPENISH — Kries-Huereca 5, Cuevas 0, Cisneros 0, Hurley 8, Camacho 6, Hernandez 4, Baker 5, Norman 5, Landa 2, Escamilla 4, Herrera 10, Ramirez 0.
TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 5, Dickinson 3, Young 12, Nelson 14, MacArthur 7, Simpson 7, McKellips 6.