PREP ROUNDUP: Lake City boys pull away in second half
• BOYS BASKETBALL
LEWISTON — At the site of their lone regular-season loss last season, the Lake City Timberwolves led the Lewiston Bengals by just two points at halftime Tuesday night.
But the second half was a different story, and Lake City, the top-ranked team in 5A, pulled away for a 73-49 Inland Empire League victory.
“It’s easy to say this now, but I’m kinda happy how the game went,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “We hadn’t been tested in a while. We were in the same exact position last year, and got beat.”
This year, Lake City (19-0, 7-0 IEL) outscored Lewiston (12-6, 4-4) 23-9 in the third quarter, 45-23 for the half.
Blake Buchanan had 21 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots for Lake City. Nathan Hocking added 17 points. Deacon Kiesbuy, who gave the T-Wolves a big spark in the third quarter, finished with 15 points and five rebounds, and Kolton Mitchell had 13 points, five assists and four steals. Zach Johnson also had five assists.
“We had to respond; last year we didn’t respond,” Winger said. “The second half we executed, and the first half we did not execute anything. We weren’t focused in the first half; we were completely out of position defensively. The second half was well-executed; it (the lead) went from 2 to 24 pretty fast.”
Carson Way scored 14 points, Jordan Bramlet 13 for Lewiston.
Lake City plays at Sandpoint on Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Lake City 17 11 23 22 — 73
Lewiston 18 8 9 14 — 49
LAKE CITY — Buchanan 21, Strawn 3, Hill 0, Miller 0, Kiesbuy 15, Johnson 4, Mitchell 13, Hocking 17.
LEWISTON — Way 14, Bramlet 13, Mader 6, White 4, Wren 0, Hottinger 4, Lawrence 8.
St. Maries 41
Priest River 37
PRIEST RIVER — Tristun Hill had 12 points and seven rebounds and the visiting Lumberjacks led by nearly 20 points in the third quarter before holding off the Spartans in a nonleague game.
Wyatt Holmes had nine points and seven rebounds for St. Maries (11-5). Dillon Holder had eight rebounds, Trace Wicks six assists.
“We did a good job defensively, but offensively we were just stagnant tonight,” St. Maries assistant coach A.J. Becktel said.
Tyler Engelson scored 11 points for Priest River (7-10), operating as a 2A independent in basketball this season.
St. Maries plays host to Orofino on Friday.
St. Maries 9 13 13 6 — 41
Priest River 2 8 10 17 — 37
ST. MARIES — W. Holmes 9, Badgett 4, Holder 5, Renner 7, Wicks 4, Sloper 0, Swallows 0, Hill 12.
PRIEST RIVER — Mathews 0, Butler 7, Staudt 10, Marinello 6, T. Engelson 11, Z. Engelson 0, Yount 3.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wallace 55
Genesis Prep 26
COEUR d’ALENE — Junior Britany Phillips hit three 3-pointers and scored 31 points and her sister Kylee Phillips added 14 as the second-seeded Miners beat the third-seeded Jaguars in the loser-out semifinal of the 1A Division I District 1 tournament at North Idaho College’s Rolly Williams Court.
Wallace (14-6) will play top-seeded Lakeside (12-6) on Thursday at 7 p.m. at NIC in the championship game for the district’s lone berth to state.
Katie Yount hit three 3s and scored nine points for Genesis Prep, which finished 7-12.
Genesis Prep 5 6 9 6 — 26
Wallace 14 14 14 13 — 55
GENESIS PREP — S. Martin 3, Nelke 0, Covey 2, E. Martin 2, Williams 2, Cooper 0, Yount 9, Lawler 0, Anderson 8.
WALLACE — Birdsell 0, Berry 0, Lewis 0, K. Phillips 14, Br. Phillips 31, Hasz 2, Hull 0, Be. Phillips 2, Hendrick 6.
• WRESTLING
Sandpoint 40
Lake City 36
SANDPOINT — The visiting Timberwolves had two starters out due to injury and another one out due to already reaching his match limit, in the loss to the Bulldogs on their senior night at Les Rogers Court.
“We were down a few guys, but the kids wrestled hard,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said. “It was definitely a winnable dual; just some mistakes cost us.”
Owen praised the effort of Caden Dutra (145), who avenged a loss to Christian Troumbley-Karkoski at the North Idaho Rumble by edging the Bulldog 5-4 in the final match Tuesday night.
“Pulled out a really good one at the end,” Owen said. “Definitely nice to get one back.”
Lake City returns to action a week from Saturday at the 5A Region 1 tournament at Coeur d’Alene High.
152 — Nathan Booth, LC, p. Lucas Johansen, 1:58. 160 — Dakota Rief, Spt, p. Wyatt Matthews, 2:30. 170 — Dane Luciano-Desmith, LC, p. Sage Greene, 4:47. 182 — Garrett Leonard, LC, d. Calvin Hinds, 13-6. 195 — Jorden Tyler, Spt, p. Sebastian Mosman, 1:25. 220 — William Bomba, Spt, by forfeit. 285 — Erik James, LC, by forfeit. 98 — Double forfeit. 106 — Aidan Rork, Spt, by forfeit. 113 — Andrew Duke, Spt, by forfeit. 120 — Zach MacDonald, LC, p. Gavin Billington, 2:11. 126 — Ashlei Hawkins, Spt, md. Brycen Duboise, 14-5. 132 — Jackson Duva, LC, by forfeit. 138 — Shane Sherrill, Spt, p. Alden Curto, 3:22. 145 — Caden Dutra, LC, d. Christian Troumbley-Karkoski 5-4.
Timberlake 54
Bonners Ferry 36
SPIRIT LAKE — Owen Zahnow (106), Stryker Huston (120), Ayden Meehan (126), Cole Hanely (138), Jonathan Hansen (152), Luke Schell (182) each had pins for the host Tigers in an Intermountain League win over the Badgers.
The 3A District 1 tournament is scheduled for next Thursday at Timberlake.
TIMBERLAKE 54, BONNERS FERRY 36
98 — Wyatt Carey, TL, by forfeit. 106 — Owen Zahnow, TL, p. Saber Blackmore 3:03. 113 — Brandon Williams, BF, p. Owen Zahnow, 1:58. 120 — Stryker Huston, TL, p. Hunter Pope, 1:59. 126 — Ayden Meehan, TL, p. Stryder Liermann, 2:53. 132 — Cayden Knight, TL, via forfeit. 138 — Cole Hanely, TL, p. Israel Johnson, 1:52. 145 — Porter Blackmore, BF, p. Jacob Howell, 3:17. 152 — Jonathan Hansen, TL, p. Alexander Taylor, :37. 160 — Eli Leyden, BF, p. Casey Berbig, :58. 160 — Marcus Regehr, BF, p. Zachary Schultz, 1:34. 182 — Luke Schell, TL, p. Andrew Erhard, :34. 195 — Jackson Holman, BF, via forfeit. 220 — Isaiah Schultz, TL, via forfeit. 285 — Donald Riess, BF, via forfeit.