PREP BASKETBALL: Lake City runs past University in opener

• BOYS

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Josh Watson scored a game-high 22 points for the Lake City Timberwolves in a 73-43 win over the University Titans in the season opener for both at Lake City High on Tuesday. 

Sophomore Jordan Carlson scored 13 points for Lake City, which travels to Camas, Wash., on Thursday. 

Jack Del Mese scored 12 points for University. 

University    10    16    6    11    —    43 

Lake City    17    17    30    9    —    73 

UNIVERSITY — Rigsby 0, Del Mese 12, Bell 2, Delegard 4, Sanders 3, Anderberg 0, Gisolo 10, Dixson 0, Christensen 10, Wolcott 0, Lipke 2. 

LAKE CITY — Parker 3, Winey 5, Strawn 5, Miller 12, Everson 0, Watson 22, Kloos 2, Bowman 6, Hill 0, Williams 0, Anderson 0, Meredith 2, Pearson 2, Plummer 0, Carlson 13. 

Mt. Spokane 71 

Post Falls 64 (OT)

MEAD — Jaxon Lysne scored 19 points for the Trojans in an overtime loss to the Wildcats in the season opener for both at Mt. Spokane High. 

Jaceten Reijonen hit a 3-pointer to force overtime for Mt. Spokane, which got a game-high 25 points for Jaden Ghoreishi. 

“Mt. Spokane executed its stuff really well,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “We were really good defensively for 2 ½ quarters, and had some breakdowns and started to settle for some quicker shots.” 

Connor Carver scored 15 points for Post Falls, which faces Davis High of Yakima, Wash., at Richland High in Kennewick on Friday. 

“Jaxon and Connor had really good offensive games tonight,” McLean said. “We played really fast tonight and I was happy with our effort. But we’ve got a few things to clean up execution wise.” 

Post Falls    15    17    11    12    7    —    64 

Mt. Spokane    12    13    13    18    14    —    71 

POST FALLS — Naylor 0, Ostlund 2, McLean 4, Lysne 19, Cameron 5, Bodman 5, Carver 15, Blake 5, McKeown 1, Dean 8. 

MT. SPOKANE — Ghoreshi 25, Kenison 6, Peterson 0, Vargas 16, Reijonen 10, Franklin 2, Dickau 9, Lenberger 4. 

North Central 73 

Lakeland 68 

SPOKANE — The visiting Hawks led most of the game, but the Wolfpack of Spokane, which played for a state title in Washington last year, pulled ahead after the game was tied with two minutes left in the season opener. 

Gabe Harris had 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Lakeland. Brayden Carrel added 15 points and nine boards, Mason Hensley 13 points, five rebounds and six assists, Ben Roth 12 points, three rebounds and three assists.

“For only having two weeks of practice, these kids played very hard,” first-year Lakeland coach Caleb De Fabiis said. “Little rotations and things on offense we need to clean up, but like I told the kids, we will only get better from this and we want to be playing our best basketball in February and March.” 

Lakeland plays host to Freeman on Saturday. 

St. Maries 60 

Timberlake 55 

ST. MARIES — JJ Yearout scored 11 of his game-high 25 points in the third quarter as the Lumberjacks pulled away to defeat the Tigers in the nonleague opener for both at St. Maries High. 

Tyler Engelson scored 18 for Timberlake. 

“I thought our defensive intensity was good all night,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “Engelson can score 30 on any given night, but JJ did a good job on him tonight. We only had six turnovers, so I was really proud of how we took care of the ball tonight as well.” 

Jack Barta had 10 points, six rebounds and six assists and Hayden Defoort seven rebounds for St. Maries, which hosts Potlatch tonight. 

Lucas Vallieres scored 14 points for Timberlake, which plays at Wallace in the opening round of the Silver Valley Tournament on Friday at Kirby Krulitz Court. 

Timberlake    14    8    17    16    —    55 

St. Maries    13    11    24    12    —    60 

TIMBERLAKE — Engelson 18, Dykeman 7, Schively 0, Vallieres 14, DeVore 2, Rush 3, Simpson 11, Greene 0. 

ST. MARIES — Harold 0, Garcia 4, Sexton 0, J. Barta 10, Yearout 25, Gustaffe 8, B. Barta 2, L. Riberich 4, Defoort 4, T. Riberich 3. 

Priest River 65 

Genesis Prep 42 

PRIEST RIVER — Gabe Meyer scored 16 points for the visiting Jaguars in the season-opening loss to the Spartans. 

Dylan Tosh added 10 points for Genesis Prep, which plays host to Clark Fork on Thursday. 

Brock Kreager scored 21 points for Priest River, which travels to Newport on Saturday. 

Genesis Prep     14    9    11    8    —    42 

Priest River    11    20    18    16    —    65 

GENESIS PREP — Farrell 5, Nichols 7, Tosh 10, Martin 2, I. Bateman 0, Meyer 16, Earley 2, Gintz 0, S. Bateman 0. 

PRIEST RIVER — Mathews 3, Coleman 10, Staudt 6, Lamanna 7, Smith 3, Kreager 21, Stiffel 12, Cook 1, Hatten 2. 

Coeur du Christ 75 

Clark Fork 59 

CLARK FORK — Ben Connelly had 24 points and 12 steals for the visiting Saints, who won their first game as a full member of the Idaho High School Activities Association in their season opener against the Wampus Cats. 

Aedan O’Neill added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Saints, under first-year coach Chris Kiefer, and Grant Clemens had 12 points and four assists. 

Owen Howard had 27 points, Westin Caven 18 for Clark Fork. 

Coeur du Christ plays Spokane’s Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame on Saturday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake. 

Coeur du Christ     19    21    23    28    —    75 

Clark Fork    13    19    22    18    —    59 

COEUR du CHRIST — Anderson 0, Ja. Cools 0, Clemens 12, Parmentier 10, Connelly 24, Clute 0, Hayes 5, Je. Cools 5, Murdick 0, Conaty 2, O’Neill 13, Denke 4. 

CLARK FORK — Howard 27, Caven 18, Mayorga 7, Adams 4, Stevens 3. 

• GIRLS

Mt. Spokane 52 

Post Falls 49 

MEAD — Senior Myckenzee Mitley scored 16 points and Kailey Walton added 14 points for the Trojans, who led with two minutes remaining before falling to the Wildcats at Mt. Spokane High. 

“We had a lot of opportunities but had some critical turnovers and missed some shots down the stretch,” Post Falls coach Mike Divilbiss said. “It’s a process, and we’re still learning to win. They’re learning and growing, but we’re still a little raw and learning to practice and play the right way. We’re going to keep playing hard and continue to get better.” 

Post Falls (1-5) travels to Meridian on Thursday. 

Karis Santucci scored 22 points for Mt. Spokane. 

Post Falls    13    10    14    11    —    49 

Mt. Spokane    19    10    9    14    —    52 

POST FALLS — Hollenbeck 6, Reese 5, Felix 3, McGowan 2, Tucker 3, Mitley 16, Walton 14. 

MT. SPOKANE — Wyss 6, Gardner 5, Rubright 7, Wagenblast 2, Eastham 4, Schupp 2, Santucci 22, Priddy 4. 

Lakeland 56 

Kellogg 12 

RATHDRUM — Landree Simon scored 16 points as the host Hawks gave first-year coach Caelyn Caulfield her first victory as Lakeland coach in the nonleague win over the Wildcats at Hawk Court. 

Kellogg (1-2) plays host to Lakeside on Thursday. 

Lakeland (1-1) is home vs. Shadle Park on Thursday. 

Kellogg    8    0    4    0    —    12 

Lakeland 17    21    11    7    —     56 

KELLOGG — Philp 0, M. Groth 3, Schillereff 0, Storey 1, Yrjana 0, Stutzke 4, A. Groth 2, Henrikson 2, Munoz 0. 

LAKELAND — Simon 16, Kiefer 8, Forsman 2, H. McMurray 3, J. McMurray 7, Vanek 2, Bonne 4, Bretveld 6, Bullington 8. 

Timberlake 63 

North Central 28 

SPOKANE — Junior Malia Miller had 24 points, seven assists, four steals and four rebounds for the Tigers in a nonleague win over the Wolfpack. 

Senior Diana Nelson had 13 points and nine rebounds, senior Jozee MacArthur 10 points and seven rebounds for Timberlake (4-0), which hosts Sandpoint on Thursday. 

“The girls did a really good job on the defensive end,” said Timberlake coach Matt Miller, whose team limited North Central to eight field goals, four in each half. “I was really happy with the effort tonight.” 

It was the season opener for North Central. 

Timberlake    19    19    14    11    —    63 

North Central    4    8    5    11    —    28 

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 2, Milligan 0, Nelson 13, MacArthur 10, Needs 5, Miller 24, Jones 9, Allaway 0. 

NORTH CENTRAL — Shields 0, Auld 9, Mendez 2, Shaw 4, Valle 1, Brown 9, Edmonson 3, Dellon 0. 

Wallace 58 

St. Maries 45 

WALLACE — Junior Kylee Phillips scored 20 points for the Miners in a nonleague win over the Lumberjacks at Kirby Krulitz Court. 

Senior Brenna Elliott scored 22 points for St. Maries (1-2), which hosts Genesis Prep on Thursday. 

Khepri Wood scored 16 points for Wallace (2-2), which travels to Mullan tonight. 

St. Maries    9    10    6    20    —    47 

Wallace    13    18    14    13    —    58 

ST. MARIES — B. Elliott 22, Thomas 3, Martin 2, Baird 4, Tinkin 2, Turner 4, K. Elliott 0, Caldwell 7, Sloper 4. 

WALLACE — K. Phillips 20, Au. Birdsell 5, Hasz 5, Wood 16, Delano 4, Al. Birdsell 2, B. Phillips 4, Kessler 2. 

N.I. Christian 65 

Kootenai Thunder 29 

KOOTENAI — Belle Jordan had 24 points and seven rebounds for the Royals in a win over Kootenai Thunder in the Mountain Christian League opener for both at Kootenai Elementary. 

Chelsey Cate had 16 points, 14 rebounds, eight assists and three blocks, Kenna Brotherton nine assists and eight rebounds for North Idaho Christian (3-1), which faces the Spokane Athletic Co-Op on Thursday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake. 

Mazie Miles scored 12 points for Kootenai Thunder. 

N.I. Christian    21    20    9    15    —    65 

Koot. Thunder    6    11    6    6    —    29 

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Ellis 6, Jordan 24, Cate 16, Salaiz 2, Collins 2, Henry 2, Brotherton 3, Smith 4, Pilgrim 6. 

KOOTENAI THUNDER — Stevens 0, DeGroaf 4, Hammond 0, Miles 12, Palmer 0, Ball 6, Brewer 7, Reynolds 0. 

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Lake City senior guard Cason Miller drives to the basket as University's Quinn Lipke defends during the first quarter of Tuesday's game at Lake City High.