PREP BASKETBALL: Lake City falls in fast-paced showdown
• BOYS
TUALATIN, Ore. — Junior Josh Watson scored a team-high 22 points for Lake City, which fell to the Tualatin Timberwolves 89-77 on Friday night.
“It was a very high-paced game and they had the last run,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “We got up, but it was a crazy fast game. It was a lot of points for a high school boys game, but honestly a great basketball game to be a part of.”
Pat Vialva, who holds an offer from Portland State, scored 27 points for Tualatin (1-0). Jemai Lake, who has interest from Weber State, added 20 for the host Timberwolves.
“They’re a talented group of guards,” Anderson said. “They just made baskets on shots we defended really well. It was just a kind of tip your hat kind of game.”
Sophomore Jordan Carlson scored 19 points for Lake City (2-1), which faces Union High of Vancouver, Wash., today at 1 p.m.
Lake City 26 15 21 14 — 77
Tualatin 25 22 13 28 — 89
LAKE CITY — Winey 0, Strawn 17, Miller 12, Watson 22, Kloos 0, Bowman 6, Carlson 19.
TUALATIN — Lake 20, Vialva 27, Lemon 12, Keeney 8, Diaz 1, Alves 8.
Davis 78
Post Falls 73
RICHLAND, Wash. — Junior Jaxon Lysne scored 14 points, senior Cobe Cameron 13 points for the Trojans in a loss to the Pirates of Yakima at Richland High.
“This was a good team,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said of Davis. “We’ve put our guys in the gauntlet right away, but I was proud of our effort and our guys competed each possession. We competed against a really good team, which will only prepare us for Coeur d’Alene and Lake City. It was back and forth throughout, but they made some free-throws late.”
Cesar Hernandez scored 28 points for Davis.
Post Falls (0-2) hosts West Valley High of Yakima today at 3 p.m.
Post Falls 15 12 27 21 — 73
Davis 14 15 23 26 — 78
POST FALLS — Naylor 3, Ostlund 9, McLean 2, Lysne 14, Cameron 13, Bodman 6, Carver 11, Blake 11, McKeown 0, Dean 4.
DAVIS — Wiggins 4, Lee 19, Benitez-Bess 2, Hayden 4, Pimental 10, McGee 4, Garza 0, Hernandez 28, Smith 6.
Timberlake 69
Wallace 65
WALLACE — A steal by Timberlake and a layup by Payden DeVore gave the Tigers a one-point lead with under a minute left, and Timberlake went on to beat the host Miners to advance to the championship game of the Silver Valley Tournament at Kirby Krulitz Court.
Seniors Nate Dykeman and Tyler Engelson scored 20 and 17 points respectively for Timberlake (1-1), which plays Kellogg tonight at 7 for the title.
The Tigers trailed by more than 20 points before rallying.
“They came out and stuck it to us; they shot the ball really well, Timberlake coach Mike LaFountaine said. “The third quarter we figured out how to go inside to the post.”
Dykeman scored 14 of his 20 in the second half. Engelson hit 4 of 4 free throws down the stretch, and Max Simpson hit 2 of 2.
Cooper Miller scored 22 points, Julian Davis 17 for Wallace (1-2), which plays Genesee today at 5:30 in the consolation game.
Timberlake 7 16 21 25 — 69
Wallace 20 20 8 17 — 65
TIMBERLAKE — Engelson 17, Dykeman 20, Van Gundy 0, Shively 6, Hiaasen 0, Vallieres 8, DeVore 2, Rush 2, Simpson 12, Greene 2.
WALLACE — Miller 22, Davis 17, Guardipee 11, Larson 0, Myles 8, Williams 7.
Kellogg 61
Genesee 14
WALLACE — Porter Lewis and Cayden Honnerlaw scored 10 points each for the Wildcats in a win over the Bulldogs in a semifinal game in the Silver Valley Tournament at Kirby Krulitz Court.
“We did a good job of coming out and playing hard,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “We came out and sped them up and forced some turnovers. Everyone did a good job of chipping in and doing what we needed to do.”
Ty Cheney and Radley McDonald scored nine points each for Kellogg (1-1), which faces either Timberlake or Wallace in the championship game tonight at 7.
Genesee plays in the consolation game at 5:30.
Kellogg 22 13 21 5 — 61
Genesee 6 0 6 2 — 14
KELLOGG — Robinson 8, Johnson 2, McDonald 9, Desmarais 3, Lewis 10, Honnerlaw 10, Cheney 9, Vindasius 8, Baker 2.
GENESEE — Poxleitner 0, Crowley 2, Bollman 4, Uhlenkott 0, Smith 0, Banks 4, Hubbard 0, Cass 2, Rector 0, Chapman 0, Ketcheson 2.
Walla Walla 51
St. Maries 31
LEWISTON — JJ Yearout had 18 points, six rebounds and four steals for the Lumberjacks, who were tied with the Blue Devils 25-25 midway through the third quarter before falling at Lewiston High.
“We just kind of went cold,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We had too many turnovers and couldn’t get any shots to fall.”
Landon Riberich scored six points for St. Maries (2-1), which faces Moscow today at 11 a.m. at Lewiston High.
Truman Bullington scored 16 points for Walla Walla (2-0), which faces Lewiston today.
St. Maries 5 14 8 4 — 31
Walla Walla 12 13 13 13 — 51
ST. MARIES — Harold 2, Garcia 0, Sexton 0, J. Barta 5, Yearout 18, Gustaffe 0, B. Barta 0, L. Riberich 6, Defoort 0, T. Riberich 0.
WALLA WALLA — Shivell 12, Eggart 2, Bingham 0, Coram 8, Griffith 10, Bullington 16, Snow 3.
Highland 48
Kootenai 33
CRAIGMONT — Sophomore Logan Strobel scored 17 points for the shorthanded Warriors, who suited up just six players in the nonleague loss to the Huskies.
“We had our best game since I’ve been coaching these boys,” second-year Kootenai coach Tom Tucker said. “I saw the light in their eyes as the offense clicked, and they started understanding basketball. Logan Strobel out-did himself tonight.”
Freshman Dylan Gentry had 12 rebounds for Kootenai (0-2), which plays host to Genesis Prep on Wednesday.
Trevor Knowlton scored 19 points, Aiden Miller 18 for Highland (1-1).
Kootenai 4 9 7 13 — 33
Highland 10 14 13 10 — 48
KOOTENAI – Derry 6, Braz 6, Strobel 17, J. Moore 0, Gentry 4, Myers 0.
HIGHLAND – Smith 2, Knowlton 19, Kinzer 0, Crow 6, Miller 18, Lunders 0, Martinson 3, Trueblood 0.
Coeur du Christ 70
Chesterton 68
LIBERTY LAKE — Ben Connelly scored 32 points and Grant Clemens added 24 as the Saints defeated Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame in nonleague play at the HUB Sports Center.
Coeur du Christ (2-0) plays at Priest River on Wednesday.
Chesterton is 1-2.
Coeur du Christ 16 14 17 13 — 70
Chesterton 18 15 18 17 — 68
COEUR du CHRIST — Clemens 24, Luafalamana 2, Connelly 32, Hayes 2, Je. Cools 7, O’Neill 1, Denke 2.
CHESTERTON — Cary 6, Sanborn 0, W. Conway 2, S. Conway 11, Mallahan 21, Kittilstved 16, Houck 0, O’Doherty 0, Bovey 12.
• GIRLS
Coeur d’Alene 55
Meridian 35
MERIDIAN — Sophomore Brookeslee Colvin scored 16 points for the Vikings in a win over the Warriors at Meridian High.
Coeur d’Alene (3-3) faces Rocky Mountain today in a rematch of a 2024 state 5A tournament opening round game.
Meridian is 1-4.
A full box score was not available.
COEUR d’ALENE SCORING — Wheeler 4, Semprimoznik 13, Wallis 0, Colvin 16, Holecek 2, Shafer 4, Carroll 6, Reardon 0.
Eagle 62
Lake City 49
EAGLE — Sophomore Macy Murphey scored 19 points for the Timberwolves in a loss to the Mustangs at Eagle High.
Senior Sadie Zimmerman scored 13 points for Lake City (3-4), which trailed 33-27 at halftime.
“That third quarter kind of got us,” said Lake City coach David Pratt, whose team was outscored 15-5 in the quarter. “They picked up the pressure and got into us a little more defensively. We battled back in the fourth, but it was too late.”
Taya Nelson scored 16 points for Eagle (6-0), which hosts Post Falls today.
Lake City travels to Meridian today.
Lake City 15 12 5 17 — 49
Eagle 16 17 15 14 — 62
LAKE CITY — Murphey 19, Kolden 3, Hiltenbrand 5, Pearson 4, Fagan 3, S. Zimmerman 13, Johnson 2.
EAGLE — Elitharp 5, Nelson 16, Wilson 3, Thompson 6, Ellsworth 3, Jones 13, Taylor 6, White 2, Wood 7.
Rocky Mountain 43
Post Falls 32
MERIDIAN — The host Grizzlies outscored the Trojans 20-8 in the third quarter to pull away at Rocky Mountain High.
“We did not execute very well offensively after playing really well last night (Thursday),” Post Falls coach Mike Divilbiss said. “We took the lead in the third quarter, but had a couple of bad turnovers that took the wind our of our sails. Defensively, we were pretty good, but we’ve got to find ways to get the ball inside and balance out our offense.”
Kailey Walton scored nine points for Post Falls (2-6), which travels to Eagle today at 11 a.m. PST.
Logan Sailors scored 12 points for Rocky Mountain (3-3), which hosts Coeur d’Alene today in a rematch of a state 5A opening round game from last February.
Post Falls 7 7 8 10 — 32
Rocky 12 4 20 7 — 43
POST FALLS — Hollenbeck 6, Reese 4, Felix 3, McGowan 6, Tucker 4, Walton 9.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN — L. Sailors 12, Pierce 5, Wilson 5, Sangsland 2, Giberson 2, M. Sailors 2, Bybee 8, Anderson 7.
Highland 48
Kootenai 19
CRAIGMONT — Further information was not available.