PREP ROUNDUP: Post Falls battles back, downs Lakeland

• GIRLS BASKETBALL

POST FALLS — It was a battle. 

But what else might you expect from two rival schools? 

Junior Kailey Walton scored 16 points for Post Falls, which rallied from a 31-23 halftime deficit to beat the Lakeland Hawks 56-51 in an Inland Empire League game at The Arena on Thursday. 

“We just battled,” Post Falls coach Mike Divilbiss said. “We hung in there and I was really pleased with how we responded. We didn’t change anything from the first to second half, but just executed a lot better and our spacing was really good offensively.” 

Brooklyn Reece scored 13 points, Olivia Hollenbeck 11 for Post Falls (3-8), which faces Lewis and Clark in the West Valley Eagle Classic on Dec. 27 at Lewis and Clark in Spokane. 

Landree Simon scored 14 points, Macy Bretveld 13 points for Lakeland (5-2), which competes in the Avista Holiday Tournament Jan. 2-4 at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston. 

Lakeland    11    20    8    12    —    51 

Post Falls    9    14    19    14    —    56 

LAKELAND — Simon 14, Kiefer 3, Hatcher 3, McMurray 4, Bowie 6, Bretveld 13, Bullington 8. 

POST FALLS — Hollenbeck 11, Reece 13, Felix 4, McGown 4, Mitley 8, Walton 16. 

Coeur d'Alene 75

Birmingham Charter 66

LAS VEGAS — The Vikings moved to 1-1 in the Diamond Bracket with a win over Birmingham Charter of Lake Balboa, Calif., in the Tarkanian Classic at The Orleans Arena.

Further information was not available.

Coeur d'Alene faces Sierra Canyon (Calif.) today at Durango High School.

Timberlake 57 

Lewiston 24 

LEWISTON — Junior Malia Miller scored 20 points, senior Diana Nelson added 16 as the Tigers rolled past the Bengals at Lewiston High. 

“We got into transition a little bit tonight,” said Timberlake coach Matt Miller, whose team held Lewiston to two field goals in the second and fourth quarter. “We’ve been so tired from playing so many games in the last week, it hasn’t been much of an option. Our defense was really solid tonight, especially in the second and third quarter.” 

Timberlake (11-0) faces North Central in the West Valley Tournament on Dec. 28. 

Lewiston is 4-4. 

Timberlake    13    13    22    9    —    57 

Lewiston    7    3    11    3    —    24 

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 8, Milligan 0, Nelson 16, MacArthur 9, Simpson 4, Miller 20, Jones 0. 

LEWISTON — Walker 0, Balmer 2, Fisher 0, Vantrease 0, Bruce 5, Stanger 3, A McKarcher 4, Samuels 3, Lathen 0, Holman 0, Schnell 2, E. McKarcher 5. 

Genesis Prep 38 

Wallace 37 

POST FALLS — Senior Sienna Williams scored 18 points as the host Jaguars outscored the Miners 18-12 in the fourth quarter to capture the Scenic Idaho Conference game at The Courts at Real Life.  

Kinzie Lawler added eight points for Genesis Prep (7-4, 2-0 SIC), which travels to Lakeside on Saturday for a SIC game. 

Khepri Wood scored six of her eight points in the fourth quarter for Wallace (4-5, 1-2), which returns to action Jan. 7 at Kellogg. 

Wallace    2    11    12    12    —    37 

Genesis Prep    11    5    4    18   —   38 

WALLACE — K. Phillips 6, Au. Birdsell 7, Hasz 0, Wood 8, Stutzke 2, Delano 7, B. Phillips 7.  

GENESIS PREP — Rude 6, Martin 1, Pope 2, Williams 18, Nelke 3, K. Lawler 8. 

Clark Fork 48 

Kootenai 38 

CLARK FORK — Freshman Brooklyn Charles had 17 points and 15 rebounds for the Warriors, who fell to the Wampus Cats in a nonleague game at Clark Fork High. 

Freshman Madeline Loucks had seven points and seven rebounds for Kootenai (1-6), which faces Genesis Prep on Jan. 3 at The Courts in Post Falls. 

Senior Hannah Thompson had 29 points and 10 rebounds for Clark Fork (3-6), which travels to Mullan on Jan. 7. 

Kootenai    8    5    6    19    —    38 

Clark Fork    10    17    15    6    —    48 

KOOTENAI — B. Charles 17, Parrish 7, Dutton 6, Loucks 4, S. Davidson 2, D. Davidson 2.  

CLARK FORK — Thompson 29, Gannon 7, Rupp 6, Scarlett 3, Mayorga 2, Herrick 1. 

• BOYS BASKETBALL

Bishop O’Dowd 54 

Coeur d’Alene 53 

LAS VEGAS — Caden Symons hit a pair of 3-pointers in the third quarter for the Vikings, who were unable to convert on a game-winner at the buzzer against the Dragons of Oakland, Calif., in a Nike Division game at the Tarkanian Classic at Sierra Vista High. 

“We got better today,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams said. “We started to establish some roles and played really well defensively, holding them to 54 when they’ve been averaging 75 points a game. They hit a last-second shot and we missed a few chances but gave ourselves a chance. The competition here is tough, but it’s just making us better through this experience in each game.” 

Symons scored 14 points, Kai Wheeler 12, Evan Robertson 10 for Coeur d’Alene (3-4), which faces Roosevelt of Portland, Ore., today at 4:30 p.m. to conclude the Vikings' run in the tournament. 

Full scoring information was not available. 

Timberlake 64 

Genesis Prep 58 

SPIRIT LAKE — Junior Max Simpson scored 13 of his game-high 25 points in the second quarter for the Tigers, who held off the Jaguars in a nonleague game at Timberlake High. 

“We were trying to get the ball into the post and didn’t get some of the looks we wanted,” Timberlake coach Mike LaFountaine said. “But we got the lead when we had to. Genesis Prep played really scrappy tonight.” 

Tyler Engelson scored 22 points — nine in the fourth quarter — for Timberlake (4-4), which travels to Priest River on Jan. 7. 

Gabe Meyer scored 22 points for Genesis Prep (3-5), which travels to Lakeside on Saturday. 

Genesis Prep    18    7    24    9    —    58 

Timberlake    9    18    17    20    —    64 

GENESIS PREP — Spencer 5, Nichols 7, Tosh 9, Martin 4, Bateman 4, Early 0, Meyer 22, Bateman 1, Gintz 6. 

TIMBERLAKE — Engelson 22, Dykeman 6, Shively 2, Vallieres 7, DeVore 2, Rush 0, Simpson 25. 

St. Maries 61 

Orofino 42 

ST. MARIES — JJ Yearout had 16 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals for the Lumberjacks in a Central Idaho League win over the Maniacs at St. Maries High. 

Jack Barta added 13 points and Isaiah Gustaffe scored seven of his 11 points in the fourth quarter for St. Maries (4-3, 2-0 CIL), which travels to Potlatch on Jan. 7. 

“I think our depth really showed in the second half,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We were able to keep guys fresh and out of foul trouble tonight.” 

Jake Runia scored 12 points for Orofino (2-4, 1-2), which finished 2 of 12 from the 3-point line. 

“Orofino shoots a ton of 3’s, so we emphasized having a hand up and switching on screens,” Chase said. “We did a good job of making things difficult on them.” 

Orofino    10    9    8    15    —    42 

St. Maries    14    14    13    20    —    61 

OROFINO — Runia 12, Bonner 3, Schneider 5, Connolly 8, Barlow 6, Olive 8, Naranjo 0. 

ST. MARIES — Harold 2, Garcia 2, Sexton 2, J. Barta 13, Yearout 16, Gustaffe 11, B. Barta 8, L. Riberich 6, Defoort 1, T. Riberich 0. 

Coeur du Christ 76 

Bonners Ferry JV 61 

BONNERS FERRY — Senior Ben Connelly sank eight 3-pointers and scored 46 points as the visiting Saints crept away in the middle two quarters to defeat the Badgers junior varsity. 

Grant Clemens added 14 points for Coeur du Christ (3-2). 

Coeur du Christ is scheduled to play its first North Star League game tonight, at home vs. Mullan at 6 at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene. 

Coeur du Christ    14    20    26    16    —    76 

Bonners Ferry JV    14    15    16    16    —    61 

COEUR du CHRIST – Ja. Cools 0, Clemens 14, Luafalemana 0, Connelly 46, Clute 0, Hayes 3, Je. Cools 2, O’Neill 5, Denke 6. 

BONNERS FERRY JV – Beggerly 5, Cartwright-Kissee 14, Buchanan 7, Hiatt 3, Winkelseth 2, Stanger 3, Thompson 25, Burt 2, Leach 0.  

Priest River 50 

Kellogg 43 

KELLOGG — Senior Sawyer Staudt scored nine points for the Spartans in a Central Idaho League win over the Wildcats at Andrews Gymnasium. 

Brock Kreager scored eight points for Priest River (6-0, 2-0 CIL), which travels to Sandpoint tonight. 

Draeden Taylor scored eight points for Kellogg (2-3, 0-1), which faces Coeur du Christ on Jan. 3 at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene. 

Priest River    16    11    15    9    —    50 

Kellogg        9    8    11    15    —    43 

PRIEST RIVER — Matthews 7, Coleman 7, Staudt 9, Lamanna 0, Korf 3, Kreager 8, Stifle 4, Hatten 6. 

KELLOGG — Robinson 4, McDonald 3, Taylor 8, Lewis 6, Honnerlaw 6, Cheney 9, Vindasius 7, Baker 0. 

• WRESTLING

Post Falls 67 

Lake City 15 

COEUR d’ALENE — Without seven wrestlers due to either injury or illness, Lake City coach Corey Owen hoped that by bumping Nathan Booth to 190 pounds from 175 could get his team going. 

And it did. 

But even good starts don’t always end that way. 

Booth notched a 9-3 decision for the Timberwolves, who also got wins by Josh MacDonald (138) pounds and Duncan Morrow (150). 

“Post Falls is probably the best team in the state, and someone you don’t want to wrestle when you’re dealing with illness and injury,” Owen said. “But the kids really competed well and those young kids got the spotlight and responded. But they were a little overmatched tonight. We’d approached Nathan and he was on board with doing what was best for the team and handled himself really well.” 

“It was a good dual and the guys that wrestled put up a lot of points and really got after it,” Post Falls coach Jeremy Zender said. “We had a couple of guys out, but those that filled in did a good job.”

Post Falls is scheduled to compete in the George Wild Invitational today and Saturday at Andrews Gymnasium in Kellogg. 

Lake City competes in the West Valley duals tournament on Saturday. 

190 — Nathan Booth, LC, d. Zane Smith, 9-3. 215 — Seth Martin, PF, tf. Cliff Eddington, 21-6. 285 — Kendall Sage, PF, p. Cameron Gray, 3:18. 98 — Tristan Mendenhall, PF, tf. Isaiah Aguilera, 16-1. 106 — Gage Loftin, PF, by forfeit. 113 — Ryker Allen, PF, p. James Swanson, 1:17. 120 — Logan Loaiza, PF, by forfeit. 126 — Sawyer Sage, PF, tf. Connor Johnson, 20-3. 132 — Brandon Felix, PF, tf. Tristan Alvarez, 18-1. 138 — Josh MacDonald, LC, p. Lucas Anello, 3:10. 144 — Rider Seguine, PF, p. Kellan Walther, 1:58. 150 — Duncan Morrow, LC, p. Solomon Agidius, 1:05. 157 — Kyle Miller, PF, tf. Tucker Bridwell, 17-1. 165 — Damion Hamilton, PF, p. Caden Kemper, :53. 175 — Trey Smith, PF, by forfeit. 

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Post Falls sophomore Brooklyn Reese looks for an open teammate as Lakeland senior Landree Simon defends during the first quarter of Thursday's game at The Arena.