PREP BASKETBALL: Lake City rallies past Mt. Spokane late
• BOYS
COEUR d’ALENE — It was a struggle at first.
But once Lake City needed some offense, it seemed to come quick.
Senior Cason Miller scored eight points, including the final five of the game, to rally the Lake City Timberwolves past the Mt. Spokane Wildcats of Mead 62-59 on Friday night at Lake City High.
Senior Reese Strawn hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 56-56 for Lake City, which trailed 30-22 at halftime.
“Mt. Spokane is a really physical team that pushed every button that we were susceptible to,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “But we matched it, which was a huge step for us. In the first half, we really struggled to score with 12 points in the first 12 minutes but had a huge difference in the second half. In the fourth, they didn’t score a lot and we were able to get the stops when we needed stops.”
Sophomore Jordan Carlson had 19 points and seven rebounds, junior Josh Watson 17 points and 10 rebounds for Lake City (9-3), which travels to North Central of Spokane on Monday.
Nalu Vargas scored 23 points for Mt. Spokane (6-4).
Mt. Spokane 17 13 16 13 — 59
Lake City 11 11 17 23 — 62
MT. SPOKANE — Ghoreishi 8, Kenison 10, Vargas 23, Reijonen 0, Stroscher 2, Franklin 2, Dickau 7, Phillips 0, Lenberger 6, Three Stars 0.
LAKE CITY — Winey 0, Strawn 11, Miller 8, Watson 17, Kloos 0, Bowman 5, Pearson 2, Carlson 19.
Broken Arrow (Okla.) 63
Post Falls 37
LA MESA, Calif. — The Tigers of Oklahoma were as advertised, according to Trojan coach Mike McLean.
But once his team adjusted, so was his squad.
Post Falls fell behind 24-7 after the first quarter, but held tough in the final three quarters in a first-round loss to Broken Arrow in the Surf ‘N Slam Classic at Helix Charter School.
“In these big national tournaments, the first three minutes of the game are key,” McLean said. “Especially with two teams that don’t know each other well. They came out and their defense really affected us. They challenged each shot at the rim and it took our guys a quarter to adjust to what you can and can’t do against that length. Once we got through that first quarter, we were able to execute a lot better, especially on the defensive end. We got a lot of good looks in the first, but they altered a lot of our shots. But I was proud of the resiliency that we showed adjusting so quickly. Both Isaiah (Naylor) and Cashton came off the bench and played their best games of the season for us.”
Tyras Blake and Cashton Bodman scored seven points each for Post Falls (6-4), which faces Wasilla, Alaska, today at noon in a consolation game.
Logan Shockley scored 16 points for Broken Arrow (8-0).
Broken Arrow 24 15 14 10 — 63
Post Falls 7 12 13 5 — 37
BROKEN ARROW — Wallace D. 2, A. Wallace 6, Mason 4, Don 5, Talley 12, Noyes 7, Howell 11, Jones 0, Bell 0, Shockley 16.
POST FALLS — Naylor 4, Ostlund 0, McLean 5, Lysne 2, Cameron 3, Bodman 7, Carver 4, Blake 7, McEwen 0, Dean 5.
Lakeland 67
Shadle Park 54
SPOKANE — Senior Gabe Harris totaled 17 points – nine in the fourth quarter – as well as five assists and four rebounds as the visiting Hawks downed the Highlanders in nonleague play.
Peyton Hillman hit three 3-pointers and added 13 points for Lakeland (2-4), and Mason Hensley scored nine of his 13 points in the final quarter for the Hawks.
Jacob Boston scored 15 points, Ja’Mir Johnson 13, Carter Lund 11 for Shadle Park (2-6).
Lakeland returns to action next week at the East Idaho Holiday Shootout, opening Jan. 2 vs. Century of Pocatello in a first-round game at Skyline High in Idaho Falls.
Lakeland 21 11 8 27 — 67
Shadle Park 12 6 13 23 — 54
LAKELAND — Varner 0, Hensley 13, Weil 0, Yager 5, Larcher 0, Taylor 3, Roth 5, Cook 5, Hillman 13, Harris 17, Carrel 6.
SHADLE PARK — Boston 15, Lund 11, Johnson 13, A. Esiwini 0, Eickstadt 6, Corrales 0, Miller-Osgood 2, Milette 7.
Genesis Prep 71
Coeur du Christ 46
COEUR d’ALENE — Gabe Meyer scored 11 of his 19 points in the first half for the visiting Jaguars in the nonleague win over the Saints at Holy Family Catholic School.
Spencer Farrell scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half for Genesis Prep (4-6), which returns to action next Friday at home against Kootenai at The Courts at Real Life in Post Falls.
Ben Connelly scored 20 points, Greg Hayes 14 for Coeur du Christ (3-3), which plays Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame of Spokane next Thursday at Holy Family Catholic School.
Genesis Prep 11 19 19 22 — 71
Coeur du Christ 7 17 6 16 — 46
GENESIS PREP – Nichols 5, Tosh 6, Martin 7, S. Bateman 6, Meyer 19, I. Bateman 4, Gintz 4, Farrell 15, Swanson 0.
COEUR du CHRIST – Anderson 3, Clemens 5, Luafalemana 0, Connelly 20, Hayes 14, Je. Cools 4.
Bonners Ferry 89
Manson (Wash.) 47
REARDAN, Wash. — Asher Williams scored 25 points as the Badgers beat the Trojans in the opening round of the Reardan Christmas tournament.
Sulay Abubakari added 23 points, Thomas Bateman 19, Peyton Hinthorn 11 for Bonners Ferry (6-0), which plays host Reardan (8-0) tonight in the championship game.
Vince Strecker scored 28 points, Kaiden Zener 15 for Manson (4-4).
Bonners Ferry 23 21 27 18 — 89
Manson 17 11 8 11 — 47
BONNERS FERRY — Shrock 0, Blackmore 0, Rice 9, Hinthorn 11, Williams 25, Bateman 19, Cartwright 2, Abubakari 23.
MANSON — L. Zener 2, Strecker 28, Teague 0, Williams 0, Vasquez 2, Winters 0, K. Zener 15, Keough 0, Rassmussen 0, Thompson 0, Soliday 0.
• GIRLS
Chiawana 61
Lake City 37
SNOHOMISH, Wash. — Sophomore Macy Murphey scored a game-high 22 points for the Timberwolves (6-7) in a loss to the Riverhawks of Pasco (6-1) in a semifinal game in the Top of the Peak Tournament at Glacier Peak High.
Senior Sadie Zimmerman scored 10 points for Lake City, which faces Tahoma in the third-place game today.
Malia Ruud, a Washington State commit, had 13 points for Chiawana, which faces Mead in the championship game today.
Lake City 15 2 12 8 — 37
Chiawana 24 15 11 11 — 61
LAKE CITY — Murphey 22, Kolden 0, Hiltenbrand 5, Fagan 0, Brouse 0, S. Zimmerman 10, Johnson 0.
CHIAWANA — Em. Thompson 0, Contreras 6, Tijera 5, K. Foster 9, Ev. Thompson 4, Maiden 8, Maldonado 6, Ruud 13, Medelez 6, B. Foster 4.
Post Falls 48
Lewis and Clark 42
SPOKANE VALLEY — Senior Ellie McGowan scored 15 of her game-high 19 points in the second half, nine in the fourth quarter, as the Trojans beat the Tigers in the Eagle Holiday Classic at West Valley High.
“She’s been coming along a bit lately,” Post Falls coach Mike Divilbiss said of McGowan, who has signed to play soccer at Division II Western Washington in Bellingham. “She looked to have came alive in the Lakeland game and just had to get reacclimated to playing basketball after not playing the last two years. She’s got the ability to be really successful but is finding a way to contribute to her team, which she enjoys doing.”
Junior Kailey Walton scored 11 points for Post Falls (4-8), which faces Central Valley at West Valley High on Monday at 8 p.m.
“We forced a lot of turnovers, and the girls just stayed with it,” Divilbiss said. “No matter what happened, our energy level never changed in the second half. They played extremely hard in the second half.”
Olivia Baird scored 14 points for Lewis and Clark (4-5).
Lewis and Clark 9 12 11 12 — 42
Post Falls 11 7 13 15 — 48
LEWIS AND CLARK — Baird 14, Barkstrom 4, Earling 9, Shaw 8, Pierce 5, B. Kilgore 2.
POST FALLS — Hollenbeck 1, Felix 6, McGowan 19, Mitley 9, Walton 11.