PREP BASKETBALL: Bonners tops Lakeside in matchup of state's premier teams

• BOYS

BONNERS FERRY — The Bonners Ferry Badgers, last year’s state runners-up and ranked second in 3A by the state’s media this week, have blown most teams out so far this season.

Two of their closest games have come against the Lakeside Knights, ranked second in 1A Division I, and the defending state champions.

On Tuesday night, Bonners Ferry inched away in the second half after leading by two at intermission to beat Lakeside 72-61.

“They played extremely scrappy tonight,” Bonners Ferry coach Nathan Williams said of Lakeside (11-3), which jumped out to an 11-2 lead. “I was impressed how scrappy they were, how they played defense.”

Junior Asher Williams, last year’s 3A boys Player of the Year in Idaho, scored 30 points for Bonners Ferry (17-3). Junior Thomas Bateman hit two 3-pointers and scored 12 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter. Junior Eli Blackmore added 12 points for the Badgers. 

Sophomore Tyson Charley scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half for Lakeside. He hit three 3s and scored 10 points in the fourth quarter. Senior Blaze Callahan added 18 points for the Knights in a game that was tight all the way until the closing minutes.

“The last seven possessions for Lakeside, we got six stops,” said Nathan Williams, whose team committed just two of its 12 turnovers in the second half. “Hats off to them, they played tough and fast and scrappy. It was a great game for both of us.”

Lakeside travels to Clark Fork on Thursday.

Bonners Ferry is idle until playing host to Timberlake on Feb. 20 in Game 1 of a best-of-3 series for the 3A District 1 title.

Lakeside    16    16    13    16    —    61

Bonners Ferry    21    13    17    21    —    72

LAKESIDE — Peone 0, SiJohn 6, Callahan 18, Hendrickx 5, Hall 5, Spotted Horse 0, Kee 3, Charley 24.

BONNERS FERRY — Blackmore 12, Rice 6, Smith 3, Hinthorn 0, Williams 30, Th. Bateman 16, Tr. Bateman 5, Abubakari 0.

St. Maries 67

Priest River 60

ST. MARIES — Senior Wyatt Holmes scored seven of his 16 points in the fourth quarter as the Lumberjacks held off the Spartans in a Central Idaho League game at St. Maries High.

“Priest River does a good job defensively,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “They went to Grangeville and Orofino and won, and played strong throughout the game and it was tight throughout. We just were able to get a couple of timely stops when we needed them.”

Sophomore JJ Yearout had 16 points, five rebounds, four steals and four assists and junior Landen Holmes had 13 points for St. Maries (10-6, 5-1 CIL), which hosts Orofino on Friday.

Sophomore Lucas Mathews scored 14 points for Priest River (4-12, 2-6), which hosts Coeur du Christ on Friday.

Priest River    14    11    18    17    —    60

St. Maries    16    14    19    18    —    67

PRIEST RIVER — Matthews 14, Staudt 5, Stifel 2, Lamanna 12, Hughes 0, Korff 10, Koch 7, Hatten 1, Kraeger 9.

ST. MARIES — W. Holmes 16, Garcia 4, J. Barta 0, Yearout 16, Gustaffe 2, L. Holmes 13, Defoort 4, Grimaldo 0, Sloper 6, Swallows 6, Smith 0.

Lakeland C 63

Mullan 24

RATHDRUM — Freshman Dominick Tuskan led 11 players into the scoring column with 10 points as the Hawk C team downed the Tigers varsity at Hawk Court.

“Real tough matchup for us,” Mullan coach Paul Elston said. “They extended their defense and pushed us out as far from the bucket as they could. They’re long, they’ve got athletes and they used it to their advantage.”

Logan Petit scored 18 points and Colten Imes grabbed six rebounds for Mullan (2-12), which is scheduled to play at the Lakeside JV on Monday.

Mullan    8    6    4    6    —    24

Lakeland C     15    19    16    13    —    63

MULLAN — S. Petit 4, Imes 0, L. Petit 18, Appiah 0, Calvert 0, Ayers 2, Knoll 0.

LAKELAND C — Fuhriman 9, Tuskan 10, Lukey 6, Sterling 8, Plasters 3, Caywood 2, Karle 2, Zachary 2, Munyer 4, Stoffer 9, Couper 8.

Timberlake JV 45

Wallace 31

SPIRIT LAKE — Freshman Ryker Brennan scored 15 points for the Tigers JV in a win over the Miners at Timberlake High.

Max Simpson scored nine points for Timberlake JV, which hosts Priest River next Tuesday.

Jordan Guardipee scored nine points for Wallace (3-10), which travels to Kootenai on Thursday.

Wallace        2    6    12    11    —    31

Timberlake JV    8    16    6    15    —    45

WALLACE — Larson 8, Guardipee 9, Davis 6, Paul 3, Cleveland 3, Sabala 0, Myles 2, Anderson 0, Williams 0, Stutzke 0, Therrian 0.

TIMBERLAKE JV — Haines 0, Averett 5, Vallieres 4, Rush 5, Simpson 9, Brennan 15, VanGundy 3, Montes 4, Walter 0, Martin 0, DeVore 0, Smith 0.

• GIRLS

Kellogg 48

Priest River 30

KELLOGG — Senior Macy Jerome scored 19 points for the Wildcats in a win over the Spartans in the 2A District 1-2 tournament at Andrews Gymnasium.

Kellogg (13-8) will face Grangeville (20-2) in tonight’s championship game in Grangeville. The Bulldogs beat Orofino 77-25 in the other semifinal on Tuesday. Priest River (10-8) will host Orofino (5-13) in a loser-out game tonight.

Dani Schillereff scored 12 points for Kellogg.

Desi Humphrey scored 19 points for Priest River.

Priest River    8    5    10    7    —    30

Kellogg        8    16    14    10    —    48

PRIEST RIVER — Coleman 0, Pound 6, White 2, Burgess-Duquette 0, Humphrey 19, Yount 1, McCracken 0, Jenson 2. 

KELLOGG — Jerome 19, M. Groth 0, Schillereff 12, Coe 8, Karst 0, Stutzke 1, A. Groth 3, Henrikson 4, Bening 1, Dechand 0.

Lakeland C 50

Mullan 7

RATHDRUM — Further information was not available.