PREP ROUNDUP: McCarthy guides Post Falls past Sandpoint

• BOYS BASKETBALL

POST FALLS — Senior Neil McCarthy scored 11 of his game-high 22 points in the third quarter for the Post Falls Trojans, who outscored the Sandpoint Bulldogs 27-11 in the quarter en route to a 70-43 Inland Empire League win Wednesday at The Arena.

“We were able to get out in transition and get some baskets after our pressure got to them,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “We were able to get some baskets and it allowed us to set up our defense.”

McCarthy also had five steals for Post Falls (113-7, 5-4 IEL), which is off until the 5A Region 1 tournament next Friday.

“We did a good job of getting the ball inside and out,” McLean said. “Neil did a really good job of moving around and finding the open spot.”

Sophomore Connor Carver had 17 points and eight rebounds, junior Trenton McLean 11 points, five steals and five assists for the Trojans.

Junior Emerik Jones scored 14 points for Sandpoint (9-11), which visits Lake City on Friday.

Sandpoint    15    12    11    5    —    43

Post Falls    16    19    27    8    —    70

SANDPOINT — Leavitt 0, Williams 0, Chamberlain 7, Leisy 6, Haddock 0, Roos 2, Gion 5, Childs 9, Jones 14, Corbett 0, Wolff 0.

POST FALLS — Lysne 4, McLean 11, McCarthy 22, Cameron 0, McKeown 0, Carver 17, Blake 6, Shields 8, Ostlund 0, Dean 2.

Lewiston 65

Lake City 57

LEWISTON — Despite a 30-point effort from freshman Jordan Carlson, the visiting Timberwolves fell to the Bengals in Inland Empire League play.

Carlson also had six rebounds for Lake City (11-8, 3-4 IEL).

“He’s playing with a lot more urgency the last couple games, and maxing out his potential and hopefully turning a corner before the end of the season,” Lake City coach James Anderson said.

Reese Strawn had 11 points and five rebounds for the Timberwolves.

Jordan Bramlet hit four 3-pointers and led Lewiston (13-7, 5-4) with 22 points. Drew Hottinger added 21.

“They shot the ball really well,” Anderson said of Lewiston. “We came down here, played hard. Didn’t do as good a job running our offense. We probably needed one more reality check before the playoffs, and hopefully this gives us a wakeup call.”

Lake City plays host to Sandpoint on Friday.

Lake City    17    14    13    13    —    57

Lewiston     17    15    20    13    —    65

LAKE CITY — Parker 2, Strawn 11, Miller 5, Watson 2, Kloos 4, Arrieta 3, Williams 0, Carlson 30.

LEWISTON — Gomez 9, Bramlet 22, Alldredge 0, Walker 5, Fisher 6, Torpey 2, Bogar 0, Hottinger 21, Hepburn 0.

Coeur du Christ 81

Genesis Prep 65

POST FALLS — Sophomore Patrick Schlader scored 32 points and junior Ben Connelly added 30 as the Saints, who will join Idaho High School Activities Association next year, started strong and beat the Jaguars at The Courts at Real Life.

Schlader had 12 points, Thomas Schlader seven in the first quarter for Coeur du Christ. Connelly scored 10 points in the third.

“They got the ball inside to Schlader in the first quarter,” Genesis Prep coach Lon Morast said. “Connelly hurt us attacking the hoop.”

Junior Dylan Tosh scored 13 points, sophomore Brady Rubert 10 for Genesis Prep (5-15), which is idle until playing Wallace on Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at North Idaho College in the first round of the 1A Division I District 1 tournament.

Coeur du Christ    26    18    16    21    —    81

Genesis Prep    10    10    20    25    —    65

COEUR du CHRIST — Parmentier 0, P. Schlader 32, S. Hayes 8, Connelly 30, G. Hayes 2, Kenner 0, T. Schlader 7, Benka 0, O’Neil 2.

GENESIS PREP — Farrell 7, Nichols 8, Tosh 13, Martin 4, Bateman 6, Rubert 10, Earley 2, Blood 9, Meyer 6.

• WRESTLING

Sandpoint 42

Lake City 40

COEUR d’ALENE — The host Timberwolves honored junior Garrett Leonard, who reached the 100-win plateau for his career at a tournament Saturday in Bonners Ferry.

On Thursday, Leonard (195) beat Jorden Tyler of Sandpoint, third at state in 4A last year, for the fourth time in four meetings this season.

“Garrett just controlled the match,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said.

As for the dual, Lake City won eight of the 15 matches. Sandpoint won seven, but five were by pin, two by forfeit. 

Lake City won three by pin, two by decision, one by major decision and one by forfeit.

“We just gave up too many pins tonight,” Owen said. “We need to get more bonus points, and to stay off our back.”

Lake City also honored senior Madi Cook with an exhibition match at 132 after the dual. Cook, who was third at state last year, won by pin for her 98th career victory.

Lake City is idle until the 5A Region 1 tournament on Feb. 17, now at Post Falls High after being moved from Lewiston.

160 — Nathan Booth, LC, p. Charlie Becker, :50. 170 — Caden Kemper, LC, p. Dakota Rief, 1:30. 182 — Jackson Holman, Spt, by forfeit. 195 — Garrett Leonard, LC, d. Jorden Tyler, 5-3. 220 — Sebastian Mosman, LC, d. William Bomba, 4-0. 285 — Gavin Walters, Spt, p. Erik James, LC, 2:21. 98 — James Swanson, LC, by forfeit. 106 — Carter Happell, Spt, by forfeit. 113 — Aiden Rorke, Spt, p. Ashton Duboise, 3:46. 120 — Connor Johnson, LC, by forfeit. 126 — Andrew Duke, Spt, p. Jordyn Lupton, 3:19. 132 — Ashlei Hawkins, Spt, p. Josh Macdonald, 3:32. 138 — Shane Sherrill, Spt, p. Brycen Duboise, 3:30. 145 — Alden Curto, LC, p. Colter Cates, 2:37. 152 — Caden Dutra, LC, md. Jensen Sheetz, 13-5.

    Courtesy photo Senior Madi Cook, right, of Lake City, wrestles an exhibition match on senior night against Sandpoint on Wednesday.