PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lake City takes care of Post Falls, advances to state play-in game
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Lake City senior KaLiah Frazey drives past Post Falls senior Kinlee McLean for a basket in the third quarter of Thursday's 5A Region 1 girls basketball second place game at Lake City High.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Post Falls senior Leti Asper backs into the key on Lake City senior Avery Waddington during the first half of Thursday's 5A Region 1 second-place game at Lake City High.
COEUR d’ALENE — When Lake City freshman Macy Murphey can shoot it the Timberwolves, in turn, are a tough out.
On Thursday, Murphey was shooting it.
Murphey hit four 3-pointers to finish with 16 points for the top-seeded Timberwolves, who fought off the third-seeded Post Falls Trojans 61-34 in the 5A Region 1 second-place game at Lake City High.
“Shooting the 3 is her thing, and she’s really, really good at it,” Lake City coach David Pratt said. “When our girls know they’re going to get doubled, they do a good job of finding her and she puts it in the basket.”
Senior KaLiah Frazey scored 14 points and senior Kamryn Pickford had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Lake City (22-2), which faces Timberline of Boise in a state play-in game on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Grangeville High.
“KaLiah did a good job of being aggressive and finding the holes in the defense,” Pratt said. “For Kamryn, she’s been talking about being more aggressive, and it was nice to see her take care of that tonight.”
Senior Brooklynn Brennan scored nine points for Post Falls, which finished 8-15.
Post Falls 11 9 4 10 — 34
Lake City 17 21 17 6 — 61
POST FALLS — McLean 2, Berg 2, Brennan 9, Nipp-Berger 0, Asper 7, Mitley 1, Walton 7, Allen 6.
LAKE CITY — Murphey 16, Frazey 14, Pickford 11, Kolden 0, Zufelt 8, Waddington 8, Pearson 0, Fagan 0, Zimmerman 2, Hiltenbrand 2, Chavez 0.
Kellogg 39
Priest River 31
KELLOGG — Freshman Jordyn Stutzke hit four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points for the second-seeded Wildcats in a win over the third-seeded Spartans in the 2A District 1-2 second-place game at Andrews Gymnasium.
Kellogg (14-9) advances to a state play-in game on Saturday at Grangeville High against Ambrose (8-14) of Meridian, the fifth seed from District 3 (Boise area).
Senior Dani Schillereff scored 10 points for Kellogg.
Junior Lizzie McCracken scored nine points for Priest River, which finished 11-9.
Priest River 5 7 5 14 — 31
Kellogg 7 11 14 7 — 39
PRIEST RIVER — Coleman 3, Pound 3, White 5, Humphrey 8, Yount 2, McCracken 9, Jensen 1.
KELLOGG — Jerome 6, M. Groth 0, Schillereff 10, Karst 0, Stutzke 1, A. Groth 0, Henrikson 4, Bening 3.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Post Falls senior Leti Asper backs into the key on Lake City senior Avery Waddington during the first half of Thursday's 5A Region 1 second-place game at Lake City High.