PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lake City, Kellogg on to state

GRANGEVILLE — Not Saturday.

Lake City wanted more.

Now, the Timberwolves will get that opportunity.

Senior Sophia Zufelt scored 19 of her game-high 22 points in the second half for the Timberwolves, who beat the Timberline Wolves of Boise 72-47 in a state 5A play-in game, advancing to state starting Thursday at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa.

Lake City (23-2), second in the state 5A rankings according to MaxPreps.com, will await its opening round matchup when brackets are set on Monday.

Senior Avery Waddington, who signed with Montana in November, scored 18 points for Lake City.

“The seniors as a whole played really well today,” first-year Lake City coach David Pratt said. “They just wanted more for their senior year. They just came together and wanted to win the game. Timberline did a good job of attacking what we were trying to do in the first half. But in the second half, they just weren’t going to be denied.”

Zufelt hit four of Lake City’s 11 3-pointers, including three straight in the third quarter.

“She just played a really good game,” Pratt said. “She was just fantastic in the second half.”

Junior Chloe Wolfe scored 14 points for Timberline, which finished 14-11.

Timberline    6    19    13    9    —    47

Lake City    15    14    20    23    —    72

TIMBERLINE — Blais 0, Henderson 3, Aggarwal 2, Graklanoff 4, Swillie 13, Moore 14, Traber 0, Mertes 9, Yates 2.

LAKE CITY — Murphey 6, Frazey 11, Pickford 4, Kolden 0, Zufelt 22, Waddington 18, Pearson 2, Fagan 0, Zimmerman 9.

Kellogg 64

Ambrose 27

McCALL — Senior Macy Jerome scored 21 points for the Wildcats in a win over the Archers of Meridian in a state 2A play-in game at McCall-Donnelly High, advancing to state starting Thursday at Kuna High.

Kellogg (15-9) is ranked 10th in the MaxPreps.com rankings, which are used to seed the state tournaments. The Wildcats will find out their opening round opponent on Monday.

Senior Dani Schillereff scored 17 points for Kellogg.

Krysta Collingwood scored 12 points for Ambrose (8-15).

Ambrose    10    8    9    0    —    27

Kellogg        12    20    13    18    —    64

AMBROSE — Ries 6, Collingwood 12, Schiebout 0, Monozuelas 2, Voulderleest 7, Grager 0.

KELLOGG — Jerome 21, M. Groth 6, Schillereff 17, Coe 8, Karst 0, Stutzke 0, A. Groth 7, Henrikson 2, Dechand 0.

Valley 55

Lakeside 45

GRANGEVILLE — The Knights’ bid for a repeat trip to state fell short with the loss to the Vikings of Hazelton in a state 1A Division I play-in game at Grangeville High.

Sophomore Kimberly Pluff scored 13 points, sophomore Kyleigh Wolfe 12 for Lakeside (9-10), the District 1 champions, which trailed 29-17 at the half.

Freshman Alora godfrey scored 15 points for Valley (15-9), which advances to state at Columbia High in Nampa beginning Thursday.

Valley    10    19    8    18    —    55

Lakeside    9    8    10    18    —    45

VALLEY — Lewis 8, Al. Godfrey 15, Sanchez 0, Malone 4, Af. Godfrey 11, Juarez 6, Huettig 8, Crumrine 3.

LAKESIDE — Gorr 13, Pluff 12, Rivera 7, Wienclaw 0, Hodgson 0, D.Lowley 7, Lambert 6.

Rockland 53

Clark Fork 32

McCALL — The Wampus Cats came up short in their bid for a second straight trip to state with the loss to the Bulldogs in a state 1A Division II play-in game at McCall-Donnelly High.

Sophomore Amie Matteson scored nine points, senior Eloise Shelton and Lily Reuter scored seven points each for Clark Fork, which finished 7-11.

Rockland (14-10) advances to state starting Thursday at Nampa High.

Clark Fork    6    12    8    6    —    32

Rockland    13    7    16    17    —    53

CLARK FORK — Matteson 9, Shelton 7, Reuter 7, Printz-Hay 6, Mayorga 3, Scarlett 0, Thompson 0.

ROCKLAND — C. Permann 19, A. Permann 17, Freeman 9, Wiese 4, Boyer 2, Rupe 2.