PREP ROUNDUP: North Idaho Christian girls, Christian Center boys claim conference tournament titles

• GIRLS BASKETBALL

SPOKANE VALLEY — Senior Symone Pilgrim had 14 points, 13 rebounds and five steals and senior Danica Kelly had 13 points, six assists and four steals for top-seeded North Idaho Christian in a 57-48 win over second-seeded The Oaks in the championship game of the Mountain Christian League tournament on Saturday at The Oaks.

Junior Jennifer Peterson had 10 points, seven assists and five steals and sophomore Chelsey Cate had 12 points and 17 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (22-3), which claimed its sixth straight tournament title.

“They made a real charge at the end of the third quarter to catch us, but the girls just fought them off,” North Idaho Christian coach Jerry Bittner said. “Danica and Symone really stepped up and Jennifer did a great job of playing defense tonight. It was a nice team effort.”

Sammie Palpant scored 22 points for The Oaks (11-5).

North Idaho Christian concludes the season against the Spokane Athletic Co-Op on Monday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

The Oaks    9    13    14    12    —    48

N.I. Christian    17    18    11    11    —    57

THE OAKS — Doster 1, Ott 4, Dowers 0, Stevens 8, Prach 1, Love 6, McEachran 6, Palpant 22.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Hodson 0, Ellis 0, Peterson 10, Cate 12, Salaiz 1, Kelly 13, S. Pilgrim 14, Sanwald 5, Y. Pilgrim 2.

• BOYS BASKETBALL

Christian Center 63

N.I. Christian 58

SPOKANE VALLEY — Senior Colton Smith had 28 points, 12 rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots to help the fourth-seeded Lions win the Mountain Christian League tournament title over the second-seeded Royals at The Oaks.

Smith finished with 1,124 career points for Christian Center School of Hayden, which claimed its first conference tournament title since 2015.

Sophomore Luke McWhorter had six rebounds and two steals, junior Michael Marshall 14 points for Christian Center (13-9).

Caden Smith scored 23 points for North Idaho Christian (16-8).

Christian Center    14    14    21    14    —    63

N.I. Christian        11    13    16    18    —    58

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Jones 5, Tesky 0, Smith 28, Coppinger 5, McWhorter 3, Cotton 2, Marshall 14, Spurling 0, Mametieff 6, Paulson 0, Siers 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Smith 23, Scott 4, Winde 2, Ca. Malinauskas 18, Lawhead 0, Antone 8, Co. Malinauskas 3.

Kendrick 78

St. Maries 52

KENDRICK — The host Tigers, ranked third in 1A Division II, led 22-4 after one quarter and 43-13 at halftime on senior day against the 2A Lumberjacks.

“The first half was pretty bad,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We could not finish with a little bit of contact, couldn’t get anything going until the third quarter. They’re definitely one of the favorites to win state, and we couldn’t match up with their size.”

Hunter Taylor hit six 3-pointers in the first half, and scored 18 of his 20 points before intermission for Kendrick (17-4). Lane Clemenhagen and Ralli Roetcisoender added 14 points each for the Tigers.

JJ Yearout had 15 points and four steals for St. Maries (11-7), which scored 26 points in the third quarter. Wyatt Holmes had 11 points and four assists, Seth Swallows nine points and seven rebounds, Jack Barta four assists.

“Proud of the kids in the third quarter,” Chase said. “I think they were just as disappointed as I was in their performance in the first half.”

St. Maries, which has already wrapped up the Central Idaho League title, travels to Kellogg on Tuesday to conclude league play.

St. Maries     4    9    26    13    —    52

Kendrick     22    21    18    17    —    78

ST. MARIES — W. Holmes 11, J. Barta 4, Yearout 15, Gustaffe 0, B. Barta 3, L. Holmes 2, Sloper 8, Swallows 9, Smith 0.

KENDRICK — Clemenhagen 14, Roetcisoender 14, Tweit 9, Cook 9, Taylor 20, Lewis 2, Koepp 5, Silflow 4, Morgan 11.

Clark Fork 75

Kootenai 31

CLARK FORK – Ethan Howard scored 21 points as the North Star League champion Wampus Cats defeated the Warriors.

Cole Sanroman added 14 points and six steals for Clark Fork (10-5, 4-0 NSL). Arrow Christofferson had 12 points, Westin Caven six assists for the Wampus Cats, who finished with 23 steals and 24 assists.

“We knew coming into this game today that it would be a brain-teaser for us  —  to see if we're staying focused or not,“ Clark Fork coach Heath Beason said. “We played hard in our previous game and we’re trying to keep the momentum going. We have a big game coming up Tuesday. Tonight we seemed to be a little flat-footed in the first half and picked it up in the second half.”

Chris Moore led Kootenai with 23 points and five steals. 

“After the first quarter I thought to myself, 'We might figure this out,’” Kootenai coach Tom Tucker said. “They were playing together and had 12 turnovers but got overwhelmed with fatigue playing their third game in three nights ... These kids have been banged up all season — sprained ankles, heads bouncing off size 12 sneakers and never giving up shows a lot of heart.”

“Kootenai played hard and deserved everything they got today,” Beason said. “They did a lot better than when we traveled there earlier this year, and to me, that shows basketball is getting better in our league.”

On Tuesday, Kootenai plays host to Mullan in North Star League play, and Clark Fork visits the Sandpoint JV.

Kootenai 10 4 13 4 — 31

Clark Fork 19 20 18 18 — 75

KOOTENAI — C. Moore 23, Strobel 6, Addington 2, Hodges 0, Unger 0, Braz 0.

CLARK FORK — E. Howard 21, Co. Sanroman 14, Christofferson 12, Montgomery 9, Cruz 6, W. Caven 6, Ch. Sanroman 4, Yanik 2, Holderman 2, Stewart 0, Stevens 0, Adams 0.

• WRESTLING

Three Badgers win at

Lake City girls tourney

COEUR d’ALENE — Bonners Ferry’s Nevaeh Therrian (107 pounds), Aubree Graves (120) and Eva Willis (185) claimed individual titles at the Lake City girls tournament.

Sandpoint’s Emma Garman (120) and Lilli Marti (235), Shelby Garten (132) of Timberlake and Lakeland’s Annika Thompson (165) also claimed titles.

No team scores were kept.

The District 1-2 tournament is Thursday at Timberlake High.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES 

107 — Nevaeh Therrien, Bonners Ferry, p. Mackenzee Donenfeld, Sandpoint, 3:21. 120 — Emma Garman, Sandpoint, p. Alexandra Schroeder, Lakeland, 1:21. 126 — Aubree Graves, Bonners Ferry, p. Isabella Stark, Sandpoint, :55. 132 — Shelby Garten, Timberlake, p. Sofia Brown, Bonners Ferry, 4:16. 138 — Megan Myers, Clearwater Valley, p. Addison Autonowicz, Post Falls, 2:22. 152 — Emmalyn Boller, Clearwater Valley, p. Emma Roberts, Bonners Ferry, 2:41. 165 — Annika Thompson, Lakeland, p. Sophia Stewart, Post Falls, 4:17. 185 — Eva Willis, Bonners Ferry, p. Zoey Braun, Post Falls, 4:10. 235 — Lilli Marti, Sandpoint, d. Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 10-8.

THIRD-PLACE MATCHES

107 — Hunter Edmondson, Sandpoint, p. Kellyn Mcmahon, Lake City, 1:30. 120 — Ireland Grady, Bonners Ferry p. Jayden Ocain, Clearwater Valley, :32. 126 — Emma Younger, Post Falls, p. Addison Vieux, Moscow, 3:27. 132 — Madi Cook, Lake City, tf. Emily Zuetrong, Lake City, 17-2. 138 — Hayden Palmer, Moscow, d. Jalyssa Beach, Lake City, 2-0. 152 — Amaris Kager, Lapwai, p. Miriam Grow, Priest River, 1:02. 165 — Aubrey Wells, Bonners Ferry, d. Sylvia Becker, Sandpoint, by medical forfeit. 185 — Tierney Prather, Potlatch, p. Savannah Urruita, Post Falls, 2:13.