PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Kootenai breaks more streaks with win over Mullan

HARRISON FLATS — Junior Christopher Moore scored 25 points for Kootenai, which rolled to a 50-26 win over the Mullan Tigers on Tuesday, the program’s first North Star League win since Jan. 29, 2019.

Kootenai (2-14, 1-3 NSL) won its first varsity game since 2019, when the Warriors beat Kendrick on Feb. 7, 2019.

Earlier this season, Kootenai beat the St. Maries JV to snap a 50-game losing streak.

Freshman Logan Strobel scored eight points for Kootenai (2-13, 1-3 NSL).

“It was a heck of a game,” Kootenai coach Tom Tucker said. “The boys played outstanding defense, showing true intensity and a lot of hustle. Chris had an outstanding night on offense, but was more impressive with his steals on defense. He was tenacious, not letting the ballhandler move the ball up the court. Logan showed his maturity being our best defensive player on the team. I was so proud to watch those boys play basketball tonight.”

Senior Stephen Petit scored 18 points for Mullan (2-14, 1-3), which travels Wallace on Thursday.

Kootenai travels to Priest River JV on Thursday.

Kootenai and Mullan will then meet again next Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the loser-out first-round of the 1A Division II District 1 tournament at North Idaho College. The winner will play top-seeded Clark Fork on Thursday for the district title, and a spot in a state play-in game a week from Saturday.

Mullan        5    9    2    10    —    26

Kootenai    13    15    10    12    —    50

MULLAN — Rupp Connors 2, S. Petit 18, L. Petit 3, Appiah 3, Calvert 0, Ayers 0, Knoll 0. 

KOOTENAI — Addington 6, Derry 0, Myers 0, J. Moore 0, Strobel 8, C. Moore 25, Hodges 6, Unger 5.

Lake City 76

Lakeland 58

COEUR d’ALENE — Bradyn Arrieta, the lone Lake City senior, hit a 3-pointer to open the game en route to a game-high 17 points, leading the Timberwolves past the Hawks in an Inland Empire League game on senior night at Lake City High.

“Bradyn got us out to a really good start and had a good night,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “I’m super proud of him.”

Sophomore Josh Watson had 14 points and 16 points, senior Reese Strawn 17 points and eight assists for Lake City (13-8, 5-4 IEL), which clinched the second seed to regionals and will host third seed Post Falls on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in an opening round game. 

Lake City, Post Falls and Lewiston tied for second in the IEL, but Lake City prevailed in a points-differential tiebreaker.

Lewiston will travel to top seed Coeur d’Alene on Friday.

“Josh was phenomenal and impacted the game in many ways tonight,” Anderson said. “Reese was solid again tonight and did a good job of finding people and distributing the ball.”

Senior Ben Ryan scored 12 points for Lakeland (9-11, 1-7), which hosts Sandpoint in a loser-out game in the 4A Region 1 tournament on Monday.

Lakeland    13    13    19    13    —    58

Lake City    20    22    18    16    —    76

LAKELAND — Norce 8, Ferguson 4, Ryan 14, Tebbe 0, Varner 0, Weil 2, Roth 10, Cook 0, Hillman 12, Carrel 0, Harris 6, Yager 2.

LAKE CITY — Parker 0, Winey 3, Strawn 17, Miller 10, Watson 14, Kloos 2, Arrieta 17, Hill 0, Williams 2, Meredith 0, Carlson 11.

Timberlake 55

Priest River 54

SPIRIT LAKE — Senior Daniel Dorman hit a short baseline jumper at the buzzer to lift the host Tigers past the Spartans in nonleague play.

“We lost to Lakeland last year on a buzzer beater, and to Lakeside at the buzzer, and to Priest River this year, so it was nice to finally win one at the buzzer,” Timberlake coach Mike LaFountaine said. “Thank you to a senior that has worked hard for us.”

Senior Jacob Yetter scored 11 of his 25 points in the first quarter for Timberlake (6-13).

LaFountaine also had praise for the play for juniors Nathaniel Dykeman and Payden DeVore off the bench. 

“They were spark plugs on defense, diving for loose balls and getting us going,” LaFountaine said. 

Junior Carter Cook scored 12 of his 23 points in the third quarter for Priest River (5-13).

Timberlake wraps up the regular season Thursday at St. Maries.

Priest River     14    13    17    10    —    54

Timberlake    17    8    13    17    —    55

PRIEST RIVER — Mathews 9, Staudt 6, Stifel 0, Lamanna 5, Korff 0, Cook 23, Hatten 6, Kreager 8.

TIMBERLAKE — Engelson 9, Dykeman 5, Yetter 25, Vallieres 3, DeVore 2, Meidinger 5, McDougall 4, Dorman 2, Higgins 0.

St. Maries 52

Kellogg 44

KELLOGG — After trailing by one at halftime, St. Maries made four 3-pointers in the third quarter to surge ahead en route to the Central Idaho League win over the Wildcats at Andrews Gymnasium.

JJ Yearout hit two 3s, Landen Holmes and Xavier Sloper one each in the third quarter for St. Maries (12-7, 7-1 CIL), which outscored Kellogg 16-9 in the quarter.

Senior Wyatt Holmes led the Lumberjacks with 13 points, and Yearout finished with 10.

Sophomore Draeden Taylor led Kellogg (7-13, 3-5) with 12 points, and Porter Lewis added 10.

“It was one of our more complete games of the year,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “It was just a few breakdowns this time, and they made us pay each time.”

St. Maries wraps up the regular season Thursday at home vs. Timberlake.

Kellogg lost a tiebreaker with Grangeville after each finished tied for third in league. The Wildcats will play host to fifth-seeded Priest River on Monday at 6 in the first round of the 2A District 1-2 tournament. The winner plays at top-seeded St. Maries on Tuesday in a semifinal game.

St. Maries    13    12    16    11    —    52

Kellogg    15    11    9    9    —    44

ST. MARIES — W. Holmes 13, Garcia 0, J. Barta 2, Yearout 10, Gustaffe 0, B. Barta 0, L. Holmes 9, Defoort 0, Sloper 9, Swallows 9.

KELLOGG — Robinson 2, Whatcott 9, Coburn 3, Taylor 12, Blalack 0, Fields 0, Lewis 10, McDonald 8, Vindasius 0.

Lakeside 92

Wallace 34

WALLACE — Senior Qwincy Hall scored 24 points for the Knights, who beat the Miners in the Scenic Idaho Conference finale for both at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Sophomore Tyson Charley scored 18 points for Lakeside (13-3, 4-0 SIC), which is off until the 1A Division I District 1 championship game on Thursday, Feb. 22 at North Idaho College against either Wallace or Genesis Prep.

Junior Julian Davis scored 24 points for Wallace (4-12, 1-3) is scheduled to host Mullan on Thursday.

Lakeside    20    26    29    11    —    92

Wallace        9    10    5    10    —    34

LAKESIDE — SiJohn 11, Callahan 11, Hendrickx 12, Nomee 0, Hall 24, Jones 2, Spotted Horse 11, Kee 3, Charley 18.

WALLACE — Stutzke 0, Sabala 0, Larson 0, Therrian 0, Myles 6, Anderson 0, Guardipee 0, Davis 24, Paul 2, Williams 2, Cleveland 0.