PREP BASKETBALL: Swallows, Holmes lead St. Maries past Grangeville
• BOYS
ST. MARIES — The St. Maries Lumberjacks used 13 players to wear down the Grangeville Bulldogs 55-38 in a Central Idaho League game on Saturday.
“Between our defense and depth, it was tight throughout the game,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We knew we’d have to keep the tempo up and were able to play 13 guys to their six or seven.”
Senior Seth Swallows scored 11 points and senior Wyatt Holmes had nine points and 10 rebounds for St. Maries (4-5, 2-0 CIL), which travels to Orofino on Thursday.
Sam Lindsley scored 16 points for Grangeville (2-5, 2-1).
Grangeville 8 13 8 9 — 38
St. Maries 13 14 14 14 — 55
GRANGEVILLE — Legeretta 0, Thacker 1, Bransford 2, Sickels 10, Klement 8, Lindsley 16, Spencer 1.
ST. MARIES — W. Holmes 9, Garcia 3, J. Barta 5, Yearout 10, Gustaffe 5, B. Barta 0, L. Holmes 3, Riberich 2, Defoort 0, Sloper 5, Swallows 11, Smith 2, Harold 0.
Orofino 57
Kellogg 53
OROFINO — The visiting Wildcats led 38-28 at halftime, but were outscored 20-4 in the third quarter by the Maniacs in the Central Idaho League loss.
“They switched up their defense, and we kinda stalled out offensively,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “We settled, we got more passive, they got going in transition, they got some shots to drop, and the energy kind of shifted.”
Sophomore Draeden Taylor scored 16 points to lead Kellogg (4-8, 0-3 CIL), and senior Blake Coburn added 10.
“We came out the gates playing really well,” Martin said. “We’re young, and learning to play with the lead, and finish things off.”
Senior Loudan Cochran scored 11 of his game-high 21 points in the third quarter for Orofino (3-8, 2-2).
“They kind of go like he goes,” Martin said of Cochran.
Kellogg travels to Lakeland on Tuesday.
Kellogg 20 18 4 11 — 53
Orofino 11 17 20 12 — 57
KELLOGG — Robinson 9, Whatcott 9, Coburn 10, Taylor 16, Blalack 2, Lewis 5, McDonald 2.
OROFINO — Bonner 7, Hudson 4, Schneider 10, Q. Naranjo6, Connolly 0, Runia 5, Cochran 21, Olive 4.
• GIRLS
Post Falls 68
Moscow 51
MOSCOW — Senior Katie Berg, who missed the early portion of the season with a shoulder injury, hit 4 of 4 pointers — three in the fourth quarter — and tallied a season-high 14 points as the visiting Trojans downed the Bears in nonleague play.
“Katie Berg had a great game for us,” Post Falls coach Brian Hall said. “We may have found a secret weapon.”
Senior Kinlee McLean added five points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals for Post Falls (7-9, 4-1 IEL). Brooklynn Brennan led all scorers with 23 points, Myckenzee Mitley had 13 points, Kailey Walton 10 points and five assists.
“Katie Berg, Mitley and Walton really stepped up,” Hall said.
Maya Anderson led Moscow (7-7, 0-4) with 12 points.
Post Falls plays host to Lake City on Tuesday.
Post Falls 17 12 15 24 — 68
Moscow 10 13 11 17 — 51
POST FALLS — McLean 5, Berg 14, Hollenbeck 0, Brennan 23, Berger 1, Mitley 13, Walton 10, Allen 2.
MOSCOW — Knott 14, Lassen 6, Kiblen 1, M. Anderson 12, Skinner 8, Johns 2, Williams 8, Rauch 0.
Grangeville 80
St. Maries 24
ST. MARIES — Madalyn Green scored 16 of her 23 points in the first quarter as the visiting Bulldogs, ranked tied for first in 2A by the state’s media this week, defeated the Lumberjacks in Central Idaho League play.
Caryss Barger also scored 23 points for Grangeville (10-2, 1-0 CIL).
“They’ve played together for so long,” St. Maries coach Gary Krumheuer said of Grangeville. “They know what each other does, and know where they’re going to be.”
Tayla Janssen and Jacklin Linnemeyer each scored six points for St. Maries (2-9, 0-2), which plays host to Troy on Tuesday.
Grangeville 32 21 22 5 — 80
St. Maries 5 6 13 0 — 24
GRANGEVILLE — Barger 23, Wagner 0, York 3, Adams 6, Bashaw 3, Green 23, Thacker 8, Vanderwall 14, Told 0, Wilkinson 0.
ST. MARIES — Elliott 4, Timken 0, Martin 2, Baird 0, R. Yearout 2, Sindt 4, Janssen 6, Sloper 0, Linnemeyer 6.
Kellogg 56
Orofino 19
OROFINO — No other information was available.