PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Vikings win one on the move

COEUR d’ALENE — Even local basketball games were affected by the cold snap on Tuesday.

A pipe burst above the locker rooms Tuesday afternoon at Coeur d’Alene High’s Jordan Court, the former home of the Viking basketball teams. 

Since they had to shut the water off at the school to fix the pipes, Tuesday’s home games (varsity boys, varsity girls and three sub-varsity games) vs. Lewiston were moved to Woodland Middle School.

There, Logan Orchard scored 15 points as Coeur d’Alene beat the Bengals 52-40.

“It wasn’t that bad, aside from the fact it wasn’t a home game,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams said. “It was little like a neutral court game. Give credit to admin and the Woodland folks (for helping out).”

Carter Rupp scored eight of his 10 points in the first quarter for Coeur d’Alene (12-3, 3-0 IEL), which finished 16 of 16 at the free-throw line.

“It was just kind of an ugly game,” Adams said. “But defensively we settled in and locked down.”

Jordan Bramlet scored 16 points for Lewiston (9-5, 3-2), which travels to Lake City on Friday.

Coeur d’Alene is scheduled to play host to Post Falls on Friday.

Lewiston     13    8    7    12    —    40

Coeur d’Alene     13    15    12    12    —    52

LEWISTON — Gomez 7, Bramlet 16, Walker 5, Fisher 8, Hottinger 4, Torpey 0, Alldredge 0.

COEUR d’ALENE – Larson 6, Orchard 15, Rupp 10, Nipp 3, Entzi 4, Riley 0, Wheeler 6, Symons 8.

Post Falls 72

Lake City 58

COEUR d’ALENE — The host Trojans rode a fast start to an Inland Empire League victory over the Timberwolves at The Arena.

Senior Neil McCarthy hit three 3-pointers and scored 11 of his 17 points in the first quarter for Post Falls (11-4, 3-1 IEL), which jumped out to a 25-15 lead after one quarter. He had 14 points at the half, as the Trojans led by double figures the rest of the way.

Alex Shields added 14 points, Connor Carver 12, Trenton McLean 11 for Post Falls, which finished with nine 3s, five of them in the first quarter.

“I thought all those shots were good shots,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “They weren’t rushed; they were pretty much wide open. And the majority of them, somebody made the pass or the extra pass to get them open. Lewiston kinda smacked us in the mouth (65-45 on Friday in Lewiston), we got a big pie of adversity shoved down our throats at Lewiston. We played with way more intensity (tonight).”

Tyras Blake had five rebounds for Post Falls, and Shields, Carver and Asher Bowie grabbed four each.

“We’ve had that problem too many times,” Lake City coach James Anderson said of the first quarter. “They came out hot; they made a lot of 3s early, and kind of put us on our heels. We’ve been struggling with urgency; we’re not the most urgent team when we see something happen … we’re new together, we’re young, and figuring out little steps to move forward.”

Reese Strawn had four 3s and scored 20 points for Lake City (8-6, 0-2), and McLean was pleased to hold the Timberwolves to seven made 3s.

On Friday, Lake City is home vs. Lewiston, and Post Falls travels to Coeur d’Alene.

Lake City    15    8    16    19    —    58

Post Falls    25    10    15    22    —    72

LAKE CITY — Parker 6, Winey 3, Strawn 20, Miller 8, Watson 7, Kloos 4, Arrieta 3, Williams 5, Carlson 2.

POST FALLS — Lysne 5, McLean 11, McCarthy 17, Cameron 5, McKeown 0, Carver 12, Blake 4, Shields 14, Bowie 4.

Lakeland 68

Kellogg 41

RATHDRUM — Senior Ben Ryan had 11 of his game-high 17 points in the first half, finishing 5-of-5 from the free-throw line for the Hawks in a nonleague win over the Wildcats at Hawk Court.

“We did a good job of getting the ball inside and Ben really got us going,” said Lakeland coach Tony Hanna of Ryan, who also had 13 rebounds. “Our size gave them some fits tonight.”

Junior Ben Roth added 12 points for Lakeland (8-5), which hosts Sandpoint in the Battle for the Paddle spirit game on Friday.

“Everyone contributed and did a good job when they got in there tonight,” Hanna said. “We’ve been rotating a lot of guys in the lineup trying to keep guys fresh, and we really don’t mind going deep.”

Freshman Porter Lewis scored 12 points for Kellogg (4-9), which hosts Grangeville on Friday.

“They had 21 offensive rebounds for 22 points, and it’s tough to win when you’re giving up that many second-chance points,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “Lakeland made some plays and hit some shots. I thought we played well in the half-court defensively, but we just couldn’t finish those possessions with clean rebounds.”

Kellogg        10    10    12    9    —    41

Lakeland    16    19    15    18    —    68

KELLOGG — Robinson 5, Whatcott 0, Coburn 10, Taylor 9, Blalack 3, Fields 0, Lewis 12, McDonald 0, Garry 2, Cheney 0, Vindasius 0, Honnerlaw 0.

LAKELAND — Norce 0, Hensley 10, Ferguson 5, Ryan 17, Varner 4, Weil 0, Roth 12, Cook 4, Hillman 8, Carrel 2, Harris 6.

Lakeside 101

Genesis Prep 43

PLUMMER — Sophomore Tyson Charley, sidelined due to illness in the first quarter, scored 12 of his 19 points in the second quarter as the Knights beat the Jaguars in a Scenic Idaho Conference game at Ron Miller Court.

“We started out pretty slow in the first and kind of hit our stride in the second quarter,” said Lakeside coach James Twoteeth, who sat Charley after missing practice on Monday. “Tyson didn’t play until the second quarter, but maybe that was it, but he’d missed practice on Monday and we had to sit him. He showed up tonight and was fine.”

Senior Liam Hendrickx scored 17 points for Lakeside (8-1, 1-0 SIC), which is scheduled to play at Rogers on Thursday.

“We had five guys in double figures tonight and the kids had a lot of fun,” Twoteeth said. “It was a good game.”

Junior Dylan Tosh scored 11 points for Genesis Prep (4-8, 1-2), which hosts Clark Fork on Friday at The Courts in Post Falls.

Genesis Prep    11    13    8    11    —    43

Lakeside    20    34    26    21    —    101

GENESIS PREP — Nichols 2, Tosh 12, Martin 2, Bateman 1, Rubert 11, Meyer 4, Earley 1, Blood 10.

LAKESIDE — Peone 16, SiJohn 16, Callahan 5, Hendrickx 17, Nomee 0, Hall 8, Spotted Horse 5, Kee 15, Charley 19.

Clark Fork 72

Mullan 16

MULLAN — Sophomore Owen Howard scored 14 points for the Wampus Cats in a North Star League win over the Tigers at the Mullan Pavilion.

Senior Cole Sanroman scored 12 points for Clark Fork (5-2, 2-0 NSL), which hosts Kootenai on Thursday.

Sophomore Colten Imes scored eight points for Mullan (0-8, 0-2), which hosts Wallace on Thursday.

Clark Fork    15    29    19    9    —    72

Mullan        4    5    2    5    —    16

CLARK FORK — Ch. Sanroman 9, Co. Sanroman 12, E. Howard 10, O. Howard 14, S. Caven 2, W. Caven 8, Christopherson 6, Cruz 11, Yanick 0.

MULLAN — Rupp Connors 2, S. Petit 3, Appiah 1, L. Petit 2, Imes 8, Ayers 0, Calvert 0.

Christian Center 64

Kootenai Thunder 46

KOOTENAI — Senior Colton Smith had 23 points, 12 rebounds and two steals for the Lions in a Mountain Christian League win over Kootenai Thunder at Kootenai Elementary.

Junior Michael Marshall had 14 points, eight rebounds and four steals for Christian Center (6-5, 5-4 MCL), which faces Spokane Classical Christian on Friday at The Oaks.

Dylan Day scored 22 points for Kootenai Thunder (1-10, 1-9).

Christian Center    22    9    21    12    —    64

Kootenai Thunder    7    9    16    14    —    46

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Jones 2, Tesky 10, Smith 23, McWhorter 4, Cotten 2, Marshall 14, Sperling 0, Mametiff 7, Paulson 0, Sears 2.

KOOTENAI THUNDER — Palmer 0, Manning 0, J. Beck 9, P. Beck 11, Day 22, Wilson 0, Peterson 4, Reynolds 0, Miles 0.

    MARK NELKE/Press Cason Miller (4) of Lake City passes past Alex Shields (24) of Post Falls on Tuesday night in Post Falls.