PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Carroll's double-double lifts Vikings

POST FALLS — Maddie Mitchell, Karisa Wallis and Kendall Holecek hit 3-pointers in the third quarter to break the game open, and the Coeur d’Alene Vikings went on to beat the Post Falls Trojans 62-46 in Inland Empire League play Thursday night at The Arena.

“They started to hit some 3s,” Post Falls coach Brian Hall said. “You shut their inside game down, and they come at you with their outside game. It’s nice to have those weapons.”

Junior Kelsey Carroll scored 11 of her game-high 20 points in the first quarter for Coeur d’Alene (14-5, 5-3 IEL), which clinched the No. 2 seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament. The Vikings will open regional play next Friday at home vs. No. 3 seed Post Falls (7-12, 4-4).

Carroll also had 12 rebounds for a double-double. Mitchell added 19 points, and Brookslee Colvin had 10 rebounds.

Hall started all five starters on senior night, including post Leti Asper, who missed the past three games with an ankle injury. She hit 6 of 6 free throws and finished with eight points.

Senior Brooklynn Brennan had 13 points and seven rebounds for Post Falls. Sophomore Kailey Walton added 11 points and three assists, senior Katie Berg seven rebounds.

Both teams wrap up regular season play Tuesday with IEL games, Coeur d’Alene at Lewiston and Post Falls at Lake City.

Coeur d’Alene     14    16    14    15    —     62

Post Falls    12    14    6    14    —    46

COEUR d’ALENE — Mitchell 19, Wallis 6, Bridge 0, B. Colvin 5, Lopez 4, K. Holecek 6, Larson 2, Carroll 20.

POST FALLS — McLean 5, Berg 0, Hollenbeck 2, Brennan 13, Nipp-Berger 2, Asper 8, Mitley 3, Walton 11, Allen 2.

Lakeside 53

Genesis Prep 35

POST FALLS — After leading by three points at halftime, the visiting Knights held the Jaguars to nine second-half points en route to the Scenic Idaho Conference victory at The Courts at Real Life.

Sophomore Kyleigh Wolfe scored eight of her game-high 16 points in the third quarter for league-leading Lakeside (5-8, 2-0 SIC), which outscored Genesis Prep (9-10, 0-3) 10-3 in the quarter, 24-9 for the half. Kimberly Pluff added 12 points, Martina Rivera 10 for the Knights.

Ella Martin led Genesis Prep with 12 points. 

Genesis Prep travels to Lakeside on Monday.

Lakeside    10    19    10    14    —    53

Genesis Prep     14    12    3    6    —    35

LAKESIDE — Gorr 0, Pluff 12, Wolfe 16, Rivera 10, A. Lowley 2, Wienclaw 7, Lozon 0, D. Lowley 2, Nomee 0, Lambert 4

GENESIS PREP — Covey 3, E. Martin 12, Williams 8, Nelke 0, Yount 4, S. Martin 0, Nichols 0, Lawler 8.

St. Maries 44

Orofino 37

OROFINO — Junior Brenna Elliott scored seven of her team-high 14 points in the first quarter as the Lumberjacks beat the Maniacs in a Central Idaho League game, snapping a seven-game losing streak.

“The girls came out with a lot of effort and played really good defense throughout,” St. Maries coach Gary Krumheuer said. “We buckled down, even when we weren’t shooting that well in the second quarter and never really let them get a run going. The girls played hard throughout, which was great to see.”

Freshman Raevyn Yearout scored 10 points, senior Sami Sindt had 11 points and 10 rebounds and sophomore Bailee Martin had eight rebounds for St. Maries (3-12, 1-3 CIL), which travels to Grangeville, the top-ranked team in this week’s state 2A prep media poll, on Saturday.

Senior Jaelyn Miller scored 16 points for Orofino (4-8, 2-2).

St. Maries    12    5    15    11    —    43

Orofino        7    3    13    14    —    37

ST. MARIES — B. Elliott 14, Martin 5, Baird 2, R. Yearout 10, Sindt 11, K. Elliott 0, Sloper 2, M. Yearout 0, Linnemeyer 0.

OROFINO — McCarthy 4, Tondevold 0, Olive 0, Province 3, Johnson 11, Curtis 3, Miller 16.

Mullan 23

Timberlake C 19

MULLAN — Sophomore Avah Blankenship scored 11 points for the Tigers in a nonleague win over the Tigers C team at the Mullan Pavilion.

Senior Autumn Charvez scored 10 points for Mullan (2-9), which travels to St. Regis on Tuesday.

Freshman Emma Harrington scored six points for the Timberlake C.

Timberlake C    4    5    7    3    —    19

Mullan        9    6    6    2    —    23

TIMBERLAKE C — Mattson 3, Allaway 2, Cooper 2, Linder 2, Yetter 2, Landon 0, Zepeda 2, Harrington 6, McKelvie 0.

MULLAN — Crandall 0, Blankenship 11, Niemi 0, Boson 0, Kostelich 0, Charvez 10, Elliott 2.

N.I. Christian 42

Christian Center 28

LIBERTY LAKE — Senior Danica Kelly had 17 points, nine steals and four assists for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win over the Lions at the HUB Sports Center.

Senior Symone Pilgrim had 18 rebounds, two points and six steals, junior Jennifer Peterson had 12 points, seven steals and six assists and sophomore Chelsey Cate had 10 points and 11 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (19-2, 9-0 MCL), which faces Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday at the HUB.

Katie Siers scored eight points for Christian Center (7-4, 5-4).

Christian Center    6    6    11    5    —    28

N.I. Christian        7    14    13    8    —    42

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Epky 7, Stanton 2, Milligan 0, Siers 8, Barnhart 5, Marshall 3, Odell 0, Gould 0, Russell 0, Hill 3.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Peterson 12, Cate 10, Kelly 17, Symone Pilgrim 2, Sanwald 1.