PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lake City holds off late Lakeland rally

COEUR d’ALENE — Two teams coming off deep state runs last February. 

And a learning experience for both. 

Sophomore Macy Murphey scored a game-high 14 points for the Lake City Timberwolves in a 57-53 win over the Lakeland Hawks on Tuesday at Lake City High. 

Maggie Hiltenbrand scored 11 points for Lake City (2-0), last year’s state 5A runner-up, which led 51-33 after three quarters on the Hawks, who advanced the state 4A semifinals. 

“We had a pretty good advantage and kept the game around 10 points,” Lake City coach David Pratt said. “We had a nice third quarter offensively and defensively. We played hard and did some good things and finished really well at the hoop. The last six minutes, Lakeland did a good job of coming back and making it a game. It became a really good situational learning experience, so it was a good game.” 

Lake City hosts Mountain View of Meridian on Thursday. 

Landree Simon scored 10 points for Lakeland (0-1), which hosts Kellogg on Dec. 3. 

Lakeland    9    15    11    18    —    53 

Lake City    18    11    22    5    —    57     

LAKELAND — Simon 10, Kiefer 5, Forsman 4, Hatcher 5, Vanek 1, Bretveld 9, Bullington 6. 

LAKE CITY — Murphey 14, Kolden 3, Hiltenbrand 11, Pearson 8, Fagan 10, Zimmerman 10. 

Sandpoint 62 

Post Falls 48 

POST FALLS — The host Trojans cut the deficit to 51-48 with 2:58 remaining before the Bulldogs pulled away in an Inland Empire League game at The Arena. 

“We just kept grinding and battled back into it,” said Post Falls coach Mike Divilbiss, whose team trailed 31-18 at halftime. “The girls just kept in it and battled back. They played with a lot of passion and our energy is important to what we do. We’ve got to keep controlling us and do what we do.” 

Junior Kailey Walton scored 10 points for Post Falls (1-1, 1-1 IEL), which hosts Owyhee of Meridian on Thursday. 

Taylor Mire scored 16 points for Sandpoint (2-0), which travels to Moscow on Dec. 3. 

Sandpoint    13    18    14    17    —    62 

Post Falls    12    6    18    12    —    48 

SANDPOINT — D. Driggs 15, Ca. Laybourne 5, Tomco 8, L. Driggs 11, Mire 16, Ch. Laybourne 5. 

POST FALLS — Hollenbeck 9, Reese 5, Felix 1, McGowan 8, Johnson 9, Tucker 2, Mitley 2, Walton 10. 

Timberlake 59 

Lewiston 24 

SPIRIT LAKE — Malia Miller and Payton Young scored 11 points each for the Tigers in a win over the Bengals at Timberlake High. 

Jozee MacArthur and Marissa Needs scored nine points each for Timberlake in its season opener. 

“Everybody scored and our balance was great to see,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “I was happy with how we shared the ball and everyone contributed on the offensive end. I was really happy with our defense in the second half. A few of the mistakes we were making in the first half got tightened up and we played really well in the second half.” 

Timberlake hosts Moscow on Thursday. 

Emery McKarcher scored 13 points for Lewiston (1-2), which travels to Coeur d’Alene next Tuesday. 

Lewiston    11    5    4    4    —    24 

Timberlake    14    18    16    11    —    59 

LEWISTON — Walker 2, Fisher 0, VanTrease 0, A. McKarcher 0, Kessinger 2, Lathen 3, Holman 0, Schnell 4, E. McKarcher 13. 

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 3, Young 11, Nelson 6, MacArthur 9, Simpson 7, Needs 9, Miller 11, Jones 3. 

Wallace 51 

St. Maries 48 

ST. MARIES — Danika Sloper scored 19 points for the Lumberjacks, who fell short to the Miners in the season opener for both at St. Maries High. 

Averie Baird scored 12 points for St. Maries, which hosts Potlatch next Tuesday. 

Kylee Phillips scored 17 points for Wallace, which faces Kellogg in the Silver Valley Tournament on Friday at Andrews Gymnasium. 

Wallace        13    10    14    14    —    51 

St. Maries    12    10    12    14    —    48 

WALLACE — Ky. Phillips 17, Birdsell 3, Hasz 8, Wood 12, Stutzke 3, Johnson 0, Delano 3, B. Phillips 5. 

ST. MARIES — B. Elliott 2, Thomas 9, Martin 3, Baird 12, Timken 3, Turner 0, K. Elliott 0, Caldwell 0, Sloper 19. 

Lakeside 68 

Clark Fork 33 

CLARK FORK — Kyleigh Wolfe scored a game-high 27 points to lead the Knights past the Wampus Cats in the season and Scenic Idaho Conference opener for both at Clark Fork High. 

“It was a good first game for us,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We did pretty well for the most part. We missed a few lay-ins and 3-pointers, but we won, so we can’t complain too much.” 

Laila SiJohn scored 18 points for Lakeside, which hosts Timberlake on Saturday. 

Lakeside    19    19    24    6    —    68 

Clark Fork    6    11    10    6    —    33 

LAKESIDE — Gorr 2, Pluff 2, Wolfe 27, SiJohn 18, Matheson 2, Lowley 2, Hodgson 0, Stensgar 2, Leo 4, Matt 0, Lambert 7, Peone 2, Abrahamson 0.  

CLARK FORK — Christofferson 0, Al. Leadbetter 8, Peterson 2, Reynor 0, Herrick 1, Stevens 2, Scarlett 11, Thompson 4, L. Leadbetter 0, Mayorga 5. 

• LATE MONDAY

Priest River 68 

Kootenai 16 

HARRISON FLATS — Brooklyn Charles scored nine points for the Warriors against the Spartans in the season opener for both schools at Kootenai High on Monday. 

Kootenai did not field a team during the 2023-24 season due to low numbers. 

Desi Humphrey scored 22 points for Priest River. 

The teams meet again on Thursday in Priest River. 

Priest River    18    13    20    17    —    68 

Kootenai    2    8    6    0    —    16 

PRIEST RIVER — Jepson 0, Duquette 6, Humphrey 22, Whitaker 1, Yount 15, McCracken 12, Braae 2, Jensen 10. 

KOOTENAI — Parrish 0, Loucks 2, Lowery 0, Rose 2, Charles 9, Davidson 0, Dutton 3. 

    JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY Post Falls junior guard Kylie Johnson looks to pass the ball into the key during Tuesday's game with Sandpoint at The Arena.
  

    Photo by JERRY VICK Lake City sophomore guard Macy Murphey splits the defense of Lakeland's Jersi McMurray (22) and Karstyn Kiefer (1) during Tuesday's game at Lake City High.