PREP BASKETBALL: Kellogg comes together, downs Orofino in CIL play

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KELLOGG — It was a night where, at first, the Wildcats didn’t have their best stuff. 

Thanks to some extra time, they found it when they needed it. 

Kellogg junior Draeden Taylor nine of his team-high 16 points in the fourth quarter and overtime for the Kellogg Wildcats in a 53-50 win over the Orofino Maniacs in Central Idaho League play at Andrews Gymnasium on Saturday.  

Kellogg trailed 10-4 after the first quarter and by as many as 15 in the first half before rallying. 

“Brodie (Robinson) was able to convert an and-1 and cut the deficit to 10 at halftime,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “It was a pretty big momentum shift. I’m just proud of the guys for competing. Orofino did a good job of making it difficult and we had to weather that early storm. We’ve been in a lot of close games, so it was nice to be on the right end of one. It’s really a testament to how far they’ve come.” 

Senior Brodie Robinson scored 14 points for Kellogg (9-6, 4-2 CIL), which travels to St. Maries on Tuesday. 

Sophomore Blake Barlow scored 20 points for Orofino (3-12, 2-5). 

The game was also a fundraiser for Vivian Bourgard, a Kellogg student that is battling Leukemia. 

“It was super cool for the community to come together and support this cause,” Martin said. “To see them come together for the family was really cool to see.” 

Orofino        10    18    12    5    5    —    50 

Kellogg        4    14    18    9    8    —    53 

OROFINO — Runia 5, Bonner 7, Schneider 4, Connelly 0, Barlow 20, Olive 5, Naranjo 9. 

KELLOGG — Robinson 14, McDonald 0, Taylor 16, Lewis 8, Honnerlaw 7, Cheney 6, Vindasius 0, Baker 2. 

Lakeside 80 

Clark Fork 37 

PLUMMER — Junior Tyson Charley hit six 3-pointers and scored 34 points as the host Knights downed the Wampus Cats in Scenic Idaho Conference play at Ron Miller Court. 

Hallah Peone added 20 points for Lakeside (9-5, 4-0 SIC), which travels to Timberlake on Tuesday. 

Owen Howard had 18 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots for Clark Fork (3-9, 0-4), which plays host to the Priest River junior varsity on Tuesday. 

Clark Fork     9    8    12    8   —    37 

Lakeside     20    16    25    19   —    80 

CLARK FORK – Montgomery 3, Yanki 3, Caven 7, Stevens 2, Gustafson 0, Adams 0, Cruz 4, Butler 0, Mayorga 0, Howard 18. 

LAKESIDE – Peone 20, Louie 10, Greensky 0, Mitchell 0, Samuels 0, SpottedHorse 11, Sines 0, Charley 34, Pluff 3, Falcon 2. 

Priest River 56 

Grangeville 40 

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Sawyer Staudt hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points, and the host Spartans started and closed strong in a Central Idaho League win over the Bulldogs. 

Senior Nate Stifel, who had 13 points and six rebounds, and senior Carter Cook, who had 11 points and nine rebounds, controlled the paint for Priest River (12-3. 5-1). 

"One thing I've said throughout the year is that we've been having trouble starting games, putting ourselves behind and playing without a lead," Priest River coach Kevin Wylie said. "We wanted to push the tempo and have been working on a lot of transition offense ... I thought we did a good job tonight of executing that, which created some easy looks early on and helped us get into our press and force some turnovers." 

Senior Palmer Coleman added five assists and six steals for Priest River. 

Sophomore Gage Smith had 14 points for Grangeville (4-12, 0-6). 

Priest River was originally scheduled to play Clark Fork on Tuesday — the Spartans be sending their junior varsity team there instead. Priest River will return to action Wednesday when the Spartans host the 4A top-ranked Badgers of Bonners Ferry. 

Grangeville 17 5 6 12 — 40 

Priest River 24 8 10 14 — 56 

GRANGEVILLE — Smith 14, Long 10, Thacker 6, Schumacher 4, Told 4, Stamper 2.  

PRIEST RIVER — Staudt 14, Stifel 13, Cook 11, Coleman 8, Lamanna 5, Kreager 2, Hatten 2, Best 1.  

Genesis Prep 71 

Upper Columbia 46 

SPANGLE, Wash. — Spencer Farrell scored nine of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, and the visiting Jaguars rode a 47-point second half to a nonleague win over the Lions. 

Emmaus Nichols added 14 points, Gabe Meyer 11 and Dylan Tosh 10 for Genesis Prep (8-10), which plays host to Wallace on Wednesday in a Scenic Idaho Conference game. 

Jack Maclachlan scored a game-high 23 points for Upper Columbia (5-12). 

Genesis Prep     14    12    23    24    —    71     

Upper Columbia     10    8    13    15    —    46 

GENESIS PREP — Nichols 14, Tosh 10, Martin 2, S. Bateman 7, Earley 4, Meyer 11, I. Bateman 6, Farrell 17. 

UPPER COLUMBIA — Madakiwe 2, Shhipowick 3, Baker 2, Baker 2, Willey 8, Machlachlan 23, Jordan 2, Birmingham 2, Ermshar 4.