PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Timberlake runs past Bonners Ferry, earns top seed to districts

BONNERS FERRY — With the next one, Timberlake can get a lot closer to its goal of returning to the state basketball tournament. 

First things first, the Tigers have to take care of business on Monday. 

Senior Diana Nelson had 20 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots for the Tigers, who beat the Bonners Ferry Badgers 62-24 in the Intermountain League finale on Tuesday. 

With the win, Timberlake (17-3, 2-0 IML) will host Bonners Ferry (12-8, 0-2) on Monday at 6 p.m., in the first game of the 4A District 1 tournament. If Timberlake wins, the Tigers will advance to a state play-in game on Feb. 15 at Prairie High against the third-place team from District 3 (Boise area). If Bonners Ferry wins, the teams will play a best-of-3 championship series to determine who advances to the play-in game.

“Hopefully we’re taking it one game at a time,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “The game in front of us is the most important game, and hopefully that’s where the girls heads are at.” 

Junior Malia Miller had nine points and a school-record 13 assists for Timberlake, which beat Bonners Ferry 63-24 on Jan. 18 in Spirit Lake. Senior Jozee MacArthur had 12 points, senior Marissa Needs 11 points and senior Lucy Simpson five steals for Timberlake, which trailed 12-9 after the first quarter before outscoring Bonners Ferry 20-0 in the second quarter. 

“We settled in after that first quarter,” Matt Miller said. “We got a little tougher. We had a tough time adjusting to everything and we started to share the ball really well and Diana did a good job of finishing at the basket.” 

Taren Bateman scored eight points for Bonners Ferry. 

Timberlake    9    20    29    4    —    62 

Bonners Ferry    12    0    6    6    —    24 

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 6, Milligan 0, Nelson 20, MacArthur 12, Simpson 2, Needs 11, Miller 9, Yetter 0, Jones 2, Cooper 0. 

BONNERS FERRY — Petesch 2, Baisden 2, Bateman 8, Mierke 2, Willis 2, Hinthorn 2, Thompson 0, Johnson 0, Hiatt 6. 

Lakeside 72 

Clark Fork 23 

PLUMMER — Junior Kyleligh Wolfe scored 22 of her game-high 40 points in the first half for the top-seeded Knights in a win over the fourth-seeded Wampus Cats in the opening round of the 2A District 1 tournament at Ron Miller Court.  

Freshman Laila Charley scored 13 points for Lakeside (11-7), which hosts Genesis Prep in a semifinal game on Thursday at 6 p.m. 

Hannah Thompson scored 19 points for Clark Fork (6-13), which plays at Wallace in a loser-out game on Thursday. 

Clark Fork    5    4    8    6    —    23 

Lakeside    21    16    23    12    —    72 

CLARK FORK — Christofferson, A. Leadbetter 0, Gannon 2, Raynor 0, Rupp 0, Stevens 0, Scarlett 0, Thompson 19, L. Leadbetter 0, Mayorga 2. 

LAKESIDE — Gorr 5, Pluff 6, Wolfe 40, Charley 13, Matheson 2, Hodgson 0, Leo 0, Lambert 3, Peone 3. 

Genesis Prep 45 

Wallace 30 

POST FALLS — Senior Sienna Williams scored 22 points as the second-seeded Jaguars held the third-seeded Miners to 15 points through three quarters in a first-round victory at the 2A District 1 tournament at Post Falls High. 

Kinzie Lawler added nine points, Summer Nelke eight for Genesis Prep (14-8), which travels to top-seeded Lakeside (11-7) on Thursday at 6 p.m. in a district semifinal game. 

"The game started out fairly slow and Wallace does a good job of packing their defense in," second-year Genesis Prep coach Nate Frisbie said. "In the second and third quarters we were able to get a bit more penetration and make some things happen. Really proud of our girls and how hard they worked the entire game."

Junior Kylee Phillips scored 10 points for Wallace (9-9), which plays host to No. 4 Clark Fork (6-13) on Thursday in a loser-out game. 

Wallace     5    7    3    15    —    30 

Genesis Prep     8    12    7    18    —    45 

WALLACE — K. Phillips 10, A. Birdsell 4, Voorhees 1, Wood 5, Stutzke 0, Hanks 0, Delano 2, Al. Birdsell 0, B Phillips 8, Kessler 0. 

GENESIS PREP — Rude 3, M. Lawler 0, Martin 3, Pope 0, Williams 22, Nelke 8, Clermont 0, Short 0, K. Lawler 9. 

Kootenai 50 

Mullan 12 

HARRISON FLATS — The host Warriors jumped out to a 32-7 halftime lead and finished with three players in double figures in a North Star League win over the Tigers at Kootenai High. 

It is Kootenai's first outright league title since 2008.

Freshman Sadie Rose Davidson had 14 points, 13 rebounds and six steals, freshman Brooklyn Charles 13 points and 11 rebounds and freshman Harleigh Dutton 14 points and nine rebounds for Kootenai (3-11, 2-0 NSL), which also beat Mullan 50-27 in Mullan on Jan. 23. 

Mullan (1-14, 0-2) hosts the Lakeside JV tonight. 

Kootenai is scheduled to travel to the St. Maries JV on Thursday. 

Mullan        7    0    3    2    —    12 

Kootenai    16    16    13    5    —    50 

MULLAN — Crandall 4, Streeter 0, Blankenship 6, Niemi 0, Bossom 0, Kostelich 0, Elliott 2. 

KOOTENAI — Parrish 0, Charles 3, Lowery 0, S. Davidson 14, B. Charles 13, D. Davidson 6, Mazza 0, Dutton 14. 

St. Maries at 

Grangeville, can., snow

GRANGEVILLE — The Central Idaho League game between the Lumberjacks and Bulldogs was postponed due to a winter storm.

The teams won't make the game up as the 3A District 1-2 tournament begins on Friday with St. Maries visiting Orofino at 6 p.m.

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Wallace defenders Kylee Phillips (3) and Kayden Stutzke (14) attempt to trap Genesis Prep senior guard Ella Martin in the backcourt during the first quarter of Tuesday's 2A District 1 girls basketball game at Post Falls High.