PREP ROUNDUP: Emotional night for Kootenai boys
JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY Lake City senior Shane Parker puts up a shot during Wednesday's Inland Empire League game against Sandpoint at Les Rogers Court.
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HARRISON FLATS — Playing just three days after their head coach, Tom Tucker, underwent quadruple bypass surgery, the Kootenai Warriors gave what they had before falling 72-48 to the visiting Deary Mustangs in nonleague play Wednesday night.
“Tough loss. The kids played with a lot of emotion tonight,” said Kootenai assistant coach Jason Strobel, who is serving as head coach while Tucker recovers.
Chris Moore scored 19 points, Riley Ausman 13 for Kootenai (3-12).
Gabe Vincent made seven 3-pointers and scored. 28 points for Deary (9-9). Jaymon Keen scored 12 of his 15 points in the third quarter.
Kootenai returns to action next Tuesday with a North Star League game against Coeur du Christ at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene.
Deary 9 23 20 20 — 72
Kootenai 11 16 12 9 — 48
DEARY — Leonard 0, Vincent 28, Hubbard 9, Mechling 10, Clark 9, Keen 15, Bartlett 1.
KOOTENAI — Addington 0, Strobel 6, Ausman 13, C. Moore 19, J. Moore 3, Gentry 2, Cook 3.
Lake City 60
Sandpoint 27
SANDPOINT — The visiting Timberwolves jumped out to a 39-8 lead at halftime on the way to an Inland Empire League win over the Bulldogs at Les Rogers Court.
Sophomore Jordan Carlson scored 14 points, senior Cason Miller 11 points for Lake City (17-4, 7-1 IEL).
With the win, Lake City moves into first place in the league by a half-game over Post Falls (14-6, 6-1), which plays at Lewiston on Friday. If the Trojans win, they will be the top-seed to the 6A District 1 tournament starting next week after holding the point differential tiebreaker over the Timberwolves. Post Falls beat Lake City 61-56 on Jan. 14 in Post Falls, with Lake City winning 58-56 on Jan. 31 at Lake City High.
Coeur d’Alene will visit either Lake City or Post Falls in a loser-out game next Wednesday to open districts.
Cooper Zimmerman scored seven points for Sandpoint (8-10, 3-4), which travels to Lakeland on Friday.
Lake City 19 20 11 10 — 60
Sandpoint 2 6 12 7 — 27
LAKE CITY — Williams 2, Parker 3, Winey 2, Strawn 5, Miller 11, Watson 6, Bowman 8, Anderson 3, Meredith 4, Pearson 2, Plummer 0, Carlson 14.
SANDPOINT — Gilman 0, Williams 6, Zimmerman 7, Chamberlin 2, Weisz 2, Haddock 0, Roos 4, Gion 2, Corbett 2, Leisy 0, Jones 0, Wolf 0.
Lakeside 75
Timberlake 70
SPIRIT LAKE — Junior Hallah Peone scored 15 of his 22 points in the first quarter and the visiting Knights raced to a 50-29 halftime lead, then held off the Tigers in nonleague play.
Tyson Charley added 16 points, Furyus Louie 15, Preston SpottedHorse 12, Jadin Pluff 11 for Lakeside (11-5).
Tyler Engelson, Lucas Vallieres and Max Simpson each scored 20 points for Timberlake (8-9), which outscored Lakeside 23-8 in the third quarter.
“Our team came out in the second half and played great defense, and we had a good game plan of getting to the hole and had momentum on our side,” Timberlake coach Mike LaFountaine said. “We figured out that if we take good shots inside, they can't run out on us. Add that to our good defense and rebounding put us in some great situations against a good team. When we went away from that plan, it cost us the game. I am proud of how our kids came out and played the second half, but we can't get down by so many points in the first half.”
Lakeside wraps up its regular season tonight at Genesis Prep in a Scenic Idaho Conference game.
Timberlake travels to Bonners Ferry on Friday for an Intermountain League game.
Lakeside 31 19 8 17 — 75
Timberlake 11 18 23 18 — 70
LAKESIDE — Peone 22, Louie 15, Greensky 0, Mitchell 0, SpottedHorse 12, Charley 16, Pluff 11.
TIMBERLAKE — Engelson 20, Dykeman 4, VanGundy 0, Shively 2, Vallieres 20, DeVore 4, Rush 0, Simpson 20.
Kellogg 56
Wallace 41
KELLOGG — Junior Draeden Taylor had 18 points, seven assists and five rebounds for the Wildcats in a win over the Miners at Andrews Gymnasium.
“Draeden really played a complete game tonight,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “We did some dirty work around the rim and was able rebound well. We struggled a little with Wallace’s zone, but shared the ball well and took advantage to get them out of the zone.”
Ty Cheney had eight rebounds and 11 rebounds, Radley McDonald nine points and eight rebounds for Kellogg (10-7), which travels to Priest River on Saturday.
Senior Julian Davis scored 20 points for Wallace (12-7), which hosts Clark Fork on Friday.
Wallace 8 9 9 15 — 41
Kellogg 7 13 15 21 — 56
WALLACE — Miller 9, Davis 20, Guardipee 3, Larson 2, Myles 5, Strange 0, Williams 2.
KELLOGG — Robinson 2, Johnson 0, McDonald 9, Taylor 18, Desmarais 0, Honnerlaw 8, Cheney 8, Vindasius 3, Baker 8.
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Priest River 36
Kellogg 24
PRIEST RIVER — The third-seeded Wildcats fell to the second-seeded Spartans in the 3A District 1 second-place game at Priest River High to finish the season 9-13.
Senior Paityn Yount scored 14 points for Priest River (15-7), which advances to a state 3A play-in game on Saturday against New Plymouth.
Sophomore Jordyn Stutzke scored 14 points for Kellogg, which advanced to state last year, going 0-2.
Kellogg 3 9 6 6 — 24
Priest River 11 10 7 8 — 36
KELLOGG — Stutzke 14, A. Groth 5, Schillereff 4, Storey 1.
PRIEST RIVER — Yount 14, McCracken 7, Humphrey 4, Burgess-Duquette 4, Jensen 3, Braae 2, Jepson-Church 2.
• WRESTLING
Coeur d’Alene 69
Moscow 15
COEUR d’ALENE — The host Vikings won six matches via forfeit and three others by technical fall to beat the Bears at Coeur d’Alene High.
Logan Nitti (132), Gabe Larsen (157) and Brock Armstrong (165) notched major decisions for Coeur d’Alene, which competes in the 6A District 1 tournament on Feb. 21 at Lake City High.
“We put some young guys in the lineup and some seniors, but it was really good to get Gabe back in after being out since Rollie Lane (Jan. 4),” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “He did a really good job tonight. Moscow was missing some guys, but it was a really good way to end the regular season. Right now, we’ve got to get everyone healthy for next week. At this point, whether you’re injured or sick, you’ve just got to go for it. But the guys did a good job and finished the season strong.”
98 — Micah Miller, Cd’A, by forfeit. 106 — Nash Larsen, Cd’A, p. Nathan Fiorillo, 1:54. 113 — Niko Lucky, Cd’A, by forfeit. 120 — Colton Rush, Cd’A, by forfeit. 126 — Eian Schwecke, Mos, tf. Mason Rogers, 17-0. 132 — Logan Nitti, Cd’A, tf. Benson Godfrey, 17-0. 138 — Marcus Swift, Mos, md. Seth Frederickson, 10-0. 144 — Logan Bradley, Cd’A, by forfeit. 150 — Colton Tucker, Cd’A, p. Aidan Prakash, 4:31. 157 — Gabe Larsen, Cd’A, tf. Will Vieux, 18-2. 165 — Brock Armstrong, Cd’A, tf. Joe Markuson, 19-4. 175 — Brett Myers, Cd’A, by forfeit. 190 — Erik Gulbrandsen, Mos, p. Riley Berger, 3:29. 215 — Owen Frydenlund, Cd’A, p. Peter Story, :32. 285 — Logan Trujillo, Cd’A, by forfeit.
Lake City 41
Moscow 31
COEUR d’ALENE — Graham Burton (113 pounds), Caden Ramey (132) and Garrett Leonard (215) won by pin for the Timberwolves, who beat the Bears in a dual at Coeur d’Alene High.
Tucker Bridwell (157) won by technical fall for Lake City, which hosts the 6A District 1 tournament on Feb. 21.
98 — Isaiah Aguilera, LC, by forfeit. 106 — Nathan Fiorillo, Mos, by forfeit. 113 — Graham Burton, LC, p. unknown, 5:48. 120 — double forfeit. 126 — Eian Schwecke, Mos, md. Connor Johnson, 21-7. 132 — Caden Ramey, LC, p. Benson Godfrey, 1:42. 138 — Marcus Swift, Mos, md. Eli Gross, 12-1. 144 — Alden Curto, LC, by forfeit. 150 — Aidan Prakash, Mos, tf. Joey Gallagher, 18-2. 157 — Tucker Bridwell, LC, tf. Will Vieux, 20-2. 165 — double forfeit. 175 — Joe Markuson, Mos, p. Chance Browne, 5:56. 190 — Erik Gulbrandsen, Mos, p. Cliff Eddington, 1:11. 215 — Garrett Leonard, LC, p. Peter Story, 2:27. 285 — James Vincent, LC, by forfeit.