PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Defending their court ... Coeur d'Alene hands 4A Timberlake first loss in defensive battle

COEUR d’ALENE — Just before the holiday break concluded, the Coeur d’Alene girls basketball team got up for another challenge on Friday. 

This one, a little closer to home. 

The 6A Vikings, winners of two straight state titles, outscored 4A Timberlake 16-4 in the fourth quarter of a 49-38 win at Viking Court, handing the Tigers of Spirit Lake their first loss of the season. 

“Timberlake played really aggressive,” Coeur d’Alene coach Stacy Boyd said. “They were challenging some of our players. After coming back from a really good tournament in the Tarkanian and playing Sierra Canyon, our girls were ready for that. It prepared us for what Timberlake had in store and it prepared us well.” 

Due to a bookkeeping error, Timberlake started the game with a 2-0 lead on a pair of technical foul free throws by Malia Miller. 

Timberlake took a 34-33 lead after three quarters before the Vikings outscored the Tigers 12-2 in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter. 

“Their length and athleticism and physicality was the biggest thing today,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “They’re probably the most athletic team we’ve played, and we did a terrible job of adjusting to the weaknesses they had  throughout the game.” 

Freshman Lexi Wheeler seven of her 14 points in the fourth for Coeur d’Alene (7-7). 

“I’m proud of them,” Boyd said. “They still had a little bit of a bad taste in their mouth from Deer Park coming to their home court (and beating the Vikings 75-56). We got out to a slow start and we don’t like that anymore. It’s another 13-0 team and we did what we had to do out of the gate, and I think we did that. The girls fought well, played well. We had some adversity and had some of our starters in foul trouble, but we had some kids step up.” 

Sophomore Brookeslee Colvin scored a game-high 15 points for Coeur d’Alene. 

“What I like about our girls is that it’s the next girl up,” Boyd said. “If someone is having an off game, someone else steps up. And it’s good for our freshman to step up and kind of feel those big shoes. And I’m proud of her. Our plan was to play man-to-man the entire game, and after we got into some foul trouble, we kind of backed out of that. But the girls handled it really well.” 

Junior Malia Miller scored nine points for Timberlake (13-1). 

“They played us differently than any other team has played us, and we expected that,” Miller said. “We just didn’t ever adjust. We made the same mistake over and over again, and never learned from our mistakes. We’re going to have to learn to adjust in the middle of the game if something isn’t going our way to move onto the next thing. That’s going to be the biggest lesson, and we’ve got to adjust on the fly.” 

On Tuesday, Coeur d’Alene hosts Post Falls and Timberlake hosts Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls. 

Timberlake    11    7    16    4    —    38 

Coeur d’Alene    12    7    14    16    —    49 

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 2, Nelson 7, MacArthur 7, Simpson 8, Needs 4, Miller 10, Jones 0. 

COEUR d’ALENE — Wheeler 14, Semprinoznik 6, Wallis 5, Colvin 15, Holecek 0, Shafer 0, Carroll 9, Bridge 0. 

Eastmont 48 

Post Falls 33 

EAST WENATCHEE, Wash. — Junior Kailey Walton scored 15 points for the Trojans in a loss to the Wildcats in the GESA Winter Shootout at Eastmont High. 

Post Falls (5-10) concludes the tournament against West Valley of Yakima today at 11:30 a.m. at Eastmont High. 

Giselle Hoven scored 18 points for Eastmont (5-4). 

Post Falls    10    7    10    6    —    33 

Eastmont    8    6    19    15    —    48 

POST FALLS — Hollenbeck 0, Reese 3, Felix 4, McGowan 6, Tucker 2, Mitley 3, Walton 15. 

EASTMONT — Lehman 0, Gale 2, McGinnis 9, Johnson 5, Hoven 18, Heinz 5, Ottersetter 3. 

Lakeland 61 

Shelton (Wash.) 42 

LEWISTON -- Senior Landree Simon scored 20 points and eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in career scoring at Lakeland as the Hawks beat the Highclimbers in the consolation round of the Avista Holiday Tournament at the P1FCU Activity Center at Lewis-Clark State College. 

Simon is now at 1,008 career points.

Macy Bretveld added 14 points for Lakeland (6-3), which plays Pendleton (Ore.) for the consolation title today at 10 a.m. at LCSC. 

Freshman Janelle Krise scored 27 points for Shelton (6-3). 

Lakeland    13    26    12    10   —   61 

Shelton    13    5    11    13    —    42 

LAKELAND — Simon 20, Kiefer 7, Forsman 5, H. McMurray 0, Hatcher 3, J. McMurray 5, Vanek 2, Bowie 0, Bretveld 14, Bullington 5. 

SHELTON 0151 Swanson 3, Hermenegildo 5, Bayley-Place 1, Galloway 0, Simmons 2, Krise 27, Wily 2, Borden 0. 

Inchelium 57 

Lakeside 42 

WELLPINIT, Wash. — Kyleigh Wolfe scored 17 points for the Knights in a loss to the Hornets in the Wellpinit Tournament at Wellpinit High. 

Freshman Sadie Leo scored 11 points for Lakeside (4-3), which faces Wellpinit today. 

Inchelium is 7-1. 

Lakeside    10    10    12    10    —    42 

Inchelium    18    18    9    12    —    57 

LAKESIDE — Gorr 0, Pluff 3, Wolfe 19, Charley 7, Matheson 0, Lowley 0, Hodgson 0, Stensgar 0, Leo 11, Lambert 2, Peone 2. 

INCHELIUM — Peone 10, M. Agapith 8, J. Agapith 0, Finley 5, D. Seymour 0, R. Seymour 9, Sutton 6, Flett 3, Meusy 7, Andrews 9. 

Genesis Prep 56 

Kootenai 23 

POST FALLS — Sienna Williams scored all 13 of her points in the first half as the host Jaguars defeated the Warriors in nonleague play at The Courts at Real Life.  

Summer Nelke added 11 points, Kinzie Lawler 10 for Genesis Prep (8-4), which plays host to Lakeside on Wednesday in a Scenic Idaho Conference game. 

Dani Davidson scored eight points for Kootenai (1-7), which returns to action Thursday at home vs. Wallace. 

Kootenai    4    5    6    8    —    23 

Genesis Prep     18    12    18    8    —    56 

KOOTENAI – Parrish 4, Loucks 2, H. Charles 0, Lowery 0, S. Davidson 0, B. Charles 2, D. Davidson 8, Dutton 7. 

GENESIS PREP – Rude 8, M. Lawler 3, Martin 4, Pope 2, Williams 13, Nelke 11, Clermont 5, K. Lawler 10. 

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Timberlake senior guard Jozee MacArthur attempts to shoot over Coeur d'Alene's Brookeslee Colvin during the first half of Friday's game at Viking Court.
  

    Courtesy Lakeland High athletics Lakeland High senior Landree Simon eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in career scoring in the Hawks' victory over Shelton (Wash.) on Friday at the Avista Holiday Tournament in Lewiston.