PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Trojans run past Eastmont
Colton Loisel/Loisel Media Coeur d'Alene senior guard Stockton Montague looks for an open teammate during the first half of Friday's game against Hermiston at Viking Court. Coeur d'Alene won the game 81-61 over the visiting Bulldogs.
EAST WENATCHEE, Wash. — Locked in defensively, Post Falls didn’t look back after the first quarter, outscoring the host Eastmont Wildcats 19-7 in the second quarter of a 74-54 win in the GESA Winter Shootout on Friday at Eastmont HIgh.
Junior Jaxon Lysne scored 13 of his game-high 19 in the first quarter for Post Falls, which led 43-24 at halftime.
“We got them to turn it over a little bit and Jaxon did a good job of running his lanes,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “He was able to finish at the basket and that was really good to see.”
Alex Dean scored 11 points for Post Falls (9-5), which closes out the tournament against Cheney today at 11 a.m. at Wenatchee High.
“We weren’t really happy with our effort in the first quarter,” McLean said. “We talked about it in between quarters and once we were more focused defensively, we kind of blew the game open from there. When we play at our level and where we expect to be, we played really well. We just need to work on being at our level for four quarters.”
Daniel Snyder scored 24 points for Eastmont (2-6).
Post Falls 24 19 20 9 — 74
Eastmont 17 7 14 16 — 54
POST FALLS — Naylor 6, Ostlund 5, McLean 5, Lysne 19, Cameron 2, Bodman 9, Carver 8, Blake 9, McKeown 0, Dean 11.
EASTMONT — Hunter 3, Lewallen 1, Kenyon 4, Snyder 24, Green 2, Babst 5, Gallaher 2, Yale 2, Lee 6, Swedburg 2, McGinnis 3.
Coeur d’Alene 81
Hermiston 61
COEUR d’ALENE — Junior Caden Symons scored 18 of his game-high 23 points in the second half, leading the Vikings past the Bulldogs at Viking Court.
“We forced them into some mistakes early on,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams, whose team had not played since Dec. 21 at North Idaho College. “It had showed we’d been off for a littel bit and it took a while to get our timing down. Defensively, we started to get some things going and both Evan (Robertson) and Kai (Wheeler) were really active inside. Both Stockton (Montague) and Dylan Sutich gave us some valuable minutes and a spark off the bench and played really well.”
Wheeler had 13 points and eight rebounds and Max Riley five points, six rebounds, four steals and four blocks for Coeur d’Alene (8-4), which also got 15 points from Carter Rupp.
“It was really impressive to see Max use his length and contest some shots inside,” Adams said. “He was a menace and creating a lot of havoc inside tonight.”
Coeur d’Alene hosts Post Falls on Tuesday.
Carter Cleveland scored 14 points for Hermiston (6-3).
Hermiston 17 9 15 20 — 61
Coeur d’Alene 23 15 22 21 — 81
HERMISTON — Olson 8, Simmons 7, Swanson 2, Webb 3, Palzinski 2, Young 8, Woodard 2, Cleveland 14, Breland 12.
COEUR d’ALENE — McCall 2, Murray 0, Rupp 15, Montague 7, Booth 0, Sutich 6, Riley 5, Wheeler 13, Symons 23, Robertson 10.
Lakeland 68
Jackson Hole (Wyo.) 62
RIGBY — Ben Roth scored 12 points as the Hawks beat the Broncs at Rigby High in the consolation round of the Air Force Bracket at the East Idaho Holiday Shootout.
Gabe Harris added 10 points and six rebounds, and Mason Hensley had nine points and seven assists for Lakeland (3-5), which plays Skyline of Idaho Falls today at 9:30 a.m. PST at Skyline High.
Aaron Larson made four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 27 points for Jackson Hole (0-6), which hit 10 3s.
Lakeland 19 19 14 16 — 68
Jackson Hole 17 23 14 8 — 62
LAKELAND — Hensley 9, Taylor 2, Hillman 6, Harris 10, Carrel 6, Yager 2, Larcher 1, Weil 7, Cook 9, Varner 4, Roth 12.
JACKSON HOLE — J. Larson 8, King 0, H. Larson 24, Berezay 9, Hoffman 0, Chapman 9, Wetzel 7, Geittmann 5, Pape 0.
Genesis Prep 83
Kootenai 35
POST FALLS — Gabe Meyer scored 12 of his 19 points in the third quarter as the host Jaguars downed the Warriors in nonleague play at The Courts at Real Life.
Spencer Farrell added 13 points, Dylan Tosh 12, Landon Gintz 11 and Sawyer Bateman 10 for Genesis Prep (5-6), which plays host to Mullan on Thursday.
Chris Moore scored 15 points, Logan Strobel 11 for Kootenai (0-6), which plays host to Wallace on Thursday.
Kootenai 8 11 8 8 — 35
Genesis Prep 19 19 29 16 — 83
KOOTENAI – Addington 2, Derry 3, Braz 0, Strobel 11, C. Moore 15, Berkshire 2, Gentry 2
GENESIS PREP – Nichols 6, Tosh 12, Martin 0, S. Bateman 10, Earley 0, Meyer 19, I. Bateman 5, Gintz 11, Farrell 13, Chapin 1, Hunter 6.
Inchelium (Wash.) 80
Lakeside 74
WELLPINIT, Wash. — After the game was tied after three quarters, the Hornets outscored the Knights 27-21 in the fourth quarter on the first day of the Wellpinit tournament.
Dakatta Seymour scored 20 points, Gaige Stensgar 15 for Inchelium (5-2).
Tyson Charley scored 28 points, Hallah Peone 22 for Lakeside (6-2), which plays host Wellpinit tonight at 6.
Inchelium 19 20 14 27 — 80
Lakeside 14 22 17 21 — 74
INCHELIUM — Perez 8, Seymour 20, Phillips 8, Stensgar 15, Signor 7, Finley 8, Bradshaw 12.
LAKESIDE — Peone 22, Louie 10, Greensky 5, Mitchell 2, SpottedHorse 5, Charley 28, Pluff 2.
Kellogg 66
Coeur du Christ 55
COEUR d’ALENE — Ty Cheney had 22 points and seven rebounds for the Wildcats in a win over the Saints at Holy Family Catholic School.
“We came out and played a little more like we wanted to,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “We were a little shorthanded tonight, but gutted one out. Hopefully, it’s a nice wakeup call going into next week.”
Evan Vindasius had 12 points, Radley McDonald 14 points and Cayden Honnerlaw 13 rebounds for Kellogg (3-3), which hosts Lakeland on Wednesday.
Ben Connelly scored 15 of his game-high 38 points in the first quarter for Coeur du Christ (4-4), which faces the Bonners Ferry JV on Monday at Holy Family Catholic School.
Kellogg 20 13 21 12 — 66
Coeur du Christ 21 10 11 14 — 55
KELLOGG — Robinson 7, McDonald 14, Johnson 0, Desmarais 0, Lewis 4, Honnerlaw 5, Cheney 22, Vindasius 12.
COEUR du CHRIST — Anderson 1, Clemens 6, Connelly 38, Hayes 3, Je. Cools 4, Ja. Cools 0, O’Neill 1, Denke 2.
Bonners Ferry 66
Moscow 50
LEWISTON — The 4A Badgers defeated the 5A Bears in the semifinals of the Avista Holiday Tournament at the P1FCU Activity Center at Lewis-Clark State College.
Bonners Ferry (9-0) will play Clarkston (4-5) in the championship game today at 2 p.m. at LC State.
No other information was available.