PREP BASKETBALL: Bonners Ferry rolls to Lewiston tourney title

• BOYS

LEWISTON — Senior Thomas Bateman scored 23 points and the Bonners Ferry Badgers rolled to a 74-27 victory over the Clarkston Bantams in the championship game of the Avista Holiday Tournament on Saturday at the P1FCU Activity Center at Lewis-Clark State College. 

Senior Asher Williams added 22 points for Bonners Ferry (10-0), and was named the tourney MVP. Bateman made the all-tournament team.  

“Our emphasis has been on defense and being consistently tougher,” Bonners coach Nathan Williams said. “We have a lot to work on, but we are making strides in the right direction.” 

Clarkston (4-6) lost to Colfax 65-40 in the semifinals on Friday, but advanced to the title game when Colfax had to exit the tourney after two games so as to not go over the amount of games allowed in a season by the WIAA. 

Senior Eli Blackmore scored 12 points for Bonners Ferry, which plays host to Libby (Mont.) on Tuesday. 

Clarkston     7    9    11    0    —    27 

Bonners Ferry     23    26    12    13    —    74 

CLARKSTON — Woods 6, Brown 0, Forsmann 3, Stewart 3, Ah-Hi 4, Phillips 0, Hoffman 3, Brown 0, Gimlin 5, Rinard 3. 

BONNERS FERRY — Shrock 5, Blackmore 12, Rice 4, Hinthorn 4, Williams 22, Bateman 23, Cartwright 0, Abubakari 4. 

Post Falls 57 

Cheney 39 

WENATCHEE, Wash. — Junior Connor Carver scored eight of his game-high 21 points in the second quarter for the Trojans, who beat the Blackhawks at Wenatchee High to finish the GESA Winter Shootout 3-0.

“We did a good job of creating easy scoring opportunities,” said Post Falls coach Mike McLean, whose team has won eight of its last 10 games. “We did a good job with our defensive intensity and took them out of what they wanted to do.” 

Tyras Blake scored 13 points for Post Falls (9-5), which travels to Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday. 

Liam Carver scored 11 points for Cheney (3-7). 

Cheney        8    11    13    7    —    39 

Post Falls    18    16    8    15    —    57 

CHENEY — Jangula 5, Horyst 7, Burton 4, Hoover 3, Ittner 7, Adderly 2, Swanson 0, Carver 11, Volk 0. 

POST FALLS — Naylor 2, Ostlund 0, McLean 5, Lysne 9, Cameron 3, Bodman 0, Carver 21, Blake 13, McKeown 0, Dean 2. 

Lakeland 46 

Skyline 36 

IDAHO FALLS — Senior Mason Hensley totaled 12 points, five assists and four rebounds as the Hawks beat the host Grizzlies in the consolation championship of the Air Force Bracket at the East Idaho Shootout at Skyline High. 

Jace Taylor added eight points for Lakeland (4-5), which travels to Kellogg on Wednesday. 

Skyline is 2-5. 

Lakeland     14    11    10    11   —    46 

Skyline     6    12    8    10    —    36 

LAKELAND — Varner 0, Hensley 12, Weil 0, Yager 7, Larcher 0, Taylor 8, Roth 4, Cook 0, Hillman 3, Harris 5, Carrel 7. 

SKYLINE — Cornish 2, Thomas 9, Taylor 2, Crockett 4, Herzog 4, Greene 6, Jensen 2, Howell 7, Marlow 0, Searle 0, Demott 0. 

Lakeside 82

Wellpinit 53

WELLPINIT, Wash. — Senior Preston SpottedHorse scored 30 points as the Knights defeated the host Redskins on the second night of the Wellpinit tournament. 

Tyson Charley added 29 points for Lakeside (7-2), which travels to Lapwai on Tuesday. 

Franky Wynne scored 17 points, Adam Moyer 16 for Wellpinit (8-3). 

Lakeside     18    25    14    25     —   82 

Wellpinit     15    17    13    8    —   53 

LAKESIDE — Peone 13, Louie 0, Greensky 0, Abuan 0, Mitchell 4, Samuels 0, SpottedHorse 30, Sines 0, Charley 29, Pluff 6. 

WELLPINIT — Ad. Moyer 16, An. Moyer 10, Wynne 17, Hughes 0, McCrea 0, Norman 10.

• GIRLS

West Valley 62 

Post Falls 50 

EAST WENATCHEE, Wash. — Junior Kailey Walton scored 15 points for the Trojans, who cut the deficit to four points with 2:30 remaining before falling to the Rams of Yakima in the GESA Winter Classic at Eastmont High. 

“They came out and made everything and it was looking bad for a while,” said Post Falls coach Mike Divilbiss of West Valley, which led 21-7 after the first quarter. “We got in a little bit of a run in the third quarter and we’d talked about playing with a little more energy in the second half, which we did. I’m proud of how we fought back, but we need to stop the moments of cold play.” 

Ellie McGowan scored 12 points for Post Falls (5-11), which travels to Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday. 

Katie Strong scored 21 points for West Valley (6-4). 

West Valley    21    14    8    19    —    62 

Post Falls    7    12    16    15    —    50 

WEST VALLEY — Goins 3, Bailey 2, Bartel 6, Mitchell 5, Gerstenberger 2, Kneisler 16, Mcmurry 2, Hatfield 5, Strong 21. 

POST FALLS — Hollenbeck 0, Reese 0, Felix 7, McGowan 12, Tucker 5, Mitley 11, Walton 15. 

Lakeland 52 

Pendleton (Ore.) 45 

LEWISTON — Junior Karstyn Kiefer scored 14 points as the Hawks defeated the Bucks in the fourth-place game at the Avista Holiday Tournament at the P1FCU Activity Center at Lewis-Clark State College. 

Landree Simon added 13 points, Mariana Bullington 10 for Lakeland (7-3). Senior Jersi McMurray, named to the all-tournament team, scored nine points for the Hawks. 

“It was a great weekend of growth for our team, and now it’s time to focus on preparing for Sandpoint on Tuesday,” first-year Lakeland coach Caelyn Caulfield said.  

Nessa Neveau scored 14 points for Pendleton (2-9). 

Lakeland plays host to Sandpoint on Tuesday in a matchup of the top two teams in the 4A (now 5A) Inland Empire League in recent years. 

Pendleton     10    13    15    11    —   45 

Lakeland     9    19    13    11   —    52 

PENDLETON – Scott 3, Surber 7, Greenwalt 7, Jackson 3, Neveau 14, Flerchinger 0, Jenness 6, Boatman 2, Schmidt 3. 

LAKELAND – Simon 13, Kiefer 14, Forsman 0, H. McMurray 2, Hatcher 0, J. McMurray 9, Vanek 0, Bowie 0, Bretveld 4, Bullington 10. 

Skyline 60 

Sandpoint 47 

IDAHO FALLS — Sophomore Brecken Mire scored a game-high 17 points for the Bulldogs in a loss to the Grizzlies in the final day of the East Idaho Holiday Shootout at Skyline High. 

Shay Shippen, a Columbia signee, scored 14 points for Skyline (9-6). 

“They played for a state title last year and Shay Shippen is a heck of a player,” Sandpoint coach Will Love said. “Brecken did a tremendous job keeping her down, but they had some other kids that stepped up and hit some big 3-pointers.” 

Sophomore Livia Driggs hit three 3-pointers and scored 11 points and senior Chloe Laybourne added six points, five rebounds, two assists and three steals for Sandpoint (6-6), which travels to Lakeland on Tuesday. 

“We were hoping to get a win today and the girls played hard, especially for their third game in three days,” Love said. “We didn’t shoot the ball the way we needed to, especially on the road. Except for the wins part, we got so much out of this trip in regard to on and off the court.” 

Sandpoint    12    12    10    13    —    47 

Skyline    17    17    10    16    —    60 

SANDPOINT — Mire 17, L. Driggs 11, Ch. Laybourne 6, D. Driggs 4, Butler 3, Ca. Laybourne 2, M. Driggs 2, Thaete 2. 

SKYLINE — Shippen 14, Marlow 14, Muir 10, Price 6, Merelock 5, Nunez 5, Garcia 4, Mayes 2. 

Wellpinit 55 

Lakeside 42 

WELLPINIT, Wash. — Kyleigh Wolfe scored a game-high 22 points for the Knights in a loss to the Redskins in the Wellpinit tournament at Wellpinit High. 

Kimberly Pluff scored 10 points for Lakeside (4-4), which faces Genesis Prep on Wednesday at The Courts in Post Falls. 

Danea Norman scored 20 points for Wellpinit (11-1). 

Lakeside    12    9    12    8    —    42 

Wellpinit    16    12    19    8    —    55 

LAKESIDE — Gorr 0, Pluff 10, Wolfe 22, Charley 6, Matheson 2, Lowley 0, Stensgar 0, Leo 2, Matt 0, Lambert 0, Peone 0. 

WELLPINIT — T. LeBret 0, Abrahamson 2, Hill 11, M. LaBret 3, Lonebear 6, Kieffer 8, Carson 0, Flett 0, Thomas 5, Norman 20.