PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Sandpoint trips Lakeland at buzzer

SANDPOINT — After grabbing a missed 3-pointer in the waning seconds, Sandpoint’s Wil Leisy put up a 15-footer that was ruled to have beaten the buzzer as the Bulldogs beat the Lakeland Hawks 51-49 in the boys Battle for the Paddle spirit basketball game Friday night at Les Rogers Court. 

Peyton Hillman scored 14 points, Brayden Carrel 13 and seven rebounds for Lakeland (7-6, 1-3 Inland Empire League), which led 40-36 after three quarters. 

"I’m proud of our kids and the energy they played with in a great basketball environment for both schools, but you got to get that call at the end right," Lakeland coach Caleb De Fabiis said. "We can argue fouls all day long because they are judgment calls but we have to get that right. But hats off to Sandpoint and we will see them again in a few weeks. We will regroup from this and be ready to go Tuesday night."

Logan Roos scored a game-high 18 points for Sandpoint (5-7, 1-1). Leisy finished with 12 points, Emerik Jones 11 for the Bulldogs. 

After the game, Lakeland was awarded the Paddle as the winner of the spirit competition.

Lakeland plays host to Lewiston on Tuesday. 

Lakeland     12    14    14    9    —    49 

Sandpoint     12    13    11    15    —    51 

LAKELAND – Hensley 8, Taylor 0, Hillman 14, Harris 6, Carrel 13, Yager 5, Larcher 0, Roth 6, Cook 0. 

SANDPOINT – Williams 0, Iverson 2, Yarbrough 2, Roos 18, Goin 0, Corbett 6, Leisy 12, Jones 11. 

Coeur d’Alene 76 

Riverside 44 

COEUR d’ALENE — Junior Caden Symons had 20 points and six steals, senior Maxwell Riley 15 points and seven rebounds for the Vikings in a nonleague win over the Rams of Chattaroy, Wash., at Viking Court. 

Senior Kai Wheeler scored 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting for Coeur d’Alene (7-6), which led 50-20 at halftime.  

“In the first half, especially the first quarter, we jumped on them and shot the ball really well,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams, whose team was 12 of 16 shooting and led 32-5 after the first eight minutes. “I was really pleased with how we played in the first half and bought into what we’re trying to do defensively in that first half.” 

Coeur d’Alene travels to Lake City on Thursday. 

Jake Graham scored 29 points for Riverside (8-5). 

Riverside    5    15    14    10    —    44 

Coeur d’Alene    32    18    14    12    —    76 

RIVERSIDE — Graham 29, Swanson 2, Gaffaney 2, Repp 0, Waldron 6, Kosel 0, Campea 0, Roberg 0, Riggles 5. 

COEUR d’ALENE — McCall 0, Murray 2, Rupp 10, Montague 0, Booth 0, Sutich 0, Riley 15, Wheeler 18, Symons 20, Johnston 0, Robertson 8, Whittaker 3, Stern 0. 

St. Maries 56 

Kellogg 48 

KELLOGG — Junior guard JJ Yearout scored a game-high 26 points and added seven rebounds to lead the Lumberjacks past the Wildcats in a Central Idaho League game at Andrews Gymnasium. 

Junior Jack Barta had 11 points and four assists for St. Maries (6-5, 3-0 CIL), which hosts Priest River on Tuesday. 

“I think the tempo was in our favor tonight,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “Our press got us into the tempo we wanted to play at tonight and might have forced them into some quicker shots tonight.” 

Junior Isaiah Gustaffe had five points and nine rebounds for St. Maries. 

“We kind of got everyone going,” Chase said. “JJ got going early and our bench guys really did a good job of paying attention to the defensive plan tonight.” 

Junior Draeden Taylor scored 13 points for Kellogg (6-5, 2-2), which faces Genesis Prep tonight at The Courts in Post Falls. 

“A big part of this loss is on me,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “The guys fought to get back into it and I got a technical foul down eight with 1:30 left, so that’s squarely on me. St. Maries did a great job of playing physical and dictating terms with their defensive effort tonight. They beat us up on the glass and JJ really got it going tonight.” 

St. Maries    18    15    17    6    —    56 

Kellogg        9    18    4    17    —    48 

ST. MARIES — Harold 5, Garcia 0, Sexton 0, J. Barta 11, Yearout 26, Gustaffe 5, B. Barta 5, L. Riberich 4, Speakman 0, T. Riberich 0. 

KELLOGG — Robinson 3, Johnson 0, McDonald 7, Taylor 13, Lewis 10, Honnerlaw 3, Cheney 8, Vindasius 4, Baker 0. 

Coeur du Christ 69 

Clark Fork 57 

COEUR d’ALENE — Ben Connelly hit six 3-pointers and scored 33 points, 12 in the fourth quarter and the host Saints pulled away in the final quarter to beat the Wampus Cats in nonleague play at Holy Family Catholic School. 

Grant Clemens added 20 points for Coeur du Christ (8-5), which returns to action next Friday at Kootenai. 

Mateo Cruz scored 21 points, Owen Howard 19 for Clark Fork (1-7), which plays host to Genesis Prep on Tuesday. 

Clark Fork     14    15    15    13    —   57 

Coeur du Christ     14    16    15    24    —    69 

CLARK FORK – Montgomery 2, Yanik 7, Cavin 8, Cruz 21, Howard 19. 

COEUR du CHRIST – Ja. Cools 0, Clemens 20, Connelly 33, Clute 0, Hayes 2, Je. Cools 10, Conaty 2, Denke 2.  

    JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY Minutes after Lakeland’s boys dropped a heartbreaker to Sandpoint, Lakeland High was announced as the winner of the Paddle during Friday’s spirit competition at Les Rogers Court.