PREP BASKETBALL: Bonners Ferry's Williams pours in 50 vs. Timberlake

• BOYS

SPIRIT LAKE — Senior Asher Williams, who has committed to NAIA Montana Tech in Butte, scored a school-record 50 points for the Bonners Ferry Badgers in a 73-28 win over the Timberlake Tigers in the Backwoods Brawl spirit game at Timberlake High on Saturday. 

The game was also the first of two Intermountain League games between the schools, with next game at Bonners Ferry on Feb. 14. 

“He’s a good ballplayer,” Timberlake coach Mike LaFountaine said of Williams. “Their length inside did a good job of getting him shots. They’re a good team, tall and lengthy. We went out and fought, but that’s a good team. They executed really well and got the shots they wanted.” 

Junior Max Simpson scored 13 points for Timberlake (5-7), which hosts Kellogg on Tuesday. The Badgers played without top scorer Tyler Engelson, who was out sick.

Senior Thomas Bateman scored 10 points and Brody Rice added 20 assists for Bonners Ferry (14-0), which hosts Logos on Monday. 

"Great defensive game for the Badgers," Bonners Ferry coach Nathan Williams said.

Bonners Ferry has now won 31 straight games stretching back to last season, when the Badgers won the state 3A championship.

Bonners Ferry    15    20    24    14    —    73 

Timberlake    4    12    7    5    —    28     

BONNERS FERRY — Schrock 0, Blackmore 5, Rice 4, Hinthorn 4, Williams 50, Bateman 10, Cartwright 0, Abubakari 0. 

TIMBERLAKE — Dykeman 2, VanGundy 0, Shively 1, Hiassen 3, Vallieres 7, DeVore 2, Rush 0, Simpson 13, Greene 0. 

Kellogg 69 

Genesis Prep 44 

POST FALLS — Draeden Taylor scored 15 of his game-high 22 points in the first half for the Wildcats in a nonleague win over the Jaguars at The Courts. 

Brodie Robinson had five 3-pointers, four in the second half, to finish with 20 points for Kellogg (7-5), which travels to Timberlake on Tuesday. 

“I’m real proud of the guys,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “It would have been easy not to get up for this after a tough league loss at home (to St. Maries on Friday), but it was good to see them come out and handle their business. We got a little loose with the ball in the second half, but outside of that, it was good to see.” 

Gabe Meyer scored 16 points for Genesis Prep (6-8), which travels to Clark Fork on Tuesday. 

Kellogg        24    15    7    23    —    69 

Genesis Prep    6    9    16    13    —    44 

KELLOGG — Robinson 20, McDonald 2, Taylor 22, Lewis 8, Honnerlaw 2, Cheney 5, Vindasius 6, Baker 4. 

GENESIS PREP — Tosh 9, Martin 2, S. Bateman 10, Meyer 16, I. Bateman 2, Gintz 0, Farrell 5. 

Priest River 63 

Grangeville 53 

GRANGEVILLE — Senior Nate Stifel had a game-high 19 points and eight rebounds to lead the Spartans past the Bulldogs in a Central Idaho League game. 

“We were very aggressive on the offensive boards and with putbacks,” Priest River coach Kevin Wylie said. “Defensively, we were pretty sound. It was mainly turnovers in the first half that put us in a game. Going forward, we’re going to have to do better with that.” 

Senior Palmer Coleman scored 13 points, senior Carter Cook 11 and junior Lucas Mathews had nine points, seven rebounds and four steals for Priest River (9-2, 3-0 CIL), which travels to St. Maries on Tuesday. 

Tate Schumacher scored 13 points for Grangeville (2-10, 0-4). 

Priest River    16    10    17    20    —    63 

Grangeville    18    9    12    14    —    53 

PRIEST RIVER — Stifel 19, Coleman 13, Cook 11, Mathews 9, Kreager 6, Lamanna 5.  

GRANGEVILLE — Schumacher 13, Thacker 12, Long 11, Stamper 7, Smith 5, Wood 3, Astle 2. 

Kootenai Thunder 63

Country Christian 47

PASCO, Wash. — Hunter Peterson scored 18 points, eight in the fourth quarter, Malachi Duchow scored15 and the visiting Thunder beat Country Christian in Mountain Christian League play.

Peterson also had 10 rebounds for a double-double and Marshall Peters and Dylan Day pitched in 12 points each and Melkam Manning had seven assists for Kootenai Thunder (10-4, 8-4 MCL), which faces North Idaho Christian on Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d'Alene.

• GIRLS

Timberlake 63 

Bonners Ferry 24 

SPIRIT LAKE — Senior Diana Nelson had 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots for the Tigers in a win over the Badgers in the Backwoods Brawl spirit game at Timberlake High. 

Junior Malia Miller had 19 points, six rebounds, six assists and six steals, senior Jozee MacArthur seven points and six rebounds and senior Marissa Needs 13 points and four steals for Timberlake (15-1). 

“We spread the ball around really well in the first half,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “It took a while to get going, but we started to make some shots and started to roll really good.” 

Following the game, Timberlake High was announced as the winner of the Brawl. 

Senior Sydney Hinthorn scored nine points for Bonners Ferry (9-7), which was without sophomore guard Taren Bateman, who missed the game due to injury. 

Timberlake travels to Sandpoint on Tuesday. 

Bonners Ferry    4    9    8    3  —  24

Timberlake    21    19    15    8  —  63

BONNERS FERRY — Petesch 0, Baisden 3, Mierke 0, Willis 4, Hinthorn 9, Thomson 0, Johnson 0, Hiatt 8. 

TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 2, Milligan 0, MacArthur 7, Simpson 2, Allaway 0, Needs 13, Reynoldson 0, Miller 19, Cooper 0, Jones 5, Yetter 0, Nelson 15. 

Grangeville 69 

Priest River 34 

GRANGEVILLE — Senior Desi Humphrey scored a game-high 18 points for the Spartans in a Central Idaho League loss to the Bulldogs at Grangeville High. 

Aleigha Jensen had 11 points and six rebounds for Priest River (10-4, 3-1 CIL), which hosts Orofino on Friday. 

Addisyn Vanderwall had 12 points and 12 rebounds for Grangeville (11-4, 5-0). 

Priest River    4    12    6    14    —    34 

Grangeville    17    20    17    15    —    69 

PRIEST RIVER — Humphrey 18, Jensen 11, McCracken 3, Yount 2.  

GRANGEVILLE — Vanderwall 12, Long 12, Green 12, Wagner 10, Barger 9, Told 6, Klement 4, Wilkinson 4. 

Genesis Prep 41 

Kellogg 37 

POST FALLS — Sienna Williams scored 13 of her 18 points in the second half as the host Jaguars downed the Wildcats in nonleague play at The Courts at Real Life. 

Ella Martin added 12 points for Genesis Prep (11-6), which plays host to Clark Fork on Thursday. 

Aubree Groth scored 10 points for Kellogg (5-8), which plays host to Clark Fork on Tuesday. 

Kellogg     9    10    13    5    —    37 

Genesis Prep     11    9    12    9    —   41 

KELLOGG – Philp 2, M. Groth 5, Storey 6, Stutzke 6, A. Groth 10, Henriksen 8. 

GENESIS PREP — Rude 0, Martin 12, Williams 18, Nelke 5, K. Lawler 6. 

Flathead Valley 46 

N.I. Christian 28 

SOMERS, Mont. — Chelsey Cate had 15 points, 13 rebounds, five steals and three blocked shots for the Royals in a loss to the Flathead Valley Home School Association at Somers Middle School. 

Kenna Brotherton had 10 rebounds and six assists for North Idaho Christian (10-5), which faces Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic School in Coeur d’Alene. 

Kayla Clark scored 13 points for Flathead Valley Home School Association. 

N.I. Christian    4    2    10    12    —    28 

Flat. Valley    13    14    10    9    —    46 

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Ellis 0, Jordan 8, Cate 15, Salaiz 3, Collins 0, Brotherton 2, Pilgrim 0. 

FLATHEAD VALLEY HOME SCHOOL — Schmidt 0, Andrews 6, Bening 10, Kayla Clark 13, Jones 1, Zanke 8, Stanton 0, Gaines 8.