THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: COVID helped bring Reese Strawn to North Idaho, where he recently completed a record-setting basketball career at Lake City High

“Watching him as a freshman he had a little different role with that group, and he shined in it,” said James Anderson, who has been the Lake City boys head coach the past two seasons, after coaching the Timberwolf girls for six seasons. “But I always knew for sure there was a lot more untapped in there, once he had a little more freedom, from change of role to the graduation of the seniors. I thought there was a pretty good chance he could be pretty dynamic.”