MOSCOW - With the No. 1 seed and home court advantage for the 4A Region 1 tournament on the line, Sandpoint struggled on both ends of the court, falling 73-50 to Moscow on Saturday at the Bear Den.

Moscow (6-11, 3-1 4A Inland Empire League) made 26 of 45 field goals for a tidy 58 percent, while the Bulldogs (9-9, 3-1 4A IEL) made only 12 field goals on 35-percent shooting, struggling to find any kind of rhythm offensively.

"It was a thrashing from the beginning," said Sandpoint coach Tyler Haynes, whose team beat Moscow 41-33 in the first meeting. "It was over at tipoff. Moscow played really, really well, and we've got a lot to learn from that."

The two teams tied for the 4A IEL title, but Moscow won the tiebreaker because the Bears played more games vs. 5A IEL teams.

Moscow will await the winner of the Lakeland at Sandpoint game, slated for Feb. 15.

Sandpoint is at Lake City on Thursday.

A complete box score was unavailable.

Kellogg 54

St. Maries 41

KELLOGG - Amid a constant thunderous roar, Kellogg's Tyler Morgan scored 12 points to lead the Wildcats over the Lumberjacks in the fifth annual Brawl for the Ball at Andrews Gymnasium.

"Our defense really stepped up a notch in the third quarter - that's what really won the game," Kellogg coach Jeff Lambert said. "I'm proud of (my team) - (we just beat) the No. 4-ranked team in the state."

Kellogg (13-4, 4-2 IML) outscored St. Maries (13-4, 4-2) 14-2 in the third quarter.

"It was the third quarter, that's what did it," St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said. "We were 1 of 10 from the field."

St. Maries won the spirit competition between the two schools.

Zach Lehman scored 11 points for St. Maries, which hosts the Coeur d'Alene junior varsity Tuesday. Kellogg returns to action Feb. 15 at Timberlake.

St. Maries 14 14 2 11 - 41

Kellogg 11 14 14 15 - 54

ST. MARIES - Joiner 8, Schetzel 0, Sampson 2, Lehman 11, Guidry 0, Mercer 7, Sempel 0, Andersen 0, Kennelly 0, Heath 11, Linnemeyer 0, Cordell 2.

KELLOGG - Watkins 7, Wendt 9, Orsburn 0, Hulstrom 6, Reed 2, Beggerly 8, Serrano 10, Morgan 12, McDonald 7, Hadley 0.

Priest River 60

Timberlake 29

PRIEST RIVER - Mikey Bach scored 16 points and Max Salesky added 15 as the Spartans, ranked No. 1 in 3A, beat the Tigers in Intermountain League play at Spartan Arena.

Leading 11-8 after the first quarter, the Spartans outscored the Tigers 49-21 the rest of the way to improve to 12-4, 5-0 IML.

"I was proud of our defensive effort. We really worked hard and finished possessions with rebounds," Priest River coach Ryan Bodecker said. "Mikey finished strong inside and Eric (Holbrook) did a great job of finding him.

Holbrook had six points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Priest River, which travels to St. Maries on Friday.

Brian Connelly scored 13 points and Dalton Chamberlin grabbed nine rebounds for Timberlake (2-15, 0-6 IML), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Thursday.

Timberlake 8 9 7 5 - 29

Priest River 11 19 24 6 - 60

TIMBERLAKE - Cronnelly 13, Paulsen 0, Chamberlin 6, Hayden 3, Masterson 2, Page 2, Simpson 3.

PRIEST RIVER - K. Peterson 0, Douglas 6, Bach 16, Salesky 15, T. Peterson 5, Holbrook 6, Mortenson 5, Bradbury 0, Huddleston 4, Swaffard 3, Storlie 0.

Wallace 52

Clark Fork 22

CLARK FORK - Tyler Beard and Brock Arthun each scored 10 points to lead the Miners over the Wampus Cats in North Star League play.

The Miners (6-9, 4-2 NSL) exploded for 20 points in the third quarter to blow the game open against the icy-shooting Wampus Cats (4-9, 1-6 NSL).

"We played good defense the whole game, but you're not going to win too many games shooting 16 percent. Our shots that we miss are shots we make every day in practice," Cats coach Corey Vogel said. "Wallace is pretty big and strong, but we held our own on defense."

Stillman Berkley led Clark Fork with nine points, 11 rebounds and four assists, and freshman Zach Nesbitt pulled down eight rebounds.

Clark Fork hosts Kootenai on Tuesday. Wallace travels to Coeur d'Alene Charter on Wednesday.

Wallace 12 6 20 13 - 52

Clark Fork 5 5 6 6 - 22

WALLACE - Needles 7, Beard 10, Brackebusch 4, B. Arthun 10, D. Arthun 0, Branz 4, Heining 9, Rasmussen 5, Cochrane 2.

CLARK FORK - Berkley 9, Z. Nesbitt 0, N. Nesbitt 5, Katzenberg 2, Klein 4, Becker 0, Bristol 2, Walker 0, Cox 0.

Priest River upsets second-ranked Timberlake

MOSCOW - After playing to a 14-14 tie at halftime, Moscow took control of the second half, outscoring Sandpoint 27-10 en route to a 41-24 win in the loser-out game of the 4A Region 1 girls tournament Saturday night at Bear Den.

Taylor Anderson scored 12 points to lead the Bears (7-15), who held Sandpoint (7-15) to just two third-quarter points to help put the game away.

"A two-point third quarter is what killed us - we didn't get into any sets or any flow," Sandpoint assistant coach Melvin Speelmon said. "That was the pivotal point, coming out flat in the third quarter."

Charissa Chatburn scored eight points to lead the Bulldogs. Hailey Olin had three points, six rebounds and five steals, and Maggie Kirscher and Natasha Roop each pulled down five rebounds.

No. 1 Moscow will host No. 2 Lakeland (12-10) on Tuesday in the championship game. Lakeland needs one win to go to state; Moscow needs to beat the Hawks twice.

Sandpoint 7 7 2 8 - 24

Moscow 9 5 9 18 - 41

SANDPOINT - Bruce 2, Speelmon 0, Van Ooyen 0, Tucker 2, Neumann 1, Alamillo 0, Olin 3, Chatburn 8, Ojarsa 1, Kirscher 5, Roop 2.

MOSCOW - Gorton 3, Reddinger 6, Olmspead 4, Bigler 2, Greer 3, A. Quinnet 11, Taylor Anderson 12.

Priest River 44

Timberlake 41

PRIEST RIVER - Junior Melissa Trost scored on a putback with 14 second to play and the Spartans held off Intermountain League champion Timberlake, ranked No. 2 in 3A.

Liz Halcro had 18 points and 18 rebounds for Priest River (11-9, 6-2 IML), which ended the regular season on an eight-game win streak.

"We knew if we were going to compete we had to win the rebounding edge and we did a great job taking advantage of when Cassie (Thompson) was out of the game," Priest River coach Gary Stewart said.

Priest River won the rebounding battle 37-15.

Thompson scored a team-high 17 points and pulled-down four rebounds for the Tigers.

Both teams begin 3A District 1 tournament play at Lakeland High on Wednesday. Priest River opens at 7:30 against the third-seeded Bonners Ferry Badgers. Timberlake (16-4, 7-1 IML) plays the winner of Monday's Kellogg-St. Maries game at 6.

Timberlake 6 5 14 16 - 41

Priest River 6 12 11 15 - 44

TIMBERLAKE - Wenstrom 11, Malloy 3, Mason 4, Hoffman 0, Nichols 4, Thompson 17, Peters 2, George 0.

PRIEST RIVER - Luckey 0, Weimer 1, Trost 4, Pavey 7, Stewart 3, Oscarson 5, Bradbury 3, Doolittle 0, Halcro 18, Hirst 3.

Kellogg 48

St. Maries 33

KELLOGG - Kellogg's Marah Ashcraft totaled 16 points and eight rebounds and Taylor Sheppard added 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Wildcats over the Lumberjacks at Andrews Gymnasium during the fifth annual Brawl for the Ball.

"We just really stepped up on defense," Kellogg coach Patty Hoeck said. "We shut down their passing lanes and took care of the ball on the other end of the court."

The Wildcats finished with 10 steals, and went 13 of 15 (85 percent) at the foul line.

Kaytrin Thaut led the Lumberjacks (6-14, 2-6 IML) with 13 points.

Kellogg (7-12, 2-6 IML) faces off against St. Maries again at 6 p.m. Monday at Lakeland High in the first round of the 3A District 1 tournament.

St. Maries 5 6 15 7 - 33

Kellogg 6 9 16 17 - 48

ST. MARIES - Waddell 5, Asbury 6, Buell 2, Hudson 2, Anxo 3, Huddleston 2, Thaut 13.

KELLOGG - Garner 0, Pouttu 0, Flores 0, Huber 2, Stewart 0, Rainio 4, Sheppard 12, Cooper 9, Arthur 0, Reed 5, Hadley 0, Ashcraft 16.

N.I. Christian 33

Kootenai 25

COEUR d'ALENE - Amanda Hobson had seven points, 12 rebounds and five steals as the Royals defeated the Warriors in a nonleague game at Canfield Middle School.

Kana Shanley scored 15 points for North Idaho Christian (17-8).

Hailee Mabbutt scored eight points for Kootenai (1-14).

The two teams play again on Monday in Harrison.

Kootenai 7 1 6 11 - 25

N.I. Christian 8 3 7 15 - 33

KOOTENAI - Walton 0, Griggs 7, Schultz 1, Benson 0, Kincheloe 2, Mabbutt 8, Parker 7.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Kramer 3, Hobson 7, Shanley 15, Kaschmitter 0, Gjevre 0, Bassett 0, Gwin 8.

Grangeville 51

Kamiah 37

GRANGEVILLE - The Bulldogs (11-7) advanced to the state 2A tournament Feb. 17-19 at Bishop Kelly High in Boise with a win over the Kubs in the District 1-2 tournament championship game.

Kamiah (11-9) will face Coeur d'Alene Charter (14-6) in a loser-out game Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Lapwai High. The winner will advance to a state play-in game at either Grangeville or McCall-Donnelly on Saturday.