Post Falls clinches IEL, top seed

BOYS BASKETBALL

POST FALLS - Senior Connor Hill had 24 points and 10 rebounds as the second-ranked Post Falls Trojans defeated the Lewiston Bengals 61-40 on Tuesday to clinch the regular season Inland Empire League title and top seed to the 5A Region 1 tournament, starting next Friday at The Arena.

"At the beginning of the season, we set some goals," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "Our first goal was to wrap up the 5A league title. Next is, we're trying to match last year's win total by getting wins in our next two games."

Marcus Colbert had nine rebounds, four assists, three steals and Michael Hillman had seven rebounds for Post Falls (16-2, 4-1 5A IEL), which hosts Coeur d'Alene on Thursday.

"It was a good team effort," McLean said. "All 10 guys that played got a rebound. I thought we played well as a team and I was happy with our pressure and ability to wear them down."

Matt Kalbfleisch scored 13 points for Lewiston (9-9, 2-4).

Lewiston 7 16 8 9 - 40

Post Falls 15 15 10 21 - 61

LEWISTON - Fuentes 11, Hansen 1, Kalbfleisch 13, Gaskill 2, Thomason 5, Mai 0, Bernatz 0, McIntosh 2, Beck 6.

POST FALLS - English 7, Gonzales 4, Hill 24, Anderson 3, Valente 0, Thoreson 4, Colbert 8, Benner 0, Hillman 2, Lickfold 9.

St. Maries 43

Coeur d'Alene JV 29

ST. MARIES - Sophomore Warren Joiner scored 11 points and had five rebounds as the Lumberjacks defeated the Vikings JV team in a nonleague game.

"We were shorthanded for sure, but the rest of our guys picked it up tonight," St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said.

Satchel Schetzle was out with an ankle injury and starting post Ian Heath missed Tuesday's game due to illness for St. Maries (14-4), which hosts Priest River on Friday.

Kelton Hunter scored nine points for Coeur d'Alene, which finishes the season at Post Falls JV on Thursday.

"It was a real defensive battle," Coeur d'Alene JV coach Steve Bourgard said. "The kids did a good job of rebounding, we just had a tough time making baskets, but it was a good defensive effort on our part."

Coeur d'Alene JV 2 6 4 17 - 29

St. Maries 6 10 8 19 - 43

COEUR d'ALENE JV - Johnson 2, Breece 2, Carpenter 2, Moore 7, Sharp 0, Drager 0, Amos 3, Hunter 9, DeHaus 0, Hazzard 2.

ST. MARIES - Joiner 11, Sampson 2, Lehman 7, Guidry 7, Mercer 12, Anderson 0, Kennelly 4, Cordell 0.

Clark Fork 57

Kootenai 51

CLARK FORK - Sophomore Zack Klein had 19 points and four steals as the Wampus Cats defeated the Warriors in a North Star League game.

Nate Nesbitt had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Stillman Berkley 10 points for Clark Fork (5-9, 2-6 NSL), which travels to Stillwater Christian today.

Jake Zarpentine scored 22 points for Kootenai (5-10, 3-4), which travels to Lakeside on Feb. 18.

Kootenai 8 15 15 13 - 51

Clark Fork 9 21 15 12 - 57

KOOTENAI - Zarpentine 22, Myhre 12, Whipple 2, Carman 2, Pfeiffer 3, Kraack 10.

CLARK FORK - N. Nesbitt 14, Berkley 12, Katzenberg 4, Klein 19, Becker 4, Z. Nesbitt 4, Bristol 0, Walker 0, Cox 0, Kang 0, Garlin 0.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lakeside 42

Wallace 23

PLUMMER - Sophomore Shannon Miller scored 14 points to lead the Knights past the Miners in the 1A Division I District 1 tournament championship game to advance to a state play-in game Saturday at St. Maries.

Lakeside opened a 20-4 halftime lead, holding the Wallace offense to 13 shots in the half. Wallace went 9 of 41 from the field in the loss.

"The game was decided by our defense," Lakeside coach Ron Miller said. "Wallace had to work for every shot. We played steadily all night and our team defense was outstanding. Shannon controlled the inside for us and rebounded well."

Lakeside (15-5) will face the winner of tonight's District 3 third-place game between Troy and Kendrick at St. Maries High to advance to the state tournament at Columbia High in Nampa.

Taylor Pasley scored 12 points for Wallace (10-9).

"It was a tough one tonight," Wallace coach Nicole Farkas said. "We just couldn't seem to get anything going in the first half. We came back in the third quarter and cut it to 10 points. The girls never let up, but it was a night when nothing was working, but not for a lack of effort."

Wallace 2 2 14 5 - 23

Lakeside 8 12 10 12 - 42

WALLACE - Vester 1, Pasley 12, Snyder 0, Dire 2, Jennings 2, Bayer 0, Pehan 0, Dodge 0, Denson 4, Browning 2.

LAKESIDE - Chittenden 0, Louie 2, Duncan 0, Davis 10, Whaley 4, Brown-Sonder 6, J. Miller 4, S. Miller 14, Gauthier 0, Hendrickx 2, Rhea 0, Nilson 0.

WRESTLING

Timberlake 38

Coeur d'Alene JV 32

SPIRIT LAKE - Christian Heth (171 pounds), Tim Maldonado (130) and Kody Hongslo (119) earned pins to lead Timberlake past the Coeur d'Alene junior varsity.

"We've been wrestling pretty solid," Timberlake coach Ryan Montang said. "The younger, less experienced guys have been stepping up and that's what will count at the district tournament."

The district tournament takes place Feb. 18-19 at Lakeland High.

140 - Damien Rawson, Cd'A, won by forfeit. 145 - Walker Herring, TL, md. Vince Marmon, 9-1. 152 - Kyle White, TL, md. Sean White, 15-3. 160 - Makenzi Baker, Cd'A, won by forfeit. 171 - Christian Heth, TL, p. Phoenix Duncan, 3:45. 189 - Leif Krapas, Cd'A, d. Jake Baures, 10-7. 215 - Dakota Groves, Cd'A, won by forfeit. HWT - Allan Foote, TL, won by forfeit. 103 - Scott Larson, TL, won by forfeit. 112 - Stephen Price, Cd'A, d. Cam Raynor, 6-0. 119 - Kody Hongslo, TL, p. Tristin Dunn, 2:32. 125 - Brandon Northington, Cd'A, d. Drew Hill 9-4. 130 - Tim Maldonado, TL., p. Eric Rhodes, :55. 135 - Marcel Reyes, Cd'A, tf. Bradley Erickson 19-3.