RATHDRUM - Senior Jake Mercer had a game-high 18 points as the St. Maries Lumberjacks defeated the Kellogg Wildcats 59-41 on Wednesday night to advance to the 3A District 1 championship game Friday at Lakeland High.

"We came out playing some good pressure defense tonight," St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said. "Our goal was to limit (Nick) Serrano's touches and be physical with (Tyler) Morgan inside. It was an overall good defensive effort."

Warren Joiner had 17 points, eight rebounds and Ian Heath 10 points and nine rebounds for St. Maries (17-4), which faces Priest River in the title game. Priest River defeated Bonners Ferry in the other semifinal game 67-64 in overtime.

"Jake had a good night for us," Wicks said. "Warren was excellent on the boards. We were pretty balanced scoring and had good execution."

Ryan Beggerly scored 13 points for Kellogg (14-7), which faces Bonners Ferry in a loser-out game on Friday at 6 p.m.

Kellogg 8 12 7 13 -41

St. Maries 14 20 14 11 -59

KELLOGG - Wendt 2, Orsburn 7, Hulstrom 4, Reed 3, Beggerly 13, Serrano 0, Morgan 6, McDonald 3, Hadley 0.

ST. MARIES - Joiner 17, Schetzle 7, Sampson 0, Lehman 5, Guidry 0, Mercer 18, Sempel 0, Anderson 0, Kennelly 1, Heath 10, Cordell 1.

Lakeside 74

Wallace 55

PLUMMER - Joseph Chapman scored a game-high 20 points as the Knights defeated the Miners to advance to a state 1A Division I play-in game for the first time since they separated the classification in 2009.

"It's a huge hurdle for us as a team," Lakeside coach Bill Brebner said. "The first two years I've been the coach, we hadn't beaten them at all, but we were able to win two of three this year."

Nate Weaselhead had 14 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists, Lamont Higgins eight points and 10 rebounds for Lakeside (12-7), which will face the winner of tonight's District 3 third-place game between Clearwater Valley and Lapwai on Saturday at St. Maries High at 6 p.m. to advance to the state tournament at Vallivue High in Caldwell.

"The kids just worked their tails off tonight," Brebner said. "We played good defense and a lot of extra passes turned into layups."

Tyler Beard scored 12 points for Wallace, which concludes the season 8-12.

Wallace 10 15 12 18 - 55

Lakeside 14 20 21 19 - 74

WALLACE - Needles 3, Brackebusch 7, Beard 12, B. Arthun 9, Branz 11, Heinig 7, G. Rasmussen 0, Gr. Rasmussen 6.

LAKESIDE - Flemming 2, Higgins 8, Weaselhead 14, Chapman 20, Boyd 2, Louie-McGee 8, Smith 0, Flemming-Soto 7, Brown 13.

Mullan 36

Clark Fork 30

MULLAN - Senior Justin Scheel scored 14 points to lead the Tigers past the Wampus Cats in a 1A District 1 Division I playoff game at the Mullan Pavilion.

Mullan (4-15) will face Kootenai on Friday in Harrison Flats for the district's lone berth to the state tournament, starting next Thursday at Caldwell High.

Zach Klein scored 17 points to lead Clark Fork, which concludes the season 4-10.

Clark Fork 2 6 11 11 - 30

Mullan 9 9 8 10 - 36

CLARK FORK - N. Nesbitt 1, Berkley 8, Katzenberg 0, Klein 17, Jackson 2, Anderson 2, Z. Nesbitt 0.

MULLAN - Tr. Henderson 11, Kotschevar 4, Trogden 6, Garitone 1, Scheel 14, Ty. Henderson 0.

Cd'A Charter vs.

Grangeville, ppd.

LAPWAI - The 2A District 1-2 tournament game between Coeur d'Alene Charter and Grangeville was postponed due to snow.

It was rescheduled for tonight at 7 at Lapwai High.