RATHDRUM - Eric Holbrook dished out a game-high nine assists as the Priest River Spartans won their third consecutive 3A district championship with a 52-34 win over St. Maries on Friday night at Lakeland High's Hawk Court.

Holbrook was named Intermountain League Co-MVP before the game along with teammate and fellow senior Max Salesky, who scored seven points for the Spartans (17-5), who play Fruitland (16-6) in their state opener Thursday at 2 p.m. PST at Meridian High.

"We knew repeating as league and district champs for a third straight time would be tough to do so this is special for us, Priest River coach Ryan Bodecker said. "We were super focused, stuck to the game plan and I haven't seen us play defense that well for a long time."

Senior Zach Lehman scored 12 points for St. Maries (17-5), which faces Kellogg in the second-place game today at 5 at Lakeland for the district's second berth to state.

"We'll regroup and get ready for a tough game tomorrow," St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said after the game. It'll be a dogfight. Whichever team shows up ready to play will win and we will be ready to go from the tip."

St. Maries 8 6 9 11 - 34

Priest River 14 9 19 10 - 52

ST. MARIES - Joiner 4, Schetzle 2, Sampson 0, Lehman 12, Guidry 0, Mercer 9, Sempel 0, Anderson 0, Kennelly 0, Heath 7, Cordell 0.

PRIEST RIVER - Barrett 4, Douglas 9, Bach 12, Salesky 7, Peterson 3, Holbrook 6, Mortenson 11, Bradbury 0, Huddleston 0, Swafford 0, Storlie 0.

ALL-INTERMOUNTAIN LEAGUE TEAM

COACH OF THE YEAR - Ryan Bodecker, Priest River.

PRIEST RIVER - Eric Holbrook, sr. (co-MVP), Max Salesky, sr. (co-MVP), ST. MARIES - Zach Lehman, sr., Jake Mercer, sr., Ian Heath, sr., Warren Joiner, so. KELLOGG - Nick Serrano, jr., Tyler Morgan, jr. BONNERS FERRY - Mat Evans, sr. TIMBERLAKE - Brian Cronnelly, jr

Kellogg 64

Bonners Ferry 52

RATHDRUM - Tyler Morgan and Garret Wendt scored 11 points apiece to lead Kellogg (15-6) past Bonners Ferry (4-16) in a 3A District I tournament loser-out game.

Kellogg 19 15 16 14 - 64

Bonners Ferry 4 18 15 15 - 52

KELLOGG - Wendt 11, Orsburn 0, Hulstrom 10, Reed 8, Beggerly 9, Serrano 3, Morgan 11, McDonald 10, Hadley 2.

BONNERS FERRY - Skeen 0, Moe 6, Zarate 5, Mendez 9, Evans 13, Lopez 8, Awbrey 7, Peycke 4.

Grangeville 57

Cd'A Charter 45

LAPWAI - Austin Blackmer and Seth Dreadfulwater scored 14 points apiece, leading Grangeville past Coeur d'Alene Charter in the 2A District 1-2 second-place game.

Senior Greg Roman had 19 points and eight rebounds, classmate Tyrell Peters 18 points for Charter, which ended the season 16-5.

"We dug ourselves a hole in the first half, but fought back," Charter coach Brian Childs said. "Roman and Peters played real well tonight, so I was happy for them in their last game.

"Obviously we're disappointed, but at the same time this team exceeded all my expectations after graduating nine from last year's team. It was a fun group to coach and when we have time to reflect, I really think we will be proud of what we accomplished."

Grangeville plays McCall-Donnelly today in a play-in game to state.

Cd'A Charter 11 9 11 45 - 45

Grangeville 13 16 5 23 - 57

COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Pedersen 2, Bowlin 0, Rinaldi 0, Crandall 0, Hallett 0, Peters 18, Roman 19, Mondragon 0, Redline 3, Shapiro 3, Simon 0.

GRANGEVILLE - Blackmer 14, Dreadfulwater 14, Lutz 7, Hartman 8, Brown 4, Haage 4, Anderson 0, Rowe 4, Linsley 2.

Kootenai 47

Mullan 23

HARRISON FLATS -

Graydon Myhre had 14 points and five steals, Hayden Kraack added 14 points and Kootenai defeated Mullan in the championship game of the 1A Division II District 1 tournament to earn the district's lone berth to the state tournament.

"We were hesitant in the first half, but picked up the intensity in the second half," Kootenai coach Andrew Whipple said. "It was two teams battling hard for a berth to state and our defense did it for us in the second half."

Jake Zarpentine had six points, 12 rebounds and three steals for Kootenai (6-11), which opens its state tournament play Thursday at Caldwell vs. the winner of today's game between Sho-Ban and Murtaugh.

Hunter Kotschevar scored 11 points for Mullan, which ends the season 3-14.

Mullan 7 5 2 9 - 23

Kootenai 7 11 18 11 - 47

MULLAN - Litz 0, Johnson 0, Ty. Henderson 2, Kotschevar 11, Tr. Henderson 0, Trogden 0, Garritone 0, Hirsch 0, Scheel 10.

KOOTENAI - Zarpentine 6, Wallace 6, Myhre 14, Willms 0, B. Whipple 0, D. Whipple 1, Carman 6, Pfeiffer 0, Kraack 14, Napierala 0.