* BOYS

COEUR d'ALENE - Austin Linnemeyer scored 11 of his 15 points in the first quarter and the fifth-ranked (2A) St. Maries Lumberjacks went on to beat the Coeur d'Alene Charter Panthers 59-52 in the Central Idaho League opener for both schools at Holy Family Catholic School on Thursday.

It was also the Lumberjacks' first league game since dropping from the 3A Intermountain League to the 2A classification.

"It was just a battle back and forth," Coeur d'Alene Charter coach Chris Pedersen said. "They got hot from the 3-point line in the fourth quarter and it ended up being the difference in the game. It was neck and neck all the way through until the last two minutes. St. Maries has a lot of weapons and there's a reason why they're ranked No. 5."

Christian Pedersen had 18 points and six steals and Chris Adams had 11 rebounds for Coeur d'Alene Charter (2-2, 0-1), which faces Lone Peak of Gallatin Gateway, Mont., tonight at 6 p.m. PST in the first round of the Tiger Tails Tournament in St. Regis, Mont.

Warren Joiner scored 13 points for St. Maries (2-0, 1-0), which travels to Grangeville on Saturday.

St. Maries 16 6 22 15 — 59

Cd’A Charter 12 11 18 11 — 52

ST. MARIES — Joiner 13, Stapleton 9, Beddwell 6, Michael 0, Ryle 3, Feasline 5, Linnemeyer 15, Cordell 8, Gertje 0.

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Pedersen 18, Hallett 7, Johnson 3, Adams 11, Smith 13, Stellflug 0, Moreno 0.

Kootenai 57

Kellogg JV 26

KELLOGG — Jake Pfeiffer scored 15 points to lead the Warriors past the Wildcat JV at Andrews Gymnasium.

Kootenai (1-1) faces Clark Fork tonight at 6 in the opening round of the North Star League tournament at Kirby Krulitz Court in Wallace.

Further details were not available.

Kendrick 59

Lakeside 39

KENDRICK — Leighton Boyd scored 12 points for the Knights, who lost to the Tigers in a nonleague game.

Lakeside (0-3) hosts Timberline of Weippe on Saturday.

Morgan Kerby scored 20 points for Kendrick.

Lakeside 0 13 12 14 — 39

Kendrick 12 20 12 15 — 59

LAKESIDE — Schatz 5, Boyd 12, Kolar 2, Nomee 3, Gallegos 4, Meshall 5, Brown 0, Davis 0.

KENDRICK — Boyle 0, Olson 13, Kerby 20, Kerley 1, Cirka 0, Hardin 15, Scott 2, D. White 0, B. Smith 4, Wolff 4.

Koot. Thunder 31

Christian Center 27

KOOTENAI — Derek Hansen had 12 points, seven rebounds and four steals for the Lions in the loss to the Thunder in Mountain Christian League play at Kootenai Elementary.

Jens Kuetemeyer added four points, 14 rebounds and four steals for Christian Center School (1-3, 1-2 MCL), which returns to action next Friday vs. Pullman Christian at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

Christian Center 11 5 7 4 — 27

Kootenai 5 9 7 10 — 31

CHRISTIAN CENTER — De. Hansen 12, Turner 0, Kuetemeyer 4, Johnson 6, Dr. Hansen 5, Allen 0, Ryssel 0, Howard 0.

KOOTENAI THUNDER — T. Jensen 9, C. Roop 3, S. Jensen 0, Brown 9, Puryear 2, J. Roop 2, Perry 0, Andrew 6.

• GIRLS

Cd’A Charter 41

St. Maries 22

COEUR d’ALENE — Lexi Turkenburg scored a game-high 23 points and Coeur d’Alene Charter bounced back from a six-point first quarter to rally past St. Maries in the Central Idaho League opener for both at Holy Family Catholic School.

“We finally settled down after the first quarter and started hitting our shots,” Charter coach Doug Grant said. “We’ve been getting quality minutes off our bench. We’re young, but defensively they’re coming in and doing a good job — and I appreciate them for that.”

Charter freshman Jacklyn Jensen recorded nine points, 16 rebounds and eight blocked shots.

“She’s just a real presence down low and does a lot of good things for us,” Grant said of his 6-foot-2 post.

Katie Schaum scored six points for St. Maries (1-5), which plays at Grangeville on Saturday.

Charter (4-1) opens the two-day Tiger Tails Tournament in St. Regis, Mont., tonight with a game vs. Alberton, Mont.

St. Maries 7 4 4 7 — 22

Charter 6 11 13 11 — 41

ST.MARIES — McQueen 3, Schaum 6, Waddell 5, Thaut 2, Anxo 4, Flach 2, Brusseau 0, Auer 0, Posselt 0.

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Haman 1, Turkenburg 23, Verhage 5, Babich 3, Jensen 9, Ramb 0, Ployhar 0, Baxter 0, Zasadny 0.

Lakeside 38

N.I. Christian 26

PLUMMER — Avery Brown-Sonder had 12 points, six rebounds, three assists and five steals for the Knights in a nonleague win against the Royals.

“It was a slow tempo game,” Lakeside coach Stacey Sonder said. “We pushed the ball in transition when we could and had our chances to score. It was a good game, but we still need to be able to knock down some free throws.”

Sydney Wakken had six points and 11 rebounds for Lakeside (5-1), which hosts Timberline of Weippe on Saturday.

Alex Gwin scored 14 points for North Idaho Christian (2-2), which faces Mt. Ellis Academy today at North Idaho Christian in Hayden.

N.I. Christian 10 6 2 8 — 26

Lakeside 10 7 9 12 — 38

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Canale 2, Haag 0, Andrews 0, Gwin 14, Prosch 0, Ward 0, Shanley 6, Gjerve 0, Murison 2, Shaw 2, Settles 0, Woodward 0.

LAKESIDE — SiJohn 0, Duncan 5, Dohrman 0, F. Hendrickx 9, Haynes 2, C. Hendrickx 2, Crowe 0, Louie 0, Nilson 3, Shamburg 0, Fleming 0, Wakken 6, Brown-Sonder 12.

Christian Center 44

Kootenai Thunder 11

KOOTENAI — Lindsey Howard had 13 points, 10 assists, 10 rebounds and eight steals to lead the Lions past the Kootenai Thunder in a Mountain Christian League game at Kootenai Elementary.

Jaicie Purvis scored 12 points and Shannon Kempton had 10 rebounds for Christian Center (3-0, 3-0 MCL), which faces Pullman Christian next Friday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

Christian Center 4 16 12 12 — 44

Kootenai Thunder 4 0 5 2 — 11

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Howard 13, Hawkins 2, Purvis 12, Kempton 7, Sovereign 2, Engels 2, Ripatti 2, Greensides 4.

KOOTENAI THUNDER — Johnson 6, Sadanski 2, Blair 3, Osman 0, Aller 0, Murray 0, Jones 0, Bush 0, Cook 0.