* BOYS BASKETBALL

PASCO, Wash. - There were plenty of new faces - and rebounds - as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings opened their season with a 59-51 win over Chiawana of Pasco on Friday night.

Coeur d'Alene outrebounded the RiverHawks 55-30, and outscored them in each of the final three quarters.

"It was our opener and their fourth game, so I was a little concerned with that," Vikings coach Kent Liess said. "We were fired up, our defense was good, and our rebounding is why we won the game."

A trio of Vikings scored in double figures: Jared Moore (15 points), Tony Nacarrato (14) and Colby Daniels (13). Cayden Cazier led Chiawana with 15 points.

"We're a young team; five sophomores played tonight, and overall we played well," Liess said. "But we had 21 turnovers, which made the game closer than it needed to be."

Coeur d'Alene will stay in the Tri-Cities and face Kennewick tonight at 7:30.

Coeur d'Alene 16 15 9 19 - 59

Chiawana 16 13 6 16 - 51

COEUR d'ALENE - Paulsen 3, Tripp 7, Daniels 13, Carpenter 4, Nacarrato 14, Moore 15, Hancock 0, Kluss 1, Hunter 2, Walde 0.

CHIAWANA - Penny 0, Cazier 15, Wren 8, Mendoza 11, Rausch 2, McBride 0, Briones 4, Koval 8, Henderson 3.

Richland 79

Post Falls 60

RICHLAND, Wash. - Dalton Thompson hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points for the visiting Trojans, who fell to the Bombers in nonleague play.

"We had 25 turnovers and that just killed us," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "And they did not miss a shot until halfway through the second quarter. We ran into a team that couldn't miss, and we kept turning the ball over and over."

Payton Radliff, a 6-foot-7 post, scored 21 points for Richland, which hit five 3-pointers in the first quarter in jumping out to a 22-6 lead.

Post Falls (2-2) plays host to Chiawana today at 3:45 p.m.

Post Falls 6 20 12 22 - 60

Richland 22 20 18 19 - 79

POST FALLS - Hall 6, McKeown 2, Davenport 4, Jackson 0, Hillman 7, Mueller 2, Conger 2, Failor 0, Thompson 22, Corr 6, Koski 9.

RICHLAND - Devries 11, Crandall 2, Baird 7, McCullough 4, Radliff 21, Broeske 6, Hilty 6, Strewfert 18, Wheeler 4.

Timberlake 60

East Valley 53

SPIRIT LAKE — Johnny Hayden hit a big 3-pointer in the fourth quarter to give Timberlake the lead, and Hayden and Jon Thompson sank clutch free throws in the closing minutes as the Tigers fended off the visiting Knights in nonleague play.

Keegan Scott had 18 points and six steals for Timberlake (3-0), and hit a pair of 3-pointers in the third quarter to keep the Tigers within range. Hayden finished with 14 points and five steals, and Thompson had nine points and nine rebounds.

“I think our defense really won it for us,” Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said. “Keegan Scott had a phenomenal game, and Sam McNamara played good defense in the post.”

Timberlake plays host to Coeur d’Alene on Thursday.

East Valley 10 21 10 12 — 53

Timberlake 16 12 13 19 — 60

EAST VALLEY — Zurfluh 2, George 7, Keplin 1, Jordan 0, Hofstee 11, Dusenberry 0, Brown 15, Taylor 3.

TIMBERLAKE — Rice 0, McNamara 5, Masterson 8, Hayden 14, Scott 18, Allen 6, Thompson 9.

Kootenai 40

Clark Fork 32 (OT)

WALLACE — Ben Whipple scored 12 points to lead the Warriors (2-1) past the Wampus Cats (0-5) in the first round of the North Star League Tournament.

Kootenai will play Wallace — which beat Mullan 70-39 — in the championship game tonight.

Clark Fork 0 9 11 12 0 — 32

Kootenai 8 7 9 8 8 — 40

CLARK FORK — Hazinsky 13, Bowen 5, Nesbitt 2, Anderson 7, Bristol 8.

KOOTENAI — Whipple 12, Benson 0, Williams 8, Love 1, Pfeifer 8, Schultz 4.

Cd’A Charter 53

Alberton 37

ST. REGIS, Mont. —

Christian Pedersen scored 19 points, Bryan Smith added 18 and Coeur d’Alene Charter defeated Alberton (Mont.) in its opener at the Tiger Tails Tournament.

Charter (3-2) faces Lone Peak (Bozeman, Mont.) tonight in the title game.

Cd’A Charter 12 14 21 6 — 53

Alberton 5 7 7 18 — 37

COEUR d’ALENE CHARTER — Pedersen 19, RJ Hallett 6, Christian Johnson 0, Adams 2, Smith 18, Moreno 4, Stellflug 4, May 0, Pennings 0.

ALBERTON — Johnson 0, Myrstol 0, Sanzano 4, Stafford 4, Mursch 2, Webb 3, Lehl 15, Managhan 1, Lommen 8.

Mt. Ellis 47

N.I. Christian 22

HAYDEN — Gabe Chaikin scored 21 points to lead the visitors from Bozeman, Mont., past the Royals in nonleague play at North Idaho Christian School.

Logan Booth had seven points and seven rebounds, and Nate Osterberg had six points and five blocked shots for North Idaho Christian (1-3), which plays host to Logos School today at 4:30 at Canfield Middle School in Coeur d’Alene.

Mt. Ellis 12 14 11 10 — 47

N.I. Christian 4 8 2 8 — 22

MT. ELLIS — Browning 10, Stands 8, Chaikin 21, Rodgers 2, Jacobs 5, Jones 1.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Osterberg 6, Sheetz 0, Jesensky 3, Booth 7, Chersin 4, Kuchenski 2, Schreibeis 0, Connelly 0, Burke 0, Laws 0.

• WRESTLING

James advances

at tournament

SPOKANE VALLEY — Coeur d’Alene High’s Matt James (285) won a pair of matches and advanced to today’s semifinals at the Inland Empire tournament at Central Valley High School.

Ten other Viking wrestlers remain alive in the consolation bracket, CHS coach Jeff Moffat said.