COEUR d'ALENE - As 6-foot-6 junior post Kyle Guice goes, so do the Lake City Timberwolves.

He definitely went forward Friday, scoring a game-high 21 points as the Timberwolves defeated the Wilson Rams 60-51 to advance to tonight's championship game of the inaugural Lake City Invitational.

"We get a ton of energy from him," Lake City coach Jim Winger said. "I thought we had a size advantage against them and the kids did a good job of getting him the ball."

Lake City (7-2) will face Garfield of Seattle in the championship game after the Bulldogs defeated the Puyallup Vikings 56-51 in the other semifinal.

"We're looking forward to playing them," Winger said. "They're a really good team."

Lake City 60, Wilson 51: Riley Moreen added 14 points for Lake City, which outscored the Rams 33-24 in the second half.

"Early on, when they were pressing us, we weren't running our stuff," Winger said. "It didn't hurt us, but we talked about what we wanted to do at halftime and came out and executed and took them out of some stuff."

Alphonso Anderson scored 16 points for Wilson.

"We played well today," Winger said. "If we would have made some free throws, we would have played really well, but the kids came to play today. We played good defense and it was a good night for us."

Lake City 16 11 16 17 - 60

Wilson 11 16 8 16 - 51

LAKE CITY - Adams 3, Pratt 11, Redal 0, Hocking 0, Guice 21, Louis-McGee 0, Moreen 14, Dahl 5, Winger 6.

WILSON - Yates-Brown 4, Jenkins 7, Thompson 3, Anderson 16, Smith Jr. 5, McCane 5, Brown 6, McMahon 3, Knox 2.

Lakeland 62, Auburn 53: Matt Horne scored 20 points, Alex Opland added 16 and Lakeland defeated Auburn in a consolation game at the Lake City Invitational.

"It was probably the first game all year where we had a consistent four quarters," Lakeland coach Dave Stockwell said. "In the first half we hit some shots, played some defense and we were able to get rolling."

Lakeland (5-4) faces South Kitsap in the consolation title game today at 1:30 p.m.

Auburn 10 12 14 17 - 53

Lakeland 16 15 13 18 - 62

AUBURN - Prater 2, Lee 14, Simmons 2, Ruffin 0, Paul 11, Momi 0, Fisher 24.

LAKELAND - Opland 16, Horne 20, Carr 3, Derrick 9, Millsap 4, Stanford 4, Simpson 3, McCabe 3.

Garfield 56, Puyallup 51: Tucker Haymond scored 12 points to lead Garfield of Seattle past the Puyallup Vikings in the other semifinal game.

South Kitsap 66, Sandpoint 34: Jeremiah Gagnon scored nine points for the Bulldogs (1-8) in a loss to the Wolves in a consolation game.

Sandpoint will play Auburn today in the 7th-8th place game at noon.

LAKE CITY INVITATIONAL

At Lake City High

Friday

South Kitsap 66, Sandpoint 34

Lakeland 62, Auburn 53

Garfield 56, Puyallup 51

Lake City 60, Wilson 51

Saturday

Game 9 - Sandpoint vs. Auburn, noon. (7th-8th place game)

Game 10 - South Kitsap vs. Lakeland 1:30 p.m. (consolation championship)

Game 11 - Puyallup vs. Wilson, 3:15 (3rd place game)

Game 12 - Garfield vs. Lake City, 5. (championship game)