No. 3 St. Maries tops No. 1 Kellogg in OT

KELLOGG - Austin Linnemeyer piled up 32 points, seven rebounds, five steals and four assists as the visiting St. Maries Lumberjacks, ranked third in 3A, escaped with a 90-89 overtime victory over the top-ranked Kellogg Wildcats in Intermountain League play Saturday night at Andrews Gymnasium.

Satchel Schetzle added 26 points, Warren Joiner 16 for St. Maries (9-2, 2-0 IML).

"That's a big win for us," St. Maries coach Craig Wicks said. "But it (the league race) is not over by a long ways. We're by no means in a comfortable position."

Tyler Morgan had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Garret Wendt 23 points and six rebounds for Kellogg (10-2, 1-2), which missed a layup at the buzzer at the end of regulation. Ryan Beggerly had eight assists, Ryne Stull four.

"We didn't think we played very good defense," Kellogg coach Jeff Lambert said. "How do you score 89 points and not win, for god's sakes?"

St. Maries 19 14 21 20 16 - 90

Kellogg 16 11 24 23 15 - 89

ST. MARIES - Joiner 16, Sampson 0, Schetzle 26, Kennelly 0, Ryle 3, Stapleton 0, Linnemeyer 32, Cordell 1, McMaster 12.

KELLOGG - Garner 2, Watson 2, Wendt 23, Hulstrom 2, Reed 2, Beggerly 13, Stull 7, Morgan 24, McDonald 14.

Moscow 56

Lakeland 44

MOSCOW - Matt Horne and Derek Bayley had nine points apiece in the Hawks' 4A Inland Empire League loss to the Bears at Bear Den.

Moscow hit 17 of 22 shots from the floor in the first half to take a 40-19 lead.

"They shot the ball darn well there, but our kids never gave up - we came out in the second half and tried to get some defensive pressure on them," Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. "We got out to their shooters a little better and we shot the ball well in that second half."

Lane Brooks led the Bears (7-6, 3-0) with 18 points.

Eric Cooper had 10 rebounds and seven points for Lakeland (3-10, 1-2), which hosts Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday.

Lakeland 6 13 5 20 - 44

Moscow 19 21 9 7 - 56

LAKELAND - Spencer 6, Carr 5, Derrick 2, Black 2, Bayley 9, Stanford 0, Horne 9, Cooper 7, Simpson 3.

MOSCOW - Hennington 12, Snyder 0, Brooks 18, Donaldson 2, D. McGurkin 5, Helbling 13, Martin 0, Ellison 4, V. McGurkin 2.

Timberlake 63

Priest River 42

PRIEST RIVER - Brian Cronnelly went 4-for-5 from 3-point range in the second quarter to lift the Tigers past the Spartans to an Intermountain League win over Priest River.

Cronnelly, a senior, scored 14 points and Trevor Masterson added a game-high 16 for Timberlake (9-4, 2-1 IML).

Keegan Scott chipped in 12 points for the Tigers, who also won the annual Battle of the Buck spirit competition.

Both schools helped to raise $3,894.91 for the Clark family after their son, Spartan Bobby Clark, suffered a major head injury during the two schools' football game last fall.

"With a game like this there are so many distractions, but I thought our focus stayed on basketball and we stayed disciplined," said Timberlake coach Tony Hanna. "Brian (Cronnelly) has come out the last two games and played well. He's a senior, a leader, and it's nice to see him play well."

Cameron Riley scored 15 points for Priest River (5-6, 1-1 IML), which went 10 for 25 from the foul line.

"I thought our guys played well, we just weren't able to shoot the ball tonight," Priest River coach Ryan Bodecker said. "Give Timberlake the credit for their defense."

Priest River hosts Sandpoint on Thursday and Timberlake travels to Newport on Saturday .

Timberlake 10 22 15 16 - 63

Priest River 6 11 11 14 - 42

TIMBERLAKE - Rice 0, Cronnelly 14, Masterson 16, Hayden 4, Blayne 2, Scott 12, Page 0, Allen 6, Thompson 4, Cramer 3, McNamara 2.

PRIEST RIVER - Akre 3, Kurylo 2, Sommer 5, Reynolds 0, Stelow 4, Glazier 6, Koch 2, Barber 5, Riley 15, Huddleston 0.

Grace Bible 52

N.I. Christian 46

COEUR d'ALENE - Isaac Schaefer had 17 points and 17 rebounds as the visiting Warriors beat the Royals in Mountain Christian League play at Canfield Middle School.

Ben Thruman added 16 points for Grace Bible Academy (7-5, 7-4 MCL), which plays at the Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday.

Zach Smeltzer had 18 points, and Nick Pearl had 10 points and seven rebounds for North Idaho Christian (4-8, 4-7), which visits Logos on Thursday.

Grace Bible 11 13 11 17 - 52

N.I. Christian 0 14 8 24 - 46

GRACE BIBLE - Schaefer 17, Thruman 16, Connelly 7, Nordhausen 6, R. Madsen 4, Collier 2, Chersin 0, Peabody 0, M. Madsen 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Smeltzer 18, Lafollett 13, Pearl 10, Jesensky 3, Booth 0, Williams 0, Sheetz 2.

Christian Center 70

Christian Heritage 52

POST FALLS - Dennis Chekota scored 20 points for the host Lions in the Mountain Christian League victory at River City Middle School.

Ransom Storm added 18 points for Christian Center School (6-4, 6-4 MCL), which plays Immaculate Conception on Monday at River City Middle School.

Grant Wagner scored a game-high 33 points for Christian Heritage.

Christian Heritage 11 15 13 13 - 52

Christian Center 18 20 8 24 - 70

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Herron 0, Cousins 6, Wagner 33, Rossey 3, Huntwork 10, Reckects 0.

CHRISTIAN CENTER - Kondryszyn 6, Chekota 20, De. Hansen 5, Kuetemeyer 4, Kile 6, Yetter 11, Storm 18.