Close, Hawks bottle up Bulldogs in 4A IEL play

* GIRLS BASKETBALL

SANDPOINT - Cieana Close scored a team-high 12 points to lead the Lakeland Hawks past the Sandpoint Bulldogs 47-33 in a 4A Inland Empire League game at Les Rogers Court on Friday night.

"They just got us tonight," Sandpoint assistant coach Melvin Speelmon said. "They pressed us and we couldn't get over that hump. Lakeland did really well defensively tonight and we just couldn't get the ball inside."

Hailey Olin scored 16 points for Sandpoint (8-11, 0-4 4A IEL), which hosts Lewiston today.

Toni Tapplin scored nine points for Lakeland (11-9, 2-2), which hosts Sandpoint to open the 4A Region 1 tournament on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Lakeland 11 11 15 10 - 47

Sandpoint 4 10 9 10 - 33

LAKELAND - Tapplin 9, Murray 6, Bayley 1, Ward 0, Coder 5, Wendle 3, Duffey 5, Close 12, Jewell 2, Derby 4.

SANDPOINT - Speelmon 2, Bruce 3, Van Ooyen 4, Alamillo 1, Olin 16, Corless 0, Roop 0, Kirscher 6, Young 1.

Lakeside 56

Mullan 33

PLUMMER - Michelle Whaley had 11 points, 10 steals and four assists to lead the Knights past the visiting Tigers in a North Star League game.

"We came out and played a good, solid first half," Lakeside coach Ron Miller said. "We shot the ball really well and got them to turn the ball over quite a bit."

Shannon Miller added 10 points for Lakeside (7-8, 4-2 NSL), which travels to Kootenai on Tuesday.

Kami McKinnon scored 16 points for Mullan (2-10, 0-6), which hosts the Coeur d'Alene freshman team Monday.

Mullan 10 7 6 10 - 33

Lakeside 17 19 9 11 - 56

MULLAN - Trodgen 2, Kat. Gribble 0, McKinnon 16, Ploharz 5, Kotschevar 0, Koenig 10, Kay. Gribble 0.

LAKESIDE - Duncan 8, Davis 10, Whaley 11, R. Haynes 4, Miller 11, A. Haynes 2, Nilson 6, Louie 4, Shamberg 0.

N.I. Christian 42

Genesis Prep 22

HAYDEN - Amanda Hobson had 13 points, six rebounds and two blocks to lead the Royals past the Jaguars in a Mountain Christian League game at North Idaho Christian School.

Sarah Kaschmitter had 10 rebounds and Kana Shanley eight points and six assists for North Idaho Christian (27-4, 11-2 MCL), which faces Valley Christian today at Canfield Middle School.

Genesis Prep 7 5 2 8 - 22

N.I. Christian 12 10 14 6 - 42

GENESIS PREP - Smith 7, Goodwin 5, Dahl 0, Grossglasser 0, Newman 0, Kay 0, Clark 4, Boston 5, Zinke 1.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Hobson 13, Shanley 8, Kaschmitter 4, Gjevre 2, Gwin 7, McCauley 4, Vernon 4.

* BOYS BASKETBALL

Sandpoint 29

Lakeland 27

SANDPOINT - Ryan Schwartz hit a shot in the lane with 3.8 seconds left to lift the host Bulldogs past the Hawks in 4A Inland Empire League play at Les Rogers Court.

Eric Cooper led Lakeland with seven points, and Adam Black finished with six points.

The Hawks (3-14, 1-3 IEL) host Priest River on Wednesday.

Jackson Olin led Sandpoint (6-10, 1-2) with eight points.

Lakeland 13 1 11 2 - 27

Sandpoint 9 6 10 4 - 29

LAKELAND - Spencer 0, Carr 5, Derrick 0, Black 6, Bailey 0, Stanford 0, Horn 5, Cooper 7, Simpson 2, Frank 0.

SANDPOINT - Rodriguez 2, M. Schwartz 0, Burgstahler 0, Nitcy 0, R. Schwartz 6, Olin 8, Howk 6, Couch 5, Gagnon 2.

Lakeside 71

Mullan 28

PLUMMER - Kris Sneve scored a game-high 24 points to lead the Knights past the Tigers in a North Star League game.

"Kris hit some shots for us right off the bat and got us going," Lakeside coach Bill Brebner said. "It was senior night, so we were able to play everyone and force some turnovers to get going in the first half."

Damon Flemming-Soto added 14 points for Lakeside (10-5, 5-0 NSL), which hosts Logos on Tuesday.

Tyler Henderson scored 16 points for Mullan (0-12, 0-6), which hosts the Coeur d'Alene freshmen on Monday.

Mullan 6 6 12 4 - 28

Lakeside 23 19 16 13- 71

MULLAN - Jaster 0, Sadler 2, Placencio 2, Kotschevar 2, Henderson 16, Dykes 2, Martin 4, Johnson 0.

LAKESIDE - Higgins 4, Sneve 24, Flemming-Soto 14, Chapman 6, Nomee 4, Gallegos 0, Meshell 0, Gauthier 0, Schatz 0, Nilson 3, Smith 4, Daman 0, Jos. Brown 0, Jor. Brown 10, Juneau 2.

Post Falls JV 81

Kootenai 52

POST FALLS - Matt Hillman scored 16 points to lead the Trojan junior varsity past the Warriors in a nonleague game.

"The Post Falls JV team is a heck of a squad," Kootenai coach Andrew Whipple said. "They are a well-coached team. I was proud of our guys and our effort. They played as hard as they could, and that's all I can ask for in this game."

Jake Pfeiffer scored a game-high 26 points for Kootenai (4-9), which hosts Coeur d'Alene Charter on Thursday.

Kootenai 12 17 15 8 - 52

Post Falls JV 22 23 23 13 - 81

KOOTENAI - Ma. Willms 13, Myhre 4, D. Whipple 0, Benson 0, B. Whipple 9, Pfeiffer 26, Schultz 2.

POST FALLS JV - Hall 4, Mckeown 3, Morris 7, Hillman 16, Gomer 7, Mueller 14, Liebergot 2, Thompson 14, Failor 6, Gibson 4.

N.I. Christian 55

Genesis Prep 27

HAYDEN - Cory Lafollett scored 18 points to lead the Royals past the Jaguars in a Mountain Christian League game at North Idaho Christian School.

Zach Smeltzer had 16 points, nine rebounds and six steals for North Idaho Christian (5-9, 5-8 MCL), which faces Grace Bible today at Canfield Middle School.

Genesis 8 12 3 4 - 27

N.I. Christian 15 18 10 12 - 55

GENESIS PREP - J. Darrow 0, G. Darrow 6, McDonald 6, Chisum 3, Hash 3, Zier 7, Brown 2, Floyd 0, Howard 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Lafollett 18, Smeltzer 16, Pearl 6, Sheetz 0, Booth 2, Burke 0, Jesensky 2, Williams 6, Kuchenski 2, Laws 3.

* WRESTLING

Post Falls in lead

COEUR d'ALENE - The Post Falls Trojans have 11 of 12 wrestlers alive in the championship bracket to lead the 13-team field with 70 points at the North Idaho Rumble at Coeur d'Alene High.

Final-day action begins at 9 a.m. today.

Timberlake's Cody Hongslo (120 pounds), Preston Rhodes (138), Christian Heth (182) and Allan Foote (heavyweight) advanced to the semifinals.

Timberlake sits in fifth place.

"We had a good first round, but lost a couple heartbreakers in the quarterfinals," Timberlake coach Ryan Montang said. "We wrestled well and there is no reason we can't come away with a top-2 finish."

TEAM SCORES - 1, Post Falls 72. 2, Coeur d'Alene 45. 3, American Falls 43.5. 4, St. Maries 38. 5, Timberlake 37.5. 6, Bonners Ferry 34. 7, Kellogg 33.5. 8, Lakeland 30.5. 9, Priest River 29. 10, Lake City 28.5. 11, Orofino 26. 12, Sandpoint 23. 13, Kootenai 0.

SEMIFINAL PAIRINGS

98 - Lucas Bolster, Post Falls vs. Logan Dittman, St. Maries; Killian Konda, Lake City vs. Anthony Price. 106 - Drake Foster, Post Falls vs. Tanner McElley, Sandpoint; Austin Hoobler, Lakeland vs. Bryson Vergobbi, Kellogg. 113 - A.J. Konda, Coeur d'Alene vs. Blake Ivie, Kellogg; Peter Berger, Post Falls vs. Erik Martin, St. Maries. 120 - Josh Turner, Bonners Ferry vs. Peyton Dillon, Sandpoint; Kody Hongslo, Timberlake vs. Mitch Crain, Post Falls. 126 - Chadd Webster, Post Falls vs. David Chapman, Bonners Ferry; Bo Hohefield, American Falls vs. Tyler Popkin, Priest River. 132 - Blaine Invernon, Bonners Ferry vs. Thor Hoefer, Priest River; Nick Wells, Lake City vs. Chris Vergobbi, Kellogg. 138 - Tanner Riekena, Post Falls vs. Preston Rhodes, Timberlake; Brandon Yount, Lakeland vs. Hudson Staub, Coeur d'Alene. 145 - James Ost, Post Falls, vs. David Nelson, Lakeland; Dakota Schnall, Lake City vs. Seth McLeod, Post Falls. 152 - Tyler Booth, Post Falls vs. Joe Bloomsburg, St. Maries; Nate Partenfelder, Lake City vs. Aaron Elliot, Orofino. 160 - Austin Wilson, Post Falls vs. Ashton Stephenson, St. Maries; Chase Campbell, Lakeland vs. Julian Gallegos, American Falls. 170 - Cole Jesienouski, Post Falls vs. Brian Fink, Priest River; Eddie Reyes, American Falls vs. Austin May, Post Falls. 182 - Nathan McLeod, Post Falls vs. Justin Pepperdine, Sandpoint; Christian Heth, Timberlake vs. Cody Johnson, Post Falls. 195 - Billy Vigil, Post Falls vs. Jacob Harris, Kellogg; Carmen Kirchbaum, Bonners Ferry vs. winner. 220 - Diego Cerna, American Falls vs. Dakotah Groves, Coeur d'Alene; Matt James, Coeur d'Alene vs. Matt Lockey, Sandpoint. 285 - Allen Foote, Timberlake vs. Ignacio Fonseco, American Falls; Trevor Hopkins, Orofino vs. Will Gaspar, Bonners Ferry.