SANDPOINT - Johnny Hayden scored a game-high 21 points and Timberlake built an early 12-3 lead and never trailed, downing Sandpoint 67-57 in a nonleague boys basketball opener at Les Rogers Court on Tuesday night.

Hayden finished 10 of 10 from the free-throw line and Trevor Masterson added 16 points for the Tigers (1-0), who were able to capitalize on a number of point-blank looks down low.

Matthew Burgstahler shot 7 of 9 from the field en route to 17 points to lead the Bulldogs (0-1), and Nick Nelson added 11.

The Bulldogs trailed by 15 points in the first half, before four late free throws by Collin Jurenka cut the lead to 35-24 at half.

Timberlake travels to Riverside next Tuesday.

Sandpoint hosts Colville on Saturday.

Timberlake 16 19 15 17 - 67

Sandpoint 10 14 15 19 - 57

TIMBERLAKE - Rice 2, McNamara 9, Masterson 16, Hayden 21, Foster 0, Blayne 2, Scott 2, Allen 3, Thompson 12.

SANDPOINT - Jurenka 6, Rodriguez 4, Couch 3, Schwartz 8, Nelson 11, Burgstahler 17, Edwards 3, Alsager 2, Lutz 3.

Cheney 79

Lakeland 60

CHENEY - Tyrel Derrick hit his first five shots on his way to 22 points and six assists for the Hawks in a loss to the Blackhawks in the nonleague opener for both schools.

"For the first game of the year, we played pretty well," Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. "We didn't shoot great and there's work to be done defensively."

Alex Opland scored 13 points and Scott Simpson had seven rebounds for Lakeland, which travels to Bonners Ferry on Saturday.

Lakeland 12 10 15 23 - 60

Cheney 16 21 19 23 - 79

LAKELAND - Opland 13, Horne 5, Carr 6, Derrick 22, Millsap 0, Bayley 6, Stanford 0, Simpson 4, McCabe 3, Frank 1.

CHENEY - Petropoulos 19, Harding 10, Berman 4, Igbinoba 17, Rehman 3, Berstler 5, Williams 3, H. Wyborney 16, T. Wyborney 2.

St. Maries 59

Cd'A JV 31

COEUR d'ALENE - Rhett Ryle scored 12 points, Luke Feasline added 10 and St. Maries defeated Coeur d'Alene junior varsity in the nonleague season opener for both.

Marques Mort scored 11 points for the Coeur d'Alene JV.

St. Maries plays at Coeur d'Alene Charter on Dec. 6.

St. Maries 17 17 10 15 - 59

Cd'A JV 3 6 13 9 - 31

ST. MARIES - Stapleton 4, Beddwell 2, Michael 5, Ryle 12, Dosell 6, Feasline 10, Linnemeyer 8, Cordell 6, Gjerte 6.

COEUR d'ALENE JV - Kloos 0, Schaffer 3, Mort 11, Hutchins 3, Williams 3, Barrowclift 2, Osmanski 0, Machado 3, Schuon 0, Casano 6.

Cd'A Charter 41

Bonners Ferry 38, OT

BONNERS FERRY - Bryan Smith scored 15 points for the Panthers in an overtime win against the Badgers in the season opener for both schools.

"We got off to a great start with our pressure defense," Coeur d'Alene Charter coach Chris Pederson said. "I really think in the second half we got dead legs. We're not in game shape quite yet and it affected our defense and enabled them to get back in the game. Our guys really gutted it out and won the game."

Christian Pederson scored 13 points for Coeur d'Alene Charter, which hosts Clark Fork on Saturday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Evan Moe scored 13 points for Bonners Ferry.

Cd'A Charter 16 9 4 6 6 - 41

Bonners Ferry 6 3 13 13 3 - 38

COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Pederson 13, Hallett 4, Johnson 6, Adams 2, Moreno 1, Smith 15.

BONNERS FERRY - Price 2, Skeen 6, Fitch 3, Pluid 2, Woods 8, Evans 4, Moe 13.

Kendrick 79

Lakeside 46

PLUMMER - Morgan Kerby had 22 points, six steals and seven rebounds as the Tigers beat the Knights in the nonleague opener for both schools."

"We're young and undersized," Lakeside coach Brad Calkins said. "We played hard and they're a big team, and we're just going to have to knock some shots down."

Jonathan Nomee scored 10 points and Sequioa Gallegos five points and seven rebounds for Lakeside, which hosts Troy on Thursday. Doug Schatz also had seven rebounds, and Leighton Boyd had four steals.

Kendrick 19 14 17 29 - 79

Lakeside 11 11 7 17 - 46

KENDRICK - Boyle 3, Olson 10, Kerby 22, Kerley 2, Cirka 2, Harden 11, Scott 14, White 2, Smith 7, Wolff 6.

LAKESIDE - Nomee 10, Boyd 6, Gallegos 5, Schatz 8, Meshell 7, Kolar 0, Gauthier 2, Nilson 2, Damon 0, Brown 6, Stensgar 0, Arroyo 0.

Immaculate Conception 57

N.I. Christian 24

HAYDEN - Colin Nordhausen had six points, six rebounds and three steals for the Royals in a nonleague loss to Immaculate Conception.

North Idaho Christian (0-1) travels to Columbia River Christian of Kettle Falls on Thursday.

Im. Concept. 19 8 14 16 - 57

N.I. Christian 4 5 9 6 - 24

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - Angele 21, Kraus 10, Buhle 10, N. Wilson 8, Be. Wilson 4, D. Wilson 2, Lund 2.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Scheetz 2, Kuchenski 4, Osterberg 2, Nordhausen 6, Jesensky 5, Booth 3, Chersin 0, Schreibeis 2.