SANDPOINT - Senior Thomas Edwards dropped in a season-high 24 points, including 14 in a pivotal first half, to lead Sandpoint to a decisive 70-47 win over East Valley in nonleague boys basketball Saturday night at Les Rogers Court.

Edwards made 9 of 15 field goals, including 4 of 7 from long range, and the Bulldogs held East Valley to just four second-quarter points to help blow the game open.

"It was really tight, then we had a nice big run before the half," said Bulldogs head coach Tyler Haynes, whose team led 30-17 at half. "We played really hard."

The new-look, up-tempo Bulldogs (5-2) continue to push the pace and fire away from beyond the arc, putting up 25 third-quarter points and making 9 of 17 as a team from beyond the arc for the game. Jeremiah Gagnon hit his season average of 18 points, and the Bulldogs held the Knights (3-3) to just 1 of 17 shooting from beyond the arc.

Sandpoint plays next at the Lake City tournament on Jan. 2.

East Valley 13 4 12 18 - 47

Sandpoint 13 17 25 15 - 70

EAST VALLEY - Zurflah 1, Jordan 3, Keplin 6, Phelan 17, Brown 2, Jacobs 8, Bancroft 6, Tidd 0, Standifer 0, Erikson 4.

SANDPOINT - Timothy 4, Jurenka 3, Rodriguez 2, Spalding 7, Kuzmich 1, Schwartz 0, Edwards 24, Burgstahler 9, Breuner 2, Gagnon 18, Collado 0.

Ferris 77

Coeur d'Alene 51

SPOKANE - Coeur d'Alene shot 42 percent from the field, but the Vikings could not slow down Ferris star guard Cody Benzel as he scored 36 points in handing the Vikings their first loss of the season.

Benzel, a first team all-Greater Spokane League selection, helped the Saxons (6-0) shoot 28 of 36 from the field, including 21 of 24 from inside the 3-point line.

"He's an awfully good player," Coeur d'Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. "He's fun to watch, but unfortunately for us it was against us. He showed he's the real deal. Ferris was just super tonight and we were the exact opposite. Hats off to their team. We had no answer for Cody Benzel, they did a great job sharing the ball and making us play defense".

The Vikings (4-1) shot 19 for 45, including 17 of 35 from inside the 3-point line.

"This one's on me," Lundblad said. "I didn't have our kids prepared. I didn't have our kids ready to execute and defend."

Devin Kluss scored 14 points and Justin Carpenter added 11 to pace Cd'A.

Coeur d'Alene plays Thursday at 5:15 p.m. in the Coeur d'Alene Inn-vitational against Prairie of Vancouver, Wash., at North Idaho College.

Coeur d'Alene 10 11 15 15 - 51

Ferris 21 20 14 22 - 77

COEUR d'ALENE - Paulsen 4, Tripp 6, Carpenter 11, Williams 4, Hicks 0, Kuetemeyer 0, Walde 6, Sparks 2, Kluss 14, Naccarato 4.

FERRIS - Butte 4, Monasmith 4, Pelles 12, Christie 12, Arguinchora 6, Benzel 36, Jondal 0, Karstetter 2, Burks 0, Badineau 0, Linnell 0, Rye 1.

Kellogg 48

Bonners Ferry 43

KELLOGG - The Wildcats leaped to a 31-21 halftime lead in Intermountain League action, then held on for the win over the visiting Badgers at Andrews Gymnasium.

"We hit some free throws at the end," Kellogg coach Jeff Lambert said. "I thought we played a lot better in the first half than we did in the second."

Wildcat point guard Gus Colburn finished strong, scoring 10 points to go with four assists and four steals. Tucker Gust paced the offensive attack with 11 points.

"We pressed a little bit and we got a lot of steals from that," Lambert said.

Bonners Ferry's Wyatt Nelson scored 14 points.

Kellogg (4-2, 1-1 IML) hosts Troy on Jan. 3.

Score by quarters not available.

BONNERS FERRY - Nelson 14, Woods 11, Rice 9, Pluid 7, Stone 2, Saban 0, Ray 0, Newsome 0, Stockton 0.

KELLOGG - Gust 11, deYoung 10, Colburn 10, Kolton 8, Lambert 7, McDonald 2, Easley 0, Martin 0.

Lakeside 54

Priest River 42

PRIEST RIVER - Jordan Meshell scored 11 points and Marcus Pluff added 10 to lead the Knights past the Spartans in the championship game of the Priest River Christmas tournament.

"It was a pretty tight game all the way through," Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. "We had a four-point lead midway through the fourth and started to pull the ball out and got to the hoop a little quicker and pulled away a little bit. It's something we've done in the last couple of games, and I don't mind at all."

Joe Brown had nine points and three steals for Lakeside (6-2), which travels to Valley Christian in Spokane on Jan. 4.

Gus Koch scored 11 points for Priest River (1-6).

Lakeside 13 8 10 23 - 54

Priest River 10 11 9 12 - 42

LAKESIDE - Stensgar 0, Pluff 10, Meshell 11, Schatz 7, Kolar 9, Zahir 0, Daman 0, Nilson 8, Mitchel 0, Brown 9.

PRIEST RIVER - Clark 6, Anselmo 6, Unton 4, Nunley 0, Hartwig 0, MacDonald 3, Koch 11, Griffin 0, White 9, Sunger 3.

Grangeville 46

St. Maries 42

GRANGEVILLE - St. Maries trailed right off the bat in a Central Idaho League game, as the Lumberjacks were down 15-5 and could not recover in the loss.

"We were a little bit sluggish from a four-hour bus trip," St. Maries coach John Bisson said. "We picked it up in the second quarter and tied them up after being down by 10. We played evenly throughout the second half. They were 15 for 24 from the free-throw line. We were 6 of 14 from the free-throw line, so we pretty much lost it at the line."

St. Maries guard Cody Posselt nailed a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer.

Jacob Greer and Logan Feasline both had eight rebounds for the Lumberjacks (1-3, 0-1 CIL).

St. Maries returns to action Jan. 10 at the Coeur d'Alene junior varsity.

St. Maries 5 16 14 7 - 42

Grangeville 15 6 15 10 - 46

ST. MARIES - Bedwell 2, Posselt 11, Michael 6, Greer 13, Gertje 1, Feasline 9.

GRANGEVILLE - Parks 7, Sabationo 3, Dane 6, Wilson 8, Harris 8, Koberstein 3, Spokes 8, Kennedy 3.

Kootenai Thunder 48

Christian Center 40

KOOTENAI - J.J. Alsager scored 12 points to lead the Kootenai Thunder past the Lions in a Mountain Christian League game at Kootenai Elementary.

Chase Allen scored 13 points and Drew Hansen had six points, four assists and two steals for Christian Center (1-5, 0-5 MCL), which faces Flathead Valley Christian on Saturday at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

Christian Center 6 8 11 15 - 40

Kootenai Thunder 10 11 14 13 - 48

CHRISTIAN CENTER - Hansen 6, Ryssel 8, Engels 0, Howard 7, Allen 13, Harryman 6.

KOOTENAI THUNDER - C. Rupe 10, Crosby 9, Crouch 8, Alsager 12, J. Rupe 3, Souddenbug 2.