* BOYS BASKETBALL

RATHDRUM - Strong half-court defense fueled Lakeland to an 18-point halftime lead, and the Hawks went on to beat the visiting Sandpoint Bulldogs 66-38 in 4A Inland Empire League play Thursday night at Hawk Court.

"We had pretty good defensive pressure in the first quarter," Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said. "We forced six turnovers, and scored on five of those to jump out on them. It was a really good defensive effort by the kids."

Tyrel Derrick scored 19 points and had four steals for Lakeland (7-7, 1-1 4A IEL). Scott Simpson added 13 points and eight rebounds.

Jeremiah Gagnon scored 12 points for Sandpoint (2-12, 0-2).

Lakeland returns to action next Friday at home against Lake City.

Sandpoint 7 7 14 10 - 38

Lakeland 15 17 19 15 - 66

SANDPOINT - Jurenka 2, Rodriguez 6, Couch 4, Schwartz 5, Nelson 2, Burgstahler 7, Bruener 0, Gagnon 12, Edwards 0, Alsager 0, Lutz 0.

LAKELAND - Opland 7, Horne 10, Carr 0, Derrick 19, Millsap 5, Stanford 6, Dove 3, Simpson 13, McCabe 3, Piva 0.

St. Maries 64

Coeur d'Alene JV 37

ST. MARIES - Rhett Ryle scored 14 points and Luke Feasline had 10 points and 11 rebounds as the Lumberjacks defeated the Viking junior varsity.

Warren Joiner and Austin Linnemeyer added 10 points each for St. Maries (7-4), which plays host to Grangeville on Saturday.

Curtis Cassano scored a game-high 16 points for the Coeur d'Alene JV.

Coeur d'Alene JV 12 11 5 9 - 37

St. Maries 21 18 17 8 - 64

COEUR d'ALENE JV - Kloos 3, Schaffer 4, Williams 0, Barrowcliff 4, Schuon 5, Cassano 16, Hicks 3.

ST. MARIES - Joiner 10, Stapleton 8, Bedwell 4, Michael 0, Ryle 14, Posselt 2, Feasline 10, Linnemeyer 10, Cordell 4, Gertje 2.

Kellogg 51

Post Falls JV 36

KELLOGG - Garret Wendt scored 14 points, Logan Sauer added 12 and Kellogg beat the Post Falls junior varsity in nonleague play.

Kellogg (9-4) plays at Bonners Ferry on Saturday.

Post Falls JV 10 12 5 9 - 36

Kellogg 22 9 13 7 - 51

POST FALLS JV - McLean 5, Flaa 4, Anderson 9, A. Gondo 8, N. Gondo 0, Hillman 0, Conger 6, Brearley 2, Bowers 2.

KELLOGG - Coburn 0, Seaton 2, Bircher 5, Lambert 5, Wendt 14, deYoung 2, Gust 8, Sauer 12, Waechter 3.

Immac. Conception 69

Christian Center 44

LIBERTY LAKE - Jens Kuetemeyer had 16 points, five steals, four rebounds and four assists for the Lions in the nonleague loss at the HUB Sports Center.

Drew Hansen had six rebounds and three steals for Christian Center (6-7), which plays House of the Lord on Monday at the HUB.

Imm. Conception 13 15 14 27 - 69

Christian Center 17 9 9 9 - 44

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION - Angelo 15, Kersh 6, Kramer 9, M. Wilson 14, B. Behm 6, N. Behm 9, D. Wilson 11, Lyons 2.

CHRISTIAN CENTER - De. Hansen 9, Turner 0, Johnson 2, Kuetemeyer 16, Dr. Hansen 9, Howard 0, Ryssel 0, Allen 8.

* GIRLS BASKETBALL

Sandpoint 56

Lakeland 49

RATHDRUM - Freshman Madi Schoening scored 25 points and the visiting Bulldogs inched away in the fourth quarter to beat the Hawks in 4A Inland Empire League play at Hawk Court.

"It was a tightly contested game," Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. "I thought our kids showed a lot of heart and showed a lot of improvement - I can't fault the effort of our kids. We did a great job cutting down on turnovers, we just had a hard time keeping Sandpoint off the free-throw line."

Sandpoint (11-7, 2-1 4A IEL) shot 22 of 42 from the line. Lakeland (3-14, 0-3) shot 12 of 15.

Josie Coder scored 17 points for Lakeland. Kelly Ramus had nine rebounds, Jordan Ward five steals.

"One of these days, one of these games, it's going to bounce our way in the fourth quarter," Seymour said.

Lakeland travels to Moscow on Saturday.

Sandpoint 11 10 17 18 - 56

Lakeland 10 16 12 11 - 49

SANDPOINT - Corless 4, Williams 2, Schoening 25, Liband 6, Olin 8, Young 9, Speelmon 0, Delgado 2, Alamillo 0.

LAKELAND - Vanderhoof 8, St. Mark 0, Pote 0, Ward 4, Coder 17, Derby 6, Rotchford 0, Seymour 0, Kelsey 6, Pruitt 0, Ramus 8.

Bonners Ferry 52

Coeur d'Alene JV 31

COEUR d'ALENE - Savannah Woods scored 11 points and Bonners Ferry (9-5) beat the Coeur d'Alene junior varsity.

Maddie Scholwinski scored 13 points for Coeur d'Alene JV.

Bonners Ferry 13 9 17 13 - 52

Coeur d'Alene JV 13 6 0 12 - 31

BONNERS FERRY - Skeen 5, Merritt 4, Oxford 6, MacDonald 0, Woods 11, Kelly 2, Davis 2, Merrifield 4, Hill 9, Wasmer 7, Foster 0, Minor 0, Everhert 2.

COEUR d'ALENE JV - Jacobsen 0, Montee 0, Sasselli 8, Phillips 2, Callahan 2, Matheson 2, Hensley 4, Scholwinski 13.

Clark Fork 51

Lakeside 49

CLARK FORK - Lakeside led for most of the game, but Tess Vogel and Mariah Miller scored 21 points each to lead the Wampus Cats past the Knights in North Star League play.

Carmen Nilson and Avery Brown-Sonder scored 14 points each for Lakeside (8-8, 2-2 NSL), which travels to Kootenai on Saturday for the Battle on the Trail spirit games.

Lakeside 20 5 13 11 - 49

Clark Fork 14 13 7 17 - 51

LAKESIDE - Duncan 2, Dohrman 2, F. Hendrickx 7, Haynes 6, T. Hendrickx 4, Nilson 14, Brown-Sonder 14.

CLARK FORK - Frazier 2, Ly. Kiebert 4, Le. Kiebert 0, Vogel 21, Miller 21, Wurm 3.

Kootenai 35

N. Idaho Christian 31

HARRISON FLATS - Ellison Schultz had 14 points and 11 rebounds for the first double-double of her prep career, and Kootenai snapped a 13-game losing streak with a nonleague victory over North Idaho Christian.

"Schultz played like she wanted to win tonight," said Kootenai coach Mike LaFountaine, noting the senior post scored 12 of the team's 15 points in the second quarter. "The girls got a lead and responded well. Now we can ride some momentum into the Battle on the Trail game with Lakeside."

Kootenai (2-14) hosts Lakeside on Saturday.

Kana Shanley and Brenna Murrison scored nine points apiece for North Idaho Christian (11-6), which plays Columbia River Christian on Saturday at Canfield Middle School.

N. Idaho Christian 7 9 8 7 - 31

Kootenai 6 15 8 6 - 35

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Canale 2, Andrews 0, Gwin 4, Prosch 2, Ward 5, Shanley 9, Murrison 9, Shaw 0, Woodward 0.

KOOTENAI - Goodson 6, Keogh 0, Carman 3, Schultz 14, Andersen 4, Raudebaugh 0, McInturff 2, Martin 6, Dutton 0, Grubham 0.

Christian Center 52

Kootenai Thunder 12

LIBERTY LAKE - Lindsey Howard totaled 18 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and seven steals for the Lions in the Mountain Christian League win at the HUB Sports Center.

Jacie Purvis added 14 points and 10 rebounds for Christian Center (10-2, 9-2 MCL), which plays House of the Lord on Monday at the HUB.

Kootenai Thunder 2 2 2 6 - 12

Christian Center 18 8 14 12 - 52

KOOTENAI THUNDER - Johnson 6, Blair 4, Aller 2, Murray 0, Osman 0, Jones 0, Cook 0, Bush 0.

CHRISTIAN CENTER - Howard 18, Hawkins 0, Purvis 14, Kempton 2, Sovereign 10, Engles 4, Greensides 4.

* WRESTLING

Priest River 45

Timberlake 40

SPIRIT LAKE - Timberlake's Drew Johnson (195 pounds), Ryan Starr (98), Kody Hongslo (126) and Tyler Badertscher (152) all won by pin for the Tigers in their Intermountain League loss to the Spartans in the War on the Waters spirit match at Timberlake High.

"Some guys wrestled well, some could have done a little more to save some points," Timberlake coach Ryan Montang said. "We had a lot of young guys in, so I knew it would be a challenge - but we still had a good shot at coming out on top."

Lane Stevens (160) added a 10-1 major decision win for Timberlake (6-4, 1-1 IML), which had four freshmen fill in for starters who were out for various reasons.

Montang said that he is sending part of his squad to wrestle today and Saturday at the Clearwater Classic in Lewiston. The others will wrestle Saturday at the George Wild tournament in Kellogg.

Priest River (3-4, 1-1) will compete at the George Wild tournament in Kellogg on Saturday.

170 - Brian Fink, PR, p. Anthony Reimer 3:30. 182 - Ian Barnes, PR, won by forfeit. 195 - Drew Johnson, TL, p. Gab Bellah 3:00. 220 - Tristan Hudson, PR, won by forfeit. 285 - Josh Karkoski, PR, won by forfeit. 98 - Ryan Starr, TL, p. Joe Irvine :30. 106 - Dailyn Johnson, TL, won by forfeit. 113 - Diamond Robinson, PR, tf. Rocco Wingfield 21-6. 120 - Tristan O'Brien, TL, won by forfeit. 126 - Kody Hongslo, TL, p. Luke Sumas 1:30. 132 - Tyler Popkin, PR, p. Brock Herbert 1:27. 138 - Hunter Golden, PR, p. Drew Hill 3:20. 145 - Dallas Hopkins, PR, md. Bradley Erickson 14-0. 152 - Tyler Badertscher, TL, p. Luke McDonald 4:30. 160 - Lane Stevens, TL, md. Jacob Bowden 10-1.