SPIRIT LAKE - Keegan Scott scored 20 points and Johnny Hayden had 17 points and seven assists to lead the Timberlake Tigers past the Priest River Spartans 75-62 in the Battle of the Buck spirit game on Saturday at Timberlake High.

"It was a well-fought game," Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said. "There was lots of emotion and crowd noise, but it makes it fun. It's a challenge to stay focused, but I thought both teams handled it well."

Timberlake, which jumped out to a 26-14 lead after the first quarter, won the Buck for the second straight year.

"We knocked down some shots from outside the paint and controlled the boards early on," Hanna said. "In the second half, they came out and jumped on us defensively and made a good run. Priest River did a really good job in the second half."

Trevor Masterson and John Thompson had 13 points and seven rebounds each for Timberlake (11-2, 3-0 Intermountain League), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Saturday.

Dalton Sommer and Cole Stelow scored 14 points each for Priest River (7-8, 0-3), which travels to Bonners Ferry on Thursday.

Priest River 14 14 22 12 - 62

Timberlake 26 16 13 20 - 75

PRIEST RIVER - Akre 7, Riley 10, Sommer 14, Reynolds 0, Stelow 14, Koch 10, Nunley 5, Rowland 2.

TIMBERLAKE - Rice 0, Cramer 6, McNamera 3, Austin 0, Masterson 13, Hayden 17, Foster 0, Blayne 0, Scott 20, Johnson 0, Allen 3, Thompson 13, Cronnelly 0.

Post Falls 48

Lewiston 45

LEWISTON - Freshman Max McCullough scored 14 points to lead the Trojans past the Bengals in a 5A Inland Empire League game at Booth Hall.

"This was just another step in the journey to get better," Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. "I was proud of the guys after last night (a 58-56 loss to Lake City in overtime) and getting on a bus and coming down here and finding a way to win. Max stepped up in his third varsity game and played well off the bench."

Joey Pfennigs had seven points and seven rebounds for Post Falls (6-9, 1-2 5A IEL), which hosts Lakeland in the Battle for the Prairie Pig spirit game next Saturday.

"Joey gave us some good minutes off the bench and was key for us," McLean said. "We're just trying to find ways to be effective right now, and we're going in the right direction."

Sam Heitzman scored 22 points for Lewiston (2-12, 0-3), which hosts Sandpoint on Monday.

Post Falls 10 10 14 14 - 48

Lewiston 12 8 13 12 - 45

POST FALLS - Hall 4, McKeown 0, Davenport 0, Pfennigs 7, Jackson 5, Hillman 0, Mueller 9, McCullough 14, Thompson 5, Corr 0, Koski 4.

LEWISTON - Charlo 0, Hasenoehrl 2, Rayner 6, Heitzmann 22, Hewett-Steiger 3, Nelson 2, Brooks 10, Boyer 0.

Bonners Ferry 49

Kellogg 46 (OT)

BONNERS FERRY - The host Badgers improved to 5-8, 1-1 Intermountain League with an overtime win against the Wildcats (9-5, 2-2).

No other information was reported.

St. Maries 43

Grangeville 34

ST. MARIES - Austin Linnemeyer had 14 points and six rebounds, and the Lumberjacks took over first place in the Central Idaho League by beating the Bulldogs.

Warren Joiner grabbed eight rebounds and Austin Cordell had six boards for St. Maries (8-4, 3-1 CIL), which built a 31-13 halftime lead.

"Basically it was a tale of two halves," St. Maries coach John Bisson said. "It seemed like we played with a lot more energy in the first half. Then they switched up defenses (in the second half), and we struggled with that."

Derek Brown scored 12 points for Grangeville (8-5, 2-1), which beat St. Maries 39-29 at home in early December.

St. Maries travels to Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.

Grangeville 7 6 10 11 - 34

St. Maries 12 19 5 7 - 43

GRANGEVILLE - Solberg 7, Lutz 4, Adler 2, Dame 6, Wilson 0, Blankenship 0, Laufenberg 3, Brown 12, Sabatino 0, Kelly 0.

ST. MARIES - Joiner 5, Stapleton 8, Bedwell 0, Michael 0, Ryle 8, Feasline 2, Linnemeyer 14, Cordell 4, Gertje 2.

Cd'A Charter 48

Orofino 32

COEUR d'ALENE - Chris Adams, a 6-foot junior forward, totaled 20 points and 18 rebounds to lead the Panthers past the Maniacs in Central Idaho League play at Holy Family Catholic School.

"We've been talking to him about being more aggressive and attacking the basket," Charter coach Chris Pedersen said. "He got some easy baskets inside, and that gave him confidence from the outside."

Adams made three of his four 4-pointers in the second half, and scored 17 points after intermission.

Bryan Smith added 11 points for Coeur d'Alene Charter (8-5, 1-3 CIL, which plays at Valley Christian on Tuesday.

Orofino dropped to 7-8, 1-2.

Orofino 8 10 5 9 - 32

Cd'A Charter 9 15 14 10 - 48

OROFINO - Wilson 0, Judd 11, Turner 1, Lee 10, Smith 3, Dutro 0, Schlieper 3, M. Brink 0, Relso 0, Kuykendall 4.

COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Pedersen 8, Pennings 0, May 0, Johnson 1, Stellflug 4, Adams 20, Moreno 4, Whealon 0, Smith 11.

Lakeside 64

Kootenai 59 (OT)

HARRISON FLATS - Doug Schatz scored 20 points to lead the Knights to an overtime win against the Warriors in North Star League play.

"It was a great game," Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. "Defensively, we had a couple of letdowns, but offensively we were able to run our offense well. We just had some untimely turnovers down the stretch, but overall, it was a great game on both sides. It was a battle."

Ben Whipple, who finished with 14 points, hit a jumper with 8.5 seconds remaining in regulation for Kootenai, but Lakeside took a four-point lead with under a minute remaining in OT to pull away in the Battle on the Trail spirit game.

Jake Pfeiffer had 24 points and 12 rebounds and Boone Benson grabbed eight rebounds for Kootenai (5-6. 2-2 NSL), which travels to Mullan on Tuesday.

Leighton Boyd added 15 points for Lakeside (5-8, 2-0), which travels to Mullan on Tuesday.

Lakeside 9 15 11 18 11 - 64

Kootenai 16 9 9 19 6 - 59

LAKESIDE - Schatz 20, Kolar 6, Boyd 15, Mitchell 0, Nomee 5, Gallegos 6, Nilson 0, Stensgar 0, Meshell 0, Brown 12.

KOOTENAI - Butler 3, Napierala 3, Whipple 14, Mo. Wilms 4, Benson 7, Love 0, Pfeiffer 24, Schultz 4.

N.I. Christian 55

House of the Lord 35

COEUR d'ALENE - Paul Connelly had 18 points and four steals to lead the Royals past the Panthers in a Mountain Christian League game at Canfield Middle School.

Logan Booth had 10 points and eight rebounds for North Idaho Christian (2-11, 2-9 MCL), which faces Genesis Prep on Monday at Real Life Ministries in Post Falls.

House of Lord 8 3 12 12 - 35

N.I. Christian 5 15 11 24 - 55

HOUSE OF THE LORD - Schultz 6, Myers 9, I. Jeter 1, DeVerna 9, A. Jeter 10, Jones 0, Queen 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Jesensky 10, Booth 10, P. Connelly 18, J. Connelly 7, Kuchenski 2, Chersin 8, Osterberg 0, Sheetz 0.