COEUR d'ALENE - First she sang and he slammed.

Then they closed their season on a high note, with wins and Most Valuable Player honors in the 10th annual North vs. South All-Star basketball games Saturday at North Idaho College.

Highland High senior Dakota Gonzalez got the South girls basketball team in tune in the second half.

Gonzalez scored five straight points to start the second half, keying a 14-5 run as the South girls beat the North 91-61.

"My sister (Dylan Gonzalez) just wanted to come up here and have a good time," Dakota Gonzalez said. "Getting a chance to play with players that we've competed against all year was a great experience."

Highland's Clark Wilkinson won the slam dunk contest preceding the boys game, then scored 21 points as the South won 102-68 over the North.

"The game kind of went our way down the stretch," Wilkinson said. "And I got a chance to hit some open shots."

It is the first time in all-star game history that both MVPs have come from the same school.

Lapwai’s Natahnee Spencer beat Lakeland’s Matt Horne 6-5 to win the 3-point contest.

The games were the last to be played on that floor at NIC — the original floor when Christianson Gym was built in 1949. Plans are to tear out the floor and replace the bleachers on the lower level beginning March 25.

Girls: Before the game, the Gonzalez twins — who have signed with Kansas — were asked by South coach Cal DeHaas to sing the national anthem.

“We said yeah and he had us sing it. It was awesome to get to do that,” Dakota Gonzalez said.

Dakota Gonzalez had 13 points. Utah State commit and Capital High standout Liz Landreth scored a game-high 16 points.

DeHaas, who coached at Coeur d’Alene High this year, along with former Coeur d’Alene High and North Idaho College standout Lindsay Stark, filled in for the twins’ high school coach Tony Green, who was selected, but was unable to attend.

“They asked me last week if I could pinch-hit for them,” DeHaas said. “It was a hoot because we didn’t know a lot of them. We just wanted to sub them in and out and give them a good time.”

Tied at 29 at halftime, the South outscored the North 62-32 in the second half.

“We talked about being unselfish in the second half,” DeHaas said. “I thought we were being too selfish in the first half, taking quick shots and not passing the ball around. We were focused more on the defensive side and it really paid off.”

Hallie Gennett of Post Falls scored 14 points, Caelyn Orlandi of Coeur d’Alene 11 for the North.

Brooke Litalien (Post Falls) and Spencer (Lapwai), soon-to-be teammates at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, combined to score seven points for the North.

“It was kind of nice to get a chance to play with her,” Litalien said. “Now, we know how to get each other open. We had a good chance to meet and talk about next year.”

“It was good to see where we’re at as a team and as teammates,” said Spencer of Litalien. “It was really nice to get a chance to play together.”

The South now leads the all-time series 7-3.

South 29 62 — 91

North 29 32 — 61

SOUTH — Maddie Skaggs (Boise) 3, Dakota Gonzalez (Highland) 13, Dylan Gonzalez (Highland) 3, McClain Williams (Eagle) 14, Holly Blades (Meridian) 8, Charley Bringham (Dietrich) 5, Jane Hansen (Madison) 4, Liz Landreth (Capital) 16, Celeste Pantoja (Middleton) 0, Mykaela Richards (Meridian) 10, Mikayla Harris (Twin Falls) 12, Kindall Murie (Bishop Kelly) 2.

NORTH — Katie King (Post Falls) 2, Natahnee Spencer (Lapwai) 3, Aubrie Vale (Burley) 4, Kassie Torres (Lake City) 4, Steffie Pavey (Priest River) 0, Lexi Turkenburg (Coeur d’Alene Charter) 7, Caelyn Orlandi (Coeur d’Alene) 11, Josie Coder (Lakeland 4), Brooke Litalien (Post Falls) 4, Hallie Gennett (Post Falls) 14, Dani Failor (Post Falls) 8, Kendalyn Brainard (Coeur d’Alene), injured.

Boys: After keeping the game close through the first half, the North went cold early in the second quarter while their opponents heated up to build a 67-43 lead midway through the second half.

The South had five players in double figures, with Blake Phippen of Hillcrest and Cody Spjute with 14 points each and Rafa Hewett-Steiger (Lewiston) and Mitch Orme (Firth) with 10 points each.

Lakeland’s Matt Horne led the North with nine points, all coming on 3-point baskets.

Johnny Hayden (Timberlake), Garret Wendt (Kellogg) and Jared Moore (Coeur d’Alene) scored eight points each for the North.

“It’s been a fun year,” Hayden said. “It was a great opportunity to come here and play with some great players. It was just a great year overall and a great way to cap it off.”

Hayden, who helped lead Timberlake to its first state boys basketball tournament appearance since the school opened in 1998, will continue his playing career at Division III Crown College in Watertown, Minn.

Wendt said he will also continue his career at college next year, most likely at an NWAACC school.

“It was fun to get back on the court again,” Wendt said. “We didn’t really finish the season that well. I’m going to play college basketball, but am not sure where yet. They’re all pretty local and not too far away from home.”

Wendt said that those interested are Big Bend, Westminster, Southwestern Oregon and Walla Walla.

The 6-foot-7 Wilkinson said he will also play college basketball after returning from an LDS Church mission in two years.

“I’m going right out of high school,” Wilkinson said. “Once I get done doing that, I’m going to play somewhere — but I haven’t decided where yet.”

The South has won six of 10 games in the series, and won its second straight for the first time since the games began in 2004.

South 43 49 — 102

North 35 33 — 68

SOUTH — Daryl Robertson (Centennial) 5, Blake Phippen (Hillcrest) 14, Tanner Percifield (Mountain View) 7, Nate Bruneel (Rocky Mountain) 2, McKay Cannon (Shelley) 10, Clark Wilkinson (Highland) 21, Rafa Hewett-Steiger (Lewiston) 7, Mitch Orme (Firth) 11, Cody Spjute (Borah) 14.

NORTH — Warren Joiner (St. Maries) 5, Keaton Corr (Post Falls) 7, Matthew Horne (Lakeland) 9, Johnny Hayden (Timberlake) 8, Dane Randall (Moscow) 3, Kyle Snyder (Moscow) 7, Garret Wendt (Kellogg) 8, Jared Moore (Coeur d’Alene) 8, Ben Whipple (Kootenai) 2, Riley Moreen (Lake City) 2, Austin Linnemeyer (St. Maries) 4, Sam Heitzman (Lewiston), injured.