- COEUR d'ALENE INN-VITATIONAL HOLIDAY CLASSIC

COEUR d'ALENE - Who said it's too late to exchange Christmas presents?

Before the Post Falls-Georges P. Vanier Secondary matchup in Monday's opening round of the Coeur d'Alene Inn-Vitational, the Towhees from Courtneay, B.C., gave each of the Trojans a commemorative pin.

Then once the game began, Post Falls gave a lesson to their Canadian opponents, forcing dozens of turnovers en route to a 82-32 win at North Idaho College.

"Their level of play was too much for us," Vanier coach Larry Street said. "We came down here because we're going to play kids who are coached since they're 5, 6 years old. I have kids who are athletic, but they're green (on the basketball court)."

A poor-shooting first half by the Trojans (8-0) allowed the Towhees to hang around for the first 10 minutes, despite 13 Post Falls steals and forced turnovers to that point.

Post Falls shot 12-for-38 from the floor before halftime, and back-to-back baskets by Vanier standout Anders Storgaard, followed by Ben Jungwirth's 3-pointer, pulled the Towhees within 14-12 with 5:05 remaining in the second quarter.

A drive to the basket by Blake McLean ignited a 22-2 Trojan run, finished off with a behind-the-back drive through the lane by Max McCullough, putting Post Falls in command 36-14 just before intermission.

The junior point guard was one of four Trojans in double-figures, scoring 13 of his game-high 17 points in the first half as Post Falls coach Mike McLean substituted liberally, using all 10 of his players.

"We usually go 11 deep - one of our kids is on vacation with his family - so it's not unusual for us to have contributions from a lot of people," McLean said. "We didn't shoot very well in the first half, but we took good shots and shared the ball very well, so we knew eventually they'd start to fall for us."

Jack Millsap (14 points), Dalton Thompson (12 points), Zach Hillman (12 points) and Jake Blakney (team-high seven rebounds) all contributed solid efforts for Post Falls, which faces Lapwai tonight in a 6:15 tournament semifinal.

Storgaard, an exchange student from Denmark, had 14 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots for Vanier (13-4).

"I thought he had very much a man's game out there," McLean said of Storgaard. "He was clearly their best player."

Street had similar compliments for McLean's squad.

"I was told they're good, and they showed it today," Street said of the Trojans. "They're a strong team that's very well-coached."

Vanier 7 9 9 7 - 32

Post Falls 14 22 22 24 - 82

VANIER - Storgaard 14, Knopp 5, Hobenshield 0, Olsen 2, Balon 2, Strachan 0, Smith 4, Jungwirth 3, Edwards 0, Sebolleros 2. Totals 12-36 7-13 32.

POST FALLS - McCullough 17, Anderson 9, Thompson 12, J. Millsap 14, Blakney 5, Hillman 12, McLean 9, Flaa 2, English 2, W. Millsap 0. Totals 31-74 14-19 82.

Lapwai 55, Mountain View 44: In the tournament's opening game, Imani Mitchell (20 points) and Savion Henry (14 points) led the 1A Wildcats (4-0) past the 5A Mavericks.

Andrew Elkins scored 15 points and Cameron Howard had 11 points for Mountain View (3-4), which faces Vanier Secondary at noon today.

Coeur d'Alene 70, Ridgeview 65, OT: For the first 24 minutes of their opening round game, the Vikings seemed destined to fight back through the consolation bracket.

That final quarter and four minutes of overtime was enough to get the job done though.

Tony Naccarato scored 21 points and Colby Daniels added 15, including five in overtime as the Vikings held off the Ravens of Redmond, Ore.

"I told the guys at halftime that we needed to play with more energy and pick up the pace a little bit," Coeur d'Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. "That first half, we were really sloppy and had way too many turnovers and they played really well. They were very well coached, organized and shot the ball really well."

Ridgeview led 45-29 midway through the third quarter before Coeur d'Alene rallied to trim the deficit to 50-48 with 3:13 remaining.

"We dug ourselves a hole and it didn't look good for a while there," Lundblad said. "But the kids bounced back."

Joey Naccarato scored 11 points for Coeur d'Alene (6-2), which faces Wilson High of Tacoma in a semifinal game tonight at 7:45.

George Mendazona scored 21 points and Tanner O'Neal had 19 points for Ridgeview, which faces Prairie in a consolation game today at 1:45 p.m.

Ridgeview 15 16 17 8 9 - 65

Coeur d'Alene11 13 13 19 14 - 70

RIDGEVIEW - Alvarez 9, Mendazona 21, O'Neal 19, Hampton 2, Penhollow 6, Albrecht 6, Nelson 2.

COEUR d'ALENE - J. Naccarato 11, Lynn 2, Daniels 15, Matheson 8, Yankoff 0, Schuon 2, Sparks 10, T. Naccarato 21.

Wilson 60, Lapwai 50: Dom Hammond scored 17 points to lead Wilson past Prairie in an opening round game.

Kentridge outlasts Lake City

- LAKE CITY INVITATIONAL

COEUR d’ALENE — A fourth-quarter surge helped the host Timberwolves send Monday night’s game into overtime, but the Chargers (6-1) pulled away in the extra session 51-46 to advance in the Lake City Invitational tournament.

Joe Pasquale and Nick Hancock scored 12 points apiece and Pasquale added 10 boards to lead Lake City (2-4), which faces Vallivue today at 3:30 p.m.

Micah Simmons scored 17 points and Joran Ticeson added 15 for Kentridge, which will meet Lakeland in tonight’s second tournament semifinal at 7.

Kentridge 14 9 11 7 10 — 51

Lake City 9 10 8 14 5 — 46

KENTRIDGE — Thomas 2, Chappell 8, E. Ticeson 2, Walker 2, Hopson 5, Simmons 17, J. Ticeson 15.

LAKE CITY — Louis-McGee 7, Dotson 8, Hughes 7, Pasquale 12, Hancock 12.

Lakeland 54, Vallivue 34: Tyrel Derrick scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Hawks over the Falcons in their tournament opener.

Lakeland (7-1) moves on to face the Lake City-Kentridge winner tonight at 7 p.m.

Landon Cain finished with 14 points for Vallivue, which faces the Lake City today at 3:30.

Lakeland 11 11 15 17 — 54

Vallivue 6 11 5 13 — 35

LAKELAND — Ram 5, Cooper 5, Derrick 17, Henry 9, McDevitt 3, Zubaly 2, Plunkett 6, Ray 2, Knight 5.

VALLIVUE — Schroeder 10, Lopez 1, Landon Cain 14, Moram 2, Yasinski 2, Wade 2, Sedullo 2, Comforth 2.

Columbia River 57, Sandpoint 30: Jacob Hort scored 12 points to lead the Chieftains of Vancouver, Wash., past the Bulldogs in an opening round game.

Troy Mitton scored six points for Sandpoint (2-7), which faces Tahoma High at 2 p.m. in a consolation game.

Columbia River will face Rocky Mountain in a semifinal game today at 5:15 p.m.

Sandpoint 10 12 4 4 — 30

Columbia River 16 15 16 10 — 57

SANDPOINT — Aquirre 4, Norris 2, Sundquist 2, Kuzmich 4, Coppess 5, Troy Mitton 6, Speakman 1, Collado 4, Perry 2.

COLUMBIA RIVER — Hawthorne 6, Bean 8, Vickers 4, Daniels 4, Jacob Hjort 12, Moore 4, Hellman 2, Long 8, Pedigo 3, Turner 2, McGurry 2, Black 2.

Rocky Mountain 54, Tahoma 42: Kolby Lee scored 14 points for the Grizzlies, which beat Tahoma in the opening round.

Clayton Stultz scored 10 points for Tahoma.

Rocky Mtn. 25 6 16 7 — 54

Tahoma 16 11 8 7 — 42

ROCKY MOUNTAIN — Sheppard 3, Skurdal 5, Ludwig 11, Erickson 9, Terashiwa 6, Saigl 6, Kolby Lee 14.

TAHOMA — Sturdivan 7, Best 6, Sundstrom 2, Sawin 9, Hammock 8, Clayton Stultz 10.