* BOYS

COEUR d'ALENE - Tony Naccarato led a balanced effort with 12 points and five rebounds for the Coeur d'Alene Vikings, which beat the Lewiston Bengals 65-38 in a 5A Inland Empire League basketball game on Tuesday night at Elmer Jordan Court.

"I was pleased with our effort tonight," Coeur d'Alene coach Kurt Lundblad said. "We had 12 guys that played solid minutes and felt good about that."

Joey Naccarato had 10 points and Devin Kluss had nine points and six rebounds for Coeur d'Alene (13-3, 4-1 5A IEL), which moved into sole possession of first place with the win and Lake City's loss to Post Falls.

Jayden Kaufman scored 18 points, all in the first half, for Lewiston (4-13, 0-5).

"I thought we picked up the defensive intensity in the second half," Lundblad said. "In the first half, we were a little tentative. Kaufman's a great player, but didn't score after halftime. I think our kids got the message and we needed to put the brakes on him."

Coeur d'Alene hosts Post Falls on Saturday.

Lewiston 9 13 8 8 - 38

Coeur d'Alene 18 9 21 17 - 65

LEWISTON - Urquhart 4, Stamper 3, Kaufman 18, Hewett 7, Carter 3, Berlik 0, Whitlock 3, Murphy 0, Ulrich 0, Sager 0.

COEUR d'ALENE - Paulsen 2, Tripp 7, Daniels 7, Carpenter 6, Williams 8, Hicks 2, Kuetemeyer 0, Sparks 0, Kluss 9, T. Naccarato 12, Lundblad 2, J. Naccarato 10.

Moscow 54

Lakeland 51

RATHDRUM - Auston Henry hit a jumper to put Lakeland ahead 51-50, with 25 seconds left in the game, but the Hawks lost a close 4A Inland Empire League game.

Jack Akey hit a lay-in with 15 seconds left for a 52-51 Bears lead after a Moscow timeout.

Lakeland turned the ball over, it was forced to foul, then Nick Ellison of Moscow hit two free throws to make it 54-51.

Tyrel Derrick's 3-point attempt from halfcourt rimmed out at the end at the buzzer.

On Jan. 14, the Hawks lost 69-54 at Moscow.

"It was almost halfway down," Lakeland assistant coach Bill Ryan said of Derrick's last-second shot. "It was an improvement over last time, when we played them down there. Our kids know if we play our game, with the district playoffs coming up, that's where the really big games come up."

Lakeland shot 20 for 43 from the field. Moscow went 9 for 18 from the 3-point line.

Derrick scored 18 points for the Hawks (9-7, 1-2 4A IEL). Jacob Plunkett added 14 points and six rebounds.

Akey scored a game-high 20 points and Adam Gresch added 15 for Moscow (6-8, 3-0).

Lakeland plays at Timberlake on Thursday.

Moscow 16 10 13 15 - 54

Lakeland 7 17 13 14 - 51

MOSCOW - Gresch 15, Martin 4, Akey 20, Stephens 6, Verlin 3, Neschenke 0, Ochoa 0, Gorton 1, Ellison 4, Davis 0.

LAKELAND - Ram 4, Nosworthy 2, Cooper 2, Derrick 18, Henry 2, Bayley 7, Plunkett 14, Ray 2.

St. Maries 60

Cd'A Charter 43

COEUR d'ALENE - Logan Feasline scored 12 of his 14 points in the first half to lead the Lumberjacks past the Panthers in a Central Idaho League game at Holy Family Catholic School.

Chris Adams had 21 points and eight rebounds for Coeur d'Alene Charter.

"We had a slow start, but I thought we played them tough in the last three quarters," Coeur d'Alene Charter coach Steve Bourgard said. "I was just proud of the seniors. It's been a tough year, but they keep working hard. There's no quit in them."

Leighton Gertje scored 13 points for St. Maries (7-7, 2-3 CIL), which travels to Kellogg on Friday.

Christian Johnson scored 11 points for Coeur d'Alene Charter (1-15, 0-5), which travels to Kootenai on Thursday.

St. Maries 20 10 11 19 - 60

Cd'A Charter 9 6 10 18 - 43

ST. MARIES - Bedwell 3, Posselt 4, Michael 11, Truscott 3, Greer 3, McGregor 4, Macumber 3, Wilson 2, Gertje 13, Feasline 14, Becktel 0.

COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Pennings 5, May 0, Putrin 0, Johnson 11, Valov 0, Adams 21, Whealon 1, Rubalcaba 3, Follini 2.

Lakeside 66

Wallace 56

PLUMMER - Doug Schatz had 19 points and five rebounds to lead the Knights past the Miners in a North Star League game.

"For us, it was a game of runs," Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. "We had a good run in the first quarter and let them back into it in the second, but were able to play some solid defense at times. When we're able to do that, we do pretty well."

Jordan Nilson had 14 points and eight rebounds, Jordan Brown 12 points and six rebounds for Lakeside (13-3, 5-0 NSL), which hosts Mullan on Thursday.

Brady Brantley scored 16 points for Wallace (11-6, 4-2).

Wallace 12 15 15 12 - 56

Lakeside 19 8 18 21 - 66

WALLACE - Little 5, Rasmussen 13, Lemieux 0, Brantley 16, Arthun 14, Bayer 0, Brain 4, Browning 4.

LAKESIDE - Stensgar 2, Pluff 3, Meshell 8, Schatz 19, Kolar 8, Zahir 0, Daman 0, Nilson 14, Brown 12.

Mullan 55

Kootenai 53

HARRISON FLATS - Hunter Kotschevar hit a jumper with one second remaining to lift the Tigers past the Warriors in a North Star League game.

"It was a good, hard-fought game," Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. "They really destroyed us on the boards and we didn't rebound very well tonight. You've got to give them credit. They were good on the boards and patient on offense. They're going to be a tough opponent in the district tournament."

Jake Pfeiffer had 28 points and five rebounds and Anthony Ausman had 16 points and six rebounds for Kootenai (7-8, 3-3 NSL), which hosts Coeur d'Alene Charter on Thursday.

T.J. Placencio scored 23 points for Mullan (4-8, 2-5), which travels to Lakeside on Thursday.

Mullan 15 15 11 14 - 55

Kootenai 18 8 12 15 - 53

MULLAN - Barnes 2, Kotschevar 10, Henderson 13, Placencio 23, Ovineck 5, Johnson 2.

KOOTENAI - H. Whipple 0, Willms 4, Jones 2, Ausman 16, Love 1, Pfeiffer 28, Schultz 2.

* GIRLS

Timberlake 39

Kellogg 24

SPIRIT LAKE - Timberlake hit 8 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter of an Intermountain League win over the Wildcats.

The Tigers shot 13 for 18 from the free-throw line in the game.

"We had a lead and we did a good job of protecting it," Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. "Anna Gardom was 7 for 8 from the free-throw line, all in the second half, which was big for us."

Gardom, a sophomore, finished with nine points.

Freshman Keelie Lawler scored 12 points for Timberlake (12-7, 4-2 IML), which won its fifth straight game.

Timberlake hosts Lakeland, while Kellogg (12-6, 3-2) plays at Priest River on Thursday.

Kellogg 9 4 4 7 - 24

Timberlake 9 8 9 13 - 39

KELLOGG - Garner 3, Wendt 2, Roberts 0, Toews 0, Stewart 2, Gibbons 4, Sheppard 0, Carter 6, Arthur 5, Sims 0, Chambers 0, McDonald 2.

TIMBERLAKE - Powell 0, Gardom 9, Rhodes 4, Kirby 6, Seubert 2, Fitzmorris 0, Norlander 4, Lawler 12, Mallet 2.

St. Maries 40

Cd'A Charter 29

COEUR d'ALENE - Haylee Waddell scored 13 points to lead the Lumberjacks past the Panthers in a Central Idaho League game at Holy Family Catholic School.

Jackie Jensen had seven points and 10 rebounds for Coeur d'Alene Charter, which trailed 20-8 at halftime.

"We're just digging ourselves a hole," Coeur d'Alene Charter coach Doug Grant said. "We adjust to it, but it's tough to battle back from. I'm proud of the girls, they never give up, but we just need to get over that one bad quarter."

The win clinches the No. 2 seed into the 2A District 1-2 tournament for the Lumberjacks (9-8, 4-2 CIL), who will face the third-seed Panthers (7-10, 2-4) on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Troy High.

Kerstin Auer scored 10 points for St. Maries in its regular season finale.

Coeur d'Alene Charter travels to Kootenai on Thursday.

St. Maries 4 16 7 13 - 40

Cd'A Charter 4 4 11 10 - 29

ST. MARIES - Ghramm 4, Waddell 13, Brusseau 0, Scott 0, Ker. Auer 10, Thaut 0, Flach 8, Cordell 2, Kel. Auer 3.

COEUR d'ALENE CHARTER - Alexander 4, Bartlett 5, Benefield 0, Haman 6, Zasadny 2, Overoye 0, Verhaeghe 5, Jensen 7.

Kootenai 53

Mullan 29

HARRISON FLATS - Katey Mae McInturff scored eight of her 27 points in the third quarter, leading the Warriors past the Tigers in a North Star League game.

Kootenai outscored Mullan 21-7 in the third quarter to break open a 20-14 halftime lead.

"They were hanging right there with us at halftime," Kootenai coach Mike LaFountaine said. "But we were able to put together a good defensive run in the third quarter."

Kootenai (6-9, 4-4 NSL) hosts Coeur d'Alene Charter on Thursday.

Charli Sadler scored 13 points for Mullan (5-10, 1-6), which travels to Lakeside on Thursday.

Mullan 6 6 7 10 - 29

Kootenai 12 8 21 12 - 53

MULLAN - Sadler 13, Gallaway 0, Kat. Gribble 0, Auger 0, Ploharz 5, Trogden 4, Koenig 6, Kay. Gribble 1, Stepro 0.

KOOTENAI - G. McInturff 4, Goodson 6, Keogh 3, Carman 5, LaFountaine 0, Karpinski 0, K. McInturff 27, Martin 1, Dutton 0, Dotson 7, Short 0.

POST FALLS

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Lake City (12-5, 3-2), which had to rally in the closing seconds to beat Post Falls 37-36 at home 11 days earlier, struggled to score again the second time around, shooting 14 of 42 from the field.

The Timberwolves had plenty to play for Tuesday night, as a win over Post Falls, followed by a win over Lewiston on Saturday, would have given Lake City the No. 1 seed to regionals.

"Really disappointed in our defense, " Lake City coach Jim Winger said. "I think we're a good defensive team, and we did not guard tonight at all, from the start to the finish. We felt the last time we played them we were overly conservative, and tonight we were the exact opposite - we didn't run anything, we rushed everything, we were very undisciplined on offense."

Kyle Guice scored all 16 of his points in the first half for Lake City.

McLean said he liked his team's defense against Lake City for the second straight game.

"I think we took away some things I've seen them do against other teams," McLean said - keeping J.J. Winger from getting open for 3-pointers, trying to keep Pratt out of the lane, and contesting Guice's shots "and hope he misses. In the first half I thought Matt Hillman and Dalton Thompson did a good job guarding him, contesting shots - he made them, but we can live with that."

Post Falls led 28-22 at halftime. Nick Hall and Max McCullough opened the third quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers for the Trojans. Hillman scored on a putback, then added two free throws to boost Post Falls' lead to 49-29 with 1:52 left in the third quarter.

Lake City answered with a 7-0 run, all by point guard Justin Pratt, to pull within 49-36 with 7:07 left. But Post Falls scored the next six points to regain control, and led by as much as 21 points in the closing minutes.

Post Falls made 7 of 15 3-point shots. Lake City was 1 of 9.

"Earlier in the season we were missing shots, but I never doubted our confidence in our shooters," McLean said.

"Like I told them (the team), I would have lost my house," said Winger, whose team had won six straight. "I expected to walk out of here a winner, to play great. We had a lot to play for. We would have put ourselves in the driver's seat. We controlled our fate. I'm disappointed how we played, disappointed how I coached and I am very, very surprised at the effort."

Post Falls plays host to Sandpoint on Thursday. Lake City is home vs. Lewiston on Saturday.

Lake City 12 10 9 14 - 45

Post Falls 16 12 21 14 - 63

LAKE CITY - Adams 7, Pratt 13, Louie-McGee 3, Vetsch 3, Guice16, Turner 2, Dahl 0, Winger 0, Mitchell 1, Hancock 0.

POST FALLS - Hall 10, McKeown 0, Davenport 1, Pfennigs 7, Hillman 13, Gondo 0, Anderson 0, McCullough 3, Franklin 1, Thompson 21, Bowers 0, Koski 7.