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COEUR d'ALENE - Sydney Williams scored 22 points, Sara Chalich 15 to lead the Coeur d'Alene Vikings, ranked No. 2 in 5A, past the Post Falls Trojans 58-28 on senior night in the 5A Inland Empire League finale for both schools Thursday night at Elmer Jordan Court.

"We just played pretty good defense," Coeur d'Alene coach Dale Poffenroth said. "If you're having an off night, you can succeed with defense and the girls are learning that."

The win clinches at least a tie for the 5A IEL title for Coeur d'Alene (17-2, 5-1), which can lock up the No. 1 seed to the Region 1 tournament with a win Saturday at Moscow. A new 5A IEL tiebreaker stipulates that head-to-head ties are broken by point differential in the two league games between the two teams, provided those teams had the same record vs. 4A teams. Lewiston (17-2, 4-1) beat Coeur d'Alene by 3 points at Coeur d'Alene, and Coeur d'Alene won by 20 points at Lewiston.

But should Coeur d'Alene lose, and Lewiston beats Lake City on Saturday, the Bengals would be the No. 1 seed to regionals.

Madison Sumner had 10 points and three assists for Coeur d'Alene, and Brittany Tackett had 10 rebounds and six points.

Kim Reynolds scored seven points for Post Falls (10-10, 0-6), which returns to action next Friday at the 5A Region 1 tournament, opening at the No. 1 seed.

Post Falls 6 6 8 8 - 28

Coeur d'Alene 14 18 7 19 - 58

POST FALLS - Allert 4, A. Ellison 4, O. Ellison 0, King 0, L. Smith 1, Anderson 3, Bodman 3, Runkle 3, Kyle 3, Reynolds 7, McDermott 0.

COEUR d'ALENE - Parker 3, Sumner 10, Chalich 15, Callahan 0, Tackett 6, Matheson 2, Williams 22.

Kellogg 43

Lakeland 35

RATHDRUM - Kelly Ramus had 15 points and eight rebounds for the 4A Hawks in a nonleague loss to the 3A Wildcats at Hawk Court.

"The girls played a very good first half," Lakeland coach Steve Seymour said. "We struggled a little bit with Kellogg's defense in the second, but the girls played hard all night long."

Emily Vanderhoof had four assists for Lakeland (3-16), which travels to Timberlake on Thursday.

Jessi Gibbons scored 11 points for Kellogg (11-5), which travels to St. Maries for the "Brawl for the Ball" spirit game on Saturday.

Kellogg 12 12 14 5 - 43

Lakeland 16 10 2 7 - 35

KELLOGG - Garner 8, Wendt 0, Roberts 0, Toews 3, Stewart 10, Gibbons 11, Shepherd 0, Carter 4, Arthur 7, Chambers 0.

LAKELAND - Vanderhoof 3, Price 3, Linehan 0, Kelsey 6, Falhenkamp 2, Rotchford 0, Seymour 3, Bodak 3, Ramus 15.

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St. Maries 55

Kootenai 29

ST. MARIES - The host Lumberjacks raced out to a 26-12 halftime lead in a nonleague victory over the Warriors.

"We came out and played together as a team," St. Maries coach Jay Sines said. "We're starting to gel together more. Defensively, there's room for improvement, but they did well."

Kelsey Auer scored 12 points, hauled in 19 rebounds and blocked seven shots for St. Maries (8-7). Kerstin Auer added 10 points. Haylee Waddell had seven steals. Kendall Brusseau had eight rebounds.

Katey Mae McInturff scored 20 points for Kootenai (4-9).

St. Maries plays Saturday at home against Kellogg in nonleague play.

Kootenai hosts Clark Fork in North Star League play on Saturday.

Kootenai 8 4 10 7 - 29

St. Maries 13 13 15 14 - 55

KOOTENAI - G. McInturff 1, Goodson 2, Keogh 2, Carman 3, LaFountaine 0, Anderson 1, Karpinski 0, K. McInturff 20, Martin 0, Dutton 0, Dotson 0, Short 0.

ST. MARIES - McQueen 0, Eells 0, Holder 0, Ghramm 5, Waddell 9, Brusseau 6, Scott 2, Kel. Auer 12, Thaut 9, Flach 0, Cordell 2, Ker. Auer 10.

Christian Heritage 50

N.I. Christian 33

EDWALL, Wash. - North Idaho Christian came back from a 10-2 deficit in the first quarter to cut the lead to 23-16 at halftime, but came up short on the road in Mountain Christian League play.

Rayla Andrews scored 14 points for North Idaho Christian (9-11, 5-4 MCL) and she grabbed 12 rebounds. Alex Gwin had four assists and four steals.

Michaela Yoder scored 18 points for Christian Heritage School (18-0, 10-0 MCL).

North Idaho Christian plays host to Pullman Christian today at 4:30 p.m. at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

N.I. Christian 2 14 10 7 - 33

Christian Heritage 10 13 16 11 - 50

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Helmsley 2, Wood 0, Burke 0, Andrews 14, Gwin 4, Hill 0, Prosch 6, Ward 2, Lassan 1, Shaw 2, Palmer 2.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Stone 2, Yoder 18, Klein 9, Phillips 2, Knotts 3, Rossey 2, Wollweber 14.

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Lewiston 61

Timberlake 56

SPIRIT LAKE - Timberlake led 41-40 after the third quarter but could not quite get past Lewiston, in nonleague play at Booth Hall.

Jaydan Kaufman scored 31 points to pace the Bengals (4-12).

"He scored inside and outside," Timberlake coach Tony Hanna said. "Their offense went through him and he did a really good job of scoring. It was a good game, it was back and forth. We ended up with a one-point lead after the third quarter. We were up five at one point. They got some defensive stops and knocked down some pressure-packed free throws at the end of the game."

Bryce Johnson scored 16 points and was 5 for 8 from behind the 3-point line for the Tigers (5-9), which had won five straight after an 0-8 start.

"His shooting kept us in the game for a while," Hanna said.

Keegan Scott and Vance Kistler both had 10 rebounds for the Tigers.

Timberlake plays Saturday at Bonners Ferry in Intermountain League play.

Timberlake 10 13 18 15 - 56

Lewiston 15 11 14 21 - 61

TIMBERLAKE - Cramer 12, Johnson 16, Austin 0, Scott 13, Jones 0, Allen 6, Kistler 5, Cronnelly 2.

LEWISTON - Urquhart 3, Stamper 2, Kaufman 31, Hewett 5, Carter 9, Berlik 0, Whitlock 2, Ulrich 9.

N.I. Christian 63

Christian Heritage 54

EDWALL, Wash. - John Connelly had 22 points and five assists to lead the Royals past the Patriots in a Mountain Christian League play to clinch the No. 2 seed to next week's league tournament.

Elijah Schreibeis had eight points and six rebounds and Jeremiah Chersin had 10 points and six rebounds for North Idaho Christian (13-13-7, 10-3 MCL), which faces Pullman Christian today at 3 p.m. at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

N.I. Christian 16 10 15 22 - 63

Christian Heritage 9 13 18 14 - 54

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Booth 7, P. Connelly 5, J. Connelly 22, Jesensky 2, Chersin 10, Stedman 2, Schreibeis 8, Gabrielsen 2, Hunter 1, Burke 4.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Ricketts 2, Smith 2, Rossey 17, Herron 17, Cao 2, Kent 14.