• GIRLS BASKETBALL

POST FALLS — Bella Murekatete scored inside off an inbounds pass from Rachel Schroeder with 3 seconds left, lifting the Genesis Prep Jaguars past the Kootenai Warriors 48-47 in a North Star League girls basketball thriller Friday night at Post Falls Middle School.

Murekatete finished with 22 points and nine rebounds for Genesis Prep (3-0, 1-0 NSL), and Schroder had 11 points and seven assists. But both were saddled with foul trouble in the first half, as Kootenai took a 23-18 halftime lead.

“They did a good job going inside,” Genesis Prep coach Debbie Holte said of Kootenai. “We were inconsistent ... really we refocused at halftime, and did a great job in the third quarter turning things around.”

Kaili Gentry scored 18 points and Paxton Dotson added 14 for Kootenai (2-3, 1-1), which led by three points late in the game.

Josie Scribner grabbed eight rebounds for Genesis Prep, which travels to Mullan on Tuesday.

Kootenai visits Lakeside next Friday.

Kootenai 12 11 13 11 — 47

Genesis Prep 10 8 19 11 — 48

KOOTENAI — Gentry 18, Dodson 14, K. LaFountaine 4, Lamb 9, Greene 2, M. LaFountaine 0.

GENESIS PREP — Murekatete 22, Morrow 9, Imanzi 2, Schroeder 11, Scribner 4, Blood 0.

Lake City 61

Pasco 38

PASCO, Wash. — The Timberwolves were shorthanded due to injury and illness, so Nina Carlson moved to point guard and scored 20 points to lead Lake City past the Bulldogs.

“We responded well after not playing well (in a 64-42 loss to Richland on Wednesday) and were a little shorthanded with only six varsity kids,” Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said. “Nina played the point and did a great job.”

Bridget Rieken had 14 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and Keara Simpson nine points and 12 rebounds for Lake City (6-1), which travels to Cheney on Tuesday.

“It was a team effort, and we had some people step up and take exception to how we played, and the girls responded,” Kelly said. “Keara and Bridget did a great job on the boards and we manned up and played great defense.”

Lake City 6 25 19 11 — 61

Pasco 11 8 11 8 — 38

LAKE CITY — Allen 0, Carlson 20, Vershum 0, Rieken 14, Rewers 8, Johnson 0, Halliday 10, Simpson 9.

PASCO — Nieforth 0, M. Martinez 3, Flores 0, McGary 1, Gutierrez 15, S. Martinez 2, Pesing 0, Perez 6, Montelongo 11, McEnderfer 0.

Timberlake 62

Sandpoint 28

SANDPOINT — The visiting Tigers drained 11 3-pointers in beating the Bulldogs for the second time this season, this time at Les Rogers Court.

Keelie Lawler scored 20 points, dropping four 3-pointers, to go with six assists and five boards for Timberlake (7-1), Jacquelyn Mallet added 15 points and Allison Kirby and McKeeley Tonkin each hit three 3-pointers in a strong shooting display.

“I was happy with our half-court offense, we shot the ball well, with confidence and no hesitation,” said Tigers coach Matt Miller, whose team owns wins over Coeur d’Alene, Lewiston and Gonzaga Prep already this season. “We executed well on both ends.”

Junior Grace Kirscher led the Bulldogs (1-5) with 18 points, six rebounds and three assists, and Trinity Golder hit two 3-pointers among her 12 points.

Timberlake travels to Lapwai today at 2:30.

Timberlake 19 16 24 3 — 62

Sandpoint 5 14 6 3 — 28

TIMBERLAKE — Tonkin 9, Kelley 5, Mallet 15, Starr 0, Kirby 9, Cheevers 4, Lawler 20, Kronenberg 5, Allen 0, Bronson 0.

SANDPOINT — Matilla 2, Tomazich 0, Darling 0, Kaul 1, Ward 0, Laybourne 0, Golder 12, Hicks 5, Kirscher 18.

Lakeside 57

Clark Fork 43

PLUMMER — Lillian Rhea finished with 21 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and three steals and the Knights stretched a slight lead after three quarters to a comfortable win over the Wampus Cats.

Olivia Palmer scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to had Lakeside a 10-point lead.

Rachael Arthur added 13 points, five assists and two steals for the Knights (3-0) who host North Idaho Christian on Tuesday.

Brooke Stevens led Clark Fork with 13 points.

Clark Fork 11 16 12 4 — 43

Lakeside 14 17 12 14 — 57

CLARK FORK — Stevens 13, Garmen 0, Lambert 7, Warner 4, Simko 0, Kiebert 2, T. Sutton 9, A. Sutton 8.

LAKESIDE — Palmer 6, Rhea 21, S. Pakootas 4, SiJohn 0, Adrian 0, Daman 4, T. Pakootas 0, Arthur 13, Lambert 4, Peone 5, Olson 0.

The Oaks 33

N.I. Christian 27

SPOKANE VALLEY — Despite 16 points and 19 rebounds from Mary Schlader, the visiting Royals came up short in the Mountain Christian League game.

Emma Whiteman had six points, 10 steals and four assists for North Idaho Christian (7-4, 2-1 MCL), which travels to Lakeside on Tuesday.

Claire Love led The Oaks with 11 points.

N.I. Christian 6 4 11 6 — 27

The Oaks 9 9 7 8 — 33

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Prosch 3, Whiteman 6, Holmes 2, Schlader 16, Brennan 0, Ralls 0, Seeley 0.

THE OAKS — Seven 3, Jackson 5, Love 11, Netras 10, Diersdorf 2, Jenkins 0, Vertage 0, Moderman 1.

• BOYS BASKETBALL

Richland 79

Post Falls 72

RICHLAND, Wash. — Sophomore Cole Northrop hit 7 of 11 3-pointers and scored 43 points as the host Bombers handed the Trojans their first loss in a game arranged earlier that day.

“I haven’t seen a kid shoot it like that since (former Post Falls star) Connor Hill,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “He probably had four 3s from beyond 25 feet. We heard he was a shooter, and we ran everybody at him. He was rolling.”

Post Falls and Richland were scheduled to play Camas (Wash.) and Skyview of Vancouver, Wash., on Friday and Saturday, but the southwestern Washington schools cancelled because of snow.

Colby Gennett had 20 points, five rebounds and three steals for Post Falls (4-1), which trailed 73-72 with 1:12 left, before Richland pulled away from the free-throw line.

“Richland has a very hostile environment, and on the road for our first real challenge of the season, I was happy with how our guys competed,” McLean said.

Jake Pfennigs had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Post Falls, which rescheduled the Camas game for Wednesday at Camas.

Post Falls 17 18 12 25 — 72

Richland 14 17 24 24 — 79

POST FALLS — Gennett 20, Thompson 5, McKeown 2, McCliment-Call 5, Walker 0, Bourgard 11, Fleming 6, Ballew 0, Pfennigs 18, Morris 5.

RICHLAND — Wagar 1, Sanderson 4, Christensen 2, Kurtz 8, Northrop 43, Streufert 9, Sorn 12.

Lake City 77

Pasco 58

PASCO, Wash. — James Carlson scored 20 points and Duncan Butler had 10 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Timberwolves past the Bulldogs.

Kenny Louie-McGee scored 17 points and Kodie Kolden had 13 points and five assists for Lake City, which outscored Pasco 44-25 in the second half.

“We just played like we’re capable of in the second half,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “In the first half, we weren’t ourselves. We had the three hour bus ride and just weren’t ourselves. In the second half, we decided to get after it, and we really did and played the way we’re capable of. We got after some guys defensively, and everything was just better in the second half. It was a good road win and extremely well played second half.”

Lake City (3-0) hosts Rogers today.

Lake City 17 16 21 23 — 77

Pasco 17 16 8 17 — 58

LAKE CITY — Louie-McGee 17, Kolden 13, Womelduff 2, Butler 10, McCartin 2, Carlson 20, Schaffer 7, Neville 0, Pollow 6.

PASCO — Perez 2, Gutierrez 14, Cardoza 7, Crawford 20, Zavlatea 2, Brooks 5, Arzeo 8.

Timberlake 75

Lakeside 39

SPIRIT LAKE — It was the ultimate in balanced scoring as Carter Ostler, Jacob James, Dawson Cramer, Brenden Jessen and Colton Counts scored 10 points each, leading the Tigers past the visiting Knights in nonleague play.

“We passed the ball well; we just executed really well,” Timberlake coach Michael Scott said.

Bryar Sanchez scored 13 points and Alex Pakootas had eight rebounds for Lakeside (1-2), which hosts North Idaho Christian on Tuesday.

“They controlled the boards and were more active on defense than we were,” Lakeside coach Bob Wolcott said. “Once they got a lead, they shot a good percentage and we struggled to get the ball to drop.”

Timberlake (3-1) hosts Sandpoint on Tuesday.

Lakeside 4 12 14 9 — 39

Timberlake 20 14 30 11 — 75

LAKESIDE — Dias 3, Sanchez 13, Pakootas 5, Sperber 2, S. Davison 4, Bighead 1, Wienclaw 2, Ambro 3, J. Davison 4, Abrahamson 2.

TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 0, Dickinson 4, Ostler 10, Cramer 10, James 10, Counts 10, Sommers 7, Gervais 6, Menti 2, Jessen 10, Hausladen 6.

N.I. Christian 51

The Oaks 34

SPOKANE VALLEY — Garrett White had 28 points, 10 rebounds and three assists as the Royals beat The Oaks in a Mountain Christian League game.

Cross Pilgrim had seven rebounds and Nick Beck eight points and three steals for North Idaho Christian (9-1, 3-0 MCL), which travels to Christian Heritage on Monday.

N.I. Christian 8 14 13 16 — 51

The Oaks 11 7 11 5 — 34

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Schwintek 1, Cottier 0, Beck 8, Walker 0, Fish 4, White 28, Kelly 2, Pilgrim 4, Brennan 4, Bailey 0.

THE OAKS — Kim 6, Long 13, T. Christensen 13, Gold 0, M. Kelyn 2, A. Kelyn 1, Modderman 0, S. Christensen 0, Hardkin 0.

St. Maries 69

Wallace 66

WALLACE — Brady Martin’s 14 points led five Lumberjacks into double figures in a win over the Miners in nonleague play.

Dakota Wilson added 12 points for St. Maries (3-0), which returns to action next Saturday at Kellogg in the annual Brawl for the Ball.

Erik Brackebusch had 24 points and 10 rebounds for Wallace (3-2). Matt Farkas added 20 points, Hunter Gust nine rebounds for the Miners, who play host to Orofino next Friday.

St. Maries 11 18 23 17 — 69

Wallace 16 19 12 19 — 66

ST. MARIES — Gibson 11, Sieler 11, Martin 14, Wilson 12, Asbury 4, Pritchard 11, Buell 6.

WALLACE — Hunter 0, Farkas 20, Brackebusch 24, Welch 11, Dimitroff 5, Gust 6.

Genesis Prep 66

Kootenai 27

POST FALLS — Stephane Manzi had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Jaguars in a North Star League win against the Warriors at Post Falls Middle School.

“We got better tonight,” Genesis Prep coach Marsell Coblert said. “I liked how we shared the ball on the offensive end and we got better defensively as a team tonight. We just moved the ball really well and took care of it tonight.”

Junior Williams had 16 points and four rebounds for Genesis Prep (1-1, 1-0 NSL), which travels to Mullan on Tuesday.

Gage Maitland scored 10 points for Kootenai (1-3, 0-2), which plays at Deary on Dec. 20.

Kootenai 3 8 6 10 — 27

Genesis Prep 15 13 29 9 — 66

KOOTENAI — H. Whipple 6, Wright 8, Maitland 10, Keogh 0, Udrowski 3, Ausman 0, Donohoe 0.

GENESIS PREP — Shelton 5, Reidt 3, Minizuka 0, Williams 16, Schroeder 0, Hillman 14, Schultz 4, Manzi 18, Gonzales 6.

• WRESTLING

Lakeland third, Cd’A eighth

after first day at Inland Empire

SPOKANE VALLEY — Lakeland’s Alex Edelblute (106 pounds), Sam Edelblute (106), William Edelblute (113), Tavis Woempner (120), Brian Edelblute (126), Larry Johnson (138), Logan Kelley (145), Cage Hendry (152), Sage See (160) and Jared Walker (195) advanced to today’s quarterfinal round of the Inland Empire Classic at Central Valley High.

Lakeland is third with 56 points, trailing Chiawana, who leads the 20 team tournament with 61.5 points.

Jacob Krous (113 pounds), Sam Reese (120), Garrett Ashby (126), Mitchell Moffat (132), Max Peressini (145), Klayton Hindberg (160), Casey Randles (182) and Alex Marshall (220) advanced to the quarters for Coeur d’Alene, which is eighth with 42 points.

The quarterfinals begin today at 9:30 a.m.

Post Falls 49

Hermiston 24

HERMISTON, Ore. — The visiting Trojans had pins in seven weight classes to beat the Bulldogs.

“It was a great dual for us,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “Hermiston always puts out a great, tough team. It was a great challenge, and we knew it was going to be tough.”

Wyatt Shelly (152 pounds), Tyler Morris (160), Brad Noesen (220), Ridge Lovett (106), A.J. De La Rosa (120), Alessio Lemmon (126) and Mathais De La Rosa (132) won by pin for Post Falls, which competes in the annual Tri-State Invitational next Friday and Saturday at North Idaho College.

145 — CJ Hendon, Herm, d. Braydon Huber, 10-4. 152 — Wyatt Shelly, PF, p. Oscar Lopez, 1:24. 160 — Tyler Morris, PF, p. Payton Smith, 2:40. 170 — Valen Wyse, Herm, p. T.J. Hogan, 1:41. 182 — Julio Leiva, Herm, d. Cameron Voigt, 8-4. 195 — Joey Gutierrez, Herm, p. Isaac Shadduck, 1:41. 220 — Brad Noesen, PF, p. Corey Mason, 5:08. 285 — Beau Blake, Herm, p. Cody Cantrell, 2:33. 106 — Ridge Lovett, PF, p. Ruben Madrigal, 1:19. 113 — Jordan Grimm, PF, md. Alice Todryk, 17-5. 120 — A.J. De La Rosa, PF, p. Gage Shipley, 3:38. 126 — Alessio Lemmon, PF, p. Augustas Blackhurt, 2:55. 132 — Mathias De La Rosa, PF, p. Jesus Rodriguez, 1:50. 138 — Jason Burchell, PF, d. Adrian Tuia, 9-3.