PRIEST RIVER — Sheldon Kistler scored in traffic with 9 seconds left, and the Timberlake Tigers roared back from a slow start to beat the Priest River Spartans 48-47 in Intermountain League play Saturday night in the boys’ Battle of the Buck spirit game.

“He just willed the ball into the basket,” Timberlake coach Michael Scott said. “There was a lot of contact, but he got the ball into the basket.”

Kistler scored seven of his 14 points in the fourth quarter for Timberlake (5-8, 2-1 IML), which was playing without two of its top five scorers. Jordan Hardy, who got the assist on the winning basket, added 11 points.

Timberlake fell behind 16-5 after one quarter, pulled within five points at halftime, then was down by nine after three quarters.

“It was a wild game,” Scott said after Timberlake won the spirit competition. “In the first quarter our shot selection was pretty poor — we were taking way too many 3-pointers. We dug ourselves a hole because we were so impatient.”

Caden Brennan scored 14 points for Priest River (1-13, 0-3).

Timberlake plays at Lakeland on Tuesday.

Timberlake 5 16 11 16 — 48

Priest River 16 10 15 6 — 47

TIMBERLAKE — Hardy 11, Wilfong 7, Meijerink 0, Kluss 2, James 9, Gardom 5, Kistler 14.

PRIEST RIVER — Hegel 9, O’Brien 12, Johnson 0, Downs 4, McCracken 6, Brennan 14, Salesky 0, Glazier 2.

Moscow 67

Sandpoint 39

MOSCOW — Cooper Stephens scored 13 of his game-high 26 points in the first quarter, as the Bears came out firing on all cylinders to beat the Bulldogs in a 4A Inland Empire League game at Bear Den.

The Bears (5-8, 2-0 4A IEL) scored 29 points in the first quarter while the Bulldogs (6-6, 0-1) managed just 10 and had a hard time recovering from the slow start.

Robbie Johnson sank 3 of 6 from beyond the arc to score a team-high 17 points, and Bruin Jones and Alex Stockton each scored six in defeat. The Bulldogs were able to get to the line 19 more times than the Bears, but made just 15 of 30 attempts.

Sandpoint hosts 5A Lewiston on Monday.

Sandpoint 10 13 10 6 — 39

Moscow 29 13 17 8 — 67

SANDPOINT — Vernon 3, Dalthorp 2, Niemela 1, Ortega 1, Davis 0, Jones 6, Johnson 17, VanDenBerg 1, Casey 2, Stockton 6.

MOSCOW — Stephens 26, Broenneke 12, Johnson 1, Jaeder 2, Makamson 3, Quinnett 5, Rauch-Edwards 7, Postell 1, Pancheri 2, Kitchel 8.

St. Maries 61

Orofino 27

ST. MARIES — Full-court pressure and half-court traps sparked an early 10-0 run as the host Lumberjacks rolled past the Maniacs in a Central Idaho League matchup.

Kaden Hammond recorded most of his eight points and six steals in the opening quarter as St. Maries scored the game’s first 10 points and doubled that lead by the end of the quarter.

Dan Howard and Jackson Pritchard led the Lumberjacks with 12 points each, as all 11 St. Maries players saw significant game time and scored, coach Bryan Chase said.

Kevin Duffield added eight points and eight rebounds for St. Maries (9-1, 2-0 CIL), which hosts Potlatch on Thursday.

Peyton Daily led Orofino (0-9, 0-1) with 10 points.

Orofino 4 11 5 7 — 27

St. Maries 24 14 17 6 — 61

OROFINO — Daily 10, Taitano 2, Isbelle 0, Kelso 3, Gladhart 1, Guitron 0, Zweifel 9, Hueth 2.

ST. MARIES — Gibson 1, Basset 2, Duffield 8, Green 3, Lohman 3, Sands 1, Pritchard 12, Hill 3, Buell 8, Hammond 8, Howard 12.

Clark Fork 76

Kootenai 46

CLARK FORK — Sophomore guard Kobe Banks had 24 points, 11 boards, seven assists and five steals, leading the Wampus Cats past the Warriors in a North Star League game.

Wade Stevens added a double-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and four steals for the Wampus Cats (1-7, 1-3), who finished the game with three straight 20-plus-point quarters in a strong offensive showing.

“The boys came out slow but picked it up in the second quarter,” Clark Fork coach Jim Banks said. “We started executing our offense and shutting theirs down.”

Denzel Kailang scored 15, Cameron Garcia added 11 points and three steals, Bryant Moore six points and 11 rebounds, T.J. Henderson five points and Josh Constantin four points and six rebounds for the Cats, who travel to Mullan on Thursday.

No individual scoring was reported for Kootenai (0-8, 0-3), which travels to Kendrick on Thursday.

Kootenai 12 10 12 12 — 46

Clark Fork 11 21 24 20 — 76

Genesis Prep 82

Wallace 27

POST FALLS — Jonny Hillman outscored the visiting team, pouring in 39 points and hitting nine 3-pointers as the Jaguars beat the Miners in North Star League play at Post Falls Middle School.

Junior Williams added 11 points and five assists for Genesis Prep (11-4, 6-0 NSL). Kon Ajang had eight points, Luke Gonzales seven rebounds, Jacob Schroeder four assists for the Jaguars.

Erik Brackebusch led Wallace (6-4, 2-1) with 11 points.

Genesis Prep visits Northwest Christian on Tuesday.

Wallace 5 10 12 0 — 27

Genesis Prep 27 18 26 11 — 82

WALLACE — Welch 3, Hunter 0, Brackebusch 11, Dimitroff 0, Gust 4, Bailey 9, Hull 0, Brantz 0, Stutzke 0, Neubauer 0.

GENESIS PREP — Shelton 5, Mwinuka 6, Reidt 6, Williams 11, Schroeder 2, Hillman 39, Schultz 1, Ajang 8, Gonzales 4.

N.I. Christian 54

Christian Center 30

COEUR d’ALENE — Garrett White had 21 points and nine rebounds to lead the Royals past the host Lions in a Mountain Christian League game at Holy Family Catholic School.

Cross Pilgrim had nine boards, five steals and three assists and Phil Connelly six rebounds for North Idaho Christian (18-1, 7-0 MCL), which faces Kootenai Thunder on Tuesday at Holy Family Catholic School.

Gabe Misita scored nine points for Christian Center.

N.I. Christian 11 15 18 10 — 54

Christian Center 8 2 4 16 — 30

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — D. Kelly 2, Benzinger 4, P. Connelly 0, Nicholson 3, Deak 0, Winde 6, C. Pilgrim 9, Holmes 4, Thorsness 2, J. Kelly 3, W. Pilgrim 0, White 21.

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Peterson 2, J. Sovereign 6, Lux 0, Mesita 9, C. Sovereign 0, Mitchell 6, Owens 3, Lightner 0, Gay 0, Boadle 4, Hanson 0.