SPOKANE — A couple of steals and baskets by Devon Johnson put Coeur d’Alene ahead to stay midway through the fourth quarter, as the Vikings rallied past North Central 55-50 in nonleague play Thursday night.

Mayson Whittaker hit five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 19 points for Coeur d’Alene (2-3). Johnson finished with 12 points, and drew a charge which negated a basket by North Central, and led to a hoop by Jack Prka with 30 seconds left to give the Vikings a three-point lead.

“We really started buckling down on defense in the second half,” Coeur d’Alene coach Tony Hanna said.

Coeur d’Alene, which played without starting point guard Luke McLaughlin for most of the first three quarters due to foul trouble, trailed by as much as 13 points.

Ayden Barnufsky scored 15 points for North Central (0-4).

Coeur d’Alene plays host to Cheney on Wednesday.

Coeur d’Alene 15 14 16 10 — 55

North Central 16 17 15 2 — 50

COEUR d’ALENE — Whittaker 19, Bengtson 8, Ivankovich 0, Johnson 12, Larson 0, Karns 10, O. Smith 0, Prka 6, McLaughlin 0, C. Smith 0.

NORTH CENTRAL — Ellison 0, Barnufsky 15, Harle 0, King 0, Auld 13, Schoeffer 3, Mongar 0, Thomason 1, Martin 9, Renz 9.

Post Falls 69

Cheney 40

CHENEY — Caden McLean hit five of his six 3-pointers in the third quarter — scoring a game-high 20 points — as the Trojans beat the Blackhawks in a nonleague game.

“Cheney was suprisingly physical and the game got really physical,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “The game was officiated really well, and they let the players battle. At the half, I told them not to settle just for the open shot and use some ball movement. We were just a little more patient and we talked about working hard, making the correct pass and do your job.”

Colby Gennett had 18 points, six rebounds and three steals for Post Falls (3-0), which hosts Central Valley on Saturday. Alex Horning had 13 points, seven rebounds and four steals for Post Falls.

Quinsie Goodloe scored 18 points for Cheney.

Post Falls 10 16 31 12 — 69

Cheney 10 6 14 10 — 40

POST FALLS — Gennett 18, McLean 20, Wubbolding 3, Rodriguez 4, Peterson 3, Rutherford 8, Ballew 0, Lee 0, Horning 13, Shields 0.

CHENEY — Brown 4, Whiteley 5, Goodloe 16, West 3, McPherson 3, Custer 8, Richardson 0, Hemenway 3, Long 0, Holt 0.

Sandpoint 55

Timberlake 45

SPIRIT LAKE — The host Tigers led by four at halftime, but were outscored by the Bulldogs 16-4 in the third quarter of the nonleague loss.

“Sandpoint extended its zone and was trapping us, and we didn’t respond well to the trap,” Timberlake coach Mike Menti said. “They forced us into turnovers and errant shots.”

Kobe Banks scored 13 points, Ryan Roos 11, Arie VanDenBerg 10 for Sandpoint (2-1).

Jacob James scored a game-high 16 points for Timberlake (1-4), which battled back and had a chance to tie with a couple minutes left but missed a 3-pointer, then had to foul.

“I think in every game we’ve played, we haven’t played a full four quarters,” Menti said.

Timberlake plays host to East Valley on Saturday.

Sandpoint 19 7 16 13 — 55

Timberlake 19 11 4 11 — 45

SANDPOINT — R. Roos 11, Banks 13, Niemela 9, VanDenBerg 10, C. Roos 2, Treadaway 5, Lane 0, Casey 0, Butler 5.

TIMBERLAKE — Peightal 6, Menti 0, Paslay 4, Yetter 2, McDonald 6, James 16, Dickinson 5, Simpson 6.

St. Maries 58

Wallace 39

ST. MARIES — Brett Stancil hit two 3-pointers and scored eight of his game-high 17 points in the first quarter, which saw the host Lumberjacks outscore the Miners 19-2.

“We pressed a lot, and our press was working well,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We turned them over quite a few times.”

Randie Becktel added 14 points for St. Maries (4-0). Coleman Ross had 10 points and three steals for the Lumberjacks and Tristan Nelson had eight rebounds. Eli Gibson had six points and eight assists, and drew three charging fouls in the first half of Wallace standout Carter Bailey, who had four fouls by halftime.

Hayden Hogamier had 13 points for Wallace (1-3), which plays host to Priest River on Saturday.

St. Maries travels to Lakeland on Tuesday.

Wallace 2 10 13 14 — 39

St. Maries 19 14 10 15 — 58

WALLACE — Farkas 8, Hogamier 13, Bailey 5, Lo. Hull 7, Denson 5, Lu. Hull 1, Gunderson 0.

ST. MARIES — Sands 2, Ross 10, Becktel 14, Nelson 2, Stancil 17, Peet 2, Elliott 5, Gibson 6.

Lakeside 108

Kootenai 21

PLUMMER — Freshman Vander Brown scored 18 points for the Knights in a win over the Warriors in the North Star League opener for both schools at Ron Miller Court.

Talon Twoteeth scored 17 points and Kenyon Spotted Horse added 16 points for Lakeside (4-0), which hosts Clark Fork on Saturday.

Andrew Little scored nine points for Kootenai (0-4), which faces Immaculate Conception on Tuesday at The HUB in Liberty Lake.

Kootenai 2 8 6 5 — 21

Lakeside 40 29 27 12 — 108

KOOTENAI — Little 9, Brewster 6, G. Hysell 2, Raudebaugh 2, D. Hysell 2.

LAKESIDE — Brown 18, Abuan 9, Higgins 6, White 9, Arroyo 9, Hall 12, Twoteeth 17, Spotted Horse 16, Matt 12.

Genesis Prep 64

Bonners Ferry 41

POST FALLS — Steven Burgess scored 17 points to lead four players into double figures as the Jaguars beat the visiting Badgers in nonleague play.

Seth Neely and Eli Gonzales added 15 points each for Genesis Prep (2-1), which plays at Rogers tonight at 5:30 p.m.

Braeden Blackmore led Bonners Ferry with nine points.

Bonners Ferry 8 9 9 15 — 41

Genesis Prep 21 12 26 5 — 64

BONNERS FERRY — Dylan 0, Carsen 3, Williams 7, Bateman 0, Stockton 0, Hubbard 8, Rice 3, Mai 6, Travis 3, Blackmore 9, Morgan 2.

GENESIS PREP — Olinger 0, Schroeder 0, Daniels 0, Mwinuka 11, McLuskie 0, Burgess 17, Weeks 2, Neely 15, Gonzales 15, Snowder 5.