- BOYS BASKETBALL

PLUMMER — Sophomore Day Day Higgins scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half, and the Lakeside Knights pulled away in the middle two quarters to beat the visiting Kootenai Warriors 71-44 in North Star League play Thursday night at Ron Miller Court.

Kenyon SpottedHorse added 16 points, Talon Twoteeth 13 for Lakeside (9-5, 3-2 NSL), which led 17-12 after one quarter, then outscored the Warriors 38-18 in the middle two quarters.

Jarrett Usdrowski scored 14 points, Gage Maitland 12 and Triston Usdrowski 11 for Kootenai (6-4, 2-4), which was playing its third game — all in league — in three nights.

“We wore ’em down a little bit, got some steals and were able to get out and get some easy layins,” Lakeside coach James Twoteeth said. “They (the Warriors) came out firing — they put up a good fight for three quarters.”

Kootenai travels to Deary on Saturday.

Lakeside visits Clark Fork on Tuesday.

Kootenai 12 8 10 14 — 44

Lakeside 17 18 20 16 — 71

KOOTENAI — Little 3, Maitland 12, J. Usdrowski 14, Vawter 2, Renner 2, T. Usdrowski 11, Ausman 0.

LAKESIDE — White 3, Ambro 9, J. Abuan 2, Higgins 21, Howard 3, Hall 6, Twoteeth 13, SpottedHorse 16, S. Abuan 0.

- GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lakeside 60

Kootenai 14

PLUMMER — Tommia Pakootas hit all five of her 3-point attempts, as well as a pair of free throws in the first quarter, and finished with 19 points as the Knights beat the Warriors in a North Star League game at Ron Miller Court.

“It was a good game for us,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We were able to work on a lot of things. Kootenai is working on a lot of things themselves. I was just happy with the girls’ effort tonight.”

Suzzana Pakootas added nine points for Lakeside (6-8, 4-1 NSL), which hosts Clark Fork on Tuesday.

Abigail Tiller scored six points for Kootenai (1-8, 0-5), which travels to Troy on Monday.

Kootenai 5 4 0 5 — 14

Lakeside 27 9 17 7 — 60

KOOTENAI — Ducommun 0, Maitland 2, Addington 1, Thaut 0, Tiller 6, Grange 5.

LAKESIDE — Brown 4, Twoteeth 9, S. Pakootas 4, SiJohn 6, Olson 2, Adrian 6, T. Pakootas 19, Peters 5, Marchand 2, Hendrickx 3.

Kellogg at

St. Maries, ppd.

ST. MARIES — The nonleague game between the Wildcats and Lumberjacks was postponed due to slick roads.

No makeup date was announced.

- WRESTLING

Post Falls JV 48

Colfax 36

COLFAX — The Trojans had pins from Zac McLeod (106 pounds), Bryce Smith (113), Nicholas McLeod (138), Tyler Cook (182) and Kadin Noesen (195) to beat the Vikings.

“It was a good experience for these guys,” Post Falls JV coach Jeremy Zender said. “We brought a lot of the younger guys, and they wrestled hard. A lot of these guys hadn’t been on a bus and traveled to wrestle a dual before.”

Post Falls will host Orting, Lake Stevens and Hermiston on Saturday at The Arena.

106 — Zac McLeod, PF, p. Jacob Sisk, :10. 113 — Bryce Smith, PF, p. Kolby Sisk, 5:05. 120 — Nolan Burrill, Col, p. Avery McSpadden, 5:05. 126 — Garrett Phillips, Col, p. Logan Carrick, :44. 132 — Ethan Miller, Col, by forfeit. 138 — Nicholas McLeod, PF, p. Kolby Slate, :46. 145 — Jonathan Hill, PF, by forfeit. 152 — Gabe Ahmann, Col, p. Cameron Estes, 3:34. 160 — Caden Noha, Col, d. Matthew Bartholomew, by disqualification. 170 — Braeden Rogers, Col, p. Jake Donohoe, 1:12. 182 — Tyler Cook, PF, p. Jacob Brown, 2:35. 195 — Kaden Noesen, PF, p. Chayne Aeschlman, :49. 220 — Augie Allenbach, Colf, p. Dominic Monti, 2:46. 285 — Austin Portner, PF, by forfeit.

- LATE WEDNESDAY

Coeur d’Alene 54

Sandpoint 27

COEUR d’ALENE — The host Vikings won six matches by pin on senior night, beating the Bulldogs late Wednesday.

“I thought we came out aggressive and fought hard all night,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jeff Moffat said. “We’re battling some injuries and sickness, and need to get healthy real quick. We had to move some guys around, but they competed really well. We’re happy to see it going the right direction.”

Dylan Moffat (106 pounds), Nick Lara (113), Rome Borley (120), Garrett Ashby (152), Mitchell Moffat (170), Nick Dohm (182) and Tanner Peterson (285) won by pin for Coeur d’Alene, which hosts the North Idaho Rumble Jan. 25-26.

98 — Jordan Birkhimer, Spt, p. Christian Paniagua, 3:55. 106 — Dylan Moffat, Cd’A, by forfeit. 113 — Nick Lara, Cd’A, p. Daniel Zech, 2:15. 120 — Rome Borley, Cd’A, p. Chase Yaw, :30. 126 — Casey Olesen, Spt, d. Hunter Schueller, 14-9. 132 — Jacob Kraus, Cd’A, md. Jake Ryan, 11-2. 138 — Malachi Fleck, Spt, p. Jacob Engels, 2:08. 145 — Nolan Randles, Cd’A, md. Brady Nelson, 16-7. 152 — Garrett Ashby, Cd’A, p. Isaac Webb, :50. 160 — Gunner Giulio, Cd’A, md. Isaiah Fleck, 10-0. 170 — Mitchell Moffat, Cd’A, p. Ryan McNelley, 1:43. 182 — Nick Dohm, Cd’A, p. Jake Suhr, 1:24. 195 — Taggert Benefield, Spt, by forfeit. 220 — Matt Thurlow, Spt, p. Jackson Washington, 2:43. 285 — Tanner Peterson, Cd’A, p. Evan Twineham, 1:58.