Timberlake gets aggressive, wins IML opener

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SPIRIT LAKE — Taryn Soumas scored seven of her game-high 14 points in the first quarter to lead the Timberlake Tigers past the Bonners Ferry Badgers 66-37 in the Intermountain League opener for both schools on Wednesday.

Blayre Jeffs scored 14 points, Brooke Jessen eight points and Karina Sande seven points for Timberlake (10-4), which is scheduled to host Moscow on Saturday.

“We played really well as a team, shared the ball well and everyone contributed on the offensive end,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “It was the first time all year that everyone scored, which was awesome to see. We just stayed aggressive throughout, which was good to see. Karina Sande might have had her best game of the year, Bernie (Carhart) played good defense and Blayre had her best game of the season offensively. Everyone was just aggressive and that was a big difference for us.”

Holly Ansley scored 14 points for Bonners Ferry (5-8).

Bonners Ferry 11 7 7 12 — 37

Timberlake 19 13 11 23 — 66

BONNERS FERRY — B. Blackmore 8, Sa. Hill 0, M. Blackmore 2, Petesch 6, Ansley 14, Si. Hill 2, Villelli 2, Pinkerton 3.

TIMBERLAKE — Sande 7, Soumas 17, Suko 3, Hammond 3, Kronenberg 4, Gustin 2, Carhart 4, Jessen 8, Bain 4, Jeffs 14.

Lake City 60

Sandpoint 42

SANDPOINT — Aubrey Avery scored 20 points, hitting six 3-pointer to push the Timberwolves past the Bulldogs in a nonleague game at Les Rogers Court.

“It was a good win for us coming off three losses,” said Lake City coach James Anderson, whose team went 0-3 at the Timber-Lion tournament, losing one in overtime and another on a buzzer beater. “We got out to a really good start in the first quarter and played with a lot of good defensive pressure.”

Brooklyn Rewers had 16 points for Lake City (9-5), which hosts Coeur d’Alene in the Fight for the Fish spirit game on Friday.

Kaylee Banks scored 12 points for Sandpoint (7-6), which plays at West Valley on Saturday.

Lake City 19 13 16 12 — 60

Sandpoint 3 9 12 18 — 42

LAKE CITY — Pickford 6, Avery 20, Miller 6, Chase 0, Parks 3, Stoddard 3, Shanley 0, Roberts 0, Rewers 16, Reynolds 0, Hawkins 4, Munoz 2.

SANDPOINT — Cessna 2, Lish 0, Day. Driggs 0, Morgan 9, Daw. Driggs 9, Edwards 0, Steiger 0, Phillips 3, Larson 7, Platte 0, Banks 12.

Kellogg 64

Priest River 20

PRIEST RIVER — Hailey Cheney had 32 points and 12 rebounds as the Wildcats beat the Spartans in the Intermountain League opener for both schools.

“We just played good pressure defense and ran the floor really well,” Kellogg coach Jana Nearing said. “We were able to get some stops and keep them out of their offense. We had a really good inside and outside game with our guards and posts tonight.”

Kellogg (8-3) travels to St. Maries for the Brawl for the Ball spirit game on Saturday.

Karah Fink scored 11 points for Priest River (2-7).

Kellogg 24 16 12 10 — 64

Priest River 6 7 5 2 — 20

KELLOGG — Wendt 2, Allred 8, VanHoose 3, Ferreira 2, Hill 0, Figueroa 8, Nearing 7, Cheney 32.

PRIEST RIVER — Fitzmorris 2, Rantala 0, Rusho 0, Pound 0, Fink 11, Radan 0, Prudek 0, Palfrey 5, Minish 2.

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Post Falls 72

Rogers 51

SPOKANE — Caden McLean hit five 3-pointers, finishing with 18 points and seven rebounds as the Trojans beat the Pirates.

Alex Horning had 18 points and five assists, Colby Gennett 13 points, six rebounds and four assists for Post Falls.

“We had a lot of guys play a lot of good minutes,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said. “I thought we played really unselfish and shared the ball well with 16 assists. We moved the ball around the court really well.”

Post Falls (12-2) opens 5A Inland Empire League play on Friday at Lewiston.

Torrey Daniels scored 10 points for Rogers (2-9).

Post Falls 19 11 15 27 — 72

Rogers 13 3 14 21 — 51

POST FALLS — Gennett 13, McLean 18, Wubbolding 6, Peterson 9, Rutherford 0, Ballew 4, Lee 4, Horning 18, Shields 0.

ROGERS — Culbert 6, Staker 7, Funnemark 0, Blocker 6, Jeske 5, Jetnil 0, Daniels 10, Crossley 0, Nomee 17.

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Lakeside 63

Kootenai 5

HARRISON FLATS — The visiting Knights beat the Warriors in a North Star League game.

Lakeside (8-2, 4-0 NSL) hosts Garfield-Palouse on Saturday.

Kootenai (0-3, 0-2) travels to Clark Fork on Tuesday.

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N.I. Christian 49

Spokane Class. Christian 33

SPOKANE — Jack Hill had 20 points and five rebounds, and Malachi Bullington added 11 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Royals past the host Knights at The Warehouse.

Isaac Kiper led Spokane Classical Christian with 13 points.

North Idaho Christian (11-1, 8-0 Mountain Christian League) travels to Sandpoint to face Kootenai Thunder tonight.

N.I. Christian 11 13 11 14 — 49

Spo. Classical 4 13 4 12 — 33

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Pilgrim 3, Peterson 2, Connelly 6, Koonze 0, Johnson 3, Hill 20, Kelly 4, Bullington 11.

SPOKANE CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN — Kuntz 8, Severn 8, Fisher 4, Anyan 0, Lathrop 0, Ween 0, J. Kiper 0, I. Kiper 13.