• BOYS BASKETBALL

LEWISTON — There was nothing wrong with the effort put forth by Lake City in Saturday’s 5A Inland Empire League game at Lewiston in coach Jim Winger’s eyes.

Lewiston, on this day, was just a little better.

Jack Kiesbuy scored a game-high 20 points — all in the first half — for Lake City, which fell 63-58 to the Bengals.

“We got down eight points early, and I’ve got a lot of praise for how Lewiston played,” Winger said. “It was our first game in their new gym, and it was packed. It was loud, raucous and they were pumped up to play. They shot the ball really well from the 3-point line and were 15 of 18 from the free-throw line.”

Blake Buchanan had nine points and nine rebounds for Lake City (12-6, 2-1 5A IEL), which hosts Coeur d’Alene on Friday. Wednesday’s game between Lake City and Moscow at Bear Den was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the Bears program.

Kash Lang and George Forsmann scored 13 points each for Lewiston (9-5, 3-2), which travels to Post Falls on Friday.

“We had a chance at the end of the game, and did a lot of good things,” Winger said. “We responded to numerous runs of theirs. It was just a heck of an effort by them. We just ran into their ‘A’ game. They shot the ball extremely well, and that’s something they haven’t done really well all season. I think we got better tonight. You never want to lose, but I feel positive about the things that we did.”

Lake City 11 17 13 17 — 58

Lewiston 16 11 13 23 — 63

LAKE CITY — Buchanan 9, Janke 2, Irvin 4, Kiesbuy 20, Spellman 2, Johnson 16, Mitchell 5.

LEWISTON — Eke 3, McKarcher 7, Lang 13, Mullikin 8, Hepburn 2, Forsman 7, White 2, Goeckner 8, Forsmann 13.

Kellogg 76

Sandpoint 73 (2OT)

KELLOGG — His team already shorthanded due to injuries, then foul trouble, first-year Wildcat coach Mike Martin had to get creative as the game went on.

And on.

And on.

Riply Luna scored 15 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, but fouled out midway into the second overtime, leaving the Wildcats with only four eligible players.

“Being down two players, we had to bring some guys up from the JV team,” Martin said. “We had two foul out, and it left those JV guys that had played earlier in the day out of quarters. We got through the second overtime, but had Riply get his fifth and had to play with four guys.”

Darren Bailey scored 18 points and Arie VanDenBerg added 16 for Sandpoint (4-12), which is scheduled to host Post Falls on Wednesday.

“We just switched our defense and tried not to let VanDenBerg get the ball,” Martin said. “They got some good looks at 3s at the end of the game to tie it, or even win it, but we just kind of weathered the storm.”

Logan Jerome scored 21 points and Kolby Luna added 18 for Kellogg (7-6), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Friday.

Sandpoint 20 13 19 11 9 1 — 73

Kellogg 12 12 19 20 9 4 — 76

SANDPOINT — Roos 12, Pettit 7, Frank 2, Lee 8, Eldridge 2, VanDenBerg 16, Bailey 18, Lee 2, Lane 0, Butler 6.

KELLOGG — Miller 0, Whatcott 0, R. Luna 24, K. Luna 18, McLean 0, Groves 4, Frohlich 7, Jerome 21, Lonn 2.

N.I. Christian 55

The Oaks 52

POST FALLS — Junior Morgan O’Brien hit a corner 3-pointer with 3 seconds left, and the second-seeded Royals beat the top-seed from the Spokane Valley at The Courts at Real Life for their sixth straight Mountain Christian League tournament championship.

O’Brien, who was named MVP of the league, scored 11 of his 16 points in the final five minutes for North Idaho Christian (17-12), which trailed by five points with a minute and a half left.

“I think it speaks as a testament to our players, how hard they play, how hard they work in the classroom, how they never give up,” said fourth-year Royals head coach Shawn Thompson, who was an assistant on the first two MCL tourney title teams.

Wyley Pilgrim added 12 points for North Idaho Christian, which had won five straight regular-season titles before finishing second to The Oaks this year. Levi Grassi had 11 points, Kessler Johnson 10 points and 10 boards, Josiah Desrochers five steals, O’Brien four rebounds and four assists.

Isaiah Guillen led The Oaks with 16 points.

N.I. Christian 10 10 15 20 — 55

The Oaks 12 16 8 16 — 52

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Desrochers 6, Pilgrim 12, O’Brien 16, Alliano 0, Johnson 10, Grassi 11, Sakae 0.

THE OAKS — Palpant 8, Guillen 16, Christensen 7, Harken 10, Krentel 9, Shubin 0, Kapelac 0, Cook 2.

• GIRLS BASKETBALL

St. Maries 56

Genesis Prep 12

ST. MARIES — Maci Rimel scored six of her 10 points in the third quarter for the Lumberjacks in a nonleague win over the Jaguars.

Jenna Holder had seven points, Mackenzie Hammond five rebounds and Sierra Christensen five points and six steals for St. Maries (7-10), which opens the 2A District 1-2 tournament at Orofino in a loser-out game Monday at 6 p.m.

“We got some good looks at the basket and tried to get the kids to run our offense and work that angle,” St. Maries coach Gary Krumheuer said. “We were able to run some stuff, and hopefully it pays off for us next week.”

Katie Yount scored nine points for Genesis Prep (0-9), which opens the 1A Division I District 1 tournament at Wallace on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Genesis Prep 2 4 4 2 — 12

St. Maries 13 15 23 5 — 56

GENESIS PREP — Martin 0, Yount 9, Meerdink 0, Kelly 3, Wilson 0, Robertson 0, Anderson 0.

ST. MARIES — Sines 2, Janssen 2, Badgett 3, McGreal 1, Christensen 5, Rimel 10, Chappell 4, Spray 3, Watkins 4, Mitchell 8, Holder 7, Miller 3, Hammond 2, Sindt 2.

N.I. Christian 71

The Oaks 13

POST FALLS — Grace Gwin had 17 points, seven assists and four steals for the Royals in a win over The Oaks of Spokane Valley in the championship game of the Mountain Christian League Tournament at The Courts at Real Life.

Rylee Overturf had 10 points and 10 rebounds, Symone Pilgrim nine rebounds and Danica Kelly nine points, seven assists and four steals for North Idaho Christian (21-7), which won its third straight league tourney title.

“We had some tremendous depth this year,” North Idaho Christian coach Jerry Bittner said. “We had seven kids that could start at any time.”

The Oaks 6 1 3 3 — 13

N.I. Christian 22 19 17 13 — 71

THE OAKS — Welch 4, Dykstra 3, DePalo 4, Palpant 2, Reode 0, Love 0, Clancy 0, Nelson 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Monaghan 2, Danica Kelly 9, Pilgrim 4, Gwin 17, H. Malinauskas 6, Nelson 2, K. Malinauskas 10, Connelly 5, Gilmar 6, Overturf 10.

• WRESTLING

Lakeland wins at Conrad Garner Invitational

BONNERS FERRY — Lakeland, behind eight individual champions, ran away with the team title at the Conrad Garner Invitational at Bonners Ferry High.

Matt Williams (98 pounds), Reilly Saxe (113), Riley Siegford (145), Blaise Wright (152), Cooper Johnson (160), John White (182), Hayden Berger (195) and Sam Feusier (285) won for the Hawks, who scored 185 team points. Tournament host Bonners Ferry was second with 153. Evan Barajas (132) and Eli Richards (170) had titles for the Badgers.

Jaxson Washington won at 220 for Coeur d’Alene.

Dylan Sotin (120) and Sam Martin (138) had titles for St. Maries, which finished fourth with 90 points. Kolter Wood (106) was the lone champion for Kellogg, which finished third.

Aidan Troumbley (126) won for Priest River.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Lakeland 185. 2, Bonners Ferry 153. 3, Kellogg 94. 4, St. Maries 90. 5, Timberlake 87. 6, Priest River 75.5. 7, Coeur d’Alene 46.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

98 — Matt Williams, Lakeland, d. Christian Kelly, Coeur d’Alene, 9-3. 106 — Kolter Wood, Kellogg, d. Hayden Sorbel, Priest River, 7-3. 113 — Reilly Saxe, Lakeland, p. Asher Goodner, Kellogg, 1:55. 120 — Dylan Sotin, St. Maries, p. Stryker Houston, Timberlake, 4:52. 126 — Aidan Troumbley, Priest River, p. Dax Larsen, Coeur d’Alene, 3:23. 132 — Evan Barajas, Bonners Ferry, p. Lucas Williams, Lakeland, 2:49. 138 — Sam Martin, St. Maries, p. Spencer Eby, Bonners Ferry, 1:28. 145 — Riley Siegford, Lakeland, md. Bryan Durette, Bonners Ferry, 12-1. 152 — Blaise Wright, Lakeland, d. Soren Sabatke, Lakeland, 7-2. 160 — Cooper Johnson, Lakeland, d. Kyle Smith, Bonners Ferry, 3-1. 170 — Eli Richards, Bonners Ferry, p. Kayden Zimmerman, Kellogg, 1:36. 182 — John White, Lakeland, p. Ryder Paslay, Timberlake, 3:37. 195 — Hayden Berger, Lakeland, d. Kyle Sibert, St. Maries, 4-2. 220 — Jaxson Washington, Coeur d’Alene, p. Andrew Sandelin-Macintosh, Bonners Ferry, 5:35. 285 — Sam Feusier, Lakeland, p. Delbert Lambson, St. Maries, 1:02.

THIRD-PLACE MATCHES

98 — Chase Morden, Kellogg, p. Ben Dirks, Timberlake, 2:56. 106 — Ayden Meehan, Timberlake, p. Michael Stindt, Bonners Ferry, 3:33. 113 — Ravi Neumeyer, Bonners Ferry, had a bye. 120 — Keith Poirier, Priest River, md. Caeden McLaimtaig, Priest River, 9-0. 126 — Peyton Wysong, Lakeland, p. Raymond Heely, Kellogg, 3:57. 132 — Jake Summerfield, Bonners Ferry, d. Jayce Garcia, Kellogg, 5-2. 138 — Ethan Kolar, St. Maries, p. Dakoda Heller, Bonners Ferry, 3:11. 145 — Daniel Zech, Bonners Ferry, d. Colton Dow, Lakeland, by medical forfeit. 152 — Trey Gibson, St. Maries, p. Nolan Marosi, Timberlake, 1:48. 160 — Bradley Bennett, Priest River, p. Evan Howell, Timberlake, 2:14. 170 — Paul Shaner, Timberlake, p. Austin Miller, Kellogg, :49. 182 — Blaine Goodner, Kellogg, p. Matyus McLain, Priest River, 1:27. 195 — Jackson Richter, Bonners Ferry, had a bye. 220 — Trevor Cady, Timberlake, p. Isaiah Shottanana, Bonners Ferry, 2:37. 285 — Adam Rouse, St. Maries, p. Donald Riess, Bonners Ferry, 3:29.