PREP BASKETBALL: Lake City adjusts, downs Post Falls

• GIRLS

POST FALLS — Trailing by eight points at halftime after scoring all of three points in the second quarter, the Lake City Timberwolves underwent an attitude adjustment in the second half.

Brooklyn Rewers scored 12 of her 20 points in the second half, and her fellow seniors also picked it up as Lake City outscored Post Falls 29-6 in the final two quarters for a 47-32 Inland Empire League victory Thursday night at The Arena.

“I don’t know how to explain anything anymore,” Lake City coach James Anderson said of the second-half turnaround. “I’m just so proud of our kids, because we ended the half on a 0-13 run, and went in with our heads down. For the first time, I felt like the senioritis started to hit us, and to come out of the locker room and respond that way, really proud.

“The best part of any season is when the seniors sense that time is running out, and they elevate their game, and they become special … Brooklyn was amazing, and Hailey Jo Parks coming off the bench after not playing much the last couple of games, and giving us a spark like she did was absolutely outstanding.”

Senior Jaya Miller scored all seven of her points in the second half for Lake City (11-5, 8-3 IEL), and senior Hailey Jo Parks added six of her seven points after intermission.

Dylan Lovett scored seven points for Post Falls (10-6, 8-3), which won 57-47 at Lake City. Because Lake City won the rematch by more than 10 points (with a 12-point cap), if the two teams end up tied in league, the Timberwolves would hold the tiebreaker over the Trojans for the second and third seeds to the 5A Region 1 tournament, which begins next Friday. The second and third seeds meet in the first round, at the home of the No. 2 seed.

“When you score six points in the second half, you’re not going to beat anybody,” Post Falls coach Marc Allert said. “You’ve got to give Lake City credit; they picked up their defense a little more in the second half. I think we rushed some things offensively, we didn’t run our offense very well the second half, and for the game we did not make a shot outside the key.”

Both teams wrap up the regular season with IEL games on Tuesday, Lake City at Lakeland and Post Falls at home vs. Sandpoint.

Lake City 15 3 11 18 — 47

Post Falls 10 16 2 4 — 32

LAKE CITY — Pickford 0, Miller 7, Zufelt 5, Shanley 4, Reynolds 0, Rewers 20, Jenkins 2, Parks 7, Hawkins 2.

POST FALLS — McLean 2, Nichols 2, Lovett 7, Buckley 1, Crane 0, Magnuson 2, Walton 3, Blake 6, Sims 5, Christensen 4.

Lakeland 63

Sandpoint 49

SANDPOINT — Katy Ryan finished with 19 points, seven rebounds and two assists for the Hawks, who avenged an earlier loss in Inland Empire League play, beating the Bulldogs at Les Rogers Court.

Sandpoint beat Lakeland 43-34 on Jan. 15 at Hawk Court in Rathdrum.

"Lakeland did a good job moving the basketball in the first half," Sandpoint coach Will Love said. "There's some things defensively that we emphasized that we struggled with there at the beginning and that allowed them to start the offense where they felt comfortable."

Addie Kiefer had 18 points and seven rebounds for Lakeland (8-8, 5-6 IEL), which hosts Lake City on Tuesday.

Kaylee Banks scored 21 points for Sandpoint (7-8, 4-6), which hosts Moscow on Saturday.

Lakeland 17 20 9 17 — 63

Sandpoint 6 11 12 20 — 49

LAKELAND — Sterling 7, Neff 11, Hostetler 0, Ryan 19, Simon 2, Woempner 6, A. Kiefer 18, L. Kiefer 0.

SANDPOINT — Gammon 0, Driggs 4, Reinink 0, Lyons 3, Tomco 0, Cessna 0, Phillips 4, Kar. Banks 11, Larson 6, Kay. Banks 21.

N.I. Christian 45

Priest River 41

PRIEST RIVER — Grace Gwin had 13 points, six steals and four assists for the Royals in a win over the Spartans at Priest River High.

Symone Pilgrim had eight points and 14 rebounds, Danica Kelly eight assists and six steals and Rylee Overturf 13 points for North Idaho (17-5), which plays at Lakeside on Saturday.

Lilly Freitas scored 13 points for Priest River (3-14), which hosts Clark Fork on Tuesday.

N.I. Christian 13 14 11 7 — 45

Priest River 8 12 9 12 — 41

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Monaghan 0, Kelly 4, Pilgrim 8, Gwin 13, K. Malinauskas 0, Nelson 7, Overturf 13.

PRIEST RIVER — Rantala 3, Freitas 13, Pound 10, Burgess-Duquette 5, Fitzmorris 4, Thompson 0, Kingery 2, White 0, Barton 4.

Wallace 46

Clark Fork 16

WALLACE — Jaden House scored 14 points for the Miners in a win over the Wampus Cats at Kirby Krulitz Court.

Layla Burmeister and Grace Hunter scored nine points each for Wallace (5-7), which hosts Lakeside on Tuesday.

Emily Myers scored five points for Clark Fork (2-11), which plays at Priest River on Tuesday.

Clark Fork 2 5 6 3 — 16

Wallace 14 5 20 7 — 46

CLARK FORK — Valliere 2, Myers 5, Shelton 3, Reuter 2, Yancey 2, Hoffman 2, Mace 0, Fournier 0.

WALLACE — Specht 5, Cielke 0, House 14, Phillips 5, Welch 2, Burmeister 9, Hemphill 2, Hunter 9.

Mullan 25

Timberlake 'C' 16

SPIRIT LAKE — Talowa Fallingwater scored 11 points for the Tigers of Mullan in a win over the Tigers of Spirit Lake at Timberlake High.

Mullan (7-6) hosts the Post Falls C team on Tuesday.

Isabel Alapal and Emaline Wilson scored four points each for Timberlake C.

Mullan 8 4 6 7 — 25

Timberlake 'C' 4 3 4 5 — 16

MULLAN — Waters 1, Haig 0, Nelson 8, Blankenship 0, Stahle 0, Fallingwater 11, Charvez 1, Frazier 0, Dykes 4.

TIMBERLAKE C — Gertsch 0, Coleman 2, Parker 2, Hughes 2, Alapai 4, Dykes 2, Techave 0, Wilson 4, Lewis 0.

• BOYS

Lakeland 71

Sandpoint 64

SANDPOINT — Jalen Skalskiy scored 22 points, Noah Haaland added 15 points and the Hawks defeated the Bulldogs in an Inland Empire League game at Les Rogers Court.

Lakeland (7-5, 3-4 IEL) hosts Lake City on Tuesday.

Collin Roos had 21 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots for Sandpoint (4-9, 0-7), which plays at Moscow on Saturday.

Lakeland 7 29 17 18 — 71

Sandpoint 9 13 19 23 — 64

LAKELAND — Seay 16, Henry 6, Ab. Munyer 6, Am. Munyer 2, Haaland 15, Roth 4, Waddington 0, Skalskiy 22.

SANDPOINT — Roos 21, Pettit 5, Frank 3, R. Lee 5, VanDenBerg 4, Bailey 8, S. Lee 2, Lane 8, Butler 8.

Mullan 53

Timberlake C 28

SPIRIT LAKE — Luke Trogden scored 20 points, Riley Trogden had 17 points, five rebounds, three assists and eight blocked shots for the Tigers of Mullan against the Tigers of Spirit Lake.

“I thought we played well as a team tonight,” Mullan coach Paul Elston said. “We were able to use our teamwork and create good opportunities. Timberlake played real hard. I credit their coaches. They run a class program.”

Cooper Lenz scored 16 points for Timberlake C.

Mullan (5-4) hosts St. Regis on Tuesday.

Mullan 23 13 17 0 — 53

Timberlake C 6 10 5 7 — 28

MULLAN — R. Trogden 17, L. Trogden 20, Nelson 6, Layton 1, Lowman 0, S. Pettit 0, Zingler 9, L. Pettit 0, Hanging 0, Appiah 0, Houston 0, A. Trogden 0, Knoll 0.

TIMBERLAKE C — Lenz 16, Huston 0, Walund 0, Antone 4, Krupp 2, Meidinger 2, Higgins 0, Schultz 0, Dorman 0.