PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake City rolls into title game, matchup with Curtis

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Lake City jumped on Central Catholic of Portland from the tip — literally — and rolled to a 70-49 victory over the Portland school in the semifinals of the Curtis Winter Classic on Friday night at Curtis High.

Blake Buchanan had 17 points and 12 rebounds for Lake City (5-0), which will face the hosts from Curtis (6-0) in the title game tonight at 7. Kolton Mitchell also scored 17 points, Nathan Hocking 15. Zach Johnson had five rebounds, Deacon Kiesbuy seven points and four assists for the Timberwolves, who shot 62% (31 of 50) from the field.

“We played hard; we really got after it, from start to finish,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “A lot of energy, on the floor and on the bench. When we play that hard, we’re tough to handle. Especially on defense, we got after it, from the opening whistle to the end. They’re a pretty good team.”

Lake City scored off the opening tip, Hocking finishing with a flush.

“Nathan had a heckuva game,” Winger said. “He really had a solid game, both offensively and defensively.”

Junior Marley Zeller hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 26 points for Central Catholic (3-1).

Curtis, last year’s state 4A champions, feature point guard Zoom Diallo, whose offers include Gonzaga, UCLA and Arizona.

“The best team in Washington against one of the top teams in Idaho. This is what we wanted; why we came here,” Winger said. “They’re a great defensive team, and have some very good offensive weapons. They’re really good at taking the ball to the basket.”

Lake City 18 19 16 17 — 70

Central Catholic 11 9 10 19 — 49

LAKE CITY — Buchanan 17, Strawn 4, Hill 0, Miller 0, Kiesbuy 7, Johnson 10, Mitchell 17, Hocking 15.

CENTRAL CATHOLIC — Riley 0, N. Paschal 9, Zeller 26, Berry 0, Carr 2, Angelo 6, Thompson 6, Z. Paschal 0, Colner 0, Bunn 0.

Coeur d’Alene 82

Central Valley 43

SPOKANE VALLEY — Logan Orchard scored 14 of his 19 points in the first half as the Vikings’ defense set the tone in a runaway win over the host Bears.

“We played up-tempo, as we have been recently, and full-court pressed the entire game,” Coeur d’Alene coach Jon Adams said. “We forced some early turnovers.”

Orchard was 8 of 11 from the field for the game, 6 of 8 in the first half for Coeur d’Alene (4-1), which pulled away in the third quarter after leading 41-24 at halftime.

Alexander Nipp added 16 points, Max Entzi 12 for the Vikings. Nipp scored eight of his points in the third quarter, Entzi six and Orchard five in a 24-11 stanza.

“Our inside guys, Nipp and Entzi, were really effective,” Adams said. “We kind of took it to them in the third quarter.”

Central Valley is 0-6.

Next up for Coeur d’Alene is the Jerry Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas. The Vikings open vs. Weston Ranch from Stockton, Calif., on Monday at 8 p.m.

Coeur d’Alene 20 21 24 17 — 82

Central Valley 10 14 11 8 — 43

COEUR d’ALENE — Larson 6, Orchard 19, Cherny 3, Smith 0, Nipp 16, Entzi 12, Rupp 9, McGraw 4, Burgess 1, Symons 8, K. Wheeler 4, Ivankovich 0.

CENTRAL VALLEY — Chalich 7, Brulotte 7, Breesnee 2, Legg 0, Duckett 3, Crowley 9, Bernhardt 6, Beal 9, Tracy 0.

Kentridge 67

Post Falls 62 (OT)

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — The Trojans took a three-point lead into the fourth quarter, but mistakes down the stretch cost them against the Chargers from Kent, Wash., at the Curtis Winter Classic at Curtis High.

“We missed 3 layups in overtime that hurt us, and gave up an offensive rebound that led to a free throw — things we can't do in a tight game,” Post Falls coach Mike McLean said.

Junior guard Neil McCarthy scored 17 of his game-high 23 points in the first half for Post Falls (0-7). He hit four 3-pointers, three in the second quarter.

“Neil shot the ball well, and did a good job within our system getting good shots,” McLean said.

Tyras Blake added 11 points and eight rebounds for Post Falls, and Alex Shields had five boards.

Jamari Harris scored 20 points, Dominic Randhawa 19 for Kentridge (4-2).

“We’re very much a work in progress,” McLean said. “We’re trying to control the tempo of the game. It’s like we’re surfing, riding that big wave, but we’re not in control of that wave.”

Post Falls plays Kamiak (1-3) of Mukilteo, Wash., today at 2:30 for seventh and eighth place.

Post Falls 12 21 14 9 6 — 62

Kentridge 23 12 9 12 11 — 67

POST FALLS — Anderson 0, Ostlund 6, McLean 6, McCarthy 23, Shields 6, Cameron 0, Blake 11, Bowie 6, Carver 4.

KENTRIDGE — Conner 4, Blackwell 14, X. Randhawa 4, D. Randhawa 19, Harris 20, Henao 3, Turner 3 Wade 0, Schug 0.

Moscow 64

Lakeland 44

MOSCOW — The Hawks battled for the final three quarters, but the first one will have them back to the drawing board.

Dylan Rehder scored 15 points for the Bears, who outscored the Hawks 23-10 in the first quarter en route to a win in the Inland Empire League opener for both at Bear Den.

“They’re a big team and start three guys that are 6-foot-5,” Lakeland coach Tony Hanna said. “Our goal was to keep them off the glass, and we didn’t do that tonight. They just jumped on us in the first quarter, but we stuck with them in the final three quarters. We just struggled a little bit with their size.”

Kenton Ferguson scored 12 points, Nick Nowell 10 points for Lakeland (1-5), which plays at Timberlake on Monday.

Traiden Cummings scored 13 points for Moscow (4-1).

Lakeland 10 7 11 13 — 44

Moscow 23 11 14 17 — 64

LAKELAND — Nowell 10, Cameron 6, Ferguson 12, Ryan 0, Tebbe 0, Rothrock 0, Loutzenhiser 4, Hocking 7, Anderson 1, Harris 0, Locke 2.

MOSCOW — Wilson 5, Reed 2, Cummings 13, Afotchao 0, Rehder 15, Abendroth 11, Williams 0, C. Skinner 0, Z. Skinner 9, Hillman 10.

Sandpoint 68

Timberlake 34

SANDPOINT — Max Frank scored eight of his 14 points in the first quarter for the Bulldogs, who beat the Tigers in a nonleague game at Les Rogers Court.

Raj Olivieri scored 13 points for Timberlake (3-4), which hosts Lakeland on Monday.

Rusty Lee scored 19 points for Sandpoint (3-3), which visits Lewiston in a nonleague game today.

Timberlake 10 8 11 5 — 34

Sandpoint 23 23 6 16 — 68

TIMBERLAKE — Olivieri 13, Lenz 0, McLuskie 4, Yetter 4, Vallieres 2, Meidinger 0, H. Higgins 2, V. Higgins 5, MacArthur 4, McDougall 0.

SANDPOINT — Pettit, Lee 19, Frank 14, VanDenBerg 0, Eacret 6, Dickinson 4, G. Jones 0, Childs 11, Lane 0, Bopp 2, E. Jones 7, Longanecker 0, Williams 3, Medeiros 2.

St. Maries 56

Lakeside 50

ST. MARIES — Lumberjack senior Jared Badgett held Vander Brown, the Knights’ high-scoring guard, to two points, and St. Maries avenged a loss at Lakeside last Friday.

“We played zone the first time we played them,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We hung our hat on man this time against him. We took a lot of charges; Dillon Holder took a couple charges early in the game. Jared’s a tough kid; he’s one of the tougher kids in our school. We played man, and helped, and doubled when we could.”

Tyler Renner, a 6-6 post, had 19 points — 12 in the first half — and seven rebounds for St. Maries (3-1). Grayson Sands added 13 points and six assists, and his 3-pointer with 2 minutes left broke a 50-all tie. Holder had nine points and eight rebounds, Tristan Hill nine points and seven boards.

“We made it a big focus to get our bigs involved,” Chase said.

Tyson Charley scored 18 points for Lakeside (3-1), which returns to action Jan. 4 at Lapwai.

St. Maries plays host to Logos on Tuesday in a makeup game.

Lakeside 14 8 13 15 — 50

St. Maries 16 13 12 15 — 56

LAKESIDE — Brown 2, SiJohn 8, Callahan 7, Hall 4, Hendrickx 9, Morfitt 2, Charley 18.

ST. MARIES — Holmes 2, Sands 13, Badgett 1, Holder 9, Renner 19, Wicks 5, Swallow 0, Hill 9.

Genesis Prep 56

N.I. Christian 52

PRIEST RIVER — Donovan Daniels scored 18 points for the Jaguars, who advanced to the championship game of the Priest River Santa Shootout with a win over the Royals at Priest River High.

Carson Rubert scored 13 points for Genesis Prep, which faces Priest River in the championship game today.

Larry Fendich scored 17 points for North Idaho Christian (5-4), which faces Clark Fork in the consolation game today.

Genesis Prep 11 5 21 18 — 56

N.I. Christian 15 9 9 19 — 52

GENESIS PREP — Schultz 0, Farrell 7, Martin 1, Daniels 18, Russworm 4, Bateman 0, Rubert 13, Tosh 0, Nichols 0, Yount 3, Specht 12, Earley 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Fendich 17, Barnett 2, Smith 10, Ca. Malinauskas 14, Scott 0, Antone 9, Backer 0, Co. Malinauskas 0, Winde 0.

Mullan 49

Post Falls C 40

MULLAN — Austin Zingler scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half as the Tigers held off Trojans C team at the Mullan Pavilion.

“Austin does a lot of good things for us,” Mullan coach Paul Elston said. “Both Logan (Petit) and Talan (Rupp Connors) played well on defense and stepped in due to injuries to give us a spark tonight.”

Mullan (3-5) travels to Kootenai on Jan. 10.

Donald Shaw scored 13 points for the Post Falls C.

Post Falls C 5 11 12 12 — 40

Mullan 11 12 13 12 — 49

POST FALLS C — Shaw 13, Pratt 2, Kern 0, Beresford-Wood 0, Fish 12, Dean 3, Foreman 4, Haakinson 0, Lange 2, Nay 4.

MULLAN — A. Zingler 16, T. Zingler 11, S. Petit 6, L. Petit 3, Rupp Connors 3, Knoll 0, Trogden 11, Appiah 0.

Christian Center 50

Classical Christian 31

POST FALLS — Colton Smith scored 13 points for the Lions in a Mountain Christian League win over Classical Christian at The Courts.

Christian Center (3-1, 3-1 MCL) faces Spokane Classical Christian today at The Courts in Post Falls.

Jose Bryan scored 15 points for Classical Christian.

Classical Christian 7 7 12 5 — 31

Christian Center 19 14 12 5 — 50

CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN — Bryan 15, Nixon 2, Bridger 1, Meredith 8, Paget 3, Tim 2.

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Jones 6, Smith 13, Wymer 0, C. McWhorter 4, Stark 2, Marshall 3, Memekieff 2, May 4, Sears 8, Tesky 3, L. McWhorter 5, Coppenger 0.