• BOYS

LEWISTON — Top-ranked Lake City suffered its first loss of the season Thursday night, as the 5A Timberwolves let a 12-point halftime lead get away in a 62-57 loss to the Lewiston Bengals in Inland Empire League play.

Lewiston (13-5, 3-3 IEL) hit 12 3-pointers, with Braydon Forsman hitting his fourth with some 40 seconds left to snap a 57-all tie.

“We didn’t really do what we wanted to,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said. “Our game plan was to run them off the 3-point line, and we didn’t do a very good job of that. We had three different double-digit leads and didn’t put it away.

“Lewiston, they got us there last year, we knew they would give us the whole kitchen sink, and I thought we handled that pretty well. The second half, we really handed them some stuff. We did not play well offensively, we threw the ball away, missed easy ones. We let them get a sniff, and they took advantage, and the crowd got rolling … ”

Kolton Mitchell hit four of Lake City’s eight 3s and finished with 20 points for the Timberwolves (17-1, 5-1). Blake Buchanan added 13 points.

Lake City missed three 3s in the final 30 seconds, including one in the waning seconds that would have tied the game, but rimmed out.

Jace McKarcher hit four 3s and scored 18 points for Lewiston. Forsman also had 18.

“With this, we’ll see how we handle it,” Winger said. “I think these kids are really competitive. If we take it the right way, we can use it as a tool to get better.”

On Saturday, Lake City plays host to Moscow in IEL play. The 4A Bears (11-6, 4-0) now lead the combined 5A/4A league, based on winning percentage.

Lake City 19 21 6 11 — 57

Lewiston 18 10 14 20 — 62

LAKE CITY — Buchanan 13, Strawn 5, Jones 4, Kiesbuy 3, Hocking 8, Johnson 4, Mitchell 20, Miller 0.

LEWISTON — Eke 3, McKarcher 18, Way 3, Hepburn 6, A. Hottinger 3, Forsman 18, Lawrence 3, White 8, Wren 0, D. Hottinger 0.

Post Falls JV 63

Wallace 42

POST FALLS — Cobe Cameron scored 17 points for the Trojans junior varsity in a win over the Miners at The Arena.

Trenton McLean scored 15 points and Steven Anderson had 10 points for Post Falls JV. Cameron, McLean and Anderson combined for 10 3-pointers in the game. Dylan Wolfe had eight pounds and eight rebounds and Troy Ostlund 11 points and eight rebounds.

“Our defensive pressure and run and jump stuff gave them some trouble in the second half,” Post Falls JV coach Brian Carlson said. “I’m proud of the way my kids battled.”

Luke Hull scored nine points for Wallace (3-7), which visits Kellogg on Monday.

Post Falls JV hosts Lakeland on Saturday.

Wallace 15 11 13 3 — 42

Post Falls JV 19 13 15 16 — 63

WALLACE — Goldade 0, Davis 0, Tesky 5, Streeter 0, Morden 0, Allison 5, Jaramillo 7, Hasz 0, Schmidt 4, Murdock 0, Morin 8, Hull 9.

POST FALLS JV — Anderson 10, Ostlund 11, McLean 15, Wolfe 8, Cameron 17, Hollenbeck 0, Campbell 2, Pratt 0.

N.I. Christian 104

Co. Christian 38

SPOKANE VALLEY — Kameron Heston had 19 points and eight rebounds as the No. 2 seed Royals beat the No. 7 seed from Pasco, Wash., in the quarterfinals of the Mountain Christian League tournament at The Oaks.

Malachi Bullington had 10 points and 10 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (21-7), which plays either No. 3 seed Pullman Christian or No. 6 Christian Center School today at 3:40 at The Oaks in the semifinals.

Ryan Brubaker led Country Christian with 18 points.

Co. Christian 8 10 4 16 — 38

N.I. Christian 22 26 26 32 — 104

COUNTRY CHRISTIAN — Goin 0, Dretka 0, Beebe 9, Miller 0, Brubaker 18, Nyce 10, Dunn 1.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Alliano 5, Adams 9, O’Brien 10, Dinkins 12, Smith 8, Koontz 3, Malinauskas 4, Heston 19, T. Schlader 7, Grassi 2, P. Schlader 3, Fendich 9, Bullington 10, Sakae 3.

• GIRLS

N.I. Christian 69

Christian Heritage 23

SPOKANE — Mariana Bullington had 12 points and 14 rebounds, Hadley Malinauskas 11 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Royals in a win over the Patriots in the opening round of the Mountain Christian League Tournament at The Oaks.

Symone Pilgrim had nine points and 13 rebounds, Yesi Pilgrim 16 rebounds and four steals and Rylee Overturf 14 points and three blocks for North Idaho Christian (26-6), which faces either Pullman Christian or Kootenai Thunder in the semifinals tonight at 5:20.

Christian Heritage 4 4 8 7 — 23

N.I. Christian 19 14 22 14 — 69

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE — Valitalo 5, Headrick 10, Michael 4, Klein 4, Flowers 0, Colbin 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Cate 6, Salaiz 0, Kelly 7, Knight 10, Overturf 14, S. Pilgrim 9, Malinauskas 11, Bullington 12, Y. Pilgrim 0.