ST. MARIES — Tristan Gentry-Nelson scored 10 of his 14 points in the first half, and also had five rebounds, as the St. Maries Lumberjacks won their eighth straight 2A District 1-2 championhsip, running away from the Grangeville Bulldogs 55-28 on Thursday night.

Greyson Sands scored 10 of his 12 points in the first half for St. Maries (18-3), and also had seven rebounds and five assists.

St. Maries, the defending champion, advances to state beginning Thursday at Capital High in Boise. The Lumberjacks’ seeding and first-round matchup have yet to be determined.

The Lumberjacks scored 24 points off 19 turnovers by Grangeville (4-14).

“We really wanted to keep the tempo up; we knew they weren’t very deep,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “It paid off in the second quarter; we got them gassed, and held them to one basket.”

St. Maries outscored Grangeville 12-3 in the quarter to build a 28-14 halftime lead.

Senior Caleb Frei scored 15 points for Grangeville.

Grangeville 11 3 10 4 — 28

St. Maries 16 12 15 12 — 55

GRANGEVILLE — Lefebvre 0, J. Lindsley 0, Frei 15, Clement 8, S. Lindsley 5, Sickels 0.

ST. MARIES — Gentry-Nelson 14, Sands 12, Badgett 2, Ross 6, Wolfe 5, W. Holmes 2, Elliott 0, T. Renner 6, Wicks 0, C. Renner 6, Swallows 2, Hill 0.

Lakeside 57

Genesis Prep 56

COEUR d’ALENE — Lakeside junior guard Vander Brown admitted that Thursday was an off night shooting for him.

Fortunately for the Knights, he was right on when it mattered the most.

Brown made two free throws with 19.8 seconds remaining to put Lakeside up by one, then forced a turnover at the buzzer to preserve a 57-56 win over the Genesis Prep Jaguars in the 1A Division I District 1 championship game at North Idaho College.

“I’ve had better shooting nights and some times, you just have off nights,” Brown said. “I felt like I could make them when it counted.”

Lakeside beat Genesis Prep twice in the regular season, winning at The Courts at Real Life in Post Falls 47-43 on Jan. 25 and again 59-50 in Plummer on Feb. 4.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game,” Lakeside coach James Twoteeth said. “We’ve been struggling a little bit with free throws lately, so we’ve been doing drill after drill, and it finally paid off. Vander really stepped up with some confidence and hit two big free throws.”

Lakeside (12-3), which won its second straight district title, will face Logos (15-7) of Moscow in a state 1A Division I play-in game at Lake City High on Saturday at noon. Lakeside defeated Logos 69-67 on Feb. 7 in Moscow.

Genesis Prep finished 8-12.

Genesis Prep took a 56-55 lead on a pair of free throws from Ayson McLuskie with 28.9 seconds remaining.

“That’s a very well-coached team,” first-year Genesis Prep coach Lon Morast said. “Vander Brown is quite a player, and we knew he was going to be a handful. I was proud of how our guys competed. They had a couple of kids that stepped up and hit some key 3-pointers. Hats off to them. They deserved to win and they got it going when they needed to.”

Josh Kee hit a 3-pointer to give Lakeside a 53-50 lead with 3:11 remaining. Joey Specht of Genesis Prep answered to even the game at 53 on the Jaguars' next possession.

“It’s awesome,” Twoteeth said. “I’m proud of them for just playing through it. Sometimes you’ve just got to play through. Even (Nyati) Vassar, the last couple of games. He had four fouls tonight, and had gotten a technical and he stepped up and took a huge charge late in the game. It shows what kind of character he has, and I’m really proud of him.”

Genesis Prep 14 21 11 10 — 56

Lakeside 16 17 15 9 — 57

GENESIS PREP — Young 0, Schroeder 15, Daniels 10, Russworm 0, Eardey 2, McLuskie 17, Rubert 0, Specht 3, Snowder 8.

LAKESIDE — V. Brown 20, Vassar 8, Hall 10, P. Brown 2, SiJohn 6, Kee 11.

Clark Fork 61

Mullan 46

COEUR d’ALENE — Sam Barnett scored 30 points, hitting five 3-pointers for the Wampus Cats against the Tigers in the 1A Division II District 1 championship game at North Idaho College.

Clark Fork (15-6), which won its second straight district title, advances to a state 1A Division II play-in game at Lake City High to face Timberline of Weippe at 2 p.m.

Floyd Nelson scored 12 points, all on 3-pointers, for Mullan (7-11).

“Both teams competed very hard tonight,” Mullan coach Paul Elston said. “I thought Sam Barnett was excellent for Clark Fork tonight. We played hard and well tonight. Clark Fork was just a little better. I’m really proud of my guys for how they played tonight and our play at the end of the season.”

Mullan 12 11 11 14 — 46

Clark Fork 10 18 12 21 — 61

MULLAN — L. Trogden 10, A. Trogden 8, Nelson 12, A. Zingler 6, S. Petit 2, T. Zingler 0, L. Petit 8, Appiah 0, Knoll 0.

CLARK FORK — Ca. Sanroman 6, Barnett 30, Shelton 5, Ch. Sanroman 7, Howard 4, Mayorga 0, Co. Sanroman 9, Reuter 0.