PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Timberlake clinches top seed to districts
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 3 years AGO
BONNERS FERRY — Ciara Soumas made three 3-pointers scored 16 points as the Timberlake Tigers rolled past the Bonners Ferry Badgers 63-29 on Friday night to clinch at least a tie for the Intermountain League title, and wrap up the No. 1 seed to the 3A District 1 tournament.
McKennah Kronenberg also hit three 3s and added 13 points for Timberlake (13-5, 5-1 IML), which beat Bonners Ferry 43-36 at home on Jan. 19.
“They were much better than nine days ago,” Bonners Ferry coach Travis Hinthorn said. “They were more aggressive. We had 25 turnovers, and that full-court pressure was a huge part of those turnovers.”
Jozee MacArthur (11 points) and Jenna Chase (8) each hit two 3s for Timberlake, which totaled 11 from deep.
Asha Abubakari scored nine points for Bonners Ferry (7-10, 1-3), which hosts Kellogg on Tuesday.
Timberlake plays host to Lakeland on Tuesday.
Timberlake 14 21 13 15 — 63
Bonners Ferry 8 5 10 6 — 29
TIMBERLAKE — Soumas 16, Webberley 0, Kronenberg 13, MacArthur 11, Wall 6, Needs 4, Patrick 5, Chase 8.
BONNERS FERRY — Burt 0, Villaluz 0, Pluid 2, Blackmore 6, Abubakari 9, B. Bayer 3, Sumpter 6, A. Bayer 3.
Kellogg 57
Priest River 17
PRIEST RIVER — Hailey Cheney scored 15 points as the visiting Wildcats rolled past the Spartans in Intermountain League play.
Macy Jerome added 13 points, Grace Nearing 11 for Kellogg (10-4, 3-1 IML), which plays host to Priest River on Monday.
Lilly Frietas scored eight points for Priest River (3-9, 0-4).
"We couldn't handle their pressure at the beginning and we struggled offensively to get any rhythm," Priest River coach Gary Stewart said.
Kellogg 16 14 14 13 — 57
Priest River 3 5 7 2 — 17
KELLOGG — Karst 2, M. Jerome 13, Vanhoose 4, Coe 7, Brainard 0, Hill 0, Nearing 11, H. Cheney 15, A. Karst 3, Reed 0, M. Cheney 0, Potts 2.
PRIEST RIVER — Burgess-Duquette 2, Pound 3, Freitas 8, Thompson 0, Humphrey 2, McCracken 2, Kingery 0, Barton 0.
Lakeside 58
Kootenai 29
PLUMMER — Ashlee Holt scored 14 points as the host Knights defeated the Warriors in nonleague play at Ron Miller Court.
Arianna Havier-Gorr added 11 points, Jolissa Holt 10 for Lakeside (7-5), which plays host to North Idaho Christian on Tuesday.
Tuesday Glessner scored 13 points, Abby Tiller 11 for Kootenai.
Kootenai 3 13 7 6 — 29
Lakeside 17 14 15 12 — 58
KOOTENAI — Tiller 11, Defoort 0, Addington 5, Thaut 0, Glessner 13, Schilling 0, Offerman 0, Phillips 0.
LAKESIDE — A. Holt 14, J. Holt 10, Howard 0, Wienclaw 2, Rivera 0, Allen 2, Matt 4, Havier-Gorr 11, Tsawklai 7, Erickson 8, Rojas-Hohnson 0.