PREP BASKETBALL: Sands injured in St. Maries win

• BOYS

OROFINO — After St. Maries star guard Greyson Sands went down with a knee injury late in the first half, his teammates stepped up in the second half as the Lumberjacks rallied past the Orofino Maniacs 62-51 in Central Idaho League play Thursday night.

Sands scored 11 points for St. Maries (6-3, 3-1 CIL), which trailed 32-30 at halftime.

Tyler Renner scored eight of his 16 points in the third quarter for the Lumberjacks, Wyatt Holmes added seven of his 11 points, and Dillon Holder hit two 3-pointers in the third, where St. Maries outscored Orofino 25-8. Holder finished with 12 points, Renner had nine rebounds, Jared Badged five assists.

“Some guys stepped up; they really came through after Greyson went down,” said St. Maries coach Bryan Chase, who said the ’Jacks could find out more about the severity of Sands’ injury today.

Joel Scott scored a game-high 19 points for Orofino (6-3, 1-2).

St. Maries plays at Genesis Prep on Saturday.

St. Maries 15 15 25 7 — 62

Orofino 19 13 8 11 — 51

ST. MARIES — Holmes 11, Sands 11, Badgett 3, D. Holder 12, Renner 16, Wicks 5, Swallows 0, Hill 4.

OROFINO — Schneider 8, Drobish 5, Scott 19, Cochran 7, Novanjo 6, Olive 6, Hanna 0.

Genesis Prep 47

Mullan 15

POST FALLS — Senior guard Donovan Daniels hit three 3-pointers in the second quarter to spark the Jaguars past the Tigers in a nonleague game at The Courts.

“We played good, solid, man-to-man defense,” Genesis Prep coach Lon Morast said. “We played with a lot of intensity for the most part and played really unselfish basketball tonight.”

Daniels scored 15 points, Cooper Russworm 11 for Genesis Prep (5-7), which hosts St. Maries on Saturday at The Courts.

Talon Rupp Connors scored six points for Mullan (5-7), which hosts Kootenai on Tuesday.

Mullan 5 6 0 4 — 15

Genesis Prep 12 24 8 3 — 47

MULLAN — Nelson 2, Trogden 5, A. Zingler 2, T. Zingler 2, Rupp Connors 6, S. Petit 0, L. Petit 0, Appiah 0, Acheson 0, Imes 0, Knoll 0, Ayers 0.

GENESIS PREP — Farrell 5, Daniels 15, Russworm 11, Rubert 7, Young 4, Specht 5, Schultz 0, Martin 0, Bateman 0, Early 0, Nichols 0, Tosh 0, Wood 0.

Clark Fork 69

Kootenai 35

HARRISON FLATS — The host Warriors suffered through a cold-shooting first half, falling behind 44-12 at halftime of the North Star League game.

“They outrebounded us; they’re a little taller team,” Kootenai coach Jake Pfeiffer said. “We had some shots in the first half that didn’t fall, or it would have been closer.”

Nathan Shelton scored 13 points to lead three players into double figures for Clark Fork (7-5, 3-0 NSL), which clinched the No. 1 seed to the 1A Division II District 1 tournament.

Riley Ausman scored a game-high 16 points for Kootenai (0-7, 0-2), which returns to action next Thursday at Mullan.

Clark Fork 23 21 17 8 — 69

Kootenai 7 5 11 12 — 35

CLARK FORK — Ch. Sanroman 2, Matteson 2, E. Howard 11, Bailey 2, .Mintken 1, Montgomery 4, S. Caven 8, Shelton 13, W. Caven 3, Christoferson 12, Stevens 3, O. Howard 6, Holderman 2, Co. Sanroman 0.

KOOTENAI — C. Moore 8, Ausman 16, Tiller 6, Hodges 3, Addington 2, Myers 0, J. Moore 10.

N.I. Christian 67

Christian Center 64

SPOKANE VALLEY — Larry Fendich scored 26 points, Carson Malinauskas 17 for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win over the Lions at the HUB Sports Center.

Colton Smith had 31 points and eight rebounds for Christian Center (4-9, 4-7 MCL), which faces Country Christian of Pasco tonight at The Courts in Post Falls.

North Idaho Christian (13-8, 9-1) travels to Stillwater Christian of Kalispell tonight.

Christian Center 15 16 15 18 — 64

N.I. Christian 15 13 18 21 — 67

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Smith 31, Jones 7, C. McWhorter 6, Marshall 13, Mamentiff 6, May 1, Tesky 0, Stark 0, Wymer 0.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Fendich 26, Barnett 2, Hunter 9, Smith 11, Ca. Malinauskas 17, Antone 2.

• GIRLS

Troy 56

St. Maries 39

TROY — The visiting Lumberjacks started strong, but a 19-4 second quarter by the Trojans turned the nonleague game around.

Taci Watkins scored 12 points for St. Maries (6-8), which plays at Genesis Prep on Saturday.

Olivia Tyler scored a game-high 19 points for Troy (3-12).

St. Maries 17 4 9 9 — 39

Troy 10 19 15 12 — 56

ST. MARIES — McGreal 3, Sexton 0, Spray 0, Watkins 12, Mitchell 6, Elliott 2, Sindt 3, Janssen 2, Baird 0, Sloper 5, Asbury 0, Linnemeyer 4, Lockridge 2.

TROY — Van Pelt 2, Salerno 0, Tyler 19, Moore 0, Gray 7, Hawley 10, House 2, Phillis 10, Fiedler 0, Morgan 7, Woolverton 0.

Genesis Prep 62

Mullan 56

POST FALLS — Myah Anderson, Genesis Prep’s lone senior, hit two free throws late to help the Jaguars seal the nonleague victory over the visiting Tigers on senior night at The Courts at Real Life.

“She played amazing defense,” Genesis Prep coach Jessica Whaley added.

Sophomore Kinzie Lawler led Genesis Prep (7-8) with 18 points, and Sienna Williams added 12.

Junior Jazzmyn Nelson scored a game-high 29 points for Mullan (8-5).

Genesis Prep plays host to St. Maries on Saturday.

Mullan 4 11 20 19 — 56

Genesis Prep 17 17 17 11 — 62

MULLAN — Lowman 8, Nelson 29, Garitone 0, Blankenship 4, Petit 0, Charvey 9, Frazier 4.

GENESIS PREP — S. Martin 0, Nelke 2, Meerdink 0, Covey 6, E. Martin 6, Williams 12, Cooper 3, Yount 9, Nichols 0, Lawler 18, Anderson 6.

N.I. Christian 53

Chr. Center 44

LIBERTY LAKE — Chelsea Cate had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds as the Royals beat the Lions in Mountain Christian League play at the HUB Sports Center.

Jessica Peterson added 12 points, four assists and four steals, Rylee Overturf nine points and nine rebounds, Danica Kelly six points, seven assists and six steals for North Idaho Christian (22-2, 8-0), which plays Stillwater Christian tonight in Kalispell, Mont.

Mariana Bullington scored 14 points, Kate Siers 12 for Christian Center School.

Chr. Center 8 8 9 19 — 44

N.I. Christian 22 11 18 2 — 53

CHRISTIAN CENTER — Barnhart 2, Epkey 2, Hill 0, Siers 12, Milligan 8, Stanton 6, Allen 0, Bullington 14.

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Peterson 12, Cate 12, Salaiz 2, Hodson 2, Kelly 6, S. Pilgrim 6, Collins 0, Sanwald 4, Overturf 9.