Bonners Ferry 76, East Valley 60 

SPOKANE— Junior Peyton Hinthorn scored 28 points, junior Ty Shrock scored 25 and the Badgers beat the East Valley Knights by a comfortable margin of 76-60 to move to 1-1 on the season. Bonners Ferry plays next at Lakeland on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. 

It was a career high in points for the pair, who combined to score almost 70% of the team’s total score.  

The Badgers outscored or tied East Valley in each quarter. Immediately, the game was in Bonners Ferry’s control, as they jumped out to a 20-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. By halftime, the score was 38-27. The third quarter was the highest scoring for the Badgers who scored 21 points to lead 59-43 after three quarters.  

Head Coach Greg Kissee reflected on the team’s performance. 

“The first game, we were a little nervous starting out,” Kissee said. “I knew East Valley would be tough. They have a lot of good guards and shot the ball well, but we picked it up on defense and rebounded the ball well. I thought we ran the floor very well.”   

Senior Sulay Abubakari chipped in with a double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Junior Jameson Kissee put up 7 points. 

Kissee outlined what the Badgers will aim to do as they prepare for Lakeland. 

“Lakeland’s a tough team,” Kissee said. “They’ve got some players back from last year, they’re well coached. We’re just hoping to start out fast like we did in this one, play good defense. I think we match up well with them.” 

Bonners Ferry 20 18 21 17 — 76 

East Valley 10 17 16 17 — 60 

Bonners Ferry’s opening game of the season ended in 22 point loss to Sandpoint, 67-45.  

While the offense was unable to score more than nine points a quarter for most of the game, Bonners Ferry finished with 22 fourth quarter points, nearly equaling their offensive output for the first three quarters. 

The Badgers were behind from the outset, ending the first quarter down nine points, 16-7.  By the half, the deficit of 10 points quickly grew to 18 after the third quarter.  

It was a non-conference game for Bonners Ferry, who started the season 0-1 before their win against East Valley. 

Bonners Ferry 7 9 7 22 — 45 

Sandpoint 16 10 15 26 — 67 

    Jameson Kissee keeps the ball secured while being guarded by a player on Sandpoint.
Photo By JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY  

    Junior Peyton Hinthorn goes to the basket against two Sandpoint defenders.
Photo By JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY