PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: See you again in February? .. Coeur d'Alene falls to Eagle in matchup of state tournament teams from last year

COEUR d’ALENE — It’s not how you start, but how you finish, reminded Coeur d'Alene High girls basketball coach Stacy Boyd.

Thursday just wasn’t the Coeur d’Alene Vikings' night. 

Junior Brookeslee Colvin scored a team-high 26 points for the Vikings, but the hosts were outscored 58-37 in the final three quarters of a 75-56 loss to the Eagle Mustangs at Viking Court. 

Eagle was picked to finish first in the 13-team 6A Southern Idaho Conference by the league's coaches. Coeur d'Alene reached the state semifinals, then lost in the third-place game.

“We came out strong,” Boyd said. “We got a bit of a lead and we had momentum, but just didn’t do enough to get it done. They outrebounded us and were more physical than us, so they kind of took us out of our identity that we’ve been focused on and been doing the last couple of weeks.”

Coeur d’Alene (4-1) last played on Nov. 25, a 71-46 win at Lewiston. 

“We’re going to take it one game at a time like we always do,” Boyd said. “I told the girls it’s not how we start, but how we finish. It’s going to be one of those teams that we’ll be looking forward to seeing them down the road. Hopefully things change when we see them again.” 

Eagle (4-0) beat Madison of Rexburg 56-30 in its last game on Nov. 21. 

“I thought they did a good job of responding,” fifth-year Eagle coach Jeremy Munroe said of his team. “Coeur d’Alene’s a good team and we’ll probably see them again at state. These are games we need. We haven’t played in two weeks, and this was our first road game. It’s a good test against a really good basketball team. I’m proud of how our girls played. They played together and did a good job today.” 

Coeur d’Alene opened the season with three straight games in the Boise area Nov. 20-22. 

“We got to watch them a couple of weeks ago, and my assistant coaches, they’re the greatest and did a great job of scouting them,” Munroe said. “We saw some things we knew they were going to do. Brookeslee’s a stud, but they’ve got a lot of good players on that team. We knew the shooters could shoot and Brookeslee was going to create and do great things. They present a lot of challenges, and we saw that on film and adapted a bit.” 

Eagle travels to Post Falls tonight. 

“It’s important to get out on the road and get to see everybody,” Munroe said. “You get to know these other teams and play everyone. For these girls, these are the memories they’ll have and that’s important. As the Louisville coach said last year, ‘You don’t sharpen your teeth by eating Oatmeal.’ You’ve got to go out and play the best teams you can find. We’ve got great teams in our league, but there’s great teams in our state we want to get out and play as well.” 

Junior Berkley Jones scored 31 points for Eagle, 15 coming in the second quarter. 

Sophomore Lexie Wheeler scored nine points for Coeur d’Alene, which hosts Meridian tonight at 7. 

Eagle    17    19    21    18    —    75 

Coeur d’Alene    19    9    15    13    —    56 

EAGLE — Elitharp 5, Nelson 26, Lake 0, Thompson 3, Holsinger 5, Ellsworth 2, Jones 31, DeVries 3. 

COEUR d’ALENE — Wheeler 9, Brown 0, Bridge 4, Wallis 6, Colvin 25, Shafer 2, Semprimoznik 7, Reardon 3. 

Meridian 54 

Lake City 53 

COEUR d’ALENE — Lake City senior post Abby Smith scored on a layup to tie the game at 53-53 with 17 seconds remaining, but a free throw from Chanel Schureman with .5 seconds remaining to send the Warriors over the Timberwolves at Lake City High. 

“Both teams played hard,” said Lake City coach David Pratt, whose team led 40-35 after the third quarter. “They really turned up the pressure on us and we lost the momentum. They did a good job of executing their defensive game plan. We just missed a box-out, and they made a shot to win it. Our kids are learning they’ve got to do the little things to win.” 

Freshman Brynlee Johnston scored 13 points for Lake City (0-5), which hosts Rocky Mountain of Meridian tonight. 

Senior Kiet Martinez scored 19 points for Meridian (2-2), which visits Coeur d’Alene tonight. 

Meridian    12    13    10    19    —    54 

Lake City    7    15    18    13    —    53 

MERIDIAN — Schureman 9, Martinez 19, Kagee 0, Fluckiger 7, Klatt 1, Puello 11, Hancock-Lynch 1, Watson 1, Voegele 5. 

LAKE CITY — Kolden 4, Hiltenbrand 10, Smith 11, Pearson 15, Johnston 13, Baltzell 0, Brouse 0, Johnson 0. 

Rocky Mountain 50 

Post Falls 36 

POST FALLS — The host Trojans trailed by three points at halftime before going cold in the second half in the loss to the Grizzlies of Meridian at The Arena. 

“We took a step forward today,” Post Falls coach Brian Carlson said. “We played really well in the first half. The second half, the kids executed what we wanted, but we missed shots we normally make. We did cut down on our turnovers.” 

Junior Jaya Felix scored 10 points for Post Falls (0-7). Sophomore Annabelle Tucker scored eight of her 10 points in the first half for the Trojans.  

“Jaya Felix really rebounded the ball well,” Carlson said. “And Annabelle really carried us in the first half.” 

Sophomore Mercy Hatfield led Rocky Mountain (5-0) with 11 points. 

Post Falls plays host to Eagle tonight at 7. 

Rocky Mtn.     12    13    14    11    —    50 

Post Falls         11    11    4    10    —    36 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN — Smith 5, Anderson 4, Price 4, Liotta 6, Sangsland 8, Kollmann 3, Osterhout 5, Humphreys 2, Picetti 2, Hatfield 11. 

POST FALLS — Benzinger-Stephens 0, Hollenbeck 6, Haines-Picchione 0, Reese 2, Felix 10, Morrison 3, Johnson 0, Tucker 10, Gluhak 0, Walton 5. 

Lakeland 70 

Lakeside 26 

RATHDRUM — Junior Macy Bretveld scored 20 points for the Hawks, who ran past the Eagles of Nine Mile Falls, Wash., at Hawk Court. 

Freshman Jaeli Hoffman scored 18 points, senior Karstyn Kiefer 11 points and junior Mariana Bullington 10 points for Lakeland (4-0), which travels to Bonners Ferry next Thursday. 

Lakeside is 0-2. 

Lakeside    12    6    7    1    —    26 

Lakeland    15    22    21    12    —    70 

LAKESIDE — White 3, Almond 2, Webster 0, Owen 3, Tobeck 3, Weinberger 5, Cummings 5, Mace 0, Winborne 3, Taylor 0. 

LAKELAND — Kar. Kiefer 11, Forsman 0, Bowie 0, Hoffman 18, McMurray 0, Kap. Kiefer 7, Fagan 4, Bretveld 20, Bullington 10. 

Timberlake 46 

Lakeside 26 

PLUMMER — Senior Malia Miller scored 22 points for the 4A Tigers in a win over the 2A Knights at Ron Miller Court. 

Senior Payton Young scored 15 points for Timberlake (2-2), which travels to Sandpoint on Tuesday. 

Senior Kyleigh Wolfe, sophomore Laila SiJohn and senior Tylah Lambert scored seven points each for Lakeside (3-1), which hosts Wellpinit tonight. 

Timberlake    11    18    7    10    —    46 

Lakeside    5    6    9    6    —    26 

TIMBERLAKE — Ward 0, Young 15, Jezek 0, Archer 2, Mattson 0, Miller 22, Brotherton 0, Milligan 7. 

LAKESIDE — Gorr 0, Pluff 3, Wolfe 7, SiJohn 7, Hodgson 0, Peone 0, Leo 2, Lambert 7, Abrahamson 0. 

Kellogg 58 

Wallace 36 

WALLACE — Freshman Gretah Angle scored 15 of her game-high 23 points in the second half for the 3A Wildcats in a win over the 2A Miners at Kirby Krulitz Court. 

Senior Dani Henrikson had 15 points and 11 rebounds for Kellogg, which outscored Wallace 35-13 in the second half. 

“Gretah was a key momentum shift for our whole team,” Kellogg coach Jana Nearing said. “Dani was strong for us all game as well. We struggled getting things to fall but were able to reorganize at the half.” 

Juniors Khepri Wood and Grace DeLano scored eight points each for Wallace (3-2), which hosts Clark Fork on Monday. 

Junior Jordyn Stutzke had nine rebounds for Kellogg, which competes in the O’ahu Classic next week in Honolulu. 

Kellogg        11    12    15    20    —    58 

Wallace        4    19    6    7    —    36 

KELLOGG — Philp 8, Schillereff 0, Yrjana 4, Angle 23, Storey 2, Stutzke 1, Henrikson 15, Sorenson 2, Munoz 3. 

WALLACE — Au. Birdsell 5, M. Stutzke 4, Wood 8, K. Stutzke 7, Hanks 0, DeLano 8, Al. Birdsell 0, Phillips 4. 

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Coeur d'Alene guard Kyndal Bridge goes up for a shot as Eagle forward Nicole DeVries defends during the fourth quarter of Thursday's game at Viking Court.