PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Rocky night for Lake City

COEUR d’ALENE — Lake City had seen a zone once in the past two years. On Friday night, the Timberwolves played like it. 

Lake City struggled to make shots and create offense against Rocky Mountain’s zone, and the visiting Grizzlies from Meridian led most of the way in a 65-60 victory Friday night at Lake City. 

Lake City coach James Anderson said he was excited to play against a zone, but said the zone bothered his team “a decent amount.” 

"We felt we were getting the ball to the right spots, and we had a chance to puncture a little bit, but we weren’t aggressive when we had those chances,” Anderson said. “We missed some opportunities in the paint, outside the paint. At some point, you’ve got to make some shots, and it just allowed them to keep extending that zone and bothering us more and more ... we got tight against it, for sure.” 

Junior Jordan Carlson scored 18 of his 25 points in the second half for Lake City (1-2). Senior Josh Watson added 20. 

“We committed to it (the zone) before the year started,” said third-year Rocky Mountain coach Ivory Williams, whose team was picked to finish eighth in the 6A Southern Idaho Conference. “We’re buying into it, and if the guys believe in it, they can do it.” 

Lake City finished with six 3-pointers. Rocky (2-2) hit nine 3s, three by 6-5 senior guard Tanner Sweaney, who totaled 21 points.  

The Grizzlies were coming off a 76-61 loss at Post Falls on Thursday. 

“Our approach was better,” Williams said of Friday. “Yesterday we walked in there really soft. Post Falls is a very physical basketball team, they punched us in the mouth early and we didn’t respond very well.” 

Brock Stevens, a 6-7 senior forward, added 19 points, mostly inside. 

“He did a good job backing us down,” Anderson said. “And when we sent doubles, I don’t think we executed what we practiced in our double-team scenarios very well, so when we sent doubles they hurt us. He was a handful, and did a pretty good job getting to where he wanted to go.” 

Lake City trailed by as much as 14 points in the first half. The T-Wolves went to the press late, and got within 62-58 when Paxton Winey stole the ball and fed Watson for a basket with just over a half-minute left. 

“This is a learning lesson for us,” Anderson said. “We played in that state title game last year, and we had a really good summer, and expectations are reasonably high, so we’re going to get a lot of people’s best shots.” 

Lake City plays host to North Central on Tuesday. 

Rocky Mtn.     20    15    15    15    —    65 

Lake City         13    13    16    18    —    60 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN — Wheeler 4, Sweaney 21, Knowles 0, Hammond 6, Swenson 10, Spiker 3, Stevens 19. 

LAKE CITY — Williams 0, Oxenrider 0, Winey 2, Plummer 0, Carlson 25, Watson 20, Bowman 7, Anderson 6, Pearson 0, Irgens 0. 

Post Falls 76 

University 58 

SPOKANE VALLEY — Junior Cashton Bodman tossed in 33 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the visiting Trojans downed the Titans in nonleague play. 

“Cashton Bodman came into his own; he was absolutely a stud tonight,” Post Falls coach Jayson Ulrich said. “We got him down on the block and he just finished everything.” 

Jaxon Lysne added 15 points, seven rebounds and three assists for Post Falls (2-1), and Ulrich praised his defense in holding U-Hi standout Brady Bell to 12 points. 

“He sacrifices a lot to guard the best player on the other team, and not get into foul trouble,” Ulrich said. “His leadership was huge.” 

Connor Carver added eight points and 12 rebounds for Post Falls. Sophomore Carson Munday, starting for the second straight night in place of Alex Dean (illness), scored 10 points, including two 3s at the start of the third quarter after the Trojans led 35-27 at the half. 

“It was our cleanest game of the season,” said Ulrich, whose team committed eight turnovers. 

Junior Sam Delegard led University (1-1) with 18 points. 

Post Falls travels to southern Idaho next week for three games in three days, starting Thursday at Kuna. 

Post Falls     15    20    27    14    —    76 

University     13    14    18    13    —    58 

POST FALLS — Auble 0, Bodman 33, Lysne 15, Norisada 5, Naylor 5, Carver 8, Brown 0, Munday 10, Bresee 0, Blood 0. 

UNIVERSITY — Bell 12, Rigsby 12, Delegard 18, Dixon 2, Anderberg 0, Eyre 5, MacArthur 3, Lipke 6, Lawson 0. 

 Lakeland 69 

Bonners Ferry 61 

RATHDRUM — Senior Peyton Hillman hit four 3-pointers and poured in 33 points to help the Hawks defeat the visiting Badgers in nonleague play at Hawk Court. 

Jaron Yager added 14 points and eight rebounds for Lakeland (2-0). Austin Hocking hit three 3s and scored 13 points. Hillman also had five steals. 

“Just happy with the way our guys fought against a tough Bonners team,” Lakeland coach Caleb De Fabiis said. “Our group is learning how to win and I’m proud of our seniors for how they stepped up when we needed them.” 

Peyton Hinthorn scored 27 points for Bonners Ferry (1-2), and Ty Schrock added 16. 

Lakeland plays host to Kellogg on Tuesday. 

Bonners Ferry     12    13    16    20    —    61 

Lakeland    12    12    24    21    —    69 

BONNERS FERRY — Schrock 16, Hiatt 2, Hart 0, Hinthorn 27, Allied 2, Abubakari 12, Thompson 2, Cartwright 0. 

LAKELAND — Tuskan 0, Lukey 0, Fuhriman 2, Yager 14, Caywood 0, Schreibeis 0, Hocking 13, Hillman 33, Carrel 7. 

Lakeside 93 

Wellpinit 67 

PLUMMER — Tyson Charley scored 17 of his 29 points in the first half as the host Knights defeated the Redskins in nonleague play at Ron Miller Court. 

Senior Hallah Peone added 26 points for Lakeside (3-0), and junior Jaydin Pluff scored 12. 

Dakota Thomas scored 20 points, Barry Abrahamson 17, Josh Park 16 for Wellpinit (1-1). 

Lakeside plays host to Genesis Prep on Tuesday in Scenic Idaho Conference play. 

Wellpinit     12    14    25    16    —    67 

Lakeside     23    26    26    18    —    93 

WELLPINIT — Thomas 20, McCullogh 2, Lonebear 6, J. Park 16, Ja. Flett 2, Je. Flett 0, J. Abrahamson 2, B. Abrahamson 17, I. Park 2. 

LAKESIDE — Peone 26, Sines 3, Louie 4, Brown 8, Ironcloud 0, Chimburus 0, Charley 29, Aldrich 0, Greensky 6, Samuels 5, Pluff 12. 

Chesterton 57 

Coeur du Christ 45 

COEUR d’ALENE — Visiting Chesteron Academy of Notre Dame from Spokane outscored the Saints 18-4 in the second quarter en route to the nonleague win at Holy Family Catholic School. 

Grant Clemens scored 12 points, Jerome Cools 11 for Coeur du Christ (1-1). 

Sean Conway scored a game-high 15 points for Chesterton (3-0). 

Coeur du Christ plays at the Coeur d’Alene JV II team Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. 

Chesterton     11    18    16    12    —    57 

Coeur du Christ    13    4    14    14    —    45 

CHESTERTON — Houck 0, W. Conway 4, S. Conway 15, Mallahan 12, Cary 10, Weller 3, Olson 9, Bovey 4. 

COEUR du CHRIST — Gama 0, Manuel 7, Clemens 12, Beyer 0, Hayes 7, Cools 11, Mudrick 0, Sundholm 6, O’Neill 2. 

Deary 41 

Kootenai 15 

HARRISON FLATS — Senior Riley Ausman scored 10 points for the Warriors, who fell to the Mustangs in their season opener. 

Jaymon Keen scored a game-high 13 points for Deary (1-1). 

“We held them to 31 points less than what we allowed them last season,” first-year Kootenai coach Mary Gentry said. “Proud of how hard they worked on defense. Some of our players are not used to being the ones pressured offensively. This is new territory for them; it may take some time, but they’ll adapt and improve as the season progresses.” 

Kootenai plays at the Post Falls “C” team on Tuesday at 7 p.m. 

Deary     15    11    9    6    —    41 

Kootenai    3    2    4    6    —    15 

DEARY — Mechling 2, Hubbard 2, Stettler 3, Heath 4, Jar. Keen 6, Clark 5, Boothby 4, Jay. Keen 13, Bartlett 2. 

KOOTENAI — Ausman 10, Braz 0, Gentry 1, Derry 0, Edwards 0, Myers 0, Moore 4. 

Kellogg 60 

Genesis Prep 13 

KELLOGG — Senior Andrew Lewis scored 12 points for the Wildcats in a win over the Jaguars in the Silver Valley Tournament at Andrews Gymnasium. 

Senior Dalton Coburn scored nine points for Kellogg (2-0), which faces Kendrick today at 5:30 p.m. 

Sophomore Jacob Harris scored seven points for Genesis Prep (0-1), which faces Wallace at Andrews Gymnasium today at 4 p.m. 

'We ran into a good team tonight," first-year Genesis Prep coach Arty Warren said. "Our guys kept fighting and tried to do the right things even when the game got away from us. I was proud of how they supported each other throughout the game, and we will learn from it."

Kendrick defeated Wallace 70-41 in the first game on Friday. Matchups for the tournament were predetermined.

Genesis Prep    0    5    3    5    —    13 

Kellogg        24    14    18    4    —    60 

GENESIS PREP — Harris 7, Arambula 0, W. Hernas 0, M. Hernas 0, Cosner 3, Siahaya 0, Van Meeteren 0, Walsh 3, Martin 0. 

KELLOGG — Coburn 9, Roach 5, A. Lewis 12, Desmarais 2, P. Lewis 8, Honnerlaw 4, Reed 7, Cheney 7, Vindasius 7, Kimstayton 0. 

N.I. Christian 80 

Sp. Class. Christ. 79 

POST FALLS — Senior Jack Johnston scored 34 points for the Royals in a Mountain Christian League win over the Knights at The Courts at Real Life. 

Senior Evan Trevena scored 18 points for North Idaho Christian (2-0, 2-0 MCL), which faces Spokane Athletic Co-Op on Tuesday at The Courts at Real Life. 

Spokane    26    13    16    24    —    79 

N.I. Christian    23    17    17    21    —    80 

SPOKANE CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN — Ebert 18, Ihrig 17, Ott 6, Lewis 11, Dashiell 3, Furgason 20, Shirley 7, Adams 0. 

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Trevena 18, Morast 14, Johnston 34, Swartz 3, Malinauskas 8, Ruis 6, Holte 0, Dzick 0, Sakae 0, Finney 0. 

    MARK NELKE/Press Lake City junior Jordan Carlson (5) spins around Cody Wheeler (00) of Rocky Mountain on Friday night at Lake City.