Priest River 36, Newport 25

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Aleigha Jensen found nylon from deep twice and scored 10 of her game-high 15 points in the first quarter, pulling down 10 rebounds for a double-double in the process, as the Lady Spartans used a 20-10 scoring advantage between the middle two quarters to defeat the Lady Grizzlies in a defensive non-league battle at Priest River High on Wednesday night.

Freshman Haley Rice scored eight points, including a three-pointer, while junior Haylee Jepson-Church commanded the offense with seven points, a three-pointer of her own, a team-high five assists, three steals and four rebounds for Priest River, which held Newport scoreless for the first six minutes of the third quarter after leading 19-12 at intermission.

Freshman Marri Hinchliff had nine points, five rebounds and four steals for Newport, which cut the deficit to 32-25 at one point after the Lady Spartans led 26-12 late in the third.

Sophomore McKinley Burgess-Duquette chipped in six points, 10 rebounds and three assists for Priest River (3-1), which hosted St. Maries on Thursday night for a 3A Central Idaho League matchup. Results and recap will be available at a later date.

Newport 8 4 6 7 — 25

Priest River 12 7 13 4 — 36

PTS: PR — Jensen 15, Rice 8, Jepson-Church 7, Burgess-Duquette 6. NPT — Hinchliff 9, Parry 6, Bowman 5, Smith 3, S. Tellessen 2.

REB: PR — Burgess-Duquette 10, Jensen 10, Whitaker 4, Jepson-Church 4, Rice 2. NPT — Hinchliff 5, Smith 5, S. Tellessen 3, Keck 2, Parry 2, Bowman 1, Peone 1.

AST: PR — Jepson-Church 5, Burgess-Duquette 3, Rice 2, Whitaker 1. NPT — S. Tellessen 4, Hinchliff 2, Bowman 1, Keck 1, Parry 1, Peone 1.

STL: PR — Jepson-Church 3, Burgess-Duquette 1, Whitaker 1. NPT — Hinchliff 4, S. Tellessen 3, Smith 2, Keck 1, Bowman 1.

BLK: PR — Rice 1, Jensen 1. NPT — Peone 1.

All-around effort leads Lady Cats to first win

Clark Fork 42, Mullan 16

MULLAN — Senior Piper Scarlett hit two three-pointers on her way to a game-high 13 points, 10 of which came in the second half, senior Priscilla Mayorga added nine points of her own, all from beyond the arc, and the Lady Cats used a balanced scoring attack to take down the Lady Tigers in a non-league game held Wednesday night at the Mullan Pavilion. 

Freshman Vanessa Rogier also nailed a three-pointer and had 10 points for Clark Fork, which led 19-7 at halftime and held Mullan to just four points between the middle two quarters. Sophomore Gracie Stevens had six points for the Lady Cats.

"We played a really good game tonight," Clark Fork High head coach Chris Cavanaugh said. "Everyone chipped in both offensively and defensively; it wasn't just one person who carried us."

Sophomores Elyssa Raynor and Azelynn Peterson both contributed two points apiece for Clark Fork (1-6), whose home game against the Kootenai Classical Academy Lady Kodiaks set for Thursday night was canceled. The Lady Cats will return to the court on Thursday for a non-league matchup at Kootenai.

Clark Fork 15 4 12 11 — 42

Mullan 5 2 2 7 — 16

PTS: CF — Scarlett 13, Rogier 10, Mayorga 9, Stevens 6, Raynor 2, Petersen 2. MUL — Blankenship 6, Morris 4, Elliott 2, Ullrich 2, Niemi 2.

Mire nets 22 in Lady Bulldogs' tourney opener

Mountain Home 49, Sandpoint 45

IDAHO FALLS — Junior Brecken Mire tallied a game-high 22 points, including three three-pointers, a team-high four assists, two blocks and three steals as the Lady Bulldogs suffered their first loss of the season in their TitleOne Tip-Off Classic opening-round game against the Lady Tigers on Thursday morning.

Junior Jordyn Tomco had eight points, including a three-pointer, and a team-high four steals, sophomore Willow Betz five points and three rebounds for Sandpoint, which closed the half on an 8-0 run to take a 27-18 lead heading into the locker room.

Mountain Home got 21 points from senior Juli Donez and 14 points from junior Anya Garza, and the duo both had three steals and two three-pointers, as the Lady Tigers used a 31-18 second-half scoring advantage to clinch the victory.

"Tough one to lose there — just some things we really shot ourselves in the foot on," Sandpoint High head coach Madi Schoening noted. "There are things that we need to clean up... totally self-inflicted, and I take a lot of credit for that. Having your first loss as a head coach teaches you a lot, just bummed it happened to be a game I thought was very winnable. We'll come out ready to go tomorrow for another 9:30 a.m. (MST) game."

Junior Livia Driggs had four points and a game-high seven rebounds, senior Jetta Thaete two points and six rebounds, and junior Carly Laybourne four points for Sandpoint (5-1), which will face Burley in their consolation semifinals matchup on Friday morning. The Lady Bobcats, also undefeated coming into the tournament, fell to 6A Borah by a score of 54-36 in their opener.

Mountain Home 6 12 15 16 — 49

Sandpoint 11 16 8 10 — 45

PTS: SPT — Mire 22, Tomco 8, Betz 5, Laybourne 4, L. Driggs 4, Thaete 2. MH — Donez 21, Garza 14, Longhurst 12, Cotton 2.

REB: SPT — L. Driggs 7, Thaete 6, Tomco 4, Betz 3, Mire 3, Butler 2, Laybourne 1. MH — Donez 5, Garza 5, Cotton 4, Longhurst 4, Schutte 4, Moehn 2, Clark 1.

AST: SPT — Mire 4, Butler 1, Thaete 1. MH — Cotton 3, Garza 3, Longhurst 2, Schutte 1, Donez 1, Blodgett 1.

STL: SPT — Tomco 4, Mire 3, Butler 2, Laybourne 1. MH — Donez 3, Garza 3, Schutte 2, Longhurst 1, Blodgett 1.

BLK: SPT — Mire 2. MH — Blodgett 1, Donez 1.