PREP BASKETBALL: Lake City rallies; Cd'A, Post Falls also win
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 5 days, 23 hours AGO
• BOYS
MERIDIAN — Trailing by around 10 points for much of the second half, the Lake City Timberwolves made a run fueled by defense.
The Timberwolves outscored Ridgeline of Millville, Utah, 16-5 in the fourth quarter and beat the Riverhawks 46-44 in the consolation round in the Platinum Bracket of the Pro Image Sports Winter Classic on Friday at Owyhee High.
Jordan Carlson sank two free throws with 12 seconds left to break a 44-all for Lake City (3-3). Then, the T-Wolves' defense forced a Ridgeline player into a double dribble with .6 seconds left.
“We had a really good fourth quarter defensively; guys stepped up,” Lake City coach James Anderson said.
Carlson scored nine of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, and he also finished with six rebounds.
Josh Watson added 11 points and five rebounds. Jace Plummer hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, Jackson Bowman had seven of his nine rebounds on the offensive end, and Paxton Winey had four steals and four assists.
“We weren’t necessarily playing poorly,” Anderson said of the third quarter and early fourth. “The kids kept believing and stayed the course. Ian Williams and Jace gave us a nice lift.
"We didn’t finish a game in the fourth quarter the day before; it felt good to finish this one,” Anderson said.
Cam Earl led Ridgeline (3-3) with 11 points.
Lake City will play JSerra Catholic of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., today at 12:30 p.m. PST at Owyhee to conclude tourney play.
Ridgeline 14 11 14 5 — 44
Lake City 7 11 9 16 — 46
RIDGELINE — Reynolds 4, Pinochi 6, Fuller 4, Workman 7, Hansen 0, Brenchley 8, Earl 11, Berrett 4.
LAKE CITY — Williams 1, Winey 5, Plummer 8, Carlson 16, Watson 11, Bowman 2, Anderson 0, Pearson 0, Irgens 3.
Post Falls 70
Centennial 64
BOISE — Knowing both teams like to get out and go, Post Falls coach Jayson Ulrich turned to his assistant, Joe Bodman, before the game and said, “First team to 80 might win this.”
It looked that way at halftime, tied at 40.
The pace slowed a bit in the second half, and the Trojans made some key plays down the stretch to edge the Patriots.
“We're kinda mirror images of each other,” Ulrich said of the two teams. “It might be one of the top five funnest games I’ve been a part of in high school basketball. The kids played so hard and so well after a tough night last night (a 57-52 loss at Kuna).”
Senior Jaxon Lysne scored 21 points, senior Connor Carver 20 for Post Falls (3-2). Junior Cashton Bodman added 14 points.
“Cashton was huge, Connor was consistent, and Jaxon had some huge baskets when we needed them the most,” Ulrich said.
Ulrich said senior Isaiah Naylor (seven points, seven assists, just two turnovers) provided “dynamic, awesome point guard play.”
Gabe Eddins, a 6-5 senior and the reigning 6A Southern Idaho Conference player of the year, led all scorers with 26 points for Centennial (4-1), but the Trojans held him to three baskets in the second half.
Post Falls plays at Timberline of Boise today at 11 a.m. PST to conclude its run of three games in three days in the Boise area.
Post Falls 24 16 15 15 — 70
Centennial 19 21 13 11 — 64
POST FALLS — Norisada 2, Auble 0, Bodman 14, Lysne 21, Naylor 7, Munday 4, Brown 0, Carver 20, Dean 2.
CENTENNIAL — Knudson 14, Ngongo 4, Eddins 26, Johnson 10, Ginn 7, Taylor 0, Bolen 3.
Coeur d’Alene 65
Shelley 44
IDAHO FALLS — Caden Symons hit five 3-pointers on the game, three in a 13-point first quarter that propelled the Vikings past the Russets in the consolation round of the TitleOne Tipoff Classic on Friday at the Mountain America Center.
“Symons is rounding into shape,” Coeur d’Alene coach said of his senior guard, an Evansville signee in his third game back after suffering a broken collarbone during football season. “His conditioning needs work. He played like a kid going to Evansville.”
Junior Rylan Braga hit four 3-pointers, one in each quarter, for Coeur d’Alene (2-2).
“That was huge,” Leiss said. “We played very hard and defended well.
"Our 2 ½-hour film session last night was critical. Our boys watched, learned and executed better.”
Senior Brett Crandall led Shelley (0-5) with 17 points.
Coeur d’Alene plays Hillcrest (1-4) of Ammon today at 1 p.m. PST for the consolation championship.
Coeur d’Alene 19 14 17 15 — 65
Shelley 13 12 12 7 — 44
COEUR d’ALENE — McCall 5, Fagan 0, Braga 12, Stern 6, Gentry 0, Rasor 0, Gatten 0, Wright 9, Whittaker 2, Symons 31, Priebe 0.
SHELLEY — Brunson 7, Remington 2, Beck 2, Jolly 0, Smith 13, Bennett 0, Crandall 17, Kelly 0, Hunsaker 3, Cook 0, Cox 0.
Ridgevue 55
Lakeland 40
MERIDIAN — Sophomore Austin Hocking scored 13 points for the Hawks in the loss to the Warhawks of Nampa in the consolation round of the Gold Bracket in the Pro Image Sports Holiday Classic at Rocky Mountain High.
Brayden Carrel added 10 points and eight rebounds for Lakeland (3-2), which plays Madison of Rexburg today at 8 a.m. PST in the seventh-place game at Owyhee High in Meridian.
Junior Brock Bastian sank four 3-pointers and scored 20 points for Ridgevue (4-3).
Lakeland 6 9 8 17 — 40
Ridgevue 22 10 13 8 — 55
LAKELAND — Boardman 0, Tuskan 0, Lukey 2, Fuhriman 4, Yager 4, Caywood 0, Young 0, Hocking 13, Hillman 7, Carrel 10.
RIDGEVUE — Bastain 20, Fraley 2, Jaramillo 9, Ebert 3, Wade 0, Nelson 7, Hellwege 2, Malvini 4, Skeen 2, Gonzalez 2, Zora 4.
Orofino 56
Kellogg 52
OROFINO — Junior Draeden Taylor scored a team-high 14 points for the Wildcats, who fell to the Maniacs in the Central Idaho League opener for both schools at Orofino High.
“It was a back-and-forth game, and they were on the good side of that in the second half,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “We played well enough to win, but didn’t make enough of the plays down the stretch. We competed, executed and did enough good things to win some games, just not this one.”
Junior Cayden Honnerlaw scored 12 points for Kellogg (2-3), which hosts Wallace on Thursday.
Senior Landon Connelly scored 17 points for Orofino (4-0).
Kellogg 17 6 11 18 — 52
Orofino 15 9 11 21 — 56
KELLOGG — Coburn 0, Johnson 0, Taylor 14, Desmarais 3, P. Lewis 6, Honnerlaw 12, Cheney 7, Vindasius 10.
OROFINO — Runia 10, Bonner 12, Schneider 4, Tondevold 0, Connolly 17, Barlow 8, Naranjo 5.
Coeur du Christ 59
Immaculate Conception 42
COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Jerome Cools scored 13 points, all in the first three quarters, as the Saints beat the Cristeros in nonleague play at Holy Family Catholic School.
Sophomore Grant Clemens and senior Aedan O’Neill added 12 points each for Coeur du Christ (2-2), which travels to Mullan on Tuesday to begin North Star League play.
Dominic Demeyer scored a game-high 25 points for Immaculate Conception (0-4).
ICA 9 9 6 18 — 42
Coeur 18 19 11 11 — 59
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — Wilhelm 8, P. Schmitt 3, Jones 4, Demeyer 25, Kuplack 2, Lloyd 0.
COEUR du CHRIST — Anderson 3, Gama 2, Manuel 8, Clemens 12, Beyer 0, Cluts 0, Hayes 4, Cools 13, Mudrick 2, Sundholm 3, O’Neill 12.
Kootenai 46
Genesis Prep 28
HARRISON FLATS — Junior Brennan Derry hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points as the host Warriors downed the Jaguars in nonleague play.
Senior Riley Ausman totaled 11 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots for Kootenai (1-2).
“We started off a little slow but really came together in the second quarter,” first-year Kootenai coach Mary Gentry said. “Our outside shot is beginning to develop nicely and Brennan, especially, came alive at the 3-point line. Riley came in big with a double-double. Overall, we did a good job controlling the boards.”
Kootenai plays host to Kootenai Classical Academy today at 2:30.
Jacob Harris scored six points for Genesis Prep (0-5), which plays host to Clark Fork on Wednesday.
Genesis Prep 1 5 11 11 — 28
Kootenai 4 17 16 9 — 46
GENESIS PREP — Harris 6, Green 5, Arambula 3, W. Hernas 2, M. Hernas 1, Cosner 5, Siahaya 0, Van Meeteren 3, Walsh 3, Martin 0.
KOOTENAI — Ausman 11, Braz 6, Gentry 6, Derry 17, Edwards 4, Myers 0, Moore 2, Bierman 0.
• LATE THURSDAY
Wallace 80
Genesis Prep 4
POST FALLS — Sophomore Cooper Miller scored 19 points for the Miners in a Scenic Idaho Conference win over the Jaguars at The Courts at Real Life.
Sophomore Lennox Radford scored 14 points for Wallace (2-3, 1-1 CIL), which hosts Timberlake on Tuesday.
Senior Benjamin Cosner scored four points for Genesis Prep (0-4, 0-2).
Wallace 16 22 16 24 — 80
Genesis Prep 1 0 3 0 — 4
WALLACE — Miller 19, Sodbat 13, Larson 4, Darg 3, McGillivray 10, Rose 11, Radford 14, Murray 6.
GENESIS PREP — Harris 0, Green 0, Arambula 0, M. Hernas 0, Siahaya 0, Van Meeteren 0, Walsh 0, Martin 0, Cosner 4, W. Hernas 0.
• GIRLS
Post Falls 45
Lewiston 43
LEWISTON — Senior Kailey Walton scored the final three points from the free-throw line in the final 20 seconds for the Trojans, who held off the Bengals in a nonleague game at Lewiston High.
Sophomore wing Annabelle Tucker hit a 3-pointer to give Post Falls a 41-40 lead with 2:58 remaining. Lewiston junior Darta Serdane scored on a layup with 11.2 seconds remaining. Lewiston was unable to get off a final shot with 1.8 seconds remaining.
“It was back and forth the entire game,” Post Falls coach Brian Carlson said. “We were up 20-13 in the third quarter and turned it over three straight times and let them back into the game. We did not play very hard in the first half, but the second half we had at least one player on the floor after the ball. Down the stretch, we executed really well.”
Tucker finished with 14 points, junior Jaya Felix 12 for Post Falls (2-8), which hosts Ferris today at 2 p.m.
“Mentally and physically, we’re getting better,” Carlson said. “Overall, we were just really pleased with how we played. Having a full week of practice was excellent for us. We were able to work on some things and implement some things.”
Lewiston is 3-4.
Post Falls 12 8 15 10 — 45
Lewiston 13 8 12 10 — 43
POST FALLS — Benzinger-Stephens 0, Hollenbeck 6, Reese 0, Felix 12, Johnson 2, Tucker 14, Gluhak 5, Walton 6.
LEWISTON — Balmer 6, Cahill 2, Fisher 0, Mellinger 7, Lathen 4, Samuels 5, Schnell 9, Serdane 8, Hemphill 2.
Kellogg 52
Haileyville 17
HONOLULU — Freshman Gretah Angle had 16 points and seven rebounds for the Wildcats in a win over the Warriors in a Pink Bracket game in the KSA Oahu Classic at Radford High.
“We played disciplined defense, resulting in forced turnovers and transition points,” Kellogg coach Jana Nearing said. “And we stayed out of foul trouble. We had several girls shoot well from outside as well.”
Senior Dani Henrikson had 10 points and nine rebounds and sophomore Bella Schillereff had eight points and six rebounds for Kellogg (5-1), which concludes the tournament today against Ramsay High of Birmingham, Ala.
Ramsay is unbeaten in pool play. Kellogg is 1-1.
Haileyville (Okla.) is 0-9.
Haileyville 0 4 6 7 — 17
Kellogg 15 15 10 12 — 52
HAILEYVILLE — Sutterfield 0, Jeffery 1, Scott 1, Pink 1, King 3, Strickland 3, Kirkes 6, Comstock 2.
KELLOGG — Philp 8, Schillereff 8, Yrjana 0, Angle 16, Storey 5, Stutzke 5, Cassidy 0, Henrikson 10, Munoz 0, Potts 0.