PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Post Falls finishes road trip with win

BOISE — Senior Connor Carver totaled 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists and the Post Falls Trojans held off the Timberline Wolves 52-50 on Saturday afternoon in the finale of their weekend road trip to the Boise area. 

“Going 2-1 against three totally different teams was awesome,” Post Falls coach Jayson Ulrich said. “It was the right kind of competition we needed, the right kind of game situations we needed, and we still have room for growth.” 

Senior Jaxon Lysne added 14 points, junior Cashton Bodman 10 for Post Falls (4-2), who lost 57-52 to Kuna and beat Centennial 70-64. 

"Tired legs, shots were short, but they grinded it through,” Ulrich said. 

It was a bit of a payback win for the Trojans, who lost to Timberline in a state play-in game last year. 

Collin Morris, a 6-foot-7 junior swingman, scored 18 points for Timberline (2-4), which finished third at state. 

Post Falls returns to action Thursday in Spokane at defending Washington state 4A champion Gonzaga Prep.

Post Falls     13    11    16    12    —    52 

Timberline     18    8    5    19    —    50 

POST FALLS — Norisada 3, Auble 0, Bodman 10, Lysne 14, Naylor 5, Munday 0, Brown 0, Carver 17, Dean 3. 

TIMBERLINE — Caldwell 3, Hudson 6, Focarile 0, Bates 4, Dallolio 0, Ingram 10, Morris 18, Richins 9. 

Lake City 66 

JSerra Catholic (Calif.) 63 

MERIDIAN — Junior Jordan Carlson scored 25 points, including four clutch free throws in the final 30 seconds as the Timberwolves beat the Lions of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., on the third day of the Pro Image Sports Holiday Classic at Owyhee High. 

Carlson hit four 3-pointers and scored 18 of his points in the second half for Lake City (4-3), which went 2-1 at the tourney.  

Jaden Bailes, a 6-foot-2 guard who has signed with Seattle U, hit six 3-pointers and scored 25 points for JSerra Catholic (6-5). He had a good look but missed a 3 at the buzzer. 

“They’ve got at least four D-1 kids,” Lake City coach James Anderson said of the Lions, who played Sierra Canyon, the top-ranked team in the country, to a 15-point loss three weeks ago. “That’s just a great win for our team, for our program. For our guys to come back on day three and keep punching ... ” 

Lake City lost Paxton Winey to a minor shoulder dislocation and Ian Williams to a hip strain, both in the second quarter. Neither returned. 

“We played our entire second half without our point guards, against pressure,” Anderson said. “Jordan made some high-pressure shots, everybody rallied together, Jace Plummer hit a big 3, Josh Watson was a great captain. Jackson Anderson was our primary ballhandler, and did a fabulous job.” 

Watson finished with 14 points, Anderson 10. Plummer had four assists, Winey three. 

“Shoutout to Owyhee,” Anderson said. “To be able to play Damien (of La Verne, Calif.) and JSerra Catholic in Idaho is pretty cool for the kids. That was some high-level basketball.” 

Lake City returns to action Thursday at Central Valley. 

JSerra    12    11    21    19    —    63 

Lake City     14    16    17    19    —    66 

JSERRA CATHOLIC — Bailes 25, Eboigbodin 8, Bryson 14, Kristensen 0, Frates 0, Dubost 3, Montoya 6, Doane 1, Cunningham 3, Taylor 0, Fa’alafi 2. 

LAKE CITY — Williams 0, Oxenrider 0, Winey 2, Plummer 7, Carlson 25, Everson 0, Watson 14, Bowman 6, Anderson 10, Pearson 2, Irgens 0. 

Coeur d’Alene 45 

Hillcrest 36 

IDAHO FALLS — Caden Symons scored 13 of his 20 points in the second half as the Vikings knocked off the Knights of nearby Ammon, the reigning state 5A champions, in the consolation championship at the TitleOne Tipoff Classic at the Mountain America Center. 

“We played excellent man-to-man defense; holding them to 36 was outstanding,” Coeur d’Alene coach Kent Leiss said. “Very proud of our kids’ effort on the defensive end.” 

Senior Alex McCall added 10 points for the Vikings (3-2), who went 2-1 at the tourney. 

"We were not very efficient on offense. Missed too many point-blank shots,” Leiss said. 

Senior Creiden Nield scored 11 points for Hillcrest (1-5). 

Coeur d’Alene returns to action beginning Friday at the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas. 

Coeur d’Alene     16    8    8    13    —    45 

Hillcrest     10    9    9    8    —    36 

COEUR d’ALENE — McCall 10, Fagan 6, Braga 2, Stern 2, Wright 4, Whittaker 1, Symons 20. 

HILLCREST — Sanders 6, Prince 2, Nield 11, Sweetwood 10, L. Benson 0, Holland 4, H. Benson 0, Kesler 3. 

Madison 58

Lakeland 33

MERIDIAN — The Hawks (3-3) fell to the Bobcats (2-3) of Rexburg at Owyhee High in the seventh-place game of the Gold Bracket at the Pro Image Sports Holiday Classic.

No other information was available.

Lakeland travels to Ridgeline of Liberty Lake on Thursday.

St. Maries 58 

Kendrick 52 (OT) 

ST. MARIES — Senior JJ Yearout hit two 3-pointers in overtime to boost the Lumberjacks’ lead to eight points, and junior Landon Riberich also had two key baskets in the extra period as St. Maries handed the Tigers their first loss and gave Bryan Chase his 200th win as St. Maries boys coach. 

Jack Barta his 11 of 12 free throws, including 3 of 4 in overtime, and finished with 14 points for St. Maries (2-1). Xavier Sloper added 13 points and seven assists for the Lumberjacks, and Isaiah Gustaffe had nine boards. 

“Definitely one of our best defensive games in the last year; we had a great week of practice,” said Chase, now 200-68 in his 12th season as boys coach (he was 86-97 in eight seasons as St. Maries girls coach). 

Senior guard Ralli Roetcisoender scored 17 points to lead Kendrick (4-1), which had won its first four games by an average of 39 points. 

St. Maries outrebounded Kendrick, the reigning state champs in football and boys basketball, 34-21. 

“The kids were focused in on what we had to do against them,” Chase said. “It was unbelievable the energy and heart they had today.” 

St. Maries plays Liberty of Spangle, Wash., on Friday at a tournament at Freeman High in Rockford, Wash. 

Kendrick     10    5    12    15    9    —    52 

St. Maries     12    10    13    8    15    —    58 

KENDRICK — Ma. Kirkland 5, H. Kirkland 13, Silflow 0, Roetcisoender 17, Koepp 2, Tweit 15. 

ST. MARIES — Harold 4, J. Barta 14, Yearout 12, Gustaffe 5, B. Barta 0, Riberich 8, Speakman 2, Sloper 13. 

Kootenai Classical JV 43 

Kootenai 41 

HARRISON FLATS — Riley Ausman had 26 points and nine rebounds, but the host Warriors came up short in the loss to the Kodiak junior varsity of Post Falls as Christian Toews poured in 29 points for Kootenai Classical Academy.

Dylan Gentry had 11 rebounds, Cole Edwards 7 for Kootenai (1-3), which plays host to Clark Fork on Thursday. 

"These boys didn’t give up," said Kootenai coach Mary Gentry, whose team trailed by 10 points after the first quarter. "We had some opportunities in the end, but couldn’t get the buckets to go. Having played back to back, I’m proud of their efforts."

Koot. Class.     20    4    10    9    —    43 

Kootenai     10    11    8    12    —    41 

KOOTENAI CLASSICAL ACADEMY — Toews 29, Barnhart 0, Oleynik 10, Conaty 0, Ridolph 3, Janney 0, Ryan 0, Rice 1, Provost 0, Lowe 0. 

KOOTENAI — Ausman 26, Braz 5, Gentry 4, Derry 2, Edwards 4, Myers 0, Moore 0. 

Christian Center 68 

Spo. Class. Christian 43 

COEUR d’ALENE — Cyrus Coppinger scored 17 points and Colt Quimby added 15 as the host Lions (4-0, 2-0 Mountain Christian League) defeated the Knights (2-4, 1-3) at the Boys & Girls Club. 

Jared Ihrig led Spokane Classical Christian with 15 points. 

Christian Center School plays North Idaho Christian on Monday at The Courts at Real Life in Post Falls. 

SCCS     8    8    17    10    —    43 

CCS     15    26    16    11    —    68 

SPOKANE CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN — Ebert 6, Ihrig 15, Ott 4, Lewis 12, Furgason 6. 

CHRISTIAN CENTER SCHOOL — Coppinger 17, Quimby 15, McWhorter 4, Miller 4, Kellmer 5, Vara 6, Secrest 4, Cotten 11, Millbourne 2.