PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Bowman sparks Lake City's comeback win at CV
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SPOKANE VALLEY — Senior Jackson Bowman scored a team-high 19 points, but just as important was his defense as the Lake City Timberwolves rallied for a 64-59 victory over the Central Valley Bears on Friday night.
“We started getting stops, stepped up our defense,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “(Orland) Axton (a junior swingman) was giving us fits. We made a couple adjustments and he didn’t score in the last quarter. Jackson Bowman was fantastic on him. He was fantastic on both sides of the ball.”
Bowman also had eight rebounds for Lake City (5-3), which trailed 50-42 entering the final quarter.
Josh Watson added 16 points and nine rebounds for Lake City, Jordan Carlson had 14 points and six boards, sophomore Andy Irgens had seven points, and Paxton Winey had three steals.
Axton finished with 25 points for Central Valley (5-2), which beat reigning state 4A champion Gonzaga Prep by 14 points a week ago.
“We didn’t feel like we played great,” Anderson said, “So to come away with a win against a team as good as CV ... “
Lake City plays Annie Wright of Tacoma, Wash., today at 3 p.m. at the Moda Center in Portland.
Lake City 15 16 10 22 — 64
Central Valley 15 19 14 9 — 59
LAKE CITY — Winey 4, Plummer 0, Carlson 16, Watson 16, Bowman 19, Anderson 1, Pearson 1, Irgens 7.
CENTRAL VALLEY — Daines 0, Shelby 0, Walls 5, Nordhagen 9, Axton 25, Brus 0, Kandola 2, Plunkitt 11, Lippoldt 5.
Gonzaga Prep 72
Post Falls 45
SPOKANE — The game got away from the shorthanded Trojans in a rough second quarter in a loss to the Bullpups, last year’s state 4A champions.
Post Falls (4-3) was outscored 18-6 in the second quarter and trailed 40-22 at halftime. The margin grew wider in the third.
“Gonzaga Prep, they’re as tough as they come,” Post Falls coach Jayson Ulrich said. “Their physicality wore on us, they got us out of sorts and we didn’t respond.
"I’ll take full responsibility for that. I’ve got to have them more physically tough and mentally tough.”
Jaxon Lysne scored 12 points, Cashton Bodman 10 for Post Falls, which played without senior Connor Carver (illness).
Dylynn Groves scored 13 points to lead Gonzaga Prep (5-2).
“They are disciplined, and just played harder than us tonight,” Ulrich said of the Bullpups. “Sometimes you need to get smacked in the mouth; it should be a good wakeup call.”
Post Falls plays host to Moscow on Saturday.
Post Falls 16 6 10 13 — 45
Gonzaga Prep 22 18 19 10 — 72
POST FALLS — Norisada 1, Auble 3, Bodman 10, Lysne 12, Naylor 5, Munday 4, Brown 4, Bresee 0, Dean 6.
GONZAGA PREP — Few 6, Nagra 8, Carney 11, Garcia 3, Yarno 0, Pierce 11, Monek 1, Moore 9, Nilson 8, Groves 13.
Ridgeline 59
Lakeland 43
LIBERTY LAKE — Senior Caden Andreas made three 3-pointers and scored all 21 of his points in the first three quarters as the Falcons defeated the Hawks.
Brayden Carrel scored 12 points, Jaron Yager 10 for Lakeland (3-4), which returns to action Dec. 27 at home vs. Shadle Park.
Ridgeline is 2-4.
Lakeland 13 11 5 14 — 43
Ridgeline 14 19 14 12 — 59
LAKELAND — Boardman 0, Lukey 0, Fuhriman 2, Yager 10, Caywood 0, Young 3, Hocking 6, Hillman 8, Carrel 12.
RIDGELINE — Andreas 21, Gardner 2, Duff 2, Fried 16, Tesky 0, Hale 1, Dimitrov 2, Downard 6, Hebden 0, Ehlers 9, Mortimer 0.
Coeur du Christ 51
Genesis Prep 16
POST FALLS — Freshman Kamden Manuel scored all seven of his points in the first quarter, which saw the visiting Saints jump out to a 24-6 lead en route to the nonleague win over the Jaguars at The Courts at Real Life.
Beckett Beyer and Max Eloe scored nine points each for Coeur du Christ (4-2), which returns to action Dec. 29 vs. Immaculate Conception Academy of Post Falls at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.
Jacob Harris scored nine points for Genesis Prep, which returns to action Jan. 8 at home vs. Mullan.
Coeur du Christ 24 8 13 6 — 51
Genesis Prep 6 1 7 2 — 16
COEUR du CHRIST — Manuel 7, Clemens 3, Beyer 9, Clute 6, Hayes 4, Cools 6, Mudrick 2, Sundholm 5, Eloe 9, O’Neill 0.
GENESIS PREP — Harris 9, Green 0, W. Hernas 2, Cosner 2, Walsh 3.
N.I. Christian 71
Immaculate Conception 66
LIBERTY LAKE — Senior Jack Johnston scored 28 points as the Royals beat the Cristeros in nonleague play at the HUB Sports Center.
James Morast added 11 points for North Idaho Christian (4-2), which plays Pullman Christian tonight at 6 at The Courts at Real Life in Post Falls.
Dominic Demeyer scored 22 points, Michael Wilhelm 19 for Immaculate Conception Academy (2-4).
NICS 18 18 18 17 — 71
ICA 5 23 14 24 — 66
NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Holte 8, Trevena 4, Morast 17, Johnston 28, Swartz 2, Sakai 2, Dzick 0, Kelly 0, Finney 3, Ruis 6.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — Wilhelm 19, Schmitt 7, Jones 18, Demeyer 22, Kuplack 2, Lloyd 0, Abernathey 0.