PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Wheeler, Colvin lead Coeur d'Alene into title game in Arizona
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MESA, Ariz. — Sophomore Lexie Wheeler hit five 3-pointers, all in the first half, and finished with 23 points as the Coeur d’Alene Vikings advanced to the finals of the Dan Wiley Bracket with a 64-49 victory over Cathedral Catholic of San Diego on Saturday at the Nike Tournament of Champions at the Arizona Athletic Grounds.
Junior Brookslee Colvin scored a game-high 34 points for Coeur d’Alene (8-2), which will play Villa Park (Calif.) on Monday at 3 p.m. PST in the championship game.
Junior McKinley Hanlon scored 22 points for Cathedral Catholic (7-3).
Coeur d’Alene 25 20 13 8 — 64
Cathedral 10 7 16 16 — 49
COEUR d’ALENE — Wheeler 23, Brown 3, Bridge 4, Wallis 0, Colvin 34, Shafer 2, Semprimoznik 0, Reardon 0, Bowmer 0.
CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC — Teresi 2, Friedman 0, Lopez 2, Hanlon 22, A. Rall 0, Slone 9, L. Rall 0, Yang 12.
Lake City 44
Freeman 32
ROCKFORD, Wash. — Senior Addison Baltzell scored eight of her 13 points in the second quarter for the Timberwolves, who beat the Scotties in the Greg Larson Memorial Tournament for their fourth straight win.
“We played really, really well defensively,” Lake City coach David Pratt said. “We weren’t giving up a lot of looks and did a really nice job defensively. We got the looks at the basket we wanted in the first half and were executing well, but the ball would not go in the hole.”
Junior Ella Pearson scored 13 of her 15 points in the third quarter for Lake City (4-7), which hosts Lewis and Clark of Spokane on Jan. 3.
“She hit five buckets in a row and just caught fire,” Pratt said. “It was really fun to watch.”
Rylee Russell scored 11 points for Freeman (3-4).
Lake City 9 12 18 5 — 44
Freeman 9 6 4 11 — 32
LAKE CITY — Kolden 7, Hiltenbrand 2, Smith 0, Pearson 15, Baltzell 13, Brouse 0, Johnson 0, Johnston 7.
FREEMAN — Coyner 2, Russell 11, Agee 0, C. Collett 0, L. Pecht 6, F. Pecht 8, M. Collett 3, Teague 2.
Liberty 67
Lakeside 50
ROCKFORD, Wash. — The Knights (5-4) fell to the Lancers (4-3) of Spangle, Wash., to finish 0-2 at the Greg Larson Memorial Tournament at Freeman High.
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Lakeside returns to action Jan. 29-31 at the Avista Holiday Classic at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston.