PREP BASKETBALL: Lysne drives Post Falls to victory at East Idaho tourney opener

• BOYS

IDAHO FALLS — Win or lose on Monday, the Post Falls Trojans were going to advance to today’s semifinals of the East Idaho Shootout. 

That’s because the Trojans’ opponent, Madison of Rexburg, could only play one game in the tourney because of limits on the number of games a team can play during the regular season. 

Still ... 

“We wanted to make sure we earned it,” Post Falls coach Jayson UIrich said of his team’s berth in the semis. 

Senior Jaxon Lysne’s driving layup with 20 seconds left gave Post Falls the lead, and the Trojans snuffed out Madison’s attempt to tie at the end for a 52-50 victory at Thunder Ridge High. 

“They are not a 2-7 team; they’re good,” Ulrich said of Madison, last year’s state 6A consolation champions. “It was physical, and our kids answered everything. They could have caved and they didn’t.” 

Connor Carver had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Post Falls (6-3), which will play host Thunder Ridge (7-1) in the semis today at 5 p.m. PST. Lysne added 13 points, Cashton Bodman 12. 

“Cashton had two big blocks in key situations,” Ulrich said. “Connor was consistent. And Jaxon was an absolute stud tonight.” 

Junior guard Rhett Hammond scored 19 points for Madison, but with Lysne defending him, none came in the fourth quarter. And Lysne had seven of his points in the final quarter.  

After Lysne’s go-ahead hoop, Post Falls had fouls to give, and made the Bobcats burn off 17 seconds as the Trojans kept fouling. Finally, Madison missed a 12-foot fadeaway at the buzzer. 

Post Falls     15    11    13    12    —    52 

Madison     10    13    17    8    —    50 

POST FALLS — Norisada 0, Auble 0, Bodman 12, Lysne 13, Naylor 4, Munday 3, Brown 0, Carver 16, Bresee 0, Dean 4. 

MADISON — Orr 4, Hammond 19, Taylor 3, Nelson 2, Sutton 0, Thompson 4, Matthews 0, Kunz 16, Wilson 0, Hirschi 0.  

Windward 64 

Lake City 54 

SAN DIEGO — Junior Jordan Carlson scored a game-high 21 points for the Timberwolves, who fell to the Wildcats of Los Angeles in a National Division consolation bracket game in the Holiday Classic at Torrey Pines High. 

“They played really well and shot the ball better than we’d seen on film,” Lake City coach James Anderson said. “They had several different players making shots and we got a little spread out. They just proved to be a tough matchup for us today.” 

Senior Josh Watson scored 19 points for Lake City (7-5), which concludes the tournament today against Francis Parker of San Diego today at 12:10 p.m. 

“We’re down here to learn and get better,” Anderson said. “We caught some tough breaks, but we fought and had a chance to get within five points in the fourth quarter. I’m proud of the kids for fighting and doing what they could.” 

David Harris scored 20 points for Windward (11-6). 

Lake City    11    9    13    21    —    54 

Windward    15    20    16    14    —    64 

LAKE CITY — Williams 3, Oxenrider 0, Winey 4, Plummer 0, Carlson 21, Everson 0, Watson 19, Bowman 0, Hill 0, Anderson 7, Pearson 0, Irgens 0. 

WINDWARD — George 4, Hall 3, Ferrell 0, Hampton 13, Luna 0, Yeargin 5, Willis 4, Horowitz 0, Haloossim 11, Matthews 0, Harris 20, Lavin 0, Russell 4. 

Lewiston 71 

Kellogg 40 

LEWISTON — Junior Draeden Taylor scored 12 points for the 3A Wildcats in a loss to the 5A Bengals in the opening round of the Avista Winter Classic at Lewis-Clark State College. 

"We competed in the first quarter tonight but got dominated on the glass and behind the arc," Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. "We gave too many extra possessions and clean looks from 3 for a team that shoots it as well as Lewiston does. They scored on 10 of their 13 second quarter possessions and our lack of urgency during that stretch blew the game wide open."

Kellogg (2-4) faces Pendleton, Ore., in a consolation game today. 

Blaze Hepburn scored 21 points for Lewiston (5-2), which faces Ellensburg (Wash.) today in a semifinal game. 

Kellogg        13    8    13    6    —    40 

Lewiston    21    24    14    11    —    71 

KELLOGG — Coburn 5, Johnson 0, Roach 0, Taylor 12, A. Lewis 2, Desmarais 2, P. Lewis 4, Honnerlaw 8, Reed 0, Cheney 2, Vindasius 5, Kimstayton 0. 

LEWISTON — Fisher 18, Wilkerson 2, J. Walker 5, P. Walker 2, Haines 0, Rudolph 6, Hepburn 21, Bobeck 8, Howland 3, Way 4. 

Coeur du Christ 69 

Immaculate Conception 49 

LIBERTY LAKE — Grant Clemens scored 17 points and four Saints reached double figures as Coeur du Christ pulled away in the second half after leading by three points at halftime to beat the Cristeros at the HUB Sports Center. 

Aedan O’Neill added 15 points, Kamden Manuel 13, Greg Hayes 12 for Coeur du Christ (5-2), which plays Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Valley Christian School in Spokane Valley. 

Senior Dominic Demeyer scored a game-high 21 points for Immaculate Conception (1-6). 

Coeur du Christ     18    13    23    15    —    69 

Immac. Conception    19    9    13    8    —    49 

COEUR du CHRIST — Anderson 0, Gama 2, Manuel 13, Clemens 17, Beyer 0, Clute 0, Hayes 12, Cools 8, Mudrick 2, Eloe 0, O’Neill 15. 

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — Wilhelm 12, P. Schmitt 2, Jones 9, Demeyer 21, Kuplack 3, Lloyd 2. 

• GIRLS

Lakeland 62 

Skyline 38 

IDAHO FALLS — After making the 495-mile trek from Rathdrum to Idaho Falls, you could understand if the Hawks wanted to get out and move around a bit to open the East Idaho Shootout. 

Senior Karstyn Kiefer scored a game-high 15 points for the Hawks (9-1), who raced past the host Grizzlies in a Coast Guard Bracket opening round game. 

“I was proud of the way our defense showed up tonight,” said Lakeland coach Caelyn Caufield, whose team led 48-29 after three quarters. “The progress we’ve been working toward is starting to translate to the floor, and it created opportunities for us to get out and run.” 

Junior Macy Bretveld scored 14 points, junior Presley Fagan 13 points for Lakeland, which faces Green Canyon of North Logan, Utah, in a semifinal game today at Skyline High. 

Nelly Nunez scored 10 points for Skyline (6-7), which faces Highland of Pocatello in a consolation game today. 

Lakeland    10    18    20    14    —    62 

Skyline        8    9    12    9    —    38 

LAKELAND — Kar. Kiefer 15, Forsman 0, Bowie 2, Hoffman 10, McMurray 0, Kap. Kiefer 0, Fagan 13, Bretveld 14, Bullington 8. 

SKYLINE — Dixon 2, Maughan 0, Nunez 10, Peebles 3, Marlow 3, Sermon 2, Mayes 0, Garcia 8, Holdaway 0, Muir 7, Dennert 1, Merzlock 2. 

Thunder Ridge 71 

Post Falls 19 

IDAHO FALLS — The visiting Trojans fell to the Titans of Idaho Falls in an opening round game in the East Idaho Shootout at Thunder Ridge High. 

“It was on me and we took a little too much time off during the break,” Post Falls coach Brian Carlson said. “We didn’t get them ready for the game today. They weren’t ready to play. We didn’t have the competition level high enough in practice. I just didn’t have them ready to play.” 

Junior Brooklyn Reese scored seven points for Post Falls (4-10), which faces Skyridge High of Lehi, Utah, in a consolation game today. 

Macey Stokes scored 15 points for Thunder Ridge (7-5), which faces Pocatello in a semifinal today. 

Post Falls    5    5    8    1    —    19 

Thunder Ridge    21    24    18    6    —    71 

POST FALLS — Benzinger-Stephens 2, Hollenbeck 1, Haines 0, Reese 7, Felix 0, Morrison 0, Johnson 1, Tucker 2, Gluhak 4. 

THUNDER RIDGE — Stokes 15, Talbot 2, Nielson 12, Briggs 0, Boyle 5, Taylor 13, Kunz 7, Davenport 11, Puchmeyer 6. 

Moscow 67

Lakeside 37

LEWISTON — The Knights fell to the Bears in an opening round game in the Avista Winter Classic at Lewis-Clark State College.

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Lakeside (5-5) will face Evergreen of Vancouver, Wash., which lost 52-32 to Clarkston on Monday, in a consolation game today at 1:30 p.m.