BOYS BASKETBALL

Priest River 56, Grangeville 40

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Sawyer Staudt tied a game-high 14 points, including four 3-pointers, and the host Spartans started and closed strong in a 3A Central Idaho League win over the Bulldogs on Saturday.

While Staudt was a threat from deep, senior Nate Stifel, who had 13 points and six rebounds, and senior Carter Cook, who had 11 points and nine rebounds, controlled the paint for Priest River, which led 32-22 at halftime.

"One thing I've said throughout the year is that we've been having trouble starting games, putting ourselves behind and playing without a lead," Priest River High head coach Kevin Wylie said. "We wanted to push the tempo and have been working on a lot of transition offense... I thought we did a good job tonight of executing that, which created some easy looks early on and helped us get into our press and force some turnovers."

Senior Palmer Coleman capped off the Spartans' all-around game, recording eight points and a game-high five assists and six steals.

Sophomore Gage Smith had 14 points for Grangeville.

Priest River (12-3, 5-1) was originally scheduled to play Clark Fork on Tuesday — they'll be sending their junior varsity team there instead. The Spartans will return to action Wednesday when they host the 4A top-ranked Badgers of Bonners Ferry.

Grangeville 17 5 6 12 — 40

Priest River 24 8 10 14 — 56

PTS: PR — Staudt 14, Stifel 13, Cook 11, Coleman 8, Lamanna 5, Kreager 2, Hatten 2, Best 1. GRA — Smith 14, Long 10, Thacker 6, Schumacher 4, Told 4, Stamper 2.

REB: PR — Cook 9, Stifel 6, Kreager 5, Coleman 3, Lamanna 2, Hatten 1. GRA — Stamper 9, Thacker 7, Astle 5, Smith 4, Schumacher 2, Long 2, Told 2.

AST: PR — Coleman 5, Mathews 4, Stifel 4, Kreager 2, Staudt 1, Cook 1. GRA — Stamper 4, Thacker 2, Astle 1, Told 1.

STL: PR — Coleman 6, Mathews 2, Lamanna 2, Kreager 1, Stifel 1, Cook 1. GRA — Long 3, Stamper 2, Thacker 1, Schumacher 1, Told 1, Smith 1.

BLK: PR — Cook 2, Stifel 1. GRA — None.

Lakeside 80, Clark Fork 37

PLUMMER — Junior Owen Howard produced another double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds and blocked three shots as the visiting Wampus Cats were defeated by the Knights in a 2A Scenic Idaho Conference matchup on Saturday.

Junior Westin Caven pitched in seven points and four assists for Clark Fork, which trailed 36-17 at intermission.

Junior Tyson Charley had 34 points, including six 3-pointers, for Lakeside, which also got 20 points from junior Hallah Peone.

Clark Fork (3-9, 0-3) hosts Priest River's JV on Tuesday.

Clark Fork 9 8 12 8 — 37

Lakeside 20 16 25 19 — 80

PTS: CF — Howard 18, Caven 7, Cruz 4, Yanik 3, Montgomery 3, Stevens 2. LAK — Charley 34, Peone 20, Spottedhorse 11, Lovie 10, Pluff 3, Falcon 2.

REB: CF — Howard 12, Cruz 4, Caven 4, Montgomery 4, Butler 1, Stevens 1. LAK — N/A.

AST: CF — Caven 4, Cruz 2, Montgomery 1. LAK — N/A.

STL: CF — Montgomery 2, Caven 1, Howard 1. LAK — N/A.

BLK: CF — Howard 3, Cruz 1. LAK — N/A.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Grangeville 61, Priest River 30

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Desi Humphrey netted a team-high 13 points, senior Lizzie McCracken added nine and the host Lady Spartans were downed by the Lady Bulldogs in a 3A Central Idaho League matchup on Saturday.

Freshman McKinley Burgess-Duquette had four points and senior Paityn Yount pulled down eight rebounds for Priest River, which fell behind 36-13 by halftime.

Freshman Autumn Long had a game-high 17 points for Grangeville while junior Addisyn Lefebvre pitched in 12 points and five steals for the visitors.

Priest River (12-6, 4-3) closes out the regular season and league play on Wednesday when they travel to Kellogg.

Grangeville 21 15 15 10 — 61

Priest River 7 6 9 8 — 30

PTS: PR — Humphrey 13, McCracken 9, Burgess-Duquette 4, Yount 2, Jensen 2. GRA — Long 17, Lefebvre 12, Vanderwall 11, Green 8, Wagner 7, Adams 3, Wilkinson 3.

REB: PR — Yount 8, Jensen 4, Humphrey 4, McCracken 2, Burgess-Duquette 2, Jepson-Church 1. GRA — Vanderwall 8, Lefebrvre 5, Green 5, Long 5, Wagner 4, Bashaw 1, Told 1, Wilkinson 1.

AST: PR — Humphrey 3, Yount 2, McCracken 1. GRA — Vanderwall 4, Wagner 3, Barger 2, Long 2, Lefebvre 1.

STL: PR — McCracken 2, Yount 1, Humphrey 1. GRA — Lefebvre 5, Wagner 3, Vanderwall 3, Barger 3, Long 2, Told 2.

BLK: PR — Yount 1. GRA — Green 2.

Lakeside 72, Clark Fork 27

PLUMMER — In their regular season finale, senior Hannah Thompson scored 20 of the visiting Lady Cats' 27 points and grabbed eight boards in a 2A Scenic Idaho Conference loss to the Lady Knights on Saturday.

Junior Kathi Rupp pulled down 22 rebounds, junior Priscilla Mayorga 10 for Clark Fork, which trailed 48-14 at intermission.

Junior Kyleigh Wolfe hit three 3-pointers and scored 26 of her game-high 29 points in the first half for Lakeside.

Clark Fork (5-12, 0-6), which will be seeded fourth in the 2A Scenic Idaho Conference district tournament, will travel to face top-seeded Lakeside again on Tuesday.

Clark Fork 5 9 3 10 — 27

Lakeside 26 22 18 6 — 72

PTS: CF — Thompson 20, Mayorga 2, L. Leadbetter 2, Rupp 1. LAK — Wolfe 29, Charley 19, Peone 9, Pluff 7, Lambert 5, Abrahamson 3.

REB: CF — Rupp 22, Mayorga 10, Thompson 8, Gannon 4, Scarlett 1, Stevens 1, L. Leadbetter 1. LAK — N/A.

AST: CF — Mayorga 1. LAK — N/A.

STL: CF — Rupp 2, Gannon 1, Mayorga 1, Scarlett 1. LAK — N/A.

BLK: CF — Mayorga 1. LAK — N/A.