GIRLS BASKETBALL

Priest River 41, Kellogg 24

PRIEST RIVER — When Desi Humphrey's name was called Thursday night — she answered.

The Priest River High senior scored 23 points, including three 3-pointers, and collected six rebounds and four steals as the host Lady Spartans used the middle two quarters to pull away from the Lady Wildcats for a 3A Central Idaho League win.

After a low-scoring first quarter that ended in a 6-4 Priest River advantage, the Lady Spartans, fueled by two Humphrey 3s and a McKinley Burgess-Duquette steal and coast-to-coast layup that ended up being a 3-point play, went on a 12-2 run to close out the half with a 10-point lead.

Senior Paityn Yount, who had a team-high five assists and six rebounds, then hit a 3-pointer to open the third and Priest River went on another 12-2 run to pull ahead by a score of 32-12.

Junior Aleigha Jensen added 11 points and six rebounds, senior Lizzie McCracken three assists and three steals for Priest River, which improves to 10-3 and 3-0 in league play and travels to Grangeville on Saturday for another important league matchup.

Kellogg 4 6 5 9 — 24

Priest River 6 14 14 7 — 41

PTS: PR — Humphrey 23, Jensen 11, Yount 3, Burgess-Duquette 3, Jepson 1. KLG — A. Groth 10, Storey 7, Henrikson 3, Stutzke 2, M. Groth 2.

REB: PR — Yount 6, Humphrey 6, Jensen 6, Jepson 4, Burgess-Duquette 3, Braae 2. KLG — Storey 5, Stutzke 5, Henrikson 5, Philp 2, M. Groth 2, Schillereff 2, A. Groth 2, Yrjana 1.

AST: PR — Yount 5, McCracken 3, Braae 2, Humphrey 1. KLG — Stutzke 4, Storey 2, M. Groth 1.

STL: PR — Humphrey 4, McCracken 3, Braae 2, Burgess-Duquette 2, Yount 1, Jensen 1. KLG — Storey 7, Stitzke 2, Yrjana 1, M. Groth 1.

BLK: PR — Humphrey 1, Jensen 1. KLG — A. Groth 2.

Rupp hauls in school record rebounds in Lady Cats loss

Noxon 42, Clark Fork 30

NOXON, Mont. — Junior Kathi Rupp just started playing basketball in November. 

Based on games where all statistics were recorded, she now holds a school record after hauling in 31 rebounds during the visiting Lady Cats loss to the Lady Red Devils on Thursday.

Rupp added eight points while outrebounding the entire Noxon team and senior Hannah Thompson netted 15 points for Clark Fork, which trailed 16-0 to start the game. After shaking off the slow start, the Lady Cats found themselves trailing just 27-19 early in the third, but Noxon built their lead back up and pulled away late.

"Noxon came out ready to get after it and brought the energy early on," Clark Fork High head coach Chris Cavanaugh said. "They played really well on both ends of the court ... we just couldn't climb out of that hole."

Cavanaugh said Gracie Stevens and Linnea Leadbetter, both freshman, played quality minutes and held their own in what was a competitive game.

Junior Piper Scarlett registered four points, Stevens added two for Clark Fork (4-9), which travels to Kellogg on Tuesday.

Clark Fork 2 13 6 9 — 30

Noxon 18 5 9 10 — 42

PTS: CF —Thompson 15, Rupp 8, Scarlett 4, Stevens 2, Mayorga 1. NOX — Richter 18, A. Yoder 13, Risch 7, Swanson 2, Christensen 2.

REB: CF — Rupp 31, Mayorga 5, Stevens 5, Herrick 3, Thompson 1, L. Leadbetter 1. NOX — A. Yoder 7, Risch 7, Swanson 5, Bonney 3, Christensen 3, Richter 2, Boehme 1.

AST: CF — Rupp 2, Thompson 2, Mayorga 2, Scarlett 1. NOX — Risch 4, Swanson 3, A. Yoder 3, Bonney 1, Richter 1.

STL: CF — Scarlett 2, Thompson 2, Rupp 1. NOX — A. Yoder 6, Boehme 4, Richter 3, Risch 2.

BLK: CF — None. NOX — Swanson 6, Bonney 1, Boehme 1.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Noxon 70, Clark Fork 43

NOXON, Mont. — Owen Howard came back from an injury and tallied a double-double of 18 points and 14 rebounds and came away with three steals as the visiting Wampus Cats were ousted by the Red Devils on Thursday.

Junior Westin Caven recorded nine points and seven assists, sophomore Jesse Yanik a season-high seven points for Clark Fork, which trailed 39-20 at intermission.

Shane Murray had a double-double of 22 points and 15 rebounds, Cameron Blair a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds, Shane Hatchel 20 points, including three triples, and eight rebounds for Noxon, which has won six in a row.

Clark Fork (1-6) travels to Coeur du Christ today.

Clark Fork 6 14 8 15 — 43

Noxon 19 20 14 17 — 70

PTS: CF — Howard 18, Caven 9, Yanik 7, Montgomery 5, Cruz 4. NOX — Murray 22, Hatchel 20, Blair 10, Kayser 4, Williams 4, Brown 4, Hill 4, Medaid 2.

REB: CF — Howard 14, Cruz 4, Caven 4, Montgomery 3, Butler 1, Stevens 1. NOX — Murray 15, Blair 10, Hatchel 8, Medaid 6, Brown 5, Kayser 4, Williams 4, Storaasli 2, Hill 1, Segura 1.

AST: CF — Caven 7, Howard 2, Cruz 1. NOX — Blair 2, Hill 2, Kayer 1, Williams 1.

STL: CF — Howard 3, Caven 2, Montgomery 1. NOX — Medaid 3, Storaasli 2, Murray 1, Hill 1, Blair 1, Williams 1.

BLK: CF — Cruz 1. NOX — Murray 2, Blair 1, Kayser 1, Hatchel 1.

Bonners Ferry 74, Moscow 35

BONNERS FERRY — Senior Asher Williams poured in a game-high 23 points, including three 3-pointers, junior Sulay Abubakari had two 3-pointers and totaled 17 points and the host Badgers stormed to an impressive 39-point victory over the Bears on Thursday — their 13th win in a row.

Thomas Bateman added nine points, Peyton Hinthorn and Ivann Cartwright seven each for Bonners Ferry, which outscored Moscow 36-14 in the second half.

Bonners Ferry (13-0) will compete next on Saturday at Timberlake for the Backwoods Brawl.

Moscow 15 6 8 6 — 35

Bonners Ferry 23 15 25 11 — 74

PTS: BF — Williams 23, Abubakari 17, Bateman 9, Hinthorn 7, Cartwright 7, Blackmore 6, Rice 5. MOS — Cummings 6, Mordhorst 6, Abendroth 5, Hurley 4, Izzo 4, Breese 3, Winfree 2, Fitt 2, Godfrey 2, Isakson 1.

BOYS WRESTLING

Timberlake 48, Priest River 36

SPIRIT LAKE — Bill Rapier (132), Colm McLaimtaig (144) and Gunnar Eversole (190) all pinned their opponents in the first period as the visiting Spartans fell short of the Tigers on Thursday.

Elijah Blaine (150) and Caleb Grow (285) also picked up wins by pin for Priest River, which travels to Lewiston High for the Clearwater Classic Invitational today.

98 — Colton D`Avanzo, Timberlake, p. Levi Holbrook, Priest River, 0:19. 106 — Ethan Stringer, Timberlake, by forfeit. 113 — Sawyer Huston, Timberlake, p. Jack Zalewski, Priest River, 1:38. 120 — John Wingfield, Timberlake, by forfeit. 126 — Orion Grimes, Priest River, by forfeit. 132 — Bill Rapier, Priest River, p. Dominic Collison, Timberlake, 0:32. 138 — Cayden Knight, Timberlake, by forfeit. 144 — Colm McLaimtaig, Priest River, p. Parker Cathey, Timberlake, 1:06. 150 — Elijah Blaine, Priest River, p. Cole Hanely, Timberlake, 4:14. 157 — Carter Loutzenhiser, Timberlake, p. Austin Mulligan, Priest River, 0:12. 165 — Joseph Torr, Timberlake, by forfeit. 175 — Jonathan Hansen, Timberlake, by forfeit. 190 — Gunnar Eversole, Priest River, p. Daniel Magsam, Timberlake, 0:33. 215 — double forfeit. 285 — Caleb Grow, Priest River, p. Archer Higgins, Timberlake, 5:01.