BOYS BASKETBALL

Priest River 63, Grangeville 53

GRANGEVILLE — Senior Nate Stifel amassed a game-high 19 points and eight rebounds and the visiting Spartans outrebounded the Bulldogs 33-17 in a 10-point 3A Central Idaho League win on Saturday.

"We were very aggressive on the offensive boards and with putbacks," Priest River High head coach Kevin Wylie said. "Defensively, we were pretty sound. It was mainly turnovers in the first half that put us in a game — going forward were going to have to do better with that."

Senior Palmer Coleman netted 13 points, senior Carter Cook added 11 for Priest River, which outscored Grangeville 37-26 in the second half and had 13 assists and 12 steals as a team en route to the victory.

"They were in a 2-3 (zone) and it took us a little bit to find the gaps and not attack too deep to the point where it forced us into turnovers," coach Wylie said. "Once we found the gaps, we started getting some easy looks... which was key for us. When they went man, we were also able to attack that and get easy buckets. We didn't shoot the ball overly well outside the perimeter, but did get inside the paint and got our guys involved that way."

Junior Lucas Mathews recorded nine points, seven rebounds and a team-high four steals for Priest River (9-2, 3-0), which travels to St. Maries on Tuesday for a battle that will break a tie for first in the CIL standings.

Priest River 16 10 17 20 — 63

Grangeville 18 9 12 14 — 53

PTS: PR — Stifel 19, Coleman 13, Cook 11, Mathews 9, Kreager 6, Lamanna 5. GRA — Schumacher 13, Thacker 12, Long 11, Stamper 7, Smith 5, Wood 3, Astle 2.

REB: PR — Stifel 8, Mathews 7, Coleman 5, Kreager 5, Cook 4, Staudt 3, Lamanna 1. GRA — Stamper 5, Thacker 4, Long 3, Smith 2, Blewitt 2, Astle 1.

AST: PR — Lamanna 3, Coleman 3, Mathews 2, Kreager 2, Cook 2, Staudt 1. GRA — Thacker 3, Schumacher 2, Astle 1.

STL: PR — Mathews 4, Staudt 3, Coleman 2, Stifel 2, Lamanna 1. GRA — Thacker 4, Schumacker 3, Long 3, Stamper 2, Blewitt 1.

BLK: PR — Mathews 1. GRA — Smith 1.

Williams nets school record 50 in win

Bonners Ferry 73, Timberlake 28

SPIRIT LAKE — Senior Asher Williams poured in a school record 50 points, including six 3-pointers, and the visiting Badgers picked up a 45-point 4A Intermountain League victory over the Tigers at the Backwoods Brawl spirit competition on Saturday.

Williams scored 31 of his 50 points in the second half and had all 14 of Bonners Ferry's fourth quarter points. The 50 points beats out his own school record of 45 points, set Jan. 7 in a 95-40 win over Libby High.

Thomas Bateman contributed 10 points, Eli Blackmore five and Brody Rice 20 assists for the Badgers, which improve to 14-0 on the season and have won 31 straight dating back to last year.

Max Simpson had 13 points for Timberlake, which was playing without senior guard Tyler Engelson.

Bonners Ferry (14-0, 1-0) hosts Logos of Moscow on Monday.

Bonners Ferry 15 20 24 14 — 73

Timberlake 4 12 7 5 — 28

PTS: BF — Williams 50, Bateman 10, Blackmore 5, Rice 4, Hinthorn 4. TL — Simpson 13, Vallieres 7, Hiassen 3, DeVore 2, Dykeman 2, Shively 1.

Team effort powers Thunder in important league game

Kootenai Thunder 63, Country Christian 47

PASCO, Wash. — Hunter Peterson scored 18 points, eight in the fourth quarter, Malachi Duchow scored in every quarter and registered 15 and the visiting Thunder picked up their 10th win of the season with a 16-point league win over the Country Christian School on Saturday.

Peterson also brought down 10 rebounds for a double-double and Marshall Peters and Dylan Day pitched in 12 points apiece for the Thunder, which used a 20-point second quarter to take a 34-18 lead heading into intermission.

Melkam Manning dished out seven assists in the win.

The Kootenai Thunder (10-4, 8-4) travel to North Idaho Christian on Tuesday.

Thunder Stats Only.

PTS: KT — Peterson 18, Duchow 15, Peters 12, Day 12, Hernandez-Ortega 4, Brewer 2.

REB: KT — Peterson 10, Day 7, Duchow 6, Manning 6, Peters 4, Palmer 3, Hernandez-Ortega 2, Zumuda 1.

AST: KT — Manning 7, Palmer 2, Peterson 2, Duchow 2, Day 1, Peters 1.

STL: KT — Palmer 2, Day 2, Manning 1, Peterson 1, Duchow 1.

BLK: KT — Peterson 1, Day 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Grangeville 69, Priest River 34

GRANGEVILLE — Senior Desi Humphrey scored a game-high 18 points as the visiting Lady Spartans were defeated by the Lady Bulldogs in a 3A Central Idaho League match on Saturday.

Junior Aleigha Jensen added 11 points and six rebounds for Priest River, which had trouble breaking Grangeville's press.

Addisyn Vanderwall had a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds and came away with five steals and dished out six assists for Grangeville, which started off the game on a 12-0 run and led 37-16 at halftime.

Priest River (10-4, 3-1) hosts Orofino on Friday.

Priest River 4 12 6 14 — 34

Grangeville 17 20 17 15 — 69

PTS: PR — Humphrey 18, Jensen 11, McCracken 3, Yount 2. GRA — Vanderwall 12, Long 12, Green 12, Wagner 10, Barger 9, Told 6, Klement 4, Wilkinson 4.

REB: PR — Yount 6, Jensen 6, Humphrey 3, Jepson 2, McCracken 2, Braae 1. GRA — Vanderwall 12, Green 4, Long 2, Adams 1, Klement 1, Told 1, Wilkinson 1.

AST: PR — Humphrey 2, Yount 2, McCracken 1, Jensen 1. GRA — Vanderwall 6, Long 4, Barger 4, Green 3, Told 2, Wagner 1, Klement 1.

STL: PR — Humphrey 1, Yount 1. GRA — Vanderwall 5, Green 4, Barger 4, Wagner 3, Adams 2, Long 1, Told 1.

BLK: PR — None. GRA — Green 1.

BOYS WRESTLING

McLaimtaig wins 144-pound championship

LEWISTON — At Lewiston High, Priest River High senior Colm McLaimtaig cleaned up on Saturday at the Clearwater Classic Invitational, winning both of his day two matches by pin to take home the 144-pound crown.

McLaimtaig pinned Malachi Hoff of Davenport, who was 31-5 on the year, and Gunnar Whitlock of Lewiston in the championship, both in the first period as he cruised to a 5-0 overall record on the weekend — winning all of those matches by first period pins.

Orion Grimes (126) went 3-1 on day two, Caleb Grow (215) went 2-1 and the pair both placed fifth in their respective weight classes for the Spartans, which host Newport on Thursday for senior night.

Timberlake 51, Bonners Ferry 33

SPIRIT LAKE — Ethan Matthews (132), Hunter Pope (144), and Kai Aitken (190) all won by pin as the visiting Badgers were downed by the Tigers on Saturday at the Backwoods Brawl spirit competition.

Stryder Liermann (138) picked up a 5-2 win by decision and Eivind Falck (126) and Taylor Dodd (285) both went uncontested and picked up wins by forfeit.

Bonners Ferry hosts Sandpoint on Thursday for the Battle of the B Cup.

98 — Colton D'Avanzo, Timberlake, by forfeit. 106 — Ethan Stringer, Timberlake, by forfeit. 113 — Sawyer Huston, Timberlake, by forfeit. 120 — John Wingfield, Timberlake, p. Duff Wilson, Bonners Ferry, 1:46. 126 — Eivind Falck, Bonners Ferry, by forfeit. 132 — Ethan Matthews, Bonners Ferry, p. Dominic Collison, Timberlake, 1:29. 138 — Stryder Liermann, Bonners Ferry, d. Cayden Knight, Timberlake, 5-2. 144 — Hunter Pope, Bonners Ferry, p. Parker Cathey, Timberlake, 2:34. 150 — Cole Hanely, Timberlake, d. Maddox Mertzweiller, Bonners Ferry, 17-10. 157 — Carter Loutzenhiser, Timberlake, p. Israel Johnson, Bonners Ferry, 3:00. 165 — Joseph Torr, Timberlake, p. Gaige Johnson, Bonners Ferry, 5:08. 175 — Jonathan Hansen, Timberlake, p. Jacob Solt, Bonners Ferry, 4:16. 190 — Kai Aitken, Bonners Ferry, p. Fisher Timmins, Timberlake, 1:56. 215 — Daniel Magsam, Timberlake, by forfeit. 285 — Taylor Dodd, Bonners Ferry, by forfeit.