BOYS BASKETBALL

Bonners Ferry 71, Coeur d'Alene 52

COEUR d'ALENE — At North Idaho College, senior Asher Williams had a game-high 28 points, junior Sulay Abubakari pitched in 16 and the visiting Badgers extended their winning streak to 35 games on Friday with a non-league win over the 6A Vikings.

Senior Brody Rice contributed 14 points and sophomore Peyton Hinthorn had nine for Bonners Ferry, which led 33-21 at halftime and closed the game on a 17-5 run.

“We really prepared trying to defend Caden (Symons) and Kai’s (Wheeler) screen and roll,” Bonners Ferry head coach Nathan Williams said. “It really frustrated me to see Kai with eight in the first half, so I harped about taking away his left and Caden had a great second half. We wanted to execute our stuff and they stopped some of our basic sets, but our kids are really good and senior-heavy. They’ve played more basketball than any other team in this region and have a lot of games together.” 

Coeur d’Alene beat Lewiston 63-47 in its last game Tuesday in Lewiston. Bonners Ferry beat Lewiston earlier this year by a score of 58-55 in the first round of the Avista Holiday Tournament held at Lewis-Clark State College.

“I watched Coeur d’Alene at Lewiston the other night, and felt the offensive boards could have killed us tonight,” Williams said. “We really just pounded those things. I’m just really proud of our kids. We had four kids that have been sick all week, so we just went over stuff mentally and Arnold did a good job and started pressing us, and I would have done the same thing.” 

Bonners Ferry (18-0, 1-0) will look to keep things rolling Wednesday when they travel to Priest River.

Bonners Ferry 16 17 17 21 — 71 

Coeur d’Alene 11 10 19 12 — 52

PTS: BF — Williams 28, Abubakari 16, Rice 14, Hinthorn 9, Bateman 4. CDA — Symons 17, Montague 11, Wheeler 11, Robertson 5, Sutich 2, Riley 2, Stern 2, Murray 2.

Priest River 53, Newport 47

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Nate Stifel and junior Ian Lammana, who had three 3-pointers, tied a team-high 11 points as the host Spartans escaped with a win over the Grizzlies Friday night during the Battle for the Border spirit competition. 

Seniors Carter Cook, Brock Kreager and Palmer Coleman all had eight points apiece for Priest River, which led 34-15 at intermission.

Senior Hank Kirkwood had a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds and dished out six assists for Newport, which made things interesting by outscoring the Spartans 18-5 in the third quarter.

Priest River (11-3, 4-1) hosts Grangeville today for a 3A Central Idaho League matchup.

Newport 7 8 18 14 — 47

Priest River 16 18 5 14 — 53

PTS: PR — Stifel 11, Lamanna 11, Cook 8, Kreager 8, Coleman 8, Staudt 5, Korff 2. NPT — Kirkwood 15, Peone 11, Owen 9, K. Driver 6, Hughes 4, B. Driver 2.

REB: PR — Stifel 7, Coleman 6, Hatten 5, Staudt 4, Mathews 3, Kreager 3, Cook 2, Lamanna 2. NPT — Kirkwood 10, Owen 8, Peone 5, Hughes 4, K. Driver 4, B. Driver 2, Keogh 1.

AST: PR — Cook 3, Mathews 3, Stifel 2, Coleman 2, Staudt 1, Lamanna 1, Kreager 1. NPT — Kirkwood 6, Hughes 1, Owen 1, Peone 1.

STL: PR — Coleman 2, Staudt 2, Mathews 1, Lamanna 1, Stifel 1, Hatten 1. NPT — B. Driver 2, Peone 1, Owen 1, Hughes 1, Keogh 1.

BLK: PR — None. NPT — Peone 4, Owen 1, K. Driver 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Priest River 42, Newport 22

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Lizzie McCracken scored a game-high 19 points, including four 3-pointers, and the host Lady Spartans picked up a 20-point non-league victory over the Lady Grizzlies on Friday night during the Battle for the Border spirit competition.

Senior Desi Humphrey added 10 points, junior Aleigha Jensen six points and 10 rebounds for Priest River, which led 24-11 at halftime and didn't let Newport score more than six points in a quarter.

Senior Paityn Yount had five points and a game-high five assists, freshman McKinley Burgess-Duquette seven rebounds and a game-high three steals in the win.

Priest River (12-5, 4-2) returns to action today when they host Grangeville for a 3A Central Idaho League matchup.

Newport 6 5 5 6 — 22

Priest River 13 11 9 9 — 42

PTS: PR — McCracken 19, Humphrey 10, Jensen 6, Yount 5, Jepson-Church 2. NPT — McDaniel 9, Tellessen 5, Parry 4, Whitehouse 2, Crabtree 2.

REB: PR — Jensen 10, Braae 8, Burgess-Duquette 7, Yount 4, Jepson-Church 3, McCracken 3, Humphrey 2, Whitaker 1. NPT — Parry 9, McDaniel 9, Crabtree 9, Tellessen 8, Hoffman 3, Peone 1, Whitehouse 1.

AST: PR — Yount 5, Jensen 2, Braae 1, McCracken 1, Burgess-Duquette 1. NPT — Crabtree 2, Tellessen 1.

STL: PR — Burgess-Duquette 3, McCracken 2, Humphrey 1, Braae 1, Jensen 1. NPT — McDaniel 2, Hoffman 1, Parry 1, Tellessen 1.

BLK: PR — McCracken 1, Humphrey 1. NPT — Parry 1, McDaniel 1.

Bonners Ferry 58, Genesis Prep 23

POST FALLS — Senior Sydney Hinthorn netted 15 points, junior Makenna Baisden added 10 and the visiting Lady Badgers took down the Lady Jaguars in a non-league contest held Friday at The Courts at Real Life.

Junior Alexys Mierke, sophomore Eva Willis and sophomore Hallie Thomson all chipped in eight points each for Bonners Ferry, which led 37-13 at intermission.

Bonners Ferry (12-7, 0-1), which has won three straight, will host Timberlake for a 4A Intermountain League match Tuesday — their final game of the regular season.

Bonners Ferry 17 20 11 10 — 58 

Genesis Prep 4 9 7 3 — 23 

PTS: BF — Hinthorn 15, Baisden 10, Mierke 8, Willis 8, Thomson 8, Petesch 5, Hiatt 4. GP — Williams 8, Nelke 6, K. Lawler 6, Martin 3.

BOYS/GIRLS WRESTLING

12 Bulldogs reach Rumble semis

POST FALLS — Sandpoint's Zak Wood (120), Jorden Tyler (195) and Jackson Holman (215) all won three consecutive matches to reach the semifinals of the North Idaho Rumble tournament, which resumes today at 9 a.m. at Coeur d'Alene High.

Tyler, who is 32-2 on the year and won all three of his bouts by first round pin, will face Asa Knutson of Hanford, who is 29-3; Tyler defeated Knutson earlier this year by a 7-5 decision in the Tri-State semifinals.

Ty Wood (98) won his sole match to clinch the semis and Priest River's Colm McLaimtaig (144) also won three matches in a row to notch a semis bid. 

Ashlei Hawkins (132), Gage Martin (138), John Holman (150), Eli Tayor (150), Jensen Sheetz (157), Daniel Holman (165), Charlie Becker (175), Jeramiah Palmer (190) and Gavin Walters (285) all picked up multiple wins on the day and will look to fight their way through the consolation side of the bracket today. Priest River's Jack Zalewski (113), Orion Grimes (126), Gunnar Eversole (190) and Darien Ratzlaff (215) will do the same.

For the girls, Sandpoint's Mackenzee Donenfeld (100) and Sylvia Becker (165) went 1-0, Violet Henney (107), Izzy Stark (126), Vanessa Hood (132) and Zxyloh Johnson (152) went 2-0, and Emma Garman (120) went 3-0 and all of the aforementioned reached the semifinals along with Lilli Marti (235), who automatically clinched the semis due to only seven wrestlers being in the heavyweight bracket where she is seeded No. 1.

Summer Birch (114), Rhaelyn Schedlbauer (114), Nya Eby (120), Hunter Edmondson (120), Avery Inge (132), Bayah Ratigan (145) and Teagan Newsom (145) all picked up multiple wins on the day and will look to fight their way through the consolation side of the bracket today. Kaysha Kimura (152) also remains alive in the consolation rounds after receiving some byes.

The Lady Bulldogs are currently first with 86 points, 21 ahead of University.

BOYS

SEMIFINAL MATCHES

98 — Apisai Tabakece, Pocatello, vs. Tristan Mendenhall, Post Falls; Ty Wood, Sandpoint, vs. Adrian Olivares, Mountain Home.

106 — Gage Loftin, Post Falls, vs. Kevin Watson, Kellogg; Caleb Adams, Lakeland, vs. Wyatt Carey, Timberlake.

113 — Camden Kuntz, Mountain Home, vs. Justus Peregrina, Coeur d'Alene; Colton Storey, Kellogg, vs. Matthew Hamilton, Post Falls.

120 — Carson Leonard, Lakeland, vs. Jesse Villegas, Post Falls; Zak Wood, Sandpoint, vs. Will Rossi, Coeur d'Alene.

126 — Eian Schwecke, Moscow, vs. Calister Crosby, University; Sawyer Sage, Post Falls, vs. Jaren Knopp, Lakeland.

132 — Draven Johns, Caldwell, vs. Brandon Felix, Post Falls; Coen Roberts, Lewiston, vs. Tanner George, Coeur d' Alene.

138 — Jordan Schield, Coeur d'Alene, vs. Kaden Bunderson, Pocatello; Dominic Prangley, Coeur d'Alene, vs. Rider Seguine, Post Falls.

144 — Logan Bradley, Coeur d'Alene, vs. Gunnar Whitlock, Lewiston; Colm McLaimtaig, Priest River, vs. Cole Cooper, Lakeland.

150 — Tanner Piper, Post Falls, vs. Colton Tucker, Coeur d Alene; Jayce Wolf, Caldwell, vs. Gabriel Archuleta, Pocatello.

157 — Jameson Davis, Selkirk, vs. Kyle Miller, Post Falls; William Yearout , Potlatch, vs. Colton Austin, Post Falls.

165 — Jesus Alvarez, Caldwell, vs. Damion Hamilton, Post Falls; Brock Armstrong, Coeur d'Alene, vs. Lawrence Jackson, Gonzaga Prep.

175 — Trey Smith, Post Falls, vs. Nathan Rasmussen, Selkirk; Jonathan Hansen, Timberlake, vs. Nathan Booth, Lake City.

190 — Seth Martin, Post Falls, vs. Brice Cuthbert, Lewiston; Asa Knutson, Hanford, vs. Jorden Tyler, Sandpoint.

215 — Garrett Leonard, Lake City, vs. Briley Arnett, Timberlake; Jackson Holman, Sandpoint, vs. James Vincent, Lake City.

285 — Taylor Dodd, Bonners Ferry, vs. Ryan Sulpizio, University; Xander Scholes, Post Falls, vs. Sebastian Mosman, Lake City.

GIRLS

SEMIFINAL MATCHES

100 — Lily Cunningham, University, Mackenzee Donenfeld, Sandpoint; Genesis Cambron, Hanford, vs. Jaiden DeTienne, Coeur d'Alene.

107 — Taylor Drake, Kuna, vs. Teagan Patrick, Lakeland; Violet Henney, Sandpoint, vs. Camryn Daines, University.

114 — Joely Slyter, Lewiston, vs. Kooper Bugner, Lewiston; Rihanna Mora, Vallivue, vs. Zaiden Espinoza, Mountain Home.

120 — Makenzie Shupe, Hanford, vs. Emma Garman, Sandpoint; Alexxis Johnson, Lake City, vs. Korie Giese, University.

126 — Shelby Garten, Timberlake, vs. Sammie Slyter, Lewiston; Izzy Stark, Sandpoint, vs. Shelby Prather, Potlatch.

132 — Kahli Brown, Post Falls, vs. Vanessa Hood, Sandpoint; Emma Stansell, Kuna, vs. Mariah Denney, University.

138 — Kalayah White, Kellogg, vs. Sabryna Pasamonte, West Valley (Spokane); Zoe Fries, Kuna, vs. Kendra Kane, University.

145 — Samara Wienstock, University, vs. Ciel Sattler, Lapwai; Sophia Stewart, Post Falls, vs. Chloe Thomas, Post Falls.

152 — Hayley McNeal, Potlatch, vs. Azalia Guerrero, Vallivue; Zoey Braun, Post Falls, vs. Zxyloh Johnson, Sandpoint.

165 — Brooklyn Anderson, Coeur d'Alene, vs. Abigail Henderson, Kuna; Aubree Anderson, Vallivue, vs. Sylvia Becker, Sandpoint.

185 — Priscilla Arredondo, Kuna, vs. Bria Miller, Lewiston; Ariyah DeMartinis, Pocatello, vs. Tierney Prather, Potlatch.

235 —  Lilli Marti, Sandpoint, vs. Shelby Stine, Vallivue;  Kassie Voss, Post Falls, vs. KieLynn Blackard, Hanford.