PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lakeland handles Lake City in season opener

RATHDRUM — Junior Mariana Bullington and freshman Jaeli Hoffman scored 16 points as the 5A Lakeland Hawks defeated the 6A Lake City Timberwolves 54-28 in the season opener for both teams Tuesday at Hawk Court.

Junior Macy Bretveld added nine points for the Hawks, who outscored the Timberwolves 20-7 in the second quarter, and held the visitors to four points in the third quarter. 

Junior Ella Pearson led Lake City with 14 points. 

On Thursday, Lakeland hosts Timberlake and Lake City plays at Mountain View of Meridian in the first of three games in three days.

Lake City    9    7    4    8    —    28 

Lakeland    12    20    15    7    —    54 

LAKE CITY — Kolden 4, Hiltenbrand 3, Smith 0, Pearson 14, Baltzell 1, Brouse 0, Johnston 6, Johnson 0. 

LAKELAND — Kar. Kiefer 2, Forsman 4, Bowie 2, Hoffman 16, McMurray 0, Kap. Kiefer 2, Fagan 2, Bretveld 9, Bullington 16. 

Sandpoint 62 

Post Falls 48 

SANDPOINT — Junior Olivia Hollenbeck scored eight points, all in the first quarter for the 6A Trojans, who fell to the 5A Bulldogs at Les Rogers Court. 

“We got out to a really quick start and moved the ball really, really well,” first-year Post Falls coach Brian Carlson said. “Their press really sped us up in the second quarter and we took some wild shots. We played well in the third quarter, but they slowly pulled away. The girls showed some great improvement from the game against Moscow. Our goal is to continue to get better all season long.” 

Sophomore Jaya Felix scored 13 points for Post Falls (0-2), which plays at Owyhee of Meridian on Thursday in the first of three games in three days.

Junior Brecken Mire scored 21 points for Sandpoint in its season opener. 

Post Falls    16    6    17    9    —    48 

Sandpoint    9    15    21    17    —    62 

POST FALLS — Benzinger-Stephens 0, Hollenbeck 8, Haines-Picchione 3, Reese 8, Felix 13, Morrison 2, Johnson 0, Tucker 5, Gluhak 9. 

SANDPOINT — Todd-Murray 0, Butler 2, Laing 2, C. Laybourne 3, Tomco 7, L. Driggs 8, M. Driggs 6, Mire 21, Loutzenhiser 0, Betz 4, Thaete 9. 

Lewiston 42 

Timberlake 39 

SPIRIT LAKE — The Tigers missed a tying 3-pointer at the buzzer in a loss to the Bengals in the nonleague opener for both at Timberlake High. 

“We played hard and the intensity was good,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “We just had a hard time scoring the ball. We had four kids in their first high school game and had another in her first Idaho-sanctioned game. We’ll get better from this.” 

Senior Malia Miller scored 20 points and senior Payton Young added 15 points for Timberlake, which travels to Lakeland on Thursday. 

Paytland Schnell scored 10 points for Lewiston. 

Lewiston    17    6    11    8    —    42 

Timberlake    15    11    9    4    —    39 

LEWISTON — Balmer 8, Bruce 8, Cahill 2, Fisher 4, Mellinger 0, Lathen 3, Samuel 5, Schnell 10, Serdane 0, Hemphill 2. 

TIMBERLAKE — Ward 0, Young 15, Jezek 0, Archer 2, Mattson 0, Miller 20, Brotherton 2, Melligan 0. 

Wallace 55 

St. Maries 25 

ST. MARIES — Senior Kylee Phillips scored 20 points for the Miners in a nonleague win over the Lumberjacks in the season opener for both at St. Maries High. 

Junior Khepri Wood scored 14 points for Wallace, which hosts Troy in the opening round of the Silver Valley Tournament on Friday at 6 p.m. at Kirby Krulitz Court. 

Daisy Williams scored 17 points for St. Maries, which hosts Moscow on Friday. 

Wallace        10    11    15    19    —    55
St. Maries    11    2    6    6    —    25 

WALLACE — Au. Birdsell 4, Voorhees 5, Wood 14, K. Stutzke 3, Hanks 0, DeLano 7, Al. Birdsell 2, Phillips 20. 

ST. MARIES — Timken 0, Elliott 0, Martin 7, Caldwell 1, Keneally 0, Williams 17, McMannis 0, Spooner 0, Harvey 0, Million 0. 

Lakeside 66 

Clark Fork 23 

CLARK FORK — Senior Kyleigh Wolfe scored 32 points and the visiting Knights opened their season with a Scenic Idaho Conference victory over the Wampus Cats. 

Tylah Lambert added nine points, Kimberly Pluff eight for Lakeside, which made nine 3-pointers. 

“Pretty happy with us for a first outing,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “Pretty happy with our conditioning, and we shot the ball well.” 

Freshman Vanessa Rogier scored 10 points for Clark Fork (0-2, 0-1 NSL), which lost 49-16 to the Post Falls JV on Monday night. 

Lakeside plays at Bonners Ferry on Thursday. 

Lakeside     28    5    9    24    —    66 

Clark Fork     8    5    5    5    —    23 

LAKESIDE — Gorr 0, Pluff 8, Wolfe 32, SiJohn 6, Matheson 3, Hodgson 0, Stensgar 0, Peone 0, Leo 0, Aldrich 2, Matt 0, Ortivez 0, Lambert 9, Abrahamson 6. 

CLARK FORK — Petersen 0, Anderson 3, Raynor 1, Stevens 2, Rogier 10, Scarlett 7, Mayorga 0. 

Kootenai Classical at

Kootenai, can.

HARRISON FLATS — The nonleague opener was canceled, according to Kootenai coach Alyssa Liermann.

Kootenai hosts the Lake City JV tonight at 6.

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Lakeland sophomore forward Anabel Bowie looks to drive past Lake City junior forward Ella Pearson during the first quarter of Tuesday's game at Hawk Court in Rathdrum.
  

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Lake City senior guard KaeLee Kolden drives to the basket as Lakeland junior forward Macy Bretveld defends during the first quarter of Tuesday's game at Hawk Court in Rathdrum.