PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Viks, Colvin drive past Boise in opener

BOISE — Coeur d’Alene had to make the long drive to Boise to open the season on Thursday night. 

Viking junior Brookeslee Colvin’s 94-foot drive in the final 10 seconds might have been more important. 

Colvin took the inbounds pass and drove the length of the court, scoring on a layup with under two seconds remaining as the Vikings defeated the Boise Brave 50-48 at Boise High, in a matchup of two of the top 6A teams in the state. 

“It was a good game,” Coeur d’Alene coach Stacy Boyd said. ‘We didn’t play well, but we pulled it off. Hopefully, we get better each game.” 

Colvin, the reigning 6A girls Player of the Year in Idaho, finished with 23 points for Coeur d'Alene, which lost in the third-place game at state last year.

Sophomore Lexie Wheeler added nine points for Coeur d’Alene, which faces Owyhee of Meridian tonight in a rematch of last year's state 6A semifinals, won by the Storm 61-58 in February at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa.

Rylynn Ruffing scored 14 points for Boise (0-3), last year's state runner-up, which hosts Lake City tonight. 

Coeur d’Alene    14    12    11    13    —    50 

Boise        11    15    7    15    —    48 

COEUR d’ALENE — Wheeler 9, Brown 0, Bridge 5, Wallis 0, Colvin 23, Shafer 6, Semprimoznik 4, Reardon 3. 

BOISE — Waldram 10, Meyer 2, Ruffing 14, Pellant-Latham 3, Nelson 10, Martin 0, Chatfield 3, Powell 4. 

Owyhee 62 

Post Falls 49 

MERIDIAN — Junior guard Brooklyn Reese scored 20 points for the visiting Trojans, but the defending state 6A champion Storm hit 11 3-pointers to get the nonleague win. 

“We played really well and battled,” Post Falls coach Brian Carlson said. “We got on the bus at 6:30 a.m., rode down here and competed against the defending state champion.” 

Reese scored 12 points in the first half for Post Falls (0-3), which faces Mountain View of Meridian tonight. 

“Brooklyn was very, very aggressive tonight,” Carlson said. “She created a lot of opportunities for her teammates on both ends of the floor. She just had a good all-around game.” 

Jude Rampton scored 23 points for Owyhee (1-1), which hosts Coeur d’Alene tonight. 

Post Falls    12    11    12    14    —    49 

Owyhee    18    12    12    19    —    62 

POST FALLS — Benzinger-Stephens 0, Hollenbeck 5, Haines-Piccihone 0, Reese 20, Felix 13, Morrison 0, Johnson 3, Tucker 7, Glukah 1. 

OWYHEE — Area 5, Hamilton 16, Dixon 1, McKenna 2, Shoemaker 2, Downie 5, Hopper 0, Rampton 23, Hiatt 8. 

Mountain View 58 

Lake City 19 

MERIDIAN — The visiting Timberwolves were limited to eight second-half points in a loss to the Mavericks at Mountain View High. 

Freshman Brynlee Johnston scored six points for Lake City (0-2), which travels to Boise tonight. 

Addie Lee scored 12 points for Mountain View (2-0), which hosts Post Falls tonight. 

Lake City    6    5    5    3    —    19 

Mountain View    15    18    15    10    —    58 

LAKE CITY — Kolden 2, Hiltenbrand 1, Smith 0, Pearson 3, Baltzell 5, Brouse 0, Johnston 6, Johnson 2. 

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Clausen 8, Steinwood 2, Richards 4, Lee 12, Linville 6, Steinwand 3, Huff 8, Martin 5, Devine 3, Keller 7. 

Lakeland 67 

Timberlake 40 

RATHDRUM — Freshman Jaeli Hoffman scored a team-high 15 points for the Hawks, who jumped out to a 13-4 lead on the Tigers en route to the nonleague win at Hawk Court. 

Junior Macy Bretveld scored 10 of her 12 points in the second half for Lakeland (2-0). 

“It was a strong team win,” Lakeland coach Caelyn Caufield said. “Everyone contributed offensively, and our help-side defense took a good step forward. Jaeli led us again and Macy gave us a big boost in the second half.” 

Junior Presley Fagan had nine rebounds for Lakeland, which hosts Cheney on Tuesday. 

Senior Malia Miller scored 27 points for Timberlake (0-2), which travels to Lewiston on Dec. 2. 

Timberlake    4    11    14    11    —    40 

Lakeland    13    12    24    18    —    67 

TIMBERLAKE — Ward 0, Young 8, Jezek 0, Archer 0, Mattson 2, Miller 27, Brotherton 3, Milligan 0. 

LAKELAND — Kar. Kiefer 10, Forsman 3, Bowie 9, Hoffman 15, McMurray 0, Kap. Kiefer 7, Fagan 6, Bretveld 12, Bullington 6. 

Lakeside 50 

Bonners Ferry 41 

BONNERS FERRY — The Knights have gone searching for games like Thursday for the past few years. 

They finally got one on their side. 

Senior Kyleigh Wolfe scored a game-high 23 points, including six free throws in the final quarter for the 2A Knights, who beat the 4A Badgers in a nonleague game at Bonners Ferry High. 

“We played really well as a team tonight,” Lakeside coach Chris Dohrman said. “We hung in there and played really good defense in the fourth quarter.” 

Lakeside was 17 of 24 from the free-throw line, including 8 of 9 in the fourth quarter. 

“It was a really good team effort,” Dohrman said. “It was good to play at that level of competition and those are the kinds of games we’ve been trying to win the last several years. It was nice to get over that hump.” 

Laila SiJohn scored 18 points for Lakeside (2-0), which hosts the Coeur d’Alene JV tonight at 6. 

Taren Bateman scored 20 points for Bonners Ferry (0-1). 

Lakeside    13    12    6    19    —    50 

Bonners Ferry    13    8    11    9    —    41 

LAKESIDE — Gorr 0, Pluff 3, Wolfe 23, SiJohn 18, Hodgson 0, Peone 0, Leo 0, Lambert 4, Abrahamson 2. 

BONNERS FERRY — T. Bateman 20, J. Bateman 2, Willis 0, Mierke 2, Johnson 0, Thomson 4, Hill 7, Hiatt 6. 

Wallace 56 

Mullan 17 

MULLAN — Junior Khepri Wood scored 11 points for the Miners in a nonleague win over the Tigers at the Mullan Pavilion. 

Senior Aubrey Birdsell scored 10 points for Wallace (2-0), which hosts Troy in the opening round of the Silver Valley Tournament tonight at Kirby Krulitz Court in Wallace at 6 p.m. 

Freshman Lacie Morris scored seven points for Mullan (0-1), which travels to the St. Regis JV on Dec. 4. 

Wallace    16    20    6    14    —    56 

Mullan    2    2    10    3    —    17 

WALLACE — Au. Birdsell 10, Voorhees 0, Madore 8, M. Stutzke 0, Wood 11, K. Stutzke 3, Peterson 0, Hanks 3, DeLano 4, Al. Birdsell 8, Phillips 9. 

MULLAN — Crandall 0, Morris 7, Blankenship 6, Niemi 0, Ullrich 0, Kostelich 0, Elliott 4. 

    MARK NELKE/Press Timberlake senior Malia Miller (20) drives as Lakeland freshman Jaeli Hoffman defends on Thursday night at Hawk Court in Rathdrum.