PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Post Falls pulls away from Lakeland

POST FALLS — After a back-and-forth first half, it was mostly Post Falls after intermission. 

The 6A Post Falls Trojans led by 14 points early in the second quarter, saw the 5A Lakeland Hawks cut that lead to one just before halftime, before the Trojans pulled away in the second half for a 66-47 victory on Tuesday night at The Arena. 

“We had a great first quarter — everything I could ask for,” said Post Falls coach Jayson Ulrich, whose team led 19-7 after one. “Then we got complacent and allowed them to shoot. The third quarter and fourth quarter, we got back to our ways.” 

Junior Cashton Bodman scored nine of his game-high 21 points in the first quarter for Post Falls (14-5). Senior Connor Carver scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half, and finished with 10 rebounds. Senior Jaxon Lysne had 16 points and three steals. Bodman had five rebounds, Isaiah Naylor four assists. 

Senior Jaron Yager had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Lakeland (7-9). 

Senior Peyton Hillman scored all 13 of his points in the first half, and also had eight rebounds and four assists. Junior Wyatt Fuhriman also scored 13. 

"I was proud of how our guys competed and battled them for about three quarters," Lakeland coach Caleb De Fabiis said. “Both of our seniors stepped up and we got a nice spark off the bench from some guards who don’t usually see many minutes. With guys banged up and sick, it was good to see others step up. But credit to Post Falls; they’re a well-oiled machine. Coached well, well-run program with some really good players, and we knew it would be a tough one.” 

“I think we get a lot of teams’ best, and I appreciate that, because it makes us better,” Ulrich said. “Lakeland came at us tonight,  didn’t back down and kept things interesting.” 

Lakeland returns to action next Tuesday at home vs. Moscow. 

Post Falls is idle until Lewiston visits on Feb. 13. 

Lakeland    7    20    8    12    —    47 

Post Falls     19    11    18    18    —    66 

LAKELAND — Boardman 8, Tuskan 0, Fuhriman 13, Yager 13, Caywood 0, Young 0, Hocking 0, Hillman 13. 

POST FALLS — Norisada 2, Auble 0, Bodman 21, Smith 0, Lysne 16, Naylor 0, Munday 5, Brown 0, Carver 18, Bresee 0, Dean 4. 

Lewiston 76 

Coeur d’Alene 69 

COEUR d’ALENE — The host 6A Vikings led by six points after three quarters, but the 5A Bengals outscored Coeur d’Alene 27-14 in the final quarter. 

Jordan Walker scored 15 of his 16 points in the second half for Lewiston (16-2), including 10 in the fourth quarter. 

"We could not handle their pressure late in the game. We had way too many turnovers,” Coeur d’Alene coach Kent Leiss said. “We could not guard Jordan Walker. He scored 15 in the second half on easy driving layups.” 

Royce Fisher scored 20 points, Peyton Walker 15, Blaze Hepburn 14 for Lewiston, which leads the 5A Inland Empire League. 

Senior Caden Symons scored 21 points for Coeur d’Alene (6-12). Juniors Rylan Braga and Tannar Stern added 15 and 12 points, respectively.” 

"We did not play well as a team,” Leiss said. “Lewiston executed down the stretch and made their free throws. They are a good team and well-coached.” 

Coeur d’Alene plays host to Sandpoint on Thursday. 

Lewiston visits Lake City on Friday. 

Lewiston     22    9    18    27    —    76 

Coeur d’Alene     13    23    19    14    —    69 

LEWISTON — Fisher 20, J. Walker 16, P. Walker 15, Haines 2, Rudolph 6, Hepburn 14, Bobick 2, Howland 0, Way 1. 

COEUR d’ALENE — McCall 9, Fagan 3, Braga 15, Stern 12, Whittaker 9, Symons 21, Priebe 0. 

Priest River 76 

Coeur du Christ 73 

COEUR d’ALENE — Sophomore Grant Clemens hit four 3-pointer and finished with a team-high 23 points for the Saints, who fell short after the Spartans rallied in the second half at Lakes Middle School. 

Senior Jerome Cools scored 17 points for Coeur du Christ (10-5), which travels to Wallace on Friday. 

Senior Ian Lamanna scored 25 points for Priest River (5-9), which travels to St. Maries on Friday. 

Priest River    12    24    20    18    —    76 

Coeur du Christ    19    23    18    13    —    73 

PRIEST RIVER    — Mathews 6, Lamanna 25, Redinger 0, Best 16, Simcox 7, Collins 4, Hatton 12, Strange 6, Barth 0. 

COEUR du CHRIST — Anderson 0, Gama 0, Manuel 10, Clemens 23, Cools 17, Mudrick 6, Sundholm 6, O’Neill 5, Hayes 6.

Lakeside 70 

Bonners Ferry 66 

PLUMMER — Senior Tyson Charley scored 17 of his game-high 25 points in the second half and the 2A Knights, who trailed by four points after three quarters, finished strong to beat the 4A Badgers at Ron Miller Court. 

Lakeside avenged an 85-83 loss in overtime at Bonners Ferry on Jan. 13. 

Senior Hallah Peone scored 15 points for Lakeside (15-2), which travels to Prairie on Thursday. 

Junior Peyton Hinthorn scored 18 points for Bonners Ferry (7-7). 

Bonners Ferry    15    20    17    14    —    66 

Lakeside    17    16    15    22    —    70 

BONNERS FERRY — Schrock 11, Hart 0, Buckhanen 0, Hinthorn 18, Allred 6, Abubakari 15, Cartwright-Kissee 16, Baisten 0. 

LAKESIDE — Peone 15, Sines 4, Louie 6, Brown 15, Charley 25, Greensky 0, Samuels 0, Pluff 5. 

Kootenai 36 

Mullan 30 

HARRISON FLATS — Senior Riley Ausman had 13 points and eight rebounds for the Warriors in a North Star League win over the Tigers at Kootenai High. 

Junior Aiden Braz had 11 points and eight rebounds for Kootenai, which led 13-5 after the first quarter. 

“We came into foul trouble early, which slowed our momentum and many of our shots just weren’t falling,” Kootenai coach Mary Gentry said. “The boys kept at it, playing tough on defense and controlling the boards. Aiden and Dylan (Gentry) really stepped up on defense, with several players playing great help defense.” 

Senior Josh Moore had 11 rebounds for Kootenai (3-10, 2-1 NSL), which travels to Deary on Thursday. 

Senior Colten Imes and sophomore Cael Sala scored 13 points each for Mullan (1-10, 0-4), which travels to Alberton (Mont.) on Feb. 12. 

Mullan        5    10    8    7    —    30 

Kootenai    13    6    5    12    —    36 

MULLAN — Imes 13, Sala 13, Bosson 2, Calvert 0, Ullrich 2, Wilson 0, Haas 0. 

KOOTENAI — Ausman 13, Gentry 4, Braz 11, Derry 3, Edwards 5, Moore 0, Myers 0, Bierman 0. 

    MARK NELKE/Press Post Falls sophomore Carson Munday drives to the basket as Lakeland senior Jaron Yager (12) and freshman Madden Young (15) defend on Tuesday night at The Arena at Post Falls.