PREP ROUNDUP: Coeur d'Alene rallies from 15 down to beat Sandpoint

• BOYS BASKETBALL

COEUR d’ALENE — Caden Symons tweaked his ankle on the first play of Thursday’s game vs. Sandpoint, and hobbled over to the Coeur d’Alene bench. 

He returned a few moments later, and made the visiting Bulldogs feel the pain. 

“He just tightened his laces and got us 41,” Coeur d’Alene coach Kent Leiss said. 

Symons, who has signed with Evansville, scored 27 of his 43 points in the second half, and 6A Coeur d’Alene (7-12) overcame a 15-point first-half deficit to beat 5A Sandpoint 70-65 at Viking Court. 

"We had a very poor second quarter. Poor shot selection and poor defense,” said Leiss, whose team trailed 36-21 late in the first half. "We challenged our kids at the half to play harder, defend better and take better shots.” 

Leiss said Viking junior Tannar Stern was “outstanding on defense,” holding Sandpoint’s 6-foot-9 Logan Roos to nine points — none in the second half. 

“We held them to 15 points in the first 13 minutes of the second half. That was the difference,” Leiss said. 

Rylan Braga added 13 points for Coeur d’Alene, which took the lead for good early in the fourth quarter on a three-point play by Symons, who hit seven 3-pointers. 

Junior Brock Yarbrough for Sandpoint (8-9), which lost 76-75 at home to Coeur d’Alene last Thursday. Junior Derrick Chamberlain added 14 points for the Bulldogs. 

Coeur d’Alene heads to Missoula to play Big Sky on Saturday. 

Sandpoint     18    20    9    18    —    65 

Coeur d’Alene     16    12    16    26    —    70 

SANDPOINT — Williams 0, Iverson 9, Yarbrough 29, Chamberlain 14, Weisz 2, Roos 9, Gion 2, Corbett 0. 

COEUR d’ALENE — McCall 2, Fagan 1, Braga 13, Stern 8, Murrell 0, Wright 0, Whittaker 0, Symons 41, Priebe 3. 

Lakeside 62 

Prairie 36 

COTTONWOOD — Senior Tyson Charley scored 16 of his 20 points in the second half as the visiting Knights pulled away from a 26-19 halftime lead against the Pirates in nonleague play. 

Freshman Teagan Brown tallied 11 of his 15 points after intermission for Lakeside (16-2). Senior Jaydin Pluff added 12 points. 

Patrick Schlader led Prairie (12-5) with 11 points. 

Lakeside plays host to Timberlake tonight at 6. 

Lakeside     14    12    16    20    —    62 

Prairie     6    13    7    8    —    36 

LAKESIDE — Peone 10, Sines 0, Louie 2, Brown 15, Iron Cloud 0, Chimburas 0, Charley 20, Greensky 3, Samuels 0, Pluff 12. 

PRAIRIE — Gehring 7, Quintal 0, Shears 0, Von Bargen 0, Schwartz 4, M. Rehder 2, Enneking 0, Armburst 1, Schlader 11, Forsmann 9, Rehder 2. 

Deary 65

Kootenai 25

DEARY — No other information was available. 

N.I. Christian 76 

Country Christian 47 

SPOKANE VALLEY — Senior Evan Trevena and Jack Johnston scored 20 points each for the Royals in a win over Country Christian of Pasco, Wash., in the opening round of the Mountain Christian League Tournament at The Oaks. 

Senior Colton Malinauskas scored 16 points for North Idaho Christian (15-6), which faces  The Oaks in the semifinals tonight at 7 p.m. at The Oaks. 

Shamgar Nakamura scored 23 points for Country Christian. 

Country Christian    8    11    19    9    —    47 

N.I. Christian        18    19    23    16    —    76 

COUNTRY CHRISTIAN — Nakamura 23, Ropp 0, Te. Brubaker 2, Ta. Brubaker 0, Sheehan 12, Sheehan 6, Miller 4, Tucker 0, R. Brubaker 0. 

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Holte 2, Heutink 2, Trevena 20, Hale 0, Morast 9, Johnston 20, Swartz 0, Malinauskas 16, Kellogg 0, Sakae 0, Finney 0, Ruis 4. 

• GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bonners Ferry 52 

Kellogg 37 

KELLOGG — The Wildcats fell to the Badgers in a nonleague game at Andrews Gymnasium. 

Further details were not available. 

Kellogg (10-9) travels to Orofino to conclude the regular season on Saturday. 

Bonners Ferry (9-7) travels to Timberlake for Game 1 of the 3A District 1 tournament on Monday. 

St. Maries 46 

Kootenai 39 (2OT) 

ST. MARIES — Freshman Daisy Williams scored four of her seven points in overtime for the host Lumberjacks in a win over the Warriors. 

Sophomore Kelli Keneally and senior Kaylynn Boyett scored nine points each in the season finale for St. Maries (1-14). The Lumberjacks finished fifth in the five-team Central Idaho League; only the top four teams advance to the 3A District 1-2 tournament.

Freshman Juniper Stevenson had 12 points, eight rebounds and four steals and sophomore Brooklyn Charles had 27 rebounds and five steals for Kootenai (6-8), which faces Mullan in the 1A District 1 championship game on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at North Idaho College.  

Kootenai    6    9    10    9    3    2    —    39 

St. Maries    13    17    11    3    3    9    —    46 

KOOTENAI — J. Stevenson 12, Loucks 4, H. Charles 7, H. Stevenson 5, B. Charles 7, D. Davidson 3, Dutton 0. 

ST. MARIES — Timken 0, Elliott 0, Martin 7, Caldwell 8, Keneally 9, Williams 7, Boyett 9, Spooner 6.  

N.I. Christian 52 

Spokane Class. Christian 35 

SPOKANE VALLEY — Senior Madison Salaiz scored 15 of her 17 points in the second half and also had five assists for the Royals in a win over the Knights in an opening round game in the Mountain Christian League Tournament at The Oaks. 

Senior Chelsey Cate had 17 points and 10 rebounds, junior Belle Jordan 14 points, nine rebounds, six steals and six assists and senior Sydney Ellis nine reobunds, eight assists and five steals for North Idaho Christian (11-10), which faces The Oaks in a semifinal game today at 5:30 p.m. at The Oaks. 

Spo. Classical    8    11    4    12    —    35 

N.I. Christian    12    11    25    4    —    52 

SPOKANE CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN — Palmer 0, Gaines 3, Swartz 6, Lucy Chaffee 8, Ihrig 6, Tobin 2, Almon 0, Halloran 8, Winters 2. 

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Ellis 0, Cate 17, Salaiz 17, Collins 2, Jordan 14, Smith 2, Peterson 0, Owens 0, Henry 0, Prescott 0, Hay 0. 

• WRESTLING

Lake City 54 

Moscow 15 

COEUR d’ALENE — In his last home match, Lake City senior Josh Macdonald made it count. 

Macdonald beat Moscow’s Keith Gulbrandsen by a 17-2 major decision at 165 pounds, the final match of the night, as the Timberwolves beat the Bears at Lake City High. 

“Josh came out and closed it down like I knew he would,” Lake City coach Corey Owen said. “He just came out and put on a show. It was good to see him end his home career that way.” 

Lake City got wins by major decision from Graham Burton (126 pounds) and Eli Gross (150). 

“Our kids wrestled really hard tonight,” Owen said. “Even the younger kids, they wanted to send our senior out right. Even the guys that lost competed really hard against really good competition.” 

Lake City faces Timberlake and Bonners Ferry tonight in Bonners Ferry before competing in the Conrad Garner Invitational on Saturday at Bonners Ferry High. 

175 — Tucker Bridwell, LC, by forfeit. 190 — Chance Browne, LC, by forfeit. 215 — James Vincent, LC, by forfeit. 285 — Kristian Kaurin, LC, by forfeit. 98 — Miles Ellsworth, LC, by forfeit. 106 — Justin Swam, Mos, by forfeit. 113 — double forfeit. 120 — Kyler Adams, LC, p. Ryder Perry, 3:38. 126 — Graham Burton, LC, md. Micah Moreland, 12-2. 132 — Eian Schwecke, Mos, tf. Solomon Crowley, 15-0. 138 — Marcus Swift, Mos, md. Connor Johnson, 9-0. 144 — Caden Ramey, LC, by forfeit. 150 — Eli Gross, LC, md. Charles Vasquez, 18-6. 157 — Kellan Walther, LC, tf. Josh Anderson, 16-0. 165 — Josh Macdonald, LC, tf. Keith Gulbrandsen, 17-2. 

Post Falls 60 

Lewiston 15 

LEWISTON — After a setback on Wednesday at Coeur d’Alene, the Trojans made the most of a quick turnaround. 

Tristan Mendenhall (106 pounds), Sawyer Sage (138) and Landon Moore (215) had pins for the Trojans, who beat the Bengals at Lewiston High. 

“The guys came out and were getting takedowns and scoring a lot of points,” said Post Falls coach Jeremy Zender, whose team fell to Coeur d’Alene 40-33. “It was good to see them bounce back from a tough one and wrestle hard.” 

Post Falls returns to action at the 6A District 1 tournament on Feb. 20 at Coeur d’Alene High. 

Lewiston hosts Lake City next Wednesday. 

98 — Soren Hutchinson, PF, by forfeit. 106 — Tristan Mendenhall, PF, p. Knoxx Rains, 1:55. 113 — James Sams, Lew, p. Reise Reardon, 1:55. 120 — Logan Loaiza, PF, by forfeit. 126 — Ryker Allen, PF, by forfeit. 132 — Matthew Hamilton, PF, tf. Riley Johnson, 15-0. 138 — Sawyer Sage, PF, p. Cameron Lamphere, 1:18. 144 — Coen Roberts, Lew, d. Titus Wise, 7-2. 150 — Judah Brazle, PF, tf. William Conder, 18-0. 157 — Mason Faling, Lew, d. Colton Austin, 9-8. 165 — Damion Hamilton, PF, d. Christopher Wetzel, 9-2. 175 — Kodyn Foreman, PF, p. Tray-sin Bies, 2:34. 190 — Landon Moore, PF, p. Bradley Waits, 3:29. 215 — Zane Smith, PF, tf. Bryson Walker, 21-2. 285 — Parker Bagley, Lew, d. Xander Scholes, 8-3. 

    MARK NELKE/Press Coeur d'Alene junior Rylan Braga (3) goes up for a shot as Caiden Gion (23) and Logan Roos of Sandpoint defend on Thursday night at Coeur d'Alene High.