BOYS

Coeur d'Alene 70, Sandpoint 65

COEUR d'ALENE — Junior Brock Yarbrough amassed 16 of his career-high 29 points in the second half to go along with five rebounds and two assists, junior Derrick Chamberlain scored 14 points and hauled in five rebounds of his own, and the Bulldogs let one slip away on Thursday night in 6A/5A Inland Empire League showdown at Viking Court.

Junior Logan Iverson hit two 3-pointers and totaled nine points while senior Logan Roos had nine points, seven rebounds and two steals for Sandpoint, which led by as much as 36-21 late in the second quarter and by a margin of 38-28 at halftime.

"A great game for Brock," Sandpoint High head coach Will Love said. "I thought we did a good job of attacking Coeur d'Alene's defense, and the rest of the team really did their part in getting him into good positions. Unfortunately, we just came up a little bit short."

Evansville University commit Caden Symons got to the free throw line early and often and drained seven 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 43 points for Coeur d'Alene, which outscored the Bulldogs 42-27 in the second half and improved to 7-12 on the year.

Junior Knox Williams dished out a team-high four assists and senior Caiden Gion came away with two steals for Sandpoint (8-9), which will travel to Lake City on Wednesday for another 6A/5A Inland Empire League affair.

"The kids executed the gameplan really well," coach Love noted, especially of the first-half effort. "We were able to move the ball well, and defensively, we did a good job in our rotation. In the second half, we were a little bit slower and had some turnovers that made the difference. The first half really showed what were capable of. For us to compete against these 6A's like we have... it's making us better."

Sandpoint 18 20 9 18 — 65

Coeur d'Alene 16 12 16 26 — 70

PTS: SPT — Yarbrough 29, Chamberlain 14, Iverson 9, Roos 9, Weisz 2, Gion 2. CDA — Symons 43, Braga 13, Stern 8, Priebe 3, McCall 2, Fagan 1.

REB: SPT — Roos 7, Yarbrough 5, Chamberlain 5, Iverson 3, Weisz 2, Gion 2, K. Williams 2. CDA — Symons 9, Braga 6, Stern 5, Fagan 3, McCall 2, Whittaker 2, Priebe 1.

AST: SPT — K. Williams 4, Yarbrough 2, Chamberlain 1, Weisz 1, Roos 1, Gion 1. CDA — Symons 4, Braga 3, Fagan 3, McCall 2, Whittaker 2, Stern 1, Wright 1.

STL: SPT — Roos 2, Gion 2, Corbett 1, Weisz 1, Yarbrough 1, K. Williams 1. CDA — Symons 4, Stern 2, Whittaker 1.

BLK: SPT — Roos 1. CDA — Symons 1, Stern 1, Fagan 1.

The Oaks 50, Kootenai Thunder 39

SPOKANE VALLEY — Senior Marshall Peters recorded 16 of his team-high 20 points in the second half, sophomore Ben Brewer tallied eight points, including a 3-pointer, and the No. 6 Thunder fell to No. 3 The Oaks in the first round of the Mountain Christian League tournament held Thursday night at The Oaks Classical Christian Academy.

Kohen Reynolds added six points, all in the second half, and Jordan Zmuda had five points, including a 3-pointer, for the Thunder, which outscored The Oaks 30-23 in the second half.

Matthew Singer hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points for The Oaks (11-6), which led 27-9 at halftime and faced No. 2 North Idaho Christian (14-6) in the semifinals on Friday.

The Kootenai Thunder (6-7) faced No. 7 Country Christian of Pasco (1-14) on Friday at Valley Christian School. Results and recap will be available at a later date. The winner of that matchup would bet set take on No. 5 Spokane Classical (6-10) in the consolation championship match today.

Kootenai Thunder 7 2 12 18 — 39

The Oaks 12 15 9 14 — 50

PTS: KT — Peters 20, Brewer 8, Reynolds 6, Zmuda 5. TO — Singer 22, Sherle 11, Vanthorn 5, Doster 4, Jones 3, Harken 3, Wendt 2.

GIRLS

Christian Center 47, Kootenai Thunder 34

SPOKANE VALLEY — Junior Shelby Barnhart tallied a team-high 10 points, six rebounds and dished out a team-high two assists, junior Bit Darrow collected eight points, all in the first half, and grabbed three steals, and the No. 5 Lady Thunder fell shy of the No. 4 Lady Lions in the first round of the Mountain Christian League tournament held Thursday night at North Pines Middle School.

Senior Abby Hoefling chipped in five points, all in the second half, pulled down six rebounds, and came away with a team-high four steals while freshman Mazie Miles scored five points, including a 3-pointer, for the Thunder, which trailed just 23-22 at intermission.

Abby Marshall scored a game-high 20 points for Christian Center (8-8), which outscored the Thunder 14-3 in the third frame and faced off against No. 1 Pullman Christian (11-4) in the semifinals on Friday.

Freshman Lexi Ball chipped in four points for the Kootenai Thunder (3-9), which will face the winner No. 6 Spokane Classical and No. 7 Christian Heritage (0-13) in the consolation championship match today.

Kootenai Thunder 12 10 3 9 — 34

Christian Center 10 13 14 10 — 47

PTS: KT — S. Barnhart 10, Darrow 8, Hoefling 5, Miles 5, Ball 4, J. Barnhart 2. CCS — Marshall 20, Hill 11, Milligan 10, Benoit 4, Gould 2.

REB: KT —  J. Barnhart 10, S. Barnhart 6, Hoefling 6, Darrow 3, Miles 2, Ball 2, Hammond 1.

AST: KT — S. Barnhart 2, J. Barnhart 1, Darrow 1, Hoefling 1.

STL: KT — Hoefling 4, Darrow 3, S. Barnhart 1, J. Barnhart 1, Ball 1.

BLK: KT — S. Barnhart 1.

    Kootenai Thunder forward Marshall Peters (20) completes a layup during Thursday night's Mountain Christian League tournament first round matchup against The Oaks of Spokane Valley.