Kellogg 66, Priest River 49

KELLOGG — Senior Brady Hatten shot 8-for-15 from the floor en route to a double-double on 18 points and 12 rebounds, sophomore Jacob Best recorded eight points, including two 3-pointers, and had three assists and two steals, and the No. 4 Spartans fell to the No. 3 Wildcats in a 3A District 1-2 loser-out game held Wednesday night at Andrews Gymnasium.

Sophomore Madden Redinger also hit two 3-pointers for all six of his points and added four rebounds and three assists to the stat sheet while senior Lucas Mathews collected six points, seven rebounds, and had three assists and two steals of his own for Priest River, which trailed just 32-27 at the break.

Evan Vindasius scored 16 points, Cayden Honnerlaw 13 points, and Draeden Taylor 11 points for Kellogg (12-11), which used a 22-6 run in the second half to pull away. The Wildcats will travel to No. 2 Orofino (17-5) for the districts' second-place game on Friday at 6 p.m., with the winner advancing to the state tournament starting next Thursday at Meridian High. No. 1 St. Maries (18-3) captured the district title and punched their ticket to state with a 48-46 win over the Maniacs in Wednesday's 3A District 1-2 championship game.

Senior Ian Lamanna chipped in four points and a pair of assists and steals, Hatten grabbed two steals as well, junior Ayson Simcox hit a 3-pointer, and fellow junior Broden Collins contributed four points and pulled down nine rebounds for Priest River, which finished the season with a record of 6-15.

Priest River 11 16 15 7 — 49

Kellogg 13 19 22 12 — 66

PTS: PR — Hatten 18, Best 8, Redinger 6, Mathews 6, Lamanna 4, Collins 4, Simcox 3. KLG — Vindasius 16, Honnerlaw 13, Taylor 11, McDonald 10, Cheney 7, P. Lewis 7, Coburn 2.

REB: PR — Hatten 12, Collins 9, Mathews 7, Redinger 4, Strange 2, Lamanna 1.

AST: PR — Mathews 3, Redinger 3, Best 3, Lamanna 2, Simcox 1, Strange 1.

STL: PR — Mathews 2, Lamanna 2, Best 2, Hatten 2, Redinger 1.

BLK: PR — Best 1, Mathews 1.