PREP BASKETBALL: St. Maries boys run away from Bonners in second half

• BOYS

ST. MARIES — Senior Jack Barta had 18 points and five steals, and the 3A St. Maries Lumberjacks pulled away in the second half to beat the two-time defending state 4A champion Bonners Ferry Badgers 79-48 on Tuesday night. 

Barta hit three straight 3-pointers in the fourth quarter for St. Maries (10-1), which outscored Bonners (6-6) 29-9 in the final quarter after leading by just three points at halftime. 

“We just got going, started making some 3s in transition, and got out and got some layups,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We might have wore ‘em out a little bit in the fourth.” 

JJ Yearout had 15 of his 17 points in the second half for St. Maries, and he also had 11 rebounds and eight assists. Isaiah Gustaffe had 10 points, five steals and four assists, and Xavier Sloper had 16 points and four rebounds. 

“Xavier just had a solid four quarters,” Chase said. “He stepped in and took some charges; he did all the dirty work tonight.” 

Ty Schrock scored 17 points, Sulay Abubakari 12, Peyton Hinthorn 11 for Bonners Ferry. 

St. Maries, winners of 10 straight, travels to Orofino on Saturday in a battle for first place in the Central Idaho League. 

Bonners Ferry 8    18    13    9    —    48 

St. Maries     18    11    21    29    —    79 

BONNERS FERRY — Schrock 17, Hart 3, Hinthorn 11, Allred 0, Abubakari 12, Thomson 0, Cartwright-Kissee 5, Baisden 0. 

ST. MARIES — Harold 7, J. Barta 18, Yearout 17, Gustaffe 10, B. Barta 5, Riberich 3, Sloper 18, Hammons 0, Vereb 1. 

Lewiston 67 

Lakeland 29 

LEWISTON — The visiting Hawks struggled through a nine-point first half en route the loss to the defending district champion Bengals in 5A Inland Empire League play. 

Brayden Carrel finished with 15 points and seven rebounds for Lakeland (7-5, 2-1 5A IEL). 

Royce Fisher scored 27 points for Lewiston (12-2, 2-0), which moved into first place. 

Lakeland returns to action Friday at the Nike Extravaganza XXXI at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana, Calif. The Hawks play Capistrano Valley Christian at 3 p.m. 

Lakeland coach Caleb De Fabiis formerly played and coached at nearby Colony High in Ontario, Calif., before taking the Lakeland job in 2024. 

"It will be a nice little homecoming," De Fabiis said. "Will be a great experience for our boys as well."

Lakeland     7    2    15    5    —    29 

Lewiston     15    17    21    14    —    67 

LAKELAND — Tuskan 0, Lukkey 0, Fuhriman 7, Yager 4, Caywood 1, Young 0, Hocking 0, Hillman 2, Carrel 15. 

LEWISTON — McFee 0, Fisher 27, Wilkerson 3, J. Walker 3, P. Walker 8, Haines 0, Rudolph 13, Hepburn 6, Bobeck 3, Howland 2, Degroot 0, Way 2. 

North Central 81 

Timberlake 52 

SPIRIT LAKE — The Tigers hung with the Wolfpack of Spokane for a half, trailing by nine points, before the visitors outscored Timberlake 26-13 in third quarter of the nonleague game. 

Junior guard Isaac Williams made four of his six 3-pointers in the third quarter, and finished with 26 points for North Central (10-5). 

“We did a good job in first half keeping them off the 3-point line,” Timberlake coach Juston Henry said. “The second half they heated up; we didn’t have an answer for Williams. Our nine-point halftime deficit grew quickly.” 

Max Simpson had 18 points and eight rebounds for Timberlake (3-8), which committed 24 turnovers.  

"It’s hard to win games against anyone when you give up that many extra possessions,” Henry said. 

Brant Rush added 12 points for Timberlake, which plays host to Grangeville on Friday. 

North Central    16    19    26    20    —    81 

Timberlake    9    17    13    13    —    52 

NORTH CENTRAL — Williams 26, Washington 5, Vogrig 10, Elliott 4, Auld 3, Reuben 0, Mushwani 9, Ott 3, Spencer 13, Bigsmoke 8. 

TIMBERLAKE — Shively 3, Short 2, Montes 0, Simpson 18, Vallieres 5, Hiaasen 5, Rush 12, Smith 4, Barnhart 1, Martin 2. 

Kellogg 63 

Wallace 35 

WALLACE — Senior Draeden Taylor had 14 points and six rebounds and junior Evan Vindasius scored 14 points each for the Wildcats in a nonleague win over the Miners at Kirby Krulitz Court. 

Senior Cayden Honnerlaw had 11 points, nine rebounds and five assists for Kellogg (6-6), which travels to Bonners Ferry on Thursday. 

“The guys did a really good job tonight,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “A lot of our stuff came in transition tonight. We really ratcheted up our pressure in the second half. Wallace did a good job of getting us to play at their speed early on.” 

Junior Emmitt Myles scored seven points for Wallace (6-6), which hosts Lakeside on Saturday. 

Kellogg        10    18    20    15    —    63 

Wallace        9    6    6    14    —    35 

KELLOGG — Coburn 4, Roach 3, Taylor 14, A. Lewis 0, P. Lewis 5, Honnerlaw 11, Reed 5, Cheney 4, Vindasius 14, Kimstayton 3. 

WALLACE — Miller 3, Larson 0, Myles 7, Sodbat 3, Radford 6, Williams 4, Rose 3, McGillivray 4, Stone 0, Strange 2, Murray 3. 

Lakeside 66 

Potlatch 36 

PLUMMER — Freshman Teagan Brown scored 19 points and Lakeside ran out to a 39-18 halftime lead en route to the nonleague victory over the Loggers at Ron Miller Court. 

Seniors Tyson Charley and Hallah Peone added 17 and 12 points, respectively, for Lakeside (11-1). 

Chase Lovell scored nine points for Potlatch (4-8). 

Lakeside plays host to Prairie on Friday. 

Potlatch     9    9    10    8    —    36 

Lakeside     23    16    14    13    —    66 

POTLATCH — Magallon 2, Marshall 5, Lovell 9, Chittick 1, Morris 8, Brown 5, Mitchell 4, Redmon 2. 

LAKESIDE — Peone 12, Sines 0, Louie 6, Brown 18, Iron Cloud 1, Chimburas 0, Charley 17, Ramirez 0, Greensky 7, Samuels 0, Pluff 4. 

Priest River 65 

Coeur du Christ 45 

PRIEST RIVER — Jerome Cools had seven points and 13 rebounds for the 1A Saints in a loss to the 3A Spartans. 

Abraham Mudrick had eight points and eight rebounds for Coeur du Christ (7-4), Aedan O’Neill had six points and nine boards, and Kamden Manuel had 10 points. 

For Priest River (3-7), Ian Lamanna had 18 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals, Madden Redinger 16 points and four steals, Lucas Matthews eight points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals. 

Coeur du Christ travels to Kootenai on Friday for a North Star League game. 

Coeur du Christ     11    11    12    11    —    45 

Priest River 16    17    19    13    —    65 

COEUR du CHRIST — Gama 0, Manuel 10, Clemens 6, Beyer 2, Hayes 5, Cools 7, Mudrick 8, Sundholm 1, O’Neill 6. 

PRIEST RIVER — Matthews 8, Willyard 0, Lamanna 18, Barth 4, Redinger 16, Best 4, Simcox 8, Collins 5. 

Clark Fork 77

Genesis Prep 32

CLARK FORK — The Wampus Cats (4-5, 1-2 Scenic Idaho Conference) beat the Jaguars (1-9, 0-4).

No other information was available.

N.I. Christian 90 

Kingdom Christian 55 

SPOKANE — Junior James Morast scored 32 points as the Royals beat the Lions in nonleague play at the Libby Center. 

Senior Jack Johnston added 24 points for North Idaho Christian School (11-5), which plays at Pullman Christian on Thursday. 

Karston Green scored 25 points for Kingdom Christian. 

N.I. Christian     20    27    16    27    —    90 

Kingdom Chr.     17    12    7    19    —    55 

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Holte 4, Trevena 9, Hale 5, Morast 32, Johnston 24, Swartz 3, Malinauskas 4, Sakae 0, Finney 3, Ruis 6. 

KINGDOM CHRISTIAN — Green 25, Brewer 11, Christopher 6, Levitt2, Watkins 9, Hug 2. 

• GIRLS

Lakeland 53 

Lewiston 33 

LEWISTON — Junior Presley Fagan hit three 3-pointers, finishing with 14 points for the Hawks in a 5A Inland Empire League win over the Bengals at Lewiston High. 

Freshman Jaeli Hoffman scored 12 points for Lakeland (14-3, 4-0 5A IEL), which travels to Moscow on Saturday. 

Kylese Samuels scored 10 points for Lewiston (7-9, 1-1), which travels to Sandpoint on Friday. 

Lakeland    16    2    20    15    —    53 

Lewiston    5    12    12    4    —    33 

LAKELAND — Kar. Kiefer 10, Bowie 6, Hoffman 12, Kap. Kiefer 0, Fagan 14, Bretveld 9, Bullington 2. 

LEWISTON — Balmer 4, Bruce 3, Cahill 0, Fisher 2, Mellinger 0, A. Lathen 2, Samuels 10, Schnell 0, Serdane 7, Hemphill 2. 

Timberlake 69 

North Central 30 

SPIRIT LAKE — Junior Macy Murphey hit seven of her school record nine 3-pointers in the first half, finishing with 31 points for the Tigers in a nonleague win over the Wolfpack at Timberlake High. 

Murphey tied the previous record of seven held by Malia Miller, Lilly Kelley and Taryn Soumas in Saturday’s Backwoods Brawl spirit game at Bonners Ferry. 

Miller played four possessions before hyperextending her knee and not returning on Tuesday. 

“We’re still hoping to get whole,” said Timberlake coach Matt Miller, who was also without Shea Jones, wo was out sick. “We were hoping by Friday that we’d be at full strength, but not I’m not so sure.” 

Senior Payton Young scored 16 points for Timberlake (9-5), which hosts Lapwai on Thursday, then hosts Grangeville on Friday. 

Arkayla Brown scored 14 points for North Central (4-11). 

North Central    13    6    7    4    —    30 

Timberlake    18    27    18    6    —    69 

NORTH CENTRAL — Mengert 0, Shields 0, Tonasket 0, Gamache 0, Mendez 8, Brown 14, Lucas 8, Dixon 0. 

TIMBERLAKE — Murphey 31, Ward 4, Young 16, Jezek 0, Archer 3, Mattson 0, Miller 0, Milligan 2, Holecek 13. 

Kellogg 59 

St. Maries 25 

KELLOGG — Sophomore Peyton Story had 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals for the Wildcats in a Central Idaho League win over the Lumberjacks at Andrews Gymnasium. 

Senior Dani Henrikson had 11 points and 10 rebounds, freshman Gretah Angle 16 points and six rebounds and junior Jordyn Stutzke had five points, five steals and five assists for Kellogg (10-4, 5-0 CIL), which hosts Lakeside tonight. 

Freshman Daisy Williams scored seven points for St. Maries (0-10, 0-6), which is scheduled to play at Moscow on Thursday. 

St. Maries    6    4    6    9    —    25 

Kellogg        22    21    11    5    —    59 

ST. MARIES — Timken 6, Elliott 2, Martin 3, Caldwell 0, Keneally 0, Williams 7, Boyett 3, Million 0, Spooner 4.  

KELLOGG — Philp 5, Schillereff 0, Yrjana 0, Angle 16, Storey 18, Stutzke 5, Henrikson 11, Sorenson 4, Gloyn 0. 

N.I. Christian 59 

Kingdom Christian 27 

SPOKANE — Senior Madison Salaiz had 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Royals in a nonleague win over the Lions at Libby Center. 

Senior Chelsey Cate had 11 points, 16 rebounds and six blocks. Cate, who surpassed the 1,000-point plateau for her career earlier this year, surpassed 1,000 career rebounds on Tuesday and now has 1,010. Junior Belle Jordan had 15 points and 12 rebounds for North Idaho Christian (7-10), which travels to Pullman Christian on Thursday. 

Kiley Schandy scored 15 points for Kingdom Christian. 

N.I. Christian    9    16    14    20    —    59 

Kingdom Christian    3    14    10    0    —    27 

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN — Peterson 0, Cate 11, Salaiz 23, Collins 2, Jordan 15, Smith 4, Hay 4. 

KINGDOM CHRISTIAN — Gillette 0, Johnson 0, Tyler 2, Schandy 15, Green 0, Vieira 0, Watkins 10.