PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Fast start helps Coeur d'Alene down Lakeland

RATHDRUM — In a battle of the top teams in the Inland Empire League, this round went to the 6A school. 

Junior Brookeslee Colvin scored 20 of her game-high 32 points in the first half for the Coeur d’Alene Vikings in a 75-64 win over the Lakeland Hawks at Hawk Court on Tuesday. 

Colvin finished with six 3-pointers, hitting three in the first half as the Vikings stretched a 22-18 lead after the first quarter to 39-22 at halftime. 

“I want to give a lot of credit to my assistant coaches,” Coeur d’Alene coach Stacy Boyd said. “They watch game film before every matchup and they did a great job of scouting Lakeland. I felt like we did a good job of interrupting their offensive game plan, and we did an excellent job locking in defensively.” 

Both Coeur d’Alene (6A IEL) and Lakeland (5A IEL) clinched league titles with wins on Saturday. 

Junior Presley Fagan scored 22 points for Lakeland (15-4), which concludes the regular season on Friday at home against Lewiston. 

“We lost momentum and made mental errors in the second quarter, and they took advantage of it,” Lakeland coach Caelyn Caufield said. “Our girls responded after halftime with grit and determination and never stopped competing. It’s another game we’ll learn and grow from.” 

Freshman Payton Brown scored 14 points and sophomore Lexie Wheeler added 12 points for Coeur d’Alene (19-2), which is off until the first game of a best-of-3 6A District 1 championship series on Feb. 10 at Coeur d’Alene High. 

“I’m proud of the girls,” Boyd said. “We shot the ball well, and we were able to take advantage of the open looks they gave us. Lakeland is a really good team with lots of depth and they are well coached. This was a good win before we prepare for districts and continue to build off this.” 

Coeur d’Alene    22    17    23    13    —    75 

Lakeland        18    4    17    25    —    64 

COEUR d’ALENE — Wheeler 12, Brown 14, Wallis 7, Colvin 32, Shafer 0, Semprimoznik 9, Reardon 0, Robertson 1. 

LAKELAND — Kar. Kiefer 6, Bowie 0, Hoffman 17, Kap. Kiefer 0, Fagan 22, Bretveld 15, Bullington 4. 

Sandpoint 54

Lake City 47

SANDPOINT — The Timberwolves (7-11) fell to the Bulldogs (15-4) at Les Rogers Court.

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Lake City concludes the regular season at Post Falls on Friday.

Timberlake 84

Kellogg 29

KELLOGG — Junior Macy Murphey scored 17 of her game-high 31 points in the third quarter for the Tigers in a nonleague win over the Wildcats at Andrews Gymnasium. 

“We shot the ball really well,” Timberlake coach Matt Miller said. “We moved the ball around really well and took some good shots. It was really good to see that on the offensive side of things.” 

Senior Malia Miller had 21 points and 11 assists, senior Payton Young six rebounds and five assists, freshman Elly Milligan seven rebounds, sophomore Shae Jones six points and eight rebounds and junior Sophie Holecek 14 points and seven rebounds for Timberlake (12-6), which hosts Bonners Ferry next Tuesday. 

Sophomore Peyton Storey scored 12 points for Kellogg (10-7), which travels to Grangeville on Saturday. 

Timberlake    22    25    33    4    —    84 

Kellogg    12    9    5    3    —    29 

TIMBERLAKE — Murphey 31, Young 5, Archer 3, Miller 21, Brotherton 0, Milligan 4, Jones 6, Holecek 14. 

KELLOGG — Philp 3, Schillereff 0, Angle 5, Storey 12, Stutzke 3, Henrikson 6, Sorenson 0, Munoz 0, Gloyn 0. 

Wallace 56 

St. Maries 21 

WALLACE — Senior Kylee Phillips scored 15 points for the Miners in a nonleague win over the Lumberjacks at Kirby Krulitz Court. 

Freshman Daisy Williams scored eight points for St. Maries (0-13), which hosts Priest River on Thursday. 

Senior Aubrey Birdsell scored 14 points for Wallace (8-7), which hosts Genesee on Saturday. 

St. Maries    4    5    7    5    —    21 

Wallace    15    13    18    8    —    56 

ST. MARIES — Timken 5, Elliott 2, Martin 0, Caldwell 0, Keneally 1, McMannis 0, Williams 8, Spooner 0, Smith 0, Harvey 2. 

WALLACE — Au. Birdsell 14, Voorhees 0, Madore 0, M. Stutzke 2, Wood 12, K. Stutzke 8, Depatto 0, Petersen 0, Hanks 3, Al. Birdsell 2, Phillips 15. 

Deary 48

Kootenai 11

HARRISON FLATS — The Warriors dropped to 5-6 with a nonleague loss to the Mustangs (16-1) at Kootenai High.

Kootenai travels to Clark Fork on Thursday.

Sandpoint JVII 25 

Mullan 19 

SANDPOINT — Freshman Laycie Morris scored six points for the Tigers in a loss to the Bulldogs JVII at Les Rogers Court. 

Mullan (2-6) travels to Kootenai Classical on Thursday. 

Mullan        2    4    6    5    —    19 

Sandpoint JV    2    10    8    5    —    25 

MULLAN — Crandall 2, Tirabasso 2, Morris 6, Ullrich 1, Kostelich 4, Elliott 4. 

SANDPOINT JVII — Sam 3, Aillee 8, Eleanor 0, Sierra 6, Chloe 0, Coco 7, Addi 1. 

    JASON ELLIOTT/Press Coeur d'Alene sophomore Lexie Wheeler goes up for a layup as Lakeland's Karstyn Kiefer (1) and Presley Fagan (right) defend during the second quarter of Tuesday's game at Hawk Court in Rathdrum.