GIRLS BASKETBALL

Sandpoint 54, Lake City 47

SANDPOINT — A sluggish start wasn't going to deter Sandpoint from grabbing a 6A/5A Inland Empire League win for their seniors.

Junior Brecken Mire stuffed the stat sheet with 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists — all team-high's — and came away with three steals, junior Jordyn Tomco worked her second-half magic and recorded 14 points, including a 3-pointer, and had two steals and two assists, and the Lady Bulldogs erased a 34-16 early third quarter deficit to defeat the Lady Timberwolves on Tuesday night at Les Rogers Court.

Senior Jasmin Laing scored six points, sophomore Willow Betz four points, and junior Livia Driggs recorded four rebounds, three assists and three steals for Sandpoint, which trailed 29-15 at halftime before closing the third quarter on an 18-5 run. Down 39-34 to start the fourth, the Lady Bulldogs used a 9-0 run, which included a mid-range floater and a triple from Tomco, to take a 43-39 lead. Tomco then hit two more buckets to keep the lead at 47-44 before Sandpoint closed out the fourth quarter with a 20-8 scoring advantage.

The main difference between the two halves was Sandpoint's ability to drive the lane and capitalize on their opportunities from the charity stripe, which were frequent. 

"Going 15 of 18 tonight was pretty awesome," Sandpoint High head coach Madi Schoening said of her team's efforts from the free throw line. "When we were 0-for-13 from the 3-point line at halftime, I told the girls that if it wasn't falling, we were going to need to find offense somewhere else. In the second half, they definitely did that, driving hard to get to the rim and to the line, and that was the game changer. We just got into a better flow in the second half."

Schoening also noted that her team's tenacity on defense in the second half made up for the early offensive struggles.

"Huge kudos to the girls for fighting through hard times," coach Schoening added. "Our tenacity on defense is something we talked about at the beginning of the third quarter — picking it up, changing the tempo, and making them work for their steps down the floor — and doing that totally changed the trajectory of the game."

Juniors Carly Laybourne, Jaylah Butler, and Summer Loutzenhiser all had two points apiece and played valuable minutes. Along with Laing, seniors Mia Driggs and Jetta Thaete were honored during senior night celebrations for their contributions over the years. Loutzenhiser, academically a senior, was also honored.

"What a unique and cool group we've put together, including our two managers who have been with us for a long time and just pour their heart and soul into the team... showing up every day to practice, cheering the girls on, and doing the hard parts of the game most people don't get to see," coach Schoening said. "Those six carried the leadership tonight, and every night, so just proud of them and happy to have them."

Ella Pearson had a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds and hit three 3-pointers for Lake City, which is now 7-11 on the season.

Sandpoint (15-4) is idle until Tuesday, when they'll travel to Lewiston for their 5A Inland Empire League and regular season finale.

Lake City 17 12 10 8 — 47

Sandpoint 7 8 19 20 — 54

PTS: SPT — Mire 22, Tomco 14, Laing 6, Betz 4, Loutzenhiser 2, Butler 2, Laybourne 2, L. Driggs 2. LC — Pearson 17, Baltzell 12, Johnston 8, Hiltenbrand 6, Kolden 3, Johnson 1.

REB: SPT — Mire 7, L. Driggs 4, Butler 3, Tomco 3, Betz 2, Laing 1, M. Driggs 1. LC — Pearson 10, Johnson 6, Johnston 3, Brouse 2, Baltzell 2, Hiltenbrand 2, Kolden 1.

AST: SPT — Mire 5, L. Driggs 3, Tomco 2, Laing 1. LC — Pearson 4, Hiltenbrand 2, Johnston 2, Kolden 1, Baltzell 1, Johnson 1.

STL: SPT — L. Driggs 3, Mire 3, Tomco 2, Laing 1, M. Driggs 1, Loutzenhiser 1, Betz 1. LC — Johnston 2, Pearson 2, Hiltenbrand 2, Kolden 1, Baltzell 1.

BLK: SPT — Butler 1, Laing 1, Laybourne 1. LC — None.

Spokane Classical 37, Kootenai Thunder 34

COCOLALLA — Shelby Barnhart scored a game-high 13 points to go along with five rebounds and three steals, Jenny Barnhart compiled seven of her eight points in the second half and had a team-high 11 rebounds and five steals and the Lady Thunder were just short of the Lady Knights in a Mountain Christian League game held Tuesday night at Cocolalla Bible Camp.

Bit Darrow registered eight points, eight rebounds, and a team-high seven steals and Mazie Miles had four points, including a 3-pointer, and a team-high three assists for the Thunder, which outscored Spokane Classical 21-12 in the second half and celebrated senior night on the night.

Lucy Chaffee netted 12 points for Spokane Classical, which used a 17-7 second-quarter scoring advantage to build up a 25-13 lead by halftime.

The Kootenai Thunder (3-7) will travel to Post Falls to face North Idaho Christian tonight for another MCL matchup. 

Spokane Classical 8 17 8 4 — 37

Kootenai Thunder 6 7 9 12 — 34

PTS: KT — S. Barnhart 13, J. Barnhart 8, Darrow 8, Miles 4, Hammond 1. SCCS — Chaffee 12, Holloran 10, Gaines 8, Winters 4, Ihrig 2, Swartz 1.

REB: KT — J. Barnhart 11, Darrow 8, S. Barnhart 5, Ball 4, Miles 2.

AST: KT — Miles 3, J. Barnhart 2, Darrow 2.

STL: KT — Darrow 7, Miles 6, J. Barnhart 5, S. Barnhart 3, Ball 1.

BLK: KT — None.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Post Falls 68, Sandpoint 66

POST FALLS — Senior Logan Roos scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer, to go along with 10 rebounds, five blocks and four assists — all team-high's — junior Knox Williams buried five 3-pointers, three in the fourth quarter, en route to 17 points and three assists, and the Bulldogs fell shy of the Trojans in a back-and-forth 6A/5A Inland Empire League showdown on Tuesday night at The Arena at Post Falls High.

Junior Derrick Chamberlain collected eight points and grabbed a team-high three steals, junior Logan Iverson had eight points and four rebounds, and senior Kingston Corbett netted all six of his points in the second half and swatted away two shots for Sandpoint, which started out the game on a 10-0 run and led by as much as 20-9 early in the second quarter.

After a Chamberlain putback at the halftime buzzer, Sandpoint found themselves trailing 32-31 heading into the locker room. The Bulldogs outscored Post Falls 15-10 in the third quarter to retake the lead, 46-42, before the Trojans erupted for 26 points in the fourth frame and held off a last second shot attempt by Sandpoint for the victory.

"Tough one tonight, but the kids competed hard for the entire 32 minutes against a really quality Post Falls team," Sandpoint High head coach Will Love said. "I thought we did a good job coming out and establishing an early lead... there's some things that didn't go our way in the final minutes and unfortunately we weren't able to get the ball to fall on that final play. Really proud of the kids' effort, and hopefully we're able to carry this on when we play another tough 6A team on Thursday."

Cashton Bodman had 19 points and seven rebounds, Jaxon Lynse 19 points, four assists and five steals for Post Falls, which is now 12-5 on the year.

Junior Brock Yarbrough recorded three points and three assists, Caiden Gion hauled in five rebounds, and Roos has two steals for Sandpoint (7-7), which will host Coeur d'Alene tonight at Les Rogers Court for another 6A/5A Inland Empire League game.

Sandpoint 13 18 15 20 — 66

Post Falls 7 25 10 26 — 68

PTS: SPT — Roos 18, K. Williams 17, Chamberlain 8, Iverson 8, Corbett 6, Yarbrough 3, Weisz 2, Gion 2, D. Williams 2. PF — Bodman 19, Lynse 19, Carver 14, Norisada 11, Munday 3, Naylor 2.

REB: SPT — Roos 10, Gion 5, Iverson 4, Yarbrough 3, Chamberlain 2, K. Williams 2, Corbett 2. PF — Bodman 7, Carver 4, Naylor 2, Munday 2, Dean 1.

AST: SPT — Roos 4, K. Williams 3, Yarbrough 3, Iverson 2, Chamberlain 1, Weisz 1, Gion 1. PF — Lynse 4, Carver 2, Naylor 2, Munday 1, Bodman 1.

STL: SPT — Chamberlain 3, Roos 2, Yarbrough 1, K. Williams 1, D. Williams 1. PF — Lynse 5, Carver 4, Bodman 2, Norisada 1, Auble 1, Naylor 1, Dean 1.

BLK: SPT — Roos 5, Corbett 2, K. Williams 1. PF — Bodman 1, Dean 1.

Spokane Classical 55, Kootenai Thunder 42

COCOLALLA — Ben Brewer tallied 14 points, Marshall Peters added 11 points, and the Thunder fell to the Knights in a Mountain Christian League game held Tuesday night at Cocolalla Bible Camp.

Kohen Reynolds chipped in eight points, Elias Rocke five points, and Ezra Duchow had four points for the Thunder, which also celebrated senior night on the night.

The Kootenai Thunder (5-6) will travel to Post Falls to face North Idaho Christian tonight for another MCL matchup.

BOYS WRESTLING

Lake City 47, Sandpoint 29

COEUR d'ALENE — Zak Wood (126), Jeremiah Palmer (190), Jackson Holman (215) and Mason McLain (285) all won by pin as the Bulldogs dropped a dual to the Timberwolves on Tuesday night at Lake City High.

Ty Wood (113) collected a win via a 15-0 technical fall for Sandpoint, which hosted Coeur d'Alene for a dual yesterday and will dual Pocatello at Lakeland High today. Results and recap will be available at a later date. 

Sandpoint's girls will travel to Post Falls for a dual on Friday.

98 — Miles Ellsworth, Lake City, by forfeit. 106 — double forfeit. 113 — Ty Wood, Sandpoint, tf. Crew Walther, Lake City, 15-0. 120 — Kyler Adams, Lake City, by forfeit. 126 — Zak Wood, Sandpoint, p. Enzo Attali, Lake City, 1:05. 132 — Solomon Crowley, Lake City, md. Conner Brown, Sandpoint, 15-3. 138 — Connor Johnson, Lake City, by forfeit. 144 — Caden Ramey, Lake City, p. Daniel Borisnov, Sandpoint, 1:26. 150 — Eli Gross, Lake City, tf. Caiden Addington, Sandpoint, 17-1. 157 — Kellan Walther, Lake City, d. Dominic Ratigan, Sandpoint, 10-6. 165 — Josh Macdonald, Lake City, p. John Holman, Sandpoint, 3:41. 175 — Tucker Bridwell, Lake City, tf. Daniel Holman, Sandpoint, 17-2. 190 — Jeremiah Palmer, Sandpoint, p. Hans Ericsson, Lake City, 1:46. 215 — Jackson Holman, Sandpoint, p. Andy Wisdom, Lake City, 0:43. 285 — Mason McLain, Sandpoint, p. Kristian Kaurin, Lake City, 1:41.

Newport 57, Priest River 21

NEWPORT — Justin Hopkins (106) and Liam Pettit (126) won by pin and Tadhg McLaimtaig (113) took a win by forfeit as the Spartans fell to the Grizzlies in a border-battle dual held Tuesday night at Newport High.

Haiden Leach (157) added a 14-10 win by decision for Priest River, which will compete at the North Idaho Rumble tournament this Friday and Saturday at Coeur d'Alene High.

98 — double forfeit. 106 — Justin Hopkins, Priest River, p. Acein Johnston, Newport, 1:26. 113 — Tadhg McLaimtaig, Priest River, by forfeit. 120 — Jacob Findlay, Newport, p. Jack Zalewski, Priest River, 1:12. 126 — Liam Pettit, Priest River, p. Josh Turner, Newport, 1:29. 132 — Trenden Ellison, Newport, p. Caleb DeLorenze, Priest River, 3:00. 138 — Tyson Nunley, Newport, by forfeit. 144 — Preston Wacenske, Newport, by forfeit. 150 — Nate Shaw, Newport, d. Bill Rapier, Priest River, 14-10. 157 — Haiden Leach, Priest River, d. Prestyn Holley, Newport, 14-10. 165 — Connor Magee, Newport, p. Daniel Hoisington, Priest River, 1:26. 175 — Robert Warren, Newport, by forfeit. 190 — Skyler Moss, Newport, by forfeit. 215 — Ares Swain, Newport, p. Darien Ratzlaff, Priest River, 1:49. 285 — Landen Pillers, Newport, by forfeit.