Late-Starting Cda Falls To Boise

Prep basketball

Larry Bieber praised his Coeur d’Alene High boys basketball team for its late comeback, but said the game was lost long before the end. Like in the final 3 minutes of the second quarter.

All things considered, though, Bieber saw more positives than negatives as Boise held off the Vikings 61-53 in a season-opener Friday at Viking Gym.

CdA played without its best player, 6-foot-7 senior Lukas O’Dowd, who had to have emergency hernia surgery Thursday night.

O’Dowd will be out three to four weeks.

Throw in the fact the Vikings opened against a team many pick as the favorite in the Southern Idaho Conference (Boise area) and CdA was facing a near-monumental task.

For the first 13 minutes, though, the Vikings gave Boise all it could handle. But a 14-2 run the final 3:19 of the second quarter allowed the Braves to take a 35-21 lead into halftime.

After CdA cut it to 10 in the early moments of the second half, Boise used several good shots to open its biggest margin. A running bank shot in the key by Devin Pierce put the Braves ahead 52-34 with 1:17 left in the period.

“Our entire game is based on tempo,” Bieber said. “When we came out and had it in our tempo we were in business. As soon as we let another team dictate the tempo we’re in trouble.”

Boise led 53-36 going into the fourth quarter, and it appeared a blowout was in the making. But the Braves went cold and the Vikings found new life.

Boise made just 1 of 12 shots from the field in the final quarter.

The Braves would rely on free-throw shooting in the final minutes.

Before they had a chance to secure the victory, CdA made things uncomfortable.

Leading the comeback was point guard Jim Rupp, who scored 12 of his 15 points the final 8 minutes.

“He did a helluva job. He made some shots where I thought we played good defense on him,” Boise coach George Cox said.

Cox also thought there might have been some divine intervention, too.

“He (Rupp) also threw a couple in that I think the guy up above tapped in or whatever,” Cox said. “But give credit to Coeur d’Alene. We got them down and put a lot of pressure on them, but they didn’t fold. When they get O’Dowd back they’re going to pose problems for a lot of teams because of their size.”

Rupp’s final shot - an off-balance jumper from the wing - pulled CdA within 57-53 with :26 left. Boise made 4 of 6 free throws the final 21 seconds to stop CdA’s bid.

Complementing Rupp was the inside play of 6-6 senior post Casey Hoorelbeke, who’ll be counted on to carry more of the offensive load in O’Dowd’s absence. Hoorelbeke had 15.

Boise was led by Ryan Hilliard’s 13 points, all of which came in the first half. Ryan Marcum and reserve Pat Byron added 10 each. Ten Braves scored.

O’Dowd was under orders from Bieber to stay at home and listen to the game on the radio. But the Vik, slightly groggy from pain medication and walking gingerly, came to the gym at halftime to support his teammates.

CdA will take on Nampa today at 12:30 p.m. at North Idaho College.

Boise 61, CdA 53

Boise 14 21 18 8 - 61

Coeur d’Alene 15 6 15 17 - 56

BOISE - Lavender 3, Jerrel 3, Marcum 10, Byron 10, Hilliard 13, Onnen 0, Fischer 9, Pierce 4, Lemmon 2, Walbuck 5, McCarthy 2.

COEUR d’ALENE - Fetzer 0, Je. Rupp 9, Witten 0, Ji. Rupp 15, Wood 4, DeArmond 4, Hoorelbeke 15, Sigler 6.

Lake City 79, Nampa 60

Both teams played at mid-season form in the first half, but only the Timberwolves were able to sustain it against the visiting Bulldogs in a season opener.

LC led 39-37 at the half and continued its fine play the final two quarters.

“We played very well for an opener,” LC coach Jim Winger said. “We had a textbook team game overall.”

Gabe Hern led LC with 22 points, Chad Cheeley pumped in 19, Petra Thiringer had 14 and Justin Nipp 10. Matt Moss led Nampa with 26.

LC entertains Boise at 2:45 this afternoon.

Nampa 17 20 12 11 - 60

Lake City 20 19 16 24 - 79

NAMPA - Moss 26, Latter 9, Paul 4, Sullivan 9, Fouret 5, Fuson 7.

LAKE CITY - Hern 22, Bramlet 2, Cheeley 19, Reiswig 2, Lenz 6, Schuh 0, Nipp 10, Stroh 3, Everson 1, Thiringer 14.

Wallace 66, Mullan 39

Heath Schillereff’s 23 points and 10 rebounds helped the Miners win in the Silver Valley Tournament.

The Miners were lead by Steve Greenfield’s 23 points and 18 rebounds.

Mullan 11 8 12 8 - 39

Wallace 18 15 10 23 - 66

MULLAN - Fala 5, Valley 2, Stanley 7, Morris 8, Greenfield 17.

WALLACE - Grattic 4, D.Lee 8, Tesky 4, K.Lee 10, Meek 5, Fleming 12, Sprute 9, Pluid 2, Blanchard 0, Schillereff 23.

Falls Chr. 77, Kootenai 48

Phil Hanks sparked the Eagles in the Silver Valley Tournament, scoring 21 points off the bench on 10 of 11 shooting.

The Warriors’ Randy Reinhofer had 10 rebounds and 2 blocks to go with his 11 points.

Falls Christian 17 14 20 26 - 77

Kootenai 10 8 15 15 - 48

FALLS CHRISTIAN - Campbell 0, Baker 15, Malinauskas 1,J. Bligh 20, Beck 4, Walker 8, Burns 7, A. Bligh 0, Hanks 21, Wild 2, Gross 0.

KOOTENAI - B.Brede 6, Ausman 5, Schorzman 0, J.Brede 7, Passow 2, Reinhofer 11, Smith 0, Johns 8, Prickett 0, Finney 4, Parson 0, Shanks 7, Watts 0.

Pendleton 73, Kellogg 70

Brandon Boltz’s 3 pointer with 60 seconds remaining sealed the win for Pendleton (1-1). Boltz hit eight 3s. Casey Marek had six 3 pointers for Kellogg (0-1), which plays Rogers (Canada) in today’s consolation match in the Lewiston Shoot-Out.

Pendleton 17 21 17 18 - 73

Kellogg 17 12 16 25 - 70

PENDLETON - Boltz 38, Blessinger 17, Dick 7, Cleveland 7, McMillan 4.

KELLOGG - Lewis 4, Blayack 11, Magum 7, Marek 30, Neff 1, Bircher 6, Carlson 11.

SM 48, Potlach 38 (OT)

St. Maries rallied from four points back in the fourth quarter to put the game into overtime and continued with an 11-1 run in the extra period. The Lumberjacks’ Mark Raebel had 17 point and 16 rebounds.

Potlatch 6 8 9 14 1 38

St. Maries 6 8 7 16 11 48

POTLATCH - Kammeyer 0, Alsterlund 0, N. Krasselt 7, Drake 8, Lovell 15, Hadaller 2, Strong 6.

ST. MARIES - Krebs 6, Duffey 2, Willard 4, D.J. Eberlin 4, P. Eberlin 1, Stevenson 0, Driggs 11, Ware 0, Holdahl 4, Raebel 16.

Troy 63, Lakeside 56

The Trojans outscored the Knights 20-7 from the foul line to pull out this one.

Eight of Zack Payne’s 20 points came from free throws.

Troy 13 14 20 16 - 63

Lakeside 10 13 19 14 - 56

LAKESIDE - Kolar 2, Lozeau 5, McFadden 7, Allen 11, Pluff 6, Gajkowski 2, T.Morris 9, B.Morris 14.

TROY - Heath 11, Geidi 1, LeBranc 19, Payne 20, Lebeched 2, Fredenburg 10.

Riverside 51, Lakeland 38

Jerod Frowick scored 21 on 5-for-9 shooting from 3-point range and the Rams (1-0) hit 8 of 15 3’s in beating the visiting Hawks.

Josiah Boone added five assists for Riverside, which hit 15 of 23 free throws. Lakeland missed 14 of 23 free throws.

Lakeland 9 8 13 8 - 38

Riverside 10 11 17 13 - 51

LAKELAND - Harrison 4, Moore 4, Shaffer 5, Mudge 9, Skidmore 5, Ploetzner 2, Reese 9, Rasor 0, Luneford 0.

RIVERSIDE - Lieske 0, Boone 2, Rizzuto 4, Frowick 21, Crance 6, Kapelke 2 , Remington 1, Murphy 12, Miller 3, Dinning 0. Johnson 0, Vannatter 0.

Girls

Riverside 54, Lakeland 38

Bernice Stime had nine assists and six rebounds, and Haley Wood added six steals to lead the Rams (1-0) over the visiting Hawks.

For a good share of the Riverside roster, it was their first action since winning the State 2A soccer title.

Lakeland 2 8 10 18 - 38

Riverside 9 11 21 13 - 54

LAKELAND - Beyer 6, Foldvik 7, Douglas 12, Burstein 2, DeBoer 2, Campbell 0, Houchin 2, Waller 2, Egbert 2, Fox 0, Berger 3.

RIVERSIDE - Koesel 0, Rizzuto 2, Wood 7, Stime 8, Wood 14, Shorts 10, Lorenz 5, Snyder 6, Korling 2, Lyons 0, Korling 0.

Bonners Ferry 54, DP 34

Amber Paulson, averaging 24 points this year, scored eight of her 23 in the third quarter and added 12 rebounds as the Badgers defeated the visiting Stags (0-1).

Sarah Walter added five assists and two 3-pointers, and Amanda Ashby six steals for BF.

Deer Park 10 9 10 5 - 34

Bonners Ferry 8 14 18 14 - 54

DEER PARK - Anderson 0, Hardie 4, Allen 0, Oswalt 5, Krieger 0, Fielder 0, Lanbehn 7, Scott 5, O’Brien 13.

BONNERS FERRY - Walter 11, Day 0, Ashby 4, Stolley 1, Maas 2, Braniff 6, Carey 2, Larson 2, Paulson 23, Robertson 5, Bateman 0.

Clark Fork 38, Cusick 32

Jamie Saunders and Jill Miller combined for 13 rebounds and six steals to lead the Wampus Cats (2-3).

Cusick 7 8 2 15 - 32

Clark Fork 12 14 8 4 - 38

CUSICK - Norton 10, Pickerel 1, Cutshall 0, Car.Haas 3, Cas.Haas 18, Chitwood 0, Ziesmer 0, Whiting 0.

CLARK FORK - Ruen 2, Miller 11, Manderscheid 2, Scofield 3, Dugan 4, Saunders 8, Decker 0, Hess 8, McDaniels 0.

Northport Tournament

Northport 54, Falls Chr. 21

Candace Young had 12 rebounds and five steals, and the Mustangs (1-1) forced 33 turnovers beating the Eagles.

Northport plays Rossland, British Columbia, in tonight’s title game. FC plays Curlew in the consolation. Rossland defeated Curlew 44-32.

Falls Christian 2 3 7 9 - 21

Northport 11 13 18 12 - 54

FALLS CHRISTIAN - Johnson 0, Reed 3, Hayman 0, Williams 4, Jackson 2, Gelnette 2, Taylor 0, M.Jenkins 3, Tuttle 2, Coy 5, S.Jenkins 0.

NORTHPORT - Burke 0, Wilson 0, Knudsen 16, Day 2, Goodwin 0, Lenhard 12, Sauvola 7, Jimenez 2, Godes 2, Young 13, Brunette 0.

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