Vikings Rip Into Eagles Hoorelbeke Comes Up Big For Cda; Wv Shows Lack Of Spirit, Loses 55-35

After his older brother butchered the National Anthem, having to start over halfway through, Casey Hoorelbeke decided he’d better redeem the family name.

Hoorelbeke did so in a big way, leading Coeur d’Alene to a smooth 55-35 win over West Valley in a Border League boys basketball game Friday at Viking Gym.

Even the younger Hoorelbeke struggled before the game during warmups. There was no reason to believe the 6-foot-6 senior post would score a game-high 22 points, pull down 19 rebounds and block four shots. It was his best game since returning a week ago from a broken foot.

“During warmups, I wasn’t shooting the best; I had a couple of airballs,” said Hoorelbeke, who made 8 of 10 field goal attempts in the first half when he evenly split 16 points between the first two quarters. “After (warmups) I just wanted to have fun. I just let it go and decided to play as hard as I could.”

It marked the second straight game CdA (11-3 overall, 9-2 in league) held an opponent to 35 points.

For West Valley (7-7, 5-5), it was 32 minutes of frustration. It’s the lowest point total in 13 years for a Joe Feist-coached team. The Eagles needed two free throws and a lucky, off balanced jumper in the final 30 seconds to finish with 35. They were stuck on 31 for more than 6 minutes.

Feist refused to blame any part of the loss on his team’s youth.

“We didn’t even compete,” Feist said. “It’s a shame Coeur d’Alene had to show up and not get a game out of it. Age is one thing and lack of will to compete is another.”

CdA enjoyed an 18-point lead late in the first half. West Valley couldn’t get any closer than 14 in the second half, that coming when Ryan Spivey made a basket to make it 40-26 with 1:33 left in the third quarter.

Back-to-back 3-pointers by Jeff Rupp extended CdA’s lead to 55-31 with 3:27 left - the widest margin in the game.

“Casey was just automatic,” CdA coach Larry Bieber said. “He’s capable of dominating a game like that. He stepped up and it’s nice having him back 100 percent physically.”

Spivey led West Valley with 13 points.

CdA plays at home against Clarkston tonight. The Bantams were hammered by the Viks 66-22 in December. West Valley looks to bounce back tonight when it plays at Lake City.

Coeur d’Alene 55, West Valley 35

West Valley 7 7 14 7 - 35

Coeur d’Alene 15 15 15 10 - 55

WEST VALLEY - Kopp 2, Sly 2, Allen 0, Deno 0, Browning 5, Groh 13, Focht 6, Gregg 2, Spivey 5, Lybarger0, Hilsabeck 0.

COEUR D’ALENE - Fetzer 0, Je. Rupp 9, Chambers 7, Witten 0, Ji. Rupp 5, Wood 0, Mellick 0, DeArmond 0, Hoorelbeke 22, Sigler 6, O’Dowd 6.

Lake City 65, East Valley 57

Chad Bramlet’s offensive effort for the Timberwolves (8-6, 5-5) helped guide them past the Knights (11-2, 0-9) at East Valley.

Bramlet scored 12 points, on 5 of 6 shooting in the second half. He hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and was 4 of 6 from the free-throw line.

Andrew Burgess racked up a game-high 33 points, stemming from 14 of 28 shooting from the field, and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Knights.

Lake City 17 15 17 16 - 65

East Valley 14 8 21 14 - 57

LAKE CITY - Hern 12, Bramlet 12, Cheeley 15, Reiswig 0, Lenz 4, Barlow 10, Schuh 2, Nipp 6, Stroh 2, Everson 2, Thiringer 0.

EAST VALLEY - Henderson 2, Smith 3, Sitton 9, Quirk 4, Burgess 33, Shogren 0, Sterling 2, Storey 0, Pooley 0, Horgan 4.

Cheney 75, Post Falls 64 (OT)

At Post Falls, the Blackhawks came back from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime.

With one second remaining in the fourth, Chad Quesnell hit a 3-pointer for the Trojans (7-6, 5-5) to tie the game at 59.

In overtime, Pat Stiffler, who finished with 12 points, hit two 3-pointers as the Blackhawks (12-2, 9-1) outscored the Trojans by 11.

Paul Malisani finished with a game-high 22, and James Kiger added 21 for Cheney.

The Blackhawks shot an accurate 22 of 27 from the free-throw line.

Cheney 21 8 11 19 16 - 75

Post Falls 13 18 13 15 5 - 64

CHENEY - Stiffler 12, Eggart 0, Oyolokor 0, Goetz 4, Donnelly , Ervin 8, Berryhill 0, Caskey 0, Malisani 22, Kiger 21, Bond 8.

POST FALLS - Klaudt 6, Meeks 3, Quesnell 18, Christiansen 8, Fehling 3, Therrian , Miller 8, Leary 9, Thornley 9.

INTERMOUNTAIN LEAGUE

Kellogg 58, Priest River 40

At Kellogg, 6-foot-7 Heath Marek scored 19 points and grabbed 26 rebounds and brother Casey scored 11 for the Wildcats (6-6, 3-1).

Dane Ackley was 5 of 5 from the foul line and had nine of his team-high 12 points in the fourth quarter for the Spartans (5-6, 1-2).

Priest River 5 8 11 16 - 40

Kellogg 10 16 12 20 - 58

PRIEST RIVER - Bodecker 5, Baker 5, Ackley 12, Behnke 10, Kershaw 6, Zmuda 2, Pound 0, White 0, Bryson 0.KELLOGG - Morden 0, Lewis 4, Blalack 2, Wise 2, Oertli 3, Mangum 0, C.Marek 11, Vetten 2, Neff 1, Bircher 3, Carlson 11, H.Marek 19.

St. Maries 62, Lakeland 55

At Lakeland, the Lumberjacks (7-4, 3-1) shot 23 of 48 and their defense forced the Hawks (4-7, 1-3) into 16 turnovers.

Saint Maries 7 22 16 17 - 62

Lakeland 8 16 12 19 - 55

ST. MARIES - Krebs 8, Duffy 11, Willard 3, Eberlin 8, Driggs 17, Holdahl 2, Raebel 13.

LAKELAND - Schaffer 0, Bertsch 11, Moore 3, Rasor 13, Skidmore 10, Ploetzner 4, Reese 12, Lunsford 0, Hansen 2.

NORTH STAR LEAGUE

Clark Fork 55, Kootenai 50

Kootenai rallied from a 37-22 deficit to within three but Clark Fork (8-3, 2-1) held on to defeat the Warriors (5-6, 0-3) at Clark Fork.

Kootenai 7 15 17 11 - 50

Clark Fork 18 19 6 12 - 55

KOOTENAI - B.Brede 7, Shanks 7, Schorzman 4, J.Brede 6, Passow 4, Reinhofer 9, Johns 7, Prickett 5, Ausman 1, Smith 0, Finney 0.CLARK FORK - B.Stutzke 21, Stevens 10, Boskey 2, Beos 9, N.Stutzke 8, Higgins 2, Klontz 3, Changala 0, Bogle 0.

NON-LEAGUE

Potlatch 64, Wallace 52

Potlatch outrebounded the Miners 28-15 for the non-league win at Wallace (4-8).

Potlatch 15 20 13 16 - 64

Wallace 9 12 11 20 - 52

POTLATCH - Kammeyer 2, Krasselt 7, Drake 11, Lovell 18, Hadaller 12, Strong 14.

WALLACE - Grattic 11, D.Lee 15, K.Lee 0, Fleming 8, Sprute 8, Blanchard 2, Lee 8.

WASHINGTON BOYS

Odessa 53, S-Harrington 49

The Tigers outscored the Falcons 32-26 in the second half.

Sprague-Harr. 7 16 9 17 - 49

Odessa 13 8 15 17 - 53

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Wagner 6, Floyd 5, Carroll 20, Timm 11, Pelissier 0, M.Henry 6, Young 1, A.Henry 0.

ODESSA - Kramer 9, Weber 0, G.Schafer 7, Floch 24, Hardung 0, Jeske 9, Pitts 3, Z.Schafer 0, Walter 0, Praetorius 1.

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