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Boys basketball: Newport beats Riverside to share Northeast 1A regular season title with Deer Park

 (AP)
From staff reports

Michael Owen scored 21 points and visiting Newport (17-2, 10-2) beat Riverside (5-14, 1-10) 83-44 on Thursday in a Northeast 1A league game.

With the win, the Grizzlies secured a share of the NEA league title with Deer Park.

Ben Krogh scored 16 points, Tug Smith added 14 and Tiegen Prange 11 all scored in double digits for Newport. Jordan Nortz led Riverside with 12 points.

Lakeside 75, Deer Park 66: Landon Harrington scored 21 points and the Eagles (13-7, 8-4) beat the visiting Stags (18-2, 10-2). Jobi Gelder led Deer Park with 34 points and five 3-pointers. Javon Williams and Jack Humphrey added 17 points apiece for Lakeside.

Medical Lake 56, Freeman 45: Alex Stith scored 25 points and the visiting Cardinals (7-13, 5-7) beat the visiting Scotties (9-11, 6-6). Dylan Oja led Freeman with 13 points.

Northeast 2B

Tekoa-Rosalia 78, Upper Columbia 69: Riley McLain scored 24 points while Craig Mueller and Garrett Naught scored 21 and 20 points, respectively, and the Timberwolves (13-6) defeated visiting Upper Columbia Academy (8-2) in a nonleague game.

Northeast 1B

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 64, Columbia 23: Reece Isaak scored 15 points and the Warriors (16-3, 13-1) defeated the Lions (5-15, 3-11). Corbin Nelson led Columbia with 11 points. Brayton Schafer added 10 points for Almira/Coulee-Hartline.

Selkirk 68, Republic 45: Justin Krabbenhoft scored 15 points and the visiting Rangers (12-8, 11-4) bested the Tigers (1-17, 1-14). Jay Link added 13 points for Selkirk. David Jensen led Republic with 11 points.

Valley Christian 69 Curlew 47.

Idaho

Lewiston 81, Lake City 51: Dylan Johnson and Donaven Santana scored 18 points apiece and the Bengals (7-10, 2-3) rode a blizzard of 3-pointers to a win over the visiting Timberwolves (2-12, 0-5). Johnson drained six and Santana four of Lewiston’s 17 3-pointers. Connor Spencer added 11 points for Lewiston. Seth Hanson scored 17 points, Josh Stellflug 12 and Jack Kiesbuy 11 for Lake City.

Kellogg 63, Bonners Ferry 45: Tyler Oertli scored 13 points and the Wildcats (5-12, 2-2) defeated the visiting Badgers (8-9, 2-2). Gavin Luna and Graden Nearing scored 10 points apiece for Kellogg; Luna added 12 rebounds and Nearing three steals. Chris Durrette and Dylan Hittle scored 10 points apiece for Boners Ferry.

Timberlake 53, Priest River 41: Sheldon Kistler scored 14 points and the visiting Tigers (6-10, 4-0) beat the Spartans (0-15, 0-4). Caden Brennan and Keegan Hegel led Priest River with nine points apiece.

Post Falls 67, Coeur d’Alene 62.

Grangeville 53 Genesee 34.