Greg Lee

1. The latest scoop on Lindsay Herbert is that she's the Idaho A-1 player of the year. File/The Spokesman-Review 2. Ruen

1. All-North Idaho basketball: Front, from left: Chad Quesnell, Post Falls; Chad Cheeley, Lake City; Jim Rupp, CdA; Amber Paulson, Bonners Ferry; Anna Allen, Moscow. Back: coach Larry Bieber, CdA; Mark Raebel, St. Maries; Casey Hoorelbeke, CdA; Carson Egland, Lewiston; Alison Asher, LC; Janelle Ruen, PF; Shaylia Davis, CdA. coach Chris Johnson, PF. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. Lindsay Herbert, LC.

Front row, left to right: Jared Lawrence (Sandpoint), Cody Crawford (Sandpoint), Vern Malensky (St. Maries), Al Mack (Post Falls), Jake Stark (Priest River), Zach Wood (Priest River, Dennis Amende (Post Falls coach). Back row: Matt Smith (Post Falls), Joe Tuinstra (Sandpoint), Jake Rosholt (Sandpoint), Dante Stone (St. Maries), Travis Liermann (Bonners Ferry), Lucas Blaine (Priest River). Not pictured: Pete Larson (Lewiston), Brian Adkisson (Lewiston). Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

When the second high school opens in the Lakeland School District next fall, all current head coaches at the Rathdrum high school will return to their jobs. That means the head coaches at the new school, Timberlake High in Spirit Lake, will be just like the school - new. When coaches and teachers at Lakeland were asked where they wanted to work in the fall, most requested Lakeland. And those requests were honored.

Pressure. It was the biggest question mark entering the season for the Coeur d'Alene High boys basketball team. Pressure. Many thought it would be CdA's undoing. Coeur d'Alene is susceptible to full-court pressure. That was said early and often by CdA's critics this season.

Defending State A-2 boys basketball champion Moscow met its defensive equal Saturday evening. So the difference came down to offense. And Bishop Kelly dethroned Moscow because it had an offensive attack that the Bears couldn't match.

Idaho A-2 boys St. Maries didn't pull off another miracle finish Saturday morning. The Lumberjacks weren't wearing long faces, though, after falling to No. 1-ranked Emmett 65-53 in the State A-2 boys basketball tournament third-place game at Meridian High School.

Coeur d'Alene's Lukas O'Dowd (54) soars over Borah's Kevin Sikes (43) for a first-quarter basket. Special to the Spokesman-Review

Richard and Afton Wood were going to be elated no matter what Friday night. But they also were going to be saddened.

Coeur d'Alene's Lukas O'Dowd lofts a shot over a pair of Skyline defenders during the Vikings' convincing semifinal win Friday at the Nampa Center. Photo by Troy Maben/Associated Press

Kyle Stevenson of St. Maries, right, lays an unhelpful hand on Shane Dalling's attempt at the basket for Sugar-Salem. Photo by Troy Maben/Special to The Spokesman-Review

Coeur d'Alene's David Wood trips over Josh Bradshaw of Capital while going for a loose ball, but the Eagles couldn't keep the Vikings down in their State A-1 boys tournament opener. Photo by Troy Maben/Special to The Spokesman-Review

Lakeside's Ken Pluff goes through Cascade's Tom Cimbalik (24) and Wade Heath on his way to the hoop during the first half. Photo by Troy Maben/Special to The Spokesman-Review

The best season - or seasons, for that matter - may still be ahead for the St. Maries High boys basketball team. So St. Maries coach Todd Bitterman's point is well made.

Six-foot-6 Casey Hoorelbeke is one of the focal points on offense for Coeur d'Alene as it heads into the state tournament this week. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

Larry Bieber has done his homework. Now he hopes his students assimilate the information he passes on and score well on their test(s) this week. Bieber, the Coeur d'Alene High boys basketball coach, and his assistant, John Astorquia, flew to Boise on Saturday morning and drove to Twin Falls to watch a state qualifying game between Highland and Capital.

Jared Lawrence controls Jeremy Dolman of Meridian en route to win that earned the Sandpoint standout a fourth consecutive State A-1 title to cap a 133-0 career, the best in Idaho history. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

The Coeur d'Alene High boys basketball team will be seeking something no Vikings team has captured in 11 years next week - a state trophy. Making its first trip to state since 1993-94, Coeur d'Alene (19-4) will meet Capital of Boise (21-4) in a State A-1 opener Thursday at the Idaho Center in Nampa. Tipoff is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. PST. CdA placed second in 1987. The Viks' opener is the second of four games Thursday. Lewiston (19-6) earned a berth Saturday by defeating Skyview of Nampa 64-54 in a play-in game. The Bengals will take on Pocatello (19-5) immediately following the CdA-Capital opener at 5:30. In the other openers, No. 1-ranked Skyline (20-4) meets Eagle (14-9) and Borah (20-3) takes on Bonneville (14-11).

1. Travis Liermann of Bonners Ferry stands No. 1 in A-2 at 160. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. Post Falls coach Dennis Amende, left, and assistant Craig Newton congratulate Al Mack on his fourth state title after... Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. ...Mack whips Highland's Mike Moon in 103-pound final. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Wrestlers shoot for top 1. Priest River's Josh Queen bears down on Jerome's Cliff Callen on his way to a quarterfinal victory at heavyweight. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. Jake Stark of Priest River hangs on to Wood River's Cory Goicoechea for a win at 140. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Bonners Ferry 160-pounder Travis Liermann, left, found his way out of trouble to earn a quarterfinal win by decision over Sugar Salem's Brandon John. Photo by Jason Clark/The Spokesman-Review

(From For the Record, March 3, 1998): Caption wrong: Sandpoint High School wrestler Mick Coon and Skyview High School's Kevin Haro were misidentified in a photo caption in the Feb. 27 edition of the Idaho Spokesman-Review 1. Sandpoint 125-pounder Cody Crawford pulls away from Centennial's Chet Garner on his way to a first-round, 8-3 win. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. Jeff Mason, 119-pounder from Post Falls, tries to outmuscle Meridian's Dan Smith, in the A-1 wrestling championships. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Sandpoint's Joe Tuinstra scores points against Lewiston's Chad Yochum. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Chris Johnson of Post Falls, left, is Greg Lee's choice for girls basketball coach of the year and while Lake City's Lindsay Herbert is rated as the state's best player, no one was more valuable to her team than the Trojans' Janelle Ruen, right. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review