Jittery Post Falls Beats East Valley With Solid Defense

Prep basketball

Post Falls overcame poor shooting and other assorted season-opening jitters to knock off visiting East Valley 60-53 in a boys basketball game.

East Valley led 26-20 at halftime, but the Trojans took the lead in the third quarter and held off the Knights in the final period with solid defense.

Jeremy McLean led a balanched Trojans attack with 16 points.

Kyle Legrant led EV with 17.

Post Falls 60, East Valley 53

East Valley 14 12 13 14 - 53

Post Falls 12 8 22 18 - 60

EAST VALLEY - Johnson 4, LeGrant 17, Wilson 5, Snyder 14, Unser 2, Anderson 0, Freund 0, Sams 0, Hansen 6, Spotted Horse 5.

POST FALLS Bechel 0, Alexander 10, Quesnell 8, McLean 16, Hollenbeck 8, Campbell 0, O’Briant 3, Lee 4, Shepherd 2, Juhlin 9.

Kellogg 67, Priest River 25

The Wildcats may have started slow, but they ultimately served a painful loss on the Spartans in a season-opening game at the Silver Valley Tournament in Kellogg.

After leading by just three points after one quarter, Kellogg outscored Priest River 60-21 over the final three.

Kellogg, which was led by Casey Fisher’s 16 points and Tim Kohal’s 12, will meet rival Wallace in the championship game tonight. Darin Bradbury led Priest River with nine points.

Priest River 4 6 7 8 - 25

Kellogg 7 18 18 24 - 67

PRIEST RIVER Score 3, Ackley 0, Bradbury 9, Rabe 2, Thorton 3, Johnson 2, Cook 1, Walters 2, Storro 2, Ivie 0, Kingery 1.

KELLOGG VanHoose 6, Mercado 10, Corkill 3, Behm 8, Hansen 2, Kohal 12, Fisher 16, Carlson 10, Morrison 0, Towne 0, Rice 0, Little 0.

Wallace 66, Mullan 57

The Miners enjoyed a torrid start and built a comfortable lead to handle the Tigers in a season-opening game at the Silver Valley Tournament.

Wallace will meet Kellogg in the championship game tonight.

Ryan Nipp led a balanced attack for Wallace with 16 points and Ian Cotter had 11. All 10 Wallace players scored.

David Reed led Mullan with 23 points. Mullan will meet Priest River in the consolation game tonight.

Mullan 11 19 15 12 - 57

Wallace 26 15 17 8 - 66

Mullan - Fritz 4, Lindstrom 11, Bush 4, Angle 6, Sisk 9, Reed 23.

Wallace - Carlson 6, Grattic 3, St. Peter 5, Stutzke 8, Heyn 2, McKinnon 1, Cotter 11, Schillereff 7, Nipp 16, Hegbloom 7.

Pendleton 82, Sandpoint 72

The Bulldogs closed within one point midway through the fourth quarter, but the Buckaroos used a late 10-0 run to secure the season-opening game in the Bengal Shootout at Lewiston.

The Oregon team placed five players in double-figure scoring, led by 19 points from Corey Bowman.

T.J. Haguewood added 17.

In the nightcap, Lewiston defeated Bonners Ferry 58-42. No details were reported.

Sandpoint, which fell behind by as many as 18 points in the second quarter, cut Pendelton’s lead to 58-57 midway through the fourth period. They pulled within 62-60 before the Buckaroos opened the late lead.

Carson Jeffres, who hit 5 of 9 3-point shots, led Sandpoint with 22 points and Brandon Eller had 16, making 3 of 7 treys.

Sandpoint 8 29 21 14 - 72

Pendleton 20 26 17 19 - 82

Sandpoint - Buckmaster 0, Jeffres 22, Bowman 4, Eller 16, Boren 0, Herrington 9, Palmer 6, Lewis 6, Kleinert 6, Nieman 4.

Pendleton - Haguewood 17, Norman 0, Bagnall 0, Brown 5, Horn 4, Stoddard 10, Bowman 19, Rosselle 13, Zohner 14, Mohrland 0.

Prairie 50, St. Maries 37

John Reahder scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Pirates to a season-opening victory at St. Maries.

Reahder was the only Pirate to score in double figures. The Lumberjacks were led by Steve Raebel with 12 points.

Prairie 11 14 13 12 - 50

St. Maries 4 9 11 13 - 37

PRAIRIE Ulhorn 0, D.Forsman 1, Sonnen 0, D.Shears 5, Keck 0, Kaschmitter 0, Reahder 17, K.Shears 7, Luckett 7, A.Forsman 9, J.Forsman 2, Walkup 2.

ST. MARIES Spooner 2, Findt 0, Craner 0, Eberlin 9, Konkright 9, M.Rabel 0, Holdahl 1, Dawson 4, S.Rabel 12.

Northport 70, Falls Chr. 49

The Mustangs played host to the Eagles of the North Star League and came away with an easy non-league victory.

Northport was led by Andy Jimenez with 25 points.

Falls Christian’s top scorer was Jared Horton, with 29.

Falls Christian 13 17 7 12 - 49

Northport 10 29 21 10 - 70

FALLS CHRISTIAN Bligh 6, Berg 4, Burrage 0, Mullen 6, Smith 2, Burns 2, Lefevre 0, Backs 0, Horton 29.

NORTHPORT Dufresne 0, Ashurst 2, Morrow 0, Murphy 3, Aa. Day 2, Mine 2, Baribault 7, Jimenez 25, Ad. Day 0, Carlson 4, Buffan 25, Bennetch 0.

GIRLS

Post Falls 55, East Valley 43

The host Trojans outscored the Knights 23-2 in the second quarter to open a lead they would never relinquish in the non-league game.

Post Falls guard Heidi Umthun scored a game-high 29 points as the Trojans improved to 5-0.

It was EV’s season opener.

Umthun made 9 of 18 shots from the field and 9 of 13 free throws. Janelle Ruen added 13 points for Post Falls. Star Olsen had 18 to lead EV.

East Valley 14 2 13 14 - 43

Post Falls 5 23 16 11 - 55

EAST VALLEY K. Olson 0, Mackey 0, Cook 1, Porter 5, Jackowich 0, S. Olsen 18, Hatch 0, Parsley 0, Overdorkk 10, Myres 0, Cochran 9, Combs 0, Hobbs, 0.

POST FALLS Klaudt 4, Umthun 29, Murphy 0, Swanstrom 2, Waltz 0, Thomson 4, Ruen 13, Glaser 0, Beatty 0.

Moscow 71, St. Maries 22

The Bears played host to the Lumberjacks and easily kept their undefeated Intermountain League record intact.

Moscow (5-1, 3-0) was led by Amy Lemm with 19 points and Angie Sorbel with 14. St. Maries (2-3, 0-1) got 16 points from Amanda Tams to lead the team.

St. Maries 5 12 1 4 - 22

Moscow 26 15 16 14 - 71

ST. MARIES Adams 4, Wolfe 2, Tams 16, Sotin 0, Baggett 0, Kunkel 0 Shippy 0, Reynolds 0, Reid 0.MOSCOW Meyer 0, Moslemi 12, Lemm 19, Sorbel 14, Korus 2, Wilder 6, Ta.Goetz 6, Reynolds 12.

Falls Chr. 65, Northport 61

Sarah Peterson scored a season-high 37 points to lead the Eagles over the hosts in the Northport Tournament.

The 5-foot-4 Peterson also had eight rebounds, five steals and four assists while making 4 of 7 3-points. It was a season opener for Northport.

FCA, which got 16 points from Emilee Jackson, raised its record to 3-2.

Falls Christian 13 14 11 27 - 65

Northport 11 8 19 23 - 61

FALLS CHRISTIAN Wallace 5, Pang 4, Peterson 37, Jackson 16, Runkle 0, Coy 1, Jenkins 2.

NORTHPORT Knudsen 0, Day 2, C.Young 2, Jimenez 2, M.Regis 5, Ke.Savuola 8, Sell 27, E.Young 10, Lenhand 2, Ka.Sauvola 3, C.Regis 0.

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