Newport Runs Past Orofino

Prep basketball

Newport countered Orofino’s size advantage with speed and quickness and held the Maniacs off for a 48-45 win at the Priest River Christmas Tournament Thursday night.

Orofino’s junior 6-foot-9 twins Zack and Josh Wilson scored 19 and 10 points, respectively.

Newport’s 6-5 senior Nate Carrara shot 10 for 20 from the floor and led all scorers with 20 points, in addition to hauling in 16 rebounds.

Newport improved its record to 4-2.

Newport 48, Orofino 45

Orofino 11 11 11 12 - 45

Newport 8 18 12 10 - 48

Orofino - De. Owsley 0, Coomps 0, Da. Owsley 9, Kaylerd 0, Tondvold 2, Hall 2, Blades 0, Nelson 0, S. Wilson 3, Z. Wilson 19, J. Wilson 10.

Newport - Larson 7, Sherwood 2, Ellersick 3, McClean 0, Martindale 4, Carrara 20, Meyers 8, Knapp 2, Richter 2, Frandrup 0.

Selkirk 61, F. Christian 40

Selkirk (4-2) raced to a 21-10 lead and was never threatened in the opening of the Cusick Tournament.

Selkirk’s Shawn Pichette scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while Falls Christian’s (1-4) Aaron Burns and Ben Larson scored 14 points each.

Falls Christian 10 14 6 10 - 40

Selkirk 21 11 13 16 - 61

FALLS CHRISTIAN Bligh 2, Berg 2, Mullen 2, Burns 14, Horton 6, Larson 14.

SELKIRK Kinney 2, Farris 6, J.Davis 10, Pichette 24, Huffine 3, Dial 12, Fandrey 4.

Clark Fork 50, Cusick 42

In the other game of the Cusick Tournament, Clark Fork (3-4) had a nine-point lead at halftime - 26-17 - thanks largely to Cusick (1-4), which shot just 25 percent from the floor in the first half.

Cusick rallied and eventually took a two-point lead, but Clark Fork hit nine field goals in the last 6 minutes, four of which came from Ian Reuter, to get the win.

Clark Fork 10 16 11 13 - 50

Cusick 5 12 12 13 - 42

CLARK FORK Lamburth 9, Stutzke 9, Reuter 9, Powell 4, N.Higgins 8, J.Stevens 11.

CUSICK Scott 5, Hamilton 5, Waldman 3, Chantry 2, J.Finley 2, Martin 4, Birchall 14, S.Finley 7.

W. Valley 75, Lakeland 54

West Valley (6-0) used a smothering defense, heolding Lakeland to just eight points in the second quarter, and went on to win.

Even though Lakeland was the bigger team, the Eagles’ Vinnie Pecht and Joe Bonner each finished with 11 rebounds. Pecht also had eight blocked shots.

For Lakeland (0-6), Paul Lowalczyk had 15 points and Jared Mudge had 13.

Lakeland 14 8 12 20 - 54

West Valley 27 14 18 16 - 75

LAKELAND Singer 5, Bevacqua 1, DeBoer 7, Freed 2, Kowalczyk 15, Rothrock 4, Dotts 7, Mudge 13.

WEST VALLEY Cardwell 3, Schillinger 22, Sweet 12, Whitney 2, Wascenske 3, Mortensen 5, Schroder 5, Gerrells 4, Bonner 9, Gregorak 2, Stockton 6, Pecht 2.

Kellogg 73, Wallace 29

Kellogg (5-1) shattered visiting Wallace (4-5) and held the Miners to single-digit point production in three out of four quarters.

Casey Fisher, the Wildcats’ 6-7 post, shot 11 for 15 from the field for a game-high 23 points and collected 13 rebounds, nine of which came at the offensive end.

Wallace 6 6 10 7 - 29

Kellogg 15 17 22 19 - 73

WALLACE St.Peter 2, McKinnon 2, Cotter 4, Schillerett 6, Nipp 8, Stutzke 7.

KELLOGG Mercado 8, Corkill 11, Behm 7, Hansen 6, Kohai 4, Fisher 23, Towne 6, Carlson 4, Little 4.

GIRLS

Clark Fork 34, Cusick 29

Clark Fork (4-6) earned a 34-29 victory over Cusick (0-5) in the Cusick Tournament with the help of Amy Longstreet’s 16-point performance.

The Panthers were led by Salina Nenema’s 11 points.

Clark Fork 4 13 6 11 - 34

Cusick 7 4 7 11 - 29

CLARK FORK J.Miller 6, Haller 2, Longstreet 16, Storaasli 4, Hager 6.

CUSICK Norton 7, Pickerel 7, Waldman 2, Foster 2, Nenema 11.

Priest River 46, Potlatch 34

Priest River’s (6-5) defensive duo of Sarah Suchaki and Monica Ruiz held Potlatch scoring threat Lacie Martin to just two points in the win.

The Spartans’ Missy Ennis had 10 rebounds while point guard Katie Duly had five assists and set the offenisve tone for her squad.

Potlatch 4 8 6 16 - 34

Priest River 10 8 10 18 - 46

PRIEST RIVER Go 1, M.Ruiz 1, Stensland 2, Reed 3, K.Ruiz 9, Ennis 10, Suchocki 2, Duley 12, Rasmussen 2, Vogrig 4, Cary 0, White 0.

POTLATCH Britt 8, Comstock2, Beckner 2, Emerson 1, Lovell 7, Martin 2, H. Baker 2, Chambers 0, Nicholson 3, A. Baker 0, Rauch 7.

Kendrick 70, Deer Park 48

Kendrick (11-2) used 31 field goals to run away from host Deer Park. The Stags’ (2-4) Jaiden Watson and Jamie Stone each scored 12 points in the loss.

Kendrick, Id 15 16 20 19 - 70

Deer Park 8 14 12 14 - 48

KENDIRCK Dudunake 16, Simmons 2, Eberhardt 16, Rush 6, Kechter 2, Heier 28.

DEER PARK - Michaels 2, Darrow 4, Watson 12, Davis 2, Sims 4, Nedved 3, Stone 12, Gest 5, O’Brien 4.

Newport 89, Orofino 42

Newport (5-2) forced Orofino into 38 turnovers, and Carey Sauer scored a game-high 25 points to lead the Grizzlies to the win.

Orofino, ID 14 10 4 14 - 42

Newport 22 23 18 26 - 89

OROFINO Tolman 2, Harris 4, Freeman 4, Ruscco 4, Bellinger 1, Wait 18, Nelson 6, Schnek 1, Wessels 2.

NEWPORT Schulz 12, Almond 4, Sauer 25, Sherman 11, Frandrup 18, Carrara 14, Carter 3, Lindburg 2.

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