Prep Basketball

Bonners Ferry 40, Kellogg 37

The Badgers endured 13 lead changes and five ties, before getting the go-ahead basket from senior post Jan Cartwright with 3:51 left in the game in a A-2 District I-11 girls opener Wednesday night.

Guard Amy Regehr stole the ball and fed senior forward Kelli Ripatti for a transition basket at 3:47, which left Bonners Ferry ahead 38-35.

Post Laura Rauenhorst answered for the Wildcats at 3:32, but that would be Kellogg’s last basket of the game.

“This week we really had to look at ourselves, and ask ourselves who we are - do we really believe in ourselves and the team,” Badgers coach Jim Nash said. “I think it took us until the second half to figure it out - the fact that we are a team. The first half we didn’t play as a team.”

Bonners Ferry shot 30 percent from the field in the opening half and trailed 29-28 at intermission.

The Badgers turned up the defensive intensity in the second half, and drilled their first three field goals of the third quarter.

The long-range shooting of senior Jessie Mercado kept Kellogg competitive in the third quarter. Mercado’s back-to-back 3-pointer in the final 2:47 gave the Wildcats a 29-26 lead.

Mercado finished with a game-high 17 points. Guard Hollie Derbyshire added 10 points and seven rebounds.

Three Badgers broke double-figure scoring, led by 13 points and five steals from Regehr. Nearing chipped in 12 points and 10 rebounds. Ripatti finished with 11 points and eight rebounds.

Kellogg 8 11 10 8 - 37 Bonners Ferry 6 9 13 14 - 42

KELLOGG Derbyshire 10, Lemon 4, Shiplett 0, Mercado 17, Hei 0, Rauenhorst 4, Lemieux 2.

BONNERS FERRY Bateman 2, Regehr 13, D.Ripatti 0, Cartwright 4, Nearing 12, K.Ripatti 11, Mulvaney 0, Walter 0.

A-4 DISTRICT I

Lakeside 39, Mullan 27

At Rathdrum, Lindsay Paulson scored eight of her 10 points in the first half as the top-seeded Knights (11-10) jumped to a big lead and eliminated the Tigers (4-14).

Lakeside advanced to tonight’s championship round against Clark Fork. For Clark Fork to advance to the state tournament, it must defeat Lakeside tonight and Saturday.

Mullan’s Shasta Renteria scored eight. No other Tigers scored more than six.

Mullan 4 8 5 10 - 27 Lakeside 10 16 7 6 - 39

MULLAN Renteria 8, Kri.Elwood 6, Reed 5, M.Hegbloom 2, A.Hegbloom 6, Kat.Elwood 0, T.Flood 0.

LAKESIDE Paulson 10, SiJohn 4, Nelson 2, McFadden 5, Ward 2, Niebuhr 9, Brand 7, Hammons 0, S.Campbell 0, M.Campbell 0.

Clark Fork 45, F.Christian 32

Amy Longstreet made two 3-pointers and four free throws in the second half as the second-seeded Wampus Cats (11-10) ousted the Eagles (6-13).

Hailey Scofield of Clark Ford had 12 rebounds and four steals. The Wampus Cats amassed 21 steals and 40 rebounds. The Eagles’ Sarah Peterson scored 11.

Falls Christian 5 8 13 6 - 32 Clark Fork 14 7 8 16 - 45

FALLS CHRISTIAN Miller 0, Sweet 0, Teall 0, Walker 3, Peterson 11, Taylor 0, Wallace 10, Pang 8, Reasor 0, Jackson 0.

CLARK FORK Royster 15, Haller 0, Longstreet 16, Storaasli 4, Scofield 6, McAllister 2, Worcester 2.