Lake City Starts Slow, But Edges Scrappy Bonners

Idaho preps

Free throws were the only adjustment Lake City talked about at halftime of Tuesday night’s non-league boys’ basketball game with Bonners Ferry.

“There was nothing else to adjust,” said junior forward Scott Hoover following the Timberwolves’ 55-50 victory.

Lake City connected on just 1 of 6 free throws in the first half, including missing the front ends of four oneand-one situations.

Thanks to the inside-outside offense of senior post Brian Russell and Hoover, who combined for 17 points, Lake City forged a slim 25-22 halftime lead.

Timberwolves coach Jim Winger picked up a technical foul as the teams left the court at the break and Bonners Ferry guard Kris Gravelle shot two free throws to start the third quarter.

Gravelle hit the second attempt, and teammate Gavin Glindeman scored uncontested underneath 20 seconds later to deadlock the game at 25.

The lead bounced back and forth for much of the third quarter, until Russell kicked the ball out to Kyle Miller for a 3-pointer at 2:39 to make it 36-33, and the Timberwolves never trailed again.

Russell’s inside basket with 10 seconds to go in the third period stretched the Lake City lead to 42-37.

Twice in the next 4 minutes, the Badgers closed to within one point, including at 4:18 off Gravelle’s baseline trey.

Russell answered at the low post, then deflected the ball into Hoover’s hands who took it the length of the floor.

Hoover missed the lefthanded layin, but yanked the ball away from Jesse Holeski and converted the offensive rebound, drawing a foul on the way. Hoover’s free throw left Lake City up 52-46 with 3:06 remaining.

The Timberwolves spread their offense, and Kelly sealed the win with three free throws in the last 1:03.

Russell tallied 17 points and eight rebounds. Hoover added 16 points. Miller grabbed nine rebounds, as Lake City outboarded the Badgers 38-30.

Gravelle led Bonners Ferry with 17 points and seven assists. Glindeman struggled offensively in the first half, but finished with 14 points, 11 coming in the second half.

“They’re first in the Intermountain League, and we knew they were going to come out physical,” Hoover said of the Badgers (14-4 overall). “They were crawling all over. I had trouble grabbing the ball myself.”

Bonners Ferry, ranked No. 2 among A-2 teams, impressed Winger, as well.

“Oh boy, I think the A-2 in our local area are going to be wellrepresented at state,” Winger said.

Lake City (5-2, 12-7) returns to Inland Empire League play Friday at Lewiston (4-2, 11-6).

The Badgers travel to Lakeland (1-5, 3-11) on Friday for an IML game.

Lake City 55, Bonners Ferry 50

Bonners Ferry 8 14 15 13 - 50 Lake City 16 9 17 13 - 55

BONNERS FERRY Walter 0, Stewart 0, Larue 8, High 0, Holeski 9, Glindeman 14, Gravelle 17, Ashby 2.

LAKE CITY Thompson 0, Kelly 9, Reiswig 0, Keefer 0, Wilson 4, Russell 17, Miller 7, Hoover 16, Beadell 2.

NORTH STAR LEAGUE

Clark Fork 56, Kootenai 38

Jeremey Lizotte had 20 points, nine rebounds and seven steals to lift the visiting Wampus Cats (5-1 league, 10-7 overall) over the Warriors (1-5, 6-7).

Kootenai 7 13 7 11 - 38 Clark Fork 18 20 8 10 - 56

KOOTENAI Usdrowski 10, Renner 1, Orr 0, Lamb 2, Derbyshire 0, Reinhofer 4, Carlson 3, Chatfield 14, Dionne 4.

CLARK FORK Lamburth 5, Gow 18, Cheslic 1, Lizotte 20, Stevens 13, Reuter 0.

Falls Christian 81, Mullan 73

Josh Erk’s 32 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and five steals helped the Eagles (4-2, 10-7) break a tie for second place in the North Star League with the visiting Tigers (3-3, 6-8).

Brian Gelnette scored 20 points for Falls Christian while Gregg Hammerberg had 25 for Mullan.

Mullan 10 17 19 27 - 73 Falls Christian 16 19 13 33 - 81

MULLAN G.Reed 12, Lindstrom 12, Fritz 8, G. Hammerberg 25, Sisk 0, D.Reed 16, Jacobson 0.

FALLS CHRISTIAN Cushman 14, Erk 32, Gelnette 20, McKee 2, Horton 11, Allen 2.

NORTHEAST A LEAGUE

Lakeside 82, Kettle Falls 49

Jared Hatch scored 18 points to lead the visiting Knights (9-6, 12-6) past the Bulldogs (4-11, 5-14).

Lakeside shot 52 percent from the field, going 34 of 65.

Lakeside 18 17 21 26 - 82 Kettle Falls 7 17 14 11 - 49

LAKESIDE Bender 1, Nelson 2, Feider 4, Davis 5, Hatch 18, Klein 7, Mathews 16, Miller 4, Petticrew 16, Tenny 9.

KETTLE FALLS G.Johnston 7, Eslick 2, Hartill 2, Williams 2, Entwistle 6, Graves 15, Rogelette 4, J.Johnston 1, Siegel 6, Dotts 4, Clinton 0.

NON-LEAGUE

Moscow 36, Coeur d’Alene 34

Brandon Dudley sank two free throws with 15 seconds remaining to propel the visiting Bears (8-8) past the Vikings (3-16).

Moscow 10 12 6 8 - 36 Coeur d’Alene 10 9 9 6 - 34

MOSCOW Barnes 3, Miller 1, Walker 6, Johnson 0, Dudley 6, Lathan 0, Colbert 4, Keep 6, Pierce 5, Hudson 5.

COEUR D’ALENE Adamen 4, Clute 0, Coppess 0, Corbeill 2, Davis 0, Doerr 0, Fink 0, Hermstad 2, Hoorelbeke 7, Klassen 5, Pederson 14, Stewart 0, Wild 0, Zimmerman 0.

WRESTLING

Lake City 42, Priest River 36

The Badgers came away the big winners with two victories in a non-league double-dual meet at Bonners Ferry.

Bonners Ferry defeated Coeur d’Alene 54-12 and Lake City 55-16.

In the meet’s other match, the Timberwolves earned their first-ever win against Priest River 42-36.

Justin Pluid got two wins for the Badgers, one by pin and the other by forfeit. For the year, Pluis has a 19-1 record with 18 of the wins coming by pins.

103-Haler (LC) won by forfeit. 112-Rush (PR) p. Landers 4:46. 119-Holbrook (PR) p. Heath 1:40. 125-Haler (LC) p. Brusseau :58. 130-Persling (LC) p. Segoura 1:49. 135-Seully (LC) won by forfeit. 140- Duff (LC) won by forfeit. 145-Gust (LC) p. Queen 1:42. 152-Kasbaum (PR) p. Baragamiaun 1:25. 160-Lamb (PR) p. Tomme 1:33. 171-Behrens (PR) won by forfeit. 189-Blessinger (LC) won by forfeit. Hwt-Conner (LC) p. Reynolds 3:35.

CDA 33, Priest River 30

103-double forfeit. 112-Hughes (CDA) d. Rush 17-10. 119-Holbrook (PR) p. VanDiber :57. 125-Brusseau (PR) won by forfeit. 130-Candeliario (PR) won by forfeit. 135-Jensen (CDA) p. Segoura 1:33. 140-double forfeit. 145-Hughes (CDA) p. Queen 1:12. 152-Kasbaum (PR) p. Currn :14. 160-Lamb (PR) p. Gatten :48. 171-Kirking (CDA) p. Behrens :35. 189-Zilinski (CDA) won by forfeit. HWt-Currn (CDA) p. Reynolds 1:22.

Bonners Ferry 54, CDA 12

103-Braden (BF) won by forfeit. 112-Barnhart (BF) tf. Hughes 21-6. 119-Pluid (BF) d. VanDiber 7-6. 125-Ellison (BF) won by forfeit. 130-Liermann (BF) won by forfeit. 135-Pennock (BF) md. Jensen 11-3. 140-Mulvaney (BF) p. Fox 1:56. 145-Hughes (CDA) p. Baker 3:37. 152-Corsi (BF) p. Curran 3:31. 160-Gatten (CDA) d. Johnson 14-8. 171-Pluid (BF) p. Kirking 2:24. 189-Fairchild (BF) won by forfeit. Hwt-Curran (CDA) d. Watts 3-2.

Bonners Ferry 55, Lake City 16

103-Haler (LC) md. Braden 8-0. 112-Barnhart (BF) p. Landers 2:30. 119-Pluid (BF) p. Heath :30. 125-Ellison (BF) tf. Persling 18-3. 130-Liermann (BF) p. Haler 1:46. 135-Pennock (BF) p. Seully 3:55. 140-Gust (LC) p. Mulvaney 1:46. 145-Paragoami (LC) p. Baker :42. 152-Corsi (BF) p. Tomme :52. 160-Johnson (BF) won by forfeit. 171-Pluid (BF) won by forfeit. 189-Fairchild (BF) d. Conner 10-4. Hwt-Carey (BF) tf. Blessinger 22-6.