Late Cramming Lets Lc Make Grade Coach Told Timberwolves They Couldn’t Just Winger It In Second Half Of Blowout

It’s the time of the season when Lake City High School boys basketball coach Jim Winger’s grading scale tightens.

Winger applauded the Timberwolves’ hustle in a 63-44 Inland Empire League victory over the Lewiston Bengals. But he chided his team for lapses of intelligence Friday.

“We were running up and down the court playing hard but not executing what we wanted to do,” Winger said.

Especially in the first half. Winger thought LC’s 32-22 lead at intermission easily could have been a 20-point cushion.

“I told them to keep playing hard, but go out and do what we want to do,” Winger said. “It’s not like we drew up any major adjustments on the (chalk) board.”

Heeding Winger’s wisdom, the Timberwolves pulled away from the Bengals in the third quarter.

After Lewiston had trimmed the lead to 37-31, LC outscored the Bengals 12-3 for a 49-34 advantage going into the fourth quarter.

LC continued padding its lead in the final quarter. A putback by Regan Wilson gave the T-Wolves their biggest advantage, 61-36, with 4:18 remaining. Less than 30 seconds later, both coaches went with reserves.

“I like this team a lot and I’ll always give them their due credit,” Winger said, “but it is the stage of the year where you have to decide whether you want to have a fair, good or excellent year. I don’t want an A effort and a (poor grade) in intelligence.”

One T-Wolf who came the closest to a perfect grade in both categories, though, was senior guard Bryan Kelly.

Kelly scored a game-high 25 points and had five steals and three assists.

“He played outstanding, and he played some defense,” Winger said. “He did a good job on (Ryan) Baerlocher when he was on him.”

“We knew he was a great shooter; he hurt us,” Lewiston coach Dick Richel said.

Baerlocher, a 6-4 shooting guard, entered the game leading the league in scoring at 19.4 points per game, just ahead of LC’s Brian Russell (19.3).

The T-Wolves held Baerlocher to 14 points - six in the first half, when he made 1 of 9. He finished 4 of 15 and played most of the second half with four fouls.

The victory raised LC’s leagueleading record to 3-1, 9-4 overall. Lewiston slipped to 1-2, 8-6.

LC plays three of its final four league games on the road. After a game at Post Falls next Friday, Lewiston finishes with three of four at home.

Richel hopes that will help turn his team around.

“Offensively, we’ve played our two poorest games and they’ve come in league,” Richel said of the loss to LC and a 51-50 defeat at Sandpoint last week. “It really has me frustrated. A lot of that was due to Sandpoint and Lake City’s defense. It wasn’t just we played poorly. But we’re also in a shooting slump.”

At Sandpoint, Lewiston made 22 of 74 shots (30 percent). The Bengals were colder against LC, making 17 of 64 (26 percent).

The shooting frustration could be seen on the face of 6-8 Bengal Ben Feider, who towered over the tallest T-Wolf by 5 inches.

He made 1 of 11 shots, most of which came within 5 feet of the basket.

The critical moment in the game, Richel said, came in the third quarter after the Bengals had cut the lead to 37-31.

Kelly stole an inbounds pass, drove for a layup and was intentionally fouled. Though Kelly missed the two free throws, Russell scored a basket in the key on the ensuing possession. Russell followed with a tip off his own miss, and LC was suddenly ahead 43-31.

Craig Gilchrist led Lewiston with 16 points. Russell added 18 for LC, 12 coming in the second half as the T-Wolves pulled away.

Lake City 63, Lewiston 44

Lewiston 6 16 12 10 - 44

Lake City 15 17 17 14 - 63

LEWISTON Baerlocher 14, Ulrich 3, Farris 0, Gilchrist 16, Smithwick 2, Feider 2, Frei 1, Scharnhorst 4, Gomez 2.

LAKE CITY Thompson 2, Kelly 25, Wilson 7, Russell 18, Miller 3, Hoover 5, Beadell 1, Keefer 0, Reiswig 0, Shaw 1, Brumley 0, Coyle 1.

BOYS

NON-LEAGUE

Bonners Ferry 61, CdA 53

Kris Gravelle scored 19 and Gavin Glindeman 17 as the host Badgers (10-2) defeated the Vikings (2-11).

Coeur d’Alene’s Jesse Hoorelbeke scored 13.

Coeur d’Alene 7 11 21 14 - 53

Bonners Ferry 19 11 15 16 - 61

COEUR D’ALENE Adamen 0, Clute 6, Coppess 6, Corbeill 2, Davis 6, Fink 9, Hermstad 0, Hoorelbeke 13, Klassen 8, Pederson 3, Stewart 0.

BONNERS FERRY Gravelle 19, Glindeman 17, High 0, Holeski 11, Hubbard 0, LaRue 11, Ashby 1, Stewart 2.

St. Maries 63, Orofino 49

Steve Raebel scored 15 of his 17 in the first half as the Lumberjacks overcame the visiting Maniacs’ advantage inside for their first win in 11 tries.

St. Maries’ J.W. Bergquist had three 3-pointers and 11 of his 14 points in the second half, when Orofino tried to come back by working the ball to four players 6-foot-6 and taller. Ty Konkright of the Lumberjacks had five steals and four assists. Randon Kessinger scored 11 for the Maniacs, who made only one fourthquarter field goal.

Orofino 10 15 17 7 - 49

St. Maries 18 18 14 13 - 63

OROFINO Kessinger 11, Geidl 0, Wait 2, Tondevold 2, McGill 0, Bonner 2, Steinner 2, Z.Wilson 10, Steinbrucker 8, J.Wilson 4, Tomlinson 8.

ST. MARIES Bergquist 14, Craner 3, Shaw 0, Eberlin 0, Quigley 0, Holdahl 2, Konkright 14, Weinmann 2, Asbury 5, Dawson 6, Raebel 17, Brebner 0.

Clark Fork 48, Genesee 42

Jeremy Lizotte scored 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter as the visiting Wampus Cats (8-5) defeated the Bulldogs.

Mike Gow had nine rebounds, Lizotte eight rebounds and J.T. Cheslic six steals for Clark Fork.

Clark Fork 6 13 10 19 - 48

Genesee 8 6 9 19 - 42

CLARK FORK Lamburth 1, Gow 10, Cheslic 12, Longstreet 0, Reuter 3, Lizotte 18, Stevens 4.

GENESEE Bieth 6, Forsehech 9, Ahenia 13, Boyd 5, Johnson 2, Schannhost 7.

INTERMOUNTAIN

Kellogg 70, Priest River 45

Casey Fisher scored nine of his 15 points in the first quarter, and seven of his team-high 11 rebounds came on the offensive end as the fourth-ranked Wildats (4-1, 9-3) defeated the visiting Spartans (2-2, 5-7).

Chris Nielsen scored 17, Brant Bircher had eight rebounds, and Travis Fulton and Derek Jennings had seven assists apiece for Kellogg. Kellogg outrebounded the Spartans 39-23. Kyle York of Priest River scored a game-high 21.

Priest River 11 8 12 14 - 45

Kellogg 22 9 21 18 - 70

PRIEST RIVER Score 6, Clark 2, York 21, Schaefer 2, Trost 6, Walters 6, Mohr 2, Bradbury 0, Rabe 0, Eskelson 0, Warren 0.

KELLOGG Van Hoose 2, Little 4, Fulton 4, Behm 5, Jennings 9, Hansen 0, Kohal 2, Fisher 15, Towne 3, Nielsen 17, Bircher 9.

NORTH STAR

Lakeside 57, Kootenai 51

At Plummer, David SiJohn scored 12 and the host Knights (2-2, 6-5) overcame a 24-point performance by Jon Chatfield of the Warriors (0-3, 4-4).

In the second half, Kootenai cut a comfortable Lakeside lead to three before a pair of quick baskets gave the Knights some relief.

Kootenai 14 8 12 15 - 51

Lakeside 14 17 10 16 - 57

KOOTENAI Derbyshire 3, Green 3, Carlson 2, Chatfield 24, Renner 2, Lamb 8, Usdrowski 9.

LAKESIDE Twoteeth 11, SiJohn 12, Montague 8, Nelson 7, Lambert 10, Meshell 2, Hammons 2, Wolfe 5.

WASHINGTON GIRLS

Shadle Park 60, North Central 30

Shawna Rainer used her size to score eight points in the first quarter as the Highlanders broke to a 14-6 lead over the Indians in the Groovy Shoes game at the Coliseum.

Kelly Bartleson, who led all scorers with 16 points, had nine in the third quarter, when Shadle pushed its lead to 46-23.

North Central 6 9 8 7 - 30

Shadle Park 14 15 17 14 - 60

NORTH CENTRAL Prim 0 0-0 0, Young 3 0-0 6, Schumacher 2 2-2 6, Devine 0 0-0 0, DeLauder 0 0-0 0, Nelson 1 0-0 4, Clarkston 2 0-0 4, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Wilson 1 0-0 2, E. Hammond 2 0-2 4, L.Hammond 1 1-2 3, Scott 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 3-6 30.

SHADLE PARK K.Miller 3 2-2 8, Pilkington 2 0-0 4, Heimbigner 1 1-2 4, Clark 0 0-0 0, T.Miller 1 0-0 2, Alexander 3 1-1 7, Bartleson 5 5-6 16, Drake 0 0-0 0, Rainer 6 1-1 13, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Short 1 2-2 4. Totals 23 12-14 60.

3-point goals - Nelson, Heimbigner, Bartleson. Total fouls - NC 14, SP 12. Fouled out - none.