Kellogg Start Too Much For Bonners Ferry

Prep basketball

Kellogg jumped out to an early lead and avenged its only Intermountain League boys basketball loss of the season with a 66-55 win at Bonners Ferry.

Casey Fisher scored 19 points to lead Kellogg (4-1, 11-2) over the Badgers, who handed the Wildcats a loss two weeks ago. Bonners Ferry (3-2, 7-6) was led by Adam Hiatt with 18.

Foul shots made the difference as Kellog hit 15 of 22 from the free-throw line, while the Badgers only converted 8 of 22.

Kellogg 66, Bonners Ferry 55

Kellogg 21 14 11 20 - 66

Bonners Ferry 9 14 15 17 - 55

KELLOGG Mercado 2, Corkill 11, Behm 17, Hansen 7, Kohal 10, Fisher 19, Towne 0, Rice 0, Carlson 0, Little 0. BONNERS FERRY Holmes 0, Isadore 0, Bahe 3, A.Hiatt 18, Hubbard 2, S.Hiatt 0, Meeker 6, Ashby 8, Ross 9, Staples 7, Robertson 2, Carey 0.

Post Falls 69, Lewiston 52

Post Falls braved bad roads to travel to Lewiston and was rewarded with an Inland Empire League victory.

The win gave Post Falls (3-1, 8-6) sole posession of second place in the league. Lewiston (2-2, 5-9) faces Coeur d’Alene tonight while Post Falls plays host to Lake City.

No other details reported.

Wallace 49, St. Maries 48

The Miners were down for most the game but got nine points from Ryan Nipp down the stretch to come up with a non-league victory over the Lumberjacks at home.

Wallace (6-9) took its first lead with 3 minutes left in the game and held on behind Nipp’s 19 points.

St. Maries (7-7) missed a 3-pointer with time running out that would have won the game. Steve Reabel led the Lumberjacks with 16 points.

St. Maries 17 14 6 11 - 48

Wallace 11 14 8 16 - 49

ST. MARIES Spooner 3, Sindt 0, Craner 4, Eccles 0, Mettler 0, Eberlin 2, Konkright 9, Weinmann 2, Bifford 0, M.Raebel 4, Holdahl 6, Dawson 2, S.Reabel 16. WALLACE Carlson 5, Grattic 0, St.Peter 0, Stutzke 4, Heyn 1, McKinnon 0, Cotter 7, Schillerett 4, Nipp 19, Hegbloom 9.

Lakeside 90, Mullan 78

The Knights used a balanced scoring attack to offset a 29-point performance from the Tigers’ David Reed en route to a victory at home in a battle for first place in the North Star League.

Lakeside (4-0, 11-3) led by as much as 18 points in the fast-paced game before Mullan (3-1, 9-4) cut the deficit to two points in the second half. The Knights then responded with an 8-0 run to put the game out of reach.

Lakeside got 19 points from James Twoteeth to lead five players in double figures.

Mullan 13 18 20 27 - 78

Lakeside 27 18 18 27 - 90

MULLAN Bush 8, Lindstrom 17, Murphy 0, Reed 29, Angle 8, Chavez 0, Fritz 2, Sisk 14, Greenfield 0.

LAKESIDE (Plummer, Idaho) - Twoteeth 19, Nelson 16, Pluff 10, Wolfe 8, Lambert 13, Matheson 12, Allen 8, Meshell 4.

Clark Fork 66, Kootenai 53

The Wampus Cats used an 18-5 third-quarter run to pull away from the Warriors on the road in a North Star League contest.

Ian Reuter scored 14 points to lead Clark Fork (3-2, 9-7) to victory despite a 24-point effort from Joe Lamb of Kootenai (0-5, 1-9).

Clark Fork 14 12 18 22 - 66

Kootenai 14 13 5 21 -53

CLARK FORK B.Stevens 13, Lamburth 10, Stutzke 12, Reuter 14, Powell 0, J.Stevens 12, N. Higgins 5. KOOTENAI Pearson 3, Sturgill 0, Lamb 24, Passow 8, Reinhofer 12, Timken 4, Johns 0, Dionne 2.

Girls

Kellogg 75, Mullan 44

The host Wildcats never trailed the Tigers in a non-league contest in the Silver Valley.

Kellogg (7-13) got 18 points from Amy Lemon and 16 from Pauline Costa in the runaway victory.

Mullan (1-15) were paced by Trudi Flood with 15 points.

Mullan 9 8 12 15 - 44

Kellogg 19 17 24 15 - 75

MULLAN Renteria 3, Pemble 0, Kr.Elwood 10, Reed 2, Noordam 0, Hegbloom 4, Ka.Elwood 8, Flood 15. KELLOGG Rewoldt 0, Berg 6, Grebil 6, Magnus 2, Lemon 18, Reed 11, Connors 7, Costa 16, Hei 2, Hickman 3, Luchini 2, Hunt 2.

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