Lewiston Dunks Hopes Of Lake City

Idaho basketball roundup

Lewiston’s size in the key paid off in a 61-44 victory over Lake City in a Border League boys basketball game Friday at Lake City.

The Bengals controlled the physical game throughout as they improved to 1-1 in league, 4-1 overall. LC, making its league debut, fell to 1-2.

The Bengals’ 6-foot-3 forward Jason Eck scored 26 points and pulled down 11 and teammate Carson Egland, a 6-8 center, had 15 points and 10 rebounds, including an over-the-defense slamdunk to push the Bengals to a 33-18 halftime score.

“Eck and Carson both had tremendous games,” Bengals coach Dick Richel said. “The dunk jump-started Carson.”

Egland scored seven points in the first period while dominating in the key.

The closest Lake City got was 46-36 early in the fourth quarter. T-Wolves post Justin Nipp scored a team-high 12 points.

“We played tonight how we’ve been practicing … a lot of fundamental stuff wrong,” Lake City coach Jim Winger said.

Lewiston 61, Lake City 44

Lewiston 13 20 13 15 - 61

Lake City 6 12 12 14 - 44

LEWISTON - Egland 15, Pierce 4, Maurer 12, Eck 26, Reineke 1, Johnson 3.

LAKE CITY - Hern 10, Cheeley 10, Reiswig 2, Lenz 6, Nipp 12, Thiringer 4.

Cheney 57, Post Falls 54

Despite two fourth quarter 3-pointers from Chad Quesnell that helped pull the Trojans within three, the Blackhawks’ late 10-point lead held up over visiting Post Falls in a Border League game.

James Kiger had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead the Blackhawks (3-1, 2-0). Quesnell led Post Falls (1-3, 0-2) with 21.

Post Falls 17 5 15 17 - 54

Cheney 11 15 14 17 - 57

POST FALLS - Klaudt 7, Meeks 6, Quesnell 21, Christiansen 0, Fehling 0, Therrian 0, Miller 9, Leary 2, McArthur 0, Thornley 9.

CHENEY - Stiffler 6, Eggart 0, Oyolokor 0, Goetz 0, Donnelly 0, Ervin 14, Caskey 0, Malisani 15, Kiger 17, Bond 5.

Lakeside 71, Wallace 51

The Knights’ defense forced 29 turnovers in their easy win over the visiting Miners in a non-league game.

Lakeside (2-2) received 15 points from Barrett Morris. Wallace (2-2) was led by Heath Schillereff’s 11.

Wallace 10 12 19 10 - 51

Lakeside 12 25 16 18 - 71

WALLACE - Grattic 6, D.Lee 4, Tesky 10, D.Lee 4, Meek 5, Fleming 5, Sprute 8, Pluid 2, Schillereff 11.

LAKESIDE - Koler 0, Niebhur 2, Lozeau 9, McFadden 12, Allen 7, Torpey 0, Pluff 14, Montague 2, Brouse 0, GaJkowski 4, T. Morris 6, Johnson 0, B. Morris 15.

GIRLS

Lake City 60, Lewiston 29

The undefeated and top-ranked Timberwolves ran all over the Bengals in a Border League game at LC.

LC (8-0, 4-0) won at the free-throw line, where it made 25 of 33. Lewiston (2-4, 2-1) made just 4 of 8.

Lewiston 6 12 5 6 - 29

Lake City 18 10 14 18 - 60

LEWISTON - Gill 8, Albright 6, Roberts 3, Wagner 2, Bausch 4, Osthler 2, Presnell 4.

LAKE CITY - Hayes 0, Hawn 4, Kendrick 6, Bro 7, Herbert 17, McCabe 1, Dodge 5, Asher 17, Stern 3.

Coeur d’Alene 43, Sandpoint 26

The Vikings held off the visiting Bulldogs in a Border League game.

Shaylia Davis led CdA (2-4, 1-1) with 15 points. Sandpoint slipped to 2-5, 1-3.

Sandpoint 6 6 10 4 - 26

Coeur d’Alene 12 8 16 7 - 43

SANDPOINT - Snedden 4, Allmarras 4, Verby 0, Bymaster 1, Ward 6, Cargill 3, Ross 4, Jensen 4.

COEUR d’ALENE - Lenz 8, Stranger 3, Bielic 0, Vig 2, Shirley 4, Ruiz 8, Tatum 0, Roetter 0, Day 0, Allowatt 3, Davis 15.

Cheney 59, Post Falls 47

Blackhawks point guard Anna Getz nearly defeated the visiting Trojans by herself in a Border League game.

Getz scored a game-high 26 points, pulled down 11 rebounds, dished out five assists and had four steals as Cheney moved to 3-1, 2-0.

Post Falls fell to 3-3, 1-2 in league.

Post Falls 7 11 15 14 - 47

Cheney 12 17 14 16 - 59

POST FALLS - Eberle 7, Billetz 12, Mills 0, Brown 4, Edmonds 0, Holland 0, Swanstrom 5, Ruen 10, Johnson 9.

CHENEY - Conrath 6, Weitman 19, Getz 26, Urdahl 0, McLauchlin 0, Birchler 1, Van Matre 3, Boline 4, Krogh 0.

Priest River 59, St. Maries 42

The Spartans opened Intermountain League play by downing the Lumberjacks at St. Maries.

Jacey Vogrig led Priest River (2-3) with 17 points. St. Maries (0-6, 0-2) was led by Tiffany Holdahl’s 13.

Priest River 13 8 14 24 - 59

Saint Maries 10 11 6 15 - 42

PRIEST RIVER - Troudt 13, Kreager 3, Cook 0, Duley 2, Washburn 0, Smith 9, Turner 6, Vogrig 17, Guthrie 5, Oscarson 4.

ST. MARIES - Holdahl 13, Boyd 4, Bond 4, Wolfe 2, Osier 0, Nelson 7, Gibson 4, Kunkel 8.

Lakeland 59, Kellogg 44

After a tight opening quarter, the visiting Hawks pulled away in an IML game.

Lakeland moved to 3-2. Tina Foldvik led the Hawks with 19 points.

Wendy Vork led Kellogg (3-3, 0-2) with 19 points.

Lakeland 18 14 17 10 - 59

Kellogg 17 6 7 14 - 44

LAKELAND - Beyer 5, Foldvik 19, Douglas 15, Burstein 2, DeBoer 0, Campbell 3, Houchin 1, Waller 4, Egbert 8, Berger 2.

KELLOGG - Baillie 4, Magnus 3, Gatterer 0, Burkgart 2, Vork 19, Mann 0, Stevens 4, Hoeck 0, Grebil 6, Hunt 6.

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