Round 3 Goes To Lc T-Wolves Top Bengals; Post Falls Ousts Cda

Lewiston High’s Sara McEachern had a shiner near her eye. Teammate Laura Bloom took an elbow to her nose that watered her eyes and left her momentarily dazed.

In Round 3 of the Lewiston-Lake City girls’ basketball rivalry, there were no knockouts.

But Lake City got the next-best thing. The Timberwolves won on points, 52-43, in the A-1 Region I Tournament on Friday night before a crowd of 900 at LC’s gym.

“Lewiston is just tough,” said LC coach Dave Stockwell, whose 19-3 club has won 2 of 3 against the Bengals. “They could have rolled over in that second half (when LC went up by 13), but they fought back.”

“It was a war,” Lewiston coach Pat Zink said, “and that’s the way the first two games were, too.”

Expect more of the same during a fourth encounter (and perhaps even a fifth) early next week. First, though, the Bengals (18-2) face Post Falls (13-9) in a loser-out game tonight in Lewiston.

Post Falls ended Coeur d’Alene’s season with a 54-37 victory. The Vikings finished 7-16.

Lake City 52, Lewiston 43

The Timberwolves led throughout and seemed poised to claim an easy win when Katie Hawn’s layup made it 35-22 midway through the third quarter.

But Lewiston closed within eight by the end of the quarter and trailed just 41-39 with 5:10 remaining.

LC’s Laura Dodge, who led all scorers with 14, drained a 3-pointer and Alison Asher added a layup off a pretty alley-oop feed from Katie Hatrock to hike the T-Wolves’ lead back to 46-41.

As important, LC switched from a man defense to a zone and the Bengals managed only a last-second field goal well after the issue was decided.

“Great coach that I am, I stayed in the man (defense) too long,” Stockwell said. “I’m really proud of our girls because we kept our composure. It started to slip away a little - we had a couple of bad passes - but we got it done when we needed to.”

Hatrock had 13 points, five assists and five steals. Hawn scored nine points and pestered Lewiston ball-handlers. Asher, after missing much of the first half with foul trouble, blocked three shots in the second half.

The Bengals were stung by LC’s pressure defense and committed 21 turnovers. Bloom had 11 points and four assists and McEachern chipped in eight points.

“We didn’t handle the ball well and we didn’t defend too well,” Zink said. “They had way more easy baskets than us.”

The familiarity of the teams leaves few secrets.

“If we play them Tuesday, it will be just as tough,” Stockwell said. “We call out a play and their kids are moving before our kids are. That’s OK. I feel we need to do what we do well.”

Lake City 52, Lewiston 43

Lewiston 6 12 13 12 - 43

Lake City 12 13 14 13 - 52

LEWISTON Roberts 6, Cain 4, Albright 0, McEachern 8, Bloom 11, Cushman 4, Martin 0, Benson 6, Wegner 4.

LAKE CITY Hatrock 13, Hawn 9, Herbert 7, Dodge 14, Asher 8, McCabe 1, Hayes 0.

Post Falls 54, Coeur d’Alene 37

The Trojans made 30 free throws, including 18 in the fourth quarter.

Post Falls’ Megan Billetz hit nine foul shots and scored 17 points. Jennifer Swanstrom made her last 11 free throws.

“The one point of consistency we’ve had this year is converting at the line,” Trojans’ coach Chris Johnson said.

The win came at a cost as guard Lyndsy Klaudt injured an elbow. Coupled with Katelynn Brown’s injury a few weeks ago, the Trojans are thin in the back court, but Swanstrom provided quality minutes.

The Trojans’ Janelle Ruen supplemented an off shooting night with eight rebounds, eight assists and seven steals.

CdA 10 8 10 9 - 37

Post Falls 8 10 12 24 - 54

COEUR d’ALENE Cultra 11, Stern 12, Stranger 1, Davis 4, Andre 0, Orr 2, Shirley 3, Wilkey 4, Vig 0, Bradbury 0.

POST FALLS Billetz 17, Glaser 11, Klaudt 0, Ruen 2, Waltz 7, Swanstrom 13, Juhlin 1, Foster 1, Edmonds 2, Fehling 0.

Area girls

Kootenai 45, Clark Fork 43

The Wampus Cats turned out to be double losers in the final North Star League game of the regular season.

Jamie Bornitz led the Warriors with 17 points before fouling out early in the fourth quarter.

After losing the game, Clark Fork lost a coin toss with Falls Christian for third place and now must play No. 5 Mullan on Monday at Clark Fork for the fourth and final spot into the district tournament that begins Wednesday at Rathdrum.

The winner will play top-seeded Lakeside. Kootenai and Falls Christian play the other first-round game in the double-elimination tournament that continues Friday and Saturday.

Kootenai 7 12 14 12 - 45

Clark Fork 8 12 8 15 - 43

KOOTENAI S.Kraack 4, Reinhardt 4, Andersen 6, Bornitz 17, Hunter 5, Goodson 1, L.Kraack 3, Damiano 5.

CLARK FORK Culcasi 0, J. Miller 6, Manderscheid 8 , K. Miller 2 , Haller 7, C. Rocha 2 , St.Clair 2, Derr 6, A. Rocha 2 , Hager 2, Worcester 6.

Moscow 52, Lakeland 50 (2OT)

Tami Goetz’ basket last-second basket in the fourth quarter forced overtime, and it took the Bears two extra sessions to finally overcome the Hawks in the Intermountain League game in Rathdrum.

Andrea Thomas was 5 for 9 in scoring 13 points to lead Moscow. Alyssa Douglas had 15 points and Amber Jamison 11 and six rebounds for the Hawks.

Moscow 4 7 13 13 8 7 - 52

Lakeland 9 10 7 11 8 5 - 50

MOSCOW Allen 7, T.Goetz 8, Thomas 13, Workman 3, Matthews 2, Wilder 3, Sorbel 0, C.Goetz 2, Makus 4, Griggs 10, Thornton 0, Bonine 0.

LAKELAND Beyer 0, Foldvik 5, Douglas 15, Jamison 11, Boone 3, DeBoer 3, Campbell 5, Banbury 0, Harwood 8, Fox 0, Berger 0.

Area boys

Kellogg 56, Wallace 43

Guards Nathan Corkill and Mike Mercado combined for 14 of Kellogg’s 18 third-quarter points as the Wildcats capitalized on Miners’ turnovers created by a pressure defense to break open the non-league game.

Wallace 8 12 8 15 - 43

Kellogg 13 11 18 14 - 56

WALLACE Carlson 3, Johnson 0, Teskey 10, Lee 4, Fleming 0, Basham 2, Sprute 11, Schillereff 13, Lavigne 0.

KELLOGG Co.Lewis 2, Blalack 2, Mercado 12, Corkill 14, C.Marek 5, Griffin 2, Ch.Lewis 7, Derbyshire 0, Rice 4, Carlson 2, H.Marek 6.

Bonners Ferry 47, St. Maries 42

Alan Ashby and Ben Staples each nailed two free throws in the final 2 minutes as the Badgers rallied to win the Intermountain League game in Bonners Ferry.

Staples led Bonners Ferry with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

St. Maries 6 14 13 9 - 42

Bonners Ferry 11 11 8 17 - 47

ST. MARIES Eccles 4, Craner 0, Mettler 0, Eberlin 7, Konkright 6, Weinmann 13, Bifford 0, Raebel 12.

BONNERS FERRY Bahe 0, Hiatt 10, Meeker 9, Ashby 10, Hurst 5, Robertson 1, Staples 12.

Falls Christian vs. NI Christian

North Idaho Christian was forced to cancel the game because of illness to some of its players. The game will not be rescheduled.

Wrestling

Lakeland defeated St. Maries 30-28 Thursday to clinch its third Intermountain League championship in four years.

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