Lakeside Captures North Star Title

Lakeside clinched the North Star League boys basketball title Thursday - despite a tough shooting night - by stopping Mullan 59-53 at Plummer.

The Knights (16-1, 7-0) shot 34 percent from the field, 15 percent lower than their season average. Lakeside held the Tigers (15-5, 6-2) to 40 percent shooting from the floor.

Chris Angle scored 21 and Al Sisk 20 for Mullan. Brendon Nelson had five rebounds and two blocked shots, and Glen Lambert six rebounds and four steals for the winners.

Lakeside 59, Mullan 53

Mullan 14 11 9 19 - 53

Lakeside 8 15 15 21 - 59

MULLAN Fritz 4, Chavez 0, Angle 21, Sisk 20, Greenfield 8.

LAKESIDE Twoteeth 5, Nelson 8, Lozeau 5, Allen 5, McFadden 0, Pluff 11, Lambert 11, T.Morris 2, Twiss 10, B.Morris 2.

Non-league

Priest River 64, Wallace 54

Brett Storro scored 19, and Jeff Griesemer and Jon Dinger added eight rebounds each to lead the Spartans (5-13) over the visiting Miners (3-16).

Wallace’s Heath Schillereff scored 23.

Wallace 7 18 13 16 - 54

Priest River 16 14 17 17 - 64

WALLACE Carlson 0, Grattic 9, Johnson 0, Teskey 2, Lee 0, Phrid 0, Fleming 0, Basham 0, Sprute 12, Schillereff 23, Lavigne 8.

PRIEST RIVER Baker 0, Ackloy 10, Behnke 4, Johnson 10, Coleman 1, Dinger 4, Griesemer 10, Storro 19, Oscarron 3, Ivie 3, White 0.

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