Moscow Girls Down Vikings

Courtney Goetz scored 21 points on Tuesday as Moscow defeated visiting Coeur d’Alene 59-39 in a Border League girls basketball game.

Moscow moved up to second place in the league at 3-1 and dropped the Vikings (2-1) into third. Lake City is on top at 2-0.

The four Washington schools in the league have yet to play.

Moscow 53, Coeur d’Alene 39

Coeur d’Alene 8 8 14 9 - 39

Moscow 15 17 14 7 - 53

Coeur d’Alene (3-2, 2-1) - Lenz 2, Holte 0, Roetter 3, Vig 0, Ruiz 4, Douglas 6, Bielec 3, Griffitts 5, Budvarson 0, Davis 16.

Moscow (4-1, 3-1) - LeFors 0, Thol 2, Robinson 4, Bonin 13, Thomas 2, Bisbee 2, Matthews 17, Goetz 21.

Intermountain League

Bonners Ferry 55, Kellogg 41

Amanda Ashby, Julie Bateman and Hailey Larson combined for 31 rebounds to guide a 44-24 edge as the Badgers opened their season with a win over the visiting Wildcats.

Meghan Mellett added four assists for the Badgers, who led by at least nine points for all the second half. Kellogg’s Tabatha Poulson hit 2 of 3 3-pointers.

Kellogg 8 12 11 10 - 41

Bonners Ferry 9 20 12 14 - 55

Kellogg (2-3, 0-1) - Gaines 0, Poulson 6, Burkgart 10, Vork 4, Stevens 0, Hoeck 6, Baillie 14, Swigart 1, Martello 0, Goodner 0.

Bonners Ferry (1-0, 1-0) - Mellett 2, J. Robertson 0, Day 9, Ashby 11, Howlett 4, Larson 6, Cady 5, Bateman 10, D. Robertson 8, Rice 0, Armstrong 0.

Non-league

Lakeland 34, Lakeside 30

Micki Desmarais scored 15 as the visiting Hawks defeated the Knights at Plummer.

Lakeside shot 23 percent from the floor and 34 percent from the free-throw line.

Lakeland 2 9 13 10 - 34

Lakeside 8 9 4 9 - 30

Lakeland (2-0) - Douglas 0, Jamison 8, Smith 0, Desmarais 15, Austad 3, Kirkpatrick 0, Waller 0, Egbert 4, Duvall 3, Berger 1.

Lakeside (3-2) - McPeak 5, Benak 0, Moore 0, Kolar 10, Middleton 5, Kelley 5, Fuchs 5, Mullen 0, Silvers 0.

St. Michael’s 35, Mullan 32

Jenny McMahon hit 5 of 10 3-pointers and the Warriors overcame foul trouble to defeat the visiting Tigers in the first girls game in St. Michael’s history.

Christi and Amy Urann combined for 19 rebounds for St. Michael’s. McMahon, Christi Urann and Suzanne South all fouled out in the last 3 minutes for the Warriors.

St. Michael’s boys began playing basketball in 1994.

Mullan 6 6 8 12 - 32

St. Michael’s 8 8 8 11 - 35

Mullan (1-2) - Winstead 5, Autio 3, Hegbloom 2, Hoven 9, Garitone 10, Haas 2, Anderson 1.

St. Michael’s (1-0) - Berbue 1, M. Urann 0, S. McDonald 0, McMahon 15, A. Urann 1, Vigil 0, Garza 2, C. Urann 6, South 10, M. McDonald 0.

Clark Fork 34, Cusick 21

Katie Dugan and Shana Worcester combined for 22 rebounds as the Wampus Cats defeated the visiting Panthers.

Charlotte Scofield, Kati Hess and Courtenay Kiebert added four steals apiece for the Wampus Cats.

Cusick 3 7 1 10 - 21

Clark Fork 10 12 3 9 - 34

Cusick (0-1) - Norton 14, Pickerel 0, Whiting 2, Ziesmer 0, Haas 3, Nelson 0, Westford 2, Chitwood 0.

Clark Fork (3-3) - Rocha 0, Ruen 2, Miller 6, Kiebert 7, Dugan 2, Scofield 4, Hess 9, H. McDaniel 2, Worcester 2, S. McDaniel 0.

Kootenai at Timberlake, ppd.

The Warriors’ game at Rathdrum was postponed because of a power outage. No makeup date was announced.

BOYS

St. Michael’s 59, Mullan 39

The 1998-99 basketball season is looking much better for the St. Michael’s boys than the 1997-98 season.

John Schindler scored 22 points as the Warriors opened their season Tuesday with a non-league win over visiting Mullan.

St. Michael’s finished 0-20 last year and had lost its previous 25 games. The Warriors’ last win was Jan. 18, 1997, against Columbia.

Mullan’s Jean Hegbloom scored 18.

Mullan 4 11 12 12 - 39

St. Michael’s 10 17 15 17 - 59

Mullan (0-1) - Sala 0, Stanley 3, Zingler 12, Elwood 6, Hegbloom 18 , Hoven 0.

St. Michael’s (1-0) - C. Vogel 13, J. Schindler 22, Edwards 6, Bittner 5, Sandquist 0, B. Schindler 2, Muglia 0, K. Vogel 9, South 2, Durazo 0.

WASHINGTON GIRLS

Ritzville 46, SJE 41

Ritzville pushed its winning streak to 40 games by opening its season with a 46-41 win over visiting St. John-Endicott.

Amy Fitch hit three 3-pointers and Megan Yerxa made 3 of 4 free throws in the final 2 minutes for Ritzville. The Broncos are two-time defending State B champions.

SJE, the 1996 state champion, fell behind 16-4 but rallied within two points in the late going.

SJE won 38 consecutive games from 1995-97. The state record for girls’ B schools is 52 by Raymond from 1988-89.

St. John-Endicott 4 16 9 12 - 41

Ritzville 16 9 11 10 - 46

St. John-Endicott (0-1) - Gossard 9, KiColyar 10, Loomis 0, KoColyar 2, Kjack 3, White 10, Schmick 5, Zuger 2, Bass 0.

Ritzville (1-0) - Wellsandt 7, Sackmann 2, Benzel 0, Fitch 13, Yerxa 11, Alspach 6, Janzen 7, Zicha 0.