Quesnell Leads Post Falls To Victory Over Sandpoint
High school basketball
Visiting Post Falls came from be hind to top Sandpoint 53-49 for the second time this season in a Border League game Saturday.
Chad Quesnell led the Trojans (10-8 overall, 7-7 league) with 15 points. He scored a career-high 43 in Post Falls’ 67-62 win over Sandpoint (6-13, 3-12) three weeks ago.
Post Falls plays host to league-leading Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday.
Sandpoint finishes the season at home Saturday against Lewiston.
East Valley 53, Clarkston 51 (OT)
Jesse Quirk hit a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left to lift the Knights (3-15, 2-12) past the Bantams (5-12, 3-11) at EV.
Nick Olson, who had 12 points in the second half, grazed the rim with a last second shot for Clarkston.
The teams meet next week in Clarkston with the winner the third seed to the Frontier League tournament and the loser fourth.
Clarkston 7 12 12 18 2 - 51
East Valley 13 16 9 11 4 - 53
CLARKSTON - Nielson 5, Olson 16, Norland 6, Tucker 6, Smith 2, Blankinship 4, Fuchs 0, Harrington 4, Cummings 5, Cridlebaugh 2, Hayes 1.
EAST VALLEY - Henderson 5, Smith 2, Sitton 3, Quirk 14, Burgess 12, Shogren 2, Sterling 10, Storey 4, Pooley 0, Horgan 1.
Intermountain league
St. Maries 69, Priest River 30
Derrick Driggs led the hot-shooting Lumberjacks with 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the field and 5 of 5 from the foul line against the visiting Spartans.
The second-place Lumberjacks (12-4, 6-1) shot 20 of 32 from the field in the second half.
Mark Raebel scored 12 points, collected nine rebounds and dished out four assists for St. Maries.
The Spartans dropped to 5-10, 1-6.
Priest River 7 10 5 8 - 30
St. Maries 13 14 20 22 - 69
PRIEST RIVER - Bodecker 6, Baker 3, Ackley 0, Behnke 12, Kershaw 2, Zmuda 0, Pound 1, Bryson 6.
ST. MARIES - Krebs 9, Duffey 13, Willard 4, D.J. Eberlin 3, P. Eberlin 0, Stevenson 3, Driggs 19, Ware 0, Holdahl 6, Raebel 12.
Moscow 62, Bonners Ferry 52
The Bears improved to 13-3 overall and 7-0 in league in the win over the visiting Badgers (6-11, 1-7).
North Star league
Clark Fork 64, Kootenai 48
After being tied at halftime, Kootenai turned the ball over 10 times in the third as the Wampus Cats (11-4, 5-2) broke away for the win at Kootenai (9-8, 1-5).
Clark Fork 12 14 22 16 - 64
Kootenai 11 15 10 13 - 48
CLARK FORK - Changala 4, Haston 4, B.Stutzke 9, Stevens 17, Beers 2, N.Stutzke 16, Higgins 4.
KOOTENAI - J.Brady 3, B.Brady 5, Shoresman 7, Smith 2, Passow 1, Shanks 6, Johns 9, Pricket 7, Reinhoffer 8.
Non-league
Kellogg 75, Orofino 44
Mark Magnum scored all of his game-high 17 points in the first half as the Wildcats improved to 9-7 against the visiting Maniacs.
Orofino 9 11 4 20 - 44
Kellogg 15 31 13 16 - 75
OROFINO - Simpson 6, De. Owsley 2, Da. Owsley 9, Hall 13, Tomas 3, Huffman 9, Jackson 2.
KELLOGG - Morden 0, Lewis 3, Blalack 11, Wise 0, C.Marek 14, Vetten 0, Neff 2, Bircher 2, Carlson 2, H.Marek 15, Ortli 9, Mangum 17.
Girls - Intermountain league
Priest River 61, St. Maries 30
Melanie Duley led the Spartans with 11 points and six assists as they crushed the visiting Lumberjacks.
Candice Carpenter collected 10 rebounds for the Spartans, tied with Lakeland for third in the Intermountain League at 5-5. Priest River lost the coin toss and will play as the fourth seed in the playoffs.
Tiffany Holdahl scored a team-high 10 points, including two 3-pointers, for the Lumberjacks (4-16, 1-9).
St. Maries 9 6 9 6 - 30
Priest River 16 20 14 11 - 61
ST. MARIES - Harpole 0, Cuvala 0, Holdahl 10, Boyd 2, Bond 0, Allen 0, Osier 0, Nelson 9, Gibson 9.
PRIEST RIVER - Troudt 4, Kreager 3, Cook 8, Oscarson 4, Duley 11, Washburn 2, Smith 4, Turner 10, Carpenter 4, Vogrig 5, Guthrie 6.
Moscow 42, Lakeland 30
Amber Matthews led the balanced scoring for the Bears with 6 of her 11 points in the first quarter as the Bears defeated the host Hawks (7-11, 5-5).
Megan Duvall scored a team-high 12 and snagged six rebounds for the Hawks. The third-seeded Hawks play their first playoff game Tuesday against Kellogg in a loser-out game at Lakeland 7 p.m.
The top-ranked Bears (10-0) clinched first-place and will have a bye to start their playoff competition.
Moscow 17 10 7 8 - 42
Lakeland 6 7 9 8 - 30
MOSCOW - Allen 8, T.Goetz 2, Bonine 4, Lathen 5, Thomas 2, Thornton 0, Workman 2, Matthews 11, Davidson 4, C.Goetz 2, Prisbrey 2.
LAKELAND - Foldvik 6, Douglas 0, Smith 0, Burstein 2, DeBoer 0, Campbell 3, Houchin 0, Waller 2, Egbert 2, Berger 3, Duvall 12.
Non-league
Falls Christian 46, Wallace 23
The Eagles used Emilee Jackson’s game-high 14 points and eight rebounds to run over the visiting Miners (2-18). Kara Moate had eight rebounds and five assists to help improve the Eagles to 12-8 overall.
Wallace 2 10 9 2 - 23
Falls Christian 9 12 20 5 - 46
WALLACE - Sleezer 8, Striker 4, Gregory 2, Pommerening 1, Rupp 2, Deahn 6, Carrico 0, Cantamessa 0.
FALLS CHRISTIAN - Johnson 4, Reed 0, Hayman 2, Williams 8, Jackson 14, Gelnette 8, Moate 3, Taylor 2, M.Jenkins 1, Coy 4, S.Jenkins 0.
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