Cheney Defeats Lc Boys In Unsatisfying Result

It was one of those games where you didn’t know which team won from listening to the coaches afterward.

After sifting through both teams’ mistakes - and there were plenty - the Cheney and Lake City boys basketball teams at least provided an entertaining finish Tuesday.

Cheney, far superior athletically, fought off a game push from Lake City in the second half as the Blackhawks prevailed 49-42 in a Border League game at LC.

“When we play like that I get worn out,” said Cheney coach Denny Humphrey, whose team moved into a tie for first place with Coeur d’Alene at 10-2. “I guess our effort was good, but our decision-making and our play out of a couple of individuals was very disturbing. A couple of guys had bad practices last night and it carried over tonight. I guess when you come out on the (good end) of one you have to be happy about it.”

You could take out Humphrey’s name and insert the name of Lake City coach Jim Winger - at least regarding poor decisions.

“I don’t know what it is, we’re just our own worst enemy,” said Winger, whose team evened its league mark at 6-6. “We don’t have enough stallions to do the things we’re doing. We can’t give a team the ball as many times as we did.”

LC (9-7 overall) had a handful of chances in the final 3 minutes. Two free throws by Timberwolf Petra Jo Thiringer tied it at 41-41 with 2:56 left.

After getting the ball back on a jump ball, LC moved the ball around Cheney’s extended zone defense for 50 seconds before LC’s J.J. Barlow had a wide-open look at the basket from 10 feet on the baseline on a shot that would have given the Timberwolves the lead.

An over-the-back rebounding foul was called on LC and Cheney’s Chris Bond made two free throws to give the Blackhawks the lead for good, 43-41, with 1:45 left.

LC still had three more wide-open shots during the next minute, but the shots came up short.

The T-Wolves were forced to foul the final 43 seconds and the Blackhawks (13-3) responded by making all four foul shots to hold off LC.

Both teams played good defense. Winger said his team has played well at home just once out of 10 games.

“I’m perplexed,” said Winger. “I don’t understand why we don’t come out and get after it at the start of the game at home. I don’t know why we go out stargazing.”

Cheney 49, Lake City 42

Cheney 14 8 14 13 - 49

Lake City 10 10 12 10 - 42

CHENEY - Stiffler 11, Oyolokor 10, Goetz 0, Donnelly 0, Ervin 0, Kiger 6, Malisani 9, Bond 13.

LAKE CITY - Hern 6, Bramlet 0, Cheeley 14, Reiswig 0, Lenz 2, Barlow 8, Schuh 4, Nipp 2, Stroh 2, Thiringer 4.

Non-league

Pullman 60, Moscow 53

Brent Cummings scored 26 points, hitting 10 of 21 from the floor and 6 of 8 from the line, and added 11 rebounds as the Washington 2A third-ranked Greyhounds (11-0) defeated the A-2 fourth-ranked Bears (9-3) at Pullman.

Cheickna Camara and Brooke Randall combined for 18 rebounds to help Pullman’s 43-23 edge. Pullman led by three with 2 minutes left when Moscow’s Kirby Brown missed 2 of 3 free throws. The Greyhounds finished with a 7-2 run.

Moscow 13 10 21 9 - 53

Pullman 15 15 14 16 - 60

MOSCOW - Brown 18, Rinaldi 4, Williams 12, Reynolds 6, Comstock 1, Nielson 0, Busch 0, Cosgrove 4, Gillmore 2, Shupe 6.

PULLMAN - Brown 2, Cummings 26, Linehan 2, Camp 0, Bray 3, Harms 11, Randall 8, Camara 4, Poole 2, Dorvil 2.

Fa.Christian 49, N.I.Chr. 32

Phil Hanks totaled 17 rebounds and 20 points, hitting 8 of 20 from the field, and Brady Campbell added 12 assists to guide the Eagles (11-6) over the Lions of Hayden.

N.I.Christian 0 6 18 8 - 32

Falls Christian 10 7 15 17 - 49

NORTH IDAHO CHRISTIAN - Link 8, Lambert 0, Rasper 6, Mitchem 0, A.Netzer 12, Banveras 2, Staples 0, Peterson 2, M.Netzer 2.

FALLS CHRISTIAN - Campbell 8, Malinauskas 5, Gross 4, Beck 0, Hanks 20, Wild 3, Anderson 9.

Intermountain League

Bonners Ferry 50, Pr.River 37

Todd Bateman hit three 3-pointers and the visiting Badgers (6-8, 1-4) shot 50 percent from the floor in the first half in defeating the Spartans (5-7, 1-3).

PR had 17 turnovers and shot 25 percent from the floor.

Bonners Ferry 14 14 7 15 - 50

Priest River 7 15 7 8 - 37

BONNERS FERRY - Winey 3, Clark 0, Bateman 15, Brush 0, Blanford 2, Baker 0, Rice 12, Zimmerman 6, Merrill 12.

PRIEST RIVER - Bodecker 2, Baker 8, Ackley 9, Meek 0, Behnke 12, Kershaw 2, Zmuda 0, Bryson 4.

North Star League

Lakeside 87, Kootenai 57

Ken Pluff hit 7 of 8 from the floor, and Ben GaJkowski and Sam Lozeau combined for 13 rebounds as the A-4 fourth-ranked Knights (9-4, 4-0) defeated the visiting Warriors (5-7, 0-4) at Plummer.

Lakeside shot 38 of 77 from the field. Kootenai made 30 turnovers.

Kootenai 13 15 11 18 - 57

Lakeside 23 23 18 23 - 87

KOOTENAI - B.Brede 27, Schorzman 2, J.Brede 6, Passow 2, Reinhofer 6, Johns 5, Prickett 0, Shanks 6, Ott 1, Foley 2.

LAKESIDE - Kolar 6, Niephur 4, Lozeau 7, MacFadden 10, Brouse 4, Allen 10, Pluff 15, Montague 4, Tsawklia 3, GaJkowski 6, T.Morris 10, B.Morris 8.

Wrestling

Intermountain League

St. Maries 47, Kellogg 18

Mica Kunkel had an escape with 5 seconds left to defeat Ryan Frank 9-8 at 145 pounds as the Lumberjacks defeated the Wildcats.

The Lumberjacks’ Josh Buell (171) had four takedowns during a 19-2 technical fall over Bo Alf.

Non-league

Moscow 55, CdA 18

The Bears roared to a 34-0 lead, on three forfeits and two pins, and defeated the Vikings.

The Vikings’ Al Ramirez (140) ended the shutout with a third-round pin of Avery Cash while leading 14-1.

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