Kellogg First To Top St. Maries

Boys

The final unbeaten record in the Intermountain League fell by the wayside on Saturday as Kellogg defeated visiting St. Maries 63-49.

Brandon Neff had 10 rebounds to lead a 39-25 advantage and Wayne Blalack hit 7 of 8 free throws in the fourth quarter for the Wildcats, who tied St. Maries for the top spot at 2-1. The other four league teams are within one game of first place.

Derick Driggs had 19 points and nine rebounds for the Lumberjacks.

Kellogg 63, St. Maries 49

St. Maries 8 20 13 8 - 49

Kellogg 13 17 15 18 - 63

St. Maries (6-2, 2-1) - Duffey 6, Hanson 2, Grieser 0, Eberlin 4, Krebs 2, Driggs 19, Sindt 5, Harvey 2, Raebel 2, Stevenson 7.

Kellogg (8-2, 2-1) - Morden 0, Smith 6, Blalack 13, Wise 5, Oertli 12, Mangum 4, Marek 3, Harris 2, Neff 5, Mann 7, Absec 1, Bircher 5.

NORTH STAR LEAGUE

Clark Fork 59, Kootenai 39

Nate Stutzke had 13 rebounds and four assists, and George Kloontz added eight rebounds as the Wampus Cats defeated the visiting Warriors.

Kootenai’s Jason Shanks hit three 3-pointers.

Kootenai 11 8 13 7 - 39

Clark Fork 11 18 13 17 - 59

Kootenai (4-4, 1-1) - Brede 5, Finney 6, Shanks 12, Parson 2, Johns 8, Cress 2, Foley 4, Reinhardt 0.

Clark Fork (10-3, 2-0) - Changala 4, Higgins 10, Kloontz 11, Rounsville 8, B. Stutzke 9, N. Stutzke 13, Valliere 0, Vogel 0, Burbach 4.

CENTRAL IDAHO LEAGUE

Timberline 52, Wallace 36

Isaac McIntosh made four 3-pointers in the third quarter and the visiting Spartans hit 7 of 11 3-pointers in the second half to pull away from the Miners.

Tim Fleming and Jake Sprute of Wallace had six rebounds apiece.

Timberline 9 7 24 12 - 52

Wallace 11 11 7 7 - 36

Timberline - Cahill 9, Christopherson 2, I. McIntosh 12, J. McIntosh 3, Potratz 4, Fugate 9, Lacey 13.

Wallace (3-9) - Benz 2, D. Lee 0, Zanetti 8, Stein 0, Christensen 0, Meek 3, Fleming 11, Smith 0, Sprute 6, Jones 2, Lavigne 5, J. Lee 0.

Kamiah 71, Lakeside 53

Alex Tallbull scored 23 as the Kubs beat the Knights at Plummer.

Dustin Brouse, playing with 10 stitches on his face from taking an elbow during Friday’s game, hit 8 of 12 field goals for Lakeside.

Kamiah 17 18 19 17 - 71

Lakeside 14 13 11 15 - 53

Kamiah - Tallbull 23, Johnson 6, Rupp 4, Snyder 19, Cross 17, Kishpaugh 2.

Lakeside (3-9) - Kolar 15, Brouse 18, Howard 6, Montague 3, Hodgson 2, McPeak 6, Hoffman 3.