Coleman Lights Up Priest River

Curtis Coleman made 5 of 6 from 3-point range as Timberlake fought off visiting Priest River 75-71 in Intermountain League boys basketball Friday.

Fighting from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter, the Spartans used several baskets, including a 3-pointer, to come within four at the end.

Travis Puckett scored a game-high 22 for the Tigers.

Timberlake 75, Priest River 71

Priest River 18 18 10 25 - 71

Timberlake 21 18 21 15 - 75

Priest River (6-9, 1-4) - Bodecker 19, Brennan 2, Zmuda 11, Cash 4, Pound 8, R. White 14, Ackley 7, S. White 0, Huffman 6.

Timberlake (9-3, 2-3) - Wyatt 0, Smith 2, Puckett 22, Rouse 2, Cypher 8, Coleman 19, Baker 10, Holderman 8, Russell 3, Yarbrough 1.

Kellogg 56, Bonners Ferry 46

The Wildcats used an 13-point effort by Mike Mangum to surpass the visiting Badgers.

Mangum also pulled down 10 rebounds as the Wildcats controlled the backboards 38-22.

Todd Bateman led the Badgers with 17 points.

Bonners Ferry 10 16 8 12 - 46

Kellogg 10 12 14 20 - 56

Bonners Ferry (7-8, 3-2) - Blanford 0, Carey 0, Carpenter 12, Bateman 17, Villeli 0, Scarlet 3, Elliston 6, Rice 4, Solum 4, Dinning 0.

Kellogg (10-2, 4-1) - Smith 0, Blalack 10, Wise 0, Oertli 10, Mangum 13, Marek 0, Neff 8, Mann 9, Absec 0, Bircher 6.

NORTH STAR LEAGUE

Falls Christian 69, Kootenai 37

Jared Bligh’s game-high 24 points led the league-leading Eagles to a victory over the Warriors at Harrison.

Drew Baker added nine assists and teammate Phil Hanks grabbed eight rebounds for the Eagles.

An effective press by the Eagles slowed Kootenai’s offense. Not a single Warrior scored in double figures.

Falls Christian 18 19 13 19 - 69

Kootenai 12 8 7 10 - 37

Falls Christian (11-3, 3-0) - A. Bligh 3, R. Baker 2, Dowers 0, Smoot 2, Beck 4, D. Baker 9, Walker 4, Jackson 0, Hanks 9, Anderson 2, Wild 10, J. Bligh 24.

Kootenai (7-6, 2-2) - Brede 6, Finney 0, Shanks 9, Parson 2, Johns 4, Cress 4, Parrish 4, Foley 4, Prickett 0, Dyer 0, Reinhardt 0.

Clark Fork 79, Mullan 18

The Wampus Cats used a solid 30-of-54 shooting from the field and 18 of 22 from the foul line to defeat the visiting Tigers.

George Klontz led the Wampus Cats with five steals and 8-of-12 shooting from the field while scoring 18 points. Teammate Nate Stutzke added 16 points and five steals in the win.

Clark Fork forced 28 Mullan turnovers.

Mullan 2 3 5 8 - 18

Clark Fork 25 21 14 19 - 79

Mullan (2-14, 0-5) - Sala 7, Carrico 0, Stanley 4, Elwood 0, Hegbloom 3, Hoven 4.

Clark Fork (11-5, 3-1) - Changala 10, Higgins 13, Klontz 18, Rounsville 10, B. Stutzke 6, N. Stutzke 16, Valliere 4, Burbach 2.

CENTRAL IDAHO LEAGUE

Wallace 60, Lakeside 59

The Miners stole the ball with 19 seconds remaining and Craig Zanetti hit a jumper to edge the Knights at Lakeside.

Tim Fleming’s two free throws pulled Wallace within 59-58. Fleming finished with a team-high 17 points.

Dustin Brouse had a game-high 24 points and collected four rebounds, four assists and three steals for the Knights. Adam Kolar controlled the boards for Lakeside with 10.

Wallace 17 12 14 17 - 60

Lakeside 6 19 13 21 - 59

Wallace (5-10, 2-6) - Benz 0, D. Lee 8, Zanetti 10, Stein 0, Christensen 0, Meek 4, Fleming 17, Sprute 4, Lavigne 5, J. Lee 12.

Lakeside Plummer (3-13, 1-7) - Kolar 14, Brouse 24, Howard 5, Montague 6, Hodgson 0, McPeak 10, Parr 0, Hoffman 0, Flock 0.

NORTH STAR LEAGUE GIRLS

Clark Fork 50, Mullan 24

The league-leading Wampus Cats used Charlotte Scofield’s balanced play to maul the visiting Tigers. Scofield collected nine points, six rebounds, three assists and four steals.

Shana Worcester had nine points, six rebounds and four steals for the winners.

Three Mullan players led the Tigers with six points each.

Mullan 4 4 12 4 - 24

Clark Fork 12 14 18 7 - 50

Mullan (2-14, 0-5) - Haas 6, Erickson 0, Hegbloom 0, Alexander 0, White 0, Winstead 3, Hoven 6, Autio 3, Davidson 0, Auger 0, Garitone 6.

Clark Fork (10-7, 4-0) - Rocha 2, Ruen 4, Miller 10, Kiebert 10, Dugan 2, Scofield 9, Saunders 1, Hess 0, H. McDaniel 2, Worcester 9, S. McDaniel 0, Decker 1.

Falls Christian 55, Kootenai 47

The visiting Eagles practically defeated the Warriors from the foul line, scoring 19 of their first 25 points on free throws.

Falls Christian finished with 33 points from the line. Kara Moate scored a game-high 16, converting 10 of 11 free throws.

Amanda Reinhardt pulled down 10 rebounds for the Warriors.

Falls Christian 10 15 10 20 - 55

Kootenai 3 9 21 14 - 47

Falls Christian (5-10, 3-1) - Johnson 11, Williams 10, Dunning 12, Poole 3, Moate 16, Taylor 3.

Kootenai (2-12, 2-3) - S. Kraack 2, Dooney 9, Reinhardt 8, M. Kraack 0, Banderob 0, Donohoe 8, E. Andersen 9, Mitchell 2, Schlepp 0, Scheffelmaier 6, S. Andersen 3, Wiedmer 0.