Larsen Leads Lumberjacks

Boys basketball

Call it a case of Larseny.

Josh Larsen scored St. Maries’ final eight points, including a three-point play with 5 seconds left, to lift the Lumberjacks to a 51-50 non-league win over visiting Grangeville.

Larsen had five points in the final 30 seconds and 20 for the game. He drove coast-to-coast for the go-ahead points after Ryan Ruzicka made 1 of 2 free throws for a 49-48 lead.

Grangeville led 49-46 when Larsen went coast-to-coast for an earlier layup.

St. Maries 51, Grangeville 50

Grangeville 8 13 11 18 - 50

St. Maries 10 6 16 19 - 51

Grangeville (1-1) - Snodgrass 4, Hoene 4, Ruzicka 13, Holman 1, Jensen 7, Spencer 11, Coffman 8, Hiebert 2, Clark 0.

St. Maries (1-0) - Adams 2, Bentcik 10, Brown 4, Collins 0, Howland 8, Landrum 2, Larsen 20, Schwartz 2, Stogsdill 3, Ware 0.

Meridian 51, Lake City 39

The Warriors made 21 of 27 free throws to topple the visiting Timberwolves.

Lake City missed 8 of 9 3-point attempts. LC’s Nick Pilon made 7 of 14 from the floor and had six rebounds.

Lake City 8 11 10 10 - 39

Meridian 17 5 13 16 - 51

Lake City (1-1) - Brodin 0 0-0 0, Dlouhy 2 4-5 8, Hammons 2 2-2 7, Jacobson 2 0-0 4, Longwell 0 0-0 0, Pilon 7 1-3 15, Souza 0 0-0 0, Stern 1 1-3 3, Wilson 1 0-2 2. Totals 15 8-15 39.

Meridian - Dickey 1 8-12 10, Gustin 2 2-2 7, Brown 3 5-5 11, Bower 6 2-2 17, Patterson 1 2-2 4, Reavis 0 2-4 2. Totals 13 21-27 51.

3-point goals-Hammons, Gustin, Bower 3. Total fouls - Lake City 23, Meridian 16. Fouled out - Stern. Technicals - None.

Vallivue 59, Coeur d’Alene 55

The visiting Vikings fell behind 9-0 and couldn’t overcome the seven 3-pointers of the Falcons from Caldwell.

Coeur d’Alene 15 16 13 11 - 55

Vallivue 19 14 16 10 - 59

Coeur d’Alene (0-2) - Bligh 2 1-2 5, Paulson 1 0-0 2, Rogers 6 1-2 13, Rupp 1 0-1 2, Sather 6 2-2 14, Simon 2 0-3 4, Viek 1 1-2 3, Wilkey 2 0-0 4, Wolfe 3 2-3 8. Totals 23 7-15 55.

Vallivue - Bauscher 0 1-2 1, Given 0 2-2 2, Graham 8 2-5 22, Pittard 0 2-4 2, Shannon 5 4-6 16, Tau 1 1-4 3, Vestal 3 0-0 8, C. Zamora 0 1-2 1, K. Zamora 1 2-4 4. Totals 18 15-29 59.

3-point goals - Graham 4, Vestal, Shannon 2. Total fouls - Vallivue 15, Coeur d’Alene 25. Fouled out - Rupp. Technicals - None.

Lakeland 69, Riverside 46

Jamie Ploetzner shot 9 of 11 from the floor, including 6 of 6 in the first half, and the Hawks defeated the visiting Rams at Rathdrum.

Lakeland’s Shane Hubbard made 6 of 8 field goals and 3 of 3 free throws.

Riverside 13 6 15 12 - 46

Lakeland 14 26 18 11 - 69

Riverside (0-2) - Mazulo 7, Bond 2, Crance 0, Gellatly 7, Hoener 4, Lorenz 2, Reedy 8, Stoner 7, Vander Meer 4, Watt 5, Westenskow 0.

Lakeland (2-0) - Foster 4, J. Hansen 0, R. Hansen 10, Hubbard 15, Kiefer 2, Klingaman 7, Milks 1, Myers 6, Ploetzner 19, Sandford 5.

Chewelah 72, Priest River 47

Jess Trampush and Cory Boone combined for 24 points and 18 rebounds to guide the Cougars over the visiting Spartans.

Priest River 2 3 17 25 - 47

Chewelah 20 16 10 26 - 72

Priest River (1-1) - Amundson 2, Ivie 5, Kucherry 8, Schlechte 7, Smith 7, Stansell 4, Warren 10, White 4.

Chewelah (1-0) - Belzer 7, Boone 14, Feist 6, Hagen 4, King 6, Nitschke 2, Oneal 2, Puthoff 9, Stone 10, Trampush 10, Wilson 2.

St. George’s 60, Bonners Ferry 44

Drew Moser scored 20, including five 3-pointers, to guide the visiting Dragons over the Badgers.

Moser, a senior, is closing in on 1,150 points for his career. Ben Greenslitt and Adam Vogl of the Badgers had seven rebounds apiece.

St. George’s 13 18 12 17 - 60

Bonners Ferry 10 12 13 9 - 44

St. George’s (1-0) - Dhillon 6, Golden 0, Holte 0, Johnson 13, Longinotti 2, Moser 20, Thomas 5, Witherspoon 7, Wysham 7.

Bonners Ferry (1-2) - Behrens 8, Dinning 5, Greenslitt 10, Hubbard 1, Riebli 6, Sanburg 2, Vogl 12, Winn 0.

Clark Fork 56, Lakeside 50

Tim Young totaled 20 points, 14 rebounds and five steals to guide the Wampus Cats over the visiting Knights.

Lakeside 9 12 10 19 - 50

Clark Fork 10 8 13 25 - 56

Lakeside (1-2) - Hendrickx 4, Johnson 6, Jordan 2, Matt 18, Pluff 4, Schulz 3, Trottier 13.

Clark Fork (2-0) - Changala 18, Powell 3, Stutzke 7, Valliere 8, Young 20.

Bengal Shootout

Lewiston 48, Pullman 46

Dustin Zager made 4 of 8 3-pointers and the Bengals finished 7 of 17 from long range to defeat the Greyhounds in the title game.

Mike Anderson and Chris Huff had six rebounds apiece for Lewiston. Fred Rurangirwa had 10 rebounds and Pullman finished 2 of 11 on 3-pointers.

Kennewick defeated Kellogg 43-38 in the consolation game. No details were reported.

Pullman 7 13 12 12 - 44

Lewiston 11 8 14 15 - 48

Pullman (1-1) - Bray 6, Brossman 2, Christie 3, Clark 0, Dhillon 0, Everton 6, Minefee 6, Nolting 2, Rurangirwa 11, Wood 8, Zeches 0.

Lewiston (2-0) - Anderson 4, Balmer 8, Broemeling 0, Bruce 9, Huff 8, Judd 0, Martin 5, Nightingale 0, Severance 0, Sullivan 0, Zager 14.

Silver Valley Tournament

Wallace 59, Mullan 53

Corey Miller and Brooks Carver scored 20 apiece to lead the Miners over the Tigers in the championship game.

Wallace 9 12 19 19 - 59

Mullan 11 14 4 24 - 53

Wallace (2-1) - Miller 20, Bennett 7, Carver 20, Ramirez 6, Banning 2, Caron 2, Roberts 2.

Mullan (2-1) - Carrico 3, Elliott 2, Elwood 3, Je. Hegbloom 14, Ji. Hegbloom 3, James 8, Short 2, Stanley 18, Winkler 0.

Selkirk 60, Falls Christian 42

The Rangers defeated the Eagles in the consolation game, boosted by a 23-6 second quarter.

Selkirk 9 23 21 7 - 60

Falls Christian 11 6 5 20 - 42

Selkirk (1-1) - Batch 14, Haney 6, Huffine 15, Lopes 0, P. MacArthur 3, R. MacArthur 7, O’Donnell 0, Williams 9, Willegas 5, Coon 1.

Falls Christian (0-2) - Baker 4, Bishop 13, Cervantes 0, Collingwood 0, Cooper 2, Danforth 16, Dunning 7.