Wv Repels Post Falls

Jeff Ohman scored six straight points to end the game and a Post Falls rally Tuesday night as the West Valley Eagles defeated the Trojans 64-47 in Border League boys basketball action, despite 18 points and 11 rebounds from Issac Barnhardt of Post Falls.

Neither team lit it up from the floor, with both shooting around 30 percent, but a strong man-to-man press gave the Eagles the win.

“I’m really happy with our defense,” West Valley coach Jaimie Nilles said. “We tried to get them into bad spots on the floor and get turnovers when they reversed the ball.”

It worked. Along with four WV steals, Post Falls turned the ball over 18 times.

“We’re as good as anybody from the neck down,” PF coach Dave Stockwell said. “With our new system, we’re just not putting the part above the neck together yet.”

West Valley (2-0, 1-0) opened the game with a 16-5 run. Jordan Allen dominated, getting four offensive rebounds and put-backs.

Post Falls (0-3, 0-3) scored the last five points of the quarter to close within 16-10.

West Valley got seven straight points from post player B.J. Harris to open the second quarter.

Held to just four points in the quarter, Post Falls went to the locker room trailing 27-14.

West Valley again came out hot to start the second half, getting consecutive 3-pointers from Craig McIntyre and Lance Pecht, who assisted one another on the buckets. Post Falls wouldn’t let up, however, as Barnhardt grabbed four balls off the offensive glass and put them in for points, along with a 3 from Scott Jackson.

“We got rid of the jitters in the third quarter,” Barnhardt said. “We started to put things together.”

Pecht, who finished with 16 despite an off shooting night, hit again to end the third quarter giving WV a 47-28 lead.

Post Falls played the defense in the final quarter, getting three steals and forcing three turnovers during a 12-1 run, pulling them to within eight.

But they would get no closer. Pecht hit a 3, stunting the Trojans’ momentum and putting the Eagles in control.

Forced to foul with 3 minutes in the game, McIntyre and guard Kyle Gazaway hit five free throws to set up Ohman’s final flurry.

“We’re only playing two quarters right now,” Stockwell said. “We’re trying to get to where we play four. Hopefully that will come soon.”

Besides struggling from the floor, the teams did not shoot well from the line, but neither coach was too concerned, pointing out that the season is young.

“We’re not really happy,” Nilles said, “because we had a let down at the end, but we’ll take the win.”

WV 64, Post Falls 47

West Valley 16 11 20 17 - 64

Post Falls 10 4 14 19 - 47

West Valley (2-0, 1-0) - Ingram 0 0-0 0, Gazaway 1 1-3 5, McIntyre 1 1-4 6, Pecht 7 2-7 16, Rouse 0 0-0 0, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Gordon 3 0-0 8, Deshazer 1 0-0 2, Harris 2 1-3 11, Gerrells 1 0-0 2, Allen 4 0-0 8, Ohman 2 0-2 6. Totals 16 5-19 64.

Post Falls (0-3, 0-3) - Barnhardt 8 0-0 18, Fetters 1 0-2 4, Haas 1 0-1 3, Hutchison 0 0-0 0, Jackson 3 1-4 7, Lacy 0 0-0 0, Lent 1 0-0 4, Myers 0 0-0 0, Noble 0 0-2 0, Quesnell 0 0-0 5, Ward 1 0-0 6. Totals 12 1-11 47.

3-point goals- West Valley, Harris 1, Gazaway 1, Pecht 2, McIntyre 1. Post Falls, Jackson 1. Total fouls-West Valley 22, Post Falls 22. Fouled out-Gordon, Gazaway. Technicals-none.

Colville 70, Lake City 67 (OT)

Jeff Banich hit four 3-pointers, including a game-tying shot in overtime, and the Indians hit 6 of 8 free throws in the extra period to nip the visiting Timberwolves.

Matt Trudgeon made 11 of 14 free throws to lead Colville’s 27-for-39 night. LC forced OT with Matt Dlouhy’s 3-pointer with 8 seconds left.

Lake City 16 15 16 14 6 - 67

Colville 16 13 16 16 9 - 70

Lake City (1-2, 0-1) - Dlouhy 9 4-7 25, Hammons 0 5-6 5, Jacobson 2 2-3 6, Longwell 2 0-3 4, Pilon 5 1-2 11, Souza 1 3-5 6, Stern 3 2-2 8, Wilson 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 17-28 67.

Colville (2-0, 2-0) - Banich 4 3-6 15, Bassett 5 2-2 12, Cornwell 0 0-0 0, Ferguson 2 3-6 7, Goble 2 4-4 10, Johnson 3 4-5 10, Salina 0 0-0 0, Sprangers 0 0-2 0, Trudgeon 2 11-14 16. Totals 18 27-39 70.

3-point goals-Dlouhy 3, Souza, Banich 4, Goble 2, Trudgeon. Total fouls- Lake City 30, Colville 25. Fouled out-Dlouhy, Souza, Wilson, Goble, Johnson. Technicals-none.

Cheney 48, Lewiston 38

Ben Woodard scored eight points in the first quarter and J.D. Larson hit 6 of 6 free throws in the fourth period to guide the Blackhawks over the visiting Bengals.

Woodard hit 4 of 5 field goals in the first half to score 12. He and Ryan Harris combined for 11 rebounds.

Lewiston’s Dustin Zager hit four 3-pointers and scored 20.

Lewiston 2 17 14 5 - 38

Cheney 17 6 12 13 - 48

Lewiston (2-1, 0-1) - Anderson 0 1-4 1, Balmer 0 0-0 0, Broemeling 0 0-0 0, Bruce 2 0-0 4, Haines 0 0-1 0, Huff 1 2-3 4, Judd 0 0-0 0, Martin 2 2-5 7, Nightingale 0 0-0 0, Roberts 0 0-0 0, Sullivan 1 0-0 2, Zager 8 0-0 20. Totals 14 5-13 38.

Cheney (3-0, 2-0) - Harris 2 0-0 5, Hegney 0 2-3 2, Humphrey 4 1-2 10, Larson 2 6-8 12, Marsh 0 0-2 0, Oswald 1 1-2 3, Strampe 1 0-0 2, Woodard 4 6-6 14. Totals 14 16-21 48.

3-point goals-Martin, Zager 4, Harris, Humphrey, Larson 2. Total fouls-Lewiston 20, Cheney 12. Fouled out-None. Technicals-None.

Non-league

Lakeside 68, Timberlake 60

Joseph Matt had eight rebounds and Michael Jordan came off the bench for six rebounds as the Knights defeated the visiting Tigers at Plummer.

L.J. Trottier added four steals for Lakeside.

Timberlake 9 16 10 25 - 60

Lakeside 21 21 12 14 - 68

Timberlake (0-1) - Fuqua 0, Gilbert 17, Hoffman 17, Holderman 4, Mattison 14, Napier 0, Requena 5, Soloman 3, Woodley 0.

Lakeside (2-2) - Hendrickx 11, Hodgson 9, Hutchins 2, Johnson 8, Jordan 1, Matt 17, Michael 2, Morrell 0, Schulz 2, Smith 2, Trottier 13.

Priest River 50, Selkirk 37

Derek Kucherry hit 6 of 8 field goals as the Spartans beat the visiting Rangers.

PR shot 23 of 57 from the floor, Selkirk 11 of 54. Twelve of the Rangers’ 18 turnovers came in the second half.

Priest River 14 17 7 12 - 50

Selkirk 13 11 8 5 - 37

Priest River (2-1) - Amundson 8, Ivie 8, Kucherry 13, Lipari 0, Mize 0, Schlechte 5, Smith 4, Stansell 3, Warren 7, White 2.

Selkirk (1-2) - Batch 3, Haney 2, Huffine 3, Lopes 0, P. MacArthur 7, R. MacArthur 4, Villegas 2, Williams 16.

Deary 60, Kootenai 58

The Mustangs hit two free throws with 15 seconds left to edge the visiting Warriors.

Kootenai led by two with 1:19 left. The Warriors missed a potential tiebreaking shot with 19 seconds left, then fouled Deary in transition.

Kootenai 14 13 19 12 - 58

Deary 13 19 17 11 - 60

Kootenai (0-2) - Cress 13, Donohoe 0, Jesse Dyer 4, Jake Dyer 6, Finney 0, Gustin 9, Hall 11, Lundwall 3, Prickett 0, Reinhardt 3, Wallace 9.

Deary - Boles 7, Cannon 5, McGinty 1, Hopper 0, Warner 9, Fuller 0, Orr 26, Strandbakke 4, Femreite 8.

Wallace 48, Kellogg 33

Point guard Corey Miller scored 18 points and the Miners totaled 32 rebounds to defeat the visiting Wildcats.

Kellogg 4 11 8 10 - 33

Wallace 15 6 16 11 - 48

Kellogg (0-3) - Bush 0, Figueroa 7, Groth 6, Keene 8, Lonn 4, Moore 4, Peterson 0, Strom 0, Zupan 4.

Wallace (4-0) - Banning 0, Bennett 9, Caron 0, Carver 8, Church 4, Maravilla 0, Miller 18, Ramirez 7, Roberts 2, Stutzke 0.