Kellogg In First; Showdown Looms

Area boys basketball

With first place on the line, Kellogg stood tall at the free-throw line.

Luke Smith hit all six of his fourth-quarter free throws and Kellogg made 15 of 18 in the quarter to edge visiting Priest River 65-60 in the Intermountain League on Friday.

Kellogg moved one-half game ahead of idle Lakeland in the two-team race for first place. Lakeland plays at Kellogg on Friday night.

Kellogg 65, Priest River 60

Priest River 12 15 11 22 - 60

Kellogg 15 12 11 27 - 65

Priest River (11-7, 3-5) - Bodecker 11, Troumbley 2, Zmuda 6, Smith 1, Warren 3, Kucherry 15, R. White 6, Brennan 1, S. White 5, Cash 10.

Kellogg (11-4, 6-1) - Sawyer 0, Wise 10, Smith 17, Moore 3, Figueroa 0, Oertli 7, Keene 0, J. Groves 9, Williams 0, Mann 17, D. Groves 2.

Bonners Ferry 68, St. Maries 59

Adam Vogl scored 22, hitting three 3-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws, to guide the visiting Badgers over the Lumberjacks.

Kyle Stevenson of St. Maries hit 8 of 16 field goals. The Lumberjacks hit 16 of 30 from the line but missed 13 of 14 3-point attempts.

Bonners Ferry 19 10 18 21 - 68

St. Maries 14 12 17 16 - 59

Bonners Ferry (10-8, 3-4) - Story 4, Stephens 7, Roberts 0, Vogl 22, Hiatt 2, Cossairt 0, Villelli 0, Figgins 0, Elliston 10, Rice 12, Solum 11, Duarte 0.

St. Maries (8-7, 2-4) - Duffey 11, Larsen 4, Howland 0, Eberlin 14, Cowin 0, Shaw 8, Brown 0, Harvey 0, Raebel 2, Stevenson 18, Adams 2.

Central Idaho League

Wallace 69, Potlatch 57

Tim Fleming scored 19 and the Miners hit 19 of 24 free throws to knock the visiting Loggers from the undefeated ranks in the North Division.

Wallace had a 33-27 rebounding edge and had eight steals, three by Brooks Carver. Wallace plays at Lapwai tonight.

Potlatch 15 20 13 9 - 57

Wallace 24 9 20 16 - 69

Potlatch (12-5, 8-1) - Farley 6, Nicholson 9, Kerns 6, Siebert 18, Alsterlund 2, Carr 0, Bryngelson 4, Everett 12.

Wallace (10-7, 5-3) - Benz 5, D. Lee 14, Zanetti 2, Christensen 0, Fleming 19, Miller 3, Carver 16, J. Lee 10.

Border League

Lewiston 49, Post Falls 45

Dan Haines shot 6 of 9 from the floor and 6 of 7 from the line to guide the visiting Bengals over the Trojans.

PF’s Darren McKinnon scored 16, but hit only 4 of 21 from the field.

Lewiston 6 16 12 15 - 49

Post Falls 8 9 14 14 - 45

Lewiston (9-8, 7-8) - Martin 1 2-4 4, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Zager 4 0-0 10, Anderson 2 1-2 5, Klamper 2 0-0 4, Huff 2 0-0 4, Bruce 1 2-5 4, Haines 6 6-7 18. Totals 18 11-12 49.

Post Falls (2-15, 0-15) - Smith 2 2-2 6, Fetters 1 0-0 2, McKinnon 4 5-6 16, Garrett 0 1-4 1, Hutchison 0 0-2 0, Sinclair 0 0-0 0, Ward 2 0-0 4, Da. Adams 2 2-2 7, De. Adams 0 0-0 0, Haas 4 0-1 9. Totals 15 10-17 45.

3-point goals - Zager 2, McKinnon 3, Da. Adams, Haas. Total fouls - Lewiston 17, Post Falls 18. Fouled out - Klamper, Da. Adams. Technicals - None.

West Valley 63, Clarkston 54

Luke Gordon hit three 3-pointers in the first half and John Focht had 10 rebounds as the fourth-ranked Eagles defeated the host Bantams.

Gordon added four steals and four rebounds.

West Valley 16 17 21 9 - 63

Clarkston 14 10 12 18 - 54

West Valley (17-1, 15-1) - Kopp 3 1-3 7, Sly 3 0-0 7, McIntyre 1 1-2 3, Pecht 4 0-0 8, Hamilton 2 1-2 5, Gordon 4 2-2 13, Harris 0 0-0 0, Focht 6 1-3 13, Hollifield 1 2-2 4, Allen 0 0-0 0, French 1 1-4 3, Bullock 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 9-18 63.

Clarkston (4-13, 4-11) - Pfeifer 0 0-0 0, Fraser 2 7-9 11, Shelden 6 0-0 13, Bolland 2 1-2 5, Howell 1 0-0 2, Hayes 4 2-2 10, Blume 1 2-2 5, Entel 0 0-0 0, Madison 0 0-0 0, Hally 2 2-2 8. Totals 18 14-17 54.

3-point goals - Sly, Gordon 3, Shelden, Blume, Hally 2. Total fouls - West Valley 18, Clarkston 16. Fouled out - None. Technicals - Bolland.