Hansen Helps Beat Badgers
Boys basketball
Ryan Hansen scored 21 points Saturday night, hitting 9 of 10 free throws, and visiting Lakeland defeated Bonners Ferry 70-57 in the Intermountain League.
Lakeland, with two league games remaining, can finish no worse than second place. The top two earn opening-round byes to the A-2 District I tournament.
Andy Rice had eight rebounds and Scott Solum five blocked shots for the Badgers. BF is tied with Priest River for third place.
Lakeland 70, Bonners Ferry 57
Lakeland 19 17 19 15 - 70
Bonners Ferry 16 12 18 11 - 57
Lakeland (11-5, 6-2) - Kiefer 3, Gorton 2, Finley 11, Sandford 11, Ploetzner 6, Hansen 21, M. Banks 0, S. Banks 16, Eachon 0.
Bonners Ferry (10-9, 4-5) - Story 2, Stephens 5, Roberts 0, Vogl 9, Hiatt 0, Cossairt 1, Villelli 0, Figgins 0, Elliston 10, Rice 14, Solum 16, Duarte 0.
Kellogg 60, Timberlake 46
Ryan Mann and Luke Smith combined for 27 points as the Wildcats clinched a tie for first place in the Intermountain League with a road win over the Tigers.
A win over St. Maries on Tuesday would clinch first place outright for Kellogg.
Kellogg 17 16 9 18 - 60
Timberlake 7 18 9 12 - 46
Kellogg (13-4, 7-1) - Sawyer 0, Wise 5, Smith 12, Moore 3, Figueroa 5, Barrett 0, Oertli 6, Keene 4, J. Groves 7, Williams 1, Mann 15, D. Groves 2.
Timberlake (4-12, 2-6) - Wyatt 0, Smith 4, Mattison 6, Cypher 9, Baker 8, Hoffman 13, Holderman 6, Griffin 0.
Non-league
Falls Christian 76, Mt. Sentinel 74
Ben Danforth scored a career-high 31, hitting 14 of 18 field goals, and the Eagles picked up a win at Nelson, British Columbia.
FCA trailed by three with 2 minutes left, but took the lead when Charlie Dowers fed Danforth after a steal. Danforth had a steal and free throw on the next play.
FCA also defeated Nelson’s L.V. Rogers on Friday, behind Scott Jackson’s 22 points.
Falls Christian 20 16 28 12 - 76
Mt. Sentinel 11 11 28 24 - 74
Falls Christian Academy (12-6) - Danforth 31, Alger 0, Krahn 0, Jackson 8, Dowers 13, Smoot 4, Anderson 6, McKee 0, Baker 14.
Mt. Sentinal - Paul 2, Vacey 10, Michaels 9, Huggins 8, Thom 2, Andersen 3, Becker 21, Chad 17.
Clark Fork 87, L.V. Rogers 83
Tim Stevens scored a career-high 23 and added five steals as the foul-plagued Wampus Cats held on for a win in Nelson, British Columbia.
Four Clark Fork players fouled out and every other player had four fouls when the game ended. Clark Fork also defeated Nelson’s Mt. Sentinel on Friday, behind Antoni Changala’s career-high 37 points.
Clark Fork 11 37 11 28 - 87
L.V. Rogers 17 16 24 26 - 83
Clark Fork (12-5) - Changala 18, Stutzke 13, Stevens 23, Valliere 6, Vogel 8, Rounsville 10, Powell 5, Wold 4, Allen 0.
L. V. Rogers - Rains 9, Devine 2, Maheu 0, Grypma 8, Renwick 22, Auringer 7, Seifrit 0, Boyd 10, Denison 13, Bird 10, Juan 2.