Priest River Advances

Prep basketball

Ryan Bodecker totaled 10 steals and seven assists Satur- day night to help Priest River eliminate visiting Timberlake 59-41 in an A-2 District I tournament opener.

Priest River’s Derek Kucherry hit two 3 pointers during the momentum-changing second quarter.

Timberlake held the Spartans to 6-for-36 shooting from the floor in the first half. But the Tigers couldn’t overcome 25 turnovers.

Timberlake’s Jessie Holderman had 15 rebounds.

Priest River will travel to No. 2 Lakeland (12-6) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, when the tournament shifts to a double-elimination format. No. 1 Kellogg (14-5) will host either Bonners Ferry or St. Maries. Bonners Ferry didn’t report its district opener with St. Maries.

Priest River 59, Timberlake 41

Timberlake 11 11 10 9 - 41

Priest River 7 17 19 16 - 59

Timberlake (4-15) - Woodley 0, Wyatt 2, Solomon 0, Mattison 2, Gilbert 3, Cypher 6, Baker 12, Hoffman 6, Je. Holderman 11, Jo. Holderman 0, Griffin 0, Napier 0.

Priest River (14-7) - Bodecker 14, Troumbley 0, Zmuda 6, Smith 7, Warren 4, Kucherry 6, R. White 4, Brennan 8, S. White 2, Cash 4, Ivey 4.

A-3 District I-II

Wallace 40, Prairie 36

Tim Fleming hit two 3-pointers and made 6 of 8 free throws to lead the Miners over the Pirates in a tournament opener at Lewiston High.

Wallace outscored Prairie 11-4 from the line.

In other openers, Timberline stomped Lakeside 72-46; Potlatch defeated Kamiah 67-52; and Lapwai stopped Clearwater Valley 70-34.

The tournament will continue Monday at Lewiston.

In loser-out games, Kamiah will play Lakeside and Prairie will meet CV.

Wallace will play Lapwai and Potlatch will play Timberline in winners bracket games.

Prairie 9 15 4 8 - 36

Wallace 8 13 12 14 - 40

Prairie (9-8) - Funke 3, Baerlocher 8, Riener 2, S. Forsmann 0, J. Forsmann 16, Lerandeau 5, Chicane 2.

Wallace (13-8) - Benz 6, D. Lee 5, Zanetti 4, Stein 2, Fleming 16, Miller 2, Carver 6, J. Lee 4.

Timberline 72, Lakeside 46

Isaac McIntosh scored 18 and the Spartans shot 21 of 35 from the line to defeat the Knights.

Lakeside’s Leonard Johnson hit 8 of 12 from the line.

Lakeside 2 13 8 23 - 46

Timberline 20 16 23 13 - 72

Lakeside (5-16) - Hodgson 2, Floch 2, Schultz 8, Matt 3, Montague 2, Cottrell 6, Johnson 13, Pluff 0, Hoffman 6, Hutchins 1.

Timberline (13-5) - Kinard 2, Medley 3, Christopherson 6, McIntosh 18, Kimball 7, Nelson 0, Fugate 12, Daniels 0, Jennings 2, Lacey 10, Sayers 9, Potratz 4.

Washington

Waitsburg’s boys salvaged the last chance for Blue Mountain pride on Saturday, but it took a nightmarish shooting night from Colton to do so.

Waitsburg 47, Colton 35

Colton 8 6 10 11 - 35

Waitsburg 13 9 8 17 - 47

Colton (14-10) - Wolf 10, R. Weber 0, T. Weber 0, Moehrle 0, Schlee 0, Busch 7, Stout 16, Mcintosh 2.

Waitsburg (16-7) - Archer 17, Martin 16, Smith 0, McKinley 0, Johnson 4, Lindsey 2, Mason 8, Meier 0.