West Valley Falls

Border League boys

Matt Dlouhy, a 6-foot-5 sophomore, scored 14 of his 21 points in the first half, including three dunks, and Lake City knocked off previously unbeaten West Valley 73-61 Friday in a Border League game at Coeur d’Alene.

WV trimmed an 18-point Timberwolves lead to six with 5 minutes left in the third quarter. But Dlouhy’s 3-pointer late in the third quarter built the lead to 14.

WV’s Tony Kopp, who came off the bench to score a team-high 16 points, hit both ends of an one-and-one to cut LC’s advantage to 59-52 with 3:27 left.

WV coach Jamie Nilles bemoaned a charging foul assessed to Kris Sly, whose driving layup and possible free-throw - had the call been in the Eagles’ favor - could have cut LC’s lead to three points with 1:34 left.

“I thought we had a huge chance there when the three-point play was called away,” Nilles said.

Nilles hopes his team learns a valuable lesson.

“We can’t come out in the first quarter like that and let a team get all over us and expect to come back,” Nilles said. “We’ve been spoiled a little bit. We’ve been winning a lot of close games.”

Lake City hit 14 of 20 free throws in the game’s final 2-1/2 minutes.

West Valley, ranked No. 4 in the State 3A ranks, defeated the Timberwolves 56-41 in mid-December. Lake City has rebounded with eight consecutive wins.

“It’s funny how the schedule works out for you sometimes,” said Lake City coach Jim Winger, whose team lost at Cheney 33-30 before hitting rock-bottom at WV. “Maybe it was the best thing that happened to us. I guess we’ve fixed what happened there.”

The crowd was estimated at 1,100.

Lake City 73, West Valley 61

West Valley 14 10 16 21 - 61

Lake City 22 14 18 19 - 73

West Valley (13-1, 11-1) - Kopp 4 6-6 16, Sly 2 0-0 6, McIntyre 2 0-1 4, Pecht 4 2-2 14, Hamilton 1 1-2 3, Gordon 5 3-5 13, Focht 2 1-3 5, Hollifield 0 0-0 0, French 0 0-0 0, Bullock 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 13-19 61.

Lake City (11-2, 9-2) - Longwell 0 1-2 1, Quinn 2 7-8 11, Dlouhy 8 2-2 21, Lenz 3 8-12 15, Hammons 0 2-2 2, Chisholm 1 0-0 2, Wilder 4 1-2 11, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Carper 0 0-0 0, Dennis 4 2-4 10. Totals 21 23-32 73.

3-point goals - Kopp 2, Sly 2, Pecht 4, Dlouhy 3, Lenz, Wilder 3. Total fouls - West Valley 23, Lake City 16. Fouled out - Kopp, Sly, Gordon, Focht. Technicals - none.

Colville 53, Post Falls 39

Marc Mostek scored 10 of his 20 in the third quarter, lifting the Indians over the visiting Trojans.

Colville’s Ryan Bradeen sealed the win by hitting all five of his free-throw attempts in the final quarter.

Post Falls 8 14 7 10 - 39

Colville 13 7 16 17 - 53

Post Falls (1-11, 0-11) - Smith 1 3-6 5, Quesnell 0 1-3 1, McKinnon 3 0-0 8, Garrett 0 1-3 1, Hutchison 0 0-1 0, Sinclair 0 0-0 0, Ward 2 2-2 6, Da. Adams 3 4-4 10, De. Adams 0 0-0 0, Haas 1 0-0 2, Fetters 2 0-0 6. Totals 12 11-19 39.

Colville (8-5, 6-5) - Trudgeon 0 0-0 0, S. Goble 2 3-6 8, Sprangers 0 0-0 0, Banich 2 0-0 6, N. Goble 0 0-0 0, Drozdowski 0 0-0 0, Bassett 0 0-2 0, Mostek 9 2-2 20, Bradeen 3 6-7 14, Johnson 1 3-4 5, Ferguson 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 14-21 53.

3-point goals - McKinnon 2, Fetters 2, S. Goble, Banich 2, Bradeen 2. Total fouls - Post Falls 18, Colville 17. Fouled out - None. Technicals - None.

Clarkston 67, Moscow 65

Justin Fraser scored 22 and combined with Brandon Hally for six 3-pointers as the Bantams upset the visiting Bears.

Moscow 12 7 16 30 - 65

Clarkston 16 18 18 15 - 67

Moscow (7-5, 6-5) - Brown 2 1-2 7, Baysinger 2 2-2 6, Busch 6 0-0 16, Williams 8 7-8 23, McAleer 0 0-0 0, Johnson 1 0-1 2, Harkins 0 1-2 1, Matthews 0 2-2 2, Richards 3 2-6 8. Totals 22 15-23 65.

Clarkston (3-9, 3-8) - Pfeifer 0 0-0 0, Fraser 6 7-9 22, Shelden 2 2-2 6, Bolland 2 0-0 4, Howell 0 0-0 0, Hayes 4 3-8 11, Blume 4 0-1 9, Entel 0 0-0 0, Madison 0 0-0 0, Hally 5 2-2 15. Totals 23 14-22 67.

3-point goals - Brown 2, Busch 4, Fraser 3, Blume, Hally 3. Total fouls - Moscow 13, Clarkston 16. Fouled out - Shelden. Technicals - None.

CdA 63, Sandpoint 54

Sam Conley scored 11 in the fourth quarter and the Vikings had a 35-22 rebounding edge in their win over the visiting Bulldogs.

Sandpoint 13 19 9 13 - 54

Coeur d’Alene 12 18 12 21 - 63

Sandpoint (3-9, 2-8) - Evans 3 3-6 10, Mire 3 1-1 9, Mills 1 0-0 3, Malone 1 3-4 5, Gunter 4 0-0 8, Oliver 1 0-0 2, Lopshire 0 0-0 0, Rinaldi 5 7-9 17. Totals 18 14-22 54.

Coeur d’Alene (5-8, 3-8) - Simon 3 0-2 6, Rupp 2 0-0 4, Bligh 0 1-2 1, Sande 1 0-0 2, Rodgers 5 2-3 12, Wilkey 2 2-2 7, Sather 2 1-1 5, Conley 8 4-4 22, Findley 1 0-0 2, Alderman 1 0-1 2. Totals 25 10-15 63.

3-point goals - Evans, Mire 2, Mills, Wilkey, Conley 2. Total fouls - Sandpoint 13, Coeur d’Alene 18. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.