Szalasi leads Lumberjacks

Zech Szalasi scored 17 points as visiting St. Maries beat Kootenai 58-40 in a non-league boys basketball matchup Thursday at Harrison.

Joe Szalasi had eight points and Josh Masterson four points and seven rebounds as the Lumberjacks (2-8) forced Kootenai (1-6) into 21 turnovers.

Frank Donohoe and Anthony Cranford led the Warriors with eight points apiece.

In other non-league action, Kyle Turpin and Brandon Haas each finished with 14 points, and Joe Bodman added 13 as Post Falls (6-3) routed Timberlake (2-7) 90-30 at Post Falls. Haas also added eight rebounds as the Trojans scored 43 points off Timberlake turnovers.

Girls basketball

Kootenai jumped out to a 24-4 lead after one quarter and cruised the rest of the way to a 56-31 North Star League win over visiting Mullan at Harrison. Hanna Nyrop had a game-high 12 points and Emily Frank added 10 points and seven rebounds for Kootenai (9-3, 3-0), which forced 19 Mullan turnovers. Katlyn Valerio had 19 points for the Tigers (1-8, 0-2).

Wrestling

Lake City won the meet’s first four matches, but Priest River stormed back to win the next six and held on for a 42-33 non-league win at Lake City. Ray Hinshaw beat Titus Turner 6-1 at 152 pounds for the Spartans, while Mike Ramsey contributed with a pin of Carson Work at 3:25 at 171 pounds. Matt Thompkins capped off Priest River’s win with a narrow 5-4 decision over Lake City’s Cory Tanner at 215 pounds.