Prep basketball
Jeff Minnerly scored 26 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, to guide the Ferris boys basketball team to a 70-61 season-opening win over Central Valley in a Greater Spokane League game Saturday at Central Valley.
Minnerly also had three 3-pointers and was 5 of 6 from the free-throw line. As a team the Saxons made 21 of 32 free throws. The Bears were 7 of 14 from the line.
Michael Williams scored 23 points on 10-of-19 shooting to lead Central Valley (0-2).
“Nate Clinton scored 22 points, including five 3-pointers, and Coeur d’Alene used a big second half to beat host Madison 64-53 in a non-league game. Andrew Prohaska added 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals for the Vikings (2-0), who outscored the Bobcats 34-22 in the second half. … In other non-league games, Nick Fromm scored 21 points, including 10 in the first quarter, and Lake City defeated host Rigby 68-65 in overtime. Ben Carroll added 15 points for the Timberwolves (1-1). … Josh Nyberg scored a game-high 17 points to lead Riverside to a 48-38 win over Lakeland at Riverside. Brian Scott added eight points and eight rebounds for the Rams (1-0). Austin Black tallied 11 points to guide the Hawks (1-1). … Chris Pynch and Jered Cates scored 13 points apiece to help Riverside Christian defeat visiting St. George’s 57-41. Henry Butler scored a game-high 17 points for the Dragons (1-2), who were outscored 16-7 in the fourth quarter. … C.J. Shula scored a game-high 30 points and Rogers (Puyallup) used great free-throw shooting to defeat visiting Post Falls (1-3) 75-64. Shula made 16 of 17 from the free-throw line and Rogers was 31 of 32 as a team. … Genesse outscored Garfield-Palouse by 11 points in the first half and edged the host Vikings 63-55. Todd Smith scored 19 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead Garfield-Palouse (1-1). … Jamie Bennett scored 15 points and Valley Christian (1-0) topped LaCrosse-Washtucna (0-2) 45-35 in Washtucna. The Tigercats were led by Adam Robert’s 15 points. … Rory Ruskovich scored 15 points and Bob Schrack added 14 points and 12 rebounds to guide Coeur d’Alene Charter (1-2) past visiting Logos 51-31. … Nick Heitstuman scored a game-high 37 points and Cory Horstman added 19 to lead Colton to a 75-70 overtime victory over Lakeside in Plummer. The Wildcats (1-0) outscored the Knights 29-17 in the fourth quarter to force overtime. Jeremiah Brunelle had a team-high 21 points for Lakeside (0-1). … Jaime Stevenson scored 17 of his game-high 20 points in the second half to lead Lind-Ritzville (1-0) to a 50-42 come-from-behind win over host St. John-Endicott. Warren Miller led St. John-Endicott (0-1) with 17 points. … DW Daley scored 14 points and Colton Enyeart, Nick Milliren, Desmond Anderson and Sawyer Pettis all added 10 as Selkirk (1-1) topped host Rosalia (1-1) 64-43. … Kootenai outscored Mullan (0-3) 27-4 in the first quarter and cruised to an easy 61-32 win in Mullan. Bucky Thomas scored 15 points to lead the Warriors (2-1). … Cody Flett scored 20 of his game-high 30 points in the second half as Wellpinit (2-0) topped Wilbur Creston (1-1) 69-61 in Creston. … Jordan Lupfer-Graham scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead West Valley (1-0) to a 61-42 win over visiting Sandpoint. Spencer Swerin led the Bulldogs (2-1) with 21 points. … Jake Weimer had 14 points and 11 rebounds to guide Priest River (1-2) to a 45-38 victory over host Newport (1-1). … Forrest Trampush had 16 points and 10 boards as Chewelah (2-0) defeated visiting Timberlake (0-3) 55-34. … Nick Arthun made a free throw late in the fourth quarter to give Wallace a 43-42 win over visiting Kellogg (1-2). Darrick Holmquist had a team-high 17 points and Arthun finished with 12 for the Miners (2-0).
Girls
Katie Baker had 20 points, 14 rebounds, six blocks and four assists to lead Lake City to a 54-46 non-league win over Flathead in Coeur d’Alene. Amanda Krier had 11 points and Sydney Butler added 10 for the Timberwolves (4-1). … In other non-league games, Kaytlin Lawman scored 14 points, Stacy Soderberg chipped in 12 and Lacey Hirst added 11 as Sprague-Harrington (1-1) edged Columbia (0-1) 42-39 in Hunters. … Alisa Moehrle had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Ashley Nygreen added a career-high 18 points as Colton (2-0) beat Lakeside (0-4) 59-39 in Plummer. … Jessica Coots scored 21 points and Sami Mangini added 15 as Kettle Falls (2-0) defeated host Republic 65-41. Rachel Baldwin had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Karissa Lehn added 14 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks to lead the Tigers (0-2). … Kama Griffitts scored a game-high 22 points and Carli Rosenthal added 14 as Coeur d’Alene rolled to a 67-23 win over host Cheney (0-1). The Vikings (4-0) outscored the Blackhawks 15-4 in the first quarter and led 31-10 at the half. … Kayte Holm and Sammi Carlander scored 12 points apiece and Riverside used a strong second-half effort to beat visiting Lakeland 58-46. The Rams (1-0) outscored the Hawks 41-23 in the second half after trailing by seven at halftime. Ali Whitted and Kristyn App tallied 11 points each to lead Lakeland (0-4). … Tabitha Clark had 13 points and Melissa Hopkins and Alicia Schanilec added 10 apiece to lead Priest River (5-0) to a 52-42 victory over host Newport. Alicia Smith had 24 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocks to pace the Grizzlies (1-1). … Michelle Maley scored 11 points and Kate Hodges added 10 to guide Rosalia past visiting Selkirk 50-41. The Spartans (2-0) outscored the Rangers 18-9 in the fourth quarter to put the game away. Maria Villegas had a game-high 19 points to lead Selkirk (0-2). … Melissa Mauro scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead West Valley (2-0) to a 52-39 win over visiting Sandpoint. Brittany Oakley led the Bulldogs (1-3) with 12 points. … Elisha Lopez scored 12 points to lead Garfield-Palouse to a 44-26 season-opening victory over visiting Genesee. … Desi Chappell scored 13 points and Shelby Puckett added 12 to lead Tekoa-Oakesdale (2-1) to a 43-27 win over host Potlatch. … Doris Sines had 11 points and Jade Wemhoff added 11 as St. Maries (2-2) defeated host Orofino 50-27. … Karla Koller scored 22 points to guide LaCrosse-Washtucna (2-0) to a 53-28 win over Valley Christian (0-1) in Washtucna. … Traci Miller and Elisha Edminston scored 10 points each to guide Cusick (2-0) past host Curlew (1-1) 42-34. … Ashley Warnecke scored 15 points to guide Wilbur-Creston (2-0) to a 51-35 win over Wellpinit (0-2) in Creston. … Devon Killian scored 16 points to lead Lind-Ritzville (1-0) past host St. John-Endicott (0-1) 59-47.