Region's top players compete in All-Star game
Photo by Josh McDonald Kellogg guard Trevor Bumgardner tries his hand at the 3-point competition.
Wildcat Tyler Gibbons gets the chase down block over friend and Coeur d’Alene High School player Caleb Beggerly. Photo by Josh McDonald
Kellogg’s Tanner Mueller gets some help from Lakeland’s Caden Davis during the slam dunk competition at the 2018 District I All-Star Game. Mueller finished in second place in the competition. Photo by AriAna McDonald
Photo by Josh McDonald Wallace’s Jaden Dimitroff puts up a deep three during the second half of the All-Star Game.
Photo by Josh McDonald Rylee Riekena gets ready for more fast paced action during the girls all-star game.
Photo by AriAna McDonald Mullan’s own Gryphon Todd throws down a dunk during the dunk competition.
BOYS ALL-STAR GAME
West 94, East 82
MULLAN — Lake City senior James Carlson scored 16 points for the West All-Stars in a 94-82 win over the East in the District 1 All-Star Game at the Mullan Pavilion Friday night.
Carlson also won the slam dunk contest at halftime of the boys game, which also featured Lakeland senior Dylan Vahey going 10 for 10 to win the boys 3-point contest.
It was a fun evening for the local ball players, especially the boys from Kellogg, who got to play another game under coach Jeff Nearing, but also got to play against former teammate and Nearing’s nephew Caleb Beggerly.
Beggerly transferred to Coeur d’Alene High School prior to his freshman year and became a football standout.
Prior to coaching the Kellogg varsity team, Nearing had coached five of Kellogg’s six senior all stars and Beggerly through the AAU program for several years.
Post Falls’ Tanner McCliment-Call scored 12 points for the East.
East 44 38 — 82
West 44 50 — 94
EAST — Jordan Hardy (Timberlake) 1, Jake Shelton (Genesis Prep) 2, Tanner McCliment-Call (Post Falls) 12, David Bourgard (Post Falls) 4, Max Reidt (Genesis Prep) 6, Sam Matheson (Coeur d’Alene) 8, Alan Ballew (Post Falls) 4, Jacob Schroeder (Genesis Prep) 9, Gryphen Todd (Mullan) 9, Caleb Beggerly (Coeur d’Alene) 11, Seth Dechand (Mullan) 6.
WEST — Tyler Gibbons (Kellogg) 2, Hunter Schaffer (Lake City) 10, Bryar Sanchez (Lakeside) 6, Nik McCartin (Lake City) 7, Kevin Duffield (St. Maries) 2, Chase Jerome (Kellogg) 7, Tanner Mueller (Kellogg) 6, James Carlson (Lake City) 16, Dylan Vahey (Lakeland) 7, Kaden Davis (Lakeland) 13, Trevor Bumgardner (Kellogg) 7, Jaden Dimitroff (Wallace) 0, Grant Nearing (Kellogg) 3, Brady Bateman (Bonners Ferry) 3, Ryan Morgan (Kellogg) 7, Glover Buell (St. Maries) 0.
GIRLS ALL-STAR GAME
West 63, East 54
MULLAN — Sandpoint’s Grace Kirscher, an Eastern Washington signee, scored 20 points to earn Most Valuable Player honors, leading the West All-Stars past the East in the District 1 All-Star Game at the Mullan Pavilion.
The West Team battled through a steep numbers advantage as they only had six of their players turnout for the game, but that wasn’t going to hold them back.
Wildcat standout Kaili Cates put on a stellar performance, scoring 13 points while routinely battling her much larger opposition to secure rebounds and score putback baskets.
Kaylee Auer of St. Maries led the East with 11 points, followed by fellow Lumberjack Paige Sines and Timberlake’s Lilly Kelley and Kaylee Jezek with nine points each. Kelley won the girls 3-point competition at halftime of the girls game.
East 8 24 6 16 — 54
West 22 7 20 14 — 63
EAST — Paige Sines (St. Maries) 9, Lilly Kelley (Timberlake) 9, Madison Napierala (Kootenai) 0, Courtney Lamb (Kootenai) 2, Aspen Greene (Kootenai) 0, Devyn Wilson (St. Maries) 6, Kaili Gentry (Kootenai) 8, Kaylee Jezek (Timberlake) 9, Christa iManzi (Genesis Prep) 0, Kaylee Auer (St. Maries) 11.
WEST — Kaili Cates (Kellogg) 13, Rylee Riekena (Kellogg) 4, Sofi Schnepf (Lakeland) 8, Trinity Golder (Sandpoint) 14, Grace Kirscher (Sandpoint) 20, Mary Schlader (North Idaho Christian) 4.