Silver Valley Sports Recap: Dec. 9-15

Kellogg girls basketball

•Kellogg 52, St. Maries 31

KELLOGG — Full-court pressure helped the host Wildcats open a double-digit lead in the first quarter, and post player Haley Cheney tallied 15 points and nine rebounds — despite foul trouble — to lead Kellogg past the visiting Lumberjacks on Tuesday, Dec. 10.

“Our defense was pretty good, we played some aggressive man defense for most of the game,” Wildcats coach Jana Nearing said.

Emma VanHoose had 15 points and Jaron Figueroa tallied 10 points, six assists and five steals for Kellogg.

St. Maries 2 14 5 10 — 31

Kellogg 14 14 8 16 — 52

ST. MARIES — Sines 1, Badgett 3, Holder 5, Rimel 5, Ventura 2, Christensen 5, Watkins 1, Mitchell 4, Miller 0, Hammond 5, Koser 0.

KELLOGG — Allred 5, VanHoose 15, Ferreira 0, Hill 5, Figueroa 10, Nearing 2, Cheney 15, Erickson 0.

•Kellogg 51, Newport 33

NEWPORT, Wash. — Hailey Cheney had 25 points and 15 rebounds, and the visiting Wildcats quickly erased a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat the Grizzlies on Dec. 12 in nonleague play. Darian Hill added 12 points and six rebounds for Kellogg, which pulled out of the press at halftime after getting burned in the first half.

Lora Allred had 10 rebounds for the Wildcats.

“We were plagued by turnovers (16) in the first half,” Kellogg coach Jana Nearing said. “We came out in the second half and we were awake, making better decisions.”

Alika Robinson of Newport led all scorers with 27 points.

Kellogg 4 14 21 12 — 51

Newport 12 13 7 1 — 33

KELLOGG — Wendt 2, Allred 4, Van Hoose 0, Ferreira 4, Hill 12, Figuroa 0, Nearing 4, Cheney 25.

NEWPORT — Hughes 2, K. Hinchliff 1, Knight 1, Card 0, E. Hinchleff 0, Marsingill 0, Robinson 27, Jergens 2.

•Sandpoint 46, Kellogg 41

SANDPOINT — After starting the season 1-3, Sandpoint has found its rhythm and won three of its last four games, beating Kellogg 46-41 on Saturday night in nonleague play at Les Rogers Court.

Sandpoint coach Will Love challenged his team to hold Kellogg to 35 points in the game and the Bulldogs nearly delivered.

“I was really pleased with what we were able to do defensively tonight and that certainly put us in a position to win the game,” Love said. “Kellogg did a good job of getting us out of our offense and what we want to do ... so we started to press,” Love said about his team’s third quarter performance.

This allowed the Wildcats to climb back into the game and eventually narrow Sandpoint’s lead to 3 points with under four minutes left.

With the offense struggling, the Bulldogs needed someone to step up and make a play to avoid letting the game slip away.

The phone rang and senior Maddie Morgan answered, burying a 3-pointer to stop the Wildcats momentum.

Senior Dawson Driggs led the Bulldogs with 16 points and three steals. Sophomore Darian Hill scored 11 points for Kellogg and seniors Jaron Figueroa and Lora Allred each tallied 8.

Kellogg 8 10 7 16 — 41

Sandpoint 15 12 4 15 — 46

KELLOGG — Wendt 4, Allred 8, Van Hoose 3, Ferreira 1, Hill 11, Figueroa 8, Nearing 2, Cheney 4.

SANDPOINT — Cessna 2, Morgan 6, Driggs 16, Steiger 4, Phillips 6, Larson 5, Banks 7.

Wallace girls basketball

•Bonners Ferry 60, Wallace 45

WALLACE — Baylee Blackmore scored 22 points for the Badgers in a nonleague win over the Miners on Dec. 10 at Kirby Krulitz Court. Jaden House scored 17 points for Wallace.

Sierra Hill scored 18 points for Bonners Ferry.

Bonners Ferry 19 14 17 10 — 60

Wallace 14 14 13 4 — 45

BONNERS FERRY — Blackmore 22, Villalli 0, Sa. Hill 7, M. Blackmore 0, Peterson 5, Si. Hill 19, Pinkerton 7.

WALLACE — Morin 0, Johnson 10, Specht 0, House 17, Welch 6, Hill 5, Cielke 0, Hunter 0, Bergem 7.

•Wallace 49, Priest River 36

PRIEST RIVER — Jaden House scored 19 points to lead the Miners past the Spartans on Saturday, Dec. 14.

Elli Welch scored eight points for Wallace.

“It was a great game for us,” Miner coach Nichole Farkas said. “It’s nice to see girls off the bench contribute in different ways. We are playing terrific team ball.”

Maddy Rusho scored 14 points for Priest River.

Wallace 13 8 12 16 — 49

Priest River 10 5 9 12 — 36

WALLACE — Morin 4, Merrick 0, Johnson 0, Specht 4, House 19, Welch 8, Hill 4, Cielke 4, Hunter 4, Bergem 2.

PRIEST RIVER — Rantala 0, Rusho 14, Pound 0, Fink 0, Prudek 0, Palfrey 13, Meer 0, Minish 7, Freitas 2.

Wallace boys basketball

•St. Maries 58, Wallace 39

ST. MARIES — Brett Stancil hit two 3-pointers and scored eight of his game-high 17 points in the first quarter, which saw the host Lumberjacks outscore the Miners 19-2 in their Dec. 12 matchup.

“We pressed a lot, and our press was working well,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We turned them over quite a few times.”

Randie Becktel added 14 points for St. Maries.

Coleman Ross had 10 points and three steals for the Lumberjacks and Tristan Nelson had eight rebounds.

Eli Gibson had six points and eight assists, and drew three charging fouls in the first half of Wallace standout Carter Bailey, who had four fouls by halftime.

Hayden Hogamier had 13 points for Wallace.

Wallace 2 10 13 14 — 39

St. Maries 19 14 10 15 — 58

WALLACE — Farkas 8, Hogamier 13, Bailey 5, Lo. Hull 7, Denson 5, Lu. Hull 1, Gunderson 0.

ST. MARIES — Sands 2, Ross 10, Becktel 14, Nelson 2, Stancil 17, Peet 2, Elliott 5, Gibson 6.

•Wallace 60, Priest River 44

PRIEST RIVER — Carter Bailey scored 20 points for the Miners in a Dec. 14 win over the Spartans. Logan Hull scored 16 points for Wallace, which outscored Priest River 22-1 in the opening quarter.

Cameron Bell scored 12 points for Priest River.

Wallace 22 12 13 13 — 60

Priest River 1 11 23 9 — 44

WALLACE — Farkas 11, Hogamier 7, Bailey 20, Lo. Hull 16, Denson 6, Lu. Hull 0.

PRIEST RIVER — Mathews 6, Hahn 5, Bell 12, Lucas 6, Brennan 0, Zapfe 1, Thompson 2, Wilkerson 11.

Kellogg boys basketball

•Newport 53, Kellogg 43

NEWPORT, Wash. — It was a nightmare second half for the Wildcats who led 28-20 going into the break, but were outscored 33-15 the rest of the way in their Dec. 12 game at Newport.

Kellogg was led by Graden Nearing who had 19 points.

KELLOGG — R.Luna 3, K.Luna 5, Oertli 2, Nearing 19, Miller 6, Walker 0, Jerome 2, G.Luna 6.

NEWPORT — Deerwester 0, Goodman 0, Owen 12, Thomas 3, Krogh 15, Barrett 8, Kirkwood 9, Kirk 0, Nichols 6.

•Kellogg 59, Sandpoint 51

SANDPOINT — Graden Nearing scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Wildcats past the Bulldogs in a nonleague game on Dec. 14 at Les Rogers Court.

Sandpoint led 30-27 at the half, but Kellogg outscored the Bulldogs 16-6 in the third quarter.

Tempers flared down the stretch as Sandpoint senior point guard Kobe Banks fouled out and received a technical before taking a seat on the bench, leaving the Bulldogs without their best scorer for the final four minutes.

“We’ve had some pretty good stretches, but haven’t been able to put it all together for four quarters, so the effort was good tonight from beginning to end,” Kellogg coach Jeff Nearing said. “I thought we did a good job of keeping our composure. Things got a little heated and emotional, but for the most part, we did a good job.”

Banks had 13 points and six assists, while Ryan Roos had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Sandpoint.

“On defense, we were missing assignments, we were late on rotations,” Sandpoint coach Wade Engelson said. “And we have to make sure that we don’t do that.”

Gavin Luna had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Kellogg.

Kellogg 15 12 16 16 — 59

Sandpoint 19 11 6 15 — 51

KELLOGG — R. Luna 3, K. Luna 7, Oertli 6, Nearing 21, Miller 5, Jerome 6, G. Luna 11.

SANDPOINT — R. Roos 11, Banks 13, Niemela 3, Eldridge 2, VanDenBerg 5, Lee 2, C. Roos 5, Casey 8, Butler 2.

Mullan basketball

•DEARY — The Tigers traveled to Deary for a boys and girls basketball doubleheader on Dec. 12.

Mullan lost the boys’ game 68-29, and lost the girls game 48-9. No stats or information were reported for these games.