Silver Valley Sports Recap: Dec. 31-Jan. 6

Photos by TERI EIXENBERGER Kellogg’s Blaine Goodner controls his opponent during a match last weekend.

Dakota Eixenberger sets up to throw his opponent during a match at the Blackhawk Invite in Cheney. Eixenberger took second place at 106 pounds.

| January 9, 2019 2:00 AM

Dakota Eixenberger sets up to throw his opponent during a match at the Blackhawk Invite in Cheney. Eixenberger took second place at 106 pounds.

Kellogg wrestling

KELLOGG — The Kellogg Wildcats wrestling team had a busy weekend as they split time between Coeur d’Alene and Cheney, Wash.

At Coeur d’Alene High School the team fared well against the larger school, going 11-2 through the event.

Austin McKinnon, Wyatt Hei, Raymond Heely, Cody Vergobbi, Cody Sverdsten, Kayden Zimmerman, Tanner Pascoe, and Myles Hayman all picked up wins for the Wildcats.

At the Cheney Blackhawk Invitational the Wildcats were tested against some of the best schools in Eastern Washington, and they showed that they belonged. Grabbing five top-5 spots, including four second place finishes, Kellogg was right in the thick of things despite being one of the smaller schools at the competition.

“Our kids wrestled hard this weekend and did a lot of good things,” Kellogg coach Scott Miller said. “It's good to be back in competition and I think we looked much better in terms of fighting hands and controlling mat movement. We continue to make pretty good progress.”

Cheney Blackhawk Invite at Cheney, Wash.

KELLOGG INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

106 Dakota Eixenberger (3-1, 2nd Place)

113 Wyatt Hei (1-2, Did not place (DNP))

120 Ethan Guy (3-1, 2nd Place)

132 Judson Hall (3-1, 2nd Place)

138 Austin Manty, (1-2, DNP)

145 Tanner Pasco (2-2, DNP)

152 Brody Hoffman (0-2, DNP)

160 Austin Stepro (3-1, 2nd Place)

160 Blaine Goodner (3-2, 5th Place)

285 Rob Bublitz (0-2, DNP)

TEAM SCORES

1. Reardan - 162, 2. Cheney - 134, 3. West Valley - 128, 4. Medical Lake - 121, 5. Wapato - 119, 6. Quincy - 112, 7. Mead - 108, 8. Kellogg - 96.5, 9. Newport - 93, 10. Pullman - 85, 11. Grandview - 82, 12. Clarkston - 80, 13. Priest River - 75.5, 14. Kennewick - 73, 15. Orofino - 55, 16. Lakeside - 51, 17. Selkirk - 9

Kellogg will be wrestling again this weekend at Post Falls High School in the annual River City Duals. Matches begin at 4 p.m. on Friday.

Wallace girls basketball

Wallace 42, Kootenai 10: The visiting Miners jumped out to a 22-2 lead after one quarter en route to the North Star League victory over the Warriors.

Catie Sheppard led Wallace with nine points.

“We played ’em man in that first quarter, and they out-‘manned’ us,” Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. “They played well; they executed well in that first quarter. Defensively the zone went well (in the final three quarters), but the man didn’t (in the first).”

Kynlie Frey finished with seven points for Wallace.

Wallace 22 11 4 5 — 42

Kootenai 2 0 6 2 — 10

WALLACE — Welch 4, Lowman 0, Johnson 2, Frey 8, House 3, Sheppard 9, Morin 4, Hill 7, Hunter 1, Bergem 2, Howard 2.

KOOTENAI — Ducommun 0, Maitland 4, Addington 0, Thaut 0, Wine 2, Tiller 0, Grange 4.

Kellogg boys basketball

Moscow 64, Kellogg 26: The Kellogg Wildcats were on the road where they fell to the Moscow Bears.

No further stats or information were available for this game.