Silver Valley Sports: Feb. 24 - Mar. 2

KELLOGG WRESTLING

- 2/28-3/1

3A State Tournament

POCATELLO — The Kellogg Wildcats had four finalists and one champion and finished third as a team at the State Wrestling Championships at the ICCU Dome.

Kellogg sophomore Colton Storey beat Peter Fabbi of Clearwater Valley for 113-pound championship. Senior Brady Vergobbi (150), junior Johnny Stovern (106), and freshman Carson Hinkelmann (120) finished as runners-up.

Wildcats Kevin Watson (3rd place, 106), Wyatt Storey (5th, 132), and Jayce Haynes (5th, 150) found their way to the podium during the tournament.

Kellogg, which took 17 wrestlers to the tournament, battled against top ranked teams Malad and Ririe, with both teams finishing ahead of the Wildcats.

3A TEAM SCORES – 1, Malad 211.5. 2, Ririe 194. 3, Kellogg 160.5. 4, Declo 104.5. 5, New Plymouth 99.5. 6 (tie), Firth, Tri-Valley 92. 8 (tie), St. Maries, West Side 91.5. 10, North Fremont 85. 11, Priest River 76.5. 12, Soda Springs 64.5. 13, Clearwater Valley 63.5. 14, Glenns Ferry 59. 15, West Jefferson 56. 16, Challis 51. 17, Nampa Christian 49. 18, Aberdeen 45. 19, Potlatch 31. 20, Grace 29.5. 21, Raft River 28. 22, Marsing 21. 23, Lakeside 20. 24, Valley 18.5. 25, Kendrick 17. 26, Salmon 15.5. 27, Orofino 15. 28, Grangeville 14. 29, Kamiah 10.5. 30, Parma 10. 31, Wendell 7. 32 (tie), Hagerman, Hansen 6. 34, Melba 5.5. 35 (tie), Butte County, Kootenai 4. 37, North Gem 3. 38, Greenleaf 1. 39 (tie), Cascade, Garden Valley, Lapwai, Oakley 0.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

106 — Jack Willie, Malad, p. Johnny Stovern, Kellogg, :54.

113 — Colton Storey, Kellogg, tf. Peter Fabbi, Clearwater Valley, 18-3.

120 — Henry Thomas, Glenns Ferry, md. Carsun Hinkelmann, Kellogg, 10-2.

144 — Colm McLaimtaig, Priest River, d. Stellar Tew, West Side, 4-3.

150 — Drake Morrison, Malad, tf. Brady Vergobbi, Kellogg, 15-0.

157 — James Hansen, Ririe, d. Zach David, St. Maries, 17-14.

165 — Aiden Yearout, St. Maries, d. Mac Hall, West Jefferson, 6-5.

THIRD-FOURTH PLACE

106 — Kevin Watson, Kellogg, d. Camden Worthington, Declo, 3-1.

132 — Eston Beck, Aberdeen, p. Kelby Harvey, St. Maries, 1:41.

144 — Jack Eddins, Grace, p. Jerrett Brebner, St. Maries, 3:42.

215 — Darien Ratzlaff, Priest River, p. Layne Morris, Lakeside, 2:22.

285 — Caleb Grow, Priest River, p. Michael Lizarraga, Firth, 2:32.

FIFTH-SIXTH

132 — Wyatt Storey, Kellogg, d. Porter Mills, Malad, 6-2.

150 — Jayce Haynes, Kellogg, p. Roper Higley, Malad, 3:58.

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET

Semifinals

106 – Johnny Stovern, Kellogg, d. Kevin Watson, Kellogg, 9-4.

113 – Colton Storey, Kellogg, d. Teran Tracy, Raft River, 6-3.

120 – Carsun Hinkelmann, Kellogg, d. Ches Lee Webb, Ririe, 4-3.

144 – Colm McLaimtaig, Priest River, d. Jerrett Brebner, St. Maries, 1-0.

150 – Brady Vergobbi, Kellogg, d. Jacob Fabbi, Clearwater Valley, 4-1.

157 – Zach David, St. Maries, tf. William Yearout, Potlatch, 22-4.

165 – Aiden Yearout, St. Maries, d. Treagan Harris, Ririe, 10-3.

285 – Marcus Garcia, New Plymouth, d. Caleb Grow, Priest River, 3-2.

CONSOLATION BRACKET

Third round

113 – Ayden Potter, Malad, p. Aiden Figueroa, Kellogg, :56.

120 – Hector Silvas, Firth, tf. Ashton Lewis, Kootenai, 18-1.

132 – Kelby Harvey, St. Maries, p. Jason Wethern, Valley, 2:03; Wyatt Storey, Kellogg, d. Jacob Hartle, New Plymouth, by injury default.

150 – Jayce Haynes, Kellogg, p. Amado Stewart, St. Maries, 5:00.

215 – Layne Morris, Lakeside, md. Logan Trimble, Ririe, 13-2; Darien Ratzlaff, Priest River, p. Cam Bingham, Malad, 1:28.

Semifinals

106 – Kevin Watson, Kellogg, p. Simon Krupp, Soda Springs, 1:00.

132 – Kelby Harvey, St. Maries, p. Porter Mills, Malad, 1:58; Eston Beck, Aberdeen, p. Wyatt Storey, Kellogg, 2:44.

144 – Jerrett Brebner, St. Maries, d. Payton Martindale, North Fremont, 3-2.

150 – Jace Waggoner, Tri-Valley, p. Jayce Haynes, Kellogg, 1:47.

215 – Layne Morris, Lakeside, d. Rawley Babcock, West Jefferson, 7-0.

285 – Caleb Grow, Priest River, md. Robert Fuentes, Declo, 16-2.

KELLOGG BOYS BASKETBALL

- 2/24

Kellogg 53 St. Maries 43

ST. MARIES — Junior Draeden Taylor scored 16 points, and Kellogg hit 7 of 7 3-pointers in the first half and went on to defeat the No. 2 seed St. Maries Lumberjacks 53-43 on Monday night.

“They were clean looks,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “We’re better shooters when we move the ball from side to side, and move the ball inside to out with clean catches. Confidence is a funny thing; you see the ball go through the hoop a couple of times, and it gets contagious.”

“Credit to Mike; his kids executed their game plan and played a great first half,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We forced 24 turnovers, and I think at one point we had three steals in a row, and each time we turned it right back over to them.”

Radley McDonald added 13 points, Brodie Robinson 10 for Kellogg, which led by as much as 17 points in the first half. Taylor scored eight points in the first quarter, including two 3-pointers. Robinson and Evan Vindasius also hit two 3s each in the first half, McDonald one.

“I just didn't think we got our hands up,” Chase said. “We were in the right spots, we just weren’t getting a hand up from the 3-point line.”

Junior JJ Yearout scored a game-high 24 points for St. Maries, which had won the last 10 district titles. Isaiah Gustaffe had seven points, five rebounds, and five steals. Yearout also had five steals.

Kellogg 16 19 6 12 — 53

St. Maries 13 7 14 9 — 43

KELLOGG — Robinson 10, McDonald 13, Taylor 16, Lewis 2, Cheney 4, Vindasius 8, Baker 0.

ST. MARIES — Harold 5, Garcia 0, J. Barta 1, Yearout 24, Gustaffe 7, B. Barta 0, L. Riberich 2, Defoort 2, T. Riberich 2.

- 2/26

Kellogg 48 Orofino 55

KELLOGG — The fourth-seeded Orofino Maniacs, winners of a play-in game against Grangeville last week, advanced to the state 3A tournament with a win over the third-seeded Kellogg Wildcats in the District 1-2 championship game on Wednesday at Andrews Gymnasium.

“Orofino sat back in a zone, and to their credit, they did it well,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “They trapped certain guys, and we didn’t work for good enough shots tonight and settled for playing catch. We weren’t aggressive enough against their zone early, and that set the tone for the night. Hats off to them.”

Sophomore Ty Cheney scored 14 points and Radley McDonald 13 points for Kellogg and were a combined 12 of 15 shooting.

“They were super-efficient,” Martin said. “Those two did a good job of keeping us around and gave us a chance to get back into it.”

Sophomore Blake Barlow scored 17 points for Orofino.

“Barlow shot it well, and they did a good job of executing their stuff,” Martin said. “We prepped to take them out of their stuff,f and they were patient with the ball and did a good job of finding the guys they needed to find.”

Orofino 11 15 16 13 — 55

Kellogg 4 15 8 21 — 48

OROFINO — Runia 8, Bonner 9, Schneider 8, Burnette 0, Connolly 4, Barlow 19, Olive, Naranjo 2.

KELLOGG — Robinson 5, McDonald 13, Taylor 9, Lewis 0, Honnerlaw 3, Cheney 14, Vindasius 4, Baker 0.

- 2/27

St. Maries 52

Kellogg 42

ST. MARIES — With the game tied after three quarters, junior Jack Barta scored eight of his 14 points in a 14-0 run to start the fourth quarter, and No. 2 seed St. Maries went on to beat the No. 3 Wildcats in a loser-out second-place game of the 3A District 1-2 tournament.

Junior Isaiah Gustaffe had 17 points for St. Maries, which jumped out to a 16-4 lead after one quarter as Kellogg missed its first 11 shots. Junior JJ Yearout had 15 points, five rebounds and five assists. Both scored three points in the fourth-quarter run.

Barta and Yearout each hit three 3-pointers for the Lumberjacks, who finished 8 for 16 from deep. Gustaffe hit two 3s.

Junior Draeden Taylor scored 19 points for Kellogg (12-11), which won at St. Maries on Monday, then lost at home to fourth seed Orofino on Wednesday in the district title game.

“We knew coming into this game it was going to be tough,” Kellogg coach Mike Martin said. “Coming off the district championship loss, it was going to come down to whatever team had more juice. And St. Maries just made more shots than we did tonight. We battled to get back into it in the third quarter, but just couldn’t get a stop in the fourth.”

Landon Riberich had 10 rebounds and three blocked shots for St. Maries, and Hayden Defoort had five boards for the Lumberjacks.

“They got punched in the mouth by Kellogg on Monday, and they definitely had a chip on their shoulder the rest of the week, to play as hard as they could,” Chase said.

Kellogg 4 11 16 11 — 42

St. Maries 16 3 12 21 — 52

KELLOGG — Robinson 2, McDonald 8, Taylor 19, Lewis 7, Honnerlaw 2, Cheney 4, Vindasius 0, Baker 0.

ST. MARIES — Harold 0, Garcia 0, Sexton 0, J. Barta 14, Yearout 15, Gustaffe 17, B. Barta 0, L. Riberich 4, Defoort 2, Speakman 0, F. Riberich 0.

WALLACE BOYS BASKETBALL

- 2/26

Genesis Prep 69

Wallace 51

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Griffin Earley scored all 11 of his points in the second half, and the third-seeded Jaguars pulled away from a 27-all halftime tie to eliminate the second-seeded Miners in the 2A District 1 tournament at North Idaho College.

Spencer Farrell scored seven of his 11 points after intermission for Genesis Prep.

Senior Gabe Meyer scored nine of his 14 points in the first quarter for Genesis Prep, which won at Wallace in the first round last week. Emmaus Nichols added 11 points for the Jaguars.

Julian Davis scored 17 of his game-high 25 points in the second half for Wallace, which finished 14-9. Cooper Miller added 12 points for the Miners.

Wallace 13 14 13 11 — 51

Genesis Prep 13 14 20 22 — 69

WALLACE — Miller 12, Davis 25, Guardipee 5, Larsen 4, Myles 3, Williams 2, Strange 0.

GENESIS PREP — Nichols 11, Tosh 7, Martin 4, S. Bateman 6, Earley 11, Meyer 14, I. Bateman 3, Farrell 11, Swanson 2.

MULLAN BOYS BASKETBALL

- 2/25

Kootenai 70 Mullan 27

COEUR d’ALENE — Senior Chris Moore scored 24 of his 35 points in the first half, leading the second-seeded Kootenai Warriors past the third-seeded Mullan Tigers in the loser-out semifinal round of the 1A District 1 boys basketball tournament Tuesday at North Idaho College.

Riley Ausman added 10 points for Kootenai.

Moore hit three of his four 3-pointers in the first half for the Warriors.

“Boys played great tonight,” said Kootenai acting head coach Jason Strobel, subbing for head coach Tom Tucker, who is recovering from recent quadruple bypass surgery. “Starters were on point. Bench came in and played huge as well.”

Junior Colten Imes scored 10 points for Mullan.

Mullan 6 4 9 8 — 27

Kootenai 16 21 22 11 — 70

MULLAN — Sala 6, Imes 10, Calvert 2, Ullrich 2, Morgan 4, Bosson 3.

KOOTENAI — Addington 0, Derry 3, Braz 8, Strobel 6, Ausman 10, C. Moore 35, J. Moore 2, Berkshire 0, Gentry 6.