Clark Fork stays alive

| February 9, 2006 8:00 PM

RATHDRUM — Tiffany VanBuren hit three 3-pointers and scored all nine of her points in the first half for the Wampus Cats in the loser-out game.

Freshman Bailey Hewitt had 12 points, seven rebounds and three steals for Clark Fork, Rashell Trunnell had eight points and seven rebounds, Rayna Allen eight points and four steals.

Senior Wynonna Johnson hit three 3s in the second half and finished with 13 points for Lakeside.

Lakeside 2 9 5 9 — 25

Clark Fork 10 14 7 12 — 43

LAKESIDE — Johnson 13, Miller 8, Sanchez 2, Sifford 2.

CLARK FORK — Hess 1, Allen 8, Trunnell 8, Hewitt 12, VanBuren 9, Meredith 5.

Wallace 72, Kootenai 45

RATHDRUM — Having steamrolled through their competition in North Idaho with only one blemish, the Wallace Miners now set their sights on the rest of the state.

The Miners, second-ranked in 1A, jumped out on top early and rolled to a 72-45 victory over the Kootenai Warriors in the championship game.

of the District 1 tournament Thursday night at Lakeland High.

Wallace (21-1) has all but one player back from last year's district title team that placed fourth at state.

"I think if we play our 'A' game, we're definitely capable of competing with the tough teams," said Wallace junior guard Lisa Carver, who hit two 3-pointers and finished with 14 points and eight rebounds. "We gained a lot more knowledge on what to expect down there."

In its first game at state, Wallace will play Raft River of Malta, the fourth-place finisher from District 4, on Wednesday at 5:15 p.m. PST at Skyview High in Nampa.

Kootenai (16-6) plays Clark Fork (8-13) on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Lakeland for second place and a trip to state. Earlier Thursday, Clark Fork eliminated Lakeside (10-13) with a 43-25 victory.

Wallace 72

Kootenai 45

Wallace has now beaten Kootenai four times in four tries this season, but in none of the other three games did the Miners get off to such a good start.

The Miners scored the game's first seven points and led 16-3 after seven minutes. Using an aggressive, collapsing zone defense, Wallace forced 16 Kootenai turnovers in the first half, 27 for the game.

"I thought they came out pretty relaxed and confident, and really laid it to us," Kootenai coach Doug Napierala said. "We were a little tense; we put a little pressure on ourselves, and that didn't help our start."

Cassie Scheffelmaier scored 14 of her 20 points in the second half for Kootenai, which shot 4 of 22 from the floor in the first half, ?? for ?? for the game. She also had seven rebounds and three steals.

Kootenai 7 8 15 15 — 45

Wallace 19 20 13 20 — 72

KOOTENAI — Gimmeson 0, Strong 2, Nyrop 4, Fly 0, Scheffelmeier 20, Frank 7, Willms 3, Blackburn 2, Hendricks 0, Amy 7.

WALLACE — Hayman 11, Wheeler 0, Arave 5, Beehner 2, Carver 14, Shiner 3, Waters 0, Moore 7, Hinsz 4, Wild 9, Williams 15, Dechand 2, Hartmann 0.

Clark Fork 43

Lakeside 25

Tiffany VanBuren hit three 3-pointers and scored all nine of her points in the first half for the Wampus Cats in the loser-out game.