Sandpoint girls, Clark Fork boys fall

CLARK FORK — Mullan's Joe Ploharz had his best game of the season scoring 20 points as the Tigers shut down Clark Fork 43-31 in North Star League action Tuesday night.

Brian Young led the Wampus Cats (4-7, 3-3) with eight points and his stout defense held Jesse James, Mullan's leading scorer, to only six points. The Cats could never get going offensively as they were held to only 12 first half points.

"Offensively we didn't get much done," said Cats' coach Brian Powell. "We didn't finish, didn't come ready to play, and 12 points in a half won't win many ball games."

The Cats succeeded in stopping Mullan's two best players in James and Corey Pehan, but Ploharz caught them by surprise with his scoring outburst, more than making up for the fact that only four Mullan (7-3, 3-1) players scored.

"Cameron Jeffres and Young were great on defense; kudos to them for shutting down their two best scorers," said Powell. "Ploharz hadn't done much against us before. The four kids that scored played pretty solid."

Clark Fork hosts Timberlake tonight at 7:30 p.m.

Mullan 10 10 12 11 — 43

Clark Fork 7 5 8 11 — 31

MULLAN — James 6, Ploharz 20, Murray 9, Pehan 8.

CLARK FORK — Martin 6, Ruen 6, T. Broggi 4, Jeffres 2, Clayton 2, B. Young 8, J. Broggi 3.

Post Falls 52, Sandpoint 35

POST FALLS — Sophomore Heather Arnone scored 20 points, had 7 rebounds and 4 assists to lead the charge in the Trojans' 52-35 win over Sandpoint in Inland Empire League play Tuesday night.

Post Falls is 7-7, 4-3 IEL.

Kendal Burt scored 12 points for the Bulldogs (6-7, 2-4).

"It was close at halftime, we were only up by two," Post Falls coach Chris Johnson said. "But we had a good third period and we put up 20 points. Sandpoint made a nice run, but our fourth quarter sealed the win."

Sandpoint hosts Moscow Friday night at 6 p.m.

Sandpoint 7 7 9 12—35

Post Falls 8 8 20 16—52

SANDPOINT—Oakley 6, Rench 0, Mire 8, DiBenedetto 0, Burt 12, Swerin 9, Guercio 0, Taylor 0.

POST FALLS—McArthur 5, Arnone 20, Schoening 2, Steinbach 4, McVeigh 10, Boviall 4, Mathewson 0, Topp 6, C. Schmidt 1.