Hawks run past Bulldogs

| February 16, 2018 12:00 AM

RATHDRUM — Junior center Josiah Haaland had 13 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots as the Lakeland Hawks routed the visiting Sandpoint Bulldogs 66-38 in the 4A Inland Empire League and regular season finale for both teams Thursday night at Hawk Court.

Kaden Davis added 10 points and five assists for Lakeland (12-7, 2-2 4A IEL), which clinched the No. 2 seed to next week’s 4A Region 1 tournament. Lakeland and No. 3 Sandpoint (6-15, 0-4) will play Monday at 8 p.m. at North Idaho College in a loser-out game.

Lakeland shot 58 percent (25 of 43) from the field, and had 16 assists. Nathan Johnson and Dylan Knight each hit 3-pointers in the opening moments, and Haaland got the crowd fired up during that stretch with a dunk.

Robbie Johnson led Sandpoint with 10 points, and brothers T.J. Davis and Alex Stockton hit for seven apiece in the loss.

Sandpoint 4 14 9 11 — 38

Lakeland 16 14 20 16 — 66

SANDPOINT — Vernon 2, Dalthorp 5, Niemela 0, Davis 7, Jones 2, Johnson 10, Casey 2, Stockton 7, Roos 3.

LAKELAND — Taylor 1, Zubaly 4, Johnson 6, Knight 9, Vahey 8, Davis 10, Skalskiy 8, Neilson 7, Haaland 13.