PREP ROUNDUP: Priest River boys fend off Kellogg for league win

by MAX OSWALD
Sports Reporter | February 15, 2025 7:00 PM

BOYS BASKETBALL

Priest River 51, Kellogg 48

PRIEST RIVER — Senior Brock Kreager scored nine points and hit two 3-pointers, one with 37.2 seconds remaining to extend the lead to 50-46, and the host Spartans held on for a 3-point 3A Central Idaho League victory over the Wildcats on Saturday.

Senior Nate Stifel recorded a game-high 18 points, pulled down eight rebounds and blocked three shots for the Spartans, which led 30-26 at intermission.

Senior Palmer Coleman was all over the floor, registering seven points, seven rebounds, nine assists and five steals while senior Carter Cook neared a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds for Priest River.

Kellogg was paced by junior Draeden Taylor, who netted 16 points. Sophomore Porter Lewis had 12 points, sophomore Ty Cheney 10 points, seven rebounds and five steals for the Wildcats, which officially finish third in the CIL with the loss.

Priest River (13-4, 6-1) will host St. Maries for senior night on Tuesday to determine who wins the CIL regular season title.

Kellogg 14 12 12 10 — 48

Priest River 15 15 12 9 — 51

PTS: PR — Stifel 18, Cook 10, Kreager 9, Coleman 7, Korff 4, Mathews 3. KLG — Taylor 16, Lewis 12, Cheney 10, McDonald 6, Honnerlaw 2, Vindasius 2.

REB: PR — Cook 9, Stifel 8, Coleman 7, Lamanna 5, Hatten 4, Kreager 2, Korff 1, Staudt 1. KLG — Cheney 7, Robinson 6, Taylor 3, Lewis 3, Vindasius 3, McDonald 2, Baker 2, Honnerlaw 1.

AST: PR — Coleman 9, Mathews 3. KLG — Cheney 3, Robinson 1, Lewis 1, Honnerlaw 1, Vindasius 1, Taylor 1.

STL: PR — Coleman 5, Stifel 3, Mathews 1, Staudt 1, Cook 1, Hatten 1. KLG — Cheney 5, McDonald 2, Lewis 2.

BLK: PR — Stifel 3. KLG — Taylor 2.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

New Plymouth 50, Priest River 31

GRANGEVILLE — Senior Desi Humphrey produced a game-high 15 points and came away with four steals as the Lady Spartans were defeated by the Lady Pilgrims in a 3A state play-in game held Saturday at Grangeville High.

Senior Lizzie McCracken had seven points, senior Paityn Yount eight rebounds and three blocks for Priest River, which trailed 23-15 at halftime.

Junior Emery Frates had 12 points and eight rebounds, senior Sam Withers 11 points, and junior Hope Hailey eight points, seven rebounds, five assists and eight steals for New Plymouth, which improves to 18-7 and heads to the 3A state tournament set to begin Thursday at Bishop Kelly High.

Priest River finishes the season with a record of 15-8.

New Plymouth 18 5 13 14 — 50

Priest River 4 11 5 11 — 31

PTS: PR — Humphrey 15, McCracken 7, Jensen 5, Yount 3, Burgess-Duquette 1. NP — Frates 12, S. Withers 11, K. Withers 10, Hailey 8, Eagy 4, Oxnam 3, Christenson 2.

REB: PR — Yount 8, Jensen 6, Humphrey 6, Burgess-Duquette 3, Jepson-Church 3, McCracken 2, Braae 2. NP — Frates 8, Hailey 7, K. Withers 5, Eagy 5, S. Withers 3, Pearson 2, Christenson 2.

AST: PR — Yount 2, Jepson-Church 1, Braae 1. NP — Hailey 5, S. Withers 4, Eagy 3, Frates 2, Christenson 1, K. Withers 1.

STL: PR — Humphrey 4, Jepson-Church 3, Yount 1, Jensen 1. NP — Hailey 8, Eagy 5, K. Withers 4, Frates 3, S. Withers 3, Christenson 2, Pearson 1.

BLK: PR — Yount 3, Humphrey 1, Jensen 1. NP — S. Withers 2.

GIRLS WRESTLING

COEUR d'ALENE — Sandpoint's Zxyloh Johsnon (152) won her bracket with a 15-7 win by major decision to lead the Lady Bulldogs at the Lake City Girls Invitational Saturday.

Nya Eby (120) won two bouts by pin, Vanessa Hood (126) one by a 18-3 technical fall and the other by a 9-0 decision, and two both placed second. Ariana Turnbull (185) and Lilli Marti (235) also finished second in their respective round robin's.

Hunter Edmondson (120) and Izzy Stark (126) wrestled to three wins, Summer Birch (114) two wins, and the trio all notched third-place finishes on the day.

Sandpoint will travel to Moscow High on Thursday for the All-Class District 1-2 tournament — a tournament their hoping to win for the first time in school history.

No team scores were kept.

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

107 (round robin) — 1, Murphee Balich, Coeur d'Alene; 2, Jaiden DeTienne, Coeur d'Alene; 3, Teagan Patrick, Lakeland; 4, Mackenzee Donenfeld, Sandpoint. 114 — Vada Hutchinson, Post Falls, p. Kooper Bugner, Lewiston, 1:42. 120 — Alexxis Johnson, Lake City, tf. Nya Eby, Sandpoint, 15-0. 126 — Shelby Garten, Timberlake, p. Vanessa Hood, Sandpoint, 0:26. 132 — Kahli Brown, Post Falls, p. Rose Gates, Timberlake, 3:45. 138 (round robin) — 1, Raylee Reynolds, Post Falls; 2, Jesse Rice, Clearwater Valley. 145 — Chloe Thomas, Post Falls, p. Ciel Sattler, Lapwai, 5:00. 152 — Zxyloh Johnson, Sandpoint, md. Sophia Stewart, Post Falls, 15-7. 185 (round robin) — 1, Brooklyn Anderson, Coeur d'Alene; 2, Ariana Turnbull, Sandpoint; 3, Haven McClure, Lake City. 235 (round robin) — 1, Kassie Voss, Post Falls; 2, Lilli Marti, Sandpoint; 3, Devlyn Hernandez, Post Falls; 4, Hailey Cook, Priest River.

THIRD-PLACE MATCHES

114 — Summer Birch, Sandpoint, md. Rhaelyn Schedlbauer, Sandpoint, 11-0. 120 — Hunter Edmondson, Sandpoint, p. Zoey Hollenbeck, Coeur d'Alene, 2:06. 126 — Izzy Stark, Sandpoint, p. Avery Whaley, Coeur d'Alene, 2:17. 132 — Kalayah White, Kellogg, p. Avery Inge, Sandpoint, 1:27. 145 — Justyce Dorn, Lake City, p. Brooke Hayes, Kellogg, 0:34. 152 — Kaysha Kimura, Sandpoint, ff. Anna Agazzi, Clearwater Valley.