Bonners Ferry wins tourney, defeats Mullan, Kellogg

Bonners Ferry High School Girls Basketball team won the Silver Valley Tournament this weekend, defeating Mullan 73-6 on Friday and Kellogg 55-22 on Saturday.

Junior Mikki Erickson scored 16 points against Mullan.

“Junior Mikki Erickson came off the bench and was on fire,” said coach Travis Hinthorn. “She had 16 points and 6 steals.”

Senior Caitlin Clausen led the Badgers with 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Hailey Payne followed with 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

“Against Mullan, everyboday played well,” Hinthorn said. “Nine out of 10 girls scored.”

Against Kellogg, Bonners Ferry jumped out to a 6-4 lead early on. The Badgers held Kellogg scoreless throughout the remainder of the period on the way to a 16-4 lead after the first quarter.

Kellogg got to within 11 points of Bonners Ferry in the second quarter on a pair of free-throws from Chelsea Morgan and a three-point basket from Ryder Ashcraft to make it 22-11 before the Lady Badgers closed out the quarter on a 9-2 run to lead 31-13 at the half.

“Against Kellogg, we made a great run in the second half with our defense, once we started pressuring the ball,” said Hinthorn. “We made a good run in the middle of the second quarter.”

Bonners Ferry closed out the contest on a 22-9 run for the final score and the tournament title.

Payne led with 11 rebounds and 1 assist. Alicia Hedrick followed with 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

“Alicia Hedrick shot the ball very well and once again it was a team effort,” Hinthorn said.

Bonners Ferry 24 20 18 11 — 73

Mullan 2 0 3 1 — 6

BONNERS FERRY — Greensky 2, Erickson 16, Hiatt 13, Andrews 2, Pauls 4, Hedricks 13, Winkelseth 8, Payne 5, Clausen 10, Merz 0.

MULLAN — Rickey 2, Chambers 0, Elliott 0, Hocking 0, Peite 0, Jo 0, Kotshevar 0, Artman 2, Aleria 0, Walsh 1.

Bonners Ferry 16 15 9 15 — 55

Kellogg 4 9 4 5 — 22

BONNERS FERRY — Greensky 2, Erickson 4, Hiatt 6, Andrew 2, Pauls 6, Hedrick 15, Payne 8, Clausen 10, Merz 0.

KELLOGG — Day 0, Young 4, R. Ashcraft 7, M. Ashcraft 2, Morgan 5, Rohrs 0, Calabretta 0, Viche 2, Harden 2, Fuller 0, Waechter 0, Reed 0.