PREP BASKETBALL: Girls win a thriller and prep for districts, boys beat Coeur d’Alene to remain undefeated

Lakeside 75, 

Bonners Ferry 78 

BONNERS FERRY – The Bonners Ferry Badgers girls (12-8) won a thriller on Senior Night at the Badger Den Jan. 30 against the Lakeside Knights (11-7). 

Both teams had stellar offensive production. Lakeside hit 13 3-pointers, including five from Kyleigh Wolfe, who finished the game with 39 points.  Bonners Ferry senior Sydney Hinthorn finished with a double-double, scoring 22 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. Taren Bateman scored 22 points for the Badgers in her first game back since sustaining a leg injury on Jan. 4.  

Lake City set the tone early, jumping out to a 9-2 lead in the first three minutes of the game. Wolfe hit a 3-pointer as time expired to end both the first and second quarters, and the game was knotted at 42-42 to end the first half. 

The Badgers took a 76-66 lead with under two minutes left in the game, but Lake City scored eight points unanswered and had a shot at a game-winning 3-pointer with less than 15 seconds remaining in the game. The shot rimmed out, Bonners Ferry collected the rebound, and Makenna Baisden hit two clutch free throws late in the game to secure the three-point victory for the Badgers. 

Lakeside – 22 20 14 19 75 

Bonners Ferry – 17 25 14 22 78 

PTS: BF – Bateman 22, Hinthorn 22, Hiatt 7, Baisden 6, Petesch 6, Thomson 6, Willis 5, Mierke 4. LS – Wolfe 39, Matheson 12, Peone 11, Lambert 7, Pluff 6. 

REB: BF – Baisden 13, Hinthorn 12, Bateman 9, Willis 7, Mierke 5, Thomson 5, Hiatt 3, Petesch 3 

AST: BF – Mierke 3, Baisden 2, Bateman 2, Hinthorn 2, Petesch 2 

STL: BF – Mierke 4, Hinthorn 3, Petesch 1 

BLK: BF – Hiatt 1, Mierke 1 

Timberlake 62, 

Bonners Ferry 24 

BONNERS FERRY – The girls were held to just 23 shots in a Feb. 4 loss to the Timberlake Tigers (17-3) in the Intermountain League finale. 

The Tigers will host the Badgers on Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. in the first game of the 4A District 1 tournament. The Badgers will have to beat Timberlake twice in a row to advance to the play-in game for the state tournament. 

Bonners Ferry jumped out to an early 12-9 lead, but they were held scoreless in the second quarter. The Tigers gained control of the game and never let it go, finishing 53-12 over the final three quarters. 

“We settled in after that first quarter,” said Timberlake coach Matt Miller. “We got a little tougher. We had a tough time adjusting to everything, and we started to share the ball well.” 

Timberlake – 9 20 29 4 62 

Bonners Ferry – 12 0 8 4 24 

PTS: BF – Bateman 8, Hiatt 6, Baisden 2, Hinthorn 2, Mierke 2, Petesch 2, Willis 2. TBL – Nelson 20, MacArthur 12, Needs 11, Miller 9, Soumas 6, Jones 2, Simpson 2 

REB: BF – Hinthorn 4, Bateman 3, Baisden 2, Hiatt 2, Mierke 1, Petesch 1 

AST: BF – Bateman 1, Hinthorn 1, Thomson 1 

STL: BF – Baisden 3, Hinthorn 3, Bateman 2, Hiatt 1, Petesch 1, Willis 1 

BLK: BF – Bateman 1, Hinthorn 1 

Bonners Ferry 58, 

Genesis Prep 23 

POST FALLS – The Badgers girls cruised to a victory over the Genesis Prep Academy Jaguards (12-7) on Jan. 31 behind 15 points, six rebounds and five steals from Sydney Hinthorn. 

Makenna Baisden contributed 10 points and five assists in the winning effort.  

The Badgers defeated the Jaguars for the second time this season with the win on Friday night. They also won on Nov. 22 by a final score of 60-33. 

Bonners Ferry – 17 20 11 10 58 

Genesis Prep – 4 9 7 3 23 

PTS: BF – Hinthorn 15, Baisden 10, Mierke 8, Thomson 8, Willis 8, Petesch 5, Hiatt 4 

REB: BF – Willis 12, Hinthorn 6, Petesch 6, Thomson 4, Baisden 3, Bateman 3, Hiatt 3, Johnson 3, Mierke 3 

AST: BF – Baisden 5, Hinthorn 3, Mierke 3, Bateman 2, Willis 2, Hiatt 1 

STL: BF – Hinthorn 5, Mierke 3, Willis 3, Hiatt 2, Bateman 1, Thomson 1 

BLK: BF – Hiatt 2, Bateman 1, Mierke 1, Willis 1 

Badger boys beat Coeur d’Alene  

Bonners Ferry 71, 

Coeur d’Alene 52 

COEUR D’ALENE – The Bonners Ferry Badgers boys (18-0) defeated the Coeur d’Alene Vikings (9-9) at North Idaho College Jan. 31 for the first time in recent memory.  

It has been over a decade since the Badgers defeated the Vikings, but they won decisively on Friday night behind 28 points from Asher Williams, 16 points from Sulay Abubakari, and 14 points from Brody Rice. 

Asher Williams went into the game just nine points shy of breaking 2,000 career points. He hit the milestone with a 3-pointer late in the first quarter. Williams now has 2,019 career points. 

Senior Thomas Bateman has scored 941 career points. He needs just 59 more points to reach the 1,000-point milestone.  

Bonners Ferry – 16 17 17 21 71 

Coeur d’Alene – 11 10 19 12 52 

PTS: BF – Williams 28, Abubakari 16, Rice 14, Hinthorn 7, Bateman 6. CDA – Simons 17, Montague 11, Wheeler 11, Robertson 5, Murray 2, Riley 2, Stern 2, Sutich 2