Kirscher drops 20 as Bulldogs thump Badgers
—Photo by ERIC PLUMMER Grace Hicks, pictured saving a ball earlier in the season, and the Bulldogs doubled up the Badgers in a strong road win on Friday night.
BONNERS FERRY — Junior Grace Kirscher hit the 20 point mark for the third time this season, finishing with 20 points and eight rebounds to lead the Bulldogs to a 46-23 win over the Badgers on Friday night in nonleague girls basketball at Bonners Ferry High School.
Trinity Golder added 10 points, six rebounds and two assists for the Bulldogs (4-5), who outscored the Badgers 12-0 in the fourth quarter. Bulldog assistant coach Will Love called it a tough game.
“Bonners played good defense, and we struggled shooting throughout the game,” said Love, noting his team was outscored in the third quarter. “The kids did a good job, really grinded in the third quarter. They kept attacking the basket and got to the free throw line.”
Miranda Wenk led the Badgers with 11 points in the loss.
Sandpoint will look to even its record on the road at East Valley on Thursday.
Bonners Ferry 9 6 8 0 — 23
Sandpoint 13 14 7 12 — 46
BONNERS FERRY — Cowley 0, Skeen 4, Pluid 2, Spangler 0, Wenk 11, Bateman 5, Donn 0, Webster 0, Coughlin 0, Mullerschon 1.
SANDPOINT — Mattila 2, Tomazich 3, Driggs 2, Kaul 3, Ward 4, Laybourne 1, Golder 10, Hicks 1, Kirscher 20.
n Nash, Bunty, Stebbins survive at Tri-State Wrestling Tournament
COEUR d’ALENE — Owen Stebbins (182), Preston Bunty (152) and Scout Nash (138) survived the first day of Tri-State, no easy task, leading the Sandpoint wrestling team to a 40th place finish after day one of the prestigious Tri-State Wrestling Tournament on Friday at North Idaho College.
Nash scored a big sudden victory win over a Post Falls opponent in the first round of consolation, before registering a pair of pins to remain alive.
Stebbins made the quarterfinals after 3-2 win over Hermiston, but lost a tough 2-1 match to Lake City dropping down to today’s consolation.
Bunty scored wins over Sentinel and Enumclaw and remains alive in consolation.
Day two of Tri-State continues today, as some of the top wrestlers from four states will compete starting at 9 a.m.
SANDPOINT RESULTS
132 — Kadin Shaw, North Central, md. Tucker Hall, 11-2; Jared Rodarte, White River, d. Hall 9-2.
138 — Christian Freund, Kelso, tf. Scout Nash, Spt, 17-1; Nash won 6-2 by sudden victory over Chris Farnsworth, Post Falls; Nash p. Vance Frazier, Tonasket, 2:28; Nash p. Jesse Woll, Lakeside, :43; wrestles today in consolation.
145 — Tyler Morris, Post Falls, p. Malachi Mazzare, Spt, :53; Oscar Lopez, Hermiston, d. Mazzare, 7-2.
152 — Preston Bunty, Spt, d. Reese Rahn, Sentinel, 7-3; Jack Ervien, White River, d. Bunty, 5-0; Bunty, Spt, md. Blake Bogh, Enumclaw, 12-1; wrestles today in consolation.
160 — John Stuart, Kelso, p. Tekoa Mazzare, Spt, 1:21; Mazzare d. Duncan Somera, Enumclaw, 4-1; Garrett Mangis, North Central, d. Mazzare, 3-1.
170 — Jordan Plonka, Lakeland, p. Andrew Webster, Spt, 5:07; Camrin Doty, Sentinel, p. Webster, 1:22.
180 — Owen Stebbins, Spt, d. Joey Gutierrez, Hermiston, 3-2; Andrew Olvera, Lake City, d. Stebbins, 2-1; wrestles in consolation today.