“I’m so proud of our guys,” Coeur d'Alene senior linebacker Shea Robertson said. “To make it to the state championship was awesome. I would have been happy just making it to the state playoffs after last year, but to go all the way to the state finals is a dream come true. The only thing that would have made the season better is if we had won it.”
“We obviously have a long tradition of respectful competition with Highland,” said Shawn Amos, in his 27th season as Coeur d’Alene coach. “When we first started a long time ago, Highland was the program we were trying to emulate. We wanted to be a consistent presence in the state, so that was our goal, and Highland was the program that has done that.”
POCATELLO 71, BONNEVILLE 66
At Pocatello, a 35-point night from freshman Julian Bowie propelled the Indians to a 71-66 win over Bonneville.
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âHeâs obviously skilled, but he can pass the ball really well and he doesnât force shots. He doesnât act like a freshman â heâs cool, calm and collected,â Pocatello coach Joe Green said of Bowie.
âHeâs getting better at slashing and getting to the rim. I watched him play for a while and I feel like heâs starting to develop.â
The Indians were up 15 at halftime but fell victim to some remarkable shot-making by Bonnevilleâs Carson Johnson, who scored 22 and helped pull the Bees within striking distance of Poky.
PRESTON 64, SUGAR-SALEM 26
At Preston, the Indians poured in 24 points in the first quarter and put the clamps on Sugar-Salem (1-6) en route to a 64-26 drubbing of the Diggers. In the process, the Indians (4-0) extended their winning streak to 26.
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It was a balanced scoring effort from Preston, which got 12 points from Brecker Knapp, 10 apiece from Braden Hess and Cole Harris, eight from Tyler Lindhardt and seven from two more players. I liked our energy, Preston head coach Tyler Jones said. I thought it was a great start. We ve had some slow starts this year in our games and I thought our (defensive) pressure (was great). We got a lot of deflections, which led to easy baskets and transition baskets, and got us really going. And that was good to see because we haven t really done that in a game yet this year.