Area High School Honors Feb. 11: JJ Yearout Tops 1,000 Points

St. Maries senior JJ Yearout surpassed the 1,000-point mark in career scoring Saturday against Moscow and posed for a team photo celebrating the milestone. The item listing the achievement appeared in a Feb. 11 high-school honors roundup and was published with a courtesy photo credited to ANTHONY MAMETIEFF (@amflickz on Instagram).

The team photo lists teammates and coaches by name. "In the front from left are Jaxson Harold, Santiago McElvey and Felly Spooner; and back row from left, Marcus Speakman, Carter Blackwell, Landon Riberich, Resor Pugh, Bill Dickison, head coach Bryan Chase, Jack Barta, JJ Yearout, assistant coach AJ Becktel, Xavier Sloper, assistant coach Randie Becktel, Trace Chatigny, assistant coach Terrun Zolman, Brock Barta, Micah Vereb, Easton Nicholson, assistant coach Don Eberlin, Matt Royal and B…" appears in the caption as printed, with the trailing "B…" indicating at least one additional name not shown in the excerpt.

The honors roundup that featured Yearout also noted a championship across the county line. "The Christian Center School boys basketball team won the Mountain Christian League tournament championship Saturday night at The Oaks in Spokane Valley," the caption reads. The Christian Center photo identifies players and coaches left to right as Cyrus Coppinger, Luke McWhorter, Jaden Alexander, Ezra Secrest, Kambric Cotten, Elijah Kellmer, Kado Miller, JJ Vara, Ezra Milbourne and Colt Quimby, followed by coach Caleb Gerig, coach Justin Coppinger and coach Jorge Vara II.

The captions provide roster detail and the photographer credit for the St. Maries image but omit several game particulars that local readers will expect: no final scores or box scores for the St. Maries-Moscow game, no total for Yearout’s season scoring or the exact date labeled as "Saturday," and no opponent or score details for Christian Center’s title game beyond the venue at The Oaks in Spokane Valley. The St. Maries caption explicitly places the milestone "on Saturday against Moscow" but does not state how many points Yearout scored in that game.

Head coach Bryan Chase is identified among the St. Maries back-row figures alongside assistant coaches AJ Becktel, Randie Becktel, Terrun Zolman and Don Eberlin. Christian Center’s caption names its full lineup and coaching trio of Caleb Gerig, Justin Coppinger and Jorge Vara II from the championship-night photo.

The Feb. 11 honors roundup highlights individual milestones and team accomplishments across area schools; local readers noting Yearout’s 1,000-point milestone should be aware the published captions carry player names and a photographer credit but leave game scores and direct quotations to be confirmed through team box scores or athletic-department follow-up.