Lacrosse-Washtucna Wins Crown
B boys basketball
LaCrosse-Washtucna (16-6) put together an 8-0 run to start the third quarter and toppled ninth-ranked Garfield-Palouse 65-56 in the title game of the Whitman County Tournament at Endicott. Gar-Pal had won 15 of its last 16, including a pair of league wins over L-W.
The top-seeded Tigercats open District 9-B play Thursday at Washington State against Blue Mountain League No. 4, either Asotin (12-7) or Touchet (9-10. The Vikings (17-5) draw BM No. 3 DeSales (12-9).
LaCrosse-Wash. 65, Gar-Pal 56
LaCrosse-Wash. 13 16 12 24 - 65
Garfield-Palouse 19 12 6 19 - 56
LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 23, Swenson 0, Ledbetter 11, Rouleau 8, Daniel 14, Kinch 0, Roberts 6, J.Whitman 3.
GARFIELD-PALOUSE Hill 17, Bischoff 2, Coles 9, Fox 12, Gearhart 2, Miller 2, Hegg 8, Thurston 2, Sheffler 2.
SJE 53, Rosalia 45
The Eagles (7-15) made nine free throws in the fourth quarter and had a 16-4 scoring edge from the line in beating the Spartans (12-11).
Rosalia pulled within three points with 6:30 left before fading. SJE, the third seed, opens district Friday against BM No. 2 Waitsburg (12-7). Rosalia, the fourth seed, opens against BM champion Pomeroy (17-2).
SJ-Endicott 11 12 11 19 - 53
Rosalia 11 8 10 16 - 45
ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Kleweno 8, Colyar 7, Repp 0, Strader 11, Gering 7, Jordan 5, Hergert 13, Stolmeier 0, Phillips 1, Bafus 0, Kolb 1.
ROSALIA Bernard 0, Peterson 0, VanGrimbergen 0, Maley 15, Naught 2, Scheele 11, Goyke 0, Finley 6, Slemp 3, Blank 8, Botham 0, Rormell 0.
Bi-County
Liberty 73, W-C 71 (OT)
At the league tournament in Reardan, Phil Rafter scored six points during a fourth-quarter rally, then added four points in overtime as the ninth-ranked Lancers (16-6) escaped an upset bid to eliminate the Wildcats (6-16).
Liberty plays Valley Christian (11-12) on Thursday for the third and fourth seeds to the District 7-B Tournament.
W-C 10 23 17 14 7 - 71
Liberty 14 9 16 23 9 - 73
WILBUR-CRESTON Leonard 6, L.Katich 16, Tonasket 8, Gleason 15, Samuels 5, Kuchenbuch 11, Bahr 2, S.Katich 8.
LIBERTY Cory 0, P.Rafter 12, Horlacher 12, Schirmer 0, Cooper 4, J.Rafter 5, Cornwall 11, Greenwalt 19, Engle 10.
V.Christian 49, Ritzville 45
Jeremy Sandin scored 11 first-half points and the seventh-seeded Panthers (11-12) eliminated the Broncos (14-9).
Ritzville’s John Galbreath scored seven points in the third quarter, when VC’s lead was trimmed to one.
Valley Christian 15 12 11 11 - 49
Ritzville 11 12 14 8 - 45
VALLEY CHRISTIAN Decker 4, Stager 0, Teterud 4, Spuler 14, Sears 2, Asbury 9, Sandin 16.
RITZVILLE T.DeVore 8, Benzel 3, Duff 0, S.Galbreath 8, D.DeVore 2, J.Galbreath 17, Russel 2, Boness 5.
Panorama
NW Christian 56, Inchelium 55
Jim Marr’s layup with 1 second left, on an assist from Andy Crouch, lifted the Crusaders (15-8) to a district berth and eliminated the visiting Hornets (8-13).
Leading 55-54, Inchelium missed a free throw with 9 seconds left. NWC secured the rebound and went the length of the court. NWC plays Selkirk (18-5) on Thursday at Colville for the third and fourth seeds to the District 7-B Tournament.
Inchelium 14 7 13 21 - 55
NW Christian 12 18 11 15 - 56
INCHELIUM C.Finley 0, Swan 0, Desautel 0, Pakootas 18, M.Finley 5, Sutton 15, Christianson 17, Tonasket 0.
NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Mortlock 0, West 6, Marr 6, McCormick 8, Affeldt 16, Klaja 10, A.Crouch 10, Smith 0.
Selkirk 64, Wellpinit 40
Shawn Pichette scored 10 first-quarter points and the Rangers made 5 of 7 fourth-quarter free throws to eliminate the visiting Redskins (8-14).
Wellpinit 7 8 14 11 - 40
Selkirk 16 16 15 17 - 64
WELLPINIT Cates 0, A.Holt 12, Denison 6, A.Flett 0, LeBret 2, D.Tonasket 8, Andrew 5, Pakootas 7.
SELKIRK S.Davis 0, Kinney 2, Larson 9, Farris 2, Gere 0, J.Davis 7, Pichette 18, Huffine 8, Dial 12, Fandrey 6, Pyeatt 0.
Northeast A
District seeding
Freeman (14-6) won a coin flip with Medical Lake (12-8) for the No. 3 seed to the District 7-A Tournament, which begins Friday at Mead High. Freeman opens against No. 6 Deer Park (6-14) while ML plays No. 5 Colfax (8-12) in loser-out games. No. 1 Chewelah (17-2) and No. 2 Lakeside (13-7) await the winners.
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