Colton Knocks Off Pomeroy; Will Face Sje For District Title

Southeast B

Colton entered new territory on Saturday, advancing to its first girls District 9-B Tournament championship game and its first shot at the State B Tournament.

Emma Giden scored 12 second-half points as the Wildcats (15-9) rallied for a 36-32 semifinal win over Blue Mountain League champ Pomeroy at Walla Walla.

Mindy John scored 12 for the Pirates, who played for the district title last year. Back in the title game is St. John-Endicott, a 66-40 semifinal winner over DeSales.

The title game, for one of two state berths, is set for 6 p.m. Friday at WSU.

In Saturday’s loser-out games, Asotin edged 1995 state runner-up Tekoa-Oakesdale 56-54 and Garfield-Palouse beat Waitsburg 59-37.

The tournament continues Wednesday at WSU with a pair of loser-out games: Asotin (15-7) vs. Pomeroy (16-5) and DeSales (14-7) vs. Gar-Pal (12-13).

Colton 36, Pomeroy 32

Pomeroy 9 7 9 7 - 32

Colton 7 6 10 13 - 36

POMEROY Mulrony 0, Gwin 0, Sharp 0, Bergschneider 0, Geiger 0, John 12, N.Heytvelt 8, Henry 0, Warren 6, G.Heytvelt 6.

COLTON Maston 0, Wallace 7, Harrell 2, Dudley 8, Reisenauer 2, Merk 3, Giden 14.

SJE 66, DeSales 40

Tricia Lamb scored eight first-quarter points, made 6 of 6 free throws and led four players in double figures with 16 as the top-ranked Eagles beat the Irish to extend their two-year win streak to 25.

Erin Peterson of DeSales scored eight second-quarter points.

SJ-Endicott 16 18 18 14 - 66

DeSales 4 16 9 11 - 40

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Simpson 11, Colyar 0, Bafus 6, Kleweno 4, Lamb 16, Loomis 0, Garrett 12, Schmick 11, Kile 6.

DeSALES Dutton 0, Lynch 0, Gordon 7, Graham 4, E.Hellberg 7, Long 2, A.Hellberg 8, Balakier 0, Michels 2, Peterson 10.

Asotin 56, Tekoa-Oakes. 54

Amanda Reeves and Rayna Uptmor combined for 19 second-half points as the Panthers rallied over the Nighthawks (14-10).

Heather Cox of T-O scored all 17 of her points in the first three quarters, then fouled out in the fourth.

Asotin 11 17 17 11 - 56

Tekoa-Oakes. 19 14 13 8 - 54

ASOTIN Jones 9, Deyo 0, Schnider 3, Wilcox 7, Reeves 17, Grieve 0, Holland 5, Roberts 0, McNair 0, Uptmor 15.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Driscoll 2, Crider 3, Wagner 5, Palmer 8, Peringer 0, Hansen 0, Bruce 2, French 13, A.Hay 4, Cox 17.

Gar.-Palouse 59, Waitsburg 37

Joey Cottrill made 11 of 12 free throws, Cindy Main scored 10 first-quarter points and Kelley McCabe added 10 in the final quarter as the Vikings ousted the Cardinals (11-9).

Main added 10 rebounds and five assists. Waitsburg’s Kynde Kiefel and Jocelyn Leid combined for 13 second-quarter points.

Gar.-Palouse 14 15 13 17 - 59

Waitsburg 8 15 4 10 - 37

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Nelson 0, Main 11, Shelden 4, Pfaff 11, J.Cottrill 15, S.Cottrill 0, Sheffler 0, Hodson 2, Broughton 1, Smith 0, McCabe 14.

WAITSBURG McCaw 0, Hulce 0, Jones 0, Ryckman 4, Thomas 4, Stokes 2, Ruzicka 0, Scott 2, Leid 7, Kiefel 12, Trent 0.

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