Colfax Defeats Lakeside, 53-51

Area girls

Both sides expressed relief Friday after third-ranked Colfax edged fourth-ranked Lakeside 53-51.

The Bulldogs (5-0, 11-0) knew they dodged a bullet because they trailed 18-10 in the second quarter and allowed Lakeside three shots to tie in the final 30 seconds.

The Eagles (4-1, 10-1), were encouraged by the narrow margin because they shot just 29 percent (18 of 62) from the field and played most of the game without foul-troubled senior leader Lora Jolley.

“I told the ladies that we passed the midterms,” said Colfax coach Terry Asbjornsen. “Now we have the rest of the semester to go.”

That includes a Feb. 2 game at Nine Mile, where the Bulldogs were hammered last year despite a narrow home win over Lakeside.

“If you play a poor game and lose by just two - in their gym - that’s something good,” said Eagles coach Lisa Shultz.

The game played out as expected, with Lakeside applying constant defensive pressure and the Bulldogs looking to work the ball inside.

Early benefits went to Lakeside, although at a price. Hounding the Bulldogs up top, Jolley (11.3 ppg) picked up her second foul 3:17 into the game, then reentered for 53 seconds of the second quarter before being assessed with No. 3. Jolley played less than 14 minutes combined and took just two shots and missed both.

Bernadette Rowse and Brianne Jolley picked up the slack, scoring 23 of the Eagles’ 26 first-half points. Yet Lakeside missed several easy shots off transition that would have forged a double-digit lead.

Colfax shrugged off a slow start when post Lindsay Thiele came off the bench to score 13 second-quarter points. Thiele finished with 17, on 8-of-12 shooting from the floor, and was the perfect complement to senior starter Brooke Hansen (12 points; 6 of 7 from the field).

“There’s no way we beat Lakeside with one person,” Asbjornsen said. “That was definitely a team effort.”

Hansen’s three quick buckets in the third quarter led an 8-0 run for a 31-26 lead. Lakeside responded when Rowse made her second of four 3-pointers for a 37-36 edge. Rowse, a guard who averages seven points per game, scored 24 and had nine rebounds.

Colfax took its biggest lead 49-43 midway through the fourth quarter. Rowse’s final 3-pointer, and the game’s final points, came at 2:36, setting up a wild sequence of turnovers and missed opportunities.

Rowse missed a shot with 28 seconds left but the Eagles secured the rebound, called timeout with 17 seconds left and diagrammed a play for Brianne Jolley. Instead, Rowse tried a long shot with 4 seconds left, then Lakeside freshman Nikki Petticrew missed a short putback before the buzzer.

“We didn’t hit (Brianne) although she was open,” Shultz said. “But one good thing about playing here is the atmosphere was like state.”

Colfax 53, Lakeside 51

Lakeside 10 16 13 12 - 51

Colfax 4 19 17 13 - 53

LAKESIDE Rowse 24, Waddell 0, Heebink 5, Hatch 0, B.Jolley 20, L.Jolley 0, Petticrew 2.

COLFAX Gigray 2, Harder 2, Hall 4, Widman 0, Tribbett 9, Hansen 12, S.Pittman 7, Thiele 17.

Newport 85, Freeman 53

Freshman Carey Sauer scored 23 and the visiting Grizzlies (3-2, 8-3) beat the Scotties (1-4, 2-9).

Newport 22 21 26 16 - 85

Freeman 16 13 12 12 - 53

NEWPORT Casey 0, Schulz 17, Almond 4, Sauer 23, Sherman 6, Frandrup 13, Vallieres 2, Carrara 18, Lindburg 0, Carter 2.

FREEMAN - Wasley 0, Wilkerson 13, Brown 10, McCathern 15, Watson 1, Watkins 2, Smith 0, Boston 6, Pratt 4, Moberg 2.

Deer Park 56, Medical Lake 42

Jaime Stone had seven assists and Tami Michaels seven of the team’s 24 steals to guide the Stags (4-1, 6-5) over the visiting Cardinals (0-5, 1-10)

Medical Lake 8 4 9 21 - 42

Deer Park 19 11 19 7 - 56

MEDICAL LAKE French 0, Musser 0, Duckett 2, Tschirley 4, Davis 9, Walker 6, Ramirez 0, Kjelland 0, Knapp 6, Faison 7, Blayne 8.

DEER PARK - Ostrom 0, Michaels 8, Darrow 8, Watson 12, Davis 0, Sims 6, Nedved 0, Stone 9, Gest 6, O’Brien 4, Oswalt 1, Langbehn 0, Scott 2.

Chewelah 72, Kettle Falls 37

Jackie Albertson had seven of her team’s 38 steals as the Cougars (2-3, 4-6) beat the visiting Bulldogs (1-4, 3-7).

Kettle Falls 6 13 9 9 - 37

Chewelah 21 17 22 12 - 72

KETTLE FALLS Lathrop 10, Maidhoff 1, Marco 0, Matter 3, McDaniels 0, Richardson 14, Storer 2, Weathers 7.

CHEWELAH Edwards 11, Anderson 5, King 13, Albertson 5, Naccarato 3, Myers 4, Kristianson 18, Cairns 2, Harrison 7, O’Neal 4.

WHITMAN COUNTY

SJE 62, Tekoa-Oakesdale 44

Staci Garrett had eight rebounds and Tricia Lamb five assists as the top-ranked Eagles (3-0, 12-0) topped the visiting Nighthawks (2-1, 8-4) at St. John.

Tekoa-Oakesdale 4 11 13 16 - 44

St.John-Endicott 24 15 11 12 - 62

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Crider 0, Wagner 0, Palmer 8, Brown 2, J.Hay 8, Peringer 11, Hansen 0, Bruce 8, French 4, A.Hay 1, Cox 2.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Simpson 2, Colyar 0, Bafus 15, Kleweno 4, Lamb 13, Loomis 0, Garrett 13, Schmick 6, Kile 7.

Colton 57, LaCrosse-Wash. 39

Emma Giden scored 22 and the visiting Wildcats (2-1, 7-4) beat the Tigercats (0-3, 6-7) at LaCrosse.

Colton 18 15 14 10 - 57

LaCrosse-Wash. 9 10 9 11 - 39

COLTON Maston 2, Wallace 7, Harrell 8, Dudley 4, Crim 0, Reisenauer 10, Merk 4, Giden 22, Walters 0, Reedy 0.

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA Camp 4, Daniel 6, A.Bay 2, Kinch 5, D.Bay 6, Wigen 5, Bryan 6, Camp 2, Schneider 1, Thompson 2.

Rosalia 42, Gar.-Palouse 40

Kacey Pfaff’s rebound basket was ruled just after the buzzer and the visiting Spartans (1-2, 7-6) used a 40-33 rebounding edge to surprise the seventh-ranked Vikings (1-2, 8-5) at Garfield.

Rosalia 10 14 8 10 - 42

Garfield-Palouse 7 14 9 10 - 40

ROSALIA Blank 4, Witte 6, Nelson 12, Peringer 0, Henning 2, McLaughlin 12, Brown 0, Bernard 6, Slemp 0, Powell 0.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Nelson 0, Main 10, Shelden 0, Pfaff 6, J.Cottrill 7, S.Cottrill 0, Sheffler 0, Hodson 0, Broughton 8, Smith 0, McCabe 9, Missy Hill 0.

BI-COUNTY

ACH 68, Reardan 55

Christine Peterson scored 16 of her 31 in the third as the visiting Warriors (5-2, 6-4) beat the Indians (3-4, 7-6).

ACH 11 19 18 20 - 68

Reardan 14 16 13 12 - 55

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Ke.Horter 3, Malone 6, Rock 6, Dormaier 2, Roberts 0, Peterson 31, Hunsaker 4, White 8, Malone 8.

REARDAN Bocook 5, Krupke 2, Holwegner 12, Guhlke 6, Rohner 5, Soliday 0, Turner 9, Supinger 16.

Ritzville 67, V.Christian 39

Shannon Russel hit two 3-pointers in the second quarter and finished with five assists to lead the Broncos 6-2, 9-6) over the visiting Panthers (1-6, 3-9).

Valley Christian 11 8 10 10 - 39

Ritzville 19 18 14 16 - 67

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Black 2, Cupp 0, Diaz 0, Te.Dixon 12, Evans 9, Ferderer 8, Hopson 4, Monforton 4.

RITZVILLE Coleman 12, Kramer 0, Weber 9, Horpedahl 4, Wellsandt 6, Mickelsen 10, Russel 14, Yerxa 6, Telecky 0, Deking 2.

W-C 74, Sprague-Harr. 23

Alyssa Erickson had five steals as the third-ranked Wildcats (8-0, 13-1) beat the visiting Falcons (2-6, 2-12) at Creston.

Sprague-Harr. 4 5 4 10 - 23

Wilbur-Creston 16 25 22 11 - 74

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Maurer 2, Larmer 6, Hampton 1, Putney 4, Engles 1, M.Walters 9, C.Walters 0.

WILBUR-CRESTON Harris 0, Mann 3, Allen 10, Llewellyn 2, Deahl 1, Martin 19, Erickson 10, L.Arden 4, H.Arden 10, Kunz 8, Bandy 7.

Davenport 46, Lind 29

The visiting Gorillas (4-2, 8-5) held the Bulldogs (0-7, 0-12) to 0-for-15 shooting from the field and a scoreless first quarter.

Davenport 12 17 7 10 - 46

Lind 0 2 13 14 - 29

DAVENPORT Wagner 0, Marriott 6, Stiles 0, Dickson 0, Pauls 10, Emery 10, Jacobson 4, Mikelson 2, Cowdrey 14.

LIND Rott 10, Bittick 4, Mel.Fode 0, Wills 6, Davis 4, Fritchle 0, Meg.Fode 3, Montejano 0, Palmer 2, Alcocer 0, DeVore 0, Bergeron 0.

PANORAMA < NW Christian 42, Selkirk 41

Heidi Simmons hit a late 8-foot jumper after an offensive rebound as the visiting Crusaders (5-1, 7-5) made 11 of 12 free throws to beat the fourth-ranked Rangers (4-2, 8-3) at Ione.

NW Christian 8 13 8 13 - 42

Selkirk 11 8 15 7 - 41

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Storro 2, Simmons 8, Greenup 8, E.Smith 2, Ogle 0, Montague 0, Wright 16, Huston 6.

SELKIRK Dickinson 19, Jennings 0, Sharp 0, Koontz 1, Dury 2, Porter 8, Carlson 11, Grass 0.

Inchelium 54, Columbia 52

Bonnie Boyd had nine rebounds as the Hornets (4-2, 5-4) overcame the visiting Lions (4-3, 5-6).

Columbia 8 15 13 16 - 52

Inchelium 17 8 11 18 - 54

COLUMBIA Schrack 0, Covington 0, Etue 15, Skidmore 15, Schurger 3, Strickler 2, Brisbois 12, Dale 4, Dashiell 1.

INCHELIUM G.Finley 2, Swan 4, T.Finley 0, D.Stensgar 14, Nugent 0, Boyd 9, L.Stensgar 9, Mallory 16.

Republic 57, Wellpinit 50

Melissa Friend had 21 points and 13 rebounds as the Tigers (3-4, 5-6) held off the visiting Redskins (1-6, 3-9) with eight late free throws.

Wellpinit 8 9 19 14 - 50

Republic 10 15 17 15 - 57

WELLPINIT Tonasket 0, Allen 13, J.Flett 4, Abrahamson 0, Payne 10, Covington 0, D.Flett 0, Lynn 14, Wynecoop 0, Stearns 3, Samuels 3.

REPUBLIC Davis 6, Dinkins 2, Friend 21, Pfaffle 7, Prine 3, Pritchett 0, Stonehocker 0, Tietsort 0, Wilson 9, Young 8.

Northport 44, Curlew 26

Amanda Day had 14 reboundsto guide the North Division-leading Mustangs (5-1, 6-4) over the visiting Cougars (1-6, 3-8).

Curlew 3 10 6 7 - 26

Northport 12 15 9 8 - 44

CURLEW Peterson 0, Barkley 4, Thiele 2, Beck 0, Somday 0, Taylor 1, Kaatz 10, Treshman 4, Craw 2, Mcloud 0 Bonwell 3.

NORTHPORT Kittilson 0, Knudsen 3, Day 2, C.Young 0, Jimenez 0, M.Regis 0, Ke.Sauvola 5, Sell 14, E.Young 8, Lenhard 2, Ka.Sauvola 10, C.Regis 0.

Springdale 67, Cusick 16

Roni Peone had five assists and seven of her team’s 26 steals as the Chargers (2-4, 3-9) beat the visiting Panthers (0-6, 0-9).

Cusick 2 1 8 5 - 16

Springdale 15 19 14 19 - 67

CUSICK Norton 7, Pickerel 1, Cutshall 0, Waldman 0, Haas 8, Foster 0, Nenema 0, Johnson 0, Thomas 0, Chitwood 0, Zeismer 0, Barton 0.

SPRINGDALE A.Bade 2, Peone 15, Diedrich 2, Campbell 0, Hendricks 4, C.Cates 21, N’Deeo 3, Dixon 6, Swiger 4, Stricker 4, S.Cates 4, Franks 2.

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