St. George’s Holds Off Crusaders

Area boys

St. George’s opened a 17-point lead at Northwest Christian on Friday. The comfortable margin became uncomfortable in the second half, but the Dragons (10-0, 12-2) held on for a 54-52 Panorama League win - their eighth consecutive victory overall.

Jason Ala scored 20 for St. George’s and Meng Tseng made three free throws down the stretch to seal the win. For the Crusaders (7-3, 9-5), Josh McCormick scored 12 third-quarter points and Andy Crouch added 10 second-half points.

St. George’s 21 10 11 12 - 54

NW Christian 4 10 24 14 - 52

ST. GEORGE’S Tseng 10, Kennedy 7, Kuney 0, Ala 20, Laugen 6, Averett 11.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Mortlock 0, West 13, McCormick 12, Affeldt 9, Klaja 6, Phelps 0, Crouch 12.

Selkirk 74, Springdale 48

Pressure defense in the third quarter helped the 10th-ranked Rangers (9-1, 12-2) pull away from the Chargers (3-7, 4-10) at Ione. Selkirk has the top boys win streak (11) in the area.

Springdale 16 10 8 14 - 48

Selkirk 18 21 17 18 - 74

SPRINGDALE Brisbois 0, Farnsworth 3, Nolander 2, Meyers 3, McCurdy 2, Gardiner 0, Peterson 18, Blanchard 10, Hargrave 2, Lozano 0, Nortz 6, Canfield 2.

SELKIRK Coppock 5, Kinney 2, Larson 17, Farris 2, Gere 2, J.Davis 8, Pichette 14, Huffine 4, Dial 16, Fandrey 4.

Cusick 67, St. Michael’s 66

Brad Scott, who had seven rebounds and two blocked shots, made 5 of 6 free throws in the fourth quarter as the Panthers (2-8, 3-10) came back from three down in the final 30 seconds to top the visiting Warriors (2-8, 2-11).

St. Michael’s 19 17 14 16 - 66

Cusick 21 20 14 12 - 67

ST. MICHAEL’S Vogel 19, Sandquist 2, Edwards 0, Argentino 21, Baarstad 18, LaJoie 4, Harding 0, Bedker 2.

CUSICK Scott 8, Hamilton 3, Waldman 5, Meek 3, Chantry 2, Martin 13, Birchall 16, Russell 6, S.Finley 11.

Wellpinit 66, Curlew 58

Adrian Holt had 22 points, eight assists and six steals, and Donnie LeBret 11 rebounds to lead the Redskins (6-4, 8-5) over the visiting Cougars (4-6, 6-7).

Curlew 9 14 17 18 - 58

Wellpinit 17 18 16 15 - 66

CURLEW Paul 7, Miller 21, Davis 0, Brucklier 10, Nelson 10, Karl 2, Cribby 0, Prazak 8.

WELLPINIT J.Holt 2, A.Holt 22, Denison 5, A.Flett 6, LeBret 2, D.Tonasket 9, M.Tonasket 0, Andrew 4, Pakootas 16.

Republic 70, Columbia 39

Mark Rickard and Jason Baldwin scored 22 apiece and the Tigers (9-1, 12-2) forced 21 second-half turnovers to pull away from the Lions (0-10, 0-13) at Hunters. Republic has won nine in a row. Columbia has dropped 23 straight.

Republic 21 12 19 18 - 70

Columbia 13 11 4 11 - 39

REPUBLIC Michaels 0, Finlay 2, Rickard 22, Baldwin 22, Dan.Hanks 2, Eich 0, Burt 2, Grimm 0, Kuchenmeister 10, Wilson 6, Dav.Hanks 4.

COLUMBIA Wass 0, McLean 0, Kastelic 8, McRea 0, Hofstetter 0, J.Wilson 2, Niedhart 8, Smith 6, Philpot 0, Cornwall 15, Covington 0, Dockins 0, D.Wilson 0, Carlson 0.

Inchelium 76, Northport 52

Shawn Christianson scored 33 and had 14 rebounds to guide a 53-25 advantage as the Hornets (4-6, 4-8) beat the visiting Mustangs (4-6, 6-8).

Northport 15 8 11 18 - 52

Inchelium 24 20 20 12 - 76

NORTHPORT Ashurst 0, Murphy 2, Aa.Day 5, Mine 10, Baribault 10, Jiminez 9, Carlson 4, Buffan 12.

INCHELIUM J.D. Finley 2, C.Finley 2, Swan 0, Evans 0, Desautel 6, Tonasket 0, Pakootas 17, M.Finley 11, Lawrence 0, Flett 2, Christianson 33.

Whitman County

Garfield-Palouse 60, Colton 41

Logan Coles scored 22, including two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter; Jeremy Fox had six assists and Brad Bischoff was 5 of 6 from the field as the visiting Vikings (5-0, 11-3) topped the Wildcats (0-5, 3-12) for their ninth straight win. Colton has lost 11 straight.

Gar.-Palouse 8 12 15 25 - 60

Colton 4 7 14 16 - 41

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Raugust 1, Hill 10, Bischoff 12, Coles 22, Fox 6, Gearhart 0, Miller 2, Hegg 0, Thurston 3, Sheffler 6.

COLTON T.Druffel 0, Busch 6, Bingeman 0, Truong 1, Weber 0, Wallace 6, E.Druffel 14, Bates 6, Moss 9.

LaCrosse-Wash. 64, T-O 44

Mike Roberts had nine rebounds and the Tigercats (4-1, 10-5) won at Oakesdale by holding the Nighthawks (1-4, 2-13) to 5-for-24 shooting in the second half. L-W has won eight of nine.

LaCrosse-Wash. 16 11 16 21 - 64

Tekoa-Oakesdale 15 16 3 10 - 44

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 19, Swenson 0, Ledbetter 17, Rouleau 3, Henley 0, Daniel 9, Kinch 2, G.Whitman 0, Roberts 8, J.Whitman 6.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Teal 4, Fox 8, Freeburg 8, Wall 11, Perrins 2, Crooks 4, Marsh 0, Brogan 0, Zornes 0, French 2, Graffis 5.

SJE 57, Rosalia 41

Nick Strader had 15 rebounds to guide a 48-23 advantage and Zach Hergert scored 20 as the Eagles (3-2, 4-10) beat the visiting Spartans (2-3, 8-7). Rosalia played without Brian Maley (17.5 ppg), who has a sprained ankle.

Rosalia 11 8 11 11 - 41

St. John-Endicott 15 17 10 15 - 57

ROSALIA Peterson 0, VanGrimbergen 1, Naught 2, Scheele 0, Goyke 6, Finley 20, Slemp 0, Blank 9.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Kleweno 10, Colyar 4, Repp 2, Strader 12, Gering 7, Jordan 0, Hergert 22, Stolmeier 0, Phillips 0, Bafus 0, Smith 0.

Bi-County

ACH 76, Valley Christian 49 At Hartline, the second-ranked Warriors (9-1, 11-2) used their press to pull away from the Panthers (3-7, 7-9).

Valley Christian 10 14 15 10 - 49

ACH 12 19 22 23 - 76

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Dahl 1, Schlafmann 0, Stager 0, Teterud 0, Spuler 15, Holcomb 0, Sears 2, Asbury 13, Sandin 18, King 0.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Higginbotham 5, Pierce 10, Murray 13, Elder 7, Behne 2, Carstensen 19, Neilsen 0, Goodwin 8, J.Evers 0, K.Evers 6, Leander 2, Durrant 4.

Reardan 80, Lind 52

James Kiger had three dunks and the seventh-ranked Indians (8-2, 13-2) forced 26 turnovers win at Lind, the Bulldogs’ (1-9, 1-13) ninth straight loss. Lind’s Rob Schrenk had 10 rebounds.

Reardan 17 17 28 18 - 80

Lind 11 12 12 17 - 52

REARDAN Jenkin 11, Lane 3, Graham 12, Ro.Soliday 9, Re.Soliday 7, Kiger 12, Martin 0, Titchenal 15, Eastman 5, Jernstrom 0, Eller 6, Krupke 0.

LIND Sheckells 8, Ruiz 2, Williamson 0, Montejano 10, Pennel 0, Wills 0, Clark 0, Fichtenberg 0, Sackmann 9, Schrenk 18, Palmer 5.

Sprague-Harr. 73, C.Heritage 57

At Edwall, Chuck Carper had seven rebounds and the visiting Falcons (8-2, 11-5) shot 40 percent on 3-pointers to top the Patriots (1-9, 4-10) for their sixth straight win. Joe Bell had 20 points and seven rebounds for Christian Heritage.

Sprague-Harrington 21 17 21 13 - 73

Christian Heritage 13 9 17 18 - 57

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Carroll 2, Newcomb 12, Wagner 5, Bly 6, Shields 9, Putney 11, Countryman 4, Kupers 0, Hattrup 14, Carper 8, Vold 2, Henry 0.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE Klein 6, J.Fischer 4, B.Newbill 9, B.Bishop 2, J.Newbill 6, Bell 20, T.Fischer 10.

Ritzville 70, Davenport 44

John Galbreath had 31 points and nine rebounds to guide the Broncos (6-4, 9-6) over the Gorillas 4-6, 6-9) at Davenport.

Ritzville 18 16 18 18 - 70

Davenport 2 7 18 17 - 44

RITZVILLE T.DeVore 10, Marcus 0, Benzel 0, Duff 3, S.Galbreath 6, D.DeVore 4, J.Galbreath 31, Taylor 0, Russel 2, Boness 7, Arlt 7.

DAVENPORT Erhart 0, Buchanan 1, Deal 3, Swain 3, Telecky 14, Fitzpatrick 4, McClure 0, Hammond 3, Turnbough 16.

Liberty at Odessa, ppd., snow

No makeup date was announced.

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