Liberty Defeats Davenport With Ease

Area girls

Liberty left no doubt Saturday that its losing ways against Davenport were over.

The Lancers (7-8, 5-4) forced 34 turnovers and held the visiting Gorillas (8-9, 4-6) to 23-percent shooting during a 49-29 Bi-County League win that tied them with Reardan for first place in the East Division.

Heather Cornwall had five steals and Amy Torguson and Becky Bothman seven rebounds apiece for Liberty, which had lost 14 straight to Davenport. The Gorillas played without second-leading scorer Christie Emery.

Liberty 49, Davenport 29

Davenport 5 8 8 8 - 29

Liberty 9 17 8 15 - 49

DAVENPORT Wagner 0, Marriott 8, Stiles 1, Dickson 2, Pauls 6, Jacobson 0, Mikelson 8, Cowdrey 4.

LIBERTY Pittmann 0, Cory 7, Neihart 3, Polione 7, Farka 9, Bothman 4, Cornwall 3, Prince 0, Adams 0, Torguson 12, Short 2, Gardner 2.

Panorama

NWC 46, Northport 39 (OT)

Jana Huston’s two free throws forced overtime, then Connie Greenup had a 3-pointer and Jenni Wright four points in the extra period as the visiting Crusaders (9-6, 7-2) overcame the Mustangs (6-8, 5-5).

NWC 10 11 8 10 7 46 Northport 12 3 11 13 0 39

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Storro 0, Simmons 10, K.Smith 4, Moen 0, Greenup 5, E.Smith 0, Ogle 0, Montague 2, Casimir 0, Wright 13, Clouse 0, Huston 12.

NORTHPORT Knudsen 0, Day 2, C.Young 2, Jimenez 0, M.Regis 0, Ke.Sauvola 7, Sell 16, E.Young 2, Lenhard 0, Ka.Sauvola 10, C.Regis 0.

St. George’s 71, Wellpinit 55

Miranda Routh-Corker had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and Dawn Trowbridge scored 28 while combining with Melissa Harvill for 14 steals as the South-leading Dragons (10-6, 10-0) beat the visiting Redskins (3-13, 2-9). The Dragons have won seven straight.

Wellpinit 18 15 14 8 - 55

St. George’s 14 21 21 15 - 71

WELLPINIT Tonasket 1, Allen 15, Ost 1, J.Flett 5, Abrahamson 0, Payne 13, Covington 0, Wynecoop 2, Stearns 15, Ramos 1, Brisbois 2.

ST. GEORGE’S Alsaker 0, Boutz 1, Webster 0, De Niro 1, Swift 0, Trowbridge 28, Routh-Corker 23, Appling 7, Harvill 11, McKelvey 0.

Inchelium 75, Springdale 53

Emily Mallory scored 20 and the North Division-leading Hornets (9-4, 8-2) used defensive pressure to set up many layups in toppling the host Chargers (4-12, 3-7) for their sixth straight win.

Inchelium 20 25 16 14 - 75

Springdale 14 8 13 18 - 53

INCHELIUM G.Finley 3, Swan 8, C.Stensgar 16, T.Finley 2, D.Stensgar 18, Nugent 0, Boyd 2, L.Stensgar 6, Mallory 20.

SPRINGDALE A.Bade 3, Peone 9, Diedrich 4, K.Bade 0, Campbell 10, Hendricks 2, C.Cates 11, N’Deeo 0, Dixon 6, Swiger 0, Stricker 6, S.Cates 2.

Selkirk 50, Republic 33

Molly Carlson had 10 rebounds to guide a 32-19 edge and the eighth-ranked Rangers (12-3, 8-2) beat the host Tigers (6-8, 4-6) despite Melissa Friend’s 11 rebounds.

Selkirk 10 12 16 12 - 50

Republic 11 2 8 12 - 33

SELKIRK Dickinson 4, Jennings 3, Barnes 0, Sharp 6, Smith 0, Weaver 0, Koontz 12, Dury 4, Porter 10, Carlson 11.

REPUBLIC Davis 2, Dinkins 0, Friend 16, Pfaffle 5, Prine 2, Pritchett 0, Stonehocker 0, Tietsort 2, Wilson 4, Young 2.

Curlew 55, Cusick 31

Joelle Kaatz scored 31 to top 30 for the second time this year and the Cougars (4-11, 2-9) handed the visiting Panthers (0-12, 0-9) their 17th consecutive loss.

Cusick 9 10 6 6 - 31

Curlew 14 15 15 11 - 55

CUSICK Norton 4, Pickerel 7, Cutshall 0, Waldman 0, Haas 4, Nenema 14, Johnson 0, Thomas 0, Zeismer 0, Barton 0, own basket 2.

CURLEW Peterson 0, Barkley 0, Thiele 5, Beck 9, Somday 0, Taylor 4, Kaatz 31, Treshman 2, Craw 2, Bonwell 2, McLeod 0.

Northeast A

Lakeside 56, Chewelah 23

The first-place and eighth-ranked Eagles (13-1, 7-1) forced 37 turnovers and held the host Cougars (5-8, 3-5) to 9-of52 shooting from the field.

Lakeside 16 16 16 8 - 56

Chewelah 8 8 4 3 - 23

LAKESIDE Waddell 4, Rowse 7, L.Jolley 0, B.Jolley 19, Hatch 7, Petticrew 8, Heebink 7, Long 2, Wilkins 2, Grubbs 0.

CHEWELAH Edwards 0, Anderson 0, King 2, Albertson 4, Naccarato 0, Myers 0, Kristianson 7, Pickering 4, Cairns 0, Harrison 2, O’Neal 4.

Whitman County

SJE 77, Colton 35

At St. John, Tricia Lamb scored 24, Andee Schmick had 15 rebounds and the top-ranked Eagles (15-0, 6-0) forced 27 turnovers in beating the visiting Wildcats (8-7, 3-3) for their 17th straight win.

Colton 1 13 9 12 - 35

SJE 15 27 20 15 - 77

COLTON Maston 2, Wallace 15, Harrell 2, Dudley 1, Crim 0, Reisenauer 1, Merk 2, Giden 10, Walters 2, Reedy 0.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Simpson 4, Colyar 1, Bafus 10, Kleweno 6, Lamb 24, Loomis 0, Garrett 8, Schmick 17, Kile 6.

Postponements

Freeman at Colfax and Medical Lake at Colfax, Northeast A; Lind at Christian Heritage, Wilbur-Creston at Odessa, Almira/Coulee-Hartline at Ritzville and Sprague-Harrington at Reardan, Bi-County; LaCrosse-Washtucna at Garfield-Palouse and Tekoa-Oakesdale at Rosalia, Whitman County.

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