State B Champ Starts With Win

Girls basketball

The last two State B champions met Tuesday in St. John to inaugurate the 1997-98 season.

Ritzville, last year’s champ, rode the 26 points and 11 rebounds of Megan Yerxa to defeat host St. John-Endicott 59-39 in a non-leaguer.

Ritzville 59, SJE 39

Ritzville 16 16 7 20 - 59

St.John-Endicott 5 5 13 16 - 39

RITZVILLE - Wellsandt 2, Warriner 0, Weber 9, Horpedahl 4, Gibler 0, Russel 18, Yerxa 26, Alspach 2, Janzen 0.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Ki.Colyar 11, Ko.Colyar 2, Kjack 2, Bass 0, Stolmeier 2, Loomis 0, Schmick 4, Zuger 8, Gossard 0, White 6.

Wil.-Cres. 52, Lk. Roos. 45

Alyssa Erickson had 11 rebounds as the Wildcats defeated the visiting Raiders at Wilbur.

Lake Roosevelt 9 12 13 11 - 45

Wilbur-Creston 16 6 14 16 - 52

LAKE ROOSEVELT - Zowada 6, Sanderson 4, Isadore 14, Barnaby 8, Albert 3, Brashears 6, Abrahamson 0, King 4.

WILBUR-CRESTON - Sherwood 0, Harris 0, Mann 0, Deahl 0, Dreger 15, Erickson 9, Arden 14, Kemp 0, Nelson 14.

Kettle Falls 41, Curlew 30

The Bulldogs had 22 offensive rebounds to beat the host Cougars.

Kettle Falls 8 9 12 12 - 41

Curlew 9 5 6 10 - 30

KETTLE FALLS - Holland 0, Schneider 3, Madlin 6 , Fredrickson 4, Azzarito 6, Bruce 2, Link 7, Newton 0, McDaniels 13.

CURLEW - Brown 4, Paul 9, Barkley 8, Zerck 9, Edwards 0, Craw 0, Bi.Branam 0, Bo.Branam 0, Guizar 0.

Gar-Pal 64, Potlatch 32

Katie Coles and Kenon Kildew had eight rebounds apiece as the Vikings defeated the Loggers at Palouse.

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POTLACH - Chambers 11, Emerson 3, Baker 2, Rounds 7, Comstock 0, Cochran 2, Mackey 0, Krassett 7.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Nelson 0, Coles 17, Shelden 11, Smick 2, Smith 3, Swinney 9, Kildew 2, Hayden 0, Scheffler 0, Tronson 13, Hershaw 3, Iverson 0.

Republic 48, Oroville 45

Lucy Wilson’s 22 points carried the Tigers over the visiting Hornets.

Oroville 14 7 10 14 - 45

Republic 14 13 7 14 - 48

OROVILLE - Naria 2, Janice 7, Cuff 10, Monroe 8, Noel 14, Chamberlain 2, Meese 2.

REPUBLIC - Campobasso 14, Hover 7, Am.Merrit 2, Whitney 2, Wilson 22, Young 1.

Waitsburg 59, Rosalia 29

The visiting Cardinals forged a 40-24 rebounding edge in defeating the Spartans.

Waitsburg 7 16 23 13 - 59

Rosalia 3 9 11 6 - 29

WAITSBURG - W.Jones 10, Hulce 12, Abbey 6, McCaw 6, Ruzicka, Sency 4, Bickelhaupt 9, Kiefel 4, Conaver 8.

ROSALIA - Quintana 0, Henning 0, Heinemann 6, Dale 0, Peringer 9, Blank 10, Willey 2, Bruce 0, Wood 2.

Falls Chr. 78, Springdale 42

Emilee Jackson scored 38 to guide the Eagles over the visiting Chargers.

Springdale 8 10 7 17 - 42

Falls Christian 17 23 16 22 - 78

SPRINGDALE - Olson-Axtell 0, Ramseyer 2, C.Rij 4, Tomsha 8, J.Rij 2, Franks 8, LeBret 8, Rav.Adolph 0, Rae.Adolph 10.

FALLS CHRISTIAN - Johnson 7, Williams 3, Jackson 38, Gelnette 0, Moate 10, Taylor 6, M.Jenkins 8, Tuttle 0, Ap.Coy 0, S.Jenkins 4.

Liberty 49, Northport 26

The Lancers outscored the visiting Mustangs 20-2 in the final 6 minutes for the win.

Northport 6 5 5 10 - 26

Liberty 14 10 5 20 - 49

NORTHPORT - Burke 0, Wilson 0, Knudsen 2, Day 7, Goodwin 2, Lenhard 2, Sauvola 6, Jimenez 2, Godes 0, Young 5, Brunette 0.

LIBERTY - Howard 0, Cory 19, Leslie 0, Tusler 4, Olson 2, Bothman 14, Cain 0, Prince 2, Gardner 2, Nadler 2, Adams 4.

St. George’s 54, Chewelah 40

The visiting Dragons outscored the Cougars by 13 points from the line for the win.

St. George’s 14 12 13 15 - 54

Chewelah 7 15 8 10 - 40

ST. GEORGE’S - Liu 6, Clarke 7, Henley 16, Blume 0, DePonty 14, Routh-Corker 11.

CHEWELAH - Edwards 6, Rogers 2, Harrison 5, Albertson 10, Grytdal 0, Halle 2, Moore 2, O’Neal 10, McCanna 1, Boone 2.

Davenport 73, Columbia 20

Christine Smith had nine steals to carry the Gorillas.

Columbia 2 6 8 4 - 20

Davenport 21 16 21 15 - 73

COLUMBIA - Dale 5, Sampson 2, Lee 2, LaRoche 2, Schrach 2, Etue 0, Hudspeth 0, Nicodemus 3, MacMillan 4, Horne 0, Anderson 0.

DAVENPORT - Marriott 11, Smith 10, Guhlke 1, Schreck 11, Lust 8, Emery 9, Pauls 11, Kunz 2, Rux 10.

Tekoa-Oakes. 54, Freeman 17

The Nighthawks had a 38-0 edge in free-throw attempts in defeating the host Scotties.

Tekoa-Oakes. 14 14 13 13 - 54

Freeman 0 2 7 8 - 17

TEKOA-OAKESDALE - K.Driscoll 2, S.Driscoll 2, Smart 3, Brown 11, Hay 7, Graffis 10, Beddingfield 0, Bruce 7, Cox 12.

FREEMAN - Lazanis 2, Dahmen 2, Pratt 0, Wilkerson 9, Freeman 2, Adams 0, Kiddoo 0, Davey 0, Moberg 2, Palladino 0.

Odessa 59, Lind 39

The visiting Bulldogs suffered their 38th consecutive defeat.

Lind 2 6 10 21 - 39

Odessa 17 17 16 9 - 59

LIND - Robertson 10, Wahl 2, L.Palmer 0, K.Palmer 7, Montejano 0, Fritchle 0, Bergeron 0, Young 0, Whiteside 0, Wilson 2, Fode 18.

ODESSA - Iksic 3, Homberg 2, Schmierer 4, Haptonstall 13, Strohmaier 13, Ryan 2, Hunt 18, Hardung 1, Knerr 3, Weishaar 0, Campbell 0, Buscher 0.

Manson 58, ACH 35

Shayla Gayton totaled 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Trojans defeated the visiting Warriors.

ACH 4 13 10 8 - 35

Manson 15 13 9 21 - 58

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Evans 6, Pinar 3, Maes 4, Nielsen 0, Horter 11, Malone 2, Stokoe 2, Giese 6, Andersen 1.

MANSON - Gayton 22, Johnson 13, Foster 7, Koenig 6, Remevios 2, England 6, Jefferies 0.

L-W 47, Sprague-Harr. 39

Jennifer Wigen had 10 rebounds to carry the Tigercats to victory at Washtucna.

Sprague-Harr. 6 8 11 14 - 39

LaCrosse-Wash. 5 12 17 13 - 47

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Sewall 0, Whipple 8, Ernst 0, Walters 10, Hatten 2, Green 2, Engles 12, Morse 2, Scoles 3.

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA - Bay 7, Wigen 6, Cronrath 0, Kinch 8, N.Schneider 2, R.Schneider 14, Larsen 8, Baumann 2.

Inchelium 44, Rossland 41

Bonnie Boyd had seven firsthalf reboundsas the Hornets defeated visiting Rossland.

Rossland 10 6 15 10 - 41

Inchelium 10 14 14 6 - 44

ROSSLAND - Ackermon 14, Stanton 7, Kryolsi 6, Eddy 2, Lindsay 2, McCallam 10, Williams 0, Tweedy 0, Brydien 0, Hager 0.

INCHELIUM - T.Finley 4, G.Finley 2, Mollenberg 10, Tonasket 8, Campbell 0, Seymour 0, Stensgar 10, Boyd 10.

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