Cheney Awakes, Rips Sandpoint
High school basketball
Cheney kept a stiff upper lip Tuesday when Sandpoint reached halftime with a significant lead.
Pat Stiffler scored 11 points in the third quarter, when the visiting Blackhawks (2-1, 1-0) had six of their 12 steals to turn an eight-point deficit into a 15-point lead during a 62-37 boys Border League basketball win over the Bulldogs (1-2, 0-1).
Cheney’s Paul Malisani added eight rebounds. Chris Oyolokor and James Kiger added four rebounds apiece, plus two steals during Cheney’s comeback.
Cheney 62, Sandpoint 37
Cheney 12 6 23 21 - 62
Sandpoint 9 17 0 11 - 37
CHENEY - Stiffler 15, Eggart 0, Oyolokor 6, Goetz 0, Donnelly 2, Ervin 10, Caskey 0, Malisani 17, Kiger 5, Bond 7.
SANDPOINT - Nieman 6, Bowman 3, Kleinert 12, Singleton 0, Menard 0, Rust 4, Watson 8, Gehring 4.
West Valley 65, Lewiston 61
Eric Deno made 8 of 9 free throws in the fourth quarter, when the Eagles (1-2, 1-0) hit 15 of 19 to hold off the host Bengals (3-1, 0-1).
WV’s Brad Groh and Ryan Spivey combined to hit 10 of 15 field goals. Both had four fouls in the final quarter, forcing the Eagles into a delay game.
Lewiston’s 6-foot-8 post, Carson Egland, tied Spivey with a game-best seven rebounds.
WV shot 53 percent (19 of 36) from the floor, Lewiston 21 of 57 (37 percent).
West Valley 12 15 17 21 - 65
Lewiston 13 11 15 22 - 61
WEST VALLEY - Sly 10, Allen 4, Deno 11, Browning 0, Groh 15, Spivey 15, Lybarger 2, Sorenson 8.
LEWISTON - Maurer 2, Wolf 0, Eck 11, Pierce 0, Johnson 18, Egland 15, Couch 9, Reineke 3.
Non-league
Bon.Ferry 48, St. George’s 46
The visiting Badgers (2-1) missed 8 of 15 free throws but held on when the Dragons (2-1) missed 13 of 21.
Tom DePonty and Ryan Thomsen had eight rebounds apiece for St. George’s, which closed within two points with a last-second basket.
Bonners Ferry 13 14 13 8 - 48
St. George’s 15 13 7 11 - 46
BONNERS FERRY - Winey 3, Clark 0, Bateman 13, Brush 0, Blanford 1, Barry 10, Baker 0, Tagney 0, Rice 3, Zimmerman 16, Merrill 2.
ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 6, Dhillon 10, Taylor 0, Moser 2, Davis 0, Helms 0, DePonty 9, Spencer 13, Yi 0, Witherspoon 2, Thomsen 4.
Wallace 62, Kootenai 53
The Miners (2-1) jumped to a 10-point, first-quarter lead to defeat the visiting Warriors (1-2).
Kootenai 6 12 13 22 - 53
Wallace 14 11 16 21 - 62
KOOTENAI - B.Brede 11, Schorzman 2, J.Brede 2, Passow 11, Reinhofer 1, Johns 9, Prickett 0, Ausman 4, Shanks 13.
WALLACE - Grattic 6, D.Lee 10, Tesky 4, K.Lee 5, Meek 6, Fleming 3, Sprute 11, Pluid 4, Blanchard 0, Schillereff 13.
Priest River 44, Newport 42
Priest River 10 8 15 11 - 44
Newport 12 10 12 8 - 42
PRIEST RIVER - Bodecker 0, Baker 3, Ackley 8, Meek 0, Behnke 16, Kershaw 7, Bryson 10.
NEWPORT - Kiehn 4, Frandrup 3, Meade 8, Ellersick 15, Endahl 0, Drum 2, Marsh 4, Balcolm 4, Martindale 0, Persyn 0, Vlasman 0, Mumford 2.
Lakeside 62, Genesee 42
Genesee 4 8 16 14 - 42
Lakeside 14 16 7 25 - 62
GENESEE - Baumgartner 2, Grieser 5, Scharnhorst 20, Charlton 10, Moser 3, Marques 2.
LAKESIDE (PLUMMER) - Kolar 5, Nibhur 2, Lozeau 14, McFadden 2, Allen 8, Pluff 1, Brouse 2, GaJkowski 8, T.Morris 13, B.Morris 7.
Girls
Border League
Cheney 59, Sandpoint 26
Anna Getz had eight rebounds, eight assists and five steals, and the Blackhawks (2-1, 1-0) used first-half runs of 12-2 and 8-0 to defeat the host Bulldogs (1-5, 0-3).
Meghan Conrath scored eight as Cheney opened with a 12-2 lead. Sandpoint trimmed the lead to 22-18 in the second quarter before another Cheney spree.
Cheney shot 53 percent from 2-point range, Sandpoint 24 percent.
Cheney 16 14 17 12 - 59
Sandpoint 9 11 4 2 - 26
CHENEY - Conrath 11, Weitman 16, Getz 10, Urdahl 2, McLaughlin 0, Birchler 6, Van Matre 12, Boline 2, Krogh 0.
SANDPOINT - Snedden 6, Allmorus 4, Verby 0, Bymaster 0, Ward 2, Cargill 4, Ross 2, James 6, Wood 0, Jensen 2.
Non-league
Bon.Ferry 57, St. George’s 55
Sarah Walter hit a pair of second-half 3-pointers, both times giving the visiting Badgers (6-0) a lead in their win over the Dragons (3-1).
Amber Paulson’s 25 points and 11 rebounds led BF, outscored the Dragons 13-5 at the line. St. George’s freshman Katie DePonty also had 11 rebounds.
Bonners Ferry 13 11 17 16 - 57
St. George’s 14 19 6 16 - 55
BONNERS FERRY - Walter 8, Ashby 4, Braniff 10, Carey 2, Larson 5, Paulson 25, Robertson 3.
ST. GEORGE’S - Liu 6, Clarke 6, Stothart 0, Henley 12, Blume 0, Grant 0, DePonty 16, Routh-Corker 15, Luber 0, Cutteruf 0.
Newport 56, Priest River 39
Carey Sauer scored 22 of her 30 points in the first half and added 14 rebounds and five assists to guide the Grizzlies (2-0) over the visiting Spartans (2-3).
Newport’s Mary Lindburg added 11 rebounds.
Priest River 10 5 10 14 - 39
Newport 15 15 12 14 - 56
PRIEST RIVER - Troudt 2, Kreager 0, Cook 1, Duley 5, Washburn 2, Smith 4, Turner 7, Carpenter 9, Vogrig 3, Guthrie 2, Oscarson 4.
NEWPORT - Williams 4, Haptonstall 2, Opp 0, Lindburg 9, Olsen 3, McDirmid 4, Sauer 30, Schulz 0, Almond 4.
Clark Fork 42, Wallace 33
Jill Miller had 11 steals and Erin Manderscheid added five as the Wampus Cats (3-3) defeated the visiting Miners (1-6).
Clark Fork hit 10 of 14 free throws.
Wallace 10 10 10 3 - 33
Clark Fork 18 9 7 8 - 42
WALLACE - Sleezer 17, Branstetter 2, Striker 0, Gregory 0, Pommerening 0, Rupp 4, Glover 4, Krulitz 6, Garczorz 0.
CLARK FORK - Ruen 2, Miller 14, Manderscheid 4, Scofield 4, Dugan 10, Saunders 0, Decker 0, Hess 6, McDaniels 2.
Mullan 31, CdA JV 29
The visiting Tigers (3-2) held off the Vikings even though top scorer Katie Elwood fouled out.
Mullan 10 13 4 4 - 31
Coeur d’Alene JV 5 9 8 7 - 29
MULLAN - A.Winstead 0, Autio 5, A.Hegbloom 4, Hoven 6, Hendryx 0, S.Hegbloom 2, L.Winstead 0, Haas 0, Elwood 11, Garitone 3.
COEUR d’ALENE JV - Kelsey 1, McGrath 9, Montrevil 3, Baracco 12, Crowell 4, Kleinan 0, Harrison 0, Hamner 0, Knoll 0.
Moscow 64, Pullman 30
Pullman 12 8 6 4 - 30
Moscow 15 13 12 24 - 64
PULLMAN - Brossman 20, Umbreit 0, Mirkovich 0, Pedersen 2, Rydbom 4, Neill 2, Keck 0, Paulson 0, Swan 0, Johnston 0, Curry 2,
MOSCOW - Allen 5, T.Goetz 4, Bonine 2, Lathen 8, Thomas 0, Thornton 0, Workman 6, Matthews 20, Davidson 4, C.Goetz 9, Prisbrey 6.
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