Freshman Rescues Inaccurate Falcons

Girls basketball

What do you call a team that misses 17 of 18 free throws in one half and dips into the freshman class to find a leading scorer?

In Sprague-Harrington’s case, you call that team a winner.

Freshman Noel Hatten scored 11 points in the final four minutes Saturday to lift the visiting Falcons (4-4, 1-0) to a 50-37 Bi-County League win at Liberty.

Hatten made two 3-pointers and hit 5 of 6 free-throw attempts as S-H erased the Lancers’ 33-32 lead. Her shooting from the line erased the memory of S-H’s first half, a 1-for-18 effort.

Jo Cory of Liberty (4-3, 0-1) had 18 rebounds.

Sprague-Harrington 50, Liberty 37

Sprague-Harr. 4 16 9 21 - 50

Liberty 10 6 8 13 - 37

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Sewall 0, Whipple 6, Walters 10, Hatten 16, Green 0, Engles 11, Morse 1, Scoles 6.

LIBERTY - Howard 2, Cory 16, Leslie 0, Olson 0, Bothman 9, Prince 0, Gardner 8, Nadler 2.

ACH 48, Odessa 37

Lacey Malone scored 22, and Jackie Evans and Shawna Stokoe combined for five late free throws as the Warriors (2-6, 2-2) held off the Tigers (2-3, 0-3) at Hartline.

ACH scored its final eight points at the line. Odessa came within five points with four minutes left.

Odessa 7 13 6 11 - 37

ACH 11 14 11 12 - 48

ODESSA - Iksic 9, Schmierer 0, Haptonstall 4, Strohmaier 6, Ryan 2, Hunt 14, Knerr 0, Weishaar 2.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Edwards 2, Evans 2, Pinar 0, Maes 3, Horter 4, Malone 22, Stokoe 11, Giese 2, Andersen 2.

Wilbur-Creston at Lind, forfeit

Wilbur-Creston (5-2, 3-0) earned the win when the Bulldogs (0-6, 0-3) forfeited.

Panorama League

Selkirk 62, Cusick 27

Molly Carlson had nine rebounds to help her team build a 44-24 advantage as the visiting Rangers (5-1, 3-0) defeated the Panthers (1-5, 1-3).

Cusick shot 9 of 62 from the floor. Alicia Cutshall and Amanda Norton of Cusick had six rebounds apiece.

Selkirk 15 14 23 10 - 62

Cusick 8 2 8 9 - 27

SELKIRK - Fairbairn 8, Scherf 6, Barnes 10, Pettis 0, Smith 2, Haney 0, Jones 4, Allert 16, Carlson 16.

CUSICK - Norton 2, Pickerel 2, Cutshall 2, Car.Haas 1, Cas.Haas 13, Chitwood 7, Ziesmer 0.

Wellpinit 63, Columbia 40

The visiting Redskins (5-0, 4-0) forced 22 first-half turnovers to defeat the Lions (0-6, 0-4) at Hunters.

Columbia’s Christina Sampson had nine rebounds.

Wellpinit 18 25 11 9 - 63

Columbia 6 10 12 12 - 40

WELLPINIT - Covington 2, Pakootas 8, Stearns 7, Allen 19, Ramos 4, Tonasket 1, Barnaby 4, Wynecoop 2, Payne 16.

COLUMBIA - Dale 4, Sampson 10, Etue 2, Hudspeth 8, Nicodemus 4, MacMillan 8, Horne 4.

Northport 64, Inchelium 45

Karen Sauvola scored 20, and she and Candace Young added 10 rebounds apiece as the visiting Mustangs (5-2, 3-1) defeated the Hornets (4-3, 3-1).

Sauvola and Amanda Day combined for five 3-pointers, and Northport had 16 steals. Inchelium’s Bonnie Boyd scored 20 and had 11 of her 14 rebounds in the second half.

Northport 10 20 20 14 - 64

Inchelium 2 9 10 24 - 45

NORTHPORT - Burke 0, Wilson 0, Day 10, Goodwin 0, Lenhard 15, Sauvola 20, Jimenez 6, Godes 0, Young 9, Brunette 4.

INCHELIUM - T.Finley 6, Mollenberg 2, Tonasket 3, Campbell 0, Wapato 0, Seymour 3, Stensgar 11, Phillips 0, Boyd 20, J.Davis 0.

St. George’s 62, NWC 44

Miranda Routh-Corker scored 21 and the Dragons (6-1, 3-0) jumped to a 16-1 lead in defeating the host Crusaders (2-3, 1-2) at Mead High.

Sara Montague totaled 13 rebounds, six steals and four blocked shots, and Lisa Moen added eight assists for NWC.

St. George’s 16 17 8 21 - 62

NW Christian 7 5 17 15 - 44

ST. GEORGE’S - Liu 10, Clarke 4, Henley 14, Grant 2, DePonty 11, Routh-Corker 21, Moore 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Nicolai 0, Silver 3, Moen 0, Pilling 0, Ogle 6, Montague 16, Casimir 2, Strandy 6, Clouse 11.

Curlew at Republic, ppd.

The game was postponed until Jan. 5.

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