Colville Still Has Cheney’s Number

Frontier League

Before Saturday night’s game, Colville was the lone team to have beaten Cheney in Frontier League boys basketball.

Colville’s mastery continued on Cheney’s home court, as swarming defense and balanced offense produced a 54-49 win.

The Indians (7-2, 10-6) can do no worse than tie for first place if they win out against East Valley, West Valley and Pullman. Colville has one first-place finish in its Frontier history - a tie with Cheney and WV three years ago.

“We at least control our destiny now,” said Colville coach Bill Pilgeram, whose team bounced back after losing to Riverside on Friday.

Cheney (6-2, 11-5) dropped one-half game behind Colville with four league games remaining.

The Indians entered with three starters averaging between 10.3 and 11.1 points per league game. That trend continued, as four Indians scored between nine and 11.

“We are eight deep and have a starter injured (Paul Smith, knee) who makes us nine deep,” Pilgeram said.

Brandon True scored 10, but all came consecutively as a 27-25 Cheney lead late in the first half became a 35-29 Colville edge midway through the third quarter. Cheney never came closer than four points after that.

Cheney’s leading scorer, Paul Malisani (14.7 ppg) picked up two fouls in the first 2:27 and didn’t play the rest of the half. Malisani returned in the third quarter, but stingy Colville held the Blackhawks to five shots during the quarter.

Colville 54, Cheney 49

Colville 17 12 11 14 - 54

Cheney 14 13 5 17 - 49

COLVILLE Eslick 1 0-0 2, Meinhold 1 2-3 5, Ortner 3 3-4 11, True 4 2-2 10, Sprangers 1 2-5 4, Day 4 1-1 10, Bowland 4 1-4 9, Salina 0 3-8 3. Totals 18 14-27 54.

CHENEY Stiffler 1 0-0 3, Waller 1 3-4 6, Urdahl 6 0-0 16, Reser 0 0-0 0, Parker 6 2-2 14, Malisani 3 1-2 8, Stoddard 1 0-0 2, Sobotta 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 6-8 49.

3-point goals - Ortner 2, Day, Meinhold, Urdahl 4, Waller, Stiffler, Malisani. Total fouls - Colville 9, Cheney 17. Fouled out - Urdahl. Technicals - none.

West Valley 65, Pullman 49

Josh Sweet hit four of his six 3-pointers and scored 14 of his 22 in the first half as the Eagles (11-4, 6-2) beat the visiting Greyhounds (9-8, 3-6) to tie Cheney for second place. Vinnie Pecht had 10 rebounds to guide WV’s 41-27 edge.

Pullman 12 11 10 16 - 49

West Valley 24 7 20 14 - 65

PULLMAN Linehan 0 1-2 1, Brooke 0 0-0 0, Brown 3 1-1 7, Harms 6 0-0 12, Holmes 6 3-4 17, Svingen 1 0-0 2, B.Cummings 2 0-0 4, A.Cummings 2 2-2 6, Marong 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 7-9 49.

WEST VALLEY McLachlan 0 0-0 0, Cardwell 2 1-2 5, Sweet 7 2-2 22, Deno 0 0-0 0, Sorensen 0 0-2 0, Groh 0 0-0 0, Mortensen 4 0-0 8, Gerrells 5 0-0 10, Spivey 1 1-2 3, Stockton 0 3-4 3, Gregorak 0 0-0 0, Pecht 4 6-7 14. Totals 23 13-19 65.

3-point goals - Holmes 2; Sweet 6. Total fouls - Pullman 14, WV 14. Fouled out - none. Technical fouls - none.

Riverside 60, East Valley 44

Derek Crance and Danny Leaf combined to hit 13 of 17 field goals as the Rams (5-12, 3-6) beat the visiting Knights (1-15, 0-8) at Chattaroy.

Riverside’s Ryan Monroe had eight rebounds and five assists.

East Valley 13 10 7 14 - 44

Riverside 14 21 13 12 - 60

EAST VALLEY McCarty 0 5-6 5, Smith 0 0-0 0, Johnson 1 2-6 4, Anderson 3 0-0 6, Harris 2 0-0 4, Sams 1 0-0 2, Shogren 0 1-2 1, Hansen 4 0-0 10, Spotted Horse 4 1-2 9. Totals 16 9-16 44.

RIVERSIDE Otto 1 0-0 2, Monroe 5 0-2 11, Daubel 1 5-8 7, Beckham 0 1-2 1, Frowick 1 0-0 3, Leaf 6 0-0 12, Crance 7 2-2 16, Kapelke 2 2-4 6, Miller 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 10-18 60.

3-point goal - Hansen 2, Smith, Monroe, Frowick. Total fouls - EV 17, Riverside 19. Fouled out - Daubel. Technicals - none.

GIRLS

West Valley 62, Pullman 42

Angie Kallas, Cindy Simpson and Sherry Shollenberger hit 3-pointers during a 17-0, second-half run as the first-place Eagles (13-2, 8-0) beat the visiting Greyhounds (4-13, 2-7).

Pullman 8 12 16 6 - 42

West Valley 17 13 10 22 - 62

PULLMAN Brossman 3 1-7 7, Keck 0 1-2 1, Pedersen 5 2-3 12, Schlettert 1 0-0 2, Rydbom 1 2-2 4, Couch 1 0-0 2, Curry 1 1-3 3, Wilde 3 2-4 9, Wahl 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 9-21 42.

WEST VALLEY Kallas 4 0-0 12, Nihoul 0 0-0 0, Shollenberger 5 1-2 13, Simpson 2 0-0 5, McClintock 3 3-4 9, Salfer 3 3-4 10, Sowers 3 0-0 6, Roberts 1 1-2 3, Pedey 0 0-0 0, Huffman 2 0-0 4. Totals 23 8-12 62.

3-point goals - Wilde, Kallas 4, Shollenberger 2, Simpson, Salfer. Total fouls - Pullman 15, WV 18. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.

Riverside 40, East Valley 26

At Chattaroy, Bernice Stime’s eight rebounds and four assists helped the second-place Rams (12-5, 8-1) beat the visiting Knights (4-12, 1-7).

Riverside plays WV and third-place Cheney next weekend.

East Valley 8 2 8 8 - 26

Riverside 7 12 12 9 - 40

EAST VALLEY Conard 2 0-2 4, Mackey 0 0-0 0, Hobbs 0 0-0 0, Tomblin 1 2-2 4, Neal 0 2-2 2, Stookey 0 2-2 2, Schumacher 2 0-2 4, Triplett 2 2-2 6, Myers 1 0-2 2, Combs 1 0-0 2, Werner 0 0-0 0, Casey 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 8-13 26.

RIVERSIDE Lamarche 0 0-0 0, N. Snyder 3 0-0 9, Rizzuto 1 1-2 3, H.Wood 0 0-2 0, Stime 5 0-0 12, A.Wood 3 1-3 7, McMurphy 2 0-0 4, Olson 0 0-0 0, Lorenz 0 0-0 0, B.Snyder 2 1-2 5. Totals 16 3-9 40.

3-point goals - Stime 2, N.Snyder 3. Total fouls - EV 13, Riverside 13. Fouled out - None. Technicals - none.

Cheney 76, Colville 54

Anna Getz scored nine of her 22 in the first quarter and Kara Weitman added 10 of her 24 in the second to guide the No. 5 Blackhawks (14-2, 6-2) over the visiting Indians (5-12, 2-7). Getz added eight rebounds and six assists, while Weitman had five steals.

Colville 16 10 14 14 - 54

Cheney 27 22 19 8 - 76

COLVILLE T.Brown 0 0-0 0, McConnell 0 0-2 0, Spies 1 0-0 2, Deardorff 0 4-6 4, H.Brown 2 0-0 4, Evans 7 0-1 14, Braff 1 4-6 6, Wollan 3 4-4 10, Lawson 2 0-0 4, Simpson 5 0-0 10. Totals 21 12-19 54.

CHENEY Ewing 5 1-3 11, Weitman 9 4-7 24, Getz 8 3-4 22, Pischel 1 1-3 3, Edgett 0 0-0 0, Birchler 0 0-0 0, Van Matre 3 4-4 10, Boline 2 0-0 4, Krogh 1 0-1 2. Totals 29 13-22 76.

3-point goals - Weitman 2, Getz 3. Total fouls - Colville 19, Cheney 16. Fouled out - Birchler. Technicals - none.

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