Sweet-Shooting West Valley Wins

High school basketball

There was no talk about homecourt advantage Saturday, when West Valley’s boys played their final non-league game before they open Frontier League play.

Josh Sweet scored 32 points, including 6-of-13 shooting on 3-pointers, and the visiting Eagles (5-2) used a 16-5 scoring edge at the free-throw line to beat Lakeland (2-2) 73-68 at Rathdrum, Idaho.

Sweet made 8 of 11 free throws. Lakeland’s Jared Mudge scored 28, with 5-of-8 shooting from 3-point range, and added eight rebounds.

West Valley 73, Lakeland 68

West Valley 15 17 19 22 - 73

Lakeland 16 12 21 19 - 68

WEST VALLEY Cardwell 10, Sweet 32, Deno 3, Groh 3, Mortensen 9, Gerrells 5, Stockton 4, Gregorak 2, Pecht 5.

LAKELAND Kowalcyzk 8, Rothrock 21, Dotts 3, Banks 4, Holt 3, Rasor 0, Reese 1, Thiringer 0, Mudge 28.

Moscow 57, Pullman 44

Adam Miller scored 23 points, helped by 8-of-12 shooting from the field in the first half, to guide the visiting Bears (3-3) over the Greyhounds (4-2) in a non-leaguer.

Shawn Richards had seven of Moscow’s 35 rebounds. Aron Cummings and Serign Marong had six rebounds apiece for Pullman, which beat Moscow by five earlier in the year.

Moscow 23 18 8 8 - 57

Pullman 13 10 12 9 - 44

MOSCOW Brown 7, Strobel 0, Rinaldi 8, Miller 23, Kuske 2, Curtis 6, Cosgrove 2, Stewart 0, Richards 5, Johnson 0, Owen 4.

PULLMAN Linehan 0, Randall 0, Harms 9, Holmes 11, Svingen 5, B.Cummings 6, A.Cummings 11, Marong 2.

East Valley 109, Ballarat 68

James Spotted Horse, returning from a two-game disciplinary suspension, scored 35 on 15-of-17 shooting from the field to guide the Knights over the Australian visitors in an exhibition.

Spotted Horse scored 24 in the first half. Reserve Troy Hansen added 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting from the floor, including 4 of 6 3-pointers. Aaron Harris had 13 rebounds and Mitch Johnson eight assists for EV.

Ballarat 10 11 28 19 - 68

East Valley 30 25 27 27 - 109

BALLARAT Barnett 0, Smith 7, Gregory 7, Dang Fang 9, Rebelo 4, Place 19, Reddi 6, Monro 2, B.Spagnolo 5, K.Spagnolo 9.

EAST VALLEY McCarty 2, Blize 8, Smith 5, Wilson 15, Johnson 3, Unser 2, Anderson 7, Harris 3, Sams 4, Shogren 0, Hansen 25, Spotted Horse 35.

Girls

Pullman 45, Moscow 41

Christa Brossman hit four of her team’s seven free throws down the stretch and the Greyhounds (2-6) beat the visiting Bears in a non-leaguer to avenge an overtime loss earlier in the season.

Pullman led by eight midway through the fourth quarter, but Moscow pulled even at 39. Deb Curry had 10 rebounds, and Leah Wilde 18 points and nine rebounds for Pullman. For Moscow, Amber Matthews had six rebounds and Tami Goetz four assists and four steals.

Moscow 9 6 9 17 - 41

Pullman 7 12 12 14 - 45

MOSCOW Allen 11, Gibson 1, Goetz 8, Griggs 3, Makus 3, Shupe 2, Thomas 1, Wilder 4, Workman 2, Matthews 6.

PULLMAN Brossman 16, Pedersen 0, Schlettert 4, Rydbom 4, Curry 3, Wilde 18.

Idaho

Lake City 73, Post Falls 24

The top-ranked Timberwolves (11-2) outscored the Trojans (5-5) 40-4 in the first half.

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