Medical Lake Remains Unbeaten

Carlos Simmons saved his best for last to help Medical Lake slip past Chewelah 65-63 Tuesday and remain in first place in the Northeast A basketball standings.

Simmons was credited with 10 assists, including one in the last second that resulted in a Jeff Nichols layin and the two-point win.

The unbeaten Cardinals (11-0 overall, 6-0 in league) face another tough league test Friday when they play host to second-place Lakeside. Chewelah fell to 4-5 and 3-3.

Medical Lake 65, Chewelah 63

Chewelah 16 18 3 26 - 63 Medical Lake 20 18 15 12 - 65

CHEWELAH - Forsberg 14, Nitschke 11, Meserve 15, Edwards 0, Wissink 5, Landram 3, Sunday 8, Parrish 3.

MEDICAL LAKE - Jackson 9, Brown 2, Headlee 0, Simmons 17, Miller 7, Bahr 2, Campbell 8, Nichols 12, B.Moore 8.

Panorama League

Republic 71, Curlew 64

Mark Rickard and Jason Baldwin combined for 45 points and put on an exhibition at the foul line for the North Division-leading Tigers (11-0, 9-0).

Rickard led Republic with 23 points and made 10 of 10 from the free-throw line. He also led the Tigers with 11 rebounds. Baldwin scored 22 and hit 11 of 12 from the line.

Curlew fell to 9-4 overall and remains in second place in the North at 6-3.

Republic 20 17 12 22 - 71 Curlew 18 12 16 18 - 64

REPUBLIC - Dinkins 0, Dav. Hanks 6, Baldwin 22, Dan Hanks 6, Gliddon 2, Hadden 2, Rickard 23, Hargrave 0, Grimm 2, Kuchenmeister 10.

CURLEW - C.Edwards 0, Cribby 4, Olsen 15, Groth 14, Nelson 6, Prazak 4, Bruckleir 9, J.Miller 12, B.Miller 0, E.Edwards 0.

St. George’s 61, Springdale 58

Tom DePonty hit two key free throws down the stretch and the Dragons survived a desperation shot by the Chargers for the win.

The second-place Dragons (9-4, 7-2) trailed 48-45 at the end of three, but crawled back slowly and took the lead for good with 1:40 left. St. George’s Dan Kuney led all scorers with 27.

St. George’s 15 18 12 16 - 61 Springdale 13 17 18 10 - 58

ST. GEORGE’S - D. Dhillon 5, J. Dhillon 0, DePonty 14, Blume 4, Sadler 3, Spencer 8, Kuney 27, Witherspoon 0, Helms 0, Thompson 0.

SPRINGDALE - Gardner 2, Brisbois 12, McCurdy 2, B.Peterson 17, Canfield 2, Lozano 4, Montgomery 5, Klemish 2, Farnsworth 12, Carlson 0.

Columbia 54, Northport 40

Ryan Smith scored 17 points and came up with 12 rebounds to carry the Lions (2-10, 2-7) past the Mustangs (5-8, 4-5).

Columbia hit 20 of 30 shots from the field and came up with 19 steals. Ben Carlson led Northport with 14 points.

Northport 9 6 10 15 - 40 Columbia 12 14 6 22 - 54

NORTHPORT - Morrow 3, Carlson 14, Timmering 0, Godes , Aari. Day 2, Fredrickson 6, Reed 0, Bennetch 6, Ad. Day 6, Phaff 0, Godes 3.

COLUMBIA - McLean 8, Wass 2, Etue 9, Denison 1, Kastelic 12, Neidhart 0, Philpot 2, Cornwall 0, Carlson 0, Smith 17, Pakootas 3.

NW Christian 53, St. Michael’s 44

The Crusaders (6-7, 5-4) ran out to a 19-4 lead and were never threatened. St. Michael’s (3-10, 2-7) hit 2 of 16 shots in the first half.

Jeremy Affeldt scored a team-high 18 points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds to lead Northwest Christian. The Crusaders outrebounded St. Michael’s 38-22.

Bryan Argentino was a bright spot for the Warriors as he hit five 3-pointers and led the team with 23 points.

NW Christian 19 14 14 6 - 53 Saint Michael’s 4 9 8 23 - 44

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Thomas 0, Mortlock 2, Verduin 0, McCabe 0, Smith 4, Affeldt 18, Wilson 0, Mason 2, A.Crouch 8, M.Crouch 3, Wolff 7.

SAINT MICHAEL’S - Bittner 0, Lakin 9, Edwards 0, Sandquist 0, B.Argentino 23, Baarstad 10, Zver 0, Lajoie 0, South 0, N.Argentino 2.

Selkirk 84, Cusick 49

Tim Farris and Sheridan Pyeatt combined for 37 points to lead the South Division-leading Rangers (10-2, 8-1) past the Panthers (1-11, 1-8).

Farris scored 18 points and led the team in rebounding with eight. Pyeatt, a sophomore, hit 7 of 9 shots from the field and 5 of 6 from the foul line for his team-high 19 points.

Cusick 11 14 8 16 - 49 Selkirk 24 18 25 17 - 84

CUSICK - Coppock 3, McCart 0, Reijonen 2, Waldman 11, Bridges 2, Chantry 6, Finley 4, Sattleen 4, Hamilton 9, Martin 8, Kramer 0.

SELKIRK - Escalanti 4, Davis 9, Larson 12, Kinney 5, Farris 18, Gere 5, Huffine 2, Lopes 10, Pyeatt 19, White 0.

Wellpinit 79, Inchelium 47

Perry Pakootas led four Redskins in double-figure scoring with 16 points as Wellpinit (6-6, 4-5) easily got past the Hornets (0-12, 0-9).

Dominic Tonasket scored 15 points, Marlo Tonasket collected 13 and Donnie Lebret scored 12.

Wellpinit 19 16 17 27 - 79 Inchelium 10 21 8 8 - 47

WELLPINIT - Lebret 12, Gould 0, M.Tonasket 13, T.Flett 4, Nomee 0, Carter 2, Garrett 6, D.Tonasket. 15, Andrew 8, Pakootas 16, Stearns 3.

INCHELIUM - Jolley 13, Johnson 3, Swan 15, Boyd 9, Michel 2, Mason 2, Tonasket 3, Simmons 0.

Non-league

Liberty 58, Rosalia 43

The Lancers (7-6) scored the last 10 points of the game to run away from the Spartans (4-5).

Rosalia led 25-23 at halftime, but played most of the third quarter without 6-foot-6 Lucas Schmidt. Still, the Panthers trailed by just five, 48-43, with 4 minutes left before Liberty went on its tear.

The Lancers dominated the boards 40-20. Tim Horlacher led the way with 11.

Liberty 12 11 15 20 - 58 Rosalia 10 15 8 10 - 43

LIBERTY - Wiman 11, B.Cory 7, Engle 9, Horlacher 16, Johnson 2, Cooper 2, Tee 2, Greenwalt 9.

ROSALIA - Kangrimbergen 4, Slemp 4, Scheele 20, Schmidt 3, Blank 8, Goyke 4.

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