Coles’ 1,000th Helps Gar-Pal Past Pomeroy

B basketball

Logan Coles reached 1,000 career points Saturday just when Garfield-Palouse needed it most.

Coles’ second basket in the second quarter gave him the milestone. His Vikings (18-5) used their five-point edge in the second quarter to rally past Pomeroy 47-41 in the District 9-B tournament at Walla Walla Community College.

Coles added nine rebounds and four assists to send GarPal into Tuesday’s semifinal at Washington State University. The Vikings play Waitsburg at 8 p.m.

Nick Cox scored 15 of his 23 in the middle quarters for the Pirates (15-8), who meet Jubilee Christian Academy at 2:30 Tuesday in a loser-out.

Gar.-Palouse 47, Pomeroy 41

Gar.-Palouse 11 14 10 12 - 47

Pomeroy 12 9 11 9 - 41

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Bischoff 18, Coles 14, Power 2, Flansburg 5, Cronk 0, Fox 4, Kimble 0, Johnson 2, Tharp 2.

POMEROY - J.Cox 0, McCabe 4, N.Cox 23, Neal 5, Claassen 1, Feider 0, McKeirnan 2, Ledgerwood 6.

Waitsburg 77, Jubilee 47

Matt Wyatt and Mike Ruzicka had 11 rebounds apiece, and Ryan Leid scored 10 in the first quarter to help the Cardinals (16-6) defeat the Warriors (7-13).

Chris Pearson added five assists and Jesse McCaw nine rebounds for Waitsburg, which shot 52 percent from the field. Adrian Garcia had 15 second-half points and four steals for Jubilee of Walla Walla, making its first appearance at district.

Waitsburg 21 26 17 13 - 77

Jubilee 8 8 10 21 - 47

WAITSBURG - Adams 3, Leid 12, McKinley 0, Archer 11, Scott 12, Pearson 6, Wyatt 4, Mason 4, Gognon 0, McCaw 14, Ruzicka 11.

JUBILEE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY- Escalera 5, Broetje 5, Lash 4, Smith 0, Vest 10, Garcia 17, Thompson 6.

District 9-B girls

Tekoa-Oakes. 58, Asotin 29

Heather Cox scored eight in the first quarter and Sara Driscoll finished with six steals as the third-ranked Nighthawks (21-2) defeated the Panthers (6-17).

T-O shot 52 percent from the floor but missed 18 of 28 free throws. The Nighthawks advance to a semifinal at 6:30 Tuesday night at WSU against Waitsburg.

Mandy McCann hit 6 of 8 free throws in the second quarter and added seven steals for Asotin, which plays Garfield-Palouse at 1 p.m. Tuesday in a loser-out.

Tekoa-Oakes. 22 10 13 13 - 58

Asotin 6 11 6 6 - 29

TEKOA-OAKESDALE - K.Driscoll 4, S.Brown 0, S.Driscoll 6, Smart 7, M.Brown 3, Hay 10, Graffis 6, Smith 0, Je.Bruce 5, Ja.Bruce 5, Cox 10, Crow 2.

ASOTIN - Giardinelli 0, Mendoza 2, Johnsen 5, King 2, Deffer 0, Vantrease 0, Fred 6, McCann 12, Eller 0, Schnider 0, Andrews 2, Witters 0.

Waitsburg 55, Gar-Pal 33

Kynde Kiefel and Kelly McCaw had seven rebounds apiece as the 10th-ranked Cardinals (16-6) defeated the Vikings (14-10).

Waitsburg’s Wendy Jones added five steals and four assists. Holly Shelden had seven rebounds and Tasha Swinney six steals for Gar-Pal, which missed 11 of 15 from the line.

Waitsburg 17 6 14 18 - 55

Gar.-Palouse 6 10 7 10 - 33

WAITSBURG - W.Jones 13, Hulce 9, Ryckman 0, Smith 1, Lambert 0, McCaw 5, Abbey 8, Seney 1, Cunz 0, Bicklehaust 4, Kiefel 10, Conover 4.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Nelson 4, Shelden 9, Smick 0, Tronsen 0, Coles 7, Iverson 2, Smith 0, Swinney 8, Sheffler 0, Kildew 3, Hayden 0, Hershaw 0.

District 7-B playoff

Davenport 43, NWC 35

Christie Emory had 12 rebounds and shot 5 of 9 from the floor as the Gorillas (10-14) qualified for the District 7-B tournament and eliminated the Crusaders (10-15) at Mt. Spokane High.

Davenport shot 34 percent from the floor and 38 percent from the line. The Gorillas, as Bi-County seed No. 4, open district play at 7:45 p.m. Monday at Spokane Community College against Panorama No. 1 Selkirk (20-3).

Sara Montague had nine rebounds for NWC, which closed within two points in the third quarter after trailing by eight.

NW Christian 3 10 14 8 - 35

Davenport 8 11 12 12 - 43

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Nicolai 3, Silver 0, Cofer 0, Moen 1, Pilling 9, Ogle 3, Montague 7, Casimir 9, Strandy 0, Clouse 3.

DAVENPORT - Swain 0, Marriott 6, Smith 6, Guhlke 0, Schreck 2, Lust 12, Kunz 0, Emory 12, Pauls 5, Calgary 0.

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