Schumacher Carries Knights Past Eagles

Border League girls

East Valley’s girls basketball team had too much full-court pressure early and too much Malea Schumacher later on.

The Knights (4-6, 3-3) dispatched rival West Valley (5-5, 3-3) 56-46 to catch up to the Eagles in the Border League.

The press created numerous first-quarter turnover baskets for an early 19-7 lead.

Schumacher, EV’s 5-foot-5 junior guard, hit three straight baskets at the start of the third quarter to up EV’s lead to 36-20, in effect sealing the outcome.

She finished with a team-high 19 points, including two 3-point baskets during EV’s fast first-quarter start, five points in the second quarter and four third-period baskets.

The game began with a 13-2 run. The Knights increased their advantage to 24-7 30 seconds into the second quarter.

Gabby McClintock’s 7-of-8 free-throw shooting and a late 3-point basket by Shannon Groh produced a small WV rally before halftime.

But EV’s 40-30 halftime advantage was as close as the Eagles would get.

McClintock scored a game-high 21 points and Vanessa Parvey had 14 rebounds for the Eagles.

The Knights won despite foul troubles that kept season scoring leader Rebecca Triplett, who finished with 10 points, on the bench for much of the contest.

E. Valley 56, W. Valley 46

West Valley 7 13 12 14 - 46

East Valley 19 11 13 13 - 56

WEST VALLEY - Hilsabeck 3, Groh 5, McClintock 21, Huffman 5, Holstrom 4, Pedey 0, Parvey 8, Vermeers 0.

EAST VALLEY - Conard 4, Schumacher 19, LeGrant 2, Werner 1, Birdsbill 4, Tomblin 9, Neal 2, Tonani 0, Schultz 2, Triplett 10, Shogren 3.

Post Falls 50, Clarkston 35

The all-around aggressive efforts of Janelle Ruen and Desiree Johnson helped the Trojans defeat the Bantams at Clarkston.

Ruen had 11 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Johnson ended with nine points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots. The win pushed the Trojans to 8-5 overall, 6-4 in league.

Trisha Johnson and Heather Haight combined for 23 points as the struggling Bantams saw their record drop to 0-6, 0-6.

Post Falls 10 16 10 14 - 50

Clarkston 13 5 5 12 - 35

POST FALLS - Eberle 7, Billetz 5, Mills 0, Brown 7, Foster 6, Edmonds 0, Holland 2, Swanstrom 3, Ruen 11, Johnson 9.

CLARKSTON - Blankinship 3, Smith 0, Jones 1, Tucker 4, Murray 2, Strohbehn 0, Blake 0, Johnson 12, Rodgers 2, Haight 11, Pavey 0.

Lewiston 58, Sandpoint 35

The Bengals defeated the Bulldogs in Border League play to improve to 6-7 overall, 6-3 in league, while the Bulldogs dropped to 3-11, 1-9.

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