Wilbur-Creston Gains First Place

Boys basketball

Wilbur-Creston rose to the top of the Bi-County League’s West Division Saturday by overcoming a 10-point deficit to defeat Sprague-Harrington 62-52 at Wilbur.

Bryan Marchand of the Wildcats (7-5, 6-1) scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half and finished with nine assists.

Mike Samuels added 11 rebounds for W-C, which started the season 0-4. The Wildcats entered the night tied with Almira/Coulee-Hartline, which played a non-league game.

The Falcons dropped to 8-5, 3-2, giving Valley Christian a 2-game lead in the East.

Wilbur-Creston 62, S-H 52

Sprague-Harr. 16 15 11 10 - 52

Wilbur-Creston 11 14 19 18 - 62

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Engles 0, Morton 0, Wagner 9, Floyd 5, Carroll 17, Timm 2, Pelissier 4, M.Henry 5, Hoob 0, Young 8, A.Henry 2.

WILBUR-CRESTON - B.Marchand 22, Cairns 0, Villars 0, Grant 0, Leonard 1, Samuels 10, Arden 0, Nelson 13, Katich 14, J.Marchand 0, Hall 2.

Val.Christian 62, Ritzville 52

Michael Spuler scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer and jumper to snap a 40-all tie, as the eighth-ranked Panthers (11-1, 6-0) defeated the host Broncos (6-6, 4-4) for their ninth consecutive win.

Ritzville’s Dustan Arlt scored 22, the fourth time in the last five games he has scored 22 or more.

Valley Christian 12 11 13 26 - 62

Ritzville 7 14 15 16 - 52

VALLEY CHRISTIAN - J.Decker 2, Smith 10, Spuler 21, Sears 4, B.Decker 7, Evans 7, Sandin 11.

RITZVILLE - B.Arlt 2, Duff 14, D.Arlt 22, Marcus 4, Johnstone 0, Borth 2, Whitman 8.

Liberty 76, Chr.Heritage 56

Brad Wiman scored 26, giving him 47 for the weekend, and the visiting Lancers (2-9, 1-5) used a 9-0 run to open the second quarter to defeat the Patriots (5-7, 1-7) at Edwall and end a six-game losing streak.

Jake Holling added six assists, five rebounds and four steals for Liberty, which hit five 3-pointers.

Joe Bell of CH scored 28 on 10-for-23 shooting from the field. The Patriots lost Brett Bishop and Kyle Hattenburg to fouls early in the second half.

Liberty 16 25 20 15 - 76

Chr.Heritage 16 10 11 19 - 56

LIBERTY - Wiman 26, K.Engle 4, J.Engle 6, Cousins 8, J.Holling 6, Johnson 2, Pottratz 14, Phipps 0, C.Holling 2, Schmitz 3, Mortimer 5, Horlacher 0.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Newbill 16, A.Bell 0, B.Bishop 5, J.Bell 28, Hattenburg 0, Stuhlmiller 0, Kirstein 0, Bogle 7.

Davenport 79, Lind 39

Dale Buchanan scored 22 and the visiting Gorillas (5-7, 2-3) won the rebounding edge 35-25 in defeating the Bulldogs (2-11, 0-7).

Davenport shot 44 percent from the floor, Lind 24 percent. Lind outscored the Gorillas 8-4 from the line, but Davenport had 17 more field goals.

Davenport 15 20 25 19 - 79

Lind 14 5 12 8 - 39

DAVENPORT - Rodenbough 13, Holderby 0, Johnson 2, Buchanan 22, Swain 14, Telecky 10, Morrison 11, Payne 7, Honey 0.

LIND - Kulm 2, Labes 2, Parkins 10, Sikorski 0, Sheckells 7, Olson 1, Thompson 1, Widger 11, Williamson 6.

PANORAMA LEAGUE

Republic 60, Selkirk 26

Kris Kuchenmeister had nine rebounds, three blocked shots and hit 6 of 11 from the floor as the Tigers (8-3, 7-1) knocked the visiting Rangers (9-3, 6-2) out of first place in the South Division.

Kenny Gliddon added eight rebounds, and Chad Dinkins and Danny Hanks combined for nine assists for Republic. Selkirk shot 33 percent from the floor.

Republic held Russell Lopes (15 ppg) and Sheridan Pyeatt (14 ppg) to a combined two points. The Rangers sat Tim Farris (11 ppg) for disciplinary reasons.

Selkirk 4 6 7 9 - 26

Republic 14 13 19 14 - 60

SELKIRK - MacArthur 0, Reed 0, Yellowjohn 6, White 0, Gere 2, Huffine 10, Lopes 0, Pyeatt 2, Hodges 0, Carlson 6, Edwards 0.

REPUBLIC - Dansel 3, Davenport 12, Dinkins 4, Gliddon 9, Hadden 6, Hanks 7, Hutton 0, Krohn 0, Kuchenmeister 14, R.Rickard 3, T.Rickard 0, Russell 2.

St. George’s 61, Northport 37

Tom DePonty made 6 of 9 from the floor and 6 of 7 from the line, and the host Dragons (9-3, 7-1) totaled 13 steals in defeating the Mustangs (3-9, 1-7) and taking over first place alone in the South.

Dan Dhillon added five assists and four steals, and Ryan Thomsen and John Witherspoon five rebounds apiece for St. George’s.

Northport 10 4 8 15 - 37

St. George’s 19 8 11 23 - 61

NORTHPORT - Aa.Day 0, Godes 0, Ad.Day 16, Fredrickson 2, Timmering 5, Lenhard 3, Phaff 0, As.Wilson 5, Weliep 6.

ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 3, Dhillon 16, Taylor 0, Moser 0, Davis 0, Helms 5, DePonty 19, Spencer 7, Yi 0, Witherspoon 8, Thomsen 3.

Curlew 99, Cusick 34

Jeremy Groth scored 22 on 8-for-14 shooting, including three 3-pointers, and added seven steals and six assists to help the North Division-leading Cougars (12-0, 8-0) past the visiting Panthers (3-8, 2-6).

Gunner Olson, 9 of 18 from the field, scored 26 for the second-ranked Cougars. Seth Cribby hit 6 of 10 as Curlew shot 49 percent.

Cusick 10 6 10 8 - 34

Curlew 24 20 22 33 - 99

CUSICK - Cratty 5, Reijonen 2, Bridges 5, Martin 6, Chantry 3, Jones 0, Sattleen 1, Hamilton 2, Tinker 7, Dimick 3, Kramer 0.

CURLEW - Conger 5, G.Olson 26, Groth 22, Edwards 14, J.B.Olson 9, Prazak 0, Cribby 16, March 0, Strandberg 5, Stotts 2.

NWC 53, Inchelium 41

Luke Smith hit 3 of 4 from 3-point range and the host Crusaders (7-4, 6-2) finished 14 of 23 from the line while defeating the Hornets (2-8, 2-6).

Inchelium 14 14 6 7 - 41

NW Christian 16 19 5 13 - 53

INCHELIUM - Bradshaw 0, Jolley 11, Simpson 5, R.Swan 12, Michel 8, Mason 0, Tonasket 1, Simmons 1, J.Swan 0, Signor 3.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Orr 0, Greenup 0, Proffitt 0, Wolf 0, Smith 11, Warren 0, Thomas 2, Strandy 10, Malott 6, VanGerpen 0, Bell 0, Goldman 14, Crouch 10.

Columbia 59, St. Michael’s 51

Brandon Neidhart scored all of his 21 points in the second half, hitting 3 of 3 from long range, as the host Lions (1-10, 1-7) defeated the Warriors (0-11, 0-8) to snap a 12-game losing streak.

Mark Strickler had 13 rebounds for Columbia, which held a 25-15 second-half edge on the boards. Columbia’s previous win was Jan. 31, 1997, against Inchelium.

St. Michael’s 7 19 16 9 - 51

Columbia 10 14 22 13 - 59

ST. MICHAEL’S - Edwards 16, Bittner 7, Sandquist 6, Sarquillia 0, Vopalensky 2, Muglia 1, Durazo 8, South 9, Spruill 2.

COLUMBIA - Wass 4, Benson 2, Denison 5, Pakootas 6, J.Young 13, Neidhart 21, Strickler 4, K.Donohue 4, S.Donohue 0.

Wellpinit 77, Springdale 52

Joe Tonasket scored 21 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the floor as the Redskins (6-4, 5-3) defeated the visiting Chargers (3-9, 3-5).

Mike McCrea had 15 points and 14 rebounds for Wellpinit, which outrebounded the Chargers 34-21. Springdale played without Josh Farnsworth (15 ppg), who was out for unknown reasons.

Springdale 14 14 7 17 - 52

Wellpinit 17 18 18 24 - 77

SPRINGDALE - Gilstrap 15, Meyers 0, Ralph 4, Nortz 1, Thompson 0, Crawford 2, Hammack 10, Ely 6, Carlson 12, Stephens 2.

WELLPINIT - Tonasket 21, Carter 3, Abrahamson 2, D.J.Flett 8, T.Flett 4, M.McCrea 15, Covington 14, Stearns 10, Bair 0.

WHITMAN COUNTY

LaCrosse-Wash. 47, T-O 45

B.J. McIntosh’s layup with two minutes left led to a 44-42 lead, and Greg Whitman’s offensive rebound with five seconds left preserved a win as the Tigercats (3-9, 1-1) edged the Nighthawks (6-4, 1-1) at Washtucna to snap a nine-game losing streak.

The Tigercats trailed by 10 in the third quarter. They led 46-42 on Dustin Colter’s basket, before T-O’s Patrick Heaton hit a 3-pointer with a minute left.

L-W’s Derek Henley then hit the front end of a 1-and-1, and Whitman grabbed the rebound when Henley’s second try missed.

Tekoa-Oakes. 14 13 11 7 - 45

LaCrosse-Wash. 15 12 9 11 - 47

TEKOA-OAKESDALE - Brown 0, Heaton 18, G.Smith 6, Teal 3, Wagner 0, E.Smith 0, Brogan 4, Crossett 5, Wall 9, Taylor 0.

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA - McIntosh 6, Colter 6, Henley 14, Wigen 2, Meyers 3, Stueckle 0, Whitman 13, Blankenship 3.

SJE 85, Rosalia 41

Karl Scheuerman hit 7 of 8 free throws to guide an 18-for-26 team effort as the host Eagles (8-3, 2-0) defeated the visiting Spartans (1-9, 1-1) at St. John.

Grant Bafus made 5 of 8 from the floor and had seven of SJE’s 24 steals. The Eagles led in rebounding, 39-26, topped by Josh Hames, who had six.

SJE has won five straight.

Rosalia 8 4 12 17 - 41

SJE 19 27 20 19 - 85

ROSALIA - Heinemann 0, Watkins 6, S.DeGon 3, Peterson 1, Shindler 5, Bothman 9, Schmidt 7, Workman 5, D.DeGon 5.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Shawgo 6, Miller 9, Bafus 11, Strader 2, Stoner 9, Hames 4, Scheuerman 16, Thompson 7, Siler 7, Stolmeier 9, Riehle 0, Siler 6.

Gar.-Palouse 73, Colton 42

Brad Bischoff scored 24 points, hitting 10 of 14 field goals and 4 of 5 free throws, and added nine rebounds as the Vikings (6-4, 1-1) defeated the Wildcats (3-5, 0-2) at Garfield.

Logan Coles hit 8 of 14 from the floor and scored 20 points for GarPal. The Vikings shot 29 of 58 from the field.

Colton 6 16 10 10 - 42

Gar.-Palouse 9 23 16 25 - 73

COLTON - Wolf 2, B.Busch 5, G.Busch 9, Bates 8, Hopwood 8, Meyer 3, Stout 7.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Bischoff 24, Coles 20, Flansburg 4, Cronk 7, Fox 4, Kimble 2, Johnson 2, Tharp 5, Demand 3, Kriebel 2.

NON-LEAGUE

Reardan 56, ACH 47

Reece Jenkin hit three 3-pointers and the host Indians (7-4) sank 11 of 12 free throws to defeat the Warriors (6-5) in a rematch of last year’s District 7-B Tournament championship game, won by ACH.

Jared Flaa added six rebounds and Rhett Soliday hit 4 of 4 free throws in the final two minutes for Reardan, which won its sixth straight. Brandon Leander of ACH made 7 of 10 from the floor.

ACH 13 9 15 10 - 47

Reardan 15 13 18 10 - 56

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Evans 0, Dormaier 0, Thomas 2, Elder 0, St. John 2, Pate 9, Higginbotham 8, Leander 17, Emerson 0, Gwinn 4, Durrant 5.

REARDAN - Alexie 0, Eastman 15, Soliday 9, Jenkin 14, Nollmeyer 0, Brown 6, Hopper 4, Flaa 8.

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