Reardan loses but still wins
Sometimes you win, even when you lose. The Reardan Indians discovered that on Friday night.
When St. John-Endicott couldn’t make it to Reardan for the Lions Christmas Tournament, the West Valley Eagles filled in.
However, West Valley’s varsity only had one open date on its schedule.
So, despite the Eagles’ Jordan Lupfer-Graham and Adam Jones scoring 16 points apiece to give West Valley a 63-42 boys basketball victory over Reardan, it’s the tournament host Indians who will move on to face the Chewelah Cougars in the championship game of the tournament.
West Valley (4-1) will send its junior varsity team to Reardan to face the Wellpinit Redskins in the consolation game.
Chace Bell scored 11 to lead Reardan (1-4).
Chewelah 75, Wellpinit 69 (OT): Stryker Smith and Forest Trampush combined for 23 points in the second half and overtime to lead the Cougars (5-2) to a victory over the Redskins (2-1) in the Lions Christmas Tournament at Reardan. Smith finished with 20 points as Chewelah took advantage of Wellpinit’s cold fourth-quarter shooting to outscore the Redskins 15-8 in the period and knot the score at 66 at the end of regulation. Wellpinit was 4 of 16 from the floor in the fourth quarter. The Cougars hit 3 of 4 shots in OT to put the game away. Trampush finished with 15 points for Chewelah. Kennedy Seyler led Wellpinit with 24. … La Salle 58, Colfax 32: The Lightning (4-1) struck early and often, opening up a 13-4 lead after one quarter and extending the advantage to 23-11 by halftime in a rout of the Bulldogs (3-1) at the SunDome Shootout in Yakima. Caleb Bravard led Colfax with 12 points. The Bulldogs face Naches Valley today. Jake DeGooyer had 15 points and Mikey McGree 13 for the Lightning. … Naches Valley 43, Deer Park 38: Weston Parker scored 13 points and Thomas Wilcox and Adam Ranger had 11 apiece to lead the Rangers (4-4) past the Stags (1-4) at the SunDome Shootout in Yakima. Tevin Hines scored 11 and Dallin Lundgren 10 for Deer Park, which will play Cashmere today. … Connell 43, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 31: Aaron Hawkins and Cole Thompson scored 10 points apiece and the Connell (4-2) beat Lakeside (4-3) in a battle of Eagles at the SunDome Shootout in Yakima. Jacob Hilsabeck scored eight points to pace Lakeside, which plays Columbia (Burbank) today. … Newport 53, Zillah 50: Erik Weidermeir led four Grizzlies (4-5) in double figures with 12 points in a victory over the Leopards (3-4). Newport plays Kiona-Benton today. … Late game: The result of the Colville-Granger at the Yakima tourney was not available at press time.
Girls
Newport 49, Columbia (Burbank) 38: Amber Lewis had two 3-pointers in each half on her way to 16 points to lead the Grizzlies (7-3) past the Coyotes (4-2) at the SunDome Shootout in Yakima. Pamela Bell chipped in 12 points. Newport battled back from a 15-7 first-quarter deficit to take a two-point halftime lead and a three-point lead after three quarters. The Grizzlies busted the game open by outscoring the Coyotes 16-8 in the fourth quarter. Nicole Roberts paced Columbia with 14 points. Newport will face Kiona-Benton today. … White Swan 53, Deer Park 38: Sophia Perez scored 13 points, including three 3-pointers, and Danika Pimms chipped in 10 to lead the Cougars (4-2) to the victory over the Stags (1-4) at the SunDome Shootout in Yakima. Stacia Obert led all scorers with 22 for Deer Park, which plays Connell today. … La Salle 50, Colfax 45: Bonny Savannah scored 15 points and Lauren DeGooyer contributed 10 to give the Lightning (4-1) a triumph over the Bulldogs (3-1) at the SunDome Shootout in Yakima. Kayla Johnson paced Colfax with a game-high 21 points. The Bulldogs play former Northeast A League rival Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) today. … West Valley 46, Reardan 34: Shaniqua Nilles scored eight of her 18 points in the second quarter and the Eagles (4-0) beat the host Indians (3-2) in the Lions Christmas Tournament. West Valley held a 36-23 lead after three quarters before Reardan clawed back to within six points midway through the fourth. But Latasha Lofton and Torrey Finn hit consecutive 3-pointers to quell the Reardan threat. Ashley Perleberg had 11 points and 15 rebounds for the Indians. … Wellpinit 55, Chewelah 49: The Redskins (1-2) outlasted the Cougars (1-6) in the Lions Christmas Tournament at Reardan. No details were reported. …
Late games: The Lakeside-Zillah and Colville-Granger results at the SunDome Shootout were not available at press time.