Medical Lake Edges Freeman

AA/A/B boys

Medical Lake passed its first Northwest League challenge on Friday, but not without a little help from Freeman.

Carlos Simmons scored 23 as the Cardinals (1-0, 2-2), last year’s State A runner-up, beat Freeman 59-51 on the road.

The Scotties (1-1, 5-1) saw their perfect record end when they missed 17 of 32 free throws and shot just 28 percent from the floor. Freeman had a 47-22 rebounding edge, led by Marc Reed’s 13.

Med. Lake 59, Freeman 51

Medical Lake 16 10 12 21 - 59

Freeman 13 9 13 16 - 51

MEDICAL LAKE Jackson 6, Bailey 7, Huston 13, Simmons 23, Blum 0, Johnson 0, B. Moore 2, Campbell 2, Nichols 4, Bahr 2.

FREEMAN - Aa. Hill 5, Miller 0, An. Hill 3, Reed 10, Sheffield 9, Friberg 11, Schmidt 3, Schuerman 11.

PANORAMA

St. George’s 64, Selkirk 61

Christian Laugen and Dylan Averett had baskets in the final 30 seconds to rally the Dragons (1-0, 2-1) past the visiting Rangers (0-1, 1-2) as the league season opened.

Nathan Dial scored 24 for Selkirk, which led the entire game until the final seconds.

Selkirk 25 13 13 10 - 61

St.George’s 20 9 12 23 - 64

SELKIRK Kinney 0, Farris 0, Gere 0, J.Davis 17, Pichette 13, Huffine 5, Dial 24, Fandrey 2.

ST. GEORGE’S Cook 0, Tseng 16, Blume 0, Kennedy 11, Sadler 0, Kuney 0, Charbonneau 0, Laugen 15, Ala 18, Averett 4, Routh-Corker 0, DePonty 0, Col 0.

NWC 69, Cusick 43

Jeremy Affeldt scored 21 and had 15 rebounds, and the visiting Crusaders (1-0, 1-2) made 16 of 26 free throws in the fourth quarter to beat the Panthers (0-1, 1-1).

NW Christian 24 16 5 24 - 69

Cusick 11 3 18 11 - 43

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Marr 9, McCormick 13, Affeldt 21, Klaja 8, Phelps 6, Crouch 12.

CUSICK Scott 21, Hamilton 5 , Waldman 0, Meek 0, Chantry 0, J.Finley 0, Martin 5, Birchall 4, Russell 7, S.Finley 1.

Spring. 72, St. Michael’s 57

Ben Peterson had 21 points and 16 rebounds as the Chargers (1-0, 1-3) beat the visiting Warriors (0-1, 0-4). Peterson, at 6-foot-6, was 4 inches taller than any defender.

St. Michael’s 7 12 9 29 - 57

Springdale 15 18 17 22 - 72

ST. MICHAEL’S Vogel 8, Sandquist 4, Edwards 2, Argentino 11, Baarstad 13, LaJoie 4, Harding 4, Bedker 7.

SPRINGDALE Brisbois 6, Farnsworth 10, Nolander 9, Meyers 0, McCurdy 11, Gardiner 0, Peterson 21, Blanchard 9, Hargrave 0, Lozano 6, Nortz 0.

Curlew 86, Columbia 41

Wes Paul scored 27 and Jason Miller had 23 points and 13 rebounds as the visiting Cougars (1-0, 3-1) beat the Lions (0-1, 0-2) at Hunters.

Columbia’s Ryan Smith had five rebounds.

Curlew 16 21 21 28 - 86

Columbia 9 10 9 13 - 41

CURLEW Paul 27, Miller 23, Davis 2, Brucklier 8, Nelson 8, Sanchez 0, Edwards 2, Prazak 14, Cribby 2.

COLUMBIA Wass 4, McLean 2, Kastelic 3, McRea 3, Hofstetter 0, J.Wilson 12, Niedhart 2, Smith 2, Cornwall 5, Covington 8.

Republic 71, Inchelium 48

Jason Baldwin scored 12 of his 28 in the third quarter to guide the visiting Tigers (1-0, 3-1) over the Hornets (0-1, 0-3).

Republic’s Mark Rickard has 19 rebounds.

Republic 14 21 22 14 - 71

Inchelium 9 13 10 16 - 48

REPUBLIC Michaels 13, Finlay 0, Quaade 0, Rickard 17, Baldwin 28, Hanks 7, Eich 0, Burt 0, Grimm 0, Kuchenmeister 6.

INCHELIUM J.D. Finley 0, C.Finley 0, Swan 2, Evans 0, Desautel 6, Phillips 0, Pakootas 11, M.Finley 13, Lawrence 0, Sutton 0, Flett 0, Christianson 16.

Wellpinit 72, Northport 54

Perry Pakootas had eight assists and seven steals and Dominic Tonasket added 12 rebounds as the Redskins (1-0, 3-1) beat the visiting Mustangs (0-1, 2-3).

Northport 3 11 17 23 - 54

Wellpinit 15 22 15 20 - 72

NORTHPORT Dufresne 5, Ashurst 0, Morrow 0, Murphy 1, Aar.Day 0, Mine 4, Baribault 20, Jiminez 0, Ad.Day 0, Carlson 0, Buffan 24.

WELLPINIT Cates 0, J.Holt 2, D.Flett 0, A.Holt 10, Denison 11, A.Flett 9, LeBret 6, D.Tonasket 9, M.Tonasket 6, Andrew 2, Pakootas 17.

BI-COUNTY

Reardan 55, V.Christian 43

Robb Soliday scored 12 to lead the visiting Indians (2-0, 5-0) over the Panthers (0-2, 3-3). VC’s Jeremy Sandin scored 15 despite three early fouls.

Reardan 13 12 12 18 - 55

Valley Christian 5 15 3 20 - 43

REARDAN Jenkin 4, Lane 2, Graham 2, Ro.Soliday 12, Re.Soliday 7, Kiger 6, Titchenal 0, Eastman 8, Eller 3, Krupke 11.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Dahl 6, Schlafmann 0, Stager 0, Teterud 0, Spuler 8, Asbury 12, Sandin 15, King 2.

C. Her. 61, Odessa 59 (OT)

Tim Fischer scored 24 and Jon Newbill’s basket with 5 seconds left sent the game into overtime as the Patriots (1-2, 3-3) beat the visiting Tigers (2-1, 2-2) at Edwall.

Odessa 13 17 16 9 4 - 59

CH 14 12 17 12 6 - 61

ODESSA Kramer 2, Starkel 2, Melcher 7, Floch 0, Carlson 11, Schafer 0, Grall 24, Pitts 0, Praetorius 13.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE Klein 6, B.Newbill 10, B.Bishop 3, J.Newbill 6, Bell 12, T.Fischer 24.

Spr.-Harr. 82, Davenport 69

Ryan Hattrup scored 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter as the visiting Falcons (1-1, 3-3) beat the Gorillas (0-2, 1-2) after jumping to a big lead.

S-H made 23 of 31 free throws. Davenport’s Tom Turnbough had 23 points and 18 rebounds.

Spr.-Harrington 21 20 19 22 - 82

Davenport 11 24 16 18 - 69

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Carroll 0, Newcomb 16, Wagner 0, Bly 15, Shields 2, Putney 1, Countryman 12, Kupers 0, Hattrup 22, Carper 13.

DAVENPORT Buchanan 7, Deal 2, Swain 9, Parsons 6, Telecky 15, FitzPatrick 0, McClure 0, Hammond 7, Turnbough 23.

ACH 77, Wilb.-Crest. 41

Aaron Murray scored 22 and Topher Goodwin scored eight of his 12 during the critical second quarter as the Warriors (3-0, 4-0) beat the visiting Wildcats (0-3, 0-5) at Hartline.

W-C 9 9 6 17 - 41

ACH 13 25 15 24 - 77

WILBUR-CRESTON Leonard 5, Sapier 0, Tonasket 13, Gleason 11, Samuels 6, Kuchenbuch 3, Bahr 0, Goodwin 3, Wippel 0.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Higginbotham 2, Murray 22, Elder 8, Carstensen 10, Behne 4, Neilsen 6, Goodwin 12, J.Evers 4, K.Evers 9.

Ritzville 56, Lind 34

John Galbreath had 25 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Broncos (2-1, 4-2) over the visiting Bulldogs (1-2, 1-5).

Galbreath was 11 of 15 from the floor and 5 of 5 from the line.

Lind 3 10 7 14 - 34

Ritzville 14 14 16 12 - 56

LIND Ruiz 0, Williamson 0, Montejano 5, Pennel 1, Clark 0, Dutton 0, Fichtenberg 0, Sackmann 6, Schrenk 17, Palmer 5.

RITZVILLE T.DeVore 2, Marcus 0, Benzel 8, Duff 3, S.Galbreath 4, Umland 0, D.DeVore 6, J.Galbreath 25, Taylor 0, Russel 0, Boness 8, Arlt 0.

NON-LEAGUE

Sandpoint 71, Riverside 66

Carson Jeffres made his first four shots to help the Bulldogs (3-4) to a big lead, then had a breakaway layin in the closing moments after the Rams (2-2) had rallied.

Steven Palmer had 10 rebounds for Sandpoint.

Riverside 12 19 17 18 - 66

Sandpoint 23 18 9 21 - 71

RIVERSIDE Otto 0, Hodgson 7, Koesel 0, Lundberg 10, Monroe 12, Hall 17, Johnson 2, Hansen 0, Ahrens 18.

SANDPOINT Buckmaster 6, Jeffres 20, Bowman 2, Eller 8, Boren 2, Herrington 11, Palmer 8, Lewis 7, Kleinert 7, Nieman 0.

Pullman 80, Colfax 46

Tim Wang and Jeremiah Donati had three 3-pointers apiece and the visiting Greyhounds (4-2) used a 38-22 rebounding edge to beat the Bulldogs (0-4).

Pullman made 14 of 19 free throws. Bob Stoner had six rebounds and Brian Kehne three 3-pointers for Colfax.

Pullman 18 19 23 20 - 80

Colfax 15 8 11 12 - 46

PULLMAN Svingen 2, Holmes 6, Schotzko 11, Berry 13, Wang 9, Donati 15, Wilde 10, Mirkovich 4, Shinall 2, Cummings 1, Marong 0, Watters 7.

COLFAX Kehne 11, Van Dyke 4, Lee 0, Asbjornsen 6, Parrish 0, Becker 7, Curtis 4, Conklin 0, Zimmerman 3, Stoner 10, Hall 1.

West Valley 80, Kellogg 58

David Schillinger scored 28 as the visiting Eagles (4-0) used a big second quarter to top the Wildcats (2-1).

Vinnie Pecht had 16 rebounds for WV.

West Valley 23 23 15 19 - 80

Kellogg 22 7 13 16 - 58

WEST VALLEY Schillinger 28, Miller 0, Sweet 9, Whitney 0, Wascenske 0, Mortensen 4, Schroder 2, Gerrells 7, Bonner 16, Gregorak 8, Stockton 0, Pecht 6.

KELLOGG Mercado 0, Corkill 4, Behm 6, Hansen 4, Kohai 4, Fisher 25, Towne 0, Rice 4, Carlson 8, Little 3.

Rosalia 62, Waits. 61 (OT)

Brian Maley scored 10 of his 27 in overtime to guide the Spartans (5-2) over the visiting Cardinals.

Maley had 15 rebounds and made 9 of 12 shots from the floor.

Waitsburg 7 14 11 19 10 - 61

Rosalia 6 12 14 19 11 - 62

WAITSBURG Harris 2, Largent 2, Pesina 0, Pearson 10, Wilde 2, Wyatt 14, Erikson 9, Ward 6, Banks 16, Abbey 0.

ROSALIA Bernard 0, VanGrimbergen 0, Maley 27, Naught 4, Scheele 14, Goyke 0, Finley 11, Barton 0, Slemp 0, Blank 6.

Clarkston 69, La Grande 53

Josh Martin scored 15 to lead the visiting Bantams (2-2) over the Tigers.

Clarkston 22 15 13 19 - 69

La Grande (Ore.) 13 6 18 16 - 53

CLARKSTON Johnson 10, J.Martin 15, Burns 4, Jelinek 13, Chatigny 12, S.Martin 2, Orr 9, Cunningham 4.

LA GRANDE Malone 0, Spain 7, McCray 6, Harris 14, Lukens 8, Stewart 4, Henson 4, Kelly 3, Smith 2.

Priest River 63, Newport 41

Darin Bradbury scored 20 and the Spartans (1-4) held the visiting Grizzlies (3-2) to one point during the final 6 minutes.

Newport 8 15 11 7 - 41

Priest River 15 17 14 17 - 63

NEWPORT Larson 8, Sherwood 4, Ellersick 2, McClean 0, Martindale 0, Carrara 13, Myers 4, Knapp 10, Richter 0.

PRIEST RIVER Score 7, Ackley 0, Bradbury 20, Rabe 6, Thorton 4, Johnson 2, Cook 2, Walters 12, Storro 7, Ivie 2, Kingery 1.

Genesee 50, Colton 29

Colby Aherin, Kyle Morsheck and Blake Beilenberg scored a dozen apiece as the Bulldogs beat the visiting Wildcats (3-3).

Colton 6 7 6 10 - 29

Genesee (Idaho) 11 6 11 22 - 50

COLTON T.Druffel 0, Busch 2, Bingeman 5, Truong 0, Weber 0, Wallace 8, E.Druffel 0, Bates 6, Moss 8, Hopwood 0.

GENESEE Aherin 12, Morsheck 12, Johnson 4, Beilenberg 12, Scharnhorst 6, T.J. Boyd 2, J.Boyd 1, McCormick 0, Venner 1.

Pomeroy 62, L-W 60

The Tigercats (2-4) lost at Pomeroy. No details were reported.

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