Priest River Wins With Fast Finish

Girls basketball

Krissi Ruiz scored 11 points and Missy Ennis grabbed 18 rebounds as the Priest River Spartans (5-5 Intermountain League, 2-3 overall) downed the St. Maries Lumberjacks 44-31 at Priest River Saturday night in an Intermountain League game.

The Spartans broke the game open in the fourth quarter, holding the Lumberjacks (2-3, 4-7) to five points.

Priest River 44, St. Maries 31

St. Maries 8 10 8 5 - 31

Priest River 10 7 14 13 - 44

ST. MARIES Reynolds 6, Sevilla 0, B. Wolfe 4, Kunkel 6, Badgett 2, Tams 11, Hammes 2.

PRIEST RIVER Go 0, M.Ruiz 4, Stensland 6, K.Ruiz 11, Ennis 8, Suchocki 2, Duley 8, Rasmussen 5, Vogrig 0.

Bonners Ferry 54, Kellogg 13

The Badgers (4-1, 5-3) held the host Wildcats (0-5, 2-6) to three points in the second half and Amber Paulson had 14 points in the win.

Bonners Ferry 12 10 18 14 - 54

Kellogg 7 3 2 1 - 13

BONNERS FERRY Walter 4, Decker 2, Bateman 3, Braniff 2, Carey 8, Paulson 14, Knott 4, Comer 4, Ripatti 13.

KELLOGG Grebil 4, Lemon 4, Connors 2, Costa 2, Hickman 1.

Non-league

Moscow 62, Sandpoint 41

Angie Sorbel scored 19 points and Amy Lemm added 18 points and eight assists to propel the Bears (11-1) to their 11th straight win. Alli Nieman had 19 for the Bulldogs (8-1) who lost for the first time.

Sandpoint 13 7 11 10 - 41

Moscow 14 21 12 15 - 62

SANDPOINT Timblin 3, Verby 4, Ward 6, Allmaras 7, Nieman 19, Raynor 2.

MOSCOW Moslemi 11, Lemm 18, Sorbel 19, Gibson 3, Wilder 5, Reynolds 2, Ta.Goetz 4.

Sandpoint JV 36, Clark Fork 32

The Wampus Cats (3-6) lost after scoring one point in the first quarter, despite 15-point and 19-rebound production from Hailey Scofield.

Sandpoint JV 8 8 10 10 - 36

Clark Fork 1 14 6 11 - 32

SANDPOINT JV McKitrick 5, Jenson 2, Oliver 8, Allmaras 6, Ross 7, Glines 2, Gill 6, Verby 0, Crook 0, Bymaster 0, Jeffres 0, Cargill 0.

CLARK FORK J.Miller 0, Manderscheid 0, Haller 4, Longstreet 8, Storaasli 2, Scofield 15, Hager 3.

Bi-County

Liberty 60, Reardan 54

Amy Torguson scored 15 points and Heather Cornwall added 11 as the Lancers (2-1 Bi-County, 3-4 overall) knocked off the Indians (2-1, 4-3) at Reardan.

The game was marred by 54 fouls, and the Lancers won it at the free-throw line, where they went shot 29 for 44. On the other hand, the losing Indians shot a dismal 10 for 24 from the foul line.

Liberty 6 14 19 21 - 60

Reardan 11 15 18 12 - 54

LIBERTY Cory 6, Neihart 7, Polione 1, Farka 9, Bothman 4, Cornwall 11, Adams 7, Torguson 15.

REARDAN Bocook 13, Krupke 9, Holwegner 7, Guhlke 2, Rohner 18, Soliday 0, P.Jayne 0, Turner 2, Supinger 3.

Odessa 55, Ritzville 42

Nicole Hunt had 16 points and Kori Walter added 14 with five assists and five steals as the Tigers (2-1, 3-2) moved into a tie for second place with the visiting Broncos (2-1, 4-4) in the West Division.

Ritzville 9 8 6 19 - 42

Odessa 11 15 14 15 - 55

RITZVILLE Coleman 11, Kramer 0, Weber 1, Horpedahl 4, Wellsandt 2, Mickelsen 13, Yerxa 4, Telecky 5, Deking 0, Fitch 2.

ODESSA J.Melcher 2, N.Hunt 16, Walter 14, D.Schorzman 5, Smith 6, L.Schorzman 8, Ramm 0, Shaw 2, Schmierer 2.

Sprague-Harrington 56, VC 49

Micaela Hampton scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the host Falcons (1-2, 1-6) outrebounded the Panthers (0-3, 2-5) 41-24 for their first win.

Carmen Evans led Valley Christian with 14 points.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 84, Lind 24

Lacey Malone dropped in 18 points and three teammates scored in double figures as the Warriors (1-2, 2-3) kept the host Bulldogs (0-3, 0-6) winless.

ACH 22 19 23 20 - 84

Lind 6 6 4 8 - 24

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Pitts 3, Ke.Horter 7, L.Malone 18, Rock 6, Dormaier 6, Roberts 2, Peterson 13, Hunsaker 1, White 12, Ka.Horter 2, A.Malone 10.

LIND Rott 6, Bittick 4, Mel.Fode 2, Wills 8, Snead 0, Davis 0, Meg.Fode 2, Palmer 0, Alcocer 0, DeVore 0, Bergeron 2.

Valley Christian 13 1 10 25 - 49

S-H 8 16 14 18 - 56

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Black 3, Croswhite 0, Cupp 0, Diaz 2, Ta.Dixon 4, Te.Dixon 11, Evans 14, Ferderer 0, Hopson 2, Monforton 13.

SPRAGUE/HARRINGTON Maurer 4, Larmer 6, Hampton 18, Smith 1, Putney 2, Engles 9, M.Walters 4, C.Walters 9, Morse 2, Harding 1, Sewall 0.

Panorama League

NWC 49, Columbia 45

Jenni Wright had 11 points, including four crucial free throws in the fourth quarter to ice the game as the Crusaders (2-0, 3-3) downed the visiting Lions (1-1, 1-3).

Wright was 6 for 6 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter and also had 12 rebounds.

Columbia 4 15 13 13 - 45

Northwest Chr. 12 14 10 13 - 49

COLUMBIA Etue 3, Skidmore 15, Schurger 0, Strickler 12, 8 Brisbois , Dale 2, Dashiell 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Storro 2, K.Smith 0, Moen 2, Greenup 2, E.Smith 9, Ogle 0, Montague 4, Wright 11, Huston 19.

Springdale 61, Wellpinit 43

The Chargers (1-0, 1-3) outscored the host Redskins (0-2, 1-5) 27-6 in the second quarter and Cindy Cates scored 30 points in the Springdale rout.

Springdale 8 27 12 14 - 61

Wellpinit 15 6 11 11 - 43

SPRINGDALE A.Bade 0, Peone 12, Diedrich 2, K.Bade 2, Campbell 4, Hendricks 0, C.Cates 30, N’Deeo 3, Dixon 3, Sulgrove 2, S.Cates 4, Swieger 0.

WELLPINIT Tonasket 0, Allen 10, J.Flett 2, Abrahamson 2, Payne 12, Covington 0, D.Flett 0, Lynn 13, Wynecoop 2, Stearns 2.

St. George’s 53, Republic 27

Dawn Trowbridge dropped in 17 points and the visiting Dragons (2-0, 2-5) forced 32 Tigers (0-2, 1-4) turnovers to record their 98th consecutive league triumph.

Melissa Friend, the only Republic player to finish with more than one field goal, finished with 17 points.

St. George’s 17 8 15 13 - 53

Republic 4 7 12 4 - 27

ST GEORGE’s Alasker 0, Boutz 9, Webster 2, Denice 0, Swift 4, Trowbridge 17, Routh-Corker 2, Appling 9, Harvill 10.

REPUBLIC Davis 2, Dinkins 1, Friend 18, Pfaffle 0, Prine 0, Pritchett 1, Stonehocker 2, Tietsort 0, Wilson 1, Young 2.

Northport 56, Cusick 25

Karen Sauvola scored 15 points and the Mustangs (2-0, 3-2) outrebounded the host Panthers (0-2, 0-3) 35-12 on the offensive backboards to stay unbeaten in league play.

Northport 16 14 20 6 - 56

Cusick 5 4 3 13 - 25

NORTHPORT Kittilson 0, Knudsen 2, Day 2, C.Young 5, Jimenez 2, M.Regis 2, Ke.Sauvola 11, Sell 14, E.Young 3, Lenhard 0, Ka.Sauvola 15, C.Regis 0.

CUSICK Norton 2, Pickerel 7, Cutshall 0, Waldman 0, Foster 4, Nenema 12, Johnson 0, Thomas 0, Chitwood 0, Zeismer 0, Barton 0.

Selkirk 58, Curlew 51

The host Rangers (1-1, 2-2) broke the game open in the third with a 18-9 run and never looked back as Molly Carlson poured in 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Joelle Kaatz led the Cougars (0-2, 2-4) with 17 points.

Curlew 10 13 9 19 - 51

Selkirk 13 16 18 11 - 58

CURLEW Peterson 0, Kaatz 17, Thiele 2, Somday 4, Tresham 8, Paul 18, Barkley 0, Craw 2.

SELKIRK Dickinson 11, Barnes 1, Sharp 2, Smith 0, Weaver 0, Koontz 8, Dury 9, Porter 12, Carlson 13, Graff 0.

Northeast A League

Newport 73, Medical Lake 30

The host Grizzlies (1-1, 4-2) forced 38 Cardinal (0-2, 1-5) turnovers and Michele Carrara had 19 points and eight rebounds as Newport gained its first league victory.

Medical Lake 7 11 6 6 - 30

Newport 16 15 23 19 - 73

MEDICAL LAKE French 4, Musser 4, Tschirley 2, Davis 2, Walker 4, Kjelland 10, Knapp 3, Faison 1.

NEWPORT Schulz 16, Almond 3, Sauer 13, Frandrup 12, Vallieres 4, Carrara 19, Carter 3, Lindburg 3.

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