G-Prep D Earns Pups Title At Wv

Girls basketball

As Heidi Umthun could attest, defense ruled Friday’s championship game of the West Valley Eagle Classic.

Gonzaga Prep (6-1) held the high-scoring Umthun (24 ppg) to nine points and generated little offense itself in a 36-24 win over Post Falls (8-4).

G-Prep 36, Post Falls 24

Gonzaga Prep 9 6 11 10 - 36

Post Falls 3 6 6 9 - 24

GONZAGA PREP Caputo 0, Bloom 9, Bradley 0, Cronin 6, Main 1, Kendrick 3, Hession 0, Williams 8, Palmer 9, Nadeau 0.

POST FALLS Klaudt 2, Umthun 9, Murphy 0, Swanstrom 0, Waltz 2, Thomson 0, Ruen 4, Glaser 5, Beatty 2.

WV 53, Bonners Ferry 41

Kiesha Sowers had nine rebounds and Angie Kallas five steals and three assists as the host Eagles (6-2) beat the Badgers (6-5) in a consolation game that included 36 fouls.

Bonners Ferry 5 12 12 12 - 41

West Valley 7 17 15 16 - 53

BONNERS FERRY Walter 6, Bateman 9, Larson 0, Braniff 3, Carey 0, Paulson 17, Downing 0, Knott 0, Comer 0, Ripatti 6.

WEST VALLEY Kallas 11, Allen 4, Shollenberger 5, Simpson 2, McClintock 0, Frost 8, Sowers 14, Roberts 9, Ouellette 0, Bonner 0.

LIBERTY TOURNAMENT

Tekoa-Oakes. 57, Liberty 48

Brandi Peringer scored 24 and the Nighthawks (5-3) forced 14 second-half turnovers to beat the host Lancers (5-6) in the title game.

Tekoa-Oakes. 11 17 20 9 - 57

Liberty 9 16 10 13 - 48

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Crider 6, Wagner 0, Palmer 2, Brown 0, J. Hay 15, Peringer 24, Hansen 0, Bruce 0, French 6, Cox 0, A. Hay 4.

LIBERTY Pittmann 0, Cory 6, Neihart 3, Polione 4, Farka 8, Bothman 6, Cornwall 6, Prince 0, Adams 2, Torguson 13, Tusler 0, Gardner 0.

NW Christian 43, Freeman 27

Jana Huston scored 17 and the Crusaders (4-4) built a 17-4 lead in beating the Scotties (2-7) for third.

Freeman 4 7 8 8 - 27

NW Christian 13 8 12 10 - 43

FREEMAN - Wasley 0, Wilkerson 7, Brown 2, McCathern 5, Watson 0, Graham 0, Watkins 0, Smith 2, Boston 9, McDonald 0, Pratt 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Storro 2, Simmons 8, K.Smith 0, Greenup 2, E.Smith 8, Ogle 0, Montague 1, Casimir 2, Wright 3, Clouse 0, Huston 17.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE TOURNAMENT

Colfax 54, Gar-Pal 41

Shelby Pittman made three 3-pointers and the Bulldogs (8-0) pulled away in the third quarter to beat the host Vikings (6-3) in the championship game.

Kelley McCabe of Gar-Pal had 12 rebounds and blocked three shots.

Colfax 20 4 17 13 - 54

Garfield-Palouse 10 12 9 10 - 41

COLFAX - T.Pittman 0, Gigray 2, Harder 5, Saulie-Rohman 0, Blevins 2, Hall 13, Widman 0, Tribbett 8, Hansen 8, S.Pittman 14, Thiele 2.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Nelson 0, Main 16, Shelden 5, Pfaff 2, J.Cottrill 0, S.Cottrill 0, Sheffler 0, Hodson 0, Broughton 5, McCabe 13.

Orcas Island 56, Spr.-Harr. 45

Sada Sasan scored 23 and the Vikings (5-5) picked up 22 turnovers to beat the Falcons (2-9) for third.

Kristy Engles scored 23 for S-H, which made just 16 of 30 free throws.

Spr.-Harrington 4 9 15 17 - 45

Orcas Island 15 13 10 18 - 56

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Maurer 9, Larmer 2, Smith 0, Engles 23, M.Walters 4, C.Walters 6.

ORCAS ISLAND Grossman 12, Ransom 5, Bledsoe 11, Sasan 23, Taylor 0, Carroll 3, Mahony 0, Hutchison 1.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN TOURNAMENT

Rosalia 47, Odessa 39

Brooke Nelson’s 17 points led the Spartans (6-3) to the title over the Tigers (4-6).

No consolation game was held because of no-show Wellpinit.

Rosalia 7 16 11 13 - 47

Odessa 6 18 8 7 - 39

ROSALIA B.Nelson 17, Blank 5, Witte 5, C.Nelson 8, Peringer 3, McLaughlin 2, Brown 5, Slemp 2.

ODESSA J.Melcher 2, Hunt 8, D.Melcher 0, Walter 9, D.Schorzman 8, Smith 4, L.Schorzman 6, Ramm 2, Shaw 0, Watters 0, Schmierer 0.

NON-LEAGUE

University 55, Pasco 42

Syd Perno had 19 points, 12 rebounds and two blocked shots as the Titans (3-4) beat the visiting Bulldogs despite 31 turnovers.

Pasco 12 6 13 11 - 42

University 14 10 17 14 - 55

PASCO Fitzpatrick 2, Briones 0, Horning 2, Mackey 3, Maxwell 10, Bruce 3, Wilsinski 11, Berding 2, Mathews 1, Wade 8.

UNIVERSITY - Stuenkel 9, Jamison 2, Vlahovich 0, Yost 4, Conant 6, Wilson 11, Hinckley 4, Perno 19, Whitney 0.

Central Valley 96, Bendigo 45

Carrie Sanders led five players in double figures with 17 points as the Bears (7-1) outran the visitors from Australia.

Bendigo 12 1 10 22 - 45

Central Valley 28 28 22 18 - 96

BENDIGO, Australia Lea 2, Reynolds 18, Meldrum 5, Quartermaine 0, Snowden 11, Rodda 0, Egan 2, Cook 7.

CENTRAL VALLEY Kallas 15, Carpenter 6, Ault 7, Clark 12, MacPhee 15, Sanders 17, Lee 12, White 6, Coyle 3, Jackson 3.

Sandpoint 53, St. George’s 47

Alli Nieman scored 11 of her 31 in the pivotal third quarter and added 21 rebounds as the Bulldogs (11-2) held off the visiting Dragons (3-6).

St. George’s 12 6 14 15 - 47

Sandpoint 12 6 20 15 - 53

ST. GEORGE’S Boutz 2, DeNiro 0, Swift 6, Trowbridge 17, Routh-Corxer 11, Appling 6, Harvill 5, Moore 0, Duffey 0.

SANDPOINT Iverson 0, Timblin 8, Verby 0, Gunter 2, Ross 4, Ward 8, Nieman 31, Raynor 0, Carlson 0, Glines 0, McKitrick 0.

Ritzville 58, DeSales 51

Megan Yerxa’s 19 points and eight rebounds led the visiting Broncos (6-5) to its sixth win in seven game, beating the Irish at Walla Walla.

Ritzville 12 9 16 21 - 58

DeSales 11 11 10 19 - 51

RITZVILLE Coleman 2, Kramer 0, Weber 9, Horpedahl 4, Wellsandt 1, Mickelsen 6, Russel 11, Yerxa 19, Telecky 0.

DeSALES - Dutton 3, Gordon 8, Graham 0, E.Hellberg 5, Long 4, A.Hellberg 20, Peterson 11.

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