Chewelah Holds Off Cardinals

A/B boys basketball

Greg Belzer had 14 rebounds and made two free throws in the final minute Tuesday to offset a furious comeback try as Chewelah (10-3, 12-4) defeated visiting Medical Lake 57-52 to maintain its first-place hold in the Northeast A.

Medical Lake (8-5, 11-5) cut a 20-point Chewelah lead to two late in the fourth quarter. Jeremy Landram scored 20, and Jeremy Rodgers came off the bench to score eight first-half points for Chewelah.

Medical Lake 8 6 21 17 - 52 Chewelah 16 18 8 15 - 57

MEDICAL LAKE Verstrate 5, Bailey 3, Moffatt 10, Huston 9, Simmons 6, J.Deutsch 19, Fischhaber 0.

CHEWELAH Landram 20, Murbach 3, Keeley 0, Boone 4, Belzer 12, Rodgers 11, Rainer 7.

Riverside 64, Deer Park 40

Ryan Monroe made 6 of 7 free throws in the fourth quarter as the visiting Rams (10-3, 12-4) beat the Stags (1-12, 3-13) to keep pace with Chewelah.

Chewelah and Riverside play Feb. 10 in their final league games.

Riverside 13 14 15 22 - 64 Deer Park 2 13 10 15 - 40

RIVERSIDE Cook 13, Monroe 16, Smith 2, Johnson 6, Ahrens 8, Kuntz 13, Gannon 6.

DEER PARK Palmer 0, Beardslee 2, Langbehn 4, Weger 9, Averyt 10, Doffing 5, Miller 0, Moran 0, Baker 10.

Panorama

Curlew 45, Republic 41

The visiting Cougars (14-0, 18-0) survived the upset bid and clinched the North Division by defeating the secondplace Tigers (10-4, 10-8).

John Kuchenmeister had 20 points and six rebounds to lead Republic.

Curlew 14 16 11 4 - 45 Republic 16 6 10 9 - 41

CURLEW Engeland 0, Baker 0, Paul 3, Whitted 0, Brown 7, Miller 0, Edwards 2, Hughes 13, Thurik 0, Wakefield 11, Nelson 9.

REPUBLIC Hanks 0, Krohn 8, Baldwin 7, Michaels 0, G.Burt 0, Rickard 4, Symmes 0, J.Kuchenmeister 20, K.Kuchenmeister 0, Hunt 2.

Springdale 58, St.Geo. 50

Brad Coe scored all 16 of his points in the second half, making 6 of 6 from the line in the fourth quarter, as the visiting Chargers (8-6, 8-9) knocked the Dragons (11-3, 12-6) out of first place in the South Division.

Springdale had a 10-minute, 26-12 run from right before halftime until the end of the third quarter. Ben Peterson had 14 rebounds and Heath Melville 11 for the Chargers, who made 13 of 17 fourthquarter free throws.

St. George’s 10 9 12 19 - 50 Springdale 10 12 16 20 - 58

ST. GEORGE’S Davis 8, Tseng 0, Kennedy 0, Laugen 9, Ala 17, Averett 1, Cook 1, Thomas 14.

SPRINGDALE Nortz 0, McCurdy 0, Mann 5, Melville 10, Bra.Coe 16, Peterson 15, Bri.Coe 12, Blanchard 0.

NWC 54, St. Michael’s 30

The host Crusaders (12-2, 15-2) took over first place for good by puzzling the Warriors (2-12, 4-13) with a fourthquarter press that led to 28 points.

St. Michaels 2 8 5 15 - 30 NW Christian 11 12 3 28 - 54

ST. MICHAEL’S Dav.Baarstad 6, Cons 7, C.Argentino 13, J.Harding 0, Vogel 2, K.Harding 2, Sandquist 0, B.Argentino 0, Lajoie 0, Dan Baarstad 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Whelham 1, Iverson 7, Murphy 0, Rapelje 6, Woods 3, Affeldt 2, Dunham 10, Thompson 2, Meyers 14, Crouch 6, Dryden 0, West 1, Claja 2.

Northport 49, Columbia 44

Josh Mine had 10 rebounds and the Mustangs (2-12, 4-14) held on to beat the visiting Lions (2-12, 2-16) after taking a nine-point lead into the final 3 minutes.

Columbia 8 26 10 10 - 44 Northport 17 6 14 12 - 49

COLUMBIA Brisbois 4, J.Flett 11, Whitney 0, Bangert 14, Smith 0, Wilson 8, Cornwall 7.

NORTHPORT Buffan 9, Ashurst 0, Murphy 5, Mine 11, Baribault 14, Jimenez 8, Day 2.

Wellpinit 57, Inchelium 49

Adrian Holt scored 11 of his 23 points in the pivotal second quarter as the visiting Redskins (8-6, 10-8) defeated the Hornets (2-12, 3-14).

Shawn Christianson of Inchelium had 18 points and 12 rebounds.

Wellpinit 19 21 11 6 - 57 Inchelium 16 9 13 11 - 49

WELLPINIT L.Ford 0, Moses 0, Hill 3, D.Flett 0, Holt 23, Lebret 7, A.Flett 9, Payne 0, S.Flett 8, Andrew 0, Pakootas 7.

INCHELIUM Pakootas 14, C.Desautel 2, J.D.Finley 0, T.Finley 0, M.Finley 2, G.Desautel 7, Sutton 6, C.Finley 0, Christianson 18.

Selkirk 70, Cusick 61

Jason Pichette had one basket and three free throws in the final 3 minutes to lift the Rangers (10-4, 11-7) over the visiting Panthers (3-11, 3-15).

The game, tied after three quarters, swung Selkirk’s way when the Rangers made 7 of 10 fourth-quarter free throws. Selkirk’s Brodie Larson had eight finalquarter points and finished with three 3-pointers. Cusick’s Brook Nelson scored nine of his 21 in the fourth quarter.

Cusick 14 21 12 14 - 61 Selkirk 16 19 12 23 - 70

CUSICK Scott 9, Waldman 0, Nelson 21, Webb 5, Birchall 12, Russell 7, Finley 7.

SELKIRK Coppock 0, A.Kinney 0, Larson 13, Smith 3, Pichette 12, Davis 12, Garrett 4, Newman 4, Hays 8, Dial 14.

Bi-County

Spr.-Harr. 63, Reardan 61

At Harrington, Nick Colbert had 20 points and nine rebounds as the host Falcons (12-0, 18-0), the East Division champions, held off the second-place Indians (8-5, 11-8).

Robb Soliday of Reardan scored 31, including a shot with 1 second left for the final margin. Ryan Floyd had 15 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for S-H.

Reardan 15 13 12 21 - 61 Sprague-Harrington 21 11 12 19 - 63

REARDAN Titchenal 0, Jones 7, Graham 9, Soliday 31, Krupke 2, Schultz 0, Harkness 9, Blomgren 9, Flaa 0.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Newcomb 3, Floyd 15, Bly 2, Korby 2, Putney 0, Countryman 12, Hattrup 7, Carper 2, Colbert 20.

Ritzville 68, Lind 49 John Galbreath had 26 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as the Broncos (7-6, 7-11) defeated the visiting Bulldogs (4-9, 7-11).

Travis DeVore of Ritzville had nine points in the first quarter and made three of his team’s seven 3-pointers.

Lind 15 13 2 19 - 49 Ritzville 20 17 19 12 - 68

LIND Keltz 8, Watson 18, Montejano 0, Schrenk 15, Palmer 8, Pennel 0, Ruiz 0, Sackmann 0.

RITZVILLE Russel 0, Hille 0, S.Galbreath 2, J.Galbreath 26, DeVore 15, Noble 0, Duff 2, Roberg 10, Barden 1, Roth 1, Weber 12, Powers 0.

Liberty 74, Davenport 58

At Spangle, Rob Hudkins had 20 points, seven rebounds and four assists as the Lancers (4-8, 4-14) upset the visiting Gorillas (6-7, 8-11).

Liberty held Davenport’s top scorer, Tom Turnbough, to five points in the first half.

Davenport 13 9 11 25 - 58 Liberty 18 17 13 26 - 74

DAVENPORT Hogan 13, Swain 15, Parsons 5, Goodman 2, Turnbough 15, Deal 0, Cannon 2, Hammond 4, Fitzpatrick 2.

LIBERTY Tee 1, P.Rafter 4, Horlacher 13, J.Rafter 3, Hudkins 20, D.Cornwall 14, T.Cornwall 4, Greenwalt 11, Dauenhauer 4.

ACH 59, Odessa 33

At Hartline, Ryan Slahtasky scored eight points in the first quarter and seven points in the third as the West Division-champion Warriors (12-1, 14-4) topped the visiting Tigers (2-11, 3-13).

Odessa 10 8 3 12 - 33 ACH 14 12 17 16 - 59

ODESSA M.Carlson 0, Zagelow 6, R.Carlson 4, Melcher 16, Bell 0, Goetz 2, Schmeirer 0, Grall 3, Praetorius 2.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Higginbotham 0, Pierce 6, Murray 11, Elder 6, Cunningham 3, Janzen 0, Slahtasky 17, Carstensen 6, Roberts 6, Goodwin 2, J.Evers 2, K.Evers 0.

Wil.-Crest. 67, C.Heritage 48

At Creston, Joey Turner had 20 points and 10 assists as the Wildcats (8-5, 10-8) defeated the Patriots (0-13, 2-16).

Chr. Heritage 9 14 12 13 - 48 Wilbur-Creston 16 22 21 8 - 67

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE Colvin 10, J.Fischer 3, J.Newbill 0, Klein 10, T.Fischer 16, Bishop 2, Smith 7.

WILBUR-CRESTON Gochenour 2, Leonard 4, L.Katich 9, Turner 20, Harris 2, Kuchenbuch 7, Bahr 0, McMurray 14, Nelson 0, S.Katich 5.

Non-league

Cheney 40, Lake City 37

Mario Chodorowski made a halfcourt shot at the buzzer as the visiting Blackhawks (5-11) stunned the Timberwolves (9-7) at Coeur d’Alene.

Before Chodorowski launched his winner, Bryan Kelly of Lake City made 1 of 2 free throws with 4 seconds left to tie the game.

Cheney 8 15 8 9 - 40 Lake City 9 13 8 7 - 37

CHENEY Randall 0, Urdahl 2, Chodorowski 12, Odood 4, Ohuche 3, Just 2, Holmes 2, DeMulling 15.

LAKE CITY Thompson 0, Kelly 4, Keefer 0, Reiswig 4, Shaw 0, Wilson 8, Miller 4, Brumley 0, Hoover 9, Beadell 8.

Potlatch (Idaho) 59, G-P 54

Justin Minden scored 23 and the Loggers made late free throws to defeat the visiting Vikings (16-2).

Gar-Pal had a one-point lead in the final 2 minutes, but couldn’t hold on.

Garfield Palouse 13 13 15 13 - 54 Potlatch 13 12 18 16 - 59

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Lawton 3, Hill 4, Hilty-Jones 19, Colfield 12, Fox 2, Tiegs 14, Thurston 0, Coles 0.

POTLATCH Krasselt 1, B.Minden 7, Andres 8, Vowels 8, Chambers 0, J.Minden 23, Baker 2, Strong 8, Glaze 2.