Riverside Wins, Ties For First

A-B girls

Alana Carlander scored 33, and Jill Thompson scored 11 consecutive points in the fourth quarter Friday as Riverside (12-2, 15-3) defeated visiting Colfax 71-58 to tie the Bulldogs for first place in the Northeast A League.

Tenth-ranked Colfax (12-2, 13-5) opened the fourth quarter with a 17-3 run to take a 51-47 lead. Thompson then made three consecutive 3-pointers and a jumper to spark the Rams. Riverside’s Erin Nelson and Thompson combined for 19 fourth-quarter points.

Carlander had 18 first-half points to forge a nine-point Rams lead, but Angie Hall scored seven in the third quarter to pull the Bulldogs within two.

Riverside 71, Colfax 58

Colfax 13 9 12 24 - 58 Riverside 19 12 13 27 - 71

COLFAX Gigray 2, Harder 5, Hall 15, Miller 0, Tribbett 12, Widman 2, Pittman 8, Hansen 14.

RIVERSIDE Carlander 33, Snyder 0, Whittekiend 0, Thompson 13, Day 0, Stime 17, Wood 2, Shorts 0, Peterson 0, McMurphy 0, Nelson 6.

Lakeside 69, Chewelah 44

At Nine Mile Falls, the Eagles (11-2, 14-3) moved within one-half game of the league lead as Lora Jolley had 20 points and nine steals in a win over the visiting Cougars (8-6, 10-8).

Lakeside had a 40-25 edge in rebounding, led by Stephanie Guenther’s nine. The Eagles held Chewelah to 16-of-59 shooting (27 percent) from the field.

Chewelah 7 15 9 13 - 44 Lakeside 21 17 17 14 - 69

CHEWELAH Myers 6, Savitz 0, King 8, Bauer 11, Cairns 0, Perkins 13, Kristianson 2, Wood 0, Pickering 2, Hughes 0, O’Neal 2, Naccarato 0, Walker 0.

LAKESIDE Guenther 12, Eastwood 0, Traber 3, K.Rowse 4, B.Rowse 3, Schumacher 4, L.Jolley 20, Waddell 9, Hatch 6, B.Jolley 8, Long, 0.

Newport 52, K.Falls 42

Jenny McGuire had eight steals and five assists as the host Grizzlies (9-5, 12-6) defeated the Bulldogs (4-9, 5-12).

Chris Stigall and Heidi Schultz had eight rebounds apiece for Newport, which totaled 21 steals.

Kettle Falls 7 15 12 8 - 42 Newport 14 15 17 6 - 52

KETTLE FALLS Marco 2, Fredrickson 2, Weathers 0, Richardson 2, Harris 11, Keenan 4, Burstein 8, L.Matter 13, A.Matter 0.

NEWPORT McGuire 8, Casey 2, Powers 4, Schultz 9, M.Almond 0, Stigall 10, Sherman 0, Frandrup 6, Naccarato 0, Valeries 0, Carrara 13.

Deer Park 50, Freeman 46

Kara Palmer scored her only two points - a pair of free throws with 11 seconds left - to preserve the visiting Stags’ win over the Scotties (1-12, 1-16).

Tricia Gest had 16 rebounds for Deer Park (4-10, 5-12), which forced 30 turnovers. Misty Stark had eight assists for the Scotties, who cut an 11-point lead to two points in the final 1:30.

Deer Park 14 15 10 11 - 50 Freeman 14 8 7 17 - 46

DEER PARK O’Brien 0, Magart 0, Michaels 14, Watson 7, Axel 5, Stromberger 0, Nedved 4, Palmer 2, Stone 4, Sims 2, Gest 8, Baker 2.

FREEMAN Wilkerson 4, McCathern 4, Hyndman 3, Graham 0, Stark 16, Watkins 4, Smith 5, Boston 8, Brown 2.

Bi-County

Wilb.-Crest. 50, Ritzville 36

At Wilbur, Jessica Martin scored 26 as the fourth-ranked Wildcats (11-1, 17-1) defeated the visiting Broncos (7-5, 11-8) to clinch the West Divison and a No.1 seed for the league tourney.

Martin and Holly Arden scored six apiece in the third quarter when W-C broke from a halftime tie. The Wildcats shot 23 of 43 (53 percent) from the floor. Ritzville, No. 3 from the West, will open the league tourney Friday against host Reardan.

Ritzville 10 8 7 11 - 36 Wilbur-Creston 10 8 18 14 - 50

RITZVILLE J.Hille 9, Coleman 5, Mitma 0, Kirkendall 5, Teske 0, Moeller 4, Wellsandt 1, Galbreath 2, Russel 3, E.Hille 6, Mock 0, Manke 1.

WILBUR-CRESTON L.Arden 0, Deahl 0, Allen 8, Llewellyn 2, Grant 4, Martin 26, Russell 0, Krause 0, Haden 0, H.Arden 8, Bandy 2, Kunz 0.

Liberty 41, Spr.-Harr. 20

Sherri Dehn had 12 rebounds, six assists and eight of her team’s 15 steals as the Lancers (6-6, 9-10) defeated the visiting Falcons (1-11, 2-16).

Naamah Matthew had 11 points in the first half, and the Lancers held S-H scoreless in the first quarter. The Falcons shot 19 percent from the field. Liberty has clinched the East’s No. 3 seed to the league tourney and will open Friday against Almira/CouleeHartline.

Sprague-Harr 0 4 10 6 - 20 Liberty 8 15 8 10 - 41

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Maurer 0, Morton 0, Larmer 8, Hampton 9, Putney 0, Engles 2, Kissler 1, Walters 0.

LIBERTY Cornwall 2, Cory 4, Bariether 0, Polione 0, Farka 0, Ostheller 4, Matthew 13, Engle 0, Bothman 6, Dehn 12.

Lind 55, Odessa 46

Megan Willis scored all five of her points in the fourth quarter, when the visiting Bulldogs (2-11, 5-15) used a 12-0 run to defeat the Tigers (2-10, 5-14). Megan Fode of Lind had 13 rebounds.

Lind 11 12 13 19 - 55 Odessa 8 16 18 4 - 46

LIND Kulm 8, Sheckells 7, Baker 3, Thompson 9, Rott 0, Bittick 4, Willis 5, Fode 9, Horpedahl 10.

ODESSA N.Melcher 2, Hardung 0, Walter 18, D.Schorzman 0, Smith 8, L.Schorzman 12, Ramm 4, D.Melcher 0, Watters 0, Schmierer 0, Shaw 2, J.Melcher 2.

Panorama

St.George’s 57, NWC 38

Chrissy Peterson had 23 points and nine rebounds, and Cara Longinotti added nine assists as the second-ranked Dragons (13-0, 18-1) beat the visiting Crusaders (10-3, 12-6) to clinch the South Division and the No. 1 seed to the league tournament.

Cherea Davis and Buffy Mann had six steals apiece for the Dragons, who have won the last five league tournaments. St. George’s held Jenni Wright (13.4 points per league game) to four.

Northwest Christian 6 7 13 12 - 38 St. George’s 11 18 17 11 - 57

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Kennet 5, Simmons 7, Greenup 1, Estes 0, Walker 10, Wright 4, Huston 11.

ST. GEORGE’S Mann 6, Davis 8, DeNiro 0, Sadler 2, Innes 0, Trowbridge 6, Arthur 4, Harvill 0, Longinotti 8, Peterson 23.

Columbia 55, Republic 23

At Hunters, Tanna Skidmore scored 22 of her 34 points in the second half as the Lions (12-3, 14-6) defeated the visiting Tigers (3-11, 3-16) to win the North Division and the other No. 1 seed to the league tourney.

Skidmore added 12 rebounds and six steals. Republic had 24 turnovers.

Republic 6 6 8 3 - 23 Columbia 15 11 17 12 - 55

REPUBLIC Tietsort 1, Dinkins 0, Stonehocker 2, Shelton 0, Prine 0, Davis 2, Thompson-Edgel 8, Pfaffle 2, Friend 8.

COLUMBIA T.Skidmore 34, Schrack 0, MacMillan 0, J.Skidmore 15, Schwartz 2, Brisbois 2, Dashiell 2, Hofstetter 0.

Curlew 40, Wellpinit 39

Joelle Kaatz had nine rebounds and scored five points in the fourth quarter as the Cougars (5-9, 5-13) defeated the visiting Redskins (6-8, 8-11).

Wellpinit had three possessions in the final minute but couldn’t score. Eighth-grader Miranda Payne of Wellpinit scored nine points in the second half.

Wellpinit 7 6 16 10 - 39 Curlew 7 10 15 8 - 40

WELLPINIT Stearns 0, Schmidt 0, Lynn 5, Tonasket 1, Peone 8, Allen 5, B.Abrahamson 10, Payne 10.

CURLEW Taylor 6, Kaatz 16, Thiele 4, Beck 4, Somday 2, Hall 4, Meyer 4, Paul 0, Bonwell 0.

Inchelium 64, Northport 36

The visiting Hornets (11-3, 13-3), who have earned the second seed from the North, dominated the offensive rebounding to defeat the Mustangs (1-13, 2-16).

Inchelium 19 17 14 14 - 64 Northport 11 9 9 7 - 36

INCHELIUM K.Finley 15, Watt 9, Kohler 9, Mallory 19, Swan 0, L.Stensgar 2, Boyd 4, C.Stensgar 4, T.Finley 2.

NORTHPORT Kittilson 0, Po.Gruener 0, Pe.Gruener 2, Knudsen 0, Boggs 6, M.Regis 2, Sauvola 4, Dufresne 9, Lenhard 0, Denison 13, C.Regis 0.

Selkirk 62, Springdale 36

The visiting Rangers (7-6, 11-8) held the Chargers (5-8, 5-14) to 30-percent shooting from the floor (15 of 30) to clinch the No. 3 league seed in the South.

Selkirk will open the league tournament Tuesday at Inchelium. Springdale will be at Hunters against Columbia.

Selkirk 11 14 21 16 - 62 Springdale 6 11 12 7 - 36

SELKIRK P.Dickinson 15, T.Dickinson 17, Sharp 2, Smith 2, Grass 0, Pichette 8, Koontz 3, Porter 4, Carlson 11.

SPRINGDALE A.Bade 1, Peone 10, Diedrich 4, K.Bade 3, Hendricks 0, C.Cates 5, Africa 4, Dixon 4, Thompson 4, N’Deeo 2, S.Cates 0.

Whitman County

Colton 58, Gar-Pal 51

At Palouse, Emma Giden had 14 rebounds and led an 18-4 second quarter with six points, as the visiting Wildcats (5-4, 11-6) upended the ninth-ranked Vikings (5-4, 11-6) to tie for second place.

Colton outrebounded the Vikings 48-40 and survived a comeback by holding Gar-Pal scoreless for 3 minutes in the fourth quarter. Colton’s Dawn Wallace scored eight in the fourth quarter.

Colton 19 18 7 14 - 58 Garfield-Palouse 19 4 20 8 - 51

COLTON Buck 0, Wallace 19, Egland 0, S.Merk 12, Dudley 6, Meyer 0, Reisenauer 0, H.Merk 3, Giden 18, Arnhold 0.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Kennedy 16, Pfaff 6, Wroe 4, Coles 4, Main 15, Roper 6, Brown 0, Broughton 0, Cattrill 0, Sheldon 0, McCabe 0.

LaCros.-Was. 37, T-Oakes. 35

At Washtucna, Jessica Daniel broke free underneath for a basket with 6 seconds left as the Tigercats (4-5, 8-11) defeated the visiting Nighthawks (4-5, 12-7).

L-W trailed by 10 points in the second half. Gina Smith and Stacie Baumann had eight rebounds apiece for the winners.

Tekoa-Oak. 9 11 7 8 - 35 LaCrosse-Wash. 3 13 6 15 - 37

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Crider 0, Palmer 4, Wagner 0, Hay 13, Peringer 11, French 5, Brown 2, Hanson 0.

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Swenson 0, Daniel 10, Honn 2, Bay 8, Smith 2, Baumann 3, Bryan 12.

SJE 68, Rosalia 28

At St. John, Tricia Lamb and Andee Schmick combined for 29 points - all in the first half - as the league-champion and fifthranked Eagles (9-0, 17-2) defeated the visiting Spartans (0-9, 7-11).

The Eagles, who had a 10-0 run in the first quarter, forced 34 turnovers.

Rosalia 4 1 8 15 - 28 St. John-Endicott 19 20 16 13 - 68

ROSALIA Nelson 0, A.Henning 0, Witte 5, Bodey 2, L.L.Henning 11, McLaughlin 2, Brown 0, Bernard 4, Peringer 2, Willey 2.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Simpson 6, Ka.Kile 2, Bafus 3, Black 6, Lamb 18, Hayes 6, Garrett 2, Holt 2, Schmick 11, S.Kile 4, K.Kile 3, Miller 5.