Deutsch, Big First Half Trigger Cardinals

Saturday boys

Medical Lake rolled to a big first-half lead and defeated Lakeside 68-49 in a Northeast A League boys basketball game on Saturday.

Joe Deutsch led the Cardinals (9-5, 12-5) with 17 points and 18 rebounds. Teammate Dan Huston added 16 points and 11 rebounds, hitting 4 of 4 from the field in the first quarter.

Lakeside fell to 8-6, 11-6.

Lakeside 12 11 11 15 - 49 Medical Lake 21 14 9 24 - 68

LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls) - Nelson 5, Bender 0, Feider 0, Hatch 4, Klein 5, Mathews 10, Miller 10, Petticrew 6, Tenny 9.

MEDICAL LAKE Verstrate 2, Bailey 10, Moffatt 12, Huston 16, Simmons 6, J.Deutsch 17, Baker 1, Fischhaber 4, Cortez 0.

Freeman 78, Kettle Falls 72 After trailing the Bulldogs (4-10, 5-13) by five points at the end of the third quarter, the Scotties (9-5, 11-7) came back with a 22-point fourth quarter to get the win.

The Scotties’ Cory Oberst tied the game with a 3-pointer with 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter and then added two freethrows to stretch the Scotties’ lead.

Travis Goldsmith led the Scotties with a game-high 27 points.

Kettle Falls 18 23 20 11 - 72 Freeman 16 27 13 22 - 78

KETTLE FALLS G.Johnston 8, Eslick 8, Hartill 11, Williams 7, Entwistle 2, Graves 11, Rogelette 7, J.Johnston 6, Siegel 2, Dotts 8, Clinton 2.

FREEMAN VanVoorhis 6, Hill 4, Oberst 15, Goldsmith 27, Miller 6, Reed 0, Friberg 8, Stark 0, Schuerman 12.

Colfax 64, Newport 50 David Stoner led the Bulldogs (5-10, 7-12) with 21 points and 14 rebounds against the visiting Grizzlies (7-8, 10-9).

Levi Berquist added 17 points while Nathan Hansen added 10 boards.

Newport 11 19 15 5 - 50 Colfax 20 17 12 15 - 64

NEWPORT Larson 6, Randles 2, Frederick 7, Walden 12, Orth 0, Smyly 4, Taylor 0, Bishop 0, Carrara 16, Knapp 3, Wilson 0.

COLFAX Asbjornsen 3, Ghekiere 1, Edinger 8, Becker 2, Heaton 4, B.Stoner 0, Fulfs 2, Hansen 6, Berquist 17, D.Stoner 21.

Bi-County League

Sprague-Harr. 77, Valley Chr. 64 Ryan Floyd led the Falcons (14-0, 20-0) with 21 points in their win over the visiting Panthers (7-7, 11-9) to win the East Division and remain undefeated this year.

Teammate Brett Bly added 18 points, 16 of which he had in the second half.

The fourth-place Panthers will host Odessa at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6 in the league tournament while the Falcons host the winner of the Lind-Liberty game at 6 p.m. on Feb. 10.

Valley Christian 16 13 9 26 - 64 Sprague Harr. 18 17 18 24 - 77

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Schlafmann 0, Tobin 10, M.Spuler 0, P.Spuler 7, Harken 10, Sandin 0, Wright 6, Asbury 18, Sears 0, Gerrells 13.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Newcomb 4, Floyd 21, Bly 18, Korby 0, Putney 2, Countryman 10, Hattrup 12, Carper 4, Colbert 6.

ACH 52, Wilbur-Creston 40 Led by Cameron Carstensen’s 13 points and eight assists, the Warriors (14-1, 16-4) led by as many as 20 points in their win over the host Wildcats (9-6, 11-9) to win the West Division.

The Wildcats took second in the West Division and will host the winner of the Davenport-Christian Heritage game at 4 p.m. on Feb. 10 in the league tournament while the Warriors host the winner of the Valley Christian-Odessa game at 7:30.

Wilbur-Creston 7 7 10 16 - 40 ACH 12 17 13 10 - 52

WILBUR-CRESTON Gochenour 2, Leonard 2, Katich 5, Turner 16, Harris 0, Kuchenbuch 4, Bahr 0, McMurray 11, Hanson 0, Nelson 0.

ALMIRA COULEE-HARTLINE Pierce 3, Murray 9, Elder 2, Cunningham 0, Janzen 7, Slahtasky 4, Carstensen 13, Roberts 3, Evers 2, Andersen 9.

Reardan 77, Liberty 71 Robb Soliday led the Indians (9-5, 12-8) with 19 points against the host Lancers (4-10, 4-16) to finish in second in the East Division.

The Lancers turned the ball over on four straight possessions in the third quarter and were outscored 16-9.

The fifth-place Lancers play at Lind at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6 in the league tournament while the Indians host Ritzville at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 10.

Reardan 16 21 16 24 - 77 Liberty 16 20 9 26 - 71

REARDAN Jones 10, Soliday 19, Krupke 7, Jenkin 2, Schultz 8, Harkness 11, Holwegner 14, Blomgren 6, Flaa 0.

LIBERTY Tee 0, Horlacher 3, Braman 6, Suksdorf 0, J.Rafter 7, Hudkins 13, D.Cornwall 14, T.Cornwall 9, Greenwalt 16, Dauenhauer 3.

Ritzville 67, Odessa 41 John Galbreath led the Broncos (8-7, 8-12) past the visiting Tigers (2-13, 3-15) with 24 points and nine rebounds as the Broncos took third in the West Division.

The fifth-place Tigers play at Valley Christian at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6 in the league tournament while the Broncos play at Reardan at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 10.

Odessa 14 8 5 14 - 41 Ritzville 18 17 20 12 - 67

ODESSA M.Carlson 1, Zagelow 6, R.Carlson 3, Melcher 6, Bell 2, Goetz 2, Schmeirer 2, Praetorius 19.

RITZVILLE Russel 3, Hille 0, S.Galbreath 2, J.Galbreath 24, DeVore 9, Noble 0, Boness 0, Duff 5, Roberg 4, Barden 5, Roth 5, Weber 5, Powers 5.

Lind 71, Chr. Heritage 36 Michael Watson led the Bulldogs (6-9, 9-11) over the visiting Patriots with a gamehigh 40 points. He also had nine rebounds, seven steals and six assists.

The Bulldogs finished fourth in the West Division and host Liberty at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6 in the league tournament while the Patriots play at Davenport at 7.

Chr. Heritage 8 6 12 8 - 36 Lind 17 23 19 12 - 71

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE Colvin 10, Kirstein 0, B.Newbill 2, J.Fischer 0, J.Newbill 2, Klein 4, T.Fischer 2, Bishop 2, Smith 14.

LIND Keltz 2, Watson 40, Montejano 10, Schrenk 8, Palmer 5, Pennel 2, Ruiz 2, Sackmann 2, Clark 0, Dutton 0, Parkins 0.

Panorama League

Curlew 84, Cusick 51 Gary Hughes had a game-high 21 points as the Cougars (16-0, 20-0) defeated the host Panthers (3-13, 3-17) to win the North Division and remain undefeated this year.

Brad Scott and Brook Nelson had 20

points apiece for the Panthers in the loss.

The Cougars face Springdale at 7 p.m. in the Feb. 8 league tournament and the Panthers do not advance.

Curlew 28 21 12 23 - 84 Cusick 18 3 19 11 - 51

CURLEW Engeland 7, Baker 0, Paul 9, Whitted 2, Brown 14, Miller 2, Edwards 2, Hughes 21, Wakefield 11, Nelson 16.

CUSICK Scott 20, Nelson 20, Meek 0, Webb 3, Birchall 5, Russell 2, Finley 1.

NW Christian 47, Northport 42 Adam Repelje led the Crusaders (14-2, 17-3), winners of the South Division, with 13 points as they edged the visiting Mustangs (2-14, 4-16).

Guy Baribault led the Mustangs with 14 points and nine rebounds.

The Mustangs do not advance to the league tournament where the Crusaders will face Inchelium at 7 p.m. on Feb. 8.

Northport 13 9 9 11 - 42 NW Christian 12 13 11 11 - 47

NORTHPORT Buffan 5, Ashurst 0, Carlson 0, Murphy 0, Mine 7, Baribault 14, Jimenez 13, Dufresne 0, Day 3, Parish 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Whelham 5, Iverson 4, Murphy 4, Rapelje 13, Woods 11, Affeldt 0, Meyers 5, Crouch 3, Dryden 0, Klajah 2.

St. George’s 72, Wellpinit 44 Jason Ala led the Dragons (12-4, 13-7) over the host Redskins (8-8, 10-10) with 23 points, 15 of which he scored in the second half.

Teammate Mike Thomas added 17 points, including 13 points in the Dragons’ 48-point second half.

The Dragons finished second in the South while the Redskins took third in the North. The two face off again in the league tournament at 7 p.m. on Feb. 8.

St. George’s 8 16 22 26 - 72 Wellpinit 11 10 10 13 - 44

ST. GEORGE’S Davis 2, Theng 6, Kennedy 6, Kuney 0, Charbonneau 4, Laugen 5, Ala 23, Averett 3, Cooke 4, Treybig 2, Thomas 17.

WELLPINIT L.Ford 8, Moses 0, Tonasket 2, D.Flett 0, Holt 9, Lebret 4, A.Flett 8, Payne 3, S.Flett 2, Andrew 2, Pakootas 6.

Republic 54, Selkirk 31 Although the Rangers (10-6, 11-9) led at the half, the Tigers (12-4, 12-8) outscored Selkirk 34-9 in the second half to win.

John Kuchenmeister led the Rangers with 17 points as they took second place in the North and the Tigers took third in the South.

The two teams meet again in the league tournament at 7 p.m. on Feb. 8.

Republic 10 10 13 21 - 54 Selkirk 7 15 2 7 - 31

REPUBLIC Hanks 0, Krohn 6, Baldwin 8, Rickard 11, Symmes 2, J.Kuchenmeister 17, K.Kuchenmeister 4, Hunt 6. SELKIRK Coppock 0, A.Kinney 0, Larson 7, Smith 0, Pichette 3, Davis 5, Garrett 0, Newman 1, Hays 11, Fandrey 0, Dial 4. Springdale 60, Inchelium 56 Brian Coe had 15 points as the Chargers (10-6, 10-10) edged the host Hornets (3-13, 4-15).

Taking advantage of the Hornets’ early foul trouble, the Chargers outscored the Hornets 17-4 in the second quarter.

The Hornets’ Joe Pakootas had a gamehigh 17 points.

Both teams finished in fourth place in their divisions. The Chargers face Curlew while the Hornets face Northwest Christian in the league tournament Feb. 8 at 7 p.m.

Springdale 13 17 13 17 - 60 Inchelium 19 4 20 13 - 56

SPRINGDALE Meyers 0, Nortz 0, Carr 0, Nolander 0, McEiver 0, McCurdy 11, Mann 4, Melville 1, Bra.Coe 14, Peterson 8, Bri.Coe 15, Blanchard 7.

INCHELIUM Pakootas 17, C.Desautel 4, T.Finley 0, M.Finley 3, G.Desautel 6, Sutton 12, C.Finley 0, Christianson 15, Evans 2.

St. Michael’s 68, Columbia 53 Chris Argentino led the Warriors (4-12, 6-13) with 17 points against the visiting Lions (2-14, 2-18).

Teammate David Cons added 16 points.

Neither team advanced to the league tournament.

Columbia 12 8 13 20 - 53 St. Michael’s 18 19 14 17 - 68

COLUMBIA McLean 0, Covington 0, Brisbois 3, Kastellic 0, J.Flett 17, Whitney 7, Philpot 0, Bangert 8, Smith 5, Wilson 0, Cornwall 13.

ST. MICHAEL’S Dav.Baarstad 13, Cons 16, C.Argentino 17, J.Harding 4, Vogel 4, K.Harding 6, Sandquist 0, B.Argentino 2, Dan Baarstad 4, Bedker 2.

Whitman County League

Garfield-Pal. 63, LaCrosse-Wash. 56 The Vikings (10-0, 18-2) were led by Beau Hilty-Jones’ 23 points in their win over the host Tigercats (7-3, 12-8).

After trailing the Tigercats by one point at the half, the Vikings outscored them 21-12 in the third quarter.

The Tigercats took second in league and play third-place Colton at 2 p.m. on Feb. 11 in the league tournament with the winner playing the Vikings, the league winners, at 6 p.m. on Feb. 13.

Gar-Pal 17 12 21 13 - 63 LaC-Wash. 12 18 12 14 - 56

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Lawton 3, Hill 6, Hilty-Jones 23, Colfield 4, Fox 10, Tiegs 17, Thurston 0.

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 3, Ledbetter 10, Bryan 0, Wigen 8, Daniel 8, Goll 14, Kinch 0, Rouleau 13, Bay 0, Whitman 0.

Colton 60, St. John-End. 57 Terry Busch led the Wildcats (5-5, 10-10) with 21 points as they edged the visiting Eagles (4-6, 9-11) to take third place in league.

The Eagles trailed by just one point with 8 seconds left in the game, but threw the ball away on a pass which enabled the Wildcats’ Ryan Wallace to get a breakaway layin to ice the game.

Colton faces LaCrosse-Washtucna in the league tournament at 2 p.m. on Feb. 11 while the fourth-place Eagles play the winner of the Rosalia and TekoaOakesdale game at 6:30.

St. John-End. 9 17 13 18 - 57 Colton 12 11 16 21 - 60

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Johnstone 2, Colyar 3, Kelweno 12, Barnes-Bailey 8, Gering 11, Storment 0, Roths 21, Hergert 0.

COLTON Merk 0, Bates 10, McArthur 4, Wallace 13, Busch 21, BeLieu 10, Moss 0, Cuellar 2.

Rosalia 83, Tekoa-Oakes. 64 Brian Maley led the Spartans (3-7, 11-9) with a game-high 32 points and 15 assists in their easy win over the host Nighthawks (1-9, 4-16) and fifth place in league.

Chris Brown led the Nighthawks with 22 points, including five 3-pointers, while teammate Trevor Zehm added 21 points, including four 3-pointers.

The two face off again at 6 p.m. on Feb. 10 in the league tournament.

Rosalia 20 19 16 28 - 83 Tekoa-Oakes. 18 11 21 14 - 64

ROSALIA Nereim 15, Naught 0, Maley 32, Webb 4, Scheele 7, Finley 0, Bruce 7, Blank 18, McLaughlin 0.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Graffis 4, Brown 22, Fox 5, Freeburg 8, Zehm 21, Mason 0, Crooks 2, Wall 2.

Non-league

Chewelah 64, Colville 61 Jeremy Landram led the Cougars (13-5) with 26 points as they edged the visiting Indians (3-5, 7-10).

Landram hit 11 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter to help the Cougars hold on to their lead.

Teammate Greg Belzer added 16 points and 15 rebounds in the win.

Colville 17 12 16 16 - 61 Chewelah 19 21 8 16 - 64

COLVILLE Hardison 3, Mostek 13, Sprangers 10, Kane 2, Grittner 6, Wilson 10, M.Smith 17, Anderson 0, Barker 0.

CHEWELAH Jer.Landram 26, Murbach 2, Keeley 2, Jas.Landram 4, Boone 0, Belzer 16, Rodgers 10, Rainer 4.