A-B Boys

NORTHEAST A

Riverside 67, Medical Lk. 59

The visiting Rams (9-3, 11-4) won their midseason showdown despite an eight-point second period, retaining their narrow NEA lead.

Keith Cook scored 22 points for Riverside.

Joe Deutsch led Medical Lake (7-4, 10-4) with 16 points.

Riverside 17 8 25 17 - 67 Medical Lake 11 19 13 16 - 59

RIVERSIDE Cook 22, Hodgson 0, Coesel 0, Monroe 7, Smith 0, Johnson 5, Ahrens 8, Kuntz 13, Gannon 12.

MEDICAL LAKE Verstrate 9, Bailey 15, Moffatt 6, Simmons 8, J.Deutsch 16, Fischhaber 5.

Colfax 54, Deer Park 45

The up-and-down Bulldogs (3-9, 5-11) hit four 3-pointers in the second quarter, building a 25-14 halftime edge that held up after intermission.

Scott Edinger had 18 points for Colfax and Nathan Hansen 14, while Michael Averyt had 19 points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots for Deer Park (1-11, 3-12).

Colfax 8 17 12 17 - 54 Deer Park 8 6 12 19 - 45

COLFAX Asbjornsen 4, Edinger 18, Becker 0, Heaton 0, B.Stoner 2, Fulfs 0, Hansen 14, Berquist 10, D.Stoner 6.

DEER PARK Palmer 0, Beardslee 2, Langbehn 5, Weger 4, Averyt 19, Doffing 3, Miller 0, Baker 12.

Lakeside 61, Freeman 56

Lakeside’s 21-point second period put the Eagles (7-5, 10-5) in control and Freeman (7-4, 10-5) couldn’t overcome a 10-point fourth-period deficit.

Chevy Mathews scored 17 points and George Petticrew 16 for Lakeside, while the NEA’s second-leading scorer, Freeman’s Travis Goldsmith, had 20.

Freeman 17 10 12 17 - 56 Lakeside 15 21 13 12 - 61

FREEMAN VanVoorhis 7, Hill 1, Oberst 14, Goldsmith 20, Miller 3, Reed 0, Friberg 1, Stark 0, Schuerman 10.LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls) - Bender 8, Nelson 0, Feider 2, Davis 2, Hatch 8, Klein 0, Mathews 17, Miller 8, Petticrew 16, Tenny 0.

Chewelah 63, Newport 52

The Cougars (8-3, 10-4) remained one-half game behind league-leading Riverside with a big second half.

NEA top scorer Jeremy Landram led Chewelah with 22 points. Teammate Greg Belzer added 19 points and 13 rebounds. Chris Randles led Newport (6-6, 9-7) with 18 points and Raymond Walden had 16.

Newport 9 18 9 16 - 52 Chewelah 8 13 19 23 - 63

NEWPORT Larson 4, Randles 18, Frederick 2, Walden 16, Orth 0, Smyly 0, Taylor 0, Bishop 2, Carrara 6, Knapp 2, B.Wilson 2.

CHEWELAH Landram 22, Jaques 0, Murbach 4, Wissing 0, Skok 4, Keeley 0, Boone 10, Belzer 19, Rodgers 0, Rainer 4.

PANORAMA

Republic 54, Inchelium 45

John Kuchenmeister scored 12 points as Republic (9-3, 9-7) exploded for 24 in the fourth quarter. He finished with 25 points and eight steals.

Joe Pakootas led Inchelium (7-4, 9-4) with 20 points.

Inchelium 14 6 8 17 - 45 Republic 11 11 8 24 - 54

INCHELIUM Pakootas 20, C.Desautel 4, J.D.Finley 0, M.Finley 8, G.Desautel 0, Sutton 4, C.Finley 0, Christianson 9.

REPUBLIC B.Burt 2, Hanks 0, Krohn 2, Baldwin 10, Grimm 0, Michaels 0, G.Burt 0, Rickard 7, Symmes 0, J.Kuchenmeister 25, K.Kuchenmeister 4, Hunt 4.

Springdale 67, St. Michael’s

The Chargers (7-5, 7-8) broke to a 12-2 first-period lead, but had to hold off a fourth-period rally by St. Michael’s (2-10, 4-11), which scored 28 points in the final quarter.

Brian Coe scored 21 points for Springdale and made five 3-pointers. Ben Peterson had 17 points and 13 boards for the Chargers, while David Cons led SM with 19 points and Chris Argentino had 14.

Saint Michaels 2 16 11 28 - 57 Springdale 12 20 18 17 - 67

ST. MICHAEL’S Dav.Baarstad 13, Cons 19, C.Argentino 14, J.Harding 0, Vogel 2, B.Argentino 7, Dan Baarstad 2.

SPRINGDALE Nortz 0, Carr 0, McCurdy 6, Mann 8, Melville 7, Bra.Coe 21, Peterson 17, Blanchard 8.

Curlew 80, Columbia 33

The unbeaten Cougars (12-0, 16-0) blasted to a 39-13 halftime lead, shot 56 percent from the field and took advantage of 40 Columbia turnovers.

Four Cougars hit double figures, led by Billy Whitted with 20 points. Columbia is 2-10, 2-14.

Columbia 5 8 15 5 - 33 Curlew 16 23 17 24 - 80

COLUMBIA McLean 0, Covington 0, Brisbois 9, Kastellic , J.Flett 2, D.Denison , Whitney 0, Hardwick 0, Philpot 0, Bangert 5, R.Denison , Smith 0, Wilson 9, Cornwall 8, Hoiland 0.

CURLEW Engeland 2, Baker 2, Paul 2, Whitted 20, Brown 12, Miller 4, Edwards 4, Hughes 10, Thurik 10, Wakefield 6, Nelson 8.

NW Christian 77, Cusick 50

The Crusaders (10-2, 13-3) had a 16-point lead at halftime and cruised to a comfortable road victory as Jeff Meyers scored 19 points and Chris Woods 12. Brook Nelson scored 19 points for Cusick (2-10, 2-14).

NW Christian 22 17 19 19 - 77 Cusick 9 14 9 18 - 50

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Whelham 4, Iverson 10, Murphy 2, Woods 12, Affeldt 0, Dunham 8, Thompson 0, Meyers 19, Crouch 10, Dryden 7, West 3, Klaja 2.

CUSICK Scott 11, Waldman 0, Nelson 19, Meek 0, Webb 3, Birchall 7, Russell 2, Finley 8.

Selkirk 67, St.George’s 64,OT

The Rangers (8-4, 9-7) threw the South Division into a tie as Nathan Dial scored eight of Selkirk’s nine overtime points.

Dial’s clutch performance was nearly matched by Dragon Jason Ala, who scored 12 in the fourth period and four more in OT. Ala finished with 20 and Dial with 17. St. George’s is 10-2, 11-5.

St. George’s 10 17 15 16 6 - 64 Selkirk 11 13 10 24 9 - 67

ST. GEORGE’S Davis 13, Tseng 2, Kennedy 0, Kuney 0, Charbonneau 0, Laugen 12, Ala 20, Averett 10, Cook 5, Treybig 0, Thomas 2.ELKIRK A.Kinney 0, Larson 4, Pichette 15, Davis 9, Garrett 2, Newman 12, Hays 8, Dial 17.

Wellpinit 38, Northport 37

Wellpinit’s Tonasket scored his only point of the game, a free throw at :02, as the Redskins (7-5, 9-7) edged the Mustangs (1-11, 3-13) in Northport.

Wellpinit 8 12 11 7 - 38 Northport 7 11 10 9 - 37

WELLPINIT L.Ford 2, Moses 0, Tonasket 1, D.Flett 0, Holt 14, Lebret 0, A.Flett 13, Payne 0, S.Flett 4, Andrew 2, Pakootas 2.

NORTHPORT Buffan 7, Murphy 6, Mine 4, Baribault 8, Jimenez 8, Dufresne 0, Day 2, Parish 2.

BI-COUNTY

ACH 60, Lind 47

The Bi-County’s leading scorer, Michael Watson, scored 22 points, but the Warriors (10-1, 12-4) pulled away in the third period against the Bulldogs.

ACH’s Pat Anderson scored 18 points and had 10 rebounds. Chris Keltz scored 11 and Rob Schrenk 10 for Lind (4-7, 7-9).

Lind 14 12 8 13 - 47 ACH 18 13 15 14 - 60

LIND Keltz 11, Watson 22, Montejano 0, Schrenk 10, Palmer 4, Pennel 0, Ruiz 0.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Higginbotham 0, Pierce 9, Murray 6, Elder 10, Cunningham 0, Janzen 0, Slahtasky 0, Carstensen 13, Roberts 0, Goodwin 0, Evers 4, Andersen 18.

Sprg.-Harr. 85, Davenport 64

Ryan Floyd hit seven 3-pointers and scored 33 points for the second-ranked Falcons (10-0, 16-0), but depth was a big factor for Sprague-Harrington, which outran the Gorillas in the middle periods.

Davenport led 20-16 after a quarter, but scored only 22 points in the next two periods. Tom Turnbough scored 23 points and Cliff Swain for the Gorillas (6-5, 8-9).

Davenport 20 11 11 22 - 64 Spr.-Harr. 16 21 26 22 - 85

DAVENPORT Hogan 0, Swain 16, Parsons 10, Goodman 0, Turnbough 23, Deal 4, Cannon 0, Hammond 6, FitzPatrick 3.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Newcomb 3, Floyd 33, Bly 10, Korby 0, Putney 0, Countryman 7, Schmitt 4, Hattrup 9, Carper 8, Colbert 11.

Valley Chr. 59, Reardan 55

Joe Holwegner scored 29 points for Reardan (7-4, 10-7), but Valley Christian pulled off a big upset on the road.

Travis Harken scored 16 points, Philip Spuler 12 and Jeremy Sandin 10 to lead a balanced Panther attack that had five players with eight or more points.

Valley Chr. 12 15 14 18 - 59 Reardan 12 17 15 11 - 55

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Schlafmann 3, Tobin 8, Spuler 12, Harken 16, Sandin 10, Wright 2, Asbury 8.

REARDAN Jones 4, Graham 3, Krupke 0, Jenkin 0, Schultz 4, Harkness 6, Holwegner 29, Blomgren 7, Flaa 2.

W-C 55, Odessa 50

Odessa’s 12-0 second-half run cut a 15-point deficit to three, but the Tigers couldn’t get any closer as the Wildcats (7-5, 9-8) won.

Matt McMurray led Wilbur-Creston with 19 points, while Odessa’s Randy Carlson scored 16 points.

Odessa 15 11 11 13 - 50 Wilbur Creston 21 12 9 13 - 55

ODESSA Zagelow 7, R.Carlson 16, Melcher 9, Goetz 0, Schmeirer 4, Grall 2, Praetorius 12.

WILBUR-CRESTON Gochenour 5, Leonard 0, L.Katich 14, Turner 15, Harris 0, Kuchenbuch 2, Bahr 0, McMurray 19, Nelson 0, S.Katich 0.

Ritzville 65, Chr. Heritage 33

The Broncos (6-5, 6-10) led 38-19 at halftime against the Patriots, winless in league.

Travis DeVore scored 22 points for Ritzville, Rob Weber had 13 and John Galbreath 12. Jeff Klein led Christian Heritage (0-11, 2-14) as leading scorer Jess Colvin was limited to eight by Ritzville’s tough interior defense. The Patriots made 30 turnovers.

Chr.Heritage 6 13 6 8 - 33 Ritzville 15 23 19 8 - 65

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE Colvin 8, J.Fischer 3, J.Newbill 0, Klein 10, T.Fischer 4, Bishop 0, Smith 8.

RITZVILLE Russel 3, Hille 2, S.Galbreath 1, J.Galbreath 12, DeVore 22, Noble 3, Boness 2, Duff 2, Roberg 2, Barden 2, Roth 1, Weber 13, Powers 0.

WHITMAN COUNTY

Gar-Pal 67, Rosalia 50

Beau Hilty-Jones scored 22 points and Rob Tiegs 17 as the Vikings (7-0, 15-1) downed Rosalia (2-5, 10-7) to maintain their one-game lead. Tysen Blank scored 13 points for the Spartans.

Garfield-Pal. 18 16 14 19 - 67 Rosalia 7 12 15 16 - 50

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Lawton 0, Hill 7, HiltyJones 22, Colfield 12, Fox 2, Beck 0, Tiegs 17, Richards 1, Thurston 2, Coles 4, Stillman 0.ROSALIA Nereim 12, Naught 0, Maley 7, Webb 3, Scheele 9, Finley 0, Bruce 4, Blank 13, McLaughlin 2.

St.J-E 78, T-O 71

The Eagles (3-4, 8-9)shot 52 percent from the floor and made 28 of 32 free throws. Gabe Storment scored 22 points for St. John-Endicott and Trevor Zehm and Trevor Fox each scored 16 for the Nighthawks (1-6, 4-13).

St. John-End. 24 16 15 23 - 78 Tekoa-Oakesdale 17 16 18 20 - 71

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Johnstone 3, Colyar 0, Kelweno 16, Barnes-Bailey 2, Strader 4, Gering 9, Storment 22, Roths 14, Hergert 8.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Graffis 7, Brown 8, Fox 16, Freeburg 13, Zehm 16, Mason 2, Crooks 4, Marsh 0, Wall 5.

Colton 78, LC-W 71 (OT)

The Wildcats (3-4, 8-8) made nine overtime free throws after Ryan BeLieu tied the score on a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left in regulation. He finished with 26 points as the Cats came from 10 down in the fourth period. Casey Rouleau scored 18 for the Tigercats (5-2, 10-7).

LaC.-Wash. 12 25 14 16 4 - 71 Colton 15 16 14 22 11 - 78

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 9,Ledbetter 6, Bryan 1, Wigen 2, Daniel 2, Goll 13, Kinch 9, Rouleau 18, Whitman 11.

COLTON Merk 5, Bates 3, McArthur 7, Wallace 17, Busch 16, BeLieu 26, Moss 4, Cuellar 0.