Johnston’s 19 Propels Balanced Colville To Rout

Boys basketball

Although Colville graduated many of the players who helped it to last year’s State AA Tournament, the Indians haven’t run out of scoring power.

Greg Johnston scored 19 points and made 9 of 11 free throws Tuesday as the Indians opened their season with an 87-56 win at Kettle Falls. Four other players hit double figures for Colville.

Jason Entwhistle scored 20 and made 8 of 12 free throws for the Bulldogs, also playing their first game.

Colville 87, Kettle Falls 56

Colville 24 18 23 22 - 87

Kettle Falls 12 14 13 17 - 56

COLVILLE - Hardison 12, Eslick 4, Johnston 19, Ortner 2, Kane 5, True 2, Sprangers 11, Day 5, Spears 1, Smith 12, Salina 12, Noble 2.

KETTLE FALLS Entwhistle 20, Gordon 8, Link 1, Williams 11, Kulusza 0, Berryman 11, Newton 2, Presley 0, Weathers 3.

Deer Park 63, Springdale 44

Jon Schmitz scored 22 and made 6 of 6 from the line as the Stags beat the visiting Chargers in the season opener for both.

Trevor Baker had 14 rebounds for DP, which made nine 3-pointers. Springdale’s Ben Peterson had eight rebounds.

Springdale 17 15 12 0 - 44

Deer Park 20 17 13 13 - 63

SPRINGDALE Brisbois 5, Farnsworth 0, Nolander 4, Meyers 2, McCurdy 10, Gardiner 0, Peterson 12, Hargrave 0, Lozano 4, Nortz 7.

DEER PARK - Harris 2, Hall 2, Bryant 2, B.Robinson 2, Weger 15, Stevens 0, Schmitz 22, Faulkner 3, Moran 3, Baker 12.

Freeman 54, Tek.-Oakes. 50

At Tekoa, Garen Friberg had nine rebounds as the visiting Scotties held off the Nighthawks in the season opener for both.

Tim Freeburg led T-O with 22 points and eight rebounds.

Freeman 12 14 9 19 - 54

Tekoa-Oakesdale 7 14 13 16 - 50

FREEMAN - Aar.Hill 2, Miller 2, And.Hill 10, Reed 4, Sheffield 8, Friberg 13, Schmidt 3, Schuerman 12.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Teal 4, Fox 8, Freeburg 22, Smith 1, Crooks 2, Marsh 10, Brogan 3.

Reardan 32, SJE 28

At St. John, Robb Soliday’s pair of late free throws sealed the visiting Indians’ win over the Eagles in a season opener for both.

Nick Straiter had three assists for SJE.

Reardan 11 4 10 7 - 32

St.John-Endicott 10 6 7 5 - 28

REARDAN Titchenal 6, Ro.Soliday 9, Rh.Soliday 3, Jenkin 4, Kiger 10.

ST.JOHN-ENDICOTT Kleweno 4, Colyar 4, Straiter 6, Gering 8, Jordan 4, Hergert 2.

V.Christian 62, Rosalia 54

Jeremy Sandin scored 21 on 8-of-10 shooting from the floor as the visiting Panthers edged the Spartans in a season opener for both.

Ben Scheele scored 24 and Brian Maley had eight rebounds for Rosalia, which missed a pair of late 3-point attempts.

Valley Christian 19 18 13 12 - 62

Rosalia 8 17 11 18 - 54

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Dahl 0, Schlafmann 4, Decker 0, Stager 0, Teterud 13, Spuler 9, Holcomb 0, Sears 2, Gass 0, Asbury 5, Sandin 21, King 8.

ROSALIA Bernard 0, Peterson 0, VanGrimbergen 0, Maley 17, Naught 5, Scheele 24, Goyke 1, Finley 4, Barton 2, Slemp 1, Botham 0.

Republic 75, Grand Forks 50

Mark Rickard had 16 rebounds and scored 13 of his 28 in the third quarter as the Tigers (1-0) beat the hosts from British Columbia (1-2).

Republic’s Jason Baldwin scored 26, including 6-of-6 shooting in the second quarter.

Republic 14 22 24 15 - 75

Grand Forks 15 9 19 7 - 50

REPUBLIC Michaels 6, Rickard 28, Baldwin 26, Hanks 3, Grimm 3, Kuchenmeister 4, Wilson 5.

GRAND FORKS J. Venhuis 3, Saine 5, Suftason 10, Zibin 2, Kelber 5, T. Venhuis 3, Crixing 20, Strakoff 2.

Soap Lake 67, Lind 51

Mike See scored 22 and Josh Olsick had 15 rebounds as the Eagles beat the visiting Bulldogs in a season opener for both.

Rob Schrenk of Lind scored 26.

Lind 12 9 22 8 - 51

Soap Lake 21 13 19 14 - 67

LIND Sheckells 2, Ruiz 4, Williamson 2, Montejano 2, Pennel 6, Clark 0, Dutton 9, Schrenk 26.

SOAP LAKE Moyer 8, Arruda 0, See 22, Fata 17, Olsick 15, Barrington 2, Workman 3.

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