St. George’s Boys, Harvill Win Titles

The St. George’s boys and Melissa Harvill of St. George’s were big winners Saturday in Washington’s unofficial State B cross country meet at Big Ben Golf Course in Wilbur.

Led by second-place Christian Laugen, the defending state champ, St. George’s scored 27 points. Pomeroy was second with 46, while defending state champ Northwest Christian took third with 49.

Dusty Lopez of Trout Lake won the race, completing the 3.1 miles in 16 minutes, 36.5 seconds. Laugen ran 17:16.7 and third-place Paul Barr of Pomeroy ran 17:20.6.

Laugen led the first mile, ran even with Lopez for the second, then dropped back.

Harvill, second at state last year, ran ahead all the way and finished in 21:07.4. Runner-up Flora Pearson of Trout Lake ran 21:34.5, while Jessica Warren (21:41.5), in third place, led Pomeroy to the team title with 27 points.

Host Wilbur-Creston finished second with 37 points, led by sixth-place Jess Bean (22:08.5). Defending state champ St. George’s was third with 49 points.

W-C coach Jim Cox organized the event because the official State B meet was dropped after four years. Class B runners will compete with Class A runners at district and state this year.

Girls soccer

Kristine Hansen scored twice, including the winner off her knee on a direct kick, as visiting Colville (1-7-1) beat Pullman 2-1 for its first Frontier League victory in history.

Kelly Pritchard scored on a penalty kick for the Greyhounds (0-9-1).

Hockey

Mike McDicken scored three goals and Rossland (British Columbia) used a pair of third period, power-play goals to tie Spokane 5-5 in a Kootenay International Junior Hockey League game.

Darin Talotti and Brandon Whitfor each scored twice for the Braves.

Volleyball

Christy Jacobs had 29 digs, Amy Metcalf 13 blocks and Crystal Poskey 93 assists as Frontier-leading Clarkston finished third at the SixShooter Tournament in Pendleton, Ore.

Clarkston lost to the host and eventual champion Buckaroos in the semifinals. The Bantams swept La Grande, Ore., in the consolation final.

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