Freshman Guard Leads St. George’s

High school girls basketball

Sandpoint still had a shot at St. George’s Saturday, until a freshman point guard took her shots.

Wenchi Liu scored 11 fourth-quarter points, six on 3-pointers, to guide the Dragons (3-5) to a 40-22 non-league girls basketball win over visiting Sandpoint (3-7).

Liu added nine steals, five assists and four rebounds for the Dragons, who led by five entering the final quarter. Miranda Routh-Corker of St. George’s added eight rebounds. Sandpoint’s Natalie Ward scored 10.

St. George’s 40, Sandpoint 22

Sandpoint 4 7 7 4 - 22

St. George’s 9 10 4 17 - 40

SANDPOINT McKitrick 1, Allmaras 2, Verby 6, Ward 10, Cargill 0, Ross 0, Gill 3, Jensen 0.

ST. GEORGE’S Liu 18, DeNiro 2, Chiu 2, Boutz 2, Webster 2, Routh-Corker 10, Appling 4.

Intermountain League

Kellogg 46, Lakeland 37

Amy Lemon’s 14 points guided the visiting Wildcats (2-0 IML) over the Hawks (0-3 IML) at Rathdrum.

Lakeland’s Alyssa Douglas had 16 points and nine rebounds.

Kellogg 12 7 14 13 - 46

Lakeland 7 8 7 15 - 37

KELLOGG Magnus 4, Greibil 8, Burkgart 6, Vork 0, Stevens 2, Lemon 14, Hei 2, Nearing 0, Luchini 6, Hunt 0, Connors 4.

LAKELAND Reed 0, Foldvik 0, Douglas 16, Jamison 9, Boone 2, DeBoer 0, Campbell 2, Banbury 2, Harwood 3, Fox 0, Berger 3.

Freeman Tournament

Tekoa-Oakesdale 47, NWC 37

The Nighthawks (7-2) used balanced scoring and made six more free throws to beat the Crusaders (3-5) in the title game.

NWC closed within seven points with 2 minutes left. Jana Huston had 22 points and 17 rebounds for NWC.

Tekoa-Oakes. 10 15 8 14 - 47

NW Christian 7 7 4 19 - 37

TEKOA-OAKESDALE S.Brown 1, Dahl 0, Palmer 10, Hay 9, Graffis 8, Hansen 9, Crow 0, Cox 10, Hurley 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Moen 0, Smeltz 0, Ogle 2, Montague 4, Casimir 4, Strandy 0, Clouse 5, Huston 22.

Freeman 57, Liberty 33

Jamie Watkins scored 22 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the floor, and added seven rebounds as the host Scotties (1-7) beat the Lancers (1-7) in the consolation game and snapped an eight-game losing streak.

Freeman held Liberty to 38-percent shooting from the field and shot 26 of 42 (62 percent). Liberty’s Jo Cory had 10 rebounds.

Liberty 6 13 11 3 - 33

Freeman 16 10 16 15 - 57

LIBERTY Howard 2, Cory 12, Neihart 2, Bothman 4, Prince 4, Gardner 2, Adams 0, Polione 7.

FREEMAN Watson 0, Pratt 2, Dahmen 6, McCathern 8, Wilkerson 8, Watkins 22, Moberg 7, Graham 4.

Reardan Tournament

Reardan 65, Columbia 37

Kristen Turner scored 12 of her 24 points in the third quarter, and Katie Supinger added 19 rebounds to guide the host Indians (6-0) over the Lions (1-4).

Weather delayed the tourney by one day. Reardan will play Selkirk for the title tonight at 5:45. The consolation game has been canceled because Columbia can’t attend.

Columbia 11 10 6 10 - 37

Reardan 19 18 15 13 - 65

COLUMBIA Sampson 2, Schrack 2, Etue 4, Strickler 9, L.Dale 13, Dashiell 4, J.Schrack 1, Berg 2.

REARDAN Cassaro 0, Jayne 8, Schwartz 4, Krupke 13, Evans 0, Soliday 0, Plummer 2, Turner 24, Supinger 14.

Selkirk 54, Davenport 31

Molly Carlson had 10 rebounds and the Rangers (6-2) used their half-court trap to stop the Gorillas (3-4).

Selkirk 12 14 14 14 - 54

Davenport 10 8 8 5 - 31

SELKIRK Barnes 6, Sharp 4, Smith 4, Grass 2, Jones 0, Weaver 0, Allert 7, Dury 14, Porter 7, Carlson 10.

DAVENPORT Marriott 6, Reed 0, Schreck 8, Lust 5, Bolyard 2, Anderson 0, Pauls 2, Cowdrey 8, Guhkle 0.

Springdale Tournament

Springdale 66, Cusick 31

Cindy Cates scored 26 points and the host Chargers (3-4) forced 28 steals and 34 turnovers to beat the Panthers (0-8).

Cates and Wendi Stricker had eight rebounds to lead a 35-28 advantage.

In a game that doesn’t count in standings, Wellpinit, a winner Friday, beat the Springdale alumni 58-38.

Non-league

Republic 41, ACH 33

Melissa Friend had 21 rebounds and the Tigers (5-1) totaled 33 offensive boards to beat the visiting Warriors (1-4).

ACH missed 9 of 15 free throws.

ACH 6 6 9 12 - 33

Republic 11 8 15 7 - 41

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Malone 6, Pinar 4, Maes 3, Roberts 2, Dormaier 12, Horter 4, Giese 2, Andersen 0.

REPUBLIC Tietsort 0, Dinkins 0, Stonehocker 4, Young 6, Campobasso 0, Prichett 2, Davis 6, Wilson 8, Pfaffle 0, Friend 15.

Ritzville 65, L-W 46

Shannon Russel made five 3-pointers and scored 25 points to guide the Broncos (8-2) over the visiting Tigercats (3-5).

Ritzville coach John Foulkes, stranded in Seattle for two days by the weather, arrived 3 minutes before the game.

LaCrosse-Wash. 11 6 12 17 - 46

Ritzville 15 22 17 11 - 65

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA R.Schneider 4, Cronrath 13, Kinch 4, Wigen 10, Larsen 5, Thompson 2, N.Schneider 8, Kunkel 0.

RITZVILLE J.Wellsandt 0, Warriner 0, Kramer 6, Horpedahl 8, M.Wellsandt 6, Russel 25, Yerxa 11, Alspach 9, Zicha 0, Benzel 0.

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