Reardan Emphasizes Perfection

High school boys basketball

What’s the difference between a pair of 5-0 teams?

Thirty points, as it turned out Saturday when Reardan opened its Christmas tournament with a 67-37 win over Selkirk. James Kiger had 12 rebounds and Peter Eastman 19 points and five assists for the Indians (6-0), who held the Rangers (5-1) scoreless in the fourth quarter.

Reardan will play St. George’s at 7:30 tonight for the title. The consolation game was canceled. The tourney had been delayed one day because of travel conditions.

Reardan 67, Selkirk 37

Selkirk 10 15 12 0 - 37

Reardan 19 20 18 10 - 67

SELKIRK Davis 0, Larson 16, Kinney 3, Farris 3, Gere 2, Huffine 9, Lopes 0, Pyeatt 4.

REARDAN Jenkin 0, Brown 1, Soliday 4, Titchenal 10, Martin 4, Eastman 19, Graham 4, Flaa 0, Kiger 15.

St. George’s 55, Wellpinit 49

Dan Kuney scored 20 points, including 11-of-11 shooting from the free-throw line, to lead the Dragons (4-2) over the Redskins (4-2). Kuney made 9 of 9 free throws in the second half. Wellpinit’s Dominic Tonasket scored 19.

St. George’s 12 11 9 23 - 55

Wellpinit 10 13 17 9 - 49

ST. GEORGE’S D.Dhillon 8, J.Dhillon 3, DePonty 12, Blume 0, Sadler 7, Wang 3, Kuney 20, Thompson 2.

WELLPINIT Andrew 6, D.Flett 3, T.Flett 0, Garrett 9, LeBret 2, Pakootas 10, D.Tonasket 19.

Non-league

Ritzville 75, L-W 58

John Galbreath scored 26 points and the Broncos (9-0) made 18 of 29 firsthalf field goals to break the visiting Tigercats’ seven-game winning streak.

Danny Duff had seven assists for Ritzville, which outscored L-W 16-6 at the free-throw line. Troy Nealey scored 19 for the Tigercats (7-2), who opened their season with a nine-point loss to Ritzville.

LaCrosse-Wash. 18 8 12 20 - 58

Ritzville 23 21 13 18 - 75

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 19, Schweiger 4, Ledbetter 17, Rouleau 8, Henley 3, Whitman 4, Blankenship 3, Anderson 0.

RITZVILLE Arlt 4, Benzel 4, Duff 4, Boness 14, Marcus 0, DeVore 0, J.Galbreath 28, S.Galbreath 16, Russel 5, Taylor 0.

Freeman Tournament

Freeman 66, Liberty 56

D.J. Goldsmith had 10 rebounds and teamed with Andy Schmidt to hold down Travis Greenwalt as the host Scotties (5-3) beat the Lancers (4-3) in the title game for their fifth straight victory.

Greenwalt, who has averaged 25 points in Bi-County League play, scored 10 and fouled out with 6 minutes left. Liberty’s Jeremy Engle scored 20 on 8-of-10 shooting from the floor, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range.

Liberty 17 17 8 14 - 56

Freeman 15 21 9 21 - 66

LIBERTY Wiman 0, B.Cory 9, Engle 20, Horlacher 7, J.Holling 0, Johnson 5, Cooper 5, C.Holling 0, Tee 0, Greenwalt 10.

FREEMAN Hill 14, Miller 11, S.Simmons 7, Schmidt 10, Jones 5, Sheffield 9, Goldsmith 8, White 4.

NWC 55, Tekoa-Oakesdale 34

Andy Crouch scored 20 points and the Crusaders (3-4) held the Nighthawks (3-5) to 30-percent shooting from the floor to win the consolation game.

Northwest Christian made 25 of 49 field goals (51 percent).

NW Christian 19 14 9 13 - 55

Tekoa-Oakes. 13 3 13 5 - 34

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Mortlock 7, Smith 4, Affeldt 15, A.Crouch 20, M.Crouch 7, Wolf 0, Malott 2.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Fox 5, Brown 2, Teal 5, Brogan 0, Taylor 2, Peringer 0, Zornes 8, Graffis 12, Smith 0, Crossett 0.

Chewelah Tournament

Northport 61, Columbia 45

Aaron Day scored 21 points and Joe Dufrense had 14 rebounds to guide the Mustangs (3-4) over the Lions (0-6) in the consolation game.

Columbia’s Brandon Neidhart scored 21.

Because Pullman couldn’t make it to the tourney, Chewelah’s varsity let the junior varsity play against Class B competition. Chewelah’s JV beat J.R. Crowe of British Columbia 48-39 for the title.

Columbia 2 9 19 15 - 45

Northport 16 13 14 18 - 61

COLUMBIA McLean 2, Etue 2, Kastelic 0, Neidhart 21, Philpot 3, Cornwall 0, Carlson 0, Smith 15.

NORTHPORT Dufrense 11, Morrow 4, Carlson 0, Aaro.Day 21, Timmering 0, Godes 0, Aari.Day 3, Fredrickson 14, Reed 0, Bennetch 0, Ad.Day 8.

Valley Christian Tournament

VC 79, St. Michael’s 44

Jay King had nine rebounds to lead a 39-26 advantage as the host Panthers (7-2) beat the Warriors (1-6) in the title game.

VC’s Tim Dahl added four assists.

Falls Christian of Post Falls beat Canadian team R.F. Staples in the consolation. No details were reported.

St. Michael’s 10 15 8 11 - 44

Valley Christian 14 26 21 18 - 79

ST. MICHAEL’S B.Argentino 15, N.Argentino 4, Baarstad 6, Lajoie 12, Lakin 5, Bittner 0, South 0, Edwards 2.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Dahl 13, Schlafmann 9, Decker 5, Evans 2, Teterud 8, Meyer 6, Jump 0, Sears 10, Gass 6, Sandin 6, King 14.

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