Kellogg Hits 67 Percent In Thumping Of Post Falls

Area boys

Kellogg took its time to warm up on Saturday, but was downright sizzling when it finally did.

The Wildcats (14-2) shot 67 percent from the floor in the third quarter and made 20 of 25 free throws for the game in beating visiting Post Falls 74-55 in a non-league game. Kellogg trailed by two points at halftime

Casey Fisher had 12 rebounds to lead Kellogg. Austin Lee of the Trojans (9-8) had seven rebounds.

Kellogg 74, Post Falls 55

Post Falls 11 14 13 17 - 55 Kellogg 11 12 27 24 - 74

POST FALLS Bechel 3, Alexander 5, Quesnell 9, McLean 2, Hollenbeck 14, Campbell 4, O’Briant 8, Lee 4, Shepherd 0, Juhlin 6.

KELLOGG Mercado 4, Corkill 6, Behm 16, Hansen 9, Kohal 11, Fisher 13, Towne 2, Rice 3, Carlson 6, Little 4.

Lakeside 71, Wallace 65 (2OT)

Ken Pluff hit a 3-pointer to tie the game with 7 seconds left in the first overtime, then he, Brendon Nelson and Buck Allen had two free throws apiece in the second OT as the visiting Knights (13-3) beat the Miners (6-11) in a non-leaguer.

Allen had eight rebounds for Lakeside, which hit 21 of 27 free throws. Ryan Nipp had 10 rebounds and John Heyn seven steals for Wallace.

Lakeside 13 13 14 11 8 12 - 71 Wallace 9 16 14 12 9 6 - 65

LAKESIDE Twoteeth 12, Nelson 10, Pluff 7, Montague 8, Wolfe 0, Lambert 13, Matheson 4, Allen 17, Meshell 0.

WALLACE Carlson 0, Grattic 0, St.Peter 0, Heyn 5, McKinnon 0, Cotter 16, Schillerett 9, Nipp 16, Hegbloom 11, Stutzke 8.

Intermountain

Moscow 58, Bonners Ferry 49

Defensive pressure in the fourth quarter and 15 offensive rebounds in the second half allowed the visiting Bears (12-3, 5-1) to rally over the Badgers (8-7, 4-3).

Brian Meeker had eight rebounds for Bonners Ferry, which lost to Moscow by 44 the first time the teams met.

Moscow 7 14 20 17 - 58 Bonners Ferry 10 17 16 6 - 49

MOSCOW Dudley 12, Strobel 2, Miller 13, Petersen 11, Lathen 5, Z.Johnson 6, Stinebaugh 0, Keep 6, Owen 3.

BONNERS FERRY A.Hiatt 17, Hubbard 0, Meeker 12, Ashby 4, Ross 5, Staples 0, Robertson 4, Carey 7.

Bi-County

Liberty 79, Sprague-Harr. 74 (OT)

Liberty and Sprague-Harrington needed overtime in their final game to prove which one deserved a higher seed into the Bi-County League Tournament.

Travis Greenwalt scored 30 points Saturday, including 7 of 8 free throws in the fourth quarter and OT, as the visiting and sixth-ranked Lancers (14-5, 11-3) edged the Falcons.

S-H (12-8, 9-5) needed a three-point win to secure the No. 3 seed and an opening-round bye to the tourney that begins Tuesday at Reardan. Instead, Liberty earned the bye and the fifth-seeded Falcons play a loser-out game against Wilbur-Creston.

Liberty 18 19 9 20 13 - 79 Sprague-Harr. 14 14 19 19 8 - 74

LIBERTY Cory 5, P.Rafter 6, Horlacher 4, J.Rafter 12, Cornwall 21, Tee 0, Greenwalt 30, Mix 0.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Wagner 5, Bly 10, Shields 0, Putney 8, Countryman 20, Kupers 0, Hattrup 18, Carper 13, Vold 0.

Odessa 52, Lind 29

The visiting Tigers (10-9, 7-7) forced 23 turnovers to beat the Bulldogs (1-17, 1-13). Odessa, the No. 6 seed, plays a loser-out game Tuesday against No. 7 Valley Christian. Rob Schrenk recorded a school-record 150th blocked shot for Lind, which ended its year with a 13-game skid.

Odessa 9 8 12 23 - 52 Lind 10 5 6 8 - 29

ODESSA Kramer 4, Starkel 2, Melcher 14, Carlson 12, Carroll 0, Z.Schafer 2, Hardung 2, Grall 8, Pitts 2, Praetorius 6.

LIND Sheckells 2, Ruiz 2, Williamson 0, Montejano 6, Pennel 0, Dutton 0, Sackmann 4, Schrenk 14, Palmer 1, Wills 0.

V.Christian 78, Davenport 67

Jeremy Sandin and Aaron Asbury combined for 56 points - 20 in the fourth quarter - and 33 rebounds as the visiting Panthers (9-11, 5-9) ended the season for the Gorillas (6-13, 4-10).

Valley Christian 20 16 16 26 - 78 Davenport 18 9 21 19 - 67

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Decker 7, Stager 0, Teterud 4, Spuler 5, Holcomb 0, Sears 5, Asbury 27, Sandin 29, King 0.

DAVENPORT Buchanan 19, Deal 2, Swain 7, Parsons 14, Telecky 10, Fitzpatrick 0, McClure 0, Turnbough 15.

ACH 68, Christ.Heritage 36

At Hartline, Topher Goodwin scored 14 second-quarter points, Cameron Carstensen had nine assists and Aaron Murray added eight rebounds as the third-ranked Warriors (15-2, 13-1) beat the visiting Patriots (6-13, 2-12).

ACH, the top seed, has a bye in the league tournament until Saturday. CH is done with its season.

Chr. Heritage 6 14 12 4 - 36 ACH 13 23 17 15 - 68

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE J.Bishop 0, Klein 6, J.Fischer 4, B.Newbill 3, B.Bishop 0, J.Newbill 0, Bell 15, T.Fischer 8.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Higginbotham 0, Pierce 3, Murray 10, M. Elder 10, Behne 4, Carstensen 13, Neilsen 5, Goodwin 16, J.Evers 2, K.Evers 2, C. Elder 3, Durrant 0.

Ritzville 68, Wilb.-Creston 50

At Wilbur, a big first quarter launched the visiting Broncos (12-7, 9-5) over the Wildcats (4-14, 4-10). W-C’s Beau Tonasket had nine rebounds.

Ritzville is the No. 4 seed to the league tourney and has a bye until Friday. Because it beat Davenport (6-13, 4-10) in head-to-head competition, W-C squeezed in as No. 8.

Ritzville 22 14 20 12 - 68 Wilbur-Creston 9 14 8 19 - 50

RITZVILLE T.DeVore 15, Benzel 7, Duff 0, S.Galbreath 16, D.DeVore 0, J.Galbreath 10, Taylor 0, Russel 7, Boness 12, Arlt 1.

WILBUR-CRESTON Leonard 2, Sapier 0, L.Katich 9, Tonasket 17, Gleason 8, Samuels 0, Kuchenbuch 9, Bahr 1, S.Katich 4, Goodwin 0, Krouse 0.

Panorama

St. George’s 57, Columbia 21

Dylan Averett finished with 23 points, seven steals and six rebounds as the Dragons (18-2, 16-0) matched their school’s girls team with a perfect league record.

St. George’s, which has won 14 straight, opens league tournament play at home Wednesday against North No. 4 Inchelium. The visiting Lions (0-18, 0-15) end their season on a 28-game skid.

Columbia 4 0 9 8 - 21 St. George’s 16 19 20 2 - 57

COLUMBIA Kastelic 1, McRea 11, Hofstetter 0, Wilson 0, Niedhart 0, Smith 0, Cornwall 6, Covington 3, Dockins 0, Wilson 0, Carlson 0.

ST. GEORGE’S Spencer 0, Tseng 1, Kennedy 11, Sadler 3, Kuney 7, Charbonneau 6, Laugen 4, Averett 23, Routh-Corker 0, DePonty 2, Col 0.

Republic 41, NW Christian 29

The North Division-champion Tigers (18-2, 15-1) warmed up for league playoffs by topping the visiting Crusaders (13-7, 11-5) for their area-high 15th straight win. Republic hosts either Springdale or St. Michael’s on Wednesday; South No. 3 NWC travels to North No. 2 Wellpinit.

NW Christian 7 2 8 12 - 29 Republic 13 10 6 12 - 41

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Mortlock 0, West 0, Marr 6, McCormick 0, Affeldt 19, Klaja 2, Phelps 0, Crouch 2.

REPUBLIC Michaels 0, Finlay 0, Rickard 13, Baldwin 17, Dav.Hanks 4, Dan.Hanks 0, Burt 2, Grimm 0, Kuchenmeister 2, Wilson 3.

Curlew 59, St. Michael’s 45

The visiting Cougars (11-9, 9-7) had a 19-4 edge in free-throw attempts and held the Warriors (4-14, 4-11) to 25-percent shooting from the field.

Curlew, No. 3 from the North, opens the league tourney at South No. 2 Selkirk. St. Michael’s plays a makeup game against Columbia on Monday, with a win forcing a playoff against Springdale for South No. 4.

Curlew 11 8 19 21 - 59 St. Michael’s 5 3 14 23 - 45

CURLEW Paul 6, Miller 12, Davis 3, Brucklier 5, Nelson 9, Sanchez 0, Edwards 0, Karl 9, Cribby 0, Prazak 15.

ST. MICHAEL’S Vogel 12, Sandquist 0, Edwards 0, Argentino 21, Baarstad 12, LaJoie 0, Harding 0.

Selkirk 68, Inchelium 56

Nathan Dial scored 20 and the Rangers (16-4, 13-3) used a half-court trap in the third quarter to topple the visiting Hornets (6-12, 6-10).

Brandon Sutton scored 25 for Inchelium.

Inchelium 20 12 13 11 - 56 Selkirk 11 14 23 20 - 68

INCHELIUM J.D. Finley 2, C.Finley 6, Desautel 3, Pakootas 0, M.Finley 6, Lawrence 0, Sutton 25, Flett 0, Christianson 14.

SELKIRK Coppock 4, Kinney 0, Farris 7, Gere 0, J.Davis 14, Pichette 16, Huffine 7, Dial 20, Fandrey 0.

Springdale 80, Northport 73

Josh McCurdy scored 27 and Ben Peterson added 23 points and 16 rebounds as the Chargers (6-14, 5-11) beat the visiting Mustangs (6-14, 4-12). Guy Baribault had 12 rebounds for Northport, which ended its season with a seven-game skid.

Northport 14 20 16 23 - 73 Springdale 24 14 22 20 - 80

NORTHPORT Dufresne 3, Ashurst 11, Murphy 0, Aar.Day 10, Mine 18, Baribault 11, Jiminez 14, Ad.Day 0, Carlson 0, Buffan 6.

SPRINGDALE Brisbois 2, Farnsworth 0, Nolander 0, Meyers 2, McCurdy 27, Gardiner 0, Peterson 23, Blanchard 4, Hargrave 9, Lozano 4, Nortz 4, Canfield 3.

Wellpinit 67, Cusick 63 (OT)

Jason Holt had 15 rebounds and scored six points in overtime, and Perry Pakootas added 10 assists to lead the Redskins (11-8, 9-7) over the visiting Panthers (4-15, 3-13).

Wellpinit, because it beat Curlew twice, is North No. 2.

Cusick 11 16 19 11 6 - 63 Wellpinit 16 12 15 14 10 - 67

CUSICK Scott 10, Hamilton 6, Waldman 3, Meek 4, Chantry 2, Martin 4, Birchall 4, Russell 18, S.Finley 12.

WELLPINIT J.Holt 17, Denison 8, A.Flett 9, LeBret 10, D.Tonasket 7, M.Tonasket 0, Andrew 3, Pakootas 13.

Whitman County

Gar.-Palouse 78, Colton 44

At Palouse, Jeremy Fox made 5 of 6 3-pointers to lead the 10th-ranked Vikings (15-4, 9-0) over the visiting Wildcats (3-17, 0-10) for their 13th win in 14 games.

Gar-Pal plays a makeup game against LaCrosse-Washtucna (14-5, 8-1) on Monday. An L-W win would force a tiebreaker for the No. 1 seed to the league tournament at Endicott. Colton, No. 6 and loser of 16 straight, opens the tourney Friday with a loser-out game against No. 3 Rosalia.

Colton 12 11 4 17 - 44 Garfield-Palouse 11 25 22 20 - 78

COLTON T.Druffel 0, Busch 2, Bingeman 0, Truong 3, Weber 2, Wallace 13, E.Druffel 2, Bates 12, Moss 10, Hopwood 0.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Raugust 1, Hill 15, Bischoff 3, Coles 9, Fox 19, Gearhart 2, Miller 8, Hegg 7, Thurston 7, Sheffler 2, Million 2, Tiegs 0.

L-W 65, Tekoa-Oakes. 50

At Washtucna, league scoring leader Troy Nealey tallied 22, Jeremy Daniel had seven assists, and Daniel and Casey Rouleau were each 6 of 8 from the floor as the Tigercats beat the visiting Nighthawks (4-16, 3-7).

L-W has won 12 of its last 13. T-O, the fifth-seed, plays No. 4 St. John-Endicott in a loser-out game Friday.

Tekoa-Oakes. 7 16 17 10 - 50 LaCrosse-Wash. 15 9 26 15 - 65

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Teal 0, Fox 10, Freeburg 3, Wall 12, Perrins 3, Crooks 6, Zornes 0, French 10, Graffis 6, T. Freeburg 3.

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 22, Swenson 0, Ledbetter 9, Rouleau 14, Daniel 16, Kinch 0, Roberts 0, J.Whitman 4.

Rosalia 60, SJE 43

At St. John, Brian Maley eclipsed 1,000 points for his career, and he, Jon Naught and Tysen Blank had nine rebounds apiece as the Spartans (11-9, 5-5) beat the visiting Eagles (5-14, 4-6) to secure third.

SJE 13 3 19 8 - 43 Rosalia 14 6 18 22 - 60

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Kleweno 8, Colyar 2, Strader 11, Gering 10, Jordan 2, Hergert 10, Phillips 0.

ROSALIA Bernard 1, VanGrimbergen 2, Maley 10, Naught 6, Scheele 19, Goyke 0, Finley 6, Slemp 2, Blank 14.

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