Voila! Ala Leads Dragons Past Crusaders In Tourney

Luke Kennedy’s three-point play along with two free throws by Jason Ala late in the fourth quarter gave St. George’s a 45-41 win over visiting Northwest Christian in the Panorama League tournament semifinals Saturday.

The Dragons (20-2) earned an automatic berth in the District 7-B Tournament. St. George’s, which has won 16 straight, will play Republic, winners of 17 straight, on Friday at Colville for the top seed.

The Crusaders (14-8) will take on Inchelium in a loser-out contest on Tuesday at NWC.

St. George’s 45, NW Christian 41

NW Christian 11 14 7 9- 41

St. George’s 12 11 11 11- 45

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN West 17, Marr 2, McCormick 0, Affeldt 11, Klaja 2, A.Crouch 5, Smith 4.

ST. GEORGE’S Tseng 5, Kennedy 5, Kuney 2, Ala 14, Laugen 6, Averett 13.

Republic 45, Selkirk 37

Jason Baldwin scored nine of his game-high 23 during a pivotal third quarter to lead the Tigers (20-2) to a win over the visiting Rangers (17-5).

Wellpinit will travel to Selkirk for a loser-out game on Tuesday.

Selkirk 7 10 6 14- 37

Republic 12 5 14 14- 45

SELKIRK S.Davis 0, Kinney 2, Larson 11, Farris 0, Gere 0, J.Davis 6, Pichette 6, Huffine 1, Dial 11, Fandrey 0, Pyeatt 0.

REPUBLIC Michaels 0, Finlay 0, Rickard 5, Baldwin 23, Hanks 8, Eich 0, Burt 0, Grimm 0, Kuchenmeister 6, Wilson 3.

Wellpinit 65, Curlew 62 (OT)

Adrian Holt scored a game-high 26 and the visiting Redskins (8-13) held the Cougars (12-10) to one point in overtime during a loser-out game.

Wes Paul, who finished with 11 points, hit a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left to send the game into overtime.

Wellpinit 21 10 9 21 4- 65

Curlew 21 14 13 13 1- 62

WELLPINIT Cates 0, J.Holt 6, A.Holt 26, Denison 4, A.Flett 0, LeBret 4, D.Tonasket 5, M.Tonasket 0, Andrew 5, Pakootas 15.

CURLEW Paul 11, Miller 16, Davis 0, Brucklier 9, Nelson 13, Sanchez 0, Edwards 0, Karl 3, Cribby 0, Prazak 10.

Inchelium 69, Springdale 64

Shawn Christianson scored a game-high 26 and added 15 rebounds and Joe Pakootas added 20 points to lead the Hornets (8-12) to a win over the visiting Chargers (7-16) in a loser-out game. Ben Peterson scored 23 for Springdale.

Springdale 17 16 12 18- 64

Inchelium 16 19 12 22- 69

SPRINGDALE Farnsworth 0, Nolander 10, Meyers 0, McCurdy 15, Gardiner 1, Peterson 23, Hargrave 6, Nortz 6, Meyers 0, Canfield 2.

INCHELIUM C.Finley 2, Swan 2, Evans 0, Desautel 5, Tonasket 0, Pakootas 20, M.Finley 4, Lawrence 0, Sutton 10, Johnson 0, Christianson 26.

Bi-County Tournament

Reardan 62, Liberty 58

Travis Titchenal scored a game-high 20 and Robb Soliday added 16 more to lead the Indians (18-2) to a win over the Lancers (15-6) in the semifinals at Reardan.

Reardan, which has won 13 of its last 14 games, assured itself of a berth in the District 7-B Tournament. The Indians play Almira/Coulee-Hartline Thursday for the top seed.

Liberty will take on Wilbur-Creston in a Tuesday loser-out contest.

Liberty 15 19 13 11- 58

Reardan 18 15 16 13- 62

REARDAN Jenkin 0, Lane 0, Graham 5, Ro.Soliday 16, Re.Soliday 1, Kiger 13, Martin 0, Titchenal 20, Eastman 7, Jernstrom 0, Eller 0, Krupke 0.

LIBERTY Cory 4, P.Rafter 15, Horlacher 5, Schirmer 0, Cooper 2, J.Rafter 7, Cornwall 9, Tee 0, Greenwalt 14, Mix 0, Halling 0.

ACH 43, Ritzville 40

The Warriors (17-2), behind the 13 points of Aaron Murray, rallied from a first-half deficit to upend the Broncos (14-8).

Ritzville, which will play Valley Christian in a loser-out contest Tuesday, was led by the 21 points of John Galbreath.

Ritzville 5 12 7 16- 40

ACH 11 4 9 19- 43

RITZVILLE T.DeVore 11, Marcus 0, Benzel 0, Duff 2, S.Galbreath 3, D.DeVore 0, J.Galbreath 21, Taylor 0, Russel 3, Boness 0, Arlt 0.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Higginbotham 0, Pierce 3, Murray 13, Elder 8, Leander 0, Durrant 0, Behne 0, Carstensen 6, Neilsen 0, Goodwin 2, J.Evers 0, K.Evers 11.

Northeast A League

Chewelah 91, Freeman 57

Jeremy Landram scored 11 of his 24 in the second quarter, and Greg Belzer scored 13 of his 26 in the third as the second-ranked and league champion Cougars (17-2, 14-0) beat the visiting Scotties (14-6, 9-5).

Landram added 11 assists and six steals. Steve Murbach had nine rebounds for Chewelah, which has a first-round bye at district. Garen Friberg scored 23 for Freeman, which can be tied for the No. 3 spot if Medical Lake wins a makeup game today.

Freeman 17 10 13 17- 57

Chewelah 19 23 28 21- 91

FREEMAN Odle 0, Aa.Hill 5, Miller 2, An.Hill 5, Reed 8, Sheffield 0, Friberg 23, Schmidt 5, Schuerman 9.

CHEWELAH Je.Landram 24, Meserve 3, Murbach 5, Wissink 2, Skok 7, Ja.Landram 0, Boone 14, Belzer 26, Rogers 4, Rainer 6.

Colfax 64, Kettle Falls 59 (OT)

Andy Asbjornsen scored 15, including a pair of crucial free throws late in overtime, as the visiting Bulldogs (7-12, 6-7) hung on to defeat KF (4-15, 2-11).

Cy Berryman of KF scored a game-high 16.

Colfax 15 16 13 13 7- 64

Kettle Falls 15 15 15 12 2- 59

COLFAX Kehne 2, Van Dyke 12, Asbjornsen 15, Becker 12, Curtis 2, Keck 5, Conklin 2, Zimmerman 0, Stoner 12, Hall 2.

KETTLE FALLS Entwhistle 9, Gordon 1, Link 3, Williams 6, Kulusza 8, Berryman 16, Newton 5, Delony 11.

Whitman County Tourney

SJE 61, T-O 52

Conner Kleweno and Nick Strader each scored six in the third quarter to lead the Eagles (6-14) over the Nighthawks (4-17) in a loser-out game at Endicott.

The win sends SJE on to face league champion Garfield-Palouse tonight. T-O’s Trevor Fox scored 24.

Tekoa-Oakes. 17 7 13 15- 52

St. John-Endicott 17 9 20 15- 61

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Teal 3, Brown 0, Fox 24, Freeburg 18, Wall 0, Perrins 1, Crooks 2, Marsh 0, Brogan 0, Zornes 0, French 4, Graffis 0.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Kleweno 14, Colyar 10, Strader 16, Gering 6, Jordan 2, Hergert 13, Stolmeier 0, Phillips 0, Bafus 0.

Rosalia 48, Colton 43

David Finley tossed in 10 points to spark the Spartans (12-9) over the Wildcats (3-18) in a loser-out game.

Rosalia advances to an afternoon matchup with second-seeded LaCrosse-Washtucna today. Nick Bates scored 17 for Colton, which closed out its season with 17 straight losses.

Colton 5 9 12 17- 43

Rosalia 8 6 18 16- 48

COLTON T.Druffel 0, Busch 5, Bingeman 0, Truong 0, Weber 0, Wallace 11, E.Druffel 3, Bates 17, Semler 0, Moss 7, Hopwood 0.

ROSALIA Bernard 0, Peterson 0, VanGrimbergen 3, Maley 9, Naught 4, Scheele 3, Goyke 0, Finley 10, Slemp 0, Blank 9.

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