Riverside Whips Pullman With Balanced Scoring

Frontier League

Kasey Ahrens had 10 rebounds and joined four teammates with 11 or more points Tuesday as Riverside (13-6, 7-4) beat visiting Pullman 73-55 at Chattaroy to creep closer to the second-place Greyhounds (12-6, 7-3).

Riverside clinched at least a tie for a district berth. Pullman made nine 3-pointers - three apiece by Jeremiah Donati and Nick Mirkovich.

Riverside 73, Pullman 55

Pullman 17 10 13 15 - 55

Riverside 8 21 22 21 - 73

PULLMAN Svingen 1 0-0 3, Holmes 0 0-0 0, Schotzko 0 0-0 0, Berry 2 2-2 6, Wang 2 1-2 7, Donati 3 0-0 9, Wilde 6 1-1 13, Mirkovich 4 2-3 13, Shinall 1 0-0 2, Marong 1 0-0 2, Watters 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 6-8 55.

RIVERSIDE Otto 2 0-0 5, Hodgson 4 2-2 12, Koesel 0 1-2 1, Lundberg 4 5-6 13, Monroe 4 5-7 15, Johnson 4 3-4 11, Hansen 0 0-0 0, Ahrens 5 5-6 15, Finch 0 0-0 0, Daubel 0 1-2 1. Totals 23 22-29 73.

3-point goals - Svingen, Wang 2, Donati 3, Mirkovich 3, Otto, Hodgson 2, Monroe 2. Total fouls - Pullman 22, Riverside 9. Fouled out - Wilde.

Clarkston 72, East Valley 67

Adam Johnson had seven of his 11 steals in the second half and the Bantams (8-8, 5-5) made 11 of 14 fourth-quarter free throws to beat the visiting Knights (5-14, 2-9) and keep their playoff hopes flickering.

Clarkston trails Cheney (6-4) for the fourth and final district spot. Brad Wilson of EV scored 22 and made six of his team’s 11 3-pointers.

East Valley 16 22 17 12 - 67

Clarkston 21 17 12 22 - 72

EAST VALLEY - Johnson 0 0-0 0, LeGrant 5 3-5 16, Wilson 8 0-0 22, Snyder 1 0-0 2, Unser 2 0-0 4, Anderson 1 4-4 7, Freund 1 1-2 3, Sams 1 0-0 2, Hansen 1 0-0 3, Spotted Horse 4 0-0 8. Totals 24 8-11 67.

CLARKSTON Johnson 8 1-1 19, Cunningham 0 2-2 2, J.Martin 6 5-5 18, Burns 2 1-2 5, Jelinek 5 2-3 12, S.Martin 1 0-0 2, Chatigny 4 5-6 13, Porter 0 0-0 0, Orr 0 1-3 1. Totals 26 17-22 72.

3-point goals - LeGrant 3, Wilson 6, Anderson, Hansen, Johnson 2, Martin. Total fouls - EV 18, Clarkston 13. Fouled out - Spotted-Horse.

GIRLS

Riverside 41, Pullman 38

At Chattaroy, Nicki Snyder’s basket with 40 seconds left and Bernice Stime’s two late free throws helped the Rams (12-7, 7-4) replace the visiting Greyhounds (6-12, 6-4) in second place and clinch a district berth.

Abbey Wood of Riverside and Pullman’s Molly Fisher had 10 rebounds apiece. Pullman trailed 32-19 late in the third quarter before it began a 19-5 run.

Pullman 7 6 8 17 - 38

Riverside 14 8 10 9 - 41

PULLMAN Nelson 0 0-0 0, Umbreit 0 0-0 0, Clancy 0 0-0 0, Fisher 2 2-3 6, Schlettert 0 0-0 0, Weeks 5 4-4 14, Montez 0 0-0 0, Wilde 7 1-4 17, Paulson 0 1-2 1. Totals 14 8-13 38.

RIVERSIDE Lamarche 0 0-0 0, Snyder 2 0-0 4, Whittekiend 0 0-0 0, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Day 2 0-0 4, Stime 5 4-4 17, Wood 3 0-0 6, McMurphy 0 2-2 2, Shorts 4 0-3 8. Totals 16 6-9 41.

3-point goals - Wilde 2, Stime 3. Total fouls - Pullman 7, Riverside 15. Fouled out - Day. Technicals - None.

East Valley 62, Clarkston 39

Star Olson scored 22 and the visiting Knights (10-9, 5-6) shot 50 percent from the floor to beat the Bantams (1-16, 1-9) and move ahead of idle Colville (4-6) in the race for the fourth and final district berth.

East Valley 19 8 16 19 - 62

Clarkston 10 10 6 13 - 39

EAST VALLEY K.Olson 1 0-0 2, Mackey 0 0-0 0, Cook 0 0-0 0, Porter 2 0-1 5, Jackowich 2 0-1 4, S.Olson 9 4-4 22, Hatch 0 1-2 1, Parsley 6 0-2 12, Overdorff 4 2-2 10, Cochran 0 0-0 0, Combs 3 0-0 6. Totals 27 7-12 62.

CLARKSTON Frei 3 0-2 6, Blankinship 2 0-0 4, King 3 0-0 6, Knopes 0 0-0 0, Martin 0 0-0 0, Heytvelt 3 0-0 6, Poskey 6 2-2 15, Wilson 1 0-0 2, Jacobs 0 0-0 0, Metcalf 0 0-0 0, Haight 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 2-4 39.

3-point goals - Poskey, Porter. Total fouls - East Valley 11, Clarkston 15. Fouled out - None. Technicals - None.

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