Cheney Girls Start Quickly In Pursuit Of Another Title

After one week of Frontier League basketball, Cheney’s girls appear primed for a repeat performance.

Anna Getz had 15 rebounds and eight assists Saturday as the defending champion Blackhawks (2-0, 8-2) earned a 55-44 win over visiting East Valley (1-1, 4-4), which figures to be one of Cheney’s top pursuers. Cheney has won seven straight.

Cheney led 32-29 in the third quarter when it began a 16-5 streak over 6 minutes.

Cheney 55, East Valley 44

East Valley 8 13 9 14 - 44

Cheney 9 17 10 19 - 55

EAST VALLEY Cook 3 0-0 6, Porter 1 3-4 5, Jackowich 0 0-0 0, S. Olsen 3 1-2 7, Parsley 4 2-2 10, Overdorff 6 4-8 16, Cochran 0 0-0 0, Combs 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 10-16 44.

CHENEY Ewing 3 0-2 6, Bifano 0 0-0 0, Weitman 3 6-6 12, Getz 4 1-2 10, Anderson 3 3-6 9, Sooy 2 0-0 4, Reagan 6 2-2 14. Total 21 12-17 55.

3-point goals - Getz. Total fouls - EV 16, Cheney 17. Fouled out - Reagan.

Colville 49, Clarkston 30

Melissa Wollan’s 12 points led a balanced attack and the victorious Indians (1-0, 5-4) held the visiting Bantams (0-2, 0-7) to nine field goals.

Clarkston 4 10 7 9 - 30

Colville 11 16 14 8 - 49

CLARKSTON Blankenship 1 0-0 2, King 3 2-7 8, Martin 0 0-0 0, Knopes 0 0-0 0, Heytvelt 0 0-0 0, Poskey 4 4-9 12, Wilson 0 1-2 1, Jacobs 0 0-0 0, Metcalf 1 3-4 5, Hearsey 0 1-2 1, Haight 0 1-2 1. Totals 9 12-26 30.

COLVILLE Wood 0 0-0 0, Sherwood 1 1-4 3, Spies 1 1-2 3, Hedrick 2 1-2 5, Deardorf 1 2-2 4, H.Brown 2 0-0 4, Anderson 4 2-3 10, T.Brown 0 1-2 1, Wollan 5 2-2 12, Simpson 2 3-7 7. Totals 18 13-24 49.

Total fouls - Clarkston 17, Colville 21.

Riverside at Pullman, ppd.

No reason for the postponement was given. A makeup date is scheduled to be announced Monday.

Boys

Cheney 76, East Valley 52 Tucker Urdahl hit four 3-pointers on the way to 22 points and added six assists and four steals as the Blackhawks (1-1, 3-6) beat the visiting Knights (0-2, 2-6).

Rick DeMulling added 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

East Valley 11 15 11 15 - 52

Cheney 23 25 14 14 - 76

EAST VALLEY Johnson 2 1-2 5, LeGrant 2 0-0 6, Wilson 3 0-1 9, Unser 2 0-0 4, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Freund 1 3-5 5, Sams 0 0-0 0, Hansen 3 2-2 9, Spotted Horse 6 1-2 15. Totals: 19 7-12 52.

CHENEY Randall 0 0-0 0, Battien 3 1-2 7, Urdahl 9 0-0 22, Stewart 1 3-3 5, Parker 2 0-0 4, Malisani 2 0-0 5, Reiman 4 0-0 8, Olson 4 1-2 9, DeMulling, 6 2-2 14, Stiffler 1 0-0 2. Totals 32 7-9 76.

3-point goals - LeGrant 2, Wilson 3, Hansen, Spotted Horse, Urdahl 4, Malisani. Total fouls - EV 8, C 12.

Clarkston 60, Colville 54

Josh Martin scored 19 - including three free throws for the lead after being fouled on a 3-point attempt - as the visiting Bantams (2-0, 5-2) overcame a 10-point deficit and eight 3-pointers by the Indians (0-1, 1-8).

Clarkston 10 15 15 20 - 60

Colville 14 14 13 13 - 54

CLARKSTON Porter 0 0-0 0, Orr 1 0-0 3, Johnson 0 4-7 4, Cunningham 0 0-0 0, J.Martin 6 4-4 19, Burns 3 4-6 10, Jelinek 3 3-6 12, S.Martin 2 0-0 4, Chatigny 3 2-2 8. Totals - 17 17-25 60.

COLVILLE - Hardison 3 0-0 9, Johnston 1 2-4 10, Ortner 2 0-0 10, Kane 1 0-0 2, True 0 1-2 1, Sprangers 1 0-0 2, Day 0 0-0 0, Smith 4 0-0 11, Salina 4 1-3 9, Noble 0 0-0 0. Totals - 13 4-9 54.

3-point goals - Orr, J.Martin, Jelinek 1, Hardison 3, Johnston 2, Ortner 2, Smith. Total fouls - Clarkston 18 Colville 21. Fouled out - Selina. Technical fouls - Chatigny.

Riverside at Pullman, ppd.

The boys game also was called off.

Non-league

CV 84, Kamiakin 59

Ryan Smith made 10 of 13 field goals, including two 2-pointers, and added four assists and four steals to lead the Bears (6-4) over the visiting Braves.

Kamiakin 16 14 14 15 - 59

Central Valley 20 16 27 21 - 84

KAMIAKIN Hubbard 4, Mitchell 13, Gray 2, Lennox 0, Robinson 4, D.Wright 5, Grant 0, R.Wright 4, Giesa 8, Carlisle 19.

CENTRAL VALLEY Nesbitt 0, Millar 0, Smith 23, Schuh 11, Abrams 9, Allen 15, Hinckley 6, Jochim 2, McFarland 7, May 0, McElvain 2, Schulz 9.

Wrestling

By pushing five wrestlers into the championship finals, and winning titles at 135 and 141 pounds, Sentinel of Missoula won Saturday’s Pacific Northwest Classic wrestling tournament at University High.

Sentinel scored 141.5 points to outdistance the 116 points tallied by the host Titans. Palmer, Alaska, (111.5) and Gonzaga Prep (106.5) came next in line at the 12-team tournament.

Palmer’s Gabe McMahann, who pinned Rick Giampietri of Central Valley at 158, was named outstanding wrestler.

Gordon Bash (101) and Andy Roberts (129) of U-Hi, James Clark (148) of Mead and CV’s Bob Perkes (275) won titles.

Pins by freshman Brandon Morris (108), Joben Nuesse (122), Dan Kruger (158) and Jared Bailey (178) helped Riverside celebrate its Frontier League debut with a 45-30 win at Pullman (0-2).

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