Clark Fork Crushes Kootenai

Area girls basketball

Leading scorer Hailey Scofield missed Saturday’s Clark Fork game while playing with an elite team in Arizona, but the Wampus Cats still had an elite game.

Amy Longstreet scored 24, Carla Haller had 13 rebounds and Sasha Storaasli added eight steals as Clark Fork (3-2, 8-7) beat visiting visiting Kootenai 61-39 in a North Star League game.

The Wampus Cats’ press led to a 10-0 third-quarter run. Jamie Bornitz scored 16 for the Warriors (2-3, 8-5).

Clark Fork 61, Kootenai 39

Kootenai 12 9 9 9 - 39 Clark Fork 12 14 21 14 - 61

KOOTENAI Andersen 5, Flint 2, Bornitz 16, Hunter 4, Goodson 9, Kraack 2, Ausman 2, Damiano 0.

CLARK FORK Culcasi 0, J.Miller 11, Manderscheid 4, Haller 4, Longstreet 24, St. Clair 3, Storaasli 6, Hager 9.

Northeast A

Newport 54, Colfax 45

Laurie Vallieres had five assists and contributed important free throws and a 3-pointer as the Grizzlies (4-2, 9-3) created a three-way tie for first place with an upset over the third-ranked Bulldogs (5-1, 11-1).

Vallieres had two free throws to tie the game at 40 to end the third quarter. Her 3-pointer early in the fourth gave the Grizzlies a 45-41 lead and charged a 10-2 run. Newport’s Michele Carrara had 12 points and nine rebounds.

Colfax 16 14 10 5 - 45 Newport 15 7 18 14 - 54

COLFAX - Gigray 2, Harder 3, Saulie-Rohman 0, Blevins 0, Hall 10, Widman 0, Tribbett 11, Hansen 13, S.Pittman 4, Thiele 2.

NEWPORT Casey 2, Schulz 11, Almond 0, Sauer 12, Sherman 2, Frandrup 7, Vallieres 8, Carrara 12.

Lakeside 65, Medical Lake 29

Carrie Waddell had eight assists and Lora Jolley scored nine first-half points as the fourth-ranked Eagles (5-1, 11-1), beaten by Colfax on Friday, tied for the lead by beating the host Cardinals (0-6, 1-11).

Lakeside 9 20 24 12 - 65 Medical Lake 4 8 10 7 - 29

LAKESIDE Rowse 5, Wilkins 2, Waddell 11, Heebink 8, Hatch 13, Grubbs 3, B.Jolley 0, L.Jolley 11, Long 2, Petticrew 10.

MEDICAL LAKE French 4, Musser 8, Duckett 4, Tschirley 0, Davis 5, Walker 4, Ramirez 0, Kjelland 2, Knapp 0, Faison 2, Blayne 0.

Deer Park 62, Chewelah 42

Jaime Stone scored 26 on 10 of 13 shooting from the field, Tricia Gest had 11 rebounds and Jaideen Watson added seven steals as the Stags (5-1, 7-5) tied for first place by beating the visiting Cougars (2-4, 4-7).

Chewelah 6 13 10 13 - 42 Deer Park 13 18 17 14 - 62

CHEWELAH Edwards 8, Anderson 0, King 10, Albertson 0, Naccarato 0, Myers 1, Kristianson 6, Pickering 0, Cairns 6, Harrison 9, O’Neal 2.

DEER PARK - Ostrom 2, Michaels 4, Darrow 5, Watson 9, Davis 0, Sims 8, Nedved 0, Stone 26, Gest 2, O’Brien 6, Oswalt 0, Langbehn 0, Scott 0.

Freeman 60, Kettle Falls 50

The visiting Scotties (2-4, 3-9) prevailed over the Bulldogs (1-5, 3-8) despite shooting just 16 of 42 from the free throw line. Amy Matter had 10 rebounds and Sheila Richardson scored 21 for KF.

Freeman 15 16 18 11 - 60 Kettle Falls 3 14 13 20 - 50

FREEMAN Wilkerson 16, Brown 11, McCathern 13, Watson 6, Moberg 0, Watkins 8, Smith 2, Boston 4.

KETTLE FALLS Holland 2, Gates 0, Lathrop 2, Maidhoff 0, Marco 2, Matter 18, Richardson 21, Storer 0, Weathers 5.

Whitman County

St. John-Endicott 73, Gar-Pal 43

Andee Schmick scored 22 on 9 for 15 shooting from the field and 4 for 4 from the line as the visiting and top-ranked Eagles (4-0, 13-0) beat the Vikings (1-3, 8-6) at Palouse.

St. John-End. 22 16 21 14 - 73 Gar-Palouse 12 9 10 12 - 43

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Simpson 2, Colyar 1, Bafus 6, Kleweno 2, Lamb 18, Loomis 0, Garrett 12, Schmick 22, Kile 10.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Nelson 0, Main 9, Shelden 7, Pfaff 14, J.Cottrill 2, S.Cottrill 0, Hill 0, Sheffler 0, Hodson 1, Broughton 2, Smith 0, McCabe 8.