Countryman Sparks Upset

Area boys basketball

David Countryman scored 24 points, including two in overtime, as the Sprague-Harrington Falcons shocked the top-ranked Almira/Coulee-Hartline Warriors 74-69 Saturday night in Harrington.

The Warriors (8-1, 10-1) trailed the Falcons (7-2, 10-5) 53-40 with three minutes left in the game before a 20-7 run forced the game into overtime.

S-H 74, ACH 69

ACH 16 15 5 24 9- 69 Spr.-Harr. 19 10 16 15 14- 74

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Higginbotham 0, Pierce 7, Murray 11, Elder 5, Behne 0, Carstensen 27, Goodwin 6, J.Evers 6, K.Evers 8.

SPRAGUE/HARRINGTON Newcomb 15, Wagner 0, Bly 8, Putney 3, Countryman 24, Hattrup 11, Carper 13, Vold 0.

Reardan 71, Chr. Heritage 38

Robb Soliday scored 18 points to lead the third-ranked Indians (6-2, 11-2) past the visiting Patriots (1-8, 4-9).

Chr. Heritage 6 9 13 10 - 38 Reardan 25 16 15 15 - 71

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE J.Bishop 0, Klein 0, J.Fischer 9, B.Newbill 11, B.Bishop 0, J.Newbill 0, Bell 16, T.Fischer 9.

REARDAN Jenkin 2, Lane 6, Graham 5, Ro.Soliday 18, Rh.Soliday 4, Kiger 6, Martin 2, Titchenal 3, Eastman 2, Jernstrom 0, Eller 6, Krupke 17.

Liberty 75, Lind 41

The sixth-ranked Lancers (8-1, 11-3) had four players score in double figures en route to a lopsided win over the visiting Bulldogs (1-8, 1-12).

Lind 12 13 2 14 - 41 Liberty 22 15 17 21 - 75

LIND Sheckells 0, Ruiz 2, Williamson 0, Montejano 12, Pennel 2, Clark 0, Dutton 0, Fichtenberg 0, Sackmann 0, Schrenk 17, Palmer 8.

LIBERTY Cory 2, P.Rafter 10, Horlacher 2, Schirmer 2, Cooper 10, J.Rafter 15, Cornwall 19, Tee 2, Greenwalt 4, Mix 2, Engle 6, Holling 1.

Davenport 54, Odessa 44

Tom Turnbough scored 18 points and snagged 10 rebounds to lead the host Gorillas (4-4, 6-7) to a win over the Tigers (3-6, 5-8).

Odessa 8 9 8 19 - 44 Davenport 16 15 10 13 - 54

ODESSA Kramer 3, Starkel 4, Melcher 12, Floch 0, Carlson 9, Carroll 0, Z.Schafer 0, Hardung 0, Grall 10, Pitts 1, Praetorius 5.

DAVENPORT Buchanan 3, Deal 4, Swain 10, Parsons 6, Telecky 2, Fitzpatrick 2, McClure 0, Hammond 9, Turnbough 18.

Valley Chr. 74, W-C 61

Jeremy Sandin scored 21 points to lead the Panthers (3-6, 7-8) to a win over the visiting Wildcats (3-7, 3-10). Michael Spuler scored 11 of his 17 points in the second half for Valley Christian.

Wilbur-Creston 9 21 8 23 - 61 Valley Christian 19 10 24 21 - 74

WILBUR-CRESTON Leonard 2, Sapier 2, L.Katich 8, Tonasket 10, Gleason 19, Samuels 2, Kuchenbuch 6, Bahr 2, S.Katich 10. VALLEY CHRISTIAN Dahl 4, Schlafmann 0, Stager 0, Teterud 6, Spuler 17, Sears 9, Asbury 12, Sandin 21, King 5.

Northeast A

Chewelah 83, Deer Park 52

Greg Belzer scored a game-high 20 points to lead the top-ranked Cougars (6-0, 9-2) to a win over the host Stags (1-5, 4-8). Chewelah also got double-figure scoring from Chris Boone (19), Jeremy Landram (17), and Greg Rainer (13).

Chewelah 20 14 21 28 - 83 Deer Park 15 7 15 15 - 52

CHEWELAH Je.Landram 17, Meserve 0, Murbach 6, Wissink 0, Skok 8, Ja.Landram 0, Boone 19, Belzer 20, Rogers 0, Rainer 13.

DEER PARK - Harris 0, Bryant 17, B.Robinson 0, Weger 15, Stevens 0, Schmitz 7, Faulkner 6, Moran 2, Baker 5.

Freeman 64, Kettle Falls 57

The 10th-ranked Scotties (4-2, 9-3) got 11 points from Nick Schuerman in overtime to prevail over the upset-minded Bulldogs (0-6, 2-9) at Kettle Falls. Schuerman scored 20.

Freeman 12 15 9 13 15 - 64 Kettle Falls 12 11 12 14 8 - 57

FREEMAN Odle 0, Aa.Hill 5, White 0, Miller 2, An.Hill 14, Reed 4, Sheffield 0, Friberg 16, Schmidt 3, Schuerman 20, Blakeman 0.

KETTLE FALLS Entwhistle 12, Gordon 6, Link 0, Williams 2, Kulusza 12, Berryman 0, Newton 11, Delony 14.

Medical Lake 59, Lakeside 51

The Cardinals (5-1, 8-4) rallied from a 9-point fourth-quarter deficit and beat the visiting Eagles (4-2, 7-5). Kris Campbell opened the final period with a pair of 3s to get ML off and running.

Lakeside 17 7 18 9 - 51 Medical Lake 10 14 12 23 - 59

LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.) - Nelson 10, Petticrew 2, Bender 9, Brakel 0, Day 0, Dasenbrock 6, Spiger 8, Miller 16. MEDICAL LAKE Jackson 5, Bailey 3, Huston 16, Simmons 10, Johnson 0, , Campbell 13, Nichols 9, Bahr 0, Moore 3.

Colfax 53, Newport 39

The visitng Bulldogs (3-3, 4-8) buried 16 of their 20 fourth-quarter free throws to hold off the Grizzlies (1-5, 4-8).

Colfax 10 10 11 22 - 53 Newport 9 6 10 14 - 39

COLFAX Kehne 10, Van Dyke 2, Asbjornsen 4, Becker 10, Curtis 0, Keck 11, Conklin 0, Zimmerman 2, Stoner 14, Hall 0.

NEWPORT Larson 0, Sherwood 0, Ellersick 12, McClean 4, Martindale 0, Carrara 18, Myers 0, Knapp 3, Richter 2.

Panorama

St. George’s 69, Northport 53

Jason Ala tallied 20 points and 10 rebounds and teammate Dylan Averett added 16 points to lead the host Dragons (8-0, 10-2) over the Mustangs (3-5, 5-7).

Northport 17 8 8 20 - 53 St.George’s 14 23 16 16 - 69

NORTHPORT Ashurst 0, Murphy 4, Aa.Day 3, Mine 7, Baribault 20, Jiminez 16, Ad.Day 0, Carlson 0, Buffan 3, Bennetch 0.

SAINT GEORGE’S Cooke 0, Tseng 8, Blume 0, Kennedy 8, Sadler 0, Kuney 7, Ala 20, Charbonneau 0, Laugen 10, Averett 16, Routh-Corker 0, DePonty 0, Col 0.

Republic 71, St. Michael’s 47

Mark Rickard scored 22 points and Jason Baldwin added 16 to lead the Tigers (7-1, 10-2) past the host Warriors (2-6, 2-9).

Republic 13 26 13 19 - 71 Saint Michael’s 5 9 17 16 - 47

REPUBLIC Michaels 5, Finlay 1, Rickard 22, Baldwin 16, Hanks 7, Eich 0, Burt 0, Grimm 6, Kuchenmeister 11, Wilson 2, Hanes 1.

ST. MICHAEL’S Vogel 14, Sandquist 0, Edwards 3, Argentino 11, Baarstad 12, LaJoie 4, Harding 0, Bedker 3.

Selkirk 60, Columbia 33

Oates Coppock and Nathan Dial each scored 10 points to lead the Rangers (7-1, 10-2) to a win over the Lions (0-8, 0-11). It was Selkirk’s ninth straight victory.

Columbia 2 4 13 14 - 33 Selkirk 19 11 13 17 - 60

COLUMBIA Kastelic 15, McRea 2, Hofstetter 0, J.Wilson 4, Niedhart 2, Smith 4, Philpot 0, Cornwall 6, D.Wilson 0, Carlson 0.

SELKIRK Coppock 10, Kinney 6, Larson 7, Farris 2, J.Davis 3, Pichette 6, Huffine 7, Dial 10, Fandrey 9.

NWC 70, Wellpinit 32

Jeremy Affeldt scored a game-high 32 points to spark the Crusaders (6-2, 8-4) to a victory over the visiting Redskins (4-4, 6-5).

Wellpinit 6 8 6 12 - 32 NW Christian 13 22 11 24 - 70

WELLPINIT Cates 0, Garrett 1, J.Holt 5, Denison 0, A.Flett 1, LeBret 3, D.Tonasket 10, M.Tonasket 2, Andrew 0, Pakootas 10.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Mortlock 8, West 1, McCormick 12, Affeldt 32, Klaja 4, Phelps 2, Crouch 11.

Curlew 62, Springdale 44

Wes Paul scored 10 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out six assists to lead the Cougars (4-4, 6-5) to a win over the visiting Chargers (3-5, 4-8).

Springdale 8 12 7 17 - 44 Curlew 16 15 20 11 - 62

SPRINGDALE Farnsworth 0, Nolander 6, Meyers 0, McCurdy 4, Gardiner 0, Peterson 21, Blanchard 3, Hargrave 0, Lozano 3, Nortz 3, Haskell 0.

CURLEW Paul 10, Miller 14, Davis 1, Brucklier 12, Nelson 10, Sanchez 0, Edwards 0, Karl 0, Cribby 1, Prazak 14.

Cusick 47, Inchelium 44

Joe Pakootas scored nine of his game-high 15 points in the fourth quarter as the Panthers (1-7, 2-9) held off the visiting Hornets (3-5, 3-7) for their first league win.

Inchelium 6 17 6 15 - 44 Cusick 16 9 6 16 - 47

INCHELIUM J.D. Finley 4, C.Finley 7, Desautel 0, Tonasket 0, Pakootas 15, M.Finley 8, Christianson 10.

CUSICK Scott 6, Hamilton 1, Waldman 2, Meek 0, Chantry 0, Martin 13, Birchall 4, Russell 12, S.Finley 9.

Whitman County

Gar-Pal 59, SJE 45

The Vikings (4-0, 9-3) got 17 points from B.J. Hill and 15 from Jeremy Fox on their way to a win over the Eagles (2-2, 3-10) at Palouse. It was the seventh straight win for Garfield-Palouse.

St.John-Endicott 12 16 9 8 - 45 Garfield-Palouse 20 15 11 13 - 59

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Kleweno 4, Colyar 11, Repp 0, Strader 17, Demler 0, Gering 8, Jordan 0, Hergert 5, Stolmeier 0.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Raugust 0, Hill 17, Bischoff 7, Coles 0, Fox 15, Gearhart 1, Miller 7, Hegg 2, Thurston 8, Sheffler 2.

L-W 62, Rosalia 55

Troy Nealey scored a game-high 25 points and made 6-of-6 free throws in the fourth quarter to propel the Tigercats (3-1, 9-5) to a victory over the Spartans (2-2, 8-6) at Washtucna.

Rosalia 9 17 15 14 - 55 L-W 15 14 16 17 - 62

ROSALIA VanGrimbergen 0, Maley 19, Naught 6, Scheele 20, Goyke 0, Finley 4, Slemp 0, Blank 6.

LACROSSE/WASHTUCNA Nealey 25, Schweiger 0, Swenson 0, Ledbetter 14, Rouleau 5, Daniel 13, Kinch 0, Roberts 2, J.Whitman 3.

Tekoa-Oakes. 79, Colton 72

The Nighthawks (1-3, 2-12) snapped an eight-game losing streak by knocking off host Colton (0-4, 3-11).

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