Newport Makes Log-Jam For First

Area girls basketball

Laurie Vallieres had five assists and contributed important free throws and a 3-pointer Saturday as Newport (4-2, 9-3) created a three-way tie for first place in the Northeast A with a 54-45 upset over third-ranked Colfax (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.

Newport 54, Colfax 45

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 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.

Rosalia 46, LaCrosse-Wash. 39

Staci Bernard scored 20, including back-to-back 3-pointers, as the visiting Spartans (2-2, 8-6) overcame 12 for 31 shooting from the line to beat the Tigercats (0-4, 6-8) at Washtucna.

Rosalia 12 10 12 12 - 46 LaCrosse-Washtucna 9 11 9 10 - 39

ROSALIA Nelson 9, Blank 2, Witte 4, Peringer 0, Henning 4, McLaughlin 7, Brown 0, Bernard 20, Slemp 0, Powell 0.

LaCROSSE/WASHTUCNA Camp 2, Daniel 7, A.Bay 4, Kinch 8, D.Bay 3, Wigen 4, Bryan 9, Schneider 2.

Bi-County

Odessa 58, Davenport 45

Kori Walter scored 25 on 10 of 13 shooting from the field - including 3 of 3 from 3-point range - as the visiting Tigers (5-3, 8-6) beat the eighth-ranked Gorillas (4-3, 8-6).

Odessa 25 11 11 11 - 58 Davenport 17 9 4 15 - 45

ODESSA Haptonstall 0, J.Melcher 2, Hunt 16, D.Melcher 0, Walter 25, D.Schorzman 4, Smith 4, L.Schorzman 5, Ramm 0, Watters 0, Schmierer 2.

DAVENPORT Marriott 11, Dickson 0, Pauls 3, Emery 6, Jacobson 4, Mikelson 4, Cowdrey 17.

Wilbur-Creston 74, V.Christian 32

Jessica Martin scored 17 as the visiting and third-ranked Wildcats (9-0, 14-1) topped the Panthers (1-7, 3-10) for their sixth straight win.

Wilbur-Creston 19 26 14 15 - 74 Valley Christian 11 5 8 8 - 32

WILBUR-CRESTON Harris 4, Mann 0, Allen 7, Llewellyn 8, Deahl 6, Martin 17, Erickson 4, L.Arden 6, H.Arden 7, Kunz 6, Bandy 9.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Black 4, Croswhite 0, Cupp 0, Diaz 0, Te.Dixon 9, Evans 6, Ferderer 9, Hopson 4, Monforton 0.

ACH 54, Sprague-Harr. 29

At Harrington, the visiting Warriors (6-2, 7-4) forced 18 turnovers and beat the Falcons (2-7, 2-13) by holding them to 27-percent shooting from the floor.

ACH 14 16 16 8 - 54 Sprague-Harr. 4 6 4 15 - 29

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Pitts 2, Ke.Horter 4, Malone 4, Rock 18, Dormaier 0, Roberts 0, Peterson 4, Hunsaker 6, White 6, Ka.Horter 4, Malone 6.

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Maurer 2, Larmer 0, Hampton 2, Smith 0, Putney 8, Engles 11, M.Walters 2, C.Walters 4.

Liberty 43, Lind 22

Paula Farka had 12 rebounds and Shawna Polione 10 steals as the Lancers (4-4, 6-8) forced 40 turnovers and beat the visiting Bulldogs (0-8, 0-13) despite the absence of leading scorer Amy Torguson.

Lind 5 7 2 8 - 22 Liberty 10 18 6 9 - 43

LIND Rott 10, Bittick 3, Mel.Fode 0, Wills 4, Davis 2, Meg.Fode 3, Montejano 0, Palmer 0, DeVore 0, Bergeron 0.

LIBERTY Pittmann 1, Cory 2, Neihart 7, Polione 6, Farka 15, Bothman 0, Cornwall 6, Prince 0, Adams 5, Short 0, Gardner 1.

Panorama

St. George’s 63, Northport 28

Dawn Trowbridge scored 26 and had five of her 11 steals during a 16-0 run as the South Division-leading Dragons (7-0, 7-6) beat the North-leading and visiting Mustangs (5-2, 6-5).

Northport 8 11 0 9 - 28 St. George’s 10 20 16 17 - 63

NORTHPORT Kittilson 4, Knudsen 1, Day 2, C.Young 1, Jimenez 0, M.Regis 1, Ke.Sauvola 2, Sell 3, E.Young 7, Lenhard 0, Ka.Sauvola 7.

ST. GEORGE’S Alsaker 0, Grant 0, Chiu 4, Boutz 3, Webster 4, DeNiro 1, Swift 4, Trowbridge 26, McKelbey 0, Routh-Corker 2, Appling 9, Harvill 8, Moore 2.

NW Christian 61, Wellpinit 49

Jenni Wright hit three 3s and scored 22 as the Crusaders (5-2, 7-6) beat the visiting Redskins (1-7, 3-10). Wellpinit’s Miranda Payne had 18 rebounds.

Wellpinit 17 4 14 14 - 49 NW Christian 18 18 19 6 - 61

WELLPINIT Allen 10, J.Flett 4, Abrahamson 2, Payne 14, Covington 0, Lynn 12, Stearns 7, Ramos 0, Samuels 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Storro 2, Simmons 19, K.Smith 3, Moen 0, Greenup 4, E.Smith 0, Ogle 0, Montague 2, Wright 22, Clouse 0, Huston 9.

Selkirk 47, Columbia 41

Tara Porter scored 12 second-half points and Molly Carlson had 22 rebounds as the fourth-ranked Rangers (5-2, 9-3) made 13 of 17 free throws to beat the visiting Lions (4-4, 5-7) at Ione.

Columbia 6 13 7 15 - 41 Selkirk 10 9 14 14 - 47

COLUMBIA Schrack 3, Etue 8, Skidmore 11, Schurger 12, Strickler 0, Brisbois 3, Dale 4, Dashiell 0.

SELKIRK Dickinson 4, Jennings 0, Sharp 2, Koontz 10, Dury 6, Porter 12, Carlson 13, Grass 0.

Inchelium 82, Cusick 34

Lori Stensgar scored 27 and the visiting Hornets (5-2, 6-4) used a 34-24 rebounding edge and second-half press to beat the Panthers (0-7, 0-10).

Inchelium 17 17 24 24 - 82 Cusick 13 15 4 2 - 34 < INCHELIUM G.Finley 4, Swan 16, T.Finley 0, D.Stensgar 2, Nugent 1, Boyd 15, L.Stensgar 27, Mallory 17.

CUSICK Norton 16, Pickerel 4, Cutshall 0, Waldman 4, Haas 6, Nenema 4, Johnson 0, Thomas 0, Chitwood 0, Zeismer 0, Barton 0.

Springdale 79, Curlew 60

Cindy Cates scored 28 and the visiting Chargers (3-4, 4-10) shot 22 of 31 from the line to overcome the Cougars (1-7, 3-9) and Joelle Kaatz’s 37 points and 12 rebounds.

Springdale 19 17 22 21 - 79 Curlew 12 10 14 24 - 60

SPRINGDALE A.Bade 4, Peone 4, Diedrich 6, K.Bade 0, Campbell 11, Hendricks 2, C.Cates 28, N’Deeo 9, Dixon 8, Swiger 0, Stricker 4, S.Cates 3.

CURLEW Peterson 3, Barkley 0, Thiele 6, Beck 0, Somday 3, Taylor 11, Kaatz 37, Treshman 0, Craw 0, Bonwell 0.

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