Tigers Beat Rangers For 10th Win A Row

Area boys

Republic outgunned Selkirk 17-6 in the third period and then iced the game at the free throw line late in the fourth quarter to post a 51-47 win in Panorama League play Saturday night in Republic.

It was the tenth straight win for the Tigers (13-2, 10-1), who sit atop the North Division. The tenth-ranked Rangers (12-3, 9-2) saw their 11-game winning streak come to an end.

Jason Baldwin scored a game-high 20 points for Republic, while teammate Mark Rickard totaled 18 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

Nathan Dial’s 11 points topped Selkirk.

Republic 51, Selkirk 47

Selkirk 10 19 6 12 - 47

Republic 7 13 17 14 - 51

SELKIRK Coppock 0, Kinney 3, Larson 10, Farris 2, Gere 0, J.Davis 10, Pichette 7, Huffine 2, Dial 11, Fandrey 2.

REPUBLIC Michaels 0, Finlay 0, Rickard 18, Baldwin 20, David Hanks 4, Burt 0, Grimm 0, Kuchenmeister 5, Wilson 4, Danny Hanks 0.

Panorama League

St. George’s 63, Wellpinit 60

Dan Kuney came off the bench to score all 11 of his points over the final nine minutes and rally the South Division-leading Dragons (13-2, 11-0) to a win over the visiting Redskins (8-6, 6-5).

Dominic Tonasket scored a game-high 23 points for Wellpinit. Adrian Holt and Perry Pakootas each added 14 points.

Jason Ala and Dylan Averett scored 18 and 17, respectively, for the Dragons who have won nine in a row.

Wellpinit 19 15 12 14 - 60

St. George’s 10 18 16 19 - 63

WELLPINIT Cates 0, J.Holt 0, D.Flett 0, A.Holt 14, Denison 0, A.Flett 5, LeBret 2, D.Tonasket 23, M.Tonasket 0, Andrew 2, Pakootas 14.

SAINT GEORGE’S Cooke 0, Tseng 5, Blume 0, Kennedy 8, Sadler 0, Kuney 11, Ala 18, Charbonneau 0, Laugen 4, Averett 17.

NW Christian 66, Northport 50

Jeremy Affeldt scored 10 of his game-high 23 points during a pivotal third quarter to lead the Crusaders (10-5, 8-3) to a win over the host Mustangs (6-9, 4-7).

Andy Jiminez had 19 points and Guy Baribault had 11 points and 14 rebounds for Northport.

Zach Klaja chipped in with 15 points for the Crusaders. Teammate Paul Mortlock scored 12.

NW Christian 8 18 21 19 - 66

Northport 9 13 12 16 - 50

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Mortlock 12, West 0, McCormick 2, Affeldt 23, Klaja 15, Phelps 2, A. Crouch 8, Smith 4, Dillbeck 0, Dygert 0, M. Crouch 0.

NORTHPORT Ashurst 3, Murphy 3, Aa. Day 0, Mine 6, Baribault 11, Jiminez 19, Carlson 2, Buffan 6, Bennetch 0.

Inchelium 78, Springdale 70

The Hornets (5-8, 5-6), behind the 20 points of Shawn Christianson, hit 51 percent of their shots en route to a win over the host Chargers (4-11, 3-8).

Springdale’s Ben Peterson notched game-high scoring honors with a 24-point effort. Teammate Josh McCurdy scored 20.

Mikey Finley finished with 14 points for Inchelium.

The Chargers, who are averaging 30 percent shooting from the floor, shot 38 percent on the night.

Inchelium 16 23 23 16 - 78

Springdale 18 15 16 21 - 70

INCHELIUM J.D. Finley 10, C.Finley 6, Swan 3, Desautel 6, Pakootas 13, M.Finley 14, Flett 6, Christianson 20.

SPRINGDALE Brisbois 0, Farnsworth 0, Nolander 5, Meyers 0, McCurdy 20, Gardiner 0, Peterson 24, Blanchard 6, Hargrave 2, Lozano 10, Nortz 3.

Curlew 61, Cusick 43

Jason Miller had 17 points, seven rebounds and blocked three shots to spark the Cougars (7-7, 5-6) to a win over the visiting Panthers (3-11, 2-9).

Cusick trailed by only eight points heading into the final quarter before being outscored 21-11.

Sonny Finley topped Cusick with 17 points and five steals.

Cusick 15 7 10 11 - 43

Curlew 16 13 11 21 - 61

CUSICK Scott 9, Hamilton 0, Waldman 0, Meek 3, Chantry 0, J.Finley 0, Martin 6, Birchall 0, Russell 8, S.Finley 17, Wetherall 0.

CURLEW Paul 5, Miller 17, Davis 2, Brucklier 11, Nelson 2, Sanchez 0, Edwards 1, Karl 4, Cribby 5, Prazak 14.

Northeast A League

Chewelah 65, Lakeside 59

Greg Belzer turned a steal into the go-ahead basket with 3:50 left to play as the Cougars (11-2, 8-0) held off the Eagles (8-6, 5-3).

Chewelah’s Chris Boone scored a game-high 21 points, while Jeremy Landram and Belzer scored 17 and 11, respectively.

Josh Miller’s 12 points topped Lakeside. Ben Spiger chipped in with 11 points, while George Petticrew and Billy Bender added 10 apiece.

Lakeside held a two-point advantage heading into the final quarter before being outscored 25-17.

Lakeside 17 14 11 17 - 59

Chewelah 14 14 12 25 - 65

LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.) - Nelson 6, Petticrew 10, Bender 10, Day 6, Dasenbrock 4, Spiger 11, Miller 12. CHEWELAH Je.Landram 17, Murbach 2, Skok 2, Boone 21, Belzer 11, Rogers 4, Rainer 8.

Bi-County League

Liberty 63, Davenport 60

Phil Rafter and Jordan Rafter combined for 14 fourth-quarter points to lead the Lancers (12-3, 9-1) to a come-from-behind victory over the visiting Gorillas (6-10, 4-7).

Davenport’s Cliff Swain led all scorers with 20. Teammate Tom Turnbough added 18.

Tim Cornwall had six steals to go along with his 10 points.

Davenport 17 9 17 17 - 60

Liberty 11 19 11 22 - 63

DAVENPORT Buchanan 3, Swain 20, Parsons 8, Telecki 2, FitzPatrick 0, Hammond 4, Turnbough 18, Deal 5.

LIBERTY Engle 6, Cory 8, P.Rafter 11, Parker 9, J.Rafter 13, Cornwall 10, Tee 2, Greenwalt 4.

Whitman County League

SJE 74, Colton 56

Kale Colyar scored 10 of his game-high 20 points in the first quarter to send the Eagles (5-10, 4-2) off and running to a win over the visiting Wildcats (3-13, 0-6).

St. John-Endicott also got double-figure scoring from Nick Strader (17) and Conor Kleweno (16).

Nick Bates scored 18 to pace Colton.

Colton 10 12 12 22 - 56

St.John-End. 24 13 15 22 - 74

COLTON T.Druffel 2, Busch 14, Bingeman 2, Truong 0, Weber 0, Wallace 16, E.Druffel 2, Bates 18, Semler 2, Moss 0.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Kleweno 16, Colyar 20, Strader 17, Gering 4, Jordan 1, Hergert 7, Stolmeier 5, Phillips 0, Bafus 4.

Postponements

Several area games were postponed Saturday night due to snow.

In the Northeast A League they were: Freeman at Colfax, Newport at Deer Park, and Medical Lake at Kettle Falls.

In the Bi-County League they were: Lind at Christian Heritage, Wilbur-Creston at Odessa, Sprague-Harrington at Reardan, and Almira-Coulee-Hartline at Ritzville.

In the Whitman County League they were: LaCrosse-Washtucna at Garfield-Palouse and Tekoa-Oakesdale at Rosalia.

Only the St. Michael’s at Columbia game was postponed in the Panorama League.

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