Broncos Stay Hot With 60-43 Win Over Warriors

Area girls

Ritzville’s powerful second quarter Tuesday kept the Broncos hot and cooled off visiting Almira/Coulee-Hartline.

Ritzville (11-6, 8-2) shot 49 percent from the floor and parlayed a 20-point second quarter into a 60-43 Bi-County League win over the Warriors (9-5, 7-3). Ritzville has won eight of its last nine games - the same streak ACH had entering the game.

Jody Rock of ACH had 20 points.

Ritzville 60, ACH 43

ACH 10 6 12 15 - 43

Ritzville 16 20 14 10 - 60

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Ke.Horter 0, Malone 4, Rock 20, Dormaier 0, Roberts 0, Peterson 15, Hunsaker 2, White 2.

RITZVILLE Coleman 11, Kramer 0, Weber 15, Horpedahl 2, Wellsandt 0, Mickelsen 8, Russel 12, Yerxa 6, Telecky 0, Fitch 6.

W-C 71, Odessa 43

Jessica Martin scored 23 and the second-ranked Wildcats (15-1, 10-0) used their height to wear down the host Tigers (8-8, 5-4) and win their seventh straight.

Wilbur-Creston outscored Odessa 31-16 in the second half.

Wilbur-Creston 14 26 12 19 - 71

Odessa 11 16 8 8 - 43

WILBUR-CRESTON Allen 10, Llewellyn 2, Deahl 7, Martin 23, Erickson 0, L.Arden 3, H.Arden 8, Kunz 2, Bandy 16.

ODESSA J.Melcher 3, Hunt 1, D.Melcher 0, Walter 10, D.Schorzman 13, Smith 3, L.Schorzman 11, Ramm 0, Watters 0, Schmierer 0.

Reardan 60, S-H 27

Lisa Bocook made five 3-pointers - three in the second quarter - and added seven steals as the Indians (10-6, 6-4) beat the visiting Falcons (3-14, 2-8) and broke a tie with Liberty for first place in the East Division.

Reardan’s Katie Supinger added 14 rebounds.

Kristy Engles of S-H grabbed 10 rebounds.

Sprague-Harr. 5 8 1 13 - 27

Reardan 17 21 14 8 - 60

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON Maurer 1, Larmer 7, Hampton 2, Smith 0, Putney 0, Engles 11, M.Walters 6, C.Walters 0.

REARDAN Bocook 21, Krupke 8, Schwartz 0, C.Jayne 0, Holwegner 5, Guhlke 0, Rohner 2, Soliday 0, P.Jayne 2, Evans 0, Turner 7, Supinger 15, Cassaro 0.

Northeast A

Colfax 54, Freeman 34

Lindsay Thiele had five of her team’s 12 blocked shots and Angie Hall added 10 rebounds as the second-ranked Bulldogs (12-1, 6-1) beat the visiting Scotties (3-11, 2-6).

Colfax held Freeman to just 13 first-half points.

Freeman 7 6 12 9 - 34

Colfax 13 12 16 13 - 54

FREEMAN - Wilkerson 9, Brown 3, McCathern 9, Watson 0, Watkins 5, Smith 0, Boston 8.

COLFAX - T.Pittman 0, Gigray 8, Harder 2, SaulieRohman 0, Blevins 2, Hall 12, Widman 0, Tribbett 12, S.Pittman 0, Thiele 18.

Whitman County

Tekoa-Oakes. 57, Rosalia 37

The visiting Nighthawks (11-5, 5-1) outshot the Spartans 60-37 from the floor.

Rosalia (8-8, 2-4) cut the lead to six points in the fourth quarter before fading.

Tekoa-Oakes. 14 13 11 19 - 57

Rosalia 6 6 14 11 - 37

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Crider 11, Wagner 3, Palmer 2, Brown 8, J.Hay 7, Hansen 2, French 9, A.Hay 9, Cox 4, Driscall 2.

ROSALIA Nelson 0, Blank 7, Witte 6, Nelson 2, Peringer 0, Henning 2, McLaughlin 12, Brown 0, Bernard 8, Slemp 0, Powell 0.

Non-league

Curlew 57, Kettle Falls 38

Joelle Kaatz scored 25 as the visiting Cougars (5-11) raced to a big first-half lead and beat the Bulldogs (3-10).

Curlew 18 18 13 8 - 57

Kettle Falls 10 7 9 12 - 38

CURLEW Peterson 0, Barkley 0, Thiele 5, Beck 9, Somday 0, Taylor 11, Kaatz 25, Treshman 7, McLeod 0, Bonwell 0.

KETTLE FALLS Holland 0, Marco 2, Richardson 16, Yates 0, Maidhoff 0, Matter 6, Weathers 8, Lathrop 0, McDaniels 6.

Cancellations:

Liberty’s game vs. Columbia at Hunters, and Selkirk’s game at Priest River were canceled. Neither is expected to be made up.

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