St. George’s Tightens Grip At Top

Area boys

The St. George’s boys basketball team solidified its spot on top of the Panorama League’s South Division with a 63-55 win at Selkirk Friday night.

Meng Tseng was 9 of 12 from the foul line and had 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Dragons (13-2, 12-0 Panorama) over the second-place Rangers (12-4, 9-3).

Saint George’s 16 15 10 22 - 63

Selkirk 16 12 11 16 - 55

ST. GEORGE’S Tseng 17, Kennedy 8, Kuney 2, Ala 10, Laugen 13, Averett 13.

SELKIRK Coppock 0, Kinney 2, Larson 20, Farris 2, J.Davis 5, Pichette 16, Huffine 2, Dial 6, Fandrey 2.

Curlew 78, Columbia 40

Jason Miller had seven steals, eight rebounds and 20 points to give the Cougars (8-8, 6-6) a win over the Lions (0-14. 0-11) at Curlew.

Curlew senior Wes Paul recorded his 1,000th career point with his final basket. Paul finished with 17 points.

Columbia 9 9 10 12 - 40

Curlew 22 16 23 17 - 78

COLUMBIA Wass 0, Kastelic 2, McRea 0, Hofstetter 0, D. Wilson 0, Niedhart 9, Smith 7, Philpot 0, Cornwall 8, Covington 7, Dockins 0, J. Wilson 7.

CURLEW Paul 17, Miller 20, Davis 2, Brucklier 14, Nelson 10, Sanchez 0, Edwards 0, Karl 2, Cribby 3, Prazak 10.

Republic 71, Inchelium 58

Rory Rickard had four assists, 11 rebounds and 27 points to lead the Panorama North-leading Tigers (14-2, 11-1) over the Hornets (5-9, 5-7).

Inchelium 13 5 17 23 - 58

Republic 20 20 16 15 - 71

INCHELIUM J.D. Finley 2, C.Finley 4, Swan 0, Evans 0, Desautel 6, Pakootas 15, M.Finley 20, Lawrence 0, Flett 0, Christianson 11.

REPUBLIC Michaels 4, Finlay 0, Rickard 27, Baldwin 15, David Hanks 0, Burt 2, Grimm 4, Kuchenmeister 12, Wilson 7, Danny Hanks 0.

Wellpinit 73, Northport 57

Adrian Holt scored 29 points as the Redskins (9-6, 7-5) beat the Mustangs (4-8, 6-10) at Wellpinit.

Wellpinit 15 24 14 20 - 73

Northport 14 20 8 15 - 57

WELLPINIT J.Holt 2, A.Holt 29, Denison 7, A.Flett 3, LeBret 2, D.Tonasket 16, Andrew 5, Pakootas 9.

NORTHPORT Ashurst 0, Murphy 7, Aaron Day 4, Mine 2, Baribault 23, Jiminez 2, Carlson 4, Buffan 15.

NW Christian 59, Cusick 49 Jeremy Affeldt grabbed nine rebounds and went 6 for 6 from the line in the fourth quarter as the Crusaders (11-5, 9-3) defeated the Panthers (2-10, 3-12) at Northwest Christian.

Cusick 6 15 14 14 - 49

Northwest Christian 10 18 11 20 - 59

CUSICK Scott 8, McCart 0, Hamilton 9, Waldman 2, Meek 0, Chantry 0, J.Finley 0, Martin 4, Birchall 4, Russell 20, S.Finley 2, Witherell 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Mortlock 1, West 5, Marr 4, McCormick 7, Affeldt 14, Klaja 11, Phelps 3, Crouch 14.

St. Michael’s 73, Springdale 66

Bryan Argentino had six 3-pointers and 30 points to help the Warriors (2-12, 2-9) past the Chargers (5-11, 4-8) at St. Michael’s.

Springdale 13 18 14 21 - 66

Saint Michael’s 11 16 22 24 - 73

SPRINGDALE Brisbois 0, Farnsworth 0, Nolander 2, Meyers 0, McCurdy 9, Gardiner 0, Peterson 26, Blanchard 6, Hargrave 5, Lozano 3, Nortz 10.

ST. MICHAEL’S Vogel 14, Sandquist 2, Edwards 0, Argentino 30, Baarstad 13, LaJoie 6, Harding 0, Bedker 8.

Bi-County League

ACH 65, Wilbur-Creston 44

Aaron Murray scored 13 of his 25 points in the third quarter as the Bi-County League-leading Warriors (13-2, 11-1) downed the Wildcats (3-13, 3-9) at Wilbur..

ACH 11 18 25 11 - 65

Wilbur-Creston 5 13 11 15 - 44

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE Pierce 2, Murray 25, Elder 11, Behne 2, Carstensen 7, Neilsen 3, Goodwin 9, J.Evers 4, K.Evers 2.

WILBUR-CRESTON Leonard 1, Sapier 0, L.Katich 6, Tonasket 7, Gleason 7, Samuels 8, Kuchenbuch 5, Bahr 5, S.Katich 2, Goodwin 3, Krause 0.

Liberty 74, Valley Christian 70

Tim Cornwall scored 11 points in the fourth quarter and had a pair of key steals in the final 2 minutes to rally the Lancers (13-3, 10-1) past the Panthers (7-10, 3-8) at Valley Christian.

Liberty 22 16 14 22 - 74

Valley Christian 15 20 18 17 - 70

LIBERTY Cory 8, P.Rafter 16, Horlacher 3, J.Rafter 14, Cornwall 15, Tee 0, Greenwalt 13, Mix 0, Engle 5.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Dahl 0, Schlafmann 2, Stager 0, Teterud 4, Spuler 12, Sears 6, Asbury 10, Sandin 36, King 0.

Reardan 67, Davenport 56

Travis Titchenal scored nine points in the fourth quarter as the Indians (15-2, 10-2) outlasted the Gorillas (6-11, 4-8) at Davenport.

Reardan 5 12 23 27 - 67

Davenport 15 8 17 16 - 56

REARDAN Lane 0, Graham 14, Ro.Soliday 9, Rh.Soliday 0, Kiger 14, Titchenal 16, Eastman 12, Eller 2, Krupke 0.

DAVENPORT Buchanan 9, Deal 6, Swain 11, Parsons 9, Telecky 5, Fitzpatrick 0, McClure 4, Turnbough 12.

Odessa 52, Christian Heritage 37

Tony Grall had 11 rebounds and 12 points as the Tigers (8-8, 5-6) surged past the Patriots (5-11, 1-10) at Odessa.

Christian Heritage 13 4 5 15 - 37

Odessa 10 7 23 12 - 52

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE Klein 2, J.Fischer 2, B.Newbill 8, Kirstein 0, B.Bishop 0, J.Newbill 5, Bell 7, T.Fischer 13.

ODESSA G.Schafer 0, Kramer 10, Starkel 5, Melcher 5, Floch 0, Carlson 9, Carroll 0, Z.Schafer 0, Hardung 0, Grall 12, Pitts 5, Praetorius 6.

Ritzville 66, Lind 38

John Galbreath’s 22 points paced the Broncos (10-7, 7-5) in a win over the banged-up Bulldogs (1-14, 1-10) at Lind.

Ritzville 17 12 20 17 - 66

Lind 6 12 8 12 - 38

RITZVILLE T.DeVore 10, Marcus 0, Benzel 0, Duff 6, S.Galbreath 9, D.DeVore 2, J.Galbreath 22, Taylor 0, Russel 11, Boness 2, Arlt 4.

LIND Ruiz 2, Williamson 1, Montejano 2, Fichtenberg 0, Sackmann 5, Schrenk 18, Palmer 10.

Northeast A League

Chewelah 78, Newport 49

Jeremy Landrum scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half as the league-leading Cougars (12-3, 9-0) routed the Grizzlies (4-11, 1-8) at Newport.

Chewelah 13 21 19 25 - 78

Newport 12 12 10 15 - 49

CHEWELAH Je.Landram 20, Meserve 3, Murbach 9, Wissink 2, Skok 4, Ja.Landram 3, Boone 15, Belzer 12, Rogers 0, Rainer 10.

NEWPORT Larson 2, Melendez 2, Sherwood 3, Ellersick 7, McClean 0, Martindale 4, Carrara 17, Myers 4, Knapp 5, Mumford 3, Richter 2.

Lakeside 58, Kettle Falls 40

Billy Bender recorded 10 of his 19 points in the third quarter as the Eagles (9-6, 6-3) cruised past the Bulldogs (4-10, 1-7).

Kettle Falls 12 7 6 15 - 40

Lakeside 15 10 20 13 - 58

KETTLE FALLS Entwhistle 2, Gordon 7, Link 3, Williams 3, Kulusza 8, Berryman 3, Newton 0, Delony 14.

LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.) - Nelson 6, Petticrew 2, Bender 19, Feider 0, Brakel 2, Day 4, Dasenbrock 9, Coe 4, Spiger 0, Miller 12.

Medical Lake 73, Colfax 57

Carlos Simmons scored 20 points and Brandon Moore added 19 as the Cardinals (8-5, 6-2) defeated the Bulldogs (5-9, 4-4) at Colfax.

Medical Lake 22 20 13 18 - 73

Colfax 7 17 19 14 - 57

MEDICAL LAKE Jackson 2, Bailey 13, Huston 4, Simmons 20, Blum 0, Johnson 7, Campbell 8, Nichols 0, Bahr 0, Moore 19.

COLFAX Kehne 3, Van Dyke 4, Lee 0, Asbjornsen 4, Parrish 2, Becker 10, Curtis 4, Keck 0, Conklin 5, Zimmerman 2, Stoner 17, Hall 6.

Freeman 60, Deer Park 41

Garen Friberg had 24 points and seven boards as the Scotties (10-5, 5-4) stampeded the Stags (5-9, 2-6) at Freeman.

Deer Park 9 8 22 2 - 41

Freeman 14 18 12 16 - 60

DEER PARK - T. Robinson 2, Bryant 2, B. Robinson 0, Weger 12, Stevens 0, Schmitz 0, Faulkner 4, Moran 6, Baker 15.

FREEMAN Odle 2, Aa.Hill 1, Miller 7, An.Hill 9, Reed 3, Sheffield 1, Friberg 24, Schmidt 2, Schuerman 11.

Whitman County League

LaCrosse-Wash. 64, SJE 59

Troy Nealey and Jeremy Daniel each scored 18 points as the Tigercats (11-5, 5-1) edged the Eagles (5-11, 4-3) in a battle for second place at LaCrosse.

Clint Ledbetter grabbed 10 rebounds and scored nine points in the fourth quarter for LaCrosse-Washtucna.

St. John-Endicott 8 12 17 22 - 59

LaCrosse-Washtucna 13 19 15 17 - 64

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Kleweno 8, Colyar 6, Repp 0, Strader 20, Gering 2, Jordan 6, Hergert 9, Stolmeier 5, Bafus 3.

LaCROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 18, Swenson 0, Ledbetter 16, Rouleau 7, Daniel 18, Kinch 4, Roberts 0, Whitman 1.

Rosalia 68, Colton 47

Jon Naught had 10 rebounds and Brian Maley added 10 assists to help the Spartans (10-7, 4-3) past the Wildcats (3-14, 0-7) at Rosalia.

Colton 14 4 11 18 - 47

Rosalia 20 12 12 24 - 68

COLTON T.Druffel 2, Busch 3, Bingeman 0, Truong 0, Weber 2, Wallace 14, E.Druffel 13, Bates 11, Semler 2, Moss 0, Hopwood 0.

ROSALIA Bernard 6, VanGrimbergen 3, Maley 8, Naught 5, Scheele 18, Goyke 7, Finley 12, Blank 9.

Gar-Pal 61, Tekoa-Oakes. 43

Sean Thurston had six rebounds and 13 points to propel the Whitman County League-leading Vikings (12-3, 6-0) past the Nighthawks (2-15, 1-6) at Palouse.

Tekoa-Oakes. 15 4 11 13 - 43

Gar-Palouse 13 19 13 16 - 61

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Teal 5, Fox 10, Freeburg 2, Wall 10, Perrins 2, Crooks 0, Zornes 6, French 6, Graffis 2.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Raugust 0, Hill 19, Bischoff 2, Coles 12, Fox 13, Gearhart 0, Miller 0, Hegg 0, Thurston 13, Sheffler 2.

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