Odessa Holds Line On Perfection
Boys basketball
Maybe first-year coach Myron Kramer is sneaking footballs onto the basketball court.
Kramer, Odessa High’s successful veteran football coach, has the basketball team off to a 4-0 start after Saturday’s 48-46 Bi-County League win over visiting Ritzville (1-3, 1-1).
Ryan Floch scored eight fourth-quarter points as Odessa, 2-0 in the league, withstood Ritzville’s rally. The Tigers led 42-30, but Dustan Arlt scored 11 of his 22 in the fourth quarter as the Bronocs caught up.
Ritzville led 12-2 before Odessa scored 40 of the next 58 points.
Odessa, a fixture in football playoffs, hasn’t played at the State B basketball tourney in eight years.
Odessa 48, Ritzville 46
Ritzville 15 5 11 15 - 46
Odessa 9 14 11 14 - 48
RITZVILLE - B.Arlt 0, Duff 18, D.Arlt 22, Marcus 2, Johnstone 0, Borth 2, Paulson 0, Whitman 2.
ODESSA - Kramer 4, Weber 0, G.Schafer 10, Floch 18, Jeske 8, Pitts 6, Z.Schafer 0, Walter 0, Praetorius 2.
W-C 51, Chr.Heritage 50
At Wilbur, Mike Samuels hit two free throws with five seconds left for a four-point lead and added 12 rebounds to guide the Wildcats (1-4, 1-1) over the visiting Patriots (3-2, 0-2).
Samuels finished 7 of 18 from the field. Joe Bell scored 20 on 9-of-16 shooting from the floor for CH, which never led in the fourth quarter. The Patriots lost to Odessa, also 51-50, Friday night.
Chr.Heritage 11 15 15 9 - 50
Wilbur-Creston 15 11 15 10 - 51
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Winters 0, Klein 0, Newbill 18, A.Bell 0, B.Bishop 6, J.Bell 20, Hattenburg 2, Stuhlmiller 0, G.Bishop 0, Kirstein 0, Bogle 4.
WILBUR-CRESTON - B.Marchand 12, Cairns 0, Villars 5, Grant 3, Leonard 2, Samuels 16, Arden 0, Nelson 4, Katich 7, J.Marchand 0.
V. Christian 82, S.H. 54
Brent Decker scored 20 and the visiting Crusaders (5-1, 1-0) shot 50 percent from the field and 73 percent from the line to defeat the Falcons (3-3, 0-1) at Sprague.
VC hit 7 of 17 3-pointers, including 3 of 6 for Michael Spuler. S-H shot 19 of 57 from the field and had 23 turnovers.
Val.Christian 18 24 22 18 - 82
Sprague-Harr. 13 13 14 14 - 54
VALLEY CHRISTIAN - J.Decker 10, Smith 6, Spuler 16, Meyer 0, Sears 9, B.Decker 20, Evans 11, Sandin 10.
SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Engles 2, Morton 0, Wagner 3, Floyd 5, Carroll 13, Timm 6, Pelissier 0, M.Henry 8, Young 15, A.Henry 2.
ACH 81, Lind 24
Ben Durrant scored 10 points in the first half and Ryan St. John added 12 in the second to guide the Warriors (3-2, 2-0) over the visiting Bulldogs (0-4, 0-2) at Hartline.
Kenneth Evans added nine fourth-quarter points and Tom Dormaier eight rebounds in the second half for ACH. Chris Widger had seven rebounds for Lind, which committed 25 turnovers.
Lind 2 7 6 9 - 24
ACH 16 18 20 27 - 81
LIND - Wills 0, Labes 0, Parkins 7, Sikorski 0, Sheckells 3, Starring 0, Fode 5, Thompson 0, Widger 8, Williamson 1.
ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Evans 9, Dormaier 9, Thomas 6, Elder 8, St. John 12, Pate 0, Higginbotham 7, Leander 4, Emerson 5, Gwinn 6, Neilsen 5, Durrant 10.
Panorama League
St. Geo. 69, Cusick 33
Tom DePonty scored 19 of his 21 points in the first half, including three 3-pointers, to lead the Dragons (4-1, 2-0) over the visiting Panthers (1-3, 0-2).
St. George’s made 23 of 49 field goals and 15 of 26 free throws. Cusick shot 12 of 49 from the floor, including 0 for 11 from long range.
Cusick 14 4 6 9 - 33
St. George’s 22 21 10 16 - 69
CUSICK - Cratty 4, Reijonen 2, Bridges 9, Chantry 2, Sattleen 4, Hamilton 6, Tinker 4, Dimick 0, Kramer 2.
ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 8, Dhillon 3, Taylor 1, Moser 10, Davis 5, Helms 4, DePonty 21, Spencer 7, Yi 2, Witherspoon 0, Thomsen 8.
NWC 84, St. Michael’s 51
Gabe Goldman scored 23 on 11-of-15 shooting from the floor and the Crusaders (2-2, 1-1) hit seven 3-pointers to defeat the visiting Warriors (0-4, 0-2).
The Warriors missed 23 of 26 shots from long range.
St. Michael’s 17 11 7 16 - 51
NW Christian 16 25 26 17 - 84
ST. MICHAEL’S - Mendoza 4, Vigil 0, Urann 0, Edwards 17, Bittner 5, Sandquist 2, Sarquillia 4, Vopalensky 5, Muglia 1, Durazo 0, South 13, Spruill 0.
NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Orr 0, Greenup 0, Proffitt 6, Wolf 9, Smith 10, Warren 5, Thomas 0, Strandy 3, Malott 6, VanGerpen 0, Bell 13, Goldman 23, Crouch 9.
Curlew 88, Columbia 15
Gunner Olson made 10 of 17 from the field and added 13 rebounds as the visiting Cougars (5-0, 2-0) defeated the Lions (0-4, 0-2) at Hunters.
Curlew starter Erich Prazak separated his shoulder late in the first half.
Curlew 27 18 28 15 - 88
Columbia 4 4 5 2 - 15
CURLEW - Conger 0, G.Olson 20, Groth 17, Edwards 12, J.B.Olson 6, Prazak 12, Cribby 17, Strandberg 4.
COLUMBIA - Wass 2, Kieffer , Etue 4, Denison 3, Pakootas 0, Young 0, Neidhart 0, Strickler 0, Benson 2, Cunningham 0, K.Donohue 4, S.Donohue 0.
Selkirk 77, Springdale 52
Russell Lopes scored 23 and Tim Farris had seven rebounds to guide the visiting Rangers (4-0, 2-0) over the Chargers (1-4, 1-1).
Springdale’s Chris Carlson had 11 rebounds to guide a 37-26 edge. Springdale also hit 6 of 8 3-pointers, including Jake Gilstrap’s 50-footer at the buzzer.
Selkirk 19 21 17 20 - 77
Springdale 14 9 10 19 - 52
SELKIRK - Ferris 11, Huffine 8, Gere 4, Lopes 23, Pyeatt 17, White 5, Edwards 6, Yellowjohn 0, Hodges 0, Reed 0, Carlson 3.
SPRINGDALE - Gilstrap 7, Farnsworth 12, Meyers 2, Ralph 3, Nortz 1, Peterson 0, Hammack 11, Ely 2, Carlson 14.
Repub. 69, Inchelium 18
Kris Kuchenmeister had 14 rebounds and hit 9 of 16 from the floor to guide the Tigers (3-1, 2-0) over the visiting Hornets (1-3, 1-1).
Chad Dinkins added four assists and 8-of-15 shooting from the field, Kenny Gliddon 11 rebounds and Dorian Russell five steals for Republic.
Inchelium 6 3 6 3 - 18
Republic 18 18 14 19 - 69
INCHELIUM - Bradshaw 2, Jolley 4, Simpson 2, J.Swan 2, Mason 1, Tonasket 5, R.Swan 2.
REPUBLIC - Dansel 2, Davenport 4, Dinkins 20, Gliddon 4, Hadden 4, Hanks 2, Hutton 2, Kuchenmeister 18, R.Rickard 2, T.Rickard 2, Russell 9.
Well. 68, Northport 42
Marc Covington had 12 rebounds and Joe Tonasket seven assists as the Redskins (2-1, 1-1) topped the visiting Mustangs (1-3, 0-2).
Wellpinit shot 27 of 66 from the field. Northport had 24 turnovers, 10 more than the Redskins.
Northport 11 6 9 16 - 42
Wellpinit 12 18 18 20 - 68
NORTHPORT - Aa.Day 0, Godes 2, Ad.Day 8, Fredrickson 13, Timmering 6, Lenhard 0, Phaff 0, Rieckers 1, Wilson 2, Wiley 3, Weliep 7.
WELLPINIT - Moses 13, Tonasket 8, Carter 4, D.J.Flett 5, T.Flett 0, Nomee 2, M.McCrea 4, Covington 15, Stearns 17.
Non-league
Gar-Pal. 70, Waitsburg 65
Logan Coles scored 25 points, including 8 for 8 on free throws down the stretch, and Brad Bischoff added 23 points and 14 rebounds as the visiting Vikings (3-2) defeated the Cardinals.
Gar-Pal switched to a zone defense in the second half. The Vikings have won three straight.
Garf.-Palouse 20 16 20 14 - 70
Waitsburg 16 19 4 26 - 65
GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Bischoff 23, Coles 25, Power 2, Flansburg 3, Cronk 2, Fox 8, Kimble 0, Johnson 2, Thorp 5, Demand 0.
WAITSBURG - Adams 2, Leid 4, Erickson 0, Archer 0, Scott 9, Pearson 17, Martin 2, Wyatt 8, McCaw 15, Ruzicka 8.
Tekoa-Oak. 59, Asotin 39
John Wall and Patrick Heaton combined to hit 15 of 25 from the field and the visiting Nighthawks (4-1) used a 17-0 first-half run to defeat the Panthers.
Wall added eight rebounds. Heaton had two 3-pointers.
Tekoa-Oakes. 17 11 16 15 - 59
Asotin 10 9 8 12 - 39
TEKOA-OAKESDALE - Brown 2, Buergel 0, Heaton 16, G.Smith 2, Teal 8, E.Smith 4, Brogan 4, Crossett 0, Wall 17, Taylor 6.
ASOTIN - Neace 4, Eller 2, Larsen 3, Ambroson 0, Appleford 3, Hansen 1, Schlee 2, Weiss 2, Uptmor 17, Smith 5.
Lakeside (Id.) 71, Rosalia 47
The Spartans (0-4) lost to the visiting Knights (3-2) of Plummer by totaling 29 turnovers and 21 fouls.
Rosalia’s Craig Schindler scored 22 points on 8-for-13 shooting and added nine rebounds.
Lakeside 17 22 17 15 - 71
Rosalia 13 13 11 10 - 47
LAKESIDE - Coylar 0, Niebhur 4, Lozan 15, McFadden 15, Tsawklai 0, Allen 9, Pluff 5, Montague 0, Wolfe 0, Gajkowski 8, Johnson 2, Morris 11.
ROSALIA - Peterson 6, Slemp 4, Schmidt 5, Bothman 5, DeGon 3, Watkins 2, Heinmann 0, Schindler 22, Workman 0. , DataTimes