Curlew Steps Up To Beat Republic

Boys basketball

Curlew proves its overall strength with each passing game.

Gunner Olson scored 24 points, giving him 54 for the weekend, as the Cougars (7-0, 4-0) posted a 56-40 Panorama League win Saturday at Republic (4-2, 3-1).

Curlew hadn’t played a team with a winning record until Saturday, but this solid win came over the defending State B champion Tigers. The Cougars also played without one of their starters, Erich Prazak, who is recovering from a separated shoulder.

Curlew’s Jeremy Groth hit 5 of 10 3-pointers.

Danny Hanks had eight rebounds for Republic, which missed all 13 field-goal tries in the first quarter.

Curlew 56, Republic 40

Curlew 11 17 13 15 - 56

Republic 1 13 12 14 - 40

CURLEW - Conger 0, G.Olson 24, Groth 16, Edwards 4, J.B.Olson 4, Cribby 6, Tresham 0, March 0, Strandberg 2.

REPUBLIC - Davenport 4, Dinkins 8, Gliddon 8, Hadden 2, Hanks 7, Hutton 0, Krohn 0, Kuchenmeister 5, R.Rickard 3, T.Rickard 0, Russell 3.

Selkirk 65, Cusick 30

Jim Huffine totaled 11 rebounds and the visiting Rangers (6-0, 4-0) shot 55 percent from the field in defeating the Panthers (1-5, 0-4).

Cusick shot 3 for 28 from the field in the first half, including 1 for 14 in the second quarter. Cusick’s Matt Bridges had six offensive rebounds and nine total.

Selkirk 6 15 18 26 - 65

Cusick 4 2 10 14 - 30

SELKIRK - MacArthur 7, Yellowjohn 6, White 2, Farris 14, Gere 0, Huffine 5, Lopes 18, Pyeatt 11, Hodges 0, Carlson 2.

CUSICK - Cratty 2, Reijonen 0, Bridges 8, Chantry 0, Sattleen 2, Hamilton 6, Tinker 10, Dimick 2, Kramer 0.

Inchelium 59, Northport 52

Eighth-grader Jacolby Simpson totaled 11 rebounds and six blocked shots to guide the Hornets (2-4, 2-2) over the visiting Mustangs (2-4, 1-3).

Inchelium’s Casey Johnson added seven assists.

Northport 16 12 12 12 - 52

Inchelium 13 15 13 18 - 59

NORTHPORT - Aa.Day 3, Godes 1, Ad.Day 17, Fredrickson 11, Timmering 9, Lenhard 0, Phaff 0, Rieckers 0, As.Day 0, Wilson 0, Wiley 0, Weliep 11.

INCHELIUM - Bradshaw 0, Jolley 2, Simpson 8, Johnson 4, Michel 7, Mason 0, Tonasket 9, Simmons 5, J.Swan 0, R.Swan 15, Signor 9.

Springdale 67, St. Michael’s 50

Josh Farnsworth scored 16 of his 32 points in the third quarter to lead the host Chargers (2-6, 2-2) over the Warriors (0-7, 0-4).

Farnsworth made five 3-pointers, three of them consecutively during his big quarter.

St. Michael’s 12 13 8 17 - 50

Springdale 10 20 21 16 - 67

ST. MICHAEL’S - Mendoza 4, T.Vigil 4, South 10, Edwards 14, Bittner 1, I.Vigil 0, Sandquist 2, Sarquillia 14, Muglia 1, Spruill 0.

SPRINGDALE - Gilstrap 0, Farnsworth 32, Meyers 0, Ralph 2, Nortz 0, Thompson 2, Peterson 2, Crawford 0, Hammack 18, Ely 5, Carlson 6.

St. George’s 68, NWC 56

The Dragons (6-1, 4-0) shot 25 of 36 (69 percent) from the field and 9 of 11 from the line to top the host Crusaders (3-3, 2-2) at Mead High.

NWC hit six 3-pointers and 6 of 9 from the line.

St. George’s 17 17 16 18 - 68

NW Christian 10 9 11 26 - 56

ST. GEORGE’S - Blume 6, Dhillon 12, Taylor 0, Moser 9, Davis 2, Helms 0, DePonty 9, Spencer 16, Yi 0, Witherspoon 6, Thomsen 8.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Orr 3, Greenup 0, Proffitt 0, Wolf 4, Smith 7, Warren 3, Thomas 0, Strandy 3, Malott 14, VanGerpen 0, Bell 0, Goldman 10, Crouch 12.

Wellpinit 56, Columbia 42

Joe Tonasket scored all of his 22 points in the second half to lift the visiting Redskins (3-3, 2-2) over the Lions (0-6, 0-4) at Hunters.

Columbia made 10 of 17 from the floor in the second quarter, but was 2 of 15 in the second half.

Wellpinit 11 10 13 22 - 56

Columbia 6 26 2 8 - 42

WELLPINIT - Moses 11, Tonasket 22, Carter 1, D.J. Flett 3, T.Flett 0, M.McCrea 7, Covington 6, Stearns 6, Sherwood 0.

COLUMBIA - Wass 15, Etue 5, Denison 11, Young 0, Neidhart 9, K.Donohue 2, Bensen 0.

Bi-County League

ACH 69, Odessa 58

Dan Pate scored 24 points, all on 3-pointers, and Ben Durrant had 12 rebounds as the Warriors (5-3, 4-0) beat the Tigers (4-2, 2-2) at Hartline.

Pate hit four 3-pointers in the first quarter. Brandon Leander added seven assists for ACH, which went on an 11-2 run after Odessa led by one in the third quarter.

Odessa 12 19 13 14 - 58

ACH 22 14 16 17 - 69

ODESSA - Kramer 11, Weber 6, Floch 13, Hardung 0, Jeske 10, Pitts 5, Z.Schafer 0, Walter 0, Praetorius 13.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - Dormaier 7, Thomas 0, Elder 4, St. John 2, Pate 24, Higginbotham 3, Leander 8, Emerson 0, Gwinn 9, Neilsen 0, Durrant 12.

Sprague-Harrington 59, Liberty 51

Jason Carroll made 10 of 12 free throws and scored 26 points to lead the visiting Falcons (6-3, 1-1) over the Lancers (1-5, 0-2).

S-H hit 26 of 35 (74 percent) from the line, Liberty 11 of 20.

Liberty’s Jeremy Engle had nine rebounds and three steals.

Sprague-Harr. 8 18 11 22 - 59

Liberty 5 13 13 20 - 51

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Wagner 5, Floyd 9, Carroll 26, Timm 0, Pelissier 3, M.Henry 7, Young 5, A.Henry 4.

LIBERTY - Wiman 9, K.Engle 2, J.Engle 17, Cousins 10, J.Holling 9, Johnson 0, Pottratz 0, C.Holling 1, Schmitz 0, Mortimer 1, Horlacher 2.

Valley Christian 71, Davenport 41

Brian Sears had 10 rebounds and the host Panthers (7-1, 3-0) defeated the Gorillas (2-4, 0-1) with a 31-point fourth quarter.

Davenport’s Todd Strate had seven rebounds.

Davenport 9 6 12 14 - 41

Valley Christian 17 10 13 31 - 71

DAVENPORT - Rodenbough 3, Holderby 2, Johnson 1, Buchanan 15, Swain 5, Telecky 1, Strate 12, Morrison 0, Payne 0, Honey 2.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Diaz 4, Troyer 0, J.Decker 2, Smith 5, Spuler 17, Meyer 4, Sears 17, B.Decker 4, Evans 4, Sandin 14, Lacy 0.

Ritzville 75, Christian Heritage 56

Dustan Arlt scored 34, shooting 8 for 8 from the foul line, as the Broncos (3-4, 2-2) defeated the visiting Patriots (4-3, 1-3).

Arlt also hit four 3-pointers, and Josh Whitman added 12 rebounds for Ritzville. Joe Bell of CH totaled 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Chr.Heritage 13 17 9 17 - 56

Ritzville 16 23 21 15 - 75

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Newbill 16, A.Bell 0, B.Bishop 10, J.Bell 21, Hattenburg 1, Kirstein 0, Bogle 8.

RITZVILLE - B.Arlt 10, Duff 11, D.Arlt 34, Marcus 6, Johnstone 0, Borth 4, Paulson 0, Whitman 8, Beckley 2, Heider 0.

Wilbur-Creston 66, Lind 43

The visiting Wildcats (3-4, 3-1) shot 47 percent from the floor to defeat the Bulldogs (1-6, 0-4), who shot 31 percent.

Lind’s Chris Widger had 12 rebounds.

Wilbur-Creston 12 20 14 20 - 66

Lind 3 13 11 16 - 43

WILBUR-CRESTON - B.Marchand 12, Villars 7, Grant 2, Leonard 4, Samuels 11, Arden 7, Nelson 4, Katich 19, J.Marchand 0.

LIND - Kulm 2, Wills 3, Labes 2, Parkins 9, Sheckells 14, Thompson 2, Widger 11, Williamson 0.

Non-league

Logos 59, Rosalia 53

The host team from Post Falls (7-2) overcame the Spartans (0-6) and Craig Shindler’s 20-point effort.

Rosalia 4 19 8 22 - 53

Logos 13 19 16 11 - 59

ROSALIA - Heinemann 3, Watkins 2, DeGon 3, Peterson 7, Shindler 20, Bothman 4, Schmidt 8, Workman 6.

LOGOS - Fryett 11, L.Grauke 8, James 0, Miller 2, Jacobs 4, I.Grauke 2, Spencer 2, Sheibe 1, Hulbert 5, Bowen 13.

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