Tigercats Eye Whitman Title

Area boys

LaCrosse-Washtucna proved itself Friday, beating visiting and fourth-ranked Garfield-Palouse 58-46 at LaCrosse to all but clinch the Whitman County League title.

Clint Ledbetter had 23 points and 10 rebounds to guide a 34-22 edge as the eighth-ranked Tigercats (15-2, 7-0) swept the Vikings (15-2, 5-2), who kept them out of the State B Tournament last year.

Cole Schweiger and Troy Nealey combined for 13 assists for the winners.

LaCr.-Wash. 58, G-Pal. 46

Gar.-Palouse 5 20 5 16 - 46

LaCrosse-Wash. 13 15 13 17 - 58

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Tiegs 0, Bischoff 12, Coles 8, Fox 9, Gearhart 5, Sheffler 4, Hall 8.

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 11, Schweiger 5, Ledbetter 23, Rouleau 8, Henley 0, Daniel 6, Whitman 5, Blankenship 0.

SJE 71, Colton 57

Nick Strader scored 32 to lead the visiting Eagles (6-11, 5-2) over the Wildcats (4-12, 1-6).

St. John-Endicott 20 18 20 13 - 71

Colton 10 16 17 14 - 57

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Kolb 0, Colyar 3, Repp 0, Bafus 18, Strader 32, Stoner 6, Smith 4, Siler 6, Stolmeier 2.

COLTON T.Truong 0, B.Truong 0, Weber 0, Busch 10, Druffle 11, Bates 19, Hopwood 6, Meyer 4, Stout 7.

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Frontier League

Cheney 73, Riverside 57

Austin Parker made 8 of 12 field goals and the visiting Blackhawks (10-4, 5-1) beat the Rams (3-11, 1-5) to remain tied for first place.

Cheney had 33 rebounds, 13 on the offensive end. Danny Leaf had six rebounds and Cliff Otto five assists for Riverside.

Cheney 29 13 20 11 - 73

Riverside 9 16 9 23 - 57

CHENEY Stiffler 4 2-4 7, Eggart 0 2-2 2, Waller 1 7-9 9, Urdahl 4 3-4 14, Goetz 0 0-1 0, Donnelly 1 1-2 3, Reser 1 0-0 2, Parker 8 2-3 18, Malisani 6 2-3 14, Stoddard 1 0-0 2, Sobotta 1 0-1 2. Totals 25 19-28 73.

RIVERSIDE Otto 0 2-4 2, Monroe 6 4-4 19, Daubel 1 1-2 3, Beckham 0 0-1 0, Frowick 3 0-0 9, Leaf 3 0-0 6, Crance 3 2-2 8, Kapelke 3 0-1 6, Miller 2 0-0 4. Totals 23 9-13 57.

3-point goals - Urdahl 3, Stifler, Monroe 3, Frowick 3. Total fouls - Cheney 19, Riverside 19. Fouled Out - Otto. Technicals - none.

Colville 71, East Valley 54

Tim Sprangers scored 13 of his 21 in the first half, and Jed Ortner hit two 3-pointers when a double-digit lead had been cut to four with 5:45 left as the visiting Indians (9-5, 5-1) beat the Knights (1-11, 0-5) to keep pace with Cheney.

Colville led 12-2 after 2 minutes. James Spotted Horse finished with seven rebounds and Mitch Johnson five assists for EV.

Colville 21 14 16 20 - 71

East Valley 12 14 16 12 - 54

COLVILLE Eslick 2 0-0 4, Meinhold 2 0-0 5, Ortner 5 0-0 12, True 7 1-3 15, Sprangers 7 4-9 21, Day 2 0-0 5, Salina 3 3-5 9. Totals 28 8-17 71.

EAST VALLEY McCarty 0 0-0 0, Wilson 6 0-0 13, Johnson 1 0-3 2, Anderson 3 7-9 13, Sams 0 0-0 0, Shogren 0 0-0 0, Hansen 4 1-2 10, Spotted Horse 8 0-0 16. Totals 22 8-14 54.

3-point goals - Meinhold, Ortner 2, Day, Sprangers 3, Wilson, Hansen. Total fouls - Colville 13, EV 14. Fouled out - True. Technicals - none.

West Valley 60, Clarkston 55

Josh Sweet’s fourth 3-pointer, with 43 seconds left, helped the visiting Eagles (9-4, 4-2) squash a rally to beat the Bantams (10-2, 3-2) and take over third place.

In the late stages, Clarkston hadn’t committed enough fouls to put the Eagles on the line. Nick Olson had 10 rebounds to lead Clarkston’s 34-26 edge.

West Valley 19 15 13 13 - 60

Clarkston 14 11 11 19 - 55

WEST VALLEY McLachlan 0 0-0 0, Hilsabeck 0 0-0 0, Cardwell 3 0-2 7, Sweet 4 2-3 14, Deno 0 0-0 0, Sorensen 0 0-0 0, Groh 2 0-0 4, Mortensen 1 0-0 2, Gerrells 6 5-9 17, Spivey 0 0-0 0, Stockton 0 0-0 0, Gregorak 0 0-0 0, Pecht 6 0-1 12. Totals 22 11-19 60.

CLARKSTON Nielson 0 0-0 0, Havemann 0 0-0 0, Johnson 5 4-4 17, Cunningham 1 0-4 2, Legg 3 0-1 6, Fleishinger 0 1-2 1, Stiffarm 1 0-0 2, Burns 1 0-0 2, Norland 0 0-0 0, Jelinek 4 1-2 12, Olson 6 1-3 13. Totals 21 7-16 55.

3-point goals - Cardwell, Sweet 4, Johnson 3, Jelnick 3. Total fouls - WV 18, Clarkston 14. Fouled out - Gregorak. Technicals - WV bench, Gerrels.

Northeast A League

Lakeside 66, Colfax 34

Mike Dasenbrock, with 6 of 8 from the line, and Billy Bender, 7 of 12 from the floor, scored 20 points apiece as the eighth-ranked Eagles (12-4, 9-1) beat the visiting Bulldogs (4-12, 4-6) at Nine Mile Falls and avenged their lone league loss.

Colfax shot 28 percent from the field.

Colfax 14 8 8 4 - 34

Lakeside 16 14 14 22 - 66

COLFAX Kehne 1, Damery 8, Robinson 0, Warwick 0, Curtis 6, Van Dyke 2, Cook 0, Keck 4, Shields 0, Stoner 8, Van Tine 5.

LAKESIDE Wilson 2, Petticrew 13, Spiger 4, Bender 20, Feider 5, Day 2, Dasenbrock 20.

Med. Lake 77, Deer Park 47

Brandon Moore made 9 of 12 field goals and 9 of 11 free throws to score 27 points and Carlos Simmons had eight second-half assists to guide the ninth-ranked Cardinals (13-3, 8-2) over the visiting Stags (0-16, 0-10) for coach Dave Olzendam’s 300th win.

Moore added 15 rebounds, while teammate Jeff Nichols had 10 rebounds and eight blocked shots. DP’s Steven Bryant hit three 3-pointers in the first half.

Deer Park 11 13 17 6 - 47

Medical Lake 12 19 24 22 - 77

DEER PARK Mitchell 2, Harris 0, Bryant 18, Hall 0, Stevens 0, Frickey 2, McCollough 16, Zimmerer 0, Martin 7, Thompson 2.

MEDICAL LAKE Jackson 13, Brown 2, Headlee 6, Shirley 0, Simmons 11, Earley 0, Miller 2, Bahr 9, Campbell 0, Nichols 4, V.Moore 0, B.Moore 27, Vance 3.

Freeman 68, Newport 44

D.J. Goldsmith had nine rebounds and the Scotties (11-5, 8-2) beat the visiting Grizzlies (4-11, 2-8) to keep in step with Medical Lake for second place. Newport played without five players who were either sick or out for disciplinary reasons.

Newport 9 13 14 8 - 44

Freeman 16 21 17 16 - 68

NEWPORT Kiehn 6, Frandrup 3, Marsh 15, Martindale 6, Mumford 8, Drum 0, Waldon 2, Priskyn 0, Valsman 2, Jenkins 2, Herman 2.

FREEMAN Odle 6, Hill 4, Miller 2, S.Simmons 2, Schmidt 17, Jones 0, Sheffield 10, Goldsmith 13, White 11, T.Simmons 0, Love 0, Synder 2, Pope 3.

Chewelah 79, Kettle Falls 45

The visiting Cougars (9-6, 6-4) made 18 of 22 field goals in the second half, including 5 of 5 3-pointers in the third quarter, to beat the Bulldogs (6-10, 3-7).

Chewelah 9 12 27 31 - 79

Kettle Falls 8 13 10 14 - 45

CHEWELAH Nitschke 11, Meserve 16, Miller 4, Edwards 2, Wissink 8, Landram 16, Kinley 4, Churape 1, Sunday 10, Parrish 7.

KETTLE FALLS Weathers 9, Miller 0, Delony 7, Kulesza 1, Newton 13, Berryman 4, George 6, Williams 5, Presley 0.

Bi-County League

Valley Chr. 63, Liberty 57

Brian Sears scored 21 and Jeremy Decker added 20 - including buzzer-beaters in the second and third quarters - as the visiting Panthers (12-5, 6-5) beat the Lancers (11-7, 8-4) to avenge an 18-point loss in December.

Liberty’s Travis Greenwalt totaled 32 points and 16 rebounds. Liberty shot 27 percent from the floor - 2 of 18 from long range.

Valley Christian 12 13 19 19 - 63

Liberty 12 9 10 26 - 57

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Dahl 0, Schlafmann 0, Decker 20, Evans 4, Teterud 0, Spuler 11, Sears 21, Sandin 7, King 0.

LIBERTY Wiman 4, B.Cory 2, Engle 5, Horlacher 11, Cooper 3, C.Holling 0, Tee 0, Greenwalt 32.

Reardan 80, Davenport 53

James Kiger scored 18 of his 22 points in the third quarter and added 12 rebounds and five steals to lead the top-ranked Indians (18-0, 12-0) over the visiting Gorillas (4-12, 2-10).

Nathan Graham added seven assists for Reardan, which shot 57 percent from the floor. Davenport’s Josh FitzPatrick had six rebounds.

Davenport 10 8 17 16 - 53

Reardan 24 17 18 21 - 80

DAVENPORT Holderby 4, Rodenbough 0, Buchanan 7, Orvis 9, Gunning 9, Bailey 12, FitzPatrick 6, McClure 1, Hammond 0, Doucette 0.

REARDAN Jenkin 10, Brown 4, Soliday 9, Titchenal 16, Martin 1, Eastman 9, Graham 4, Flaa 0, Nollmeyer 5, Kiger 22.

ACH 66, Wilbur-Creston 50

Jason Pierce totaled 10 rebounds, six assists and five steals to lead the No. 5 Warriors (14-2, 11-2) past the Wildcats (10-7, 7-5) at Hartline.

W-C’s Sorrell Katich scored 17 of his 23 in the second half.

Wilbur-Creston 7 9 16 18 - 50

ACHartline 11 23 14 18 - 66

WILBUR-CRESTON Marchand 5, Leonard 10, Villars 0, Tonasket 0, Bahr 2, Samuels 0, Kuchenbuch 8, Nelson 2, Katich 23, Desautel 0.

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE R.Higginbotham 2, Pierce 19, Leander 6, Pate 2, A.Higginbotham 7, Goodwin 16, Evers 9, Neilsen 5.

Ritzville 97, Lind 32

John Galbreath’s 24 points, nine assists and eight rebounds led the seventh-ranked Broncos (15-2, 10-2) over the visiting Bulldogs (2-16, 1-12).

Dustan Arlt hit 7 of 7 field goals and Ryan Benzel added nine assists for Ritzville.

Lind 2 9 16 5 - 32

Ritzville 26 16 31 24 - 97

LIND Jo.Parkins 0, Olson 0, Williamson 4, Wills 5, Ja.Parkins 9, Dutton 4, Sheckells 3, Sikorski 0, Thompson 3, Fichtenberg 0, Alcocer 4.

RITZVILLE Arlt 17, Benzel 4, Boness 12, Marcus 4, DeVore 17, J.Galbreath 24, S.Galbreath 4, Russel 10, Taylor 5.

C.Heritage 62, Odessa 58

Joe Bell scored 32 on 12-of-20 shooting from the floor and added 20 rebounds to guide the Patriots (5-11, 2-10) over the visiting Tigers (5-11, 4-8) at Edwall.

Odessa 9 8 20 21 - 58

Chr.Heritage 17 10 16 19 - 62

ODESSA Kramer 12, Starkel 7, Hardung 0, Floch 2, Carlson Jr. 15, G.Schafer 2, Z.Schafer 0, Pitts 4, Grall 8, Walter 0, Praetorius 8.

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE Hill 4, Newbill 4, J.Bell 32, B.Bishop 7, J.Bishop 4, Bogle 11.

Panorama League

NWC 53, Selkirk 45

Jeremy Affeldt scored 26 on 12-of-15 shooting from the floor and the Crusaders (10-8, 9-5) used a 27-15 rebounding edge to top the South Division-leading Rangers (13-4, 11-3) at Ione.

NW Christian 12 12 12 17 - 53

Selkirk 8 15 9 13 - 45

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Mortlock 8, Smith 4, Affeldt 26, A.Crouch 11, M.Crouch 2, Wolf 2, Malott 0.

SELKIRK Escalanti 0, Davis 0, Larson 10, Kinney 0, Farris 13, Gere 4, Huffine 7, Lopes 5, Pyeatt 6, White 0.

Springdale 76, Cusick 46

Ben Peterson had 17 rebounds and hit 7 of 7 free throws on the way to 21 points as the Chargers (12-6, 10-4) beat the visiting Panthers (2-16, 2-12).

Josh Farnsworth added six assists for Springdale, which totaled 19 steals. Cusick made just four field goals in the second half.

Cusick 13 16 6 11 - 46

Springdale 13 25 18 20 - 76

CUSICK Coppock 0, McCart 0, Reijonen 7, Waldman 4, Bridges 3, Chantry 8, Finley 6, Hamilton 12, Martin 4, Kramer 2.

SPRINGDALE Gardner 2, Brisbois 9, McCurdy 17, B.Peterson 21, Canfield 2, Lozano 9, Montgomery 0, Klemish 2, Farnsworth 8, Carlson 6.

St. Geo.’s 71, St. Michael’s 46

Dan Kuney finished 7 of 9 from the field while scoring 22 points to lead the Dragons (12-6, 10-4) over the Warriors (4-14, 3-11).

St. Michael’s 11 11 12 12 - 46

St. George’s 17 14 19 21 - 71

ST. MICHAEL’S Lakin 11, Sandquist 0, Argentino 13, Baarstad 10, Lajoie 10, Bedker 2.

ST. GEORGE’S D. Dhillon 5, J. Dhillon 3, Blume 18, Sadler 8, Spencer 6, Kuney 22, Witherspoon 4, Helms 0, Thompson 5.

Columbia 72, Inchelium 52

Brandon Neidhart’s 28 points guided the Lions (3-14, 3-11) over the Hornets (0-18, 0-14).

Inchelium’s Rich Swan, back after missing three games with an injury, had 26 points.

Columbia 21 24 18 9 - 72

Inchelium 12 5 16 19 - 52

COLUMBIA McLean 4, Wass 3, Etue 10, Denison 6, Kastelic 10, Neidhart 28, Philpot 3, Carlson 0, Smith 8 Pakootas 0.

INCHELIUM Jolley 5, Johnson 0, Swan 26, Boyd 7, Michel 4, Mason 0, Tonasket 10, Simmons 0.

Republic 79, Wellpinit 39

Jason Baldwin scored 26 and the No. 3 Tigers (17-1, 14-0) held the visiting Redskins (10-7, 8-6) to two first-half field goals.

Mark Rickard had 18 rebounds and Dan Hanks seven steals for Republic.

Wellpinit 4 9 13 13 - 39

Republic 19 22 19 19 - 79

WELLPINIT Lebret 8, Gould 0, M.Tonasket 2, T.Flett 0, D.Flett 3, Carter 0, Garrett 10, D.Tonasket 7, Andrew 5, Pakootas 4.

REPUBLIC Dinkins 9, Dav.Hanks 3, Baldwin 26, Dan.Hanks 12, Gliddon 0, Hadden 0, Rickard 11, Hargrave 2, Grimm 6, Kuchenmeister 10.

Curlew 77, Northport 33

The visiting Cougars (13-5, 10-4) shot 75 percent from the field in the first half and forced 32 turnovers to defeat the Mustangs (5-13, 4-10).

Curlew 26 19 27 5 - 77

Northport 10 10 4 9 - 33

CURLEW C.Edwards 5, Cribby 2, Olsen 6, Groth 16, Nelson 4, Prazak 11, Brucklier 12, J.Miller 18, B.Miller 0, E.Edwards 3.

NORTHPORT Dufresne 0, Morrow 3, Carlson 3, Aaro.Day 4, Timmering 2, Godes 5, Aari.Day 0, Fredrickson 7, Reed 2, Bennetch 1, Ad.Day 6, Phaff 0.

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