Priest River Ties For Third, But Loses Coin Flip

Girls basketball

Missy Emmis and Krissi Ruiz combined for 41 points to lead Priest River to a lopsided 66-42 Intermountain League victory Saturday over visiting St. Maries.

Priest River tied Lakeland for third place, but the Spartans lost a coin flip, so they will play Kellogg at North Idaho College on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the first round of the distric tournament. St. Maries’ Lumberjacks will go up against Lakeland at 6 p.m.

Priest River 66, St. Maries 42

Saint Maries 6 11 11 14 - 42 Priest River 15 18 20 13 - 66

Wilbur-Creston 59, Ritzville 50

Third-ranked Wilbur-Creston muddied the Bi-County League tournament picture by virtue of its 59-50 win Saturday night over host Ritzville.

The Wildcats (17-3, 12-1) and sixth-ranked Broncos (17-3, 12-1) are tied for first in the West Division. League rules require the two schools play for the division title tonight. However, according to Ritzville coach John Foulkes, he and Wildcats coach Steve Jantz would rather settle the issue with a coin flip.

Foulkes said the league’s athletic directors will vote today on whether a game must be played. If the A.D.s disallow a coin flip, the game will most likely take place tonight at Odessa.

Alyssa Erickson had 11 points, including 5-of-5 shooting at the foul line in the fourth quarter, to help the Wildcats win their 16th straight game.

W-C 59, Ritzville 50

Wilbur-Creston 14 16 16 13 - 59 Ritzville 10 13 13 14 - 50

WILBUR-CRESTON - Harris 3, Allen 10, Llewellyn 6, Deahl 10, Green 0, Erickson 11, Arden 5, Nelson 2, Bandy 12.

RITZVILLE - Kramer 0, Weber 2, Horpedahl 3, M.Wellsandt 8, Russel 6, Yerxa 21, Alspach 10.

Sprague-Harrington 66, Liberty 44

Kristy Engles and Mandi Walters combined for 39 points as Sprague-Harrington (12-7, 9-4) closed out league play by defeating the Lancers (7-13, 4-9).

Liberty will play Odessa when the league tournament opens Tuesday at Reardan. The Falcons will play the top seed, Ritzville or Wilbur-Creston, Friday.

Sprague-Harr. 13 21 20 12 - 66 Liberty 14 7 6 17 - 44

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Maurer 4, Whipple 0, Morton 12, Putney 3, M.Walters 19, Harding 0, Smith 0, Engles 20, Morse 3, C.Walters 5.

LIBERTY - Howard 0, Cory 15, Tusler 7, Neihart 7, Bothman 2, Prince 5, Gardner 6, Adams 2.

Davenport 48, Valley Christian 43

Kylene Marriott hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final 4 minutes to spark the visiting Gorillas (10-9, 7-6) to their victory over the Panthers (6-13, 2-11).

Davenport opens the league tournament Tuesday at Reardan against Almira-Coulee/Hartline in a loser-out contest.

Davenport 11 7 11 19 - 48 Valley Christian 6 11 14 12 - 43

DAVENPORT - Marriott 13, Reed 0, Guhlke 0, Schreck 17, Lust 2, Bolyard 1, Cowdrey 13, Rux 2.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Robertson 0, Diaz 0, Nichols 0, Rosholt 6, Arnhold 5, Evans 24, Swenson 0, Hopson 0, Ferderer 8.

Whitman County

SJE 60, Garfield-Palouse 27

Tricia Lamb scored 25 points to lead second-ranked St. John-Endicott (17-3, 8-2) past host Garfield-Palouse (9-11, 5-5) in a league finale.

St. John-End. 18 7 20 15 - 60 Garfield-Palouse 7 6 2 12 - 27

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Ki.Colyar 4, Ko.Colyar 2, Bafus 13, Kleweno 0, Lamb 25, Loomis 2, Zuger 1, Kjack 0, Kile 1, Schmick 3, Headlund 9.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE - Nelson 0, Coles 9, Shelden 0, Smick 0, S.Cottrill 0, Smith 0, Swinney 6, Hodson 0, Kildew 4, Hayden 2, Scheffler 2, Tronson 4.

Lacrosse-Washtucna 43, Rosalia 41

LaCrosse-Washtucna (10-9, 6-4) rallied from a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to edge the visiting Spartans 7-11, 2-8).

Christine Cronrath, who finished with a 13 points, won it for the Tigercats on a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left in the game.

Rosalia will play Colton Friday in a loser-out league tournament game at Endicott.

Rosalia 9 10 17 5 - 41 LaCrosse-Wash. 12 8 2 21 - 43

ROSALIA - Henning 8, Witte 12, Nelson 15, Peringer 1, Blank 2, Brown 0, Willey 0, Dale 3.

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA - R.Schneider 6, A.Camp 0, Cronrath 13, A.Bay 10, Kinch 2, D.Bay 2, Bryan 4, Wigen 4, Larsen 0, Thompson 2, N.Schneider 0.

Northeast A

Lakeside 59, Freeman 33

The Eagles (18-1, 13-0) outscored the host Scotties (4-15, 3-10) 24-6 in the third quarter en route to a lopsided win.

Freeman plays hosts Kettle Falls Friday to decide the final berth to district.

Lakeside 15 10 24 10 - 59 Freeman 10 7 6 10 - 33

LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls) - McElroy 5, Wilkins 7, Waddell 13, Heebink 7, Hatch 12, Reardan 0, Long 7, Petticrew 8, Lewis 0.

FREEMAN - Watson 0, Pratt 0, Dahmen 6, McCathern 6, Wilkerson 11, Adams 0, Watkins 6, Moberg 2, Graham 2, Blank 0.

Colfax 35, Deer Park 33

Alison Harder scored 12 points, including a key 3-pointer with 1:30 left in the game, to help the Bulldogs (16-3, 10-3) hold off the host Stags (9-10, 6-7).

Colfax 16 2 8 9 - 35 Deer Park 12 9 6 6 - 33

COLFAX - Harder 12, T.Pittman 2, Hall 7, Thiele 6, Tribbett 5, Widman 0, S.Pittman 3.

DEER PARK - Hardie 4, Michaels 4, Davis 0, Bendowski 0, Sims 0, Langbehn 0, Stone 14, Scott 4, O’Brien 7.

Newport 84, Kettle Falls 46

Carey Sauer and Heidi Schulz combined for 37 points and the visiting Grizzlies (17-2, 11-2) routed the Bulldogs (6-13, 2-11).

Sheila Richardson of Kettle Falls tallied 15 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter.

Newport 23 23 22 16 - 84 Kettle Falls 7 9 10 20 - 46

NEWPORT - Carter 6, Casey 6, Lindburg 3, Schulz 18, Almond 0, McDirmid 6, Sauer 19, Frandrup 13, Carrara 13.

KETTLE FALLS - S. Azzarito 2, Fredrickson 1, Richardson 20, Fusato 2, Maidhoff 0, D. Azzarito 4, Matter 5, Lathrop 6, Baker 2, McDaniels 4.

Chewelah 51, Med. Lk. 36

Jackie Albertson hit a pair of 3-pointers in a pivotal third period to lead the Cougars (10-9, 6-7) to a victory over the visiting Cardinals (2-17, 1-12).

Medical Lake 6 10 10 10 - 36 Chewelah 7 14 18 12 - 51

MEDICAL LAKE - Blayne 2, French 0, Erickson 4, Muelken 2, Duckett 13, Monroe 2, Tschirley 2, Ramirez 9, Simmons 2, Knapp 0, Viggs 0, Sparks 0.

CHEWELAH - Edwards 0, Anderson 5, Rogers 3, Harrison 11, Albertson 11, Kristianson 4, Moore 7, O’Neal 8, Boone 2.

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