Nighthawks Pin Loss On Tigercats

Boys basketball

Wily Tekoa-Oakesdale used the Fox Saturday to pull the biggest upset of the Class B season.

Trevor Fox scored 15 points in the first quarter and made 6 of 6 free throws in the final 30 seconds to guide the Nighthawks (9-14) over second-ranked LaCrosse-Washtucna 51-45 during the Whitman County League tournament at Endicott.

The Tigercats (18-3) had won 11 straight, including decisions of 47-33 and 55-47 over T-O, the tourney’s fifth seed.

Fox hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter. L-W coach Andy Stinson stuck Troy Nealey on Fox after that, and Nealey held him scoreless in the second and third quarters.

T-O plays Garfield-Palouse at 7:30 tonight in the title game. The outcome will determine the top two berths to the District 9-B tournament. L-W plays St. John-Endicott at 4:30 for the third and fourth district seeds.

T-O 51, LaCrosse-Washtucna 45

Tekoa-Oakes. 21 7 5 18 - 51

LaCrosse-Wash. 10 15 8 12 - 45

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Fox 22, Brown 2, Teal 10, Brogan 2, Taylor 0, Zornes 3, Graffis 6, Wall 6, Crossett 0.

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 14, Schweiger 0, Ledbetter 13, Rouleau 12, Daniel 4, Whitman 2, Hammond 0.

Garfield-Palouse 46, SJE 41

In the final minute, Marc Gearhart and Jeremy Fox hit one free throw apiece and Logan Coles added a basket to lift the eighth-ranked Vikings (19-2) over the Eagles (8-14).

St. John-End. 10 8 14 9 - 41

Garfield-Pal. 7 18 4 17 - 46

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Colyar 6, Bafus 6, N.Strader 8, Scheuerman 12, Smith 0, Siler 2, Stolemeier 5, Stoner 2, T.Strader 0, D.Miller 0.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Bischoff 9, Coles 11, Fox 12, Gearhart 3, Million 2, Sheffler 0, Stillman 1, Hall 8.

Panorama Tournament

Republic 56, Springdale 34

Mark Rickard had 21 rebounds as the sixth-ranked Tigers (20-2) beat the visiting Chargers (15-7) to return to the title game.

The Tigers meet North Division mate Curlew in Colville at 8 p.m. Thursday. Springdale hosts Northwest Christian today in a winner-to-district, loser-out game.

Springdale 8 3 13 10 - 34

Republic 7 13 18 18 - 56

SPRINGDALE Gardner 0, Brisbois 0, Ralph 0, McCurdy 10, B.Peterson 10, Canfield 6, Lozano 2, Montgomery 2, Klemish 0, Farnsworth 4, Carlson 0, D.Peterson 0.

REPUBLIC Dinkins 0, Dav.Hanks 5, Baldwin 16, Dan Hanks 0, Gliddon 0, Hadden 0, Rickard 17, Hargrave 0, Grimm 6, Kuchenmeister 12, Russell 0, Davenport 0.

Curlew 54, Selkirk 36

The taller Cougars (17-5) shot 20 of 32 (63 percent) from the floor to topple the host Rangers (16-5) at Ione and advance to the title game.

Selkirk host St. George’s today in a winner-to-district, loser-out game.

Curlew 9 15 16 14 - 54

Selkirk 5 12 8 11 - 36

CURLEW C.Edwards 0, Cribby 6, G.Olsen 6, Groth 15, Nelson 0, Prazak 13, Brucklier 6, J.Miller 8, B.Miller 0.

SELKIRK Larson 12, Kinney 2, Farris 2, Gere 6, Huffine 2, Lopes 7, Pyeatt 3, White 2.

St. George’s 71, Wellpinit 51

Dan Kuney and Whit Spencer scored 22 apiece, Kuney on 12-of-13 shooting from the line, to guide the visiting Dragons (14-8) over the Redskins (11-11) in a loser-out game.

St. George’s 16 17 13 25 - 71

Wellpinit 8 11 19 13 - 51

ST. GEORGE’S D.Dhillon 8, J.Dhillon 0, DePonty 2, Blume 2, Sadler 15, Wang 0, Spencer 22, Kuney 22, Witherspoon 0, Helms 0, Thompson 0, Johnson 0.

WELLPINIT Lebret 7, Gould 0, M.Tonasket 0, T.Flett 5, D.Flett 7, Carter 0, Garrett 0, D.Tonasket 14, Andrew 3, Pakootas 15, Sterns 0, McCrea 0.

NWC 63, Northport 38

Jeremy Affeldt finished 6 of 12 from the floor and the Crusaders (13-9) had just four turnovers in the first half on the way to a victory that eliminated the visiting Mustangs (6-16).

Northport 11 7 12 8 - 38

NW Christian 15 16 12 20 - 63

NORTHPORT Dufresne 2, Morrow 0, Carlson 11, Aaro.Day 6, Timmering 0, Godes 4, Aari.Day 0, Fredrickson 13, Reed 0, Bennetch 0, Ad.Day 2, Phaff 0.

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN Thomas 3, Mortlock 7, Verduin 2, McCabe 0, Smith 11, Affeldt 19, Wilson 0, Mason 0, A.Crouch 11, M.Crouch 2, Malott 8, Wolf 0.

Bi-County Tournament

ACH 56, Ritzville 52

At Reardan, the ninth-ranked Warriors (17-3) used balanced scoring and a 9-for-13 touch at the line to overcome the fifth-ranked Broncos (19-3), whose John Galbreath scored 30.

ACH takes on Reardan Thursday night for the title. The game, a rematch of last year’s won by Reardan, will decided the top two seeds to the District 7-B Tournament. Ritzville meets Wilbur-Creston (13-9) at 5:45 Tuesday night in a winner-to-district, loser-out game.

ACHartline 8 21 14 13 - 56

Ritzville 8 17 8 19 - 52

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE R.Higginbotham 5, Pierce 9, Thomas 0, Elder 1, Pate 9, A.Higginbotham 0, Emerson 0, Goodwin 14, Evers 16, Neilson 2.

RITZVILLE Arlt 0, Benzel 0, Duff 10, Boness 4, Marcus 0, DeVore 0, J.Galbreath 30, S.Galbreath 2, Russel 6, Taylor 0.

Reardan 54, Liberty 50

The top-ranked Indians (21-0) overcame season-low 36 percent shooting to edge the Lancers (13-9).

James Kiger had eight rebounds for Reardan. Travis Greenwalt scored 26 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the floor, and added 12 rebounds.

Liberty plays Valley Christian (14-8) at 7:30 Tuesday night in a winner-to-district, loser-out game.

Liberty 16 14 11 9 - 50

Reardan 14 21 6 13 - 54

LIBERTY Wiman 2, B.Cory 4, Engle 5, Horlacher 7, J.Holling 0, Johnson 0, Cooper 4, C.Holling 0, Tee 2, Greenwalt 26.

REARDAN Jenkin 8, Soliday 6, Titchenal 5, Martin 0, Eastman 11, Graham 7, Kiger 17.

Blue Mtn. Tournament

DeSales 55, Pomeroy 35

At Walla Walla, Brian Lindgren’s 11 rebounds helped the Irish (15-5) beat the Pirates (14-7) at DeSales High and advance to the title game.

DeSales meets Waitsburg (17-3) at 6 tonight for the first and second berths to the District 9-B Tournament. Pomeroy meets Asotin at 2 p.m. today for No. 3 and 4 to district.

Pomeroy 11 8 11 5 - 35

DeSales 11 20 11 13 - 55

POMEROY Cox 0, McCabe 2, McKeirnan 0, Young 8, Claassen 2, Fruh 6, Slaybaugh 7, Ledgerwood 8. Neal 0.

DESALES - Lindgren 7, Stanley 6, Wolfram 2, Heinzman 6, Levens 13, Baffney 10, Zea 11.

Asotin 54, Touchet 45

Also at DeSales, Jeremiah Faught scored 29 points and the Panthers (10-11) made 8 of 10 free throws in the final 2 minutes to eliminate the Indians (12-9).

Asotin 16 14 8 16 - 54

Touchet 10 11 11 13 - 45

ASOTIN Neace 0, Milionis 8, Ater 0, Fisbeck 8, Leavitt 3, Uptmor 6, Faught 29.

TOUCHET Clarke 0, Ford 7, Nolan 4, Bussell 11, Renwick 6, Gosney 14, Miller 6.

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