Top-Ranked Reardan Rolls

Area boys

Reardan held on to its No. 1 ranking Thursday while also holding on to the title of Bi-County League Tournament champion.

Rhett Soliday hit four 3-pointers, and he and James Kiger had eight rebounds apiece to lead the Indians (22-0) past seventh-ranked Almira/Coulee-Hartline 52-44 in the league championship game in Reardan.

Reardan made 16 of 19 free throws and held the Warriors (17-4) to 36 percent shooting from the field.

The Indians open District 7-B Tournament play at Spokane Falls Community College at 7:45 Monday night against Panorama League No. 4 Selkirk (17-6). ACH, as Bi-Co No. 2, draws Panorama No. 3 Springdale (17-7) at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Reardan 10 19 9 14 - 52

A/C-Hartline 13 9 13 9 - 44

REARDAN Jenkin 0, Soliday 14, Titchenal 16, Martin 0, Eastman 10, Graham 7, Kiger 5.

ACH R.Higginbotham 3, Pierce 13, Leander 0, Pate 3, A.Higginbotham 0, Goodwin 5, Evers 19, Neilsen 1.

Ritzville 56, Valley Christian 44

John Galbreath scored 12 of his 23 points during the telling third quarter to guide the ninth-ranked Broncos (21-3) past the Panthers (15-9) in the game for the third and fourth district seeds.

Galbreath hit three 3-pointers and finished 8 of 9 from the free-throw line. VC shot just 41 percent (11 of 27) from the line.

Ritzville’s district opener will be at 6 Monday night against Panorama No. 2 Curlew (17-6). VC waits until 7:45 p.m. Tuesday to play Panorama champ and fourth-ranked Republic (21-2).

Ritzville 10 9 22 15 - 56

Valley Christian 9 7 9 19 - 44

RITZVILLE Arlt 9, Benzel 0, Duff 6, Boness 4, DeVore 2, J.Galbreath 23, S.Galbreath 10, Russel 2.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN Decker 11, Evans 6, Teterud 4, Spuler 11, Sears 8, Sandin 1, Smith 0.

Panorama League Tourney

Republic defeats Curlew

At Colville, the Tigers (21-2) beat the Cougars (17-6) for the third time this year. No details were reported.

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