Colville Captures League Crown

Frontier League boys

Colville earned its second Frontier League boys basketball title Friday by making certain that West Valley wouldn’t take part in its seventh straight.

Tim Sprangers finished 7 of 8 from the field, including 3 of 3 from long range, to guide the Indians (13-6, 9-2) over the visiting Eagles 71-59.

Colville’s lone league title was shared with WV and Cheney three years ago. The Indians can earn their first outright crown tonight by either beating Pullman or having WV topple Cheney.

WV (12-6, 7-4) can do no better than second place, which would still mean an opening-round bye to the District 7-AA Tournament. The Eagles have won or shared every league title since 1990-91.

Sprangers added seven assists, six rebounds and four steals. Colville’s Mike Bowland was 6 of 9 from the field.

Colville 71, West Valley 59

West Valley 12 19 10 18 - 59 Colville 16 19 18 18 - 71

WEST VALLEY - McLachlan 0 0-0 0, Cardwell 0 0-1 0, Sweet 6 4-5 20, Deno 0 0-0 0, Groh 1 0-0 3, Mortensen 1 2-2 4, Gerrells 2 4-6 8, Stockton 1 1-1 3, Gregorak 4 0-0 9, Pecht 2 1-6 5, Sly 2 1-1 6. Totals 19 13-22 59.

COLVILLE - Eslick 0 1-2 1, Meinhold 3 2-2 9, Ortner 2 3-4 8, True 2 3-4 7, Sprangers 6 4-6 19, Day 1 0-0 3, Bowland 5 2-2 12, Smith 2 0-0 4, Salina 3 2-2 8, Totals 24 17-22 71.

3-point goals - Sweet 5, Sly, Groh, Gregorak, Sprangers 3, Meinhold, Ortner, Day. Total fouls - WV 17, Colville 19. Fouled out - Pecht. Technicals - WV bench.

Cheney 57, Pullman 48

Eric Sobotta and Paul Malisani had 11 rebounds apiece as the Blackhawks (13-6, 8-3) clinched at least a tie for second place by beating the visiting Greyhounds (10-9, 4-7).

Cheney travels to WV tonight. Cheney won the first matchup.

Pullman 10 5 14 19 - 48 Cheney 10 17 13 17 - 57

PULLMAN - Linehan 2 0-0 5, Randall 1 0-0 2, Brown 1 2-2 4, Harms 6 0-0 13, Holmes 0 0-0 0, Svingen 2 0-0 5, B.Cummings 3 3-4 9, A.Cummings 3 2-3 8, Marong 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 7-9 48.

CHENEY - Stiffler 2 0-0 4, Waller 6 1-2 13, Urdahl 4 0-2 11, Reser 0 0-1 0, Parker 6 2-4 14, Malisani 3 5-6 11, Stoddard 1 0-0 2, Sobotta 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 8-15 57.

3-point goals - Linehan, Harms, Svingen, Urdahl 3. Total fouls - Pullman 11, Cheney 11. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.

Clarkston 79, East Valley 55

Aaron Jelinek scored 25 on 9-of-14 shooting from the floor and Nick Olson had nine rebounds as the Bantams (13-5, 6-5) ended the season of the visiting Knights (2-18, 1-11).

Clarkston could tie for third place if WV loses and it beats Riverside tonight. Clarkston and WV have split this year.

EV had a 40-32 rebounding edge but nearly doubled up Clarkston’s 13 turnovers.

East Valley 16 8 7 24 - 55 Clarkston 10 17 20 32 - 79

EAST VALLEY - McCarty 0 0-0 0, Blize 0 0-0 0, Smith 2 0-0 4, Wilson 6 4-5 17, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Anderson 1 2-2 5, Harris 2 0-2 5, Sams 1 2-2 4, Shogren 0 1-2 1, Hansen 0 0-0 0, Spotted Horse 7 2-2 17, Berguss 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 10-15 55.

CLARKSTON - Nielson 0 0-0 0, Havemann 1 0-2 2, Johnson 4 6-7 14, Cunningham 4 2-2 10, Legg 0 1-2 1, Fleishinger 1 3-4 5, Stiffarm 0 0-0 0, Burns 4 1-2 9, Norland 0 3-4 3, Jelinek 9 3-4 25, Olson 5 0-0 10.Totals 28 19-28 79.

3-point goals - Wilson, Harris, Spotted Horse, Jelinek 4. Total fouls - EV 26, Clarkston 17. Fouled out - Spotted Horse. Technicals - EV bench.

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