Top Seeds Strut Their Stuff In Girls Openers

District 9-B Tournament

The top seeds from the Whitman County and Blue Mountain leagues played up to form Saturday during openers of the girls District 9-B Tournament at Walla Walla Community College.

When the tournament shifts to Washington State University on Monday, Blue Mountain champion Waitsburg will play Whitman No. 2 St. John-Endicott, and Whitman champ Tekoa-Oakesdale meets Blue Mountain No. 2 DeSales for berths in the district title game.

Tekoa-Oakes. 56, Rosalia 29

Heather Cox scored 20 of her 26 in the second half as the second-ranked Nighthawks (20-3) topped the Spartans (8-12), despite a scoreless second quarter, for their 11th straight win.

Cory Nelson scored seven in the first quarter, and Kimberly Witte hit 6 of 6 free throws in the third quarter for Rosalia, which meets LaCrosse-Washtucna Monday in a loser-out game.

Tekoa-Oakes. 16 0 16 24 - 56

Rosalia 9 4 12 4 - 29

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Driscoll 0, Palmer 8, M.Brown 6, Hay 2, Graffis 4, Hansen 2, Bruce 8, Crow 0, Cox 26, Hurley 0.

ROSALIA Quintana 0, Henning 0, Witte 8, Nelson 11, Peringer 1, Blank 7, Brown 0, Willey 0, Dale 2.

SJE 64, Asotin 55

Tricia Lamb, Brooke Bafus and Jennifer Headlund combined for 16 fourth-quarter points to lead the fourth-ranked Eagles (19-4) over the Panthers (11-11).

Lamb, with 21 points, hit 1,973 for her career.

SJE outscored Asotin 17-3 at the free-throw line. Tara McNair scored 10 of her 28 in the second quarter for Asotin, which meets Garfield-Palouse Monday in a loser-out game.

St. John-Endicott 15 17 13 19 - 64

Asotin 10 16 15 14 - 55

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Ki.Colyar 0, Bafus 13, Lamb 21, Loomis 0, Zuger 11, Kile 3, Schmick 3, Headlund 13.

ASOTIN Beloit 6, Schnider 4, King 0, Fred 2, McNair 28, Shaw 4, Hawkins 2, Roberts 5, McCann 4.

Waitsburg 67, Garfield-Palouse 26

Rebecca Stokes scored 14 points in the third quarter and the 10th-ranked Cardinals (18-3) sank 8 of 9 free throws in beating the Vikings (9-14).

Gar-Pal’s Katie Coles scored five in the second quarter - more than any of her teammates scored all game.

Waitsburg 17 11 18 21 - 67

Garfield-Palouse 3 11 9 3 - 26

WAITSBURG W.Jones 0, Hulce 9, E.Jones 4, Abbey 2, Stokes 19, McCaw 6, Conover 0, Scott 7, Bickelhaupt 10, Kiefel 6, Trent 4.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Nelson 2, Coles 13, Shelden 3, J.Cottrill 0, S.Cottrill 0, Smith 2, Swinney 0, Hodson 0, Kildew 2, Hayden 2, Scheffler 0, Tronson 2.

DeSales 37, LaCrosse-Wash. 29

Jamie Graham scored six in the final quarter and the eighth-ranked Irish (17-3) held the Tigercats (11-11) to 11 field goals.

DeSales 13 8 2 14 - 37

LaCrosse-Wash. 2 5 10 12 - 29

DESALES Dutton 7, Lynch 0, Graham 12, E.Hellberg 7, Long 2, A.Hellberg 5, Balakier 2, Postlewait 2.

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA R.Schneider 0, Cronrath 4, A.Bay 4, Kinch 2, D.Bay 11, Bryan 1, Wigen 7, Larsen 0.

Boys

LaCrosse-Wash. 47, Tekoa-Oakes. 35

Casey Rouleau and Troy Nealey combined for 11 first-quarter points as the sixth-ranked Tigercats (21-3) avenged a league-tournament loss and eliminated the Nighthawks (9-17).

L-W matches its 21-3 record against league nemesis Gar-Pal in a loser-out game Monday.

LaCrosse-Wash. 19 7 15 6 - 47

Tekoa-Oakes. 6 7 8 14 - 35

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 12, Colter 0, Schweiger 2, Ledbetter 10, Rouleau 14, Anderson 0, Henley 0, Daniel 6, Whitman 0, Wigen 0, Hammond 0, Blankenship 1.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Fox 5, Brown 7, Teal 1, Smith 0, Brogan 2, Crossett 6, Taylor 2, Heaton 2, Zornes 0, Graffis 4, Wall 4, Perrins 4.

Garfield-Palouse 46, Pomeroy 36

During the crucial fourth quarter, Brad Bischoff scored eight and Logan Coles hit 6 of 6 free throws to make him 10 of 13 for the game as the eighth-ranked Vikings ousted the Pirates (16-8).

Pomeroy 3 14 10 9 - 36

Garfield-Palouse 13 7 10 16 - 46

POMEROY Cox 4, McCabe 3, McKeirnan 3, Young 10, Claassen 0, Fruh 8, Slaybaugh 7, Ledgerwood 1.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Tiegs 2, Tharp 0, Flansburg 0, Bischoff 18, Coles 16, Fox 2, Gearhart 0, Million 2, Sheffler 2, Stillman 2, Hall 2, Cronk 0.

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