Tigercats Knock Off Vikings

Boys basketball

LaCrosse-Washtucna won the first of what could be four Southeast B encounters with Garfield-Palouse Saturday, knocking the host Vikings from the unbeaten ranks with a 55-50 Whitman County League win.

Clint Ledbetter scored 24 points and Troy Nealey 23 for the Tigercats (10-2, 2-0), who beat Gar-Pal in last year’s league tournament but lost to the Vikings in the District 9 title game.

Gar-Pal (10-1, 1-1) had Logan Coles and Jeremy Fox foul out and nearly lost two other starters to fouls. Coles’ nine rebounds led a 31-27 Gar-Pal edge.

L-W 55, Gar.-Pal. 50

LaCr.Wash. 9 22 12 12 - 55 Gar.-Palouse 10 15 9 16 - 50

LACROSSE-WASHTUCNA Nealey 23, Colter 0, Schweiger 0, Ledbetter 24, Rouleau 2, Henley 0, Daniel 3, Whitman 3.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Flansburg 0, Bischoff 13, Coles 9, Fox 10, Gearhart 5, Million 0, Sheffler 4, Stillman 0, Hall 9.

Rosalia 44, T-O 28

At Tekoa, Ben Scheele scored 10 of his 25 points in the second quarter and the visiting Spartans (4-4, 1-1) won by holding the Nighthawks (3-8, 0-2) to 20-percent shooting from the field.

Rosalia 7 15 8 14 - 44 Tekoa-Oakes. 10 3 11 4 - 28

ROSALIA - Cangrimbergen 2, Slemp 10, Scheele 25, Goyke 2, Schmidt 2, Bothman 2, Blank 1.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE - Fox 8, Brown 1, Teal 0, Smith 0, Brogan 7, Crossett 0, Taylor 0, Peringer 0, Zornes 4, Graffis 8.

SJE 84, Colton 50

At St. John, Nick Strader had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Eagles (3-8, 2-0) shot 54 percent from the floor to beat the Wildcats (3-8, 0-2) and remain in first place.

SJE’s Karl Scheuerman added 10 rebounds and six assists.

Colton 12 17 9 12 - 50 SJ-Endicott 23 22 16 23 - 84

COLTON - T.Truong 4, Bre.Keller 0, B.Truong 2, Weber 0, Busch 14, Druffle 5, Bri.Keller 0, Bates 9, Hopwood 6, Meyer 6, Stout 4.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT - Kolb 0, Colyar 1, Bafus 19, Strader 30, Stoner 4, Scheuerman 7, Smith 9, Siler 11, Stolmeier 3.

Northeast A League

Colfax 61, L’side 57 (OT)

Bob Stoner made 9 of 10 field goals in scoring 22, and Tyson Curtis scored four points in overtime as the Bulldogs (1-10, 1-4) shocked the visiting Eagles (7-3, 4-1) and handed coach Bob Bafus his 598th career win.

Stoner also had 11 rebounds and Brian Kehne five assists for Colfax, which had dropped 11 straight. Lakeside’s Billy Bender, who scored 25, forced OT with two late free throws

Lakeside 11 8 19 15 4 - 57 Colfax 17 8 14 14 8 - 61

LAKESIDE - Nelson 0, Wilson 0, Petticrew 15, Spiger 0, Bender 25, Day 5, Dasenbrock 10, Coe 2.

COLFAX - Kehne 5, Damery 17, Robinson 0, Curtis 13, Van Dyke 0, Cook 0, Keck 2, Stoner 22, Van Tine 2.

M. Lake 90, Deer Park 48

The visiting Cardinals (10-0, 5-0) shot 57 percent from the field, including 6-of-8 efforts from Carlos Simmons and Andre Jackson, to send the Stags (0-11, 0-5) to their 15th consecutive loss and take over first place alone.

Medical Lake 27 22 21 20 - 90 Deer Park 11 10 11 16 - 48

MEDICAL LAKE - Jackson 17, Brown 9, Headlee 7, Shirley 9, Simmons 17, Earley 0, Miller 2, Bahr 6, Campbell 0, Nichols 6, B.Moore 12, V.Moore 5.

DEER PARK - Mitchell 4, Santonocito 0, Bryant 12, Watkins 4, Westerman 4, Hall 2, Stevens 0, Frickey 9, McCollough 5, Martin 8.

Freeman 53, Newport 50

The visiting Scotties (7-4, 4-1) made 8 of 12 overtime free throws to foil an upset bid by the Grizzlies (2-7, 1-4).

Freeman finished 16 of 30 from the free-throw line to Newport’s 10 of 14. Danny Ellersick’s three-point play for Newport with 29 seconds left forced overtime.

Freeman 15 2 9 14 10 - 53 Newport 9 12 7 15 7 - 50

FREEMAN - Odle 0, Hill 9, Miller 10, S.Simmons 4, Schmidt 2, Jones 0, Sheffield 7, Goldsmith 13, White 7, T.Simmons 1.

NEWPORT - Kiehn 0, Melendez 16, Frandrup 2, Meade 0, Ellersick 8, LeBlanc 6, Marsh 4, Brawdy 11, Mumford 3.

Chewelah 68, K. Falls 40

League scoring leader Travis Meserve had 33 points, six rebounds and six assists to guide the Cougars (4-4, 3-2) over the visiting Bulldogs (5-6, 2-3).

Kettle Falls 10 0 17 13 - 40 Chewelah 14 14 21 19 - 68

KETTLE FALLS - Weathers 2, Miller 2, Delony 14, Lickfold 0, Kulusza 9, Newton 3, Berryman 6, George 2, Williams 0, Gordon 2.

CHEWELAH - Forsberg 2, Nitschke 4, Meserve 33, Edwards 4, Wissink 9, Landram 5, Kinley 0, Sunday 6, Parrish 5.

Bi-County League

ACH 62, Liberty 55

Adrian Higginbotham had two 3-pointers and Jason Pierce added another for a 9-0 third-quarter run as the visiting Warriors (9-1, 6-1) rallied past the Lancers (6-6, 4-3) after giving up a lead.

ACH held high-scoring Travis Greenwalt to two second-half points.

Liberty seized a 37-31 lead with a 10-0 third-quarter run. ACH made 11 of 21 free throws in the fourth quarter; Liberty was 3 of 6 for the game.

ACHartline 14 11 18 19 - 62 Liberty 12 12 17 14 - 55

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE - R.Higginbotham 0, Pierce 18, Leander 3, Pate 2, A.Higginbotham 9, Goodwin 14, Evers 16, Durrant 0.

LIBERTY - Wiman 0, B.Cory 9, Engle 8, Horlacher 20, Johnson 0, Cooper 2, Tee 4, Greenwalt 12.

Reardan 63, W-C 44

Travis Titchenal had 21 points, seven steals and five rebounds to guide the East Division-leading Indians (12-0, 7-0) over the visiting Wildcats (7-6, 4-4).

Wilbur-Creston 9 14 17 4 - 44 Reardan 21 19 11 12 - 63

WILBUR-CRESTON - Marchand 0, Leonard 2, Villars 5, Tonasket 6, Bahr 0, Samuels 8, Kuchenbuch 12, Nelson 2, Katich 9, Desautel 0.

REARDAN - Jenkin 0, Brown 0, Soliday 9, Titchenal 21, Martin 1, Eastman 13, Graham 6, Flaa 0, Nollmeyer 0, Kiger 13.

V.Chris. 60, Odessa 51

Michael Spuler’s 24 points led the visiting Panthers (11-2, 5-2) over the Tigers (3-7, 3-5) for their seventh straight win.

Valley Christian 15 12 15 18 - 60 Odessa 11 17 9 14 - 51

VALLEY CHRISTIAN - Dahl 0, Schlafmann 0, Decker 11, Evans 4, Teterud 5, Spuler 24, Meyer 0, Jump 0, Sears 10, Gass 0, Sandin 4, King 2.

ODESSA - Kramer 5, Starkel 5, Hardung 0, Floch 0, Carlson Jr. 11, G.Schafer 0, Z.Schafer 0, Pitts 4, Grall 10, Praetorius 16, Goetz 0, Walter 0.

Ritzville 59, S-H 43

John Galbreath scored 12 first-quarter points, including two 3-pointers, and added five assists as the Broncos (12-1, 7-1) beat the visiting Falcons (3-8, 2-5).

S-H 4 10 12 17 - 43 Ritzville 16 17 17 9 - 59

SPRAGUE-HARRINGTON - Pelissier 1, Timm 3, Wagner 8, Carroll 9, Henry 6, Countryman 16, Smith 0, Thompson 0.

RITZVILLE - Arlt 7, Benzel 3, Duff 5, Boness 10, Marcus 0, DeVore 4, J.Galbreath 16, S.Galbreath 7, Russel 6, Taylor 1.

Davenport 89, CH 62

Dale Buchanan scored 28 points on 10-of-17 shooting, and Travis Telecky and Jeremiah Bailey combined for 23 rebounds as the Gorillas (3-8, 1-6) beat the visiting Patriots (2-8, 0-7).

Chr.Heritage 10 14 18 20 - 62 Davenport 17 20 21 31 - 89

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE - Hill 2, Newbill 18, B.Bishop 20, J.Bishop 8, Bogle 14.

DAVENPORT - Holderby 13, Buchanan 28, Orvis 2, Gunning 6, Telecky 17, Bailey 9, FitzPatrick 8, McClure 6, Doucette 0, Rodenbough 3.

Panorama League

Springdale 63, Curlew 61

Josh Farnsworth took a pass from Cliff Brisbois and hit a baseline 10-footer with seconds left to lift the Chargers (8-4, 6-2) over the Cougars (9-3, 6-2) for their fourth straight win.

Springdale’s Ben Peterson had 12 rebounds. Erich Prazak of Curlew, which had won four straight, tied the game at 61 on a free throw with 27 seconds left.

Curlew 18 19 9 15 - 61 Springdale 14 18 14 17 - 63

CURLEW - J.Miller 13, Bruckleir 6, Prazak 5, Nelson 0, Groth 19, G.Olsen 16, Cribby 0, E.Edwards 0, Somday 0, Stotts 0, Anderson 0, C.Edwards 2.

SPRINGDALE - B.Peterson 15, Brisbois 8, Lozano 10, Montgomery 0, Klemish 0, Farnsworth 14, Carlson 0, D.Peterson 0, Ralph 0, McCurdy 16, Canfield 0.

Republic 86, St. Maries 27

Mark Rickard scored 21 and added 15 rebounds to guide a 61-34 advantage as the North Division-leading Tigers (10-0, 8-0) beat the visiting Warriors (3-9, 2-6).

St. Michael’s 5 7 8 7 - 27 Republic 20 27 18 21 - 86

ST. MICHAEL’S - B.Argentino 2, Baarstad 8, Lajoie 4, Lakin 5, Bittner 3, South 1, Sandquist 2, Edwards 2.

REPUBLIC - Dinkins 4, Dav.Hanks 7, Baldwin 16, Dan Hanks 4, Gliddon 8, Hadden 4, Rickard 21, Hargrave 1, Grimm 9, Kuchenmeister 12.

Selkirk 78, Columbia 23

The South Divisionleading Rangers (9-2, 7-1) made 34 of 46 free throws (74 percent) to beat the host Lions (1-10, 1-7) at Hunters.

Selkirk 14 22 20 22 - 78 Columbia 4 7 6 6 - 23

SELKIRK - Escalanti 9, Davis 0, Larson 7, Kinney 6, Farris 12, Gere 2, Huffine 13, Lopes 17, Pyeatt 8, White 4.

COLUMBIA - McLean 0, Wass 2, Etue 6, Denison 2, Kastelic 2, Neidhart 2, Philpot 0, Cornwall 0, Carlson 1, Smith 8.

NWC 54, Wellpinit 51

Paul Mortlock hit four 3-pointers and the visiting Crusaders (5-7, 4-4) held off the Redskins (5-6, 3-5) after leading by as many as 16.

Northwest Christian 13 17 13 11 - 54 Wellpinit 11 12 13 15 - 51

NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN - Thomas 0, Mortlock 12, Verduin 0, McCabe 0, Smith 7, Affeldt 14, Wilson 0, Mason 0, A.Crouch 10, M.Crouch 3, Wolff 6, Malott 2.

WELLPINIT - Lebret 3, Gould 0, D. Tonasket 9, T.Flett 8, Carter 0, Garrett 9, Andrew 9, Pakootas 13, Stearns 0.

Cusick 55, Inchelium 49

The visiting Panthers (1-10, 1-7) snapped a 13-game losing streak by slapping the Hornets (0-11, 0-8) with their 12th consecutive loss.

Cusick 15 12 14 14 - 55 Inchelium 6 16 15 12 - 49

CUSICK - Coppock 7, McCart 0, Reijonen 7, Waldman 6, Bridges 0, Chantry 11, Sattleen 1, Hamilton 11, Martin 10, Tinker 2, Kramer 0.

INCHELIUM - Jolley 12, Johnson 6, Swan 12, Boyd 2, Michel 1, Mason 0, Tonasket 16, Simmons 0.

St. Geo’s 49, Northport 31

Dan Kuney scored 22 pointsand the visiting Dragons (8-4, 6-2) used a 30-1 edge at the foul line to beat the Mustangs (5-7, 4-4).

St. George’s 16 4 8 21 - 49 Northport 8 6 6 11 - 31

ST. GEORGE’S - D.Dhillon 4, J.Dhillon 4, DePonty 3, Blume 8, Sadler 4, Wang 0, Spencer 0, Kuney 22, Witherspoon 0, Helms 0, Thompson 4.

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

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