Chewelah Trips Tigers

Area boys

Republic was to have begun its basketball season against Chewelah Dec. 3, but the game was postponed because of Republic’s extended football season.

When the teams finally met Tuesday, Republic was protecting a 16-0 record and No. 3 ranking among Class B teams. Chewelah, of the Northeast A League, showed little respect for the perfect record in building a 17-point lead and toppling the Tigers 58-52.

Drew Landram had five rebounds and four assists, and Josh Parrish 12 rebounds for the Cougars (8-6). Republic’s Jason Baldwin, held scoreless in the first half, hit six 3-pointers in the second half and scored 27.

Chewelah 58, Republic 52

Republic 7 10 12 23 - 52

Chewelah 17 12 12 17 - 58

REPUBLIC Dinkins 2, Dav.Hanks 3, Baldwin 27, Dan.Hanks 2, Gliddon 0, Hadden 0, Rickard 9, Hargrave 0, Grimm 2, Kuchenmeister 10.

CHEWELAH Nitschke 3, Meserve 4, Edwards 0, Wissink 14, Landram 16, Sunday 9, Parrish 12.

Post Falls 81, East Valley 45

Brason Alexander had six assists and Jeremy McLean seven rebounds, and the Trojans (11-3) shot 56 percent from the field to beat the visiting Knights (1-10).

East Valley 12 10 7 16 - 45

Post Falls 18 27 16 20 - 81

EAST VALLEY McCarty 5, Blize 4, Smith 1, Wilson 0, Johnson 4, Anderson 7, Sams 4, Shogren 6, Hansen 2, Spotted Horse 12.

POST FALLS Olson 7, Quesnell 16, Alexander 10, Curlee 9, Bohn 6, McLean 12, Lee 4, Therrian 9, Juhlin 6, Fehling 2.

Pullman 49, Lewiston 43

Pete Holmes tied the score at 43 with a 3, then added a basket and two free throws in the final minutes to help the visiting Greyhounds (8-6) beat the Bengals (8-7).

Pullman shot 49 percent from the floor and 7 of 10 from the line.

Pullman 11 15 8 15 - 49

Lewiston 11 11 12 9 - 43

PULLMAN Linehan 2, Randall 0, Brown 2, Harms 4, Holmes 12, Svingen 13, B.Cummings 6, A.Cummings 4, Marong 6.

LEWISTON White 10, Benner 0, Charlo 6, Eck 0, Pierce 5, Frasier 2, Sullivan 2, Hardin 0, Egland 14, Smith 4, Lupinacci 0.

Reardan 66, SJE 50

Travis Titchenal scored 14 of his 16 in the fourth quarter as the Class B top-ranked Indians (17-0) beat the host Eagles (5-11) at St. John.

For SJE, Grant Bafus had six rebounds and Karl Scheuerman four assists.

Reardan 13 19 12 22 - 66

SJEndicott 16 15 6 13 - 50

REARDAN Jenkin 6, Brown 0, Soliday 6, Titchenal 16, Martin 0, Eastman 8, Graham 12, Flaa 0, Kiger 18.

ST. JOHN-ENDICOTT Kolb 0, Colyar 1, Repp 0, Bafus 11, Strader 14, Scheuerman 13, Smith 6, Siler 4, Stolmeier 2.

Gar.-Palouse 59, Potlatch 43

Jeremy Fox’s 22 points and three assists helped the Class B fourth-ranked Vikings (15-1) beat the visiting Loggers.

Gar-Pal’s Brad Bischoff added eight rebounds.

Potlatch 8 17 7 11 - 43

Garfield-Palouse 15 11 14 19 - 59

POTLATCH B.Nicholson 16, Brown 0, J.Nicholson 4, Bra.Lovell 15, Bru.Lovell 2, Haddler 2, Strong 4, Krasselt 0.

GARFIELD-PALOUSE Tiegs 0, Demand 0, Flansburg 0, Bischoff 12, Coles 10, Fox 22, Gearhart 7, Million 0, Sheffler 4, Stillman 1, Hall 3, Sain 0.

Newport 58, Cusick 48

Danny Ellersick had 10 rebounds and Daniel Meade scored eight fourth-quarter points to guide the visiting Grizzlies (4-10) over the Panthers (2-15).

Cusick’s Justin Finley had 11 rebounds.

Newport 16 12 17 13 - 58

Cusick 10 12 13 13 - 48

NEWPORT Kiehn 0, Frandrup 19, Meade 10, Ellersick 7, Marsh 8, Martindale 8, Mumford 4, Drum 2.

CUSICK Coppock 7, Reijonen 2, Waldman 10, Bridges 0, Chantry 0, Finley 8, Hamilton 8, Martin 13.

Northeast A League

Freeman 50, Colfax 41

The visiting Scotties (10-5, 7-2) tied idle Medical Lake for second place by beating the Bulldogs (4-11, 4-5).

Colfax’s scoring leader, Bob Stoner, hurt his ankle in the second quarter and couldn’t stay in the game after returning in the second half. Colfax’s Brian Kehne had five assists.

Freeman 8 15 10 17 - 50

Colfax 12 11 6 12 - 41

FREEMAN Hill 12, S.Simmons 0, Schmidt 5, Jones 0, Sheffield 14, Goldsmith 9, White 10, T.Simmons 0.

COLFAX Kehne 0, Robinson 1, Curtis 6, Van Dyke 2, Cook 3, Keck 11, Shields 0, Stoner 10, Van Tine 8.

Bi-County League

ACH 71, Lind 40

Kevin Evers scored eight in the second quarter and added seven rebounds in just three quarters as the Class B fifth-ranked Warriors (13-2, 10-2) beat the host Bulldogs (2-15, 1-11).

James Parkins made 7 of 16 field goals and Jamie Sheckells had nine rebounds for Lind.

ACHartline 13 25 24 9 - 71

Lind 13 7 13 7 - 40

ALMIRA/COULEE-HARTLINE R.Higginbotham 3, Pierce 17, Elder 2, Leander 4, Pate 0, A.Higginbotham 0, Emerson 2, Goodwin 16, Evers 14, Neilson 9, Thomas 4.

LIND Jo.Parkins 0, Olson 0, Williamson 2, Wills 4, Ja.Parkins 16, Dutton 2, Sheckells 11, Sikorski 0, Thompson 0, Fichtenberg 0, Alcocer 5.

Whitman Co. League

Tekoa-Oakes. 65, Colton 42

Trevor Fox scored 20, and Bill Graffis and John Wall added seven rebounds apiece to guide the Nighthawks (5-11, 1-5) over the visiting Wildcats (4-11, 1-5) at Tekoa.

Colton 11 17 6 8 - 42

Tekoa-Oakes. 16 20 14 15 - 65

COLTON T.Truong 4, B.Truong 2, Weber 2, Busch 2, Druffle 4, Bates 15, Hopwood 4, Meyer 2, Stout 7.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE Fox 20, Brown 5, Teal 5, Brogan 2, Taylor 5, Zornes 2, Graffis 16, Wall 10.

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