Lowest Frontier Seeds Tumble

Class AA basketball

Sometimes, when basketball teams play like there’s no tomorrow, there’s still no tomorrow.

And that’s the way it worked Friday night for the four lowest-seeded teams in the Frontier League basketball tournament at East Valley High School and Lewis-Clark State College.

While the two top-seeded boys and girls teams had the night off, two others in each bracket were eliminated in the loser-out round of the district playoffs. Eventually, four Frontier teams - two boys and two girls - will go to the State AA tournament in Tacoma March 12-15.

At East Valley, the third-seeded West Valley boys knocked off sixth-seeded Riverside 58-49 and the third-seeded Riverside girls ousted sixth-seeded Colville 59-38.

In Lewiston, the Clarkston boys and girls, both fourth-seeded, swept a doubleheader from Pullman. The Bantam girls defeated the Greyhounds 58-49 in the opener, while the Clarkston boys edged the Hounds 53-51.

Today’s second-round games, all at EV, begin the double-elimination portion of the tournament. At 1 p.m., the No. 2 seeded Cheney girls (18-2) meet Riverside (14-7) and at 3, the second-seeded Cheney boys (14-7) face West Valley (14-7).

Tonight at 6, the Frontier champion West Valley girls play Clarkston followed by an 8 p.m. contest between boys regular-season champion Colville and Clarkston.

Boys

West Valley 58, Riverside 49

Riverside’s boys made a couple of second-half runs at the Eagles, but couldn’t overcome 13 straight first-half points by West Valley as WV took a 29-17 second-period lead.

Riverside 12 11 6 20 - 49

West Valley 14 19 5 20 - 58

RIVERSIDE Otto 3 2-2 8, Monroe 6 2-2 17, Daubel 1 0-0 2, Beckham 0 0-0 0, Frowick 1 0-2 3, Leaf 1 0-0 2, Crance 5 0-1 11, Kapelke 1 0-0 2, Miller 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 4-7 49.

WEST VALLEY McLachlan 0 0-0 0, Cardwell 3 3-4 9, Sweet 5 0-0 13, Groh 0 0-0 0, Mortensen 0 0-0 0, Gerrells 6 4-7 16, Stockton 0 1-2 1, Gregorak 2 1-2 7, Pecht 2 8-8 12. Totals 18 17-23 58.

3-point goals - Monroe 3, Frowick, Sweet 3, Gregorak 2. Total fouls - R 23, WV 14. Fouled out - Leaf, Pecht. Technicals - none.

Clarkston 53, Pullman 51

At L-C State, Aaron Jelinek’s three-point play gave Clarkston a 53-51 lead with 25 seconds left, and the Greyhounds came up empty with three tries to tie or win.

Pullman 20 8 13 10 - 51

Clarkston 15 14 9 15 - 53

PULLMAN Linehan 1 0-0 3, Brown 2 0-0 6, Harms 3 2-2 9, Holmes 4 0-0 9, Svingen 1 0-0 3, B.Cummings 4 0-0 8, A.Cummings 4 1-2 9, Marong 2 0-0 4. Team totals - 21 3-4 51.

CLARKSTON Nielson 2 0-0 6, Johnson 4 0-0 10, Cunningham 5 0-0 10, Legg 1 0-0 3, Fleishinger 0 0-0 0, Stiffarm 0 0-0 0, Burns 0 1-2 1, Jelinek 4 0-5 13, Olson 5 0-2 10. Team totals - 21 5-9 53.

3-point goals - Pullman 6 (Brown 2, Linehan, Harms, Holms, Svingen), Clarkston 6 (Neilson 2, Johnson 2, Legg, Jelinek). Total fouls - Pullman 14, Clarkston 11. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.

Girls

Riverside 59, Colville 38

Colville’s girls took a 3-0 lead in the nightcap at EV, then proceeded to make 13 first-quarter turnovers as Riverside scored 15 of the next 17 points. The Rams had an easy time of it until the fourth period, at one point building a 26-point third-quarter lead.

Coville 5 7 10 16 - 38

Riverside 15 15 13 16 - 59

COLVILLE T. Brown 0 0-0 0, Entwistle 1 1-2 3, Spies 2 1-1 5, Matlock 0 0-0 0, Deardorf 0 0-0 0, H. Brown 0 0-0 0, Evans 0 0-0 0, Braff 0 0-0 0, Wollan 6 1-1 14, Lawson 2 3-4 7, Simpson 4 1-2 9. Totals 15 7-10 38.

RIVERSIDE Lamarche 0 0-0 0, N. Snyder 3 3-3 10, Koesel 3 0-2 6, Rizzuto 1 0-0 2, H.Wood 0 0-0 0, Stime 5 8-10 18, A.Wood 3 2-4 8, McMurphy 2 1-4 5, Shorts 1 0-0 2, Olson 1 2-2 4, Lorenz 1 0-0 2, B. Snyder 0 2-2 2. Totals 21 18-27 59.

3-point goals - Wollan, N. Snyder. Total fouls - C 21, R 10. Fouled out - none. Technicals - none.

Clarkston 58, Pullman 49

Rochell King led Clarkston with 20 points at L-C State, while Christa Brossman had 16 and Jamie Rydbom 13 for Pullman (5-16).

Pullman 13 15 13 8 - 49

Clarkston 13 19 9 17 - 58

PULLMAN Brossman 6 4-5 16, Pedersen 3 2-3 8, Schlettert 0 0-0 0, Rydbom 5 3-6 13, Curry 1 0-0 2, Wilde 4 2-3 10. Team totals - 19 11-17 49.

CLARKSTON Blankinship 3 0-0 6, King 6 4-7 20, Tucker 0 0-0 0, Heytvelt 3 3-5 9, Jones 0 0-0 0, Johnson 2 5-6 9, Rodgers 0 0-0 0, Anderson 3 0-0 6, Fazzari 1 0-0 2, Haight 3 0-0 6, Blake 0 0-0 0. Team totals - 21 12-18 58.

3-point goals - Pullman 0-7 (Brossman 0-1, Cuury 0-1, Wilde 0-5), Clarkston 4-13 (King 4-8, Tucker 0-1, Johnson 0-4). Total fouls - Pullman 16, Clarkston 20. Fouled out - Tucker, Brossman. Technicals - none.

, DataTimes MEMO: This sidebar appeared with the story: TODAY’S SCHEDULE Girls Cheney vs. Riverside, 1 p.m. West Valley vs. Clarkston, 6 p.m. Boys Cheney vs. West Valley, 3 p.m. Colville vs. Clarkston, 8 p.m.