Tekoa-Oakesdale Pushed To The Limit To Stay Undefeated

Unbeaten Whitman County League champion Tekoa-Oakesdale stretched to the limits to win the league’s volleyball tournament Saturday at Rosalia.

Fourth-seeded LaCrosse-Washtucna pushed the Nighthawks to the brink before T-O won the title match 15-0, 13-15, 16-14.

Both teams advance to the District 9-B Tournament, T-O as the No. 1 seed, L-W as No. 2. St. John-Endicott, the league runner-up, qualified as No. 3 by ousting fifth-seeded Garfield-Palouse 12-15, 15-9, 15-8.

The third-seeded host Spartans dropped their first two and were eliminated with Gar-Pal and Colton.

District begins Saturday at Walla Walla. The other five teams come from the Blue Mountain League.

Wilbur-Creston defeated Davenport 15-5, 15-9 in an all-Bi-County League championship match at the eight-team Newport Invitational.

W-C was also the lone team to defeat Davenport in league this year.

Newport (10-2) defeated Medical Lake 15-17, 15-4, 15-3 in a Great Northern League match at the tourney, sewing up second place and a first-round bye to the District 7-2A Tournament. Medical Lake is 3-9.

Halee Haptonstall served 16 of 16 for the Grizzlies.

Colville (12-0) clinched at least a tie of the GNL title by outlasting Pullman 11-15, 15-7, 15-5, 13-15, 15-7 at Pullman. Colville’s Melissa Wollan had 17 kills. Julie Lewis had 15 kills and 15 digs for the third-place Greyhounds (7-5).

Ritzville tied Davenport for the Bi-County League title with an 11-15, 15-8, 15-10 win at Reardan.

Ritzville and Davenport have clinched District 7-B Tournament berths and will play for the league tourney title Saturday night in Ritzville.

Reardan, Odessa and Wilbur-Creston have also qualified for the tourney. Liberty (4-5) will earn the sixth berth if if beats Christian Heritage (1-8) Monday.

Northwest Christian capped an unbeaten Panorama League year, and Cusick outlasted Republic in a winner-to-district match as the league season ended.

NWC (10-0) swept Inchelium and has earned, with runner-up Selkirk (9-1), an automatic berth to the District 7-B Tournament.

Cusick (4-6) topped Republic (3-7) in five games to tie Columbia for seventh. The league tourney opens at third-place Northport and fourth-place St. George’s Thursday. Springdale and Curlew are also in the mix.

Girls soccer

A Greater Spokane League tiebreaking match is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, not Monday as reported in Saturday’s edition.

GSL soccer coordinator Dick Cullen will ask fellow activities coordinators at regularly scheduled Monday meeting for a 3 p.m. match at Mead to break a fifth-place tie between Gonzaga Prep and Central Valley.

Two topics Cullen will address Monday involve the league’s tiebreaking procedure and points system.

Cullen said the league agreed to a new points system before the year that did away with awarding one point for overtime losses. CV had an overtime loss against University, and under the old system would have had 13 points, one more than G-Prep.

CV expressed concern about having a playoff with Prep when it defeated the Bullpups during the regular season. But Cullen said the league has agreed to break ties for first and fifth places.

, DataTimes