Shadle Ends Its Drought Against Lc

Six years and 11 matches later, Shadle Park found a way to defeat Lewis and Clark.

Michelle Etter’s 21 kills and eight blocks, and Jodey Curelli’s 20 assists and five aces Saturday guided the Highlanders (7-2) over the visiting Tigers (6-3) 15-7, 15-9, 15-4 in a Greater Spokane League volleyball match that broke a tie for third place.

Shadle hadn’t defeated LC in a league match since 1991, a streak of 11 straight.

LC’s Kelsey Williams had 28 assists and 15 digs.

Also in the GSL, as the league reached the halfway point, Mead (9-0) stayed on top with a 15-2, 15-8, 15-9 win at North Central (1-8); Rogers (5-4) won a 10-15, 15-10, 13-15, 15-12, 15-13 marathon from visiting Gonzaga Prep (3-6); and Central Valley (4-5) took a 15-12, 8-15, 20-18, 15-0 over visiting University (2-7).

At NC, Krista Nelson had seven kills and three blocks in Mead’s win over the Indians. NC’s Alice Stearns totaled eight digs, six kills, two aces and two blocks.

At Rogers, Monica Abrahamson tied the fifth game at 13 with an ace, then added a kill as the Pirates edged the Bullpups. The fifth game was also tied at 9 and 11.

At CV, the host Bears battled for a win in the back-and-forth third game then breezed in the final behind server Tara LaShaw’s seven consecutive points and five straight by Rikki Jackson.

Shannon Edwards’ 41 assists and five digs, and Chrissy Oneal’s 16 kills guided Chewelah (2-3) to a 9-15, 15-9, 15-11, 11-15, 15-9 Great Northern win at Pullman (2-3).

Football

Justin March rushed for 65 yards and three touchdowns on six carries to help Curlew (1-2) defeat visiting Kettle Falls 36-30 in a non-leaguer.

Caleb Edwards added 14 carries for 53 yards for the Cougars, while J.B. Olson completed 4 of 5 passes for 112 yards and two TDs.

The Bulldogs (0-3) lost their 19th straight.

Cross country

U-Hi’s top-ranked boys, led by individual champion Seth Mott, and Mead’s fourth-ranked girls won team titles at the 5,000-meter Curtis Invitational in Tacoma.

Mott finished in 15 minutes, 50 seconds - nine seconds up on the field - and his Titans scored 375 points in a rare competition that favored higher scores. Second-place Gig Harbor, ranked eighth, scored 344. Second-ranked Mead scored 285.

Mead’s girls scored 351 to outdistance runner-up University (336), which had the individual champion with Jaime Miller’s 18:49. Second-place Annie McCabe, 11 seconds behind Miller, guided the Panthers to the team crown.

Girls soccer

Molly Neill took a crossing pass and scored when goalkeeper Mandy Lawson slipped and fell, giving visiting Pullman (4-0-0) a 1-0 win at Colville (2-1-1) in the GNL.

Neill’s goal came after 69 scoreless minutes. Colville had one final good chance, but an Indians forward shanked the shot off her foot. Pullman has outscored league rivals 18-0.

Also in the GNL, Larissa Mueller scored four times as visiting Riverside (4-0-0) kept pace with Pullman after a 15-0 win against Lakeside (1-3-1) at Nine Mile Falls.

Riverside recorded its fourth consecutive shutout, and fifth in six matches. The Rams have outscored league foes 43-0.

At Medical Lake, Alison Biggs’ fifth assist of the year set up Taylor Crawford’s first goal, and the score moments before halftime allowed the Cardinals (1-1-2) to tie visiting Deer Park (0-3-2) at 1.

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