Ritzville Win Streak At 40
Girls basketball
Ritzville pushed its winning streak to 40 games on Tuesday by opening its girls basketball season with a 46-41 non-league win over visiting St. John-Endicott.
Amy Fitch hit three 3-pointers and Megan Yerxa made 3 of 4 free throws in the final 2 minutes for Ritzville. The Broncos are two-time defending State B champions.
SJE, the 1996 state champion, fell behind 16-4 but rallied within two points in the late going.
SJE won 38 consecutive games from 1995-97. The state record for B girls schools is 52 by Raymond from 1988-89.
Ritzville 46, SJE 41
St. John-Endicott 4 16 9 12 - 41
Ritzville 16 9 11 10 - 46
St. John-Endicott (0-1) - Gossard 9, KiColyar 10, Loomis 0, KoColyar 2, Kjack 3, White 10, Schmick 5, Zuger 2, Bass 0.
Ritzville (1-0) - Wellsandt 7, Sackmann 2, Benzel 0, Fitch 13, Yerxa 11, Alspach 6, Janzen 7, Zicha 0.
Wilbur-Creston 56, Freeman 45
Alyssa Erickson totaled 26 points, six rebounds, five steals and five assists as the Wildcats, last year’s state runner-up to Ritzville, defeated the Scotties at Creston.
W-C shot 18 of 37 from the floor. The Wildcats won the opener for new coach Denise Wilkie, who replaced Bethany Hopkins when she took a position with Ferris.
Freeman 6 6 14 19 - 45
Wilbur-Creston 12 13 11 20 - 56
Freeman (0-1) - Floch 8, Dahmen 4, Pratt 6, Wilkerson 10, Freeman 6, White 0, Larson 6, Davey 2, Halverson 3.
Wilbur-Creston (1-0) - Thayer 0, Camp 0, Matt 5, Sherwood 0, Egbert 0, Dreger 12, Erickson 26, Snavely 5, Pakootas 0, Kemp 4, Lasz 4.
Lac.-Wash. 56, Spr.-Harr. 37
The Tigercats hit 15 of 21 free throws to defeat the Falcons at Sprague.
S-H placed sixth at last year’s State B tournament. L-W finished with a 16-8 record but lost a winner-to-state game at district against Tekoa-Oakesdale.
LaCrosse-Wash. 11 19 9 17 - 56
Sprague-Harr. 13 10 2 12 - 37
LaCrosse-Washtucna (1-0 - Ayers 7, Schneider 13, Evans 0, Cronrath 7, Wigen 5, Kinch 10, Bay 6, Kel. Mays 6, Ker. Mays 2.
Sprague-Harrington (0-1) - Sewall 0, Whipple 3, Ernst 0, Maurer 2, Charlton 0, Hatten 9, Walters 9, Hatcher 0, Morse 0, Scoles 14.
St. Michael’s 35, Mullan 32
Jenny McMahon hit 5 of 10 3-pointers and the Warriors overcame foul trouble to defeat the visiting Tigers in the first girls game in St. Michael’s history.
Christi and Amy Urann combined for 19 rebounds for St. Michael’s.
St. Michael’s boys began playing basketball in 1994.
Mullan 6 6 8 12 - 32
St. Michael’s 8 8 8 11 - 35
Mullan (1-2) - Winstead 5, Autio 3, Hegbloom 2, Hoven 9, Garitone 10, Haas 2, Anderson 1.
St. Michael’s (1-0) - Berbue 1, MUrann 0, SMcDonald 0, McMahon 15, AUrann 1, Vigil 0, Garza 2, CUrann 6, South 10, MMcDonald 0.
Pullman 58, Clarkston 51
Christa Brossman scored 30 and Debbie Curry added 12 rebounds as the visiting Greyhounds defeated the Bantams.
Pullman placed fifth at last year’s State 2A tournament despite entering with a 12-13 record.
Pullman 12 19 17 10 - 58
Clarkston 10 11 17 13 - 51
Pullman (1-0) - Brossman 30, Rose 0, Sheridan 0, Keck 1, Sodorff 0, Mirkovich 0, Rydbom 6, Chamberlain 7, Neill 0, Curry 8, Johnston 6.
Clarkston (0-1) - Fransen 4, Smith 10, Tucker 10, Murray 0, Jones 4, Johnson 10, Pavey 7, Rogers 2, Munden 4.
Davenport 69, Inchelium 20
Libby Hutsell had 12 rebounds and the Gorillas outrebounded the visiting Hornets 66-17 for the win.
Davenport hit 31 of 72 from the floor, Inchelium 9 of 39. Two players scored for Inchelium, including 14 for Alisha Pakootas.
Inchelium 6 4 4 6 - 20
Davenport 20 13 16 20 - 69
Inchelium (0-1) - Agapith 6, Johnson 0, Abell 0, Seymour 0, Pakootas 14.
Davenport (1-0) - Hutsell 3, Pebles 10, Lambrecht 4, Guhlke 9, Swain 11, Lust 10, Kunz 8, McBurney 6, Buchanan 4, Cowdrey 4.
St. George’s 54, Chewelah 45
The Dragons, third at last year’s State B tourney, built a 22-point halftime lead and defeated the visiting Cougars.
Chewelah 5 12 14 14 - 45
St. George’s 19 20 9 6 - 54
Chewelah (0-1) - Franklin 8, Davis 0, Moore 10, White 2, Kinley 4, Oneal 14, Grytdal 7.
St. George’s (1-0) - Liu 10, Clarke 2, Philopant 4, Henley 17, Blume 4, Nielsen 3, DePonty 14, Kutteruf 0.
Colville 67, Kettle Falls 27
The Indians notched a 40-point win over the visiting Bulldogs despite having no player score in double figures.
Kettle Falls 2 9 10 6 - 27
Colville 19 15 15 18 - 67
Kettle Falls (0-1) - Combs 5, Fredrickson 2, Azzarito 6, Shorts 2, Link 4, Olson 4, Graves 4.
Colville (1-0) - Braff 6, Entwistle 7, Shaw 6, McGrane 2, Janke 4, Fondell 7, Kroiss 9, Terry 8, Sinn 3, Cornwell 4, Stanford 6, McConnell 5.
Clark Fork 34, Cusick 21
Katie Dugan and Shana Worcester combined for 22 rebounds as the Wampus Cats defeated the visiting Panthers.
Charlotte Scofield, Kati Hess and Courtenay Kiebert added four steals apiece for the Wampus Cats.
Cusick 3 7 1 10 - 21
Clark Fork 10 12 3 9 - 34
Cusick (0-1) - Norton 14, Pickerel 0, Whiting 2, Ziesmer 0, Haas 3, Nelson 0, Westford 2, Chitwood 0.
Clark Fork (3-3) - Rocha 0, Ruen 2, Miller 6, Kiebert 7, Dugan 2, Scofield 4, Hess 9, H. McDaniel 2, Worcester 2, S. McDaniel 0.
Kendrick 72, Colton 34
The Tigers defeated the visiting Wildcats (0-1). No details were reported.