Ritzville Overpowers Rival Wilbur-Creston

Area girls basketball

The last team to defeat the Ritzville girls became the latest team to lose to them.

Megan Yerxa scored 12 points in the third quarter, including a 3-pointer at the end, as Ritzville defeated Wilbur-Creston 60-45 in a Bi-County League opener Friday on its home floor.

Ritzville has won 42 consecutive games since a league loss to W-C on Feb. 8, 1997. The Broncos also defeated W-C in the last two State B title games.

Nothing gets easier for Ritzville, which plays today at Harrington against Sprague-Harrington, sixth at state last year.

Amanda Matt and Cherie Dreger had two 3-pointers apiece for the Wildcats, who played without all-league point guard Alyssa Erickson (knee injury).

Ritzville 60, Wilbur-Creston 45

Wilbur Creston 3 11 13 18 - 45

Ritzville 15 10 19 16 - 60

Wilbur-Creston (3-1, 0-1) - Matt 8, Sherwood 5, Dreger 14, Snavely 12, Pakootas 2, Kemp 0, Lasz 4.

Ritzville (3-0, 1-0) - Wellsandt 7, Sackmann 10, Benzel 0, Fitch 15, Wood 0, Yerxa 16, Alspach 6, Janzen 6, Zicha 0.

Sprague-Harrington 51, Davenport 24

The Falcons hit 9 of 17 field goals in the first quarter and finished with 25 steals to defeat the Gorillas at Harrington.

The Falcons’ Amanda Scoles hit 5 of 10 from the floor, 3 of 4 from the line, and had six rebounds. Davenport finished with 28 turnovers, 18 in the first half.

Davenport 6 0 10 8 - 24

Sprague-Harr. 20 15 6 10 - 51

Davenport (3-2, 0-1) - Hutsell 3, Pebles 0, Reed 5, Lambrecht 0, Guhlke 0, Swain 3, Lust 6, Kunz 4, McBurney 0, Buchanan 1, Cowdrey 2.

Sprague-Harrington (3-1, 1-0) - Sewall 0, Whipple 10, Ernst 0, Maurer 0, Charlton 0, Hatten 8, Walters 6, Hatcher 6, Gravning 2, Kostoff 0, Morse 6, Scoles 13.

Odessa 45, Liberty 40

Sally Knight scored 12 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter as the visiting Tigers rallied past the Lancers.

Odessa outrebounded the Lancers 44-24. The Tigers kept Liberty in the game by missing 18 of 27 free throws.

Odessa 8 12 6 19 - 45

Liberty 10 6 12 12 - 40

Odessa (3-1, 1-0) - Ilsic 4, Schmierer 0, Haptonstall 10, Strohmaier 2, Hunt 9, Knight 20, Knerr 0, Weishaar 0.

Liberty (0-4, 0-1) - Howard 0, Harchuck 0, Kuster 4, Leslie 9, Olson 6, Cain 2, Hodgson 3, Gardner 14, Nadler 2.

Valley Christian 56, Almira/Coulee-Hartline 47

Katie Arnhold had eight rebounds and seven of her team’s 21 steals as the Panthers defeated the visiting Warriors.

Carli Smith added 12 rebounds and Melanie Altmeyer six assists for the Panthers.

ACH 10 14 15 8 - 47

Valley Christian 14 13 21 8 - 56

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (0-3, 0-1) - Butler 6, Bolyard 2, Fuller 2, Oliver 4, Evans 8, Elder 2, Stephens 0, Stokoe 11, S. Giese 12.

Valley Christian (2-1, 1-0) - Teterud 5, Robertson 0, Altmeyer 8, Smith 16, Rosholt 2, Arnhold 11, Lanker 10, Peterson 4.

Panorama League

Cusick 54, Springdale 53

Cassidy Hall’s third 3-pointer, with 1 minute left, gave the visiting Panthers a four-point lead and they held off the Chargers to snap a nine-game losing streak.

Cusick missed 27 of 44 free-throw attempts. Springdale’s Rae Adolph scored 21.

Cusick 16 10 9 19 - 54

Springdale 13 5 16 19 - 53

Cusick (1-3, 1-1) - Norton 13, Pickerel 6, Whiting 4, Ziesmer 1, Haas 17, Westford 6, Chitwood 7.

Springdale (0-3, 0-1) - Stricker 2, C. Rij 7, Olson-Axtell 4, J. Rij 6, Brigman 0, Hubert 3, Ramseyer 6, LeBret 4, Rav. Adolph 0, Rae Adolph 21.

Columbia 55, Inchelium 22

Becky MacMillan had 10 steals and Lyda Nicodemus added eight rebounds and five assists as the Lions defeated the Hornets at Hunters to snap an eight-game losing streak.

Inchelium 6 7 6 3 - 22

Columbia 15 14 13 13 - 55

Inchelium (0-4, 0-1) - Bradshaw 4, Agapith 6, Abell 4, Johnson 0, Seymour 0, Phillips 4, Simmons 4.

Columbia (1-2, 1-0) - Budweg 8, Dale 4, Lee 7, Schrack 7, Etue 4, Nicodemus 6, Strickler 3, MacMillan 16, Anderson 0.

Wellpinit 50, Curlew 19

Miranda Payne scored 11 of her 23 in the third quarter, and finished with 16 rebounds and four blocked shots, as the Redskins defeated the visiting Cougars.

The teams combined for just eight free-throw attempts.

Curlew 3 4 6 6 - 19

Wellpinit 10 8 18 14 - 50

Curlew (1-3, 0-1) - Edwards 6, Brown 2, Warner 0, Somday 0, Zerck 0, Phillips 3, Guizar 0, Strandberg 4, Bi. Branam 4, Bo. Branam 0.

Wellpinit (4-0, 1-0) - Covington 0, Ramos 0, Brisbois 6, Ost 0, Andrew 6, Wynecoop 4, A. Payne 2, M. Payne 23.

St. George’s 100, St. Michael’s 11

Wenchi Liu and Alyssa Henley combined for 43 points as the Dragons defeated the visiting Warriors, who made their league-play debut.

St. Michael’s 2 2 5 2 - 11

St. George’s 32 23 24 21 - 100

St. Michael’s (2-3, 0-1) - Berbue 0, M. Urann 1, McMahon 0, A. Urann 2, Vigil 0, Garza 0, C. Urann 4, South 4.

St. George’s (3-2, 1-0) - Liu 22, Philopant 4, Stothart 4, Henley 21, Blume 8, R. Kutteruf 3, DePonty 6, Nielsen 8, Nally 2, Witherspoon 6, Luber 10, M. Kutteruf 4, Longinotti 2.

Republic 68, Northport 48

Melody Koontz hit two of her three 3-pointers in the third quarter and the Tigers totaled 23 points to defeat the visiting Mustangs.

Republic had three sophomores in double figures. Breeann Osgood came off the bench for 17 points.

Northport 10 17 5 16 - 48

Republic 13 15 25 15 - 68

Northport (2-1, 0-1) - Day 5, Sauvola 17, Jimenez 3, Young 13, Brunette 10.

Republic (3-1, 1-0) - Hover 7, Osgood 17, Hadden 1, C. Merrit 10, Koontz 11, Campobasso 1, A. Merrit 3, Wilson 12, Giddings 6.

Selkirk 59, Northwest Christian 40

Wynne Scherf, Darby Pettis and Rachea Allert combined for 38 points as the visiting Rangers defeated the Crusaders at St. Michael’s High.

NWC shot 17 of 51 from the field.

Selkirk 13 18 10 18 - 59

NW Christian 10 7 7 16 - 40

Selkirk (3-1, 2-0) - Smith 2, Scherf 15, D. Haney 4, Pettis 12, Fairbairn 9, M. Haney 0, Kinney 0, Beatty 4, Allert 11, Emrick 2.

Northwest Christian (1-2, 0-1) - Nicolai 2, Moen 0, Ogle 11, Love 5, Knaggs 3, Da. Casimir 5, De. Casimir 6, Clouse 8, Walker 0.

Non-league

Tekoa-Oakesdale 60, Colfax 56

Heather Cox scored 31 and added 10 rebounds to lead a 50-31 edge as the visiting Nighthawks defeated the Bulldogs.

Beezer Cocking of Colfax made 3 of 5 3-pointers.

Tekoa-Oakes. 12 13 13 22 - 60

Colfax 15 9 14 18 - 56

Tekoa-Oakesdale (3-0) - Smith 4, Wagner 0, Smart 7, Hurley 2, Graffis 6, Bruce 10, Cox 31.

Colfax (2-2) - L. Mellor 0, Widman 0, Pittman 15, J. Mellor 0, Hall 2, K. VanTine 2, B. VanTine 6, McPherson 0, Rohner 13, Baldree 4, Cocking 14, Tribbett 0, Pierce 0.

St. John-Endicott 61, Freeman 26

Casey Gossard hit 9 of 18 field goals and the visiting Eagles had a 51-32 rebounding edge in defeating the Scotties.

SJE shot 47 percent from the floor. Freeman shot 16 percent and had 29 turnovers.

SJE 18 13 15 15 - 61

Freeman 4 5 10 7 - 26

St. John-Endicott (2-3) - Gossard 19, Ki. Colyar 13, Loomis 8, Ko. Colyar 0, Kjack 5, White 5, Schmick 3, Zuger 8, Bass 0.

Freeman (2-3) - Floch 4, Dahmen 0, Pratt 7, Wilkerson 10, Freeman 0, White 4, Larson 1, Halverson 0, Tabatt 0, Tibbetts 0.

Colville 57, Bonners Ferry 26

Kristin Cornwell scored 12 and the visiting Indians shot 49 percent from the field to defeat the Badgers.

Taylor Cady of the Badgers had six rebounds.

Colville 9 15 15 18 - 57

Bonners Ferry 3 5 10 8 - 26

Colville (2-1) - Braff 2, Entwistle 7, Shaw 9, McGrane 2, Janke 6, Kroiss 2, Terry 3, Sinn 0, Cornwell 12, Stanford 6, McConnell 8.

Bonners Ferry (2-3) - Mellett 0, J. Robertson 2, Day 2, A. Ashby 7, Howlett 0, Larson 2, Cady 4, Bateman 7, Armstrong 2, D. Robertson 0.

LaCrosse-Washtucna 62, Reardan 35

The Tigercats hit 18 of 33 free throws to defeat the Indians at Washtucna in a game that included 46 fouls.

Reardan, 11 for 22 from the line, had two players foul out.

Reardan 5 8 10 12 - 35

LaCrosse-Wash. 11 14 26 11 - 62

Reardan (0-3) - Mason 2, Seyler 1, Plummer 5, Crupke 9, Rinker 2, Moos 4, Ford 3, Jones 4, Schwartz 5.

LaCrosse-Washtucna (3-1) - Ayers 12, Schneider 6, Evans 4, Cronrath 6, Wigen 3, Hei. Kinch 6, Bay 13, Kel. Mays 5, Ker. Mays 2, Hea. Kinch 3, Stueckle 2.

Garfield-Palouse 76, Asotin 41

Jenny Iverson totaled four assists, five steals and five rebounds and the Vikings finished with 30 steals to defeat the Panthers at Garfield.

April Nelson and Sandra Tronsen added six steals apiece, and Kenon Kildew had eight rebounds for Gar-Pal. Asotin had 46 turnovers.

Asotin 10 19 7 5 - 41

Gar.-Palouse 8 26 16 26 - 76

Asotin - Mendoza 0, Johnsen 0, King 6, S. Schnider 7, J. Schnider 0, McCann 13, Eller 2, Anderson 4, McClain 0, Witters 9.

Garfield-Palouse (4-0) - Nelson 11, Iverson 14, Tronsen 2, Coles 14, Hayden 15, Swinney 8, Sheffler 3, Kildew 3, Hershaw 6.

Colton 48, Pomeroy 39

Leslie Maston and Jessica Morrison combined to hit 9 of 12 from the field and the visiting Wildcats outscored the Pirates 11-3 from the line to earn the win.

Courtney Brandon had nine rebounds for Pomeroy, which missed 13 of 16 free throws.

Colton 13 10 11 14 - 48

Pomeroy 10 9 10 10 - 39

Colton (3-1) - Truong 10, Crim 4, Hall 9, Meyer 0, Maston 11, Morrison 9, Buck 3, Stout 4, Van Ausdle 0.

Pomeroy - Appel 0, Slaybaugh 0, Dixon 4, Van Ausdle 1, Kimble 6, DesJardin 0, Heytvelt 1, Brandon 15, McGreevy 12.