Cusick Springs Upset

Boys

The game had the look of a classic mismatch, but Cusick had other ideas.

Charles Martin and Chad Reijonen combined for 37 points on Saturday as Cusick defeated visiting St. George’s 65-47 in the Panorama League.

St. George’s, seventh in last year’s State B Tournament, had been 6-0 against the Panthers since the 1995-96 season, winning by an average score of 69-38.

Cusick 65, St. George’s 47

St. George’s 7 12 16 12 - 47

Cusick 15 26 11 13 - 65

St. George’s (1-4, 1-1) - Johnson 0, Dhillon 11, Holte 0, Moser 11, Davis 2, Helms 1, DePonty 21, Wysham 1. Cusick (1-4, 1-2) - Person 2, Hamilton 12, K. Cha. Reijonen 19, Martin 18, J. Smith 2, Wykes 10, Dimick 2.

Curlew 72, Columbia 49

Junior Jeremy Groth scored 37 to surpass 1,000 points for his career as the Cougars defeated the visiting Lions.

Columbia 6 12 9 22 - 49

Curlew 18 13 20 21 - 72

Columbia (1-3, 0-2) - Wass 5, Turner 6, Benson 11, Preston 3, Weston 0, C. Young 1, Strickler 8, Cunningham 4, Kieffer 5, J. Young 6. Curlew (5-0, 2-0) - Andreas 0, Anderson 0, C. Groth 3, J. Groth 37, Edwards 6, Olsen 10, March 12, Stotts 0, Somday 4.

Republic 65, Inchelium 30

Kris Krohn had 16 points and the visiting Tigers hit 12 of 16 free throws to beat the Hornets.

Republic 14 21 20 10 - 65

Inchelium 9 8 4 9 - 30

Republic (5-0, 2-0) - Dinkins 13, Russell 12, McCurdy 0, Dansel 0, Hanks 6, Krohn 16, C. Rickard 2, R. Rickard 0, Davenport 10, Hutton 0, Walden 0, T. Rickard 6, Stabenfedlt 0. Inchelium (2-1, 1-1) - Bradshaw 2, Jolley 0, Simpson 6, Johnson 0, Swan 0, Phillips 0, Mason 0, Tonasket 0, Simmons 15, Stensgar 5, Burch 2.

NW Christian 81, St. Michael’s 62

Gabe Goldman scored 30 and combined with Zach Strandy for 21-of-26 shooting as the visiting Crusaders defeated the Warriors.

NW Christian 13 26 15 27 - 81

St. Michael’s 14 18 18 12 - 62

Northwest Christian (3-1, 2-0) - Proffitt 11, Orr 0, Smith 5, Descoteaux 0, Strandy 20, Malott 7, Sharkey 4, Goldman 30, Crouch 4. St. Michael’s (2-3, 0-2) - C. Vogel 13, J. Schindler 23, Edwards 15, Bittner 0, Sandquist 3, Urann 0, B. Schindler 0, Muglia 0, K. Vogel 8, South 0, Durazo 0.

Northport 55, Wellpinit 51

Dave Timmering and Lyle Weilep combined for 28 points and 29 rebounds and the Mustangs scored a front-running win over the visiting Redskins.

Wellpinit 9 12 20 10 - 51

Northport 16 16 11 12 - 55

Wellpinit (1-2, 0-2) - Abrahamson 13, Carter 0, Davis 0, M. McCrea 9, Flett 13, Moyer 4, Stearns 12. Northport (1-3, 1-1) - Lenhard 0, Gruener 2, Bogar 0, Ad. Day 2, Timmering 14, Darling 2, Weilep 14, Wiley 5, Fredrickson 8, As. Day 0, Wilson 8.

Selkirk 63, Springdale 58

Russell Lopes and Joe Hodges combined for 35 points as the Rangers turned back the visiting Chargers at Ione.

Springdale 16 14 9 19 - 58

Selkirk 15 16 13 19 - 63

Springdale (1-3, 1-1) - Gilstrap 14, Banks 8, Lebret 14, Peterson 4, Norman 6, Hammack 10, Ely 2, Gluth 0. Selkirk (3-2, 2-1) - Smith 6, Yellowjohn 13, Lopes 18, Hodges 17, Carlson 7, Damron 0, Porter 2.

BI-COUNTY LEAGUE

Sprague-Harrington 65, Ritzville 48

Travis McPeak scored 15 points in the second half, including eight at the end of the third quarter to break open a close game, as the Falcons defeated the Broncos at Harrington.

Matt Henry added 23 points for S-H, which made 15 of 21 field goals in the second half. Ritzville’s Josh Whitman also scored 23.

Ritzville 15 11 8 14 - 48

Sprague-Harr. 16 10 17 22 - 65

Ritzville (1-2, 1-1) - Marcus 0, Reilley 0, Plager 0, Heider 8, D. Arlt 4, B. Arlt 3, Johnstone 0, R. Borth 6, Day 2, Kuster 2, Whitman 23, Pflugrath 0. Sprague-Harrington (3-1, 2-0) - Engles 4, A. Timm 0, McPeak 19, Floyd 5, Green 0, J. Timm 3, M. Henry 23, Hoob 2, Darling 0, Johnson 0, A. Henry 3, Young 6.

Valley Christian 71, W-C 49

Eric Smith totaled 24 points and the Panthers used a 28-5 first-half run to beat the Wildcats at Wilbur.

Valley Christian 19 18 13 21 - 71

Wilbur-Creston 9 10 15 15 - 49

Valley Christian (4-0, 2-0) - J. Decker 6, Smith 24, Troyer 11, Barriero 6, B. Decker 12, Evans 6, Bolster 0, Lacy 6. Wilbur-Creston (0-4, 0-2) - Arden 4, Johnson 4, Morrison 5, Warnecke 0, Grant 2, Gorr 3, Curo 2, Larkin 0, Krause 3, Snavely 8, Nelson 11, Erickson 7.

Odessa 63, Davenport 44

Ryan Floch finished with 26 points and 16 rebounds as the Tigers defeated the visiting Gorillas.

Davenport 7 17 15 5 - 44

Odessa 13 15 21 14 - 63

Davenport (0-4, 0-2) - Holderby 3, C. Warwick 0, Paul 0, N. Warwick 6, Hein 0, Swain 14, Schreck 6, Strate 11, Curtis 4, Morrison 0, Payne 0. Odessa (3-1, 2-0) - Dart 5, Kramer 7, G. Schafer 7, Fisher 0, Floch 26, Smith 0, Jeske 14, Pitts 2, Z. Schafer 2, Walter 0, Shaw 0.

Liberty 72, Christian Heritage 42

Henry Smith totaled 19 points and six steals as the visiting Lancers defeated the Patriots at Edwall.

Liberty’s Matt Horlacher added eight rebounds. Joe Bell had nine rebounds for the Patriots, who shot 29 percent from the field.

Liberty 21 21 11 19 - 72

Chr.Heritage 3 17 10 12 - 42

Liberty (1-2, 1-1) - B. Wiman 7, Smith 19, Engle 7, B. Holling 4, J. Holling 5, Johnson 6, Repp 3, Frampton 5, R. Wiman 0, Brumley 9, Horlacher 7.

Christian Heritage (2-2, 0-2) - Klein 1, N. Colvin 3, A. Bell 3, Stromberger 6, Bishop 15, J. Bell 10, Olsen 2, Kirstein 0, Greer 2.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline 76, Lind 49

Jamie Gwinn scored 22 and the Warriors used runs of 9-0 and 10-0 to defeat the Bulldogs at Hartline.

The Bulldogs’ Allen Schrenk scored 19.

Lind 16 13 10 10 - 49

ACH 17 28 17 14 - 76

Lind (2-1, 1-1) - Wills 2, Labes 3, Parkins 2, Sikorski 14, Robertson 5, Fode 4, Schrenk 19.

Almira/Coulee-Hartline (1-3, 1-1) - Evans 5, Carstensen 3, Thomas 7, Elder 8, Murray 5, Yirak 2, White 6, Dormaier 15, Malone 1, Gwinn 22, Jess 0, Neilsen 2.

NON-LEAGUE

St. John-Endicott 46, Reardan 40

Karl Scheuerman and Josh Hames combined for 18 rebounds and the Eagles hit 17 of 24 free throws (71 percent) while defeating the Indians at St. John.

Reardan’s Reece Jenkin scored 23, hitting 6 of 12 3-pointers. Reardan shot 37 percent from the floor, SJE 35 percent.

Reardan 3 12 10 15 - 40

SJE 15 7 9 15 - 46

Reardan (1-4) - Bocook 0, Alexie 0, Krupke 4, Jenkin 23, Anderson 0, Landreth 2, Falk 7, Flaa 4, Hicks 0.

St. John-Endicott (5-1) - Riehle 0, Miller 10, Siler 0, Bafus 13, Strader 0, Shawgo 0, Hames 16, Scheuerman 7.

L-W 84, Pomeroy 55

The Tigercats used a full-court press during their 31-point first quarter to defeat the Pirates at LaCrosse.

Pomeroy 14 10 15 16 - 55

LaCrosse-Wash. 31 13 22 18 - 84

Pomeroy - J. Cox 1, Roe 5, Kelly 8, B Cox 4, Neal 4, Claassen 8, Feider 9, Mulrony 4, Bramhall 2, Davidson 6, Matheny 4. LaCrosse-Washtucna (3-1) - Colter 13, Schweiger 15, Henley 8, Wigen 8, Meyers 4, Stueckle 4, Whitman 8, Startin 6, Goll 9, Schneider 9, Hammonds 0.

Asotin 62, Tekoa-Oakesdale 51

Ryan Uptmor scored 18 points and set a school record with 25 rebounds as the Panthers defeated the visiting Nighthawks.

T-O defeated Asotin 72-47 last week.

Tekoa-Oakes. 12 11 9 19 - 51

Asotin 10 16 16 20 - 62

Tekoa-Oakesdale (3-1) - Brown 5, Buergel 6, Heaton 9, G. Smith 1, Thompson 2, Wagner 2, Perrins 5, E. Smith 8, Ellis 0, Crossett 5, Taylor 8.

Asotin - Eller 8, Rozell 7, Ambrorson 2 Peer 2, Appleford 6, Hansen 0, VanTrease 9, Weiss 4, Uptmor 18, Smith 6.

Garfield-Palouse 51, Waitsburg 37

Zach Johnson scored 22, hitting 8 of 8 from the floor and 6 of 8 from the line, as the Vikings defeated the Cardinals at Garfield.

Waitsburg 5 10 11 11 - 37

Garfield-Palouse 19 9 9 14 - 51

Waitsburg - Archer 6, Gagnon 0, Zuercher 0, McKinley 0, Scott 13, Ruzick 10, Martin 4, Mason 2, I. Landin 0, J. Landin 0, Johnson 2, Conway 0. Garfield-Palouse (3-2) - Kimble 0, Tharp 7, Aa. Elder 0, M. Kriebel 2, Fox 13, Johnson 22, Ad. Elder 0, Smick 5, Parberry 2, J. Kriebel 0, Rosebrook 0, Riedinger 0.