Link Leads Kettle Falls To Victory

Girls basketball

Kettle Falls no longer lacks the missing Link.

Stephanie Link scored 11 of her 21 points in the third quarter, when KF used a fullcourt press to take charge during a 61-36 non-league win over visiting Medical Lake on Saturday.

KF won despite 23-for-73 shooting from the field.

Link (13 points per game) and Leslie Fredrickson (12 ppg) are attempting to become the first Bulldogs to average in double figures in five years.

Kettle Falls 61, Medical Lake 36

Medical Lake 6 11 4 15 - 36

Kettle Falls 10 16 18 17 - 61

Medical Lake (0-3) - Muelken 2, Higgins 2, Reitmeier 4, Deming 1, Daily 2, Jones 10, McConnell 11, Traylor 4.

Kettle Falls (5-4) - Schneider 4, Madlin 2, Combs 5, Fredrickson 11, Azzarito 3, Shorts 10, Link 21, Olson 5, LeBret 0, Graves 0.

Lakeside 59, Bonners Ferry 32

Julia Vojtech and Jen Barcus combined to make 11 of 18 field goals as the visiting Eagles defeated the Badgers for their 28th consecutive win.

The Badgers had 23 turnovers.

Lakeside 12 20 16 11 - 59

Bonners Ferry 0 8 8 16 - 32

Lakeside (4-0) - Tikker 2, Reome 6, Giampietri 0, Vojtech 12, Petticrew 10, Gibson 10, Ryan 0, Barcus 13, Grubbs 2, Wilkins 2, Stillar 4.

Bonners Ferry (2-6) - Robertson 8, Day 0, Ashby 9, Howlett 1, Larson 2, Cady 0, Bateman 8, Armstrong 0, Robertson 4.

Garfield-Palouse 79, Reardan 44

Jenny Iverson and Katie Coles combined for 14 rebounds and 10 assists as the Vikings defeated the Indians at Garfield.

Gar-Pal’s Tasha Swinney added five assists.

Reardan 1 7 19 18 - 44

Gar.-Palouse 22 25 10 22 - 79

Reardan (0-6) - Mason 4, Seyler 7, Plummer 5, Krupke 15, Rinker 0, Moos 2, Ford 2, Jones 3, Schwartz 6.

Garfield-Palouse (6-1) - Nelson 8, Iverson 17, Tronsen 10, Coles 11, Hayden 10, Swinney 10, Sheffler 1, Kildew 4, Hershaw 7.

TEKOA-OAKESDALE TOURNEY

Waitsburg 53, Colfax 39

Anne Bickelhaupt scored 16 as the Cardinals defeated the Bulldogs in the championship game.

Waitsburg 8 7 16 22 - 53

Colfax 11 4 15 9 - 39

Waitsburg (6-2) - Jones 12, Ryckman 3, Smith 0, Abbey 12, McCaw 8, Seney 1, Bicklehaupt 16, Wyatt 1, Conover 0, Huke 0, Menino 0, Kunz 0.

Colfax (4-3) - L. Mellor 0, Widman 0, Pittman 6, J. Mellor 1, Hall 1, K. VanTine 0, B. VanTine 14, McPherson 0, Rohner 6, Baldree 0, Cocking 8, Tribbett 0, Pierce 3.

LaCrosse-Washtucna 46, Tekoa-Oakesdale 42

The Tigercats hit a late free throw then secured a turnover to edge the Nighthawks in the consolation game.

Danielle Ayers made 5 of 6 field goals and Stefanie Wigen added seven rebounds for L-W. Janette Bruce and Heather Cox of the Nighthawks had 10 rebounds apiece.

LaCrosse-Washtucna 9 15 12 10 - 46

Tekoa-Oakesdale 15 7 6 14 - 42

LaCrosse-Washtucna (5-3) - Ayers 12, Schneider 9, Evans 0, Cronrath 11, Wigen 2, Hei. Kinch 2, Bay 6, Kel. Mays 2, Ker. Mays 2.

Tekoa-Oakesdale (5-2) - Driscoll 8, Smith 2, Wagner 0, Smart 12, Hurley 4, Graffis 2, Bruce 4, Cox 10.

NEWPORT TOURNAMENT

Newport 82, Priest River 24

Halee Haptonstall had six steals and five assists, and the Grizzlies used an early press on their way to 28 steals and a win over the Spartans in the championship game.

Newport’s Carey Sauer had 11 rebounds and closed with 13 points of 1,500 for her career.

Priest River 6 6 4 8 - 24

Newport 19 23 21 19 - 82

Priest River (8-3) - Troudt 3, Oscarson 0, Duley 0, Washburn 2, Yount 3, Turner 6, Lemm 3, Guthrie 0, Krueger 7.

Newport (4-0) - Wiese 4, Haptonstall 20, Lindburg 9, Olsen 4, S. Almond 11, C. Sauer 17, R. Sauer 7, Schulz 0, A. Almond 6, Dahlin 4.

Cusick 30, Clark Fork 29

Cassidy Haas made one free throw with 30 seconds left, and the Panthers held the ball after an ensuing turnover to defeat the Wampus Cats in the consolation game.

Clark Fork scored all of its fourth-quarter points on free throws, four by Kati Hess.

Cusick 9 8 7 6 - 30

Clark Fork 7 8 8 6 - 29

Cusick (2-6) - Norton 9, Pickerel 2, Whiting 0, Haas 9, Nelson 2, Westford 8, Chitwood 0.

Clark Fork (4-4) - Rocha 0, Ruen 0, Miller 11, Kiebert 3, Dugan 6, Scofield 2, Saunders 2, Hess 5, H. McDaniel 0.